Sororistas – Women writing the future with Sarah Neumann
In this episode of let’s talk Sarah Neumann and I discuss female empowerment, and giving more volume to women’s voices . It is predominantly male voices that are heard and women are underrepresented at all levels of governance and decision-making; Sororistas, a movement set up during COVID to invite women to write about how they see themselves and the world in 2030, provides a platform for collaboration, visibility, collective intelligence, learning and sistership. We discuss the power of collective intelligence and the need for allyship in driving transformation and gender parity moving forward. We all have a duty to contribute to this cause and to the cause of a more purposeful humanity.
Sarah shares her experience, learnings and insights from co-founding this movement for women to make their voice heard and to “write the future “.
Undisruptable with Aidan McCullen
“Where are we vulnerable ? Where is my business model at risk ? ..”
A rich and fun conversation with Aidan on the mindset of permanent reinvention, and why leaders and organisations alike must deliberately focus on the power of reinvention; life is a dynamic process and instead of being ‘surprised’ by what the future brings, we should embrace the need to strategically build capacity to stay relevant. We need to constantly be aware of our mental models, think differently, and embrace discomfort. Aidan takes us through his concepts of this reinvention ‘mindset’ though stories, mythology, visual metaphors and personal experience, and shows us how to make these complex concepts accessible to every leader and organisation looking to build capacity, to minimise the impact of disruption, and to survive periods of stagnation whilst successfully anticipating change.
Purpose Driven People with Alize Hofmeester
“To really solve problems involve people in the early stage design. Don’t design behind close doors..”
In this week’s episode Alize and I discuss ‘being’ Agile and what it takes to build trust into organisations. We move through the different elements from purpose and people, to communication, awareness, identifying constraints and role modelling. We then dive into the different concepts and experiences around creating a learning organisation via community building, ecosystems and transformational leadership. A rich, fun and inspiring discussion with the common thread or deliberately developing inclusive practices and collective intelligence to co-create, experiment and iterate on building collective purpose.
Alize shares her wealth of experience and insight from working with organisations across the globe to create sustainable business agility, as well as the experience and insights of other experts in her book Purpose Driven People.
Digital Society School and Transformation Design with Marco Van Hout
In this week’s episode of let’s talk Marco and I discuss how to create a digital and inclusive society in today’s complex world. The digitalisation of our world is a great opportunity to bring together design thinking, IT skills, technology, entrepreneurship and ethics, while asking: how can society benefit from developments in digital technology? Listen to us exploring how to create a culture of experimentation & inclusion and scaling the leadership skills for life long learning across organisations.We all need to be part of ‘team human’.
Building and measuring inclusion in today’s workplace with Amina Folarin
In this weeks episode of let’s talk Amina and I discuss the role of inclusion in today’s workplace. From an HR, business and leadership perspective, people must be at the heart of any organisation’s diversity and inclusion strategy in order to truly understand what an inclusive culture looks like.
The role of HR in rebuilding the employee experience in today’s world with John Wallace
In this episode of let’s talk John and I discuss how the pandemic has unlocked corporate thinking to think about different ways of working, networking and communication. We also look at the importance of balance in the different elements and what technology and human collaboration brings to the mix. The changing trends and expectations of the workplace from candidates and employees as we transition into newer, more hybrid workplace and operating models is a key driver of change and an organisation’s HR function must reflect the values and purpose of the organisation and act accordingly with a talent plan based on collaboration rather than competition. We finish by discussing what the ‘future normal’ will bring in terms of more inclusive ways of working and people centred HR moving forward.
Navigating uncertainty through times of crisis with David Lynch
In this episode of let’s talk David and I delve into his wealth of experience in dealing with uncertainty in times of crisis and look at the learnings that we can use for both leadership, and managing the current pandemic. We discuss building resilience, using cultural understanding as a lever for change and how we react to familiar structures and cultural codes in times of crisis. We look at the need for a more collective approach to changing for the better; focusing on values such as altruism, happiness, justice, empathy, compassion and honesty – qualities that authentic leaders embrace to ‘tell it like it is’ and make positive changes on the ground. As with any sustainable change initiative, starting small and amplifying throughout your given environment to create impact is the way forward.
Leading Agile ecosystems with Peter Stoppelenburg
In this episode of let’s talk Peter and I discuss Agile philosophy and leading Agile ecosystems. We discuss how organisations embrace the concept of being and doing Agile to create high performance culture and to move from a culture of fear to a culture of courage. We delve into Peter’s framework and his 5 drivers of Agile. We discuss how to leverage leadership and culture to lay the foundations for systemic change. Leaders need to create the conditions for humility, where they can take their masks off, and take the first step. One is never ready, there is always something to improve, but how can we help our respective businesses explicitly design for a more Agile organisation driven by purpose and values.
Transforming through fearless leadership with Deborah Abbot Moulin
In this episode of Let’s talk, Debs and I discuss leading fearlessly and how transformative it can be. We discuss showing up authentically, and what that means in terms of the “negotiables” and “non-negotiables” for you and the organisation. We explore demystifying organisational culture and understanding how you manage your energy not only to enable and co-create smarter working environments, but also to manage the other extremes such as heavy governance and excessive collaboration that can drain such energy from the system. It is time to move the needle on existing leadership paradigms and for leaders to boldly move into their values, and start encouraging more courageous and curious thinking, and lead fearlessly towards a more inclusive, purposeful and collective environment.
Women in leadership and transforming systems with Angela Philp
In this episode of let’s talk Angela and I have a fun and insightful conversation about women in leadership and their role in leading transformation. The current pandemic has witnessed women leading transformation and systems, with a different and more effective leadership based on empathy and resilience. We need to actively build on this. We discuss the fact that all transformation starts with commitment, and how important your “why” is to what you do, and how you can use it to increase the power of the change you can enact in systems – both individual internal systems and external organisational systems . We also look at the effect of organisational culture and its unwritten codes on the way we lead, and finding our tribe to use different perspectives to push in the same direction and create things that are bigger than us.