The Being Human Podcast with Richard Atherton

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, we talk with Garland Vance, author of 'Gettin' (un)Busy' on: - The secret to purpose, productivity and peace - Elon Musk: examplar of un-busyness? - Transitions and batching - Taking a sabbath - Wisdom in business Enjoy! To your humanity, Richard Links: Garland's website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ My guest this week, Csaba Toth arrived in the UK from Hungary in 2004 with enough money for a couple of nights in a hostel. After a stint in hospitality, Csaba co-created a highly successful table-booking start-up. But despite his academic training in personality differences, he was unable to resolve his issues the CEO, which ultimately led to him leaving the business. This spurred him to create Global DISC, a powerful assessment tool endorsed by John Mattone, coach to the late Steve Jobs. In this episode, we talk: - The difference between inclusion and diversity - Why gender, age and ethnic diversity won’t necessarily drive company performance - The Global DISC approach and how it differs from other personality tests - What we mean by cognitive diversity and why it matters - Why achieving inclusion can take intensive self-work and team development Enjoy! To your humanity, Richard Links: Global DISC

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This episode's guest is Nick Bloom, a fellow Brit and professor in economics at Stanford. He's been an avid researcher in remote working since 2014. Pre-COVID likely only 8% of employees worked from home. Nick expects this to be 40% in the aftermath of the pandemic, an extraordinary transformation of economic life. In this episode, we talk: - What Nick learned studying working from home at 'China's Expedia' Ctrip - The optimum set-up for home working - The shape and drivers of inequality in today's society - How lockdowns may be driving inequality - The future for capitalism Enjoy! To your humanity, Richard Links: Nick's research

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ On 14 January 2018, as he attempted to board a flight to London, my guest this week, Marek Zmyslowski, felt a hand on his shoulder from the Polish customs agents. His business partner in Nigeria had bribed the local police to get him placed on Interpol's Most Wanted List. This is just one of many extraordinary incidents during his adventures in building start-ups in Poland and Africa, including co-founding 'The Amazon of Africa' Jumia. We talk: - Defending accusations of being a 'white saviour' - His fight with the Nigerian justice system - His lessons building software teams - How to stay resilient - How we must reform capitalism Enjoy! To your humanity, Richard Links: Chasing Black Unicorns - The Book

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ A conversation with Wharton scholar Robert Meyer on his book 'The Ostrich Paradox'. In this episode, we talk: - Why we fail to learn from past disasters - The biases that stop us making investments for the long term - How we can use herding and other biases in our favour - How we must change our approach to managing risk - The truth about ostriches Enjoy! To your humanity, Richard Links: The Ostrich Paradox Robert's profile at Wharton

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ My guest this week on Being Human is Tanmoy Goswami, who holds that rare distinction of being the world's only 'Sanity Correspondent' for, well, The Correspondent. He is a passionate advocate for us talking more openly about mental health. He first got on my radar with his article "From the myth of meritocracy to the rise of bullshit jobs – it's time we admit work doesn't make us happy" in which he lays out how our workplaces can not only make us unhappy but send us to an early grave. Yes, things must change. We talk: - Moving away from the language of war in business - Living with depression and anxiety - What we really mean by recovery - What we must change about our workplaces - The dark side of mainstreaming the mental health conversation Enjoy! To our humanity, Richard Links: Tanmoy's profile on The Correspondent Tanmoy's Twitter

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Author and speaker Daniela Sieff is a former student of evolution under Richard Dawkins. She has turned her attention to trauma and its impacts. She brilliantly articulates the way adverse events and conditions shape our lives and how we can emerge from a Trauma World. In this highly personal conversation, we cover: - The definition of trauma - Daniela's own turning point in her facing her past - Healing versus curing trauma - How society ignores the magnitude of child abuse, neglect and its effects - How we can heal and why therapy works Enjoy! To our humanity, Richard Links: Daniela's website Daniela's mailing list

