Welcome to this solosode that wraps up the current season and its theme of Leading Culture. I’m moving past the term meta-modern leadership and instead considering leadership in terms of how can we be more compassionate? How can we be more inclusive in our leadership thinking? And how can we navigate diversity, complexity, and ambiguity better?
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309 How reading will shape the future of leadership with Dr Danny Brassell
Reading is a passport to the world! And nobody is more well-travelled when it comes to books than Dr Danny Brassell - former teacher, founder of The Reading Habit , and author of 16 business and education titles. Danny believes in the power of books for not just learning and development but also for connection and inspiration.
Read More308 Technosocialism: Futurist Brett King on the intersection of leadership, technology and humanity
Are you curious - worried even - about the future of technology and its implications for leadership? Brett King, author of The Rise of Techno-Socialism and host of The Futurists podcast, has some insights for you about, among other things, the impact of AI on the labour market, and the potential of cryptocurrency.
Read More307 Collective leadership and flattened hierarchy: a new model for a better future
Has our pursuit of professionalism usurped our innate social abilities to work collectively and creatively for the greater good? Samantha Slade, author, social designer and cultural anthropologist, believes so and is working with organisations and teams to help them rebalance their leadership paradigms and flatten their hierarchies.
Read More306 Three leadership truisms for dealing with uncertainty
We are a third of the way through the year! How does that make you feel? In this solosode I’m confronting the lingering sense of malaise that I’m noticing this year. It’s being sustained by ongoing uncertainty and as leaders we need to have strategies to navigate through difficult times by assessing both the known and the unknown. In this episode I explore three leadership truisms that will help you balance risk and opportunity with a sense of possibility - because even when times are tough, it’s important to expand our leadership perspective and remember we are all part of the bigger, beautiful picture!
Read More305 How to be a visionary leader with author and former Navy SEAL Marty Strong
Former Navy SEAL and a previous guest on the podcast, Marty Strong, is back with more insightful leadership thinking and a new book: Be Visionary: Strategic Leadership in the Age of Optimization.
Read More304 Josh Tyson on the limitless possibilities of AI: a leadership call to arms
Josh Tyson is passionate about liberating creativity through technology, he holds the hands of those willing to experiment and, in Josh’s words, first fall on their faces. It’s both a lightning fast and long leadership journey and in this episode Josh shares how we can navigate it with optimism.
Read More303 Six major trends for a better future with author Justin Bean
If you’re ready for a refreshing burst of optimism and excitement amid all the doom scrolling, look no further than Justin Bean. Justin is the author of a call to arms for possibilities over problems. His book What Could Go Right? is the culmination of his research and work at the intersection of sustainability, tech, and innovation for impact.
Read More302 Three hallmarks of meta modern leadership
In this solosode I reflect on the joy of reconnecting then dive into meta modern leadership: the three hallmarks of a meta modern leader and three practical exercises that will help develop these characteristics.
Read More301 Creating a corporate culture of purpose and profit with Carolyn Butler-Madden
We need to move beyond our binary thinking of purpose or profit because together they are so much more powerful. That’s the message ‘Chief Purpose Activist’ Carolyn Butler-Madden is on a mission to spread with her work in supporting social impact and purpose-led businesses.
Read More300 A leadership perspective from 10,000ft with fighter pilot Dom Teich
US Fighter Pilot Dominic ‘Slice’ Teich knows a thing or two about peak performance and, as a recovering workaholic, has had to intentionally reframe what success means in order to step off the ‘hamster wheel of achievement’. As well as being a full-time fighter pilot, Dom is an entrepreneur and publisher of the Single Seat Mindset series of books that shares leadership stories from the cockpits of 40 fellow pilots. These are combat proven strategies that can be leveraged by any peak performer and in this conversation, Dom shares his journey to Single Seat Wisdom and leadership lessons from the third dimension!
