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Tim Collings - 4iLeadership
Better World Leaders shares experiences, journeys and insights with leaders who are making our world better.
Each episode we explore their stories, what they have learnt through their lives and careers and what they are doing to contribute to making our world better. From these conversations we can all learn from their example and experience to improve ourselves and enhance how we as leaders can make the world better for all.
Very rarely do we host guests who get in touch requesting an interview on Better World Leaders, however the nature of Christopher Marquis' note stood out and I'm delighted that we have somehow entangled to create this conversation.
Christopher is Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management at the Judge Business School at Cambridge University and has a background in both social and organisational change movements. In this conversation we explore the focus of his last book, The Profiteers, and he reveals the underlying framework for change embedded within that work.
This conversation provides several 'tangible' and relatable examples of organisations successfully striving to both themselves enact change, and catalyse greater transformation in our economies, societies and broader structures, and I'm grateful to Chris for his time in creating this episode, and for all his ongoing endeavours teaching within one of the world's most prestigious business schools.
Follow the links below to connect with Christopher and explore his work further...
https://chrismarquis.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-marquis/
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/christopher-marquis/the-profiteers/9781541703520/
Follow & connect with Tim & the BWL Community
https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcollings
https://www.linkedin.com/company/74064716
We'll be back with more from Better World Leaders, and continuing our season on frameworks, very soon!
Until then, be well, lead well and keep on co-creating better futures.
This conversation is as serious as it is playful, as practical in exploration of practice as it is theoretical in examination of a framework, and as generative a journey for me as a practictioner as it is fascinating as a podcaster! Welcome to the wonderful, rich and informative dialogue with Bill Sharpe, co-creator of the 3 Horizons futures framework.
For anyone interested in leaning into futures thinking and creating experiences of futures work for leaders, groups or whole organisations, this conversation could well be of interest.
Having been aware of 3 Horizons for a few years, read the book several time and been practicing the framework with groups on numerous occasions, this was a wonderful opportunity to be in dialogue with Bill sharing our experiences, practices and practical examples of applying the framework in real living contexts.
We hope you enjoy the discussion, and either deepen or begin your own exploration of this fabulous framework for accessing futures thinking.
Here's a few links to connect with Bill and various pathways to be resourced on 3 Horizons;
Future Stewards - https://futurestewards.com/
Become a 3 Horizons facilitator - https://futurestewards.com/three-horizons-training/
Join the 3 Horizons LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14150135/
International Futures Forum - https://www.iffpraxis.com/
U3Uni - https://www.h3uni.org/
And if you'd like to, please feel free to follow and connect with Tim and the Better World Leaders community on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcollings/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/74064716
On the very short list of organisations, entities and gatherings of folk that I've been wholly nurtured, enabled and impacted is Regenesis Institute.
One of the key creators of developmental programs at Regenesis is Ben Haggard, and I've been fortunate to participate in several programs Ben has led and created. Ben is the Director of Educational Programs at the Regenesis Institute of Sustainable Communities, a core element of Regenesis Group.
In this episode we concentrate most explicitly on the functioning of frameworks, their utility for considering and interpreting the world, designing intentional development experiences and crucially to create ways of interacting with and aligning with systems which centre, honour and regenerate life.
I learn so much each and every time I interact with Ben, and co-creating this conversation was a great honour.
You can connect with Ben, and explore more of his work and sign-up for courses at Regenesis via the links below;
Follow and connect with Ben on LinkedIn here
Find out more and explore the offerings of Regenesis here
Dive into the resources area of Regenesis here
Consider enrolling for their seminal course, The Regenerative Practitioner here
If you'd also like to follow or connect with Tim and the Better World Leaders community, you can do so via the links below;
Tim on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcollings/
Better World Leaders - https://www.linkedin.com/company/better-world-leaders
Thanks for your time and attention tuning into this episode. We look forward to being back with you very soon.
I was first introduced to Loes, and Futures Literacy, by another BWL guest, Laureline Simon. When Laureline shared in her network that she was co-hosting a course on Futures Literacy for transformative climate action, I was drawn in and joined the cohort to experience this wonderful, exhilarating and enlivening work myself.
Those days immersed in the Futures Literacy framework were the first of what has now become a continuing interaction with Loes Damhof, UNESCO Chair of Futures Literacy at Hanze University in Gronigen in Holland. I've been honoured and delighted to have co-created this conversation with Loes to bring an overview of Futures Literacy to our community here, and invite you to begin your journey into this specific way of building capability in the present to navigate uncertainty and find clarity in ambiguity through explorations and experiences of possible futures.
Loes and I hope you enjoy this conversation, and will accept our invitation to engage this work via the links below and we hope in a co-created learning experience coming early in 2024.