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This episode is with Phil Driver, author of 'From Woe to Flow: Validating and Implementing Strategies'. In it, he sets a way that anyone can think about strategy based on decades of work with a wide range of organisations. Let Phil take you through a fresh way to think about strategy from his cabin in rural New Zealand. We talk: - Living the permaculture life - The art of strategising 'right to left' - How to get three hundred people to agree on a way forward - The common issue with 'Open Space' meetings and how to fix them - How emerging from Covid-19 is not about returning to normal Enjoy! To your humanity, Richard

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This episode's guest, Michael J. Gelb, has published 17 books, including 'How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci' and 'The Healing Organization', which he co-authored with recent guest Raj Sisodia. He takes the view that our intellects are highly malleable, even into later life, and by using specific exercises, we can better integrate our left and right brains to enhance our reasoning and creative powers. In this conversation, we take a tour through three of his books, from 'How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci', the 'The Art of Connection', landing at 'The Healing Organization'. The underlying theme is one of embracing all of our humanity, as individuals and in our organisations. We talk: - How to think like Leonardo da Vinci - The power of curiosity for unlocking creative potential - The Indra's Net metaphor for consciousness - The need for 'whole-brain thinking' in economics and in life - Why "Healing Organizations" are part of the megatrend for capitalism Enjoy and have a great weekend! To your humanity, Richard

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ As well as researching psychological safety with his colleague Amy Edmondson , my guest this week, Mike Lee, Professor in Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD, takes a deep interest in how company structure affects how people act. In this episode, we cover: - Psychological safety defined - How changing the default choices managers make can improve psychological safety for others - The radically flat business operating system Holacracy: its benefits and limitations - How getting to know your colleagues improves productivity - Mike's spirit animal: a live demo Enjoy! Have a great weekend, Richard Links: Mike's website INSEAD profile link

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ A conversation with Dr. David A. Bishop, author of "Metagility: Managing Agile Development for Competitive Advantage". We talk: - How we must now reconsider the Agile Manifesto - The concept of "Agile Vorticity" - How to change as fast as your market - How the rise of smart devices is changing the rules for agility - A happy marriage of Agile and Waterfall techniques - Agility as your Product Engine Enjoy and have a great weekend, Richard Links: Metagility book Agile Worx

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Author and business philosopher Raj Sisodia is back with a new book, The Healing Organization, which takes a deep look at the role of a business within its community. In this episode, we talk: - The four energies we must balance when building Healing Organisations - What The Founders missed when learning from the Iroquois to write the American Constitution - Saving lives by baking cookies - A call centre boss' epiphany - Raj's take on Amazon's business practices Enjoy! Best wishes and be well, Richard Links: The Healing Organization book The Conscious Capitalism Institute

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ A conversation with Howard Lewis: art collector, investor and YouTube street stunt artist. Although now obviously suspended, he runs OFFLINE, a monthly gathering with a simple aim: to share a meal. The prospect of sharing a refection with anyone beyond our immediate household is a distant prospect for many of us right now. However, Howard provides us with some inspiration for the lives we might want to create when we can all let go of the current strictures. In this episode, we talk: - The inspiration for his 'chocolate challenge' street initiative - The primal power of dining together - Why we must bring more spontaneity to our gatherings - The gift of developing conversational skills - The need for us all to be more human in our public lives Enjoy!

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week, I speak with Matt Homann, CEO of Filament, a firm dedicated to faciliating great meetings in-person or online. We talk: - the fundamental principles that make for an excellent meeting - how to make meetings work online - the common mistakes that people make in offline meetings that you should not transfer online - a future of Chief Collaboration Officers - humanising virtual working Enjoy! Best wishes Richard Links: Filament website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode Tom van der Lubbe shares how his company Viisi took their entire workforce 100% remote in two days and so far have seen no loss in revenue. Viisi is a pioneer in self-organisation. They have implemented the radical business operating system Holacracy to create an extraordinary high-trust culture. They are now reaping the rewards of their stellar human capital during the current crisis. In this episode, we talk: - why people-first businesses will win during this crisis - how Viisi's self-organised structure allowed them to go remote so quickly - how removing fear from the environment has seen their revenues unaffected - how the teams themselves are accommodating those with essential-worker spouses - how purpose is replacing the CEO in self-managed organisations Links: Tom's profile on Viisi Brian's Robertson's Holacracy book Tom's recent article in Corporate Rebels

