The Being Human Podcast with Richard Atherton

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week, I sit down with Mick Spiers, long-time executive in the world of urban mobility and author of the new book You're a Leader, Now What? We know that only 16% of people genuinely love their job and like their boss. People spend up to 1/3 of their lives in jobs and workplaces where they struggle to find meaning and purpose. Mick sees the way to change this as being through building competent, inspiring leaders. He's focused on helping leaders early in their careers. If you're a new leader, this episode could be the one for you. We talk: Building your own leadership model The five factors humans need to thrive The perils of using "actually" Going beyond active listening Leader as the architect of rituals Links: Mick's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week, I sit down with Meike Bartels, Professor in Genetics and Wellbeing at the Department of Biological Psychology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She's also the president of the International Positive Psychology Association. Professor Bartels is one of the world's leading scholars of the science of well-being. She looks at what aspects of well-being are innate, what we can train and what's outside our control. We talk: What we mean by well-being The top external factors affecting our happiness Habits for well-being What we get wrong with well-being programmes Bringing well-being awareness to your leadership Links: International Positive Psychology Association

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week, I sit down with Rebecca Ward, author of The Paper Tiger Syndrome. Can you remember a time when you felt genuinely fearless? When you knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that your world was safe? For the average person, consistently experiencing that kind of freedom sounds like wishful thinking. But what if that weren't the case? What if most fears and anxieties were just paper tigers? Rebecca and I discuss how to deal with our pager tigers, including: Why we hide our emotional pain Grieving past injuries Connecting to our Vegas nerve The soul in the body A new 'voo' Links: The Paper Tiger Syndrome - The Book Rebecca's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week, I sit down with Diane Dreher, author of The Tao of Inner Peace. Translated more often than any other book except the Bible, the Tao Te Ching has been a spiritual guide for centuries, helping millions find peace within themselves, with each other, and with the natural world around them. Diane's The Tao of Inner Peace adapts the principles of Tao to today's world, showing us how to integrate the many facets of our everyday lives to create a balanced, dynamic, harmonious whole. We talk: The power of savouring Healing society's divisions Overcoming chronic stress The abundance of nature 15 minutes in the forest Links: Diane's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week, I sit down with Kath Blackham, CEO of the revolutionary Australian digital transformation agency VERSA. She has used VERSA as a platform to move the needle on the things she's most passionate about—mental health in the workplace, diversity, flexibility and using technology for good. She famously instituted a four-day week, anathema within the crazy-hours digital agency sector. By creating a swathe of people-first rituals in her business, retention has gone up, sick days and mental health issues are down, and profit has spiked. We talk: The experiments that failed Happiness first Mindful check-ins Three o'clock walkies Building culture remote-first Links: VERSA

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week, I sit down with Federico Zuppa and Jorge Silva, the founders of the Argentinian self-managing software company 10Pines. 10Pines is a company with a horizontal organisational structure, where nobody is above anyone else. They make decisions based on consent, not consensus or voting, making for a dynamic, highly adaptive culture.. We talk: Developing citizens, not leaders Choosing your own salary Getting things done when all work is voluntary The hard parts of being self-managed The temptations of being a boss Links: 10Pines' culture page

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week, I sit down with fellow podcaster and YouTuber The Uneducated Economist. Four years ago, whilst selling lumber during the day, he spent hours researching economics in his free time. He tried to share his insights with his colleagues until one day; a colleague confessed that it was all going over their heads and that perhaps he should start a blog. The blog became a YouTube channel that now has ninety thousand subscribers. Although he left formal education at high school, he takes complex economic issues and breaks them down so anyone can understand and have a conversation about them. We talk: Economics 101 Debt as an addiction Prospects for the dollar What's happening with inflation Quitting alcohol and climbing out of debt Links: Simon's Website Simon's YouTube Channel

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week, I sit down with leadership and change consultant Dr Sharon Varney. She recently published 'Leadership in Complexity and Change: For a World in Constant Motion.' Sharon is adept at making complexity science accessible and has a wealth of experience applying it in business. We talk: How starlings demonstrate complexity Increasing your 'complexity aperture' Change management vs managing in change The importance of slowness Ethics in a complex world Links: Sharon's Website - space for learning