Connect with and explore Loes' work more deeply via the links below;
https://www.ted.com/talks/loes_damhof_futures_literacy_shaping_your_present_by_reimagining_futures
www.futursliteracy.net
https://loesdamhof.medium.com/
https://www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk/event/futures-literacy-the-emergence-academy-may24/
https://www.unesco.org/en/futures-literacy
Connect with Tim and join the Better World Leaders community via the links below;
https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcollings/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/better-world-leaders
I first encountered Mel Geltch after receiving an invitation to join a federally funded leadership program for bushfire impacted communities, following the Australian 'Black Summer' of 2019/20. From the prose in that invitation, I sensed I was encountering a fellow in the work, and as I responded to the expression of interest for that program, I also wrote to Mel and expressed that sense, and that I wondered whether we'd find ourselves weaving together beyond the duration of that program.
That inception moment was the genesis of two threads which have great meaning for me - the beginning of my journey as a practitioner of the Art of Hosting and Harvesting Conversations that Matter, and my unfolding and ever deepening friendship with Mel.
Mel is a steward of 'The Art of Hosting', co-Founder of Campfire Co-op and colleague and collaborator with our previous episodes' guest, Samantha Slade.
This conversation covers several of the integral frameworks found within the patterns, processes and practices of 'The Art of Hosting', as well as some contemporary dialogue on the The First Nations' Voice to Parliament referendum, and the role of such frameworks in holding space for and connecting with ourselves, and our innate capacity to work in life affirming ways.
Mel and I hope you'll enjoy this discussion, and potentially be curious to explore this work more deeply yourself.
Links below to Mel, Campfire Co-op and upcoming opportunities to get involved in Going Horizontal training co-hosted by Mel & Campfire in November 2024.
Connect with Mel on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/melgeltch/
Check out Campfire Coop's website - https://www.campfire.coop/
Explore Going Horizontal in Australia - https://www.campfire.coop/gohocanberra23
Connect with Tim on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcollings/
Join and connect with the Better World Leaders community on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/better-world-leaders
This conversation was recorded face to face, in fact almost toe to toe, with Samantha Slade whilst she was in Australia in early 2023. In the days and weeks before we spoke for the Better World Leaders microphone, we had hosted an Art of Hosting training together along with fellows from Campfire Co-op (more on Campfire in the next episode) and I had also participated in a Going Horizontal workshopled by Samantha and one of her Percolab colleagues, co-hosted with Campfire.
I share that context upfront, as it's not often that I'm conversing with someone with whom I have been so entangled so recently and deeply as we create a conversation together, and it was so wonderful to do so with Samantha.
Samantha is co-Owner & co-Director of Percolab, a network of living labs which develop new ways of learning, workingand governing.
Samantha is the author of Going Horizontal, an incredibly abundant collection of practices and practical approaches to bringing living systems frameworks into ways of organising at work. She's alsoto creator of "Listen For', a wonderful game of connection, deep listening and exploring bias through through the medium of collective story sharing. I've been a fan of 'Go-Ho' since it's release and have played and led Listen For games in multiple countries and can personally speak to both my own benefit, and that of teams and whole organisations from both of these sources based on my own direct experience.
If you're based in Australia, you can attend the nextAustralian-based Going Horizontal training in November, see details via link below;
https://www.campfire.coop/gohocanberra23
Samantha and I both hope you enjoy the discussionco-created here, and invite you to follow the links below to explore this work for yourself...
Follow Samantha & engage with her work here...
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthaslade/
Percolab - https://www.percolab.com/
Follow Tim and engage with the Better World Leaderscommunity here;
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcollings/
BWL on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/better-world-leaders/
Thank you as always for your time and attention. I'm looking forward to bringing you more episodes very soon.
I've had the good fortune to encounter today's guest, Daniel Hires, via LinkedIn during the pandemic, as we seemed to frequent a similar social media ecosystem, commenting on many of the same posts and engaging with the same discourses on social, ecological and economic transformation.
Daniel and I had held an intention to create a BWL conversation a while back on those transformational themes, and life, work and the world aligned for us to create a conversation here, now, in this season on frameworks as Daniel has shifted into the team creating the emergent Inner Development Goals (IDG) framework.
I loved diving into this work with Daniel having gotten to know him a little prior to his weaving with the IDGs, and I could really see the trajectory of his path moving through this framework, and felt a strong alignment with my own working over the past decade as well.
If you're curious to explore the IDGs further, here's a few ways Daniel invites you to do so, connecting with him and tuning into a couple of other podcast conversations he's co-created...