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I interview author, speaker and strategist Dawna Jones. Dawna has been podcasting more than a decade. She's a "lover of the power of the human spirit" and has a deep interest in how businesses and consumers together can restore our social and ecological health. In this full-blooded conversation, we talk: - her emergence from homelessness after the '08 crash - making sense of life's interruptions - the key factors of decision making in complexity - the organisation as part of life itself - why we need to think more broadly than just collective intelligence Enjoy and stay safe.

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ My guest for this episode is Associate Professor Jonathan Trevor from Saïd Business School and author of the Financial Times' Book of the Month, 'Align'. Jonathan talks a broad view of alignment across all aspects of the enterprise. We talk: - What is alignment and Jonathan's Strategic Alignment Framework - The universalists (best practice is best) vs the contingency theorists (context matters) - Why we must look at alignment as more than a 'people issue.' - Why you must pick between stability and agility - The Enterprise Leader as Organisational Architect Enjoy! Align book link Jonathan's Saïd profile

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ My guest for this episode is Tom Szaky. Tom is an extraordinary multi-award-winning entrepreneur who embodies the notion of the purpose-driven enterprise. His company Terracycle is a world leader in offering commercial solutions to fully recycling our products. From his plant in the middle of one of the most deprived districts in New Jersey, we talk: - Why for-profit companies beat non-profits in saving the world - How being purpose-driven leads to negative marketing budgets - How they have no crime incidents despite their location - How growing up in communism has made him a better capitalist - The issue with framing big corporations as evil and how to make them care Enjoy! Links: Tom's company - TerraCycle

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ As I upload this video, many people are facing working from home fulltime for the first time in their careers. In this episode, I speak with Dr. Sara Perry from Baylor University, a leading researcher in the field. We talk: - How to be a successful remote worker - When remote working works and when it doesn't - What remote working could mean for our society - The personality types that struggle with it - What to do to make the most of the opportunity if you've been given it Enjoy! Richard Links: Join Dr. Perry's study Her book 'Organized Innovation'

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I speak with leadership coach Helena Demuynck, a world expert in the field of Conversational Intelligence. We talk: - How to engage any group (and avoid the situation above) - The six brains involved in a conversation - How moving people into 'Level 3' conversations amplifies outcomes - Drilling down, and the power of curiosity - The importance of breathing in co-creation Enjoy! Links: Conversational Intelligence book Oxygen 4 Leadership

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Helping to create a 'trauma-aware' society is a significant aim of this podcast, so I'm delighted that for our 100th episode we talk with Darius Cikanavicius. He a prodigious blogger and author of 'Human Development and Trauma'. We talk: - Darius' childhood growing up in a single-parent home - Why trauma is not just about significant events - The power of having an 'enlightened witness' - Why therapy rocks - Where to start with Self-Work Enjoy! Links: Self Archeology site Self Archeology Facebook Darius Instagram

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ I'm thrilled to say that after a year of stalking (!), Pim de Morree agreed to be my guest this week. Pim is one-half of the founder team of the trailblazing Corporate Rebels. His adventures to the cutting edge of progressive business cultures have been inspiring me for years. In this episode, we talk: - How the seeds of his corporate rebellion formed in his childhood - The Belgian civil servant changing the world - Where Google are getting it wrong - His Number #1 f*ck-up building Corporate Rebels - How to achieve psychological safety Enjoy! Links: Corporate rebels website Corporate rebels book

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I present to you Part II of my conversation with ex-Bomb Disposal Officer, Change Manager and leadership author, Ben Sawyer. Ben has an incredible story. He fulfilled his boyhood dream to be the guy in the big suit walking down the street to defuse the explosive threat. He now works as a Change Manager with one of the largest publishers in the world, The Oxford University Press. In this concluding segment, we talk: - His favoured strategy for change management - Staying one step ahead of the terrorists in Afghanistan - Improving bomb disposal technology with no budget - Agility in the military - Ben's biggest failure as a leader and lessons for workplace stress Enjoy! Best, Richard Links: Part I of this conversation Ben's forthcoming book: Paradox and Power in Caring Leadership L.David Marquet - Turn The Ship Around!