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week, I sit down with Shanghai-based coach and author Jamie Dixon. As well as being a great storyteller himself, Jamie is also someone who helps others share their own stories. Our conversation is one of two halves: at first, we look at productivity and how he managed to write his latest book in 24 hours flat. In the second, we explore the habits of great storytelling and how you can use them to engage and influence others. We talk: - Getting things done without willpower - How to say no to the boss - How experiments fuel productivity - The art of relating - How to use story habits to influence others Links: Jamie's Website Jamie's Books

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest is former medical doctor, corporate retiree, and spiritual adept Kevin Krenitsky. Seven years ago, he left life as a successful executive to devote himself entirely to going within. He recently released The Still Point: The Simplicity of Spiritual Enlightenment. According to Kevin, we are amidst the most significant wave of awakening or self-realisation this planet has ever seen. Our unconscious living has not only created stress, anxiety, wars, and famine; our choices have brought us to the edge of mass destruction. He believes there's a better way, one in which we can live our lives in alignment with our true selves. We talk: - Following the Direct Path - Our addiction to experience - How we can't solve the mind with the mind - Decoupling thoughts and feelings - The 'journey' trap Links: The Still Point - The Book Kevin's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week we see the return of a former guest to the podcast, Professor of Complexity and Management at The University of Hertfordshire Chris Mowles. He's back on the podcast to talk about his new book, Complexity: A Key Idea for Business and Society. Drawing on the natural and social sciences, he describes how complexity models are helpful but insufficient for our understanding of complex reality. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, he explains how, whenever humans are involved, it will be 'predictably unpredictable' whether we like it or not. But rather than this being a cause for despair, Chris emphasises how understanding complexity can give us more options for action. We talk: - Handling the discomfort of uncertainty - Ethics in complexity - Sources of group resilience - Unstable stability - There is no system! Links: Complexity: A Key Idea for Business and Society - The Book Chris' University of Hertfordshire Page

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week we're releasing a talk I did with friend of the show Tom van der Lubbe at the Forward Summit, a conference dedicated to redefining leadership and management to create happier people and successful organizations. We talk: - Applying The Golden Rule in business - Why being small is beautiful - Leading through your frustrations Links: Management 3.0

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's episode is very special to me, Bob Chapman, a man who's been a personal inspiration for many years. Bob is the award-winning CEO of Barry-Wehmiller and author of the critically acclaimed book Everybody Matters. Bob's life changed after a friend asked him what dream he most feared taking to his grave. This conversation led him to ditch his traditional management approach to start treating his team members as if they were each his own precious child. We talk: - Leadership as listening - Validating people's dignity - Better financial metrics than Buffet - Human wealth, not economic wealth - Flipping the frame Links: Everybody Matters - The Book The Privilege of Leadership

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week I speak with Henry Shukman, author and current Spiritual Director of The Mountain Cloud Zen Center. He teaches mindfulness and awakening practices to a wide range of students from all traditions and walks of life. Henry is a man who seems to have led several lives: author, singer and now Zen adept. His battles with severe eczema at an early age, coupled with the break-up on his parents' marriage, led him on a life-long quest to find relief from his suffering. After a spontaneous spiritual awakening at the age of 19, followed by a difficult few years, he embarked on a long journey of healing and awakening. His Zen quest ultimately led to the international abbot of Sanbo Zen appointing him a teacher in 2010. We talk: - The Zen atheist - Trauma release and spirituality - Childrearing for awakening - The arduous path Links: Mountain Cloud Zen Center Henry's Books

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week I speak with Dr. Steven MacGregor, the founder of The Leadership Academy of Barcelona, Honorary Professor of Health and Wellbeing at the Glasgow School of Art, and External Advisor for McKinsey & Company. After completing his first degree, Steven continued his education, and athletic pursuits whilst his friends took corporate jobs. He watched his own wellbeing sore as his friends' nosedived. Seeing these companies squashing the vitality of his colleagues set him on a mission to change things. Steven is also a former international-level duathlete currently racing for FC Barcelona and has trained with Olympic athletes, Tour de France cyclists and Ironman champions. We talk: - wellbeing as a function of habit - nutrition and movement - stealth exercise Links: Dr. MacGregor's books The Daily Reset