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hiresd/
https://www.innerdevelopmentgoals.org/
.https://www.remotefulness.com/sustainability-is-still-anchored-in-the-growth-paradigm/
http://alexswallow.com/social-good-six-interview-56-daniel-hires/
I also invite you to connect with me, and the Better World Leaders community in LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcollings
www.linkedin.com/company/better-world-leaders
When I first came across Karen O'Brien's 2021 book early last year, I was immediately drawn to it. Both title and subtitle - You Matter More Than You Think, Quantum Social Change for a Thriving World - called to me, having been exploring the sourcing from quantum theory in Carol Sanford's approaches and recognising the systemic nature of change need to shift paradigms and move us towards holistically better worlds. Not only are the words intriguing and enticing, the incredibly beautiful and meaningful illustrations of artist Tone Bjordam both enliven and deepen my experience of being with the book and exploring the journey Karen invites you to take in.
If you've not come across Karen as yet, she is a Professor of Sociology & Human Geography at the University of Oslo, Norway. She is co-Founder of cChange, an organisation supporting transformation in a changing climate. She has participated in 4 UN IPCC reports and, as part of the IPCC, was a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. She was named by Web of Science as one of the world's most influential researchers of the past decade in 2019 and 2020.
With all that said, it is of course an absolute honour to have created this conversation with her, and to now be sharing it with you!
You can follow Karen and find out more about her work here;
https://www.youmattermorethanyouthink.com/
https://www.cchange.no/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cchange-transformation/
Follow Tim & join the Better World Leaders community here;
https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcollings/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/better-world-leaders/
Carol Sanford returns for her second episode in this season, introducing the core disciplines within the framework she introduces in her latest work - No More Gold Stars (a full transcript of this conversation is available here on Medium)
In this conversation Carol shares the 6 disciplines which provide the framework for ways of being, collaboratively interacting and organising at home, work and in community which are grounded in self-determining, regenerative paradyms. Carol calls out the pervasiveness of behaviouralism, the profound challenges this approach has manifested in our social systems, and how the approach she offers in No More Gold Stars can provide a radically enlivening, immensely productive and nurturing set of practices which enable the innate human potential of everyone who choses this way of being.
This conversation very much builds on our season's opening episode with Carol, which focused on Indirect Work. Indirect Work is both Carol's now previous latest released book, and is one of the disciplines intergal to the No More Gold Stars frameworks. As one of the season's most downloaded episodes, I highly recommend listening to both conversations in fellowship.
I am here, as always, deeply grateful to Carol for all that she has brought to the world and especially for the incredible development I have accessed by working with her frameworks within her communities over the past few years. I'm delighted to have been able to co-create these two conversations with Carol and share them with you here.
Look out for the transcript linked below, as well as my reflection video coming soon and will be linked below when available.
Follow Carol and engage more deeply with her work via the links below;
Carol on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolsanfordkeynote/
Carol on Substack - https://carolsanford.substack.com/
Order No More Gold Stars - https://carolsanford.com/no-more-gold-stars/
All Books - https://carolsanford.com/books/
The Regenerative Fooding Summit - https://carolsanfordinstitute.com/summit/
Follow Tim & engage with the Better World Leaders community below;
Tim on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcollings/
BWL on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/better-world-leaders
Tim on YouTube (for Reflection videos) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyNr-RPD3NxEx55Ts8h4AFg
This is the second part of the very special whole conversation with Dan Palmer. Dan and I designed these two conversations to flow together as one greater dialogue, which is way for the first time I'm sharing two episodes together on Better World Leaders.
If you'd landed here before listening to the other episode because this one is at the top of your feed, I most warmly encourage you to tune into Part 1 on Holistic Decision making first, so as to approach these two episodes as a whole. This element of these shared dialogues builds on the first, exploring Dan's expansive framework of Living Design Process.
I'm continually inspired by Dan's capacity to generate and work within multiple frameworks, and these paired episodes on Holistic Decision Making and Living Design Process embody his work.
I hope you enjoy this conversation, and explore Dan's work more deeply via the links below. Also please consider supporting his family via the link below as you have capacity to do so.
Explore Dan's Work - http://danpalmer.life/
Support Dan's Family - https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-dan-palmers-family
If you're inclined to do so, you can follow me and join the Better World Leaders community on LinkedIn via the links below;
https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcollings/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/better-world-leaders
This the first of two very special conversations with my dear friend Dan Palmer.
I am greatly privileged to have been in fellowship with Dan within Carol Sanford's developmental community - Change Agent Development - where Dan was my guide and became a dear friend. I first encountered Dan at the threshold of Carol's community, and from that first exchange and over many connections and conversations that followed both in community and directly, I always felt both nurtured and provoked to deepen my developmental processes by my relationship with Dan.
This conversation focuses on one of the frameworks he evolved, based on Alan Savory's work, which Dan outlines here as a living systems approach to decision-making.
I hope you enjoy this first of two parts of one who conversation, and if you're drawn to please do explore Dan's work more deeply via the links below.
Explore Dan's Work here - http://danpalmer.life/
Also I encourage you whole heartedly to please consider supporting his family via the link below as you have capacity to do so.
Support Dan's Family here - https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-dan-palmers-family
If you're inclined to do so, you can follow me and join the Better World Leaders community on