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I talk with ex-Bomb Disposal Officer and leadership author Ben Sawyer. Ben has an incredible story. He fulfilled his boyhood dream to be the guy in the big suit walking down the street to defuse the explosive threat. He now works as a Change Manager with one of the largest publishers in the world, The Oxford University Press. The conversation was so fruitful that we've split this into two parts. In this first part, we talk: - Checking for bombs under his Dad's car at seven years old - The motto at Sandhurst that stayed with him - The moment he had to break the rules for the greater good - The critical leadership trait that kept his team safe - His biggest mistake as a military leader Enjoy! Best, Richard Links: Ben's forthcoming book: Paradox and Power in Caring Leadership L.David Marquet - Turn The Ship Around!

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I go solo to take a brief dip into the life of that extraordinary human Alexander The Great to pick out some lessons for leadership today. In this episode, I share: - How he won 23 battles without an org chart - What Alexander learned from his tutor Aristotle on strategy - What Lean Manufacturing and Alexander's leadership style have in common Enjoy! Best, Richard Links: Arrian's "The Campaigns of Alexander" History Bro channel on Alexander the Great

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Ilya Bodner, was an immigrant to the US from Uzbekistan. Growing up around his farther's sewing company and his Uncle's cab firm, entrepreneurship was in Ilya's blood. Ilya now runs Bold Penguin, a breakthrough start-up in the insurance industry, transforming the value chain with their digital platform. In this episode, we talk: - Lessons from start-up failures before his breakthrough - The importance of wise counsel - Why team trust is so important Enjoy and have an awesome weekend. Best, Richard Links: boldpenguin.com

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ What's going on? Who's in charge? Annual objectives? What? Hey? For many of us in the daily grind, this can be the norm. "The Fog" is what our guest this week, Lindsay Uittenbogaard, calls it. The ambiguity, the differing assumptions, the miscommunication. Lindsay has a path out of the pea soup, it's called MirrorMirror: a platform and process for achieving alignment in teams. In this episode, we talk: - Making the leap from a small company to the Big League - The symptoms that your team is not aligned - The factors that matter in achieving alignment - Her advice to aspiring entrepreneurs - How she nearly founded Uber! Enjoy and have an awesome weekend. Best, Richard Links: MirrorMirror

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Our guest for this episode is John Perkins, famed author of "Confessions of an Economic Hitman: the shocking inside story of how America really took over the world." John may be the world's only economic writer and practising shaman. His ability to link lessons from shamanism and a new approach to economic progress is fascinating. We talk: - His early experiences of shamanic healing - How our perceptions shape our reality - His work as an 'economic hitman' and the fraud of GDP growth - How only by shifting our dreams, can we change our relationship with the earth - Why doing what you love is so important Enjoy and here's to a magnificent 2020! Links: John's newsletter John's books

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I go solo for a short review of the highlights and major themes of 2019. I talk: - What inspires from the Happiness at Work movement - The magic ingredient for super productive workplaces - Some highlights to come for 2020! Enjoy!

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Geoffrey Moore's "Crossing the Chasm" is a bible for start-ups in how to get their wares out to the masses. Geoffrey's latest book, "Zone to Win" advises how established players can successfully defend against disrupters and ultimately transform to survive and thrive. We talk: - The four zones that companies must manage when facing disruption - Why an "Agile" culture isn't right for all parts of an organisation - The importance of making only one big bet for transformation - The characteristics of a great transformation leader - How he's still vibrant in his 70's Enjoy! Have an awesome weekend, Richard Links: Zone to Win book Crossing the Chasm book Geoffrey's website Geoffrey's LinkedIn blog