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week I speak with an extraordinary woman, Dr. Ruby Gibson, the developer or the technique called Somatic Archaeology, a transgenerational approach to wellness and reclaiming memory. For the past 35 years, Dr. Gibson has been dedicated to the craft and science of Historical Trauma recovery internationally and among Native Peoples. As a mixed­-blood woman, Dr. Gibson's life experience and ceremonial life guided her to develop these healing techniques. She has learned how to simplify the complexity of trauma recovery through the inspiration of her spiritual grandmothers and the four worlds of creation. We talk: - The 5 archaeological steps - Learning from the natural world - 7 generations in each direction - Healing her family history of alcoholism and abandonment - The power of the indigenous medicine wheel Links: Freedom Lodge My Body My Breath

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ My extraordinary guest this week has dedicated his life to connecting to nature, out there as well as inside. ‘Uncle’ Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq is a shaman, traditional healer, storyteller and carrier of the Qilaut (winddrum), whose family belongs to the traditional healers of the Far North from Kalaallit Nunaat, Greenland. We talk the importance of smelling each other (yes), melting the ice, meeting Mandela, and the simple acts of connection that can restore our humanity. Links: Ice Wisdom

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Our guest this week is psychotherapist and executive coach Dr. Tom Cotton. He's a man who stands for the power of deep work. So much so that he invites people to spend three days with him in an abandoned village in the Haut-Languedoc mountains to get beneath their surface thinking. We talk about exploring deep work for connection, creativity, and shared mission. Tom also shares the principles of his approach to deep work for those unable to join his fantastic retreats. Links: Sue Prideaux - I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ For any parents out there, our guest this week is Dr. Gordon Neufeld, author of Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. He speaks about the perils of peer attachment in our children and what we can do to win them back. I'm joined by a colleague in my co-working space, Suzanne, who is facing this right now, and Gordon provides Suzanne with some real-time advice, including sharing how he rescued his relationship with his own daughter. We talk about effective strategies for preserving our child-parent relationships in the context of today's ubiquitous social media presence. Links: Hold on to Your Kids - The Book The Neufeld Institute

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ I'm delighted to say that we're back this week with one of the most thoughtful guys I know, Kayvan Kian. He has a new book, What Is Wisdom?: A Collection of Practical Thoughts for Better Decisions in Life, in which he invites us to channel different philosophers to help us think through life's challenges and opportunities more carefully. The main takeaway from my conversation with Kayvan was the importance of slowing down. Also, the need to make time to think whilst reflecting on how we're thinking. It's this that can help us to dramatically improve our decision making. Links: What Is Wisdom - The Book Kayvan's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest is author and Jungian psychotherapist Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, PhD. The lasting effects of individual trauma are now widely recognized. But what of the consequences of trauma two, three or four generations down the line? Tirzah's book Wounds Into Wisdom makes a compelling case that trauma legacies can be transformed and healed. We talk: Facing your loss Trauma passing down generations Weaponising our trauma Embracing, then releasing victimhood Seven principles of recovery Links: Tirzah's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest is Dr. Howard Schubiner, director of the Mind Body Medicine Center at Providence Hospital in Southfield, Michigan and Clinical Professor at Wayne State University School of Medicine. According to Dr. Schubiner, our chronic pain is often a learned response or association, meaning that we have conditioned ourselves to associate a trigger with a reaction. Dr. Schubiner suggests that we can "re-wire" our neural circuits to undo this conditioning using his Mind-Body approach. If you're suffering from chronic pain or have friends and family that do, Dr Schubiner is well worth a listen. We talk: Howard's conversion to mind-body thinking Medicine's blind spot Job satisfaction and back pain How forgiveness can heal you physically How pain protects us Links: The Unlearn Your Pain Website Unlearn Your Pain - The Book Resources recommended by Dr. Hubiner: The TMS Wiki - for those suffering from Tension Myositis Syndrome The Psychophysiologic Disorders Association - dedicated to ending chronic pain SIRPA (UK) - providing a cutting edge approach to chronic pain

