Being Human
Being Human is for people who want go deep on what it means to be a human making a difference. We’ll discover how to be better humans at work and in life. We’ll explore leadership, relationships and how to make changes in ourselves and our environments. Nothing will be off limits. Welcome.
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Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
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This week I speak with Liz Kislik, a management consultant, executive coach, and prolific Harvard Business Review and Forbes contributor.During her time consulting businesses of all types and sizes for over 30 years, Liz has developed a wealth of experience in dealing with workplace conflict. We usually think of conflict as something that happens between people, but people are just the part of the story that’s easiest to see.We talk:
The key elements of conflict
Where to start with addressing conflict
Zooming out
The issue with "I statements"
Building relationships at work
Links:Liz's Website
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
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This week I go solo to share my perspective on the topic of trauma awareness in the workplace.Taking hints from the work of Dr Ingeborg Bosch and Daniela Seiff, both previous guests on the show, I talk:
Defining trauma
Why awareness is important
How we defend against trauma
Signs that people are triggered
Links:Dr. Ingeborg Bosch's EpisodeDaniela Seiff's Episode
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
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This week I speak with human potential coach and technology leader Reiner Kraft, Phd.While working as the director of engineering at Yahoo, he started to notice a decrease in his performance, and early signs of burnout, ultimately culminating in getting hospitalised for an anxiety episode. He realised he needed to change. So began a journey of mindfulness and meditation. Reiner is a prolific innovator with 120 patents to his name. He is now employing these talents in his data-driven & scientific approach to mindful leadership and stress resilience. We talk:
Measuring the empty mind
The first steps to mindfulness
Improving IQ
Debugging reactive patterns
Applying the 10X approach
Links:The Mindful Leader
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
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This week I speak with serial founding entrepreneur, start-up investor and democracy reformer Hermann Arnold.
In 2001, Hermann decided to ‘build a company to fix the traditional way of working’, developing HR software and naming the company Umantis. He chose to run that company on a democratic basis, having the staff vote for major direction decisions, striking a balance between two worlds: hierarchy and agility.
We talk:
Mining the corporate shadow
Removing internal middlemen
Electing leaders
Letting anyone make any decision
A Henry Ford of self-management?
Links:Umantis42hacks - Hermann's climate change hacking project
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Friday Feb 03, 2023
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This week I speak with blogger and former Head of Technology at The Guardian Nik Silver.
Nik has spent his career navigating the boundary between Tech teams and The Business. He shares his wisdom on how we can bridge the gap and his approach to leading interventions where communication has broken down.We talk:
Start with a problem statement
Listening with Clean Language
The power of verbatim quotes
Connecting coders to users
Will AI replace programmers?
Enjoy!Links:Nik's Blog
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
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This week I swing way out with teacher and healer Paul Fletcher.
According to Paul, all challenges in life are due to negative information energy and matter that gets stored in your vibrational field (soul), while all success is due to a positive build-up. The secret everyone is looking for is to understand where and how the harmful accumulation occurs and how to remove it and maximize the positive. We talk:
Tao forgiveness practices
Acknowledging the soul
Soul Marketing
The 21-day gratitude practice
Distinguishing heart and soul
Links:Paul's Website
Sunday Jan 22, 2023
Sunday Jan 22, 2023
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I've got a great one for you this week. I speak with Doug Kirkpatrick, organizational change consultant, TEDx speaker, executive coach, and author.
Doug began his career in the manufacturing sector, ultimately becoming one of the founding employees of The Morning Star Company, a world leader in the food industry that has become famous for its entirely self-managing workforce - that's right, a major blue-collar operation with no formal bosses. He now shares his extraordinary experience at Morning Star with other businesses around the world.
We talk:
The two principles underpinning self-management
How to get started in any organisation
How self-management turbocharges innovation
'Adulting' company culture
Self-management as leadership training
Links:Doug's WebsiteBeyond Empowerment - The Book
Saturday Jan 14, 2023
Saturday Jan 14, 2023
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This week, I speak with Arnaud Collery, a former stand-up comedian, a serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker and a coach in tech, entertainment and personal growth
After 20 years of globe-trotting, he has settled in France, where he leads a personal growth platform called Humanava that teaches human skills through masterclasses.
Arnaud is a raging dynamo in all things related to human thriving. We talk:
Starting out as Chief Happiness Officer
The power of storytelling
Three ingredients for happiness: gratitude, purpose and transparency
Using comedy to address l'éléphant dans la chambre
'Otanda': keeping the fires of passion burning
Links:Arnaud's WebsiteHumanava
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
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This week, I speak with Yuri van Geest, co-author of the book Exponential Organizations.Yuri is a master in helping companies scale and has worked closely with Ray Kurzweil's Singularity University. Until just a few years ago, he was delivering up to three hundred keynotes a year, but he was experiencing burnout. A moment of self-reflection made him re-evaluate his life. This new perspective led him to take a 300km walk in India, meditating five times daily and to spend five days in a one-square-metre spot without food or water. With a profound shift in consciousness from these experiences, he has changed his life and career. Yuri is now re-embracing his creativity with a monthly DJ slot and is committed to causing a change in consciousness across the world.We talk:
Building exponential organisations
'Immanence walks' for kids
Confronting your shadow
Connecting to nature
Applying Nature's principles to everything
Links:Exponential Organizations - The BookYuri's LinkedIn Page
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
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This week, I speak with Patricia Pulliam Phillips and Jack J. Phillips, authors of the book Show the Value of What You Do.Jack’s journey started in Learning and Development at Lockheed Martin when he had to justify why the company should continue investing in free college tuition for new recruits. He won his case and so started a lifelong passion for helping others prove the value of their projects, however intangible the benefits might appear at first glance.We talk:
How negative ROI can be a good thing
The power of the ROI pilot
The ROI of chaplaincy
Using ROI to develop data-led decision making
Using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to drive ROI
Links:Show the Value of What You Do - The BookThe ROI Institute