Read More299 Finding the leadership sweet spot with authors Anne and Heather Dranitsaris
Anne Dranitsaris, Ph.D and Heather Dranitsaris-Hilliard are a mother-daughter team with an incredible backstory and a refreshing approach to leadership that blends psychology with systems to advance the potential of individuals, teams and organisations. Together they have co-authored three books, most recently So, You Think You Can Lead?
In this episode they share the bad habits even good leaders can fall into, shine a light on a fundamental leadership principle for the hybrid world, remind us that leaders cannot, and should not, be all things to all people and, perhaps most importantly, there’s no leadership without followership.
Read More298 Three megatrends for the future of leadership
Inspired by our Future of Leadership event we’re looking at the megatrends that will shape the future of leadership and considering the skills and perspectives we need for successful meta-modern leadership. In short, what are our buoyancy aids that will help us swim in the soup of uncertainty?!
From A.I. tools that will facilitate our creativity and curiosity to mastering and managing energy these are the leadership skills we need to maximise the opportunities we are being offered.
Read More297 Leadership principles for being (not doing) agile with Anthony Coppedge
Anthony Coppedge is a business transformation specialist with a background in sales and marketing who had a major ‘ah-ha’ moment while working at IBM and witnessing the software team’s agile approach to work. Now Anthony helps people leverage marketing agility with a focus on outcomes, not outputs. His pragmatic and people-centric approach is built around leaders who create safe environments for experiments, delegate in service of outcomes, and genuinely care about their teams. He wants the future of leadership to involve better questions and better listening, less stupid work and a lot more impact! In this episode he shares his insights into how that is achievable for all leaders.
Read More296 Mastering self-leadership with author and coach Daryl Urbanski
Buckle up for a wide-ranging conversation with author and business coach Daryl Urbanski! With an unconventional voice that cuts through the noise, Daryl has helped businesses to be more successful, published five books and studied the science of business success - and then studied the studies. (Very meta!) Acutely aware of the realities of business today and what the future of leadership might look like, he embraces technology from a foundation of people and connection and advocates for self-awareness above all else! Daryl shares where he thinks leadership of the future is heading and the work we will need to do to get there.
Read More295 Rachel Audigé’s leadership strategies for busting biases
Rachel Audigé is a bias buster! Working with organisations and teams, Rachel makes the invisible, visible by scanning for conscious and unconscious biases that create resistance to innovation and new ideas. Through her writing, speaking and facilitation, Rachel helps businesses take off their blinkers so they can imagine the future, plan for it and confidently lead the way towards it.
Read More294 Three Leadership Priorities for 2023
Welcome to the first episode of 2023! In this solosode I’m contemplating some big themes - from what does it mean to be Australian (or any nationality!) to the challenges we are facing down this year and the leadership priorities that will help us navigate them.
Read More293 Flipping the script - an interview with leadership futurist Zoë Routh
In this week’s solosode and final episode of 2022 we are reflecting on the year, across leadership books, podcasts, work and personal journeys along with the events that made the news and will continue to impact us in 2023. Let’s leverage what we have learned this year to create a roadmap for a better future.
Read More292 Leadership reflections and the trends to watch for in 2023
In this week’s solosode and final episode of 2022 we are reflecting on the year, across leadership books, podcasts, work and personal journeys along with the events that made the news and will continue to impact us in 2023. Let’s leverage what we have learned this year to create a roadmap for a better future.
Read More291 Nano bubbles - Nick Dyner’s leadership perspective on a better future
Nick Dyner and his company, Moleaer, are on a mission to unlock the power of water and help organisations and industries do more with less through pioneering nano bubble technology that has applications across food, energy and healthcare. In fact, identifying the opportunities for this technology and the humble H2O is one of Nick’s major leadership priorities as he seeks to build a wider understanding of how everything we use in our lives is either grown or mined - with water being the vital connector. Solving the problem of finite resources is front of mind for Nick as he scales the business, learning leadership lessons along the way, and drawing on his own deep belief that this is one bubble that is not going to burst.
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