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest is Jesse Thistle, author of the inspiring debut memoir, From the Ashes. Abandoned by his parents before becoming a high school dropout, Jesse is now a rising Indigenous scholar. His book charts the story of his life on the streets and how Jesse overcame trauma and addiction to discover the truth about who he is. We talk: Hiding from the police as a toddler Attempting to get killed by his dealer Finding redemption in prison From undergrad to professor in 7 years How recovery happens in loving communities Jesse's truly is an incredible story. Links: From The Ashes - The Book Jesse's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest is Dr. Jeffrey Rediger, instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and medical director for the McLean South East Adult Psychiatric Programs. A licensed physician and board-certified psychiatrist, he also has a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary. Observing the common denominators of people who have beaten the odds, Dr. Rediger reveals the immense power of our immune system and unlocks the secrets of the mind-body connection. We talk: Remarkable recoveries The curse of sugar Overcoming Decartes’ mind-body split The 4 pillars of great health The power of prayer Links: Cured - The Book Dr. Rediger's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week’s guest is Kevin Hancock, CEO of one of the oldest family businesses in the United States. Kevin used to be a hard-charging, traditional leader, until one day, when felt his throat tightening and found it difficult to speak or be understood. His diagnosis: spasmodic dysphonia, an incurable and rare condition that causes throat spasms. Out of this adversity came a radical shift in leadership and a brand new set of ideas that focused on him doing less, flipping the script on the leadership model, bringing unprecedented performance to his company. We talk: Asking questions as leadership Getting clear in Pine Ridge Astonishing business results Travelling from the head to the heart Advancing humanity Links: The Business Of Shared Leadership

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week’s guest is perhaps one of the most experienced change leaders and advisors on the planet, Jake Jacobs. For over 35 years, he has worked in 61 industries, helping over 210.000 people implement changes in their businesses. What I love about Jake is his fearlessness in calling out what leaders really must do to achieve change in their businesses. We talk: The importance of leverage Thinking and acting as if the future were now Following the energy (you don’t always have to start at the top) The importance of large group work The paradox of honouring continuity to achieve change Links: Jake Jacobs Consulting

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human is Dr Will Van Derveer. Will is the founder and medical director of the Integrative Psychiatric Healing Center where he has practised integrative psychiatry for 15 years. After discovering that his conventional psychiatric training was inadequate to answer many of his patients' challenges, he took an entire year out to meditate. Finding that meditation alone was also not the answer; he began investigating psychedelic therapy to resolve the root causes of common problems such as depression, anxiety, and insomnia. We talk: The power of using MDMA in therapy Will's ayahuasca experience The importance of sleep How meditation is not always enough 'Weirding' your way to healing Links: The Integrative Psychiatry Institute

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human has one of the most extraordinary life stories of anyone I’ve met. I give you Guy Felicella. Guy grew up in a middle-class home but fell into addiction at a young age. He spent 30 years in the repeated cycle of gangs, addiction, treatment, and jail. But a pivotal meeting with one of Canada’s most celebrated doctors changed the course of his life. Guy is now nine years sober and in a stable relationship with three children, a remarkable turnaround. We dive into how he was able to achieve such a remarkable recovery. We talk: 30 years of gang life Meeting Gabor Mate The trauma therapy that changed everything Practicing 'doing kind' Confronting his abuser mother Links: Guy's Website Guy's Twitter