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In late September this year, I read the extraordinary story of the Hungarian psychologist László Polgár. He was convinced that talent was made not born. To prove it, Polgár declared that his as-yet-born children would become chess grandmasters through his training. He found a willing woman to join him in this grand experiment. Their daughters - The Polgár Sisters - are now some of the most successful chess players of all time. It was my guest this week, Jeroen De Flander, who first told me of this spectacular tale. It forms the basis of his latest book 'The Art of Performance'. In this week's episode, we talk: - How any kid can become Mozart-level pitch perfect - The myth of the 10,000 hours to mastery - The role that genes do play in talent - Why your interests matter more than your personality Links: The Art of Performance book Holland Interests Test - FREE Holland Interests Test - PAID Jeroen's website The Institute of Strategy Execution website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ A conversation with multiple-author and thought leader Dave Gray on his book 'Liminal Thinking'. We talk: - The power of popping our "bubbles of belief" - The ultimate culture hack in a Dallas district - Hacking fishmarkets in Mogadishu - The art of the pattern interrupt - What we can learn from the American Pragmatists Enjoy! Links: Liminal Thinking on Amazon The Wesbite Dave's personal website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Marcel Schwantes is a speaker, executive coach, podcaster and syndicated columnist for Inc.com. He joins me in this episode to talk: - His epiphany overcoming a narcissist boss - The core tenets of Servant Leadership - How Servant Leaders must still lead - When to start and when to wait - Love in the workplace Enjoy! Best, Richard Links: http://www.leadershipfromthecore.com/

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ We're back with Tom van der Lubbe, the radical CEO of Dutch financial advisors Viisi. This month the Fawcett Society in the UK made a call for women to be able all see men's salaries in the cause of equality. The Business Insider has also recently reported on an ad-industry viral salary spreadsheet. What if firms just made salaries public? Not only that, but set out the expected rises for years to come. This has been Viisi's approach. In this episode, we talk: - Why bonuses kill good culture - The power of public 'salary curves' - The self-organising approach to solving pay tensions - Why he doesn't let staff set their own salaries Enjoy! Links: Dan Pink TED Talk - The Puzzle of Motivation Corporate Rebels article about Viisi

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In 2006, our guest this week, Paul Rogers, got a paper published in the Harvard Business Review titled "Who Has the D?" Over ten years later, the simple ideas in that paper continue to inspire. In a world of complex workflows and team dynamics, asking the question "Who Has the D?" can provide great clarity. In this episode, recorded at the Umbrella Rooms in London, we talk: - The RAPID method Paul developed for creating clarity in teams - How Paul uses this in day-to-day life as a senior consulting partner - The power of thinking of organisations in terms of 'Decision Architectures' - The surprising (at least to me!) progressive management culture at Bain - How he helps clients work through tensions in making decisions Links Original HBR paper Bain & Company

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Early in his career, Professor Edward Bullmore, Head of Psychiatry, suffered an infected tooth. During his recovery, Edward felt uncharacteristically depressed. Was he down just because he was dwelling on the misfortune of his sore tooth? Or perhaps - perhaps he was depressed as a direct result of his physical infection. Was his depression actually emerging in his body as it fought the contamination? His idea was heresy within his medical community. As Descartes taught us, the mind is the mind, and the body is the body. In this episode with Professor Bullmore, now Head of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge, we talk: - The mechanics of how inflammation can cause depression - Why the drugs industry has stalled on new mental drugs - The exciting potential for a new class of mental health drugs - Losing the distinction of 'mental' health. Is it just health? Links: The Inflamed Mind

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ We're at the forefront of three societal waves: environmental degradation, rising inequality and human isolation. Kim Polman is out to make a change. At a fringe meeting at Davos in 2016, she launched a book of essays. On a snowy hill of hard-headed global capitalists, she spoke of heart-based connection, caring for the environment, and yes, spirituality. It caused a sensation. It started a movement. Kim's message is simple. Jesus, the Buddha and the great sages shared the same idea. The Golden Rule: treat others as you would wish to be treated. In this episode, we talk: - How to apply the Golden Rule in practice - The metaphor of the caterpillar's imaginal cells - How her playing the cello helped her parent her sons - The tale of a 40-hour-week success story in Silicon Valley - Why connecting to ourselves is at the core of global transformation Enjoy! Links: https://www.rebootthefuture.org/