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human is Darcia Narvaez, Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University of Notre Dame. I love Darcia's work because, unlike other psychologists, she doesn't simply look at our society's current pathologies and ask, how do we fix this? She takes in the broad sweep of human societal evolution and notes how our current ways of being and relating haven't always been so. She focuses especially on what we can learn from past and present indigenous cultures. We talk: How agriculture gave us hierarchy Predatory individualism and the cycle competive detachment Pre-competitive cultures Feeling the trees scream The power of the Gift Economy Links: Breaking The Cycle - The Film Evolved Nest Kindred Media Darcia's University of Notre Dame Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human is complexity theorist and author Ian Snape. A former research leader and executive at the Australian Antarctic Division, he has led teams on expeditions to both polar regions before focusing on coaching and training CEOs, Olympic athletes, and frontline professionals. We discuss how resilience isn't just the ability to tough it out; it's dependent upon an interconnected set of skills, techniques, creative processes. It's about new understandings of how we think, act, and interact with our environments and each other. We talk: How and why to quiet the Left Brain Clean language for resilience The power of using perspectives Coaching marines for breakthrough performance The one about the abductive turkey Links: Resilience By Design - The Book Frontline Mind

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human is Christopher D. Lee, PhD, author and the HR Director at one of the USA's oldest and most prestigious colleges, William & Mary. Christopher has a passion for human performance. There are three things we know about traditional performance appraisals: they are widely used, universally despised, and probably ineffective. What should leaders do instead? Adopt a coaching mindset and commit to regular, structured performance conversations. Christopher offers a wealth of insight and practical ideas about how to elevate these conversations for deep impact. We talk: The mentor that changed Christopher's life Why relationships matter Your job is not to evaluate Focus on intent Have people feel good Links: Performance Conversations - The Book The Performance Conversations website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human is psychiatrist, empath and author Judith Orloff. Judith is the bestselling author of "The Power of Surrender", where she advocates for the art of letting go as the secret key to manifesting power and success in all areas of life, including work, relationships, sexuality, radiant aging, and health and healing. We talk: Surrendering to her intuition as a medical professional Let's talk death Tuning in to the quiet voice Integrating ego and intuition Embracing your multitudes Links: The Power of Surrender - The Book

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human is peace-pilgrim, life-long activist and former monk, Satish Kumar. As a teenager, Satish trekked from India to America via Russia to deliver ‘peace tea’ to the leaders of, what were then, the four major nuclear powers. He walked 8,000 miles without any money totally depending on the generosity of strangers. Now in his 80s, he has devoted his life to campaigning for ecological regeneration, social justice and spiritual fulfilment. We talk: Becoming a monk at 9 years old Cultivating trust Staying committed Introducing The Cosmic Relationships Department Embracing 'enough' Links: Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human is facilitator and author Corena Chase. Corena is co-author of The Five Lost Superpowers: Why We Lose Them and How to Get Them Back. Corena believes that everyone has superpowers when they are a child. While we tend to lose track of them as we grow up, they’re always there, right below the surface, ready for us to reactivate them and fully manifest our human potential. We talk: How her niece taught her the glory of curiosity Presence and resilience Why a jack of all trades might be a master after all Daring to play Smashing corporate taboos Links: The Five Lost Superpowers - The Book Corena's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human is intuitive healer, mentor and life teacher Fiona Arrigo. What I found so compelling about Fiona is her profound belief that we can heal ourselves. With so many of us right now - including me sometimes - seeking external sources for our wellbeing, she's part of a growing movement of people rediscovering their innate healing potential. On this basis, she has developed her healing method The Arrigo Programme, where she offers a multi-layered approach to anything from anxiety and depression to relationship issues, chronic pain, or simply a feeling of losing our way. We talk: What it means to be human Working on the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels How surviving a severe car crash became a spiritual awakening How there is no blueprint Owning "I don't know" Links: The Arrigo Programme Fiona's Instagram

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human is ecological economist and writer Tim Jackson. Tim's view is that we need to give up our obsession with GDP and focus instead on human progress. He envisions a return to a focus on virtue and a re-prised role for institutions to integrate the desires of individuals with their social obligations. His book Post Growth is both a manifesto for system change and an invitation to rekindle our connection with what it means to be human. We talk: Progress not economic growth Labour vs work Mugumo trees in Kenya The perils of unconstrained novelty-seeking Finding flow for sustainability Links: Tim's Website Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human is Marina Efaimoglou. She has an interesting life story, to say the least. Whilst still in her twenties she was running her own investment firm having survived a cancer with 25% survival odds. The scare caused her re-evaluate her life. She later received a second diagnosis. This time, she was able to heal purely through natural methods. Her health quest led her to create the Euphoria Retreat in the Taygetus Mountains near Sparta in Greece. But it’s not all salads and massages, at its core is a spiritual inquiry into why we’re here. We talk: Surviving cancer twice The family crisis that set her free Using the Chinese 5 Elements to understanding healing Staring her own investment firm Leaving banking for her new life Links: Marina's Retreat - Euphoria

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human is educator, mental health counsellor, yoga teacher and co-founder of the Center for Trauma and Embodiment (CFTE), Jenn Turner. Trauma is a pervasive aspect of all human experience. Understandably, it's one that no one wants to talk about, and yogis are no exception. Jenn's work is piercing this taboo in the yoga world. She's learning lessons about dealing with the impacts of buried pain that we can all apply in our lives, no matter our walk of life. We talk: The double-think of mainstream yoga Shifting from didact to 'holder of space' Embracing the chaos Why survivors must always be the authors of their healing The essence of trauma-sensitive leadership Links: Jenn's Website Center for Trauma and Embodiment (CFTE) Embodied Healing - The Book

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human is Professor of Economics Steve Keen. Professor Keen has been on a mission to expose the failings of mainstream economic theory and policy. An economics dissident and author of 2001’s Debunking Economics, he warned about the 2008 economic crisis long before it happened. We talk: Why Neoclassical economic models are fantasies How nations manage to keep their ‘zombie economies’ going How economists are not prepared for the looming climate crisis How those wary of "watermelon" communistic greens have reason to be fearful A realistic model of the economy A new politics to de-zombify our economies Links: Professor Keen's Books Professor Keen's Patreon eCONomics - The Comic

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Why are measures of stress and anxiety on the rise when materially we seem to have it so good? This is a question that my guest this week, Mark Blyth has set out to discover. In his book Angrynomics, Mark explores the rising tide of anger and proposes radical new solutions for an increasingly polarized world. Mark is as entertaining as he is passionate, we talk: Why we're so angry The failure of 'trickle-up' neo-liberalism The golden opportunity that rich governments are not taking Why inflation isn't the problem Towards a Capitalism 4.0 Links: Angrynomics Angrynomics - The Book

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ How many of us during our school years learned the teachings of Epictetus or Seneca? Perhaps you were lucky. With the world as it is right now, there's a great need for the perennial wisdom of the ancients. My guest this week, Kayvan Kian, has been leading a series of philosophical dialogues within the Young Leaders Forum he founded. He condensed the essence of these conversations into his book What is Water? In it, Kayvan shifts the focus away from overwhelm and toward virtues and strategies that will help you grow stronger through it all. In this episode, we talk: The Bricks, Pillars and Schools metaphor Magical celebrations Learning to talk less The power of dialogue Cultivating virtue Links: What Is Water? - The Book

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Why are some people magnetic, confident, comfortable in their skin, and in charge of their destinies? What’s their secret? This week's author Leslie Ehm, believes she has the answer in one word: Swagger. Leslie talks about how her philosophy shatters the myths around “fake it ’til you make it”, and we why need to dig deep to uncover and express our real selves. What I love about Leslie is that she’s not shy about tackling what’s blocking many of us from finding our swagger and that’s addressing our underlying pain. In this episode, we talk: The true definition of swagger What's blocking your real self How far we can heal pain Embracing our weirdness Professionalism vs. authenticity Links: Swagger - The Book Leslie's Website Leslie's Instagram

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ What does it mean to be a good organisation in a world of unbounded individualism and ferocious social Darwinism? A rebellious professor and a business insurgent believe they have an answer. Professor at the University of St. Gallen Antoinette Weibel and Otti Vogt, ex-COO of ING, join us this week to talk about the new project they've co-founded called Good Organisations. They believe the “anything goes” narrative of our postmodern world cannot be upheld. Antionette and Otti join the show to tell us that we need to re-learn how to put virtues first and craft “good organisations” that enable human flourishing. In this episode, we talk: Healthy feminine and healthy masculine The role of healing and dialogical learning The curse of unbounded individualism How Agile = 'Lipstick on a Pig' The need for revolution Links: Good Organisations