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I talk to HR Director-turned-investor Devyani Vaishampayan. Devyani has created a role for herself at the forefront of AI innovation in the HR sector. Her investment arm funds HR tech start-ups while she helps corporations test new ideas with her incubator programme. In this illuminating conversation, we talk: - The five ways in which AI is impacting businesses - How AI can help organisations become more human-friendly - The new leadership required in the Age of Transformation - How AI is improving the hiring process - What she looks for in start-ups Enjoy! Links: https://hrtechpartnership.com/

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I speak with ex-McKinsey consultant-turned business revolutionary Dev Tandon. How would the Buddha run a business? What if the workplace was organised purely around human connection? These are some of the questions Dev seeks to explore with the 'Obo' movement. With no money, he has already inspired a team to help him build a brand, write a book and design the movement's first products. We talk: - His moment of inspiration while meditating on a flight to Mexico - Starting meetings with silence - The broader human project to build 'awakened' systems for business - His radical approach for hiring - Why putting money to one side has it chasing us Enjoy! Links: Join Obo: https://obomovement.org/ References: Reinventing Organisations, Frederick Laloux: https://amzn.to/2BiZJRL These are some of the questions Dev seeks to explore with the 'Obo' movement. With no money, he has already inspired a team to help him build a brand, write a book and design Obo’s first products.

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I talk with Harvard Leadership Professor Amy C. Edmondson. She's the author of The Fearless Organisation and world-renowned for her pioneering work on the link between psychological safety and team performance. I’m delighted that I got to speak with Amy. She is, undoubtedly, one of the management thinkers today having the greatest impact on the workplace culture conversation. We talk: - How she first discovered the link between performance and psychological safety - The parallels between psychological safety and free speech - Why psychological safety doesn't happen easily and must be cultivated - The recent furore of Google firing James Damore for sharing his views - Where to start with building psychological safety in your teams Links: The Fearless Organization: https://amzn.to/2nxF3lO

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Free climber, tango marathon dancer, Davos regular, Dr. Thomas Juli is also an author and a Human Business Architect. Previous guest, Peter Stevens introduced me to Dr. Juli as someone shaking up business thinking. I'm delighted that he did! We talk: - How the 'Human Business Paradigm' is upending our workplace sacred cows - His move from being a Programme Manager to rejecting traditional planning - Why delighting each other may become the new mission for Business - Why our planning questions matter - How mindfulness doesn't have to involve cushions Enjoy! Links: Dr. Juli's consulting business: motivate2b.com Dr. Juli's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-thomas-juli-799338/

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I talk with Peter Morville. I first got to know Peter's work through his 2014 book Intertwingled, which beautifully illustrated the complexity of our world and how we shape the information around us as it shapes us. In this episode, we explore his latest book 'Planning for Everything' in which he makes the case that we should be consciously designing how we plan depending on our context. We talk: - His STARFINDER framework for planning - His dream for Sentient Sanctuary, a place for healing for animals and people - How his voluntary work has shaped in thinking - His plan for Part 3 of his life - How he was inspired General McChrystal's approach for defeating the Taliban Enjoy! Links: https://intertwingled.org/ https://semanticstudios.com/

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I talk with Peter Stevens. In 2016, in experimenting with his wife, Peter created the Personal Agility system for applying Agile principles to manage his personal life. It worked. He since taking his concept around the world with workshops, Meet Ups and a forthcoming book. We talk: - The genesis of the Personal Agility system - His wife's role as Celebration Coach - The powerful questions that help him achieve what's important - How the system has changed people's lives - Why this approach should be at the heart of all Agile Transformations Enjoy! Links: Join the PAS community at the Personal Agility Institute: https://personalagilityinstitute.org/ Get Personal Agility: Unlocking Purpose, Alignment, and Transformation Amazon in Kindle or Paperback formats https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHWM9VKK Enter promo code 'beinghuman' for an Autographed Copy of Personal Agility (https://saat-network.ch/ebk) or Ten Agile Contracts (https://tencontracts.org/)

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I speak with fellow podcaster and writer on the future of work, Neil Miller. In a broad-ranging and provocative discussion, we talk: - The new skills and attitude of a human leader - How to get a grip of our work lives to make time to be creative - Neil's take on a legacy of white supremacy in the workplace - How AI and automation will and will not take our jobs Enjoy! Links: https://workminus.com/

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, I talk with Devin Halliday, perhaps the world's first Chief Belonging Architect. Devin was an award-winning sales leader at a major tech firm before founding Rudiment Solutions, a company dedicated to helping organisations to build belonging. Devin has some powerful messages for those looking to develop culture and get the most from their people. We talk: - His early struggles in making the shift from salesman to sales leader - The critical importance of self-analysis for managers - How to really build values alignment and it has nothing to do with posters - Why he believes that cognitive diversity is the most important form of diversity - The 5 factors for belonging Enjoy! Links: http://belongingfactor.com http://beinghuman.belongingfactor.com - for your free signed copy of the book

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, I speak with former US Army paratrooper and Afghanistan veteran Louis Fernandez. The son of Cuban refugees, Louis was determined to fight for his country and signed up to the elite Army Rangers straight after college. His 'big mouth' got him in some trouble at Ranger School, but he came through to ultimately become part of the force fighting the Taliban in Eastern Afghanistan. Louis' passion for excellent leadership oozes through every minute of this interview and the story of a fire-fight within a year of his first deployment had me gripped. We talk: - How empowered leadership helped a unit of 100 men win against 300 Taliban - The importance of 1-2-1 conversations for leaders - What he means by servant leadership - How leadership training must transform - How to deal with toxic employees Enjoy! Links: https://louisjfernandez.com/

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, I speak with Catherine B Roy. Catherine is a Top 20 Global Thought Leader and Influencer on the Future of Work. She's the author of "Live from Your Heart and Mind". We talk: - Surviving war and disease in the former Yugoslavia - Healing from a dysfunctional family - The power of gratitude for achieving your goals - Her method for intellectual development - The importance of laughter Links: https://catherinebroy.com/

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this week's episode, I talk with Dan Ward, a former military technologist, author and expert on innovation. With Dan, I explore: - How applying his principles, teams can deliver at a tenth or even a one hundredth of the price - Why spending 10 years in planning could actually be Agile - The brain mechanisms that make trust a winning leadership strategy - Why restraint should be your overarching principle for product delivery - Why his principles don't scale and yet deliver mega-projects Enjoy! Dan's website: https://www.thedanward.com/ Mitre Innovator's Development Toolkit developed by Dan and this colleagues: https://itk.mitre.org/ Dan's first book F.I.R.E.: https://tinyurl.com/y5oxf4lk Dan's latest book The Simplicity Cycle: https://tinyurl.com/yxknty79

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this week's episode, I talk with Roman Pichler, a leading expert in Product Management. With Roman, I explore: - His preference for the term 'Product People' over getting hung up on role descriptions - Why caring for others is at the heart of product management - The importance of adapting leadership style for different contexts - The lessons he learnt failing with an e-learning product - Why mindfulness and meditation are at the core of his approach Enjoy! https://www.romanpichler.com/ Roman's book 'Strategize': http://tiny.cc/bcvw9y

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this week's episode, I speak with an internationally renowned authority in the field of Programme Evaluation, Michael Quinn Patton. We explore his latest book 'Principles-Focused Evaluation'. We talk: - Michael's lessons for others from evaluating high-profile initiatives for billionaire philanthropists and major NGO's across the globe - Why knowing the difference between rules and principles matters - The problem with SMART goals and what to focus on instead - Campbell's Law and the issue with high-stakes indicators - The 'go slow to go fast principle' and the importance of trust Enjoy! Links: An introduction to complexity by John H Holland: http://tiny.cc/a21e9y Michael's book 'Principles-Focused Evaluation': http://tiny.cc/33ejaz