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ We're back with much loved former guest, David Chislett. David is a South African punk rocker-turned-creativity consultant, now living deep in a Dutch forest. As well as helping companies to unleash his weapons of mass creation, David is a poet supported by a band of loyal Patreon subscribers. David shares with us his journey to create a virtual community around his poetry and the steps he took to achieve it. In this episode, we talk: Discipline in creativity We are what we do Dealing with psychological triggers Can art truly impact culture? Managing tour bands Links: David's Poetry Patreon With All Of You - The Book David's Personal Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ What if being honest with ourselves and others made us be better business leaders? That is the issue this week's guest, Ron Carucci, addresses in his book, To Be Honest. The origins of his book are fascinating. He put hundreds of his firm's past client interviews through IBM Watson's AI engine to uncover patterns associated with business success. He found that honesty was crucial. He discovered that just four factors could make organisations 16 times more likely to have people tell the truth, behave fairly, and serve a greater good. In this episode, we talk: How BS slowly kills businesses How honesty is a muscle Going beyond engagement surveys The secret of Microsoft's turnaround Ron's path to getting more honest Links: Ron's Book To Be Honest - The Website Navalent - Ron's Consultancy

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Jillian Lavender used to run a large division of an international publisher, always between two planes and walking right up to the line of major burnout. On the recommendation of a friend, and with some scepticism, she took a meditation course. From that point, things changed for her in a big way. She could handle her fast-paced life. After a complete career change, she now teaches meditation in London and New York and has written a book called Why Meditate? Because it Works. In this episode, we talk how meditation: - Can be easy and non-wierd - Improves your sleep - Can be done anywhere - Enhances your clarity of thought - Doesn't require you become a hippy! Links: Jillian's Book London Meditation Centre New York Meditation Center

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Over the next few years, we will experience more disruption than in the previous 100 years. Yet are things changing too fast and too regularly to notice? Futurist Eric Pilon-Bignell sees modern change presents as a giant, rogue wave emerging on the horizon. He asks, will we surf these waves with mastery? Or will we let them swallow us whole? In his book Surfing Rogue Waves, Eric shows us how to gain from the greatest period of opportunity in all of human history. In this episode, we talk: The Six D's of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Thinking in exponentials Why improv is the crucial 21st-century skill Everlasting worms Learning to surf complexity Links: Surfing Rogue Waves Eric's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, I speak with John Kay, one of Britain's leading economists, whose career has spanned the academic world, business and public affairs In his recent book, Radical Uncertainty with Mervyn King, he describes how, as a society, we regularly crave certainties which cannot exist and invent knowledge we cannot have. We forget that humans are successful because we have adapted to an environment that we understand only imperfectly and that, throughout history we have developed a variety of ways of coping with the radical uncertainty that defines our lives. In this episode, we talk: The problem with bias-obsessed behavioural economics The power of abductive reasoning Understanding economics' failing record Our love for doomsday scenarios The folly of misapplying probabilistic reasoning Links: Radical Uncertainty John's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, I speak with Paul Collier, the author of the barn-storming new economic treatise 'The Future of Capitalism'. From humble beginnings in Sheffield, England, to life as an Oxford don, Paul understands the power and limitations of capitalism from both sides of the tracks. In our conversation, Paul reflects on the role businesses must play in creating a more sustainable version of capitalism. Packed with great anecdotes and some sobering insights, I really enjoyed this one We talk: From England's poorest city to celebrated academic Why 'oughts' trump 'wants' How General Motors failed at Lean How the capitalism that has brought us closer is now pushing us apart Why we can't treat humans like cats Links: Paul's The Future of Capitalism Nicholas A. Christakis - Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society Michael J. Sandel - The Tyranny of Merit Robert D. Putnam - The Upswing Paul Collier, John Kay - Greed Is Dead: Politics After Individualism

This is an interview with Tom van der Lubbe around the theme of self-management. We get into the history of his founding of Viisi on self-management principles. We also take several practical questions for the webinar audience members. Well worth a watch/listen if you want to learn more about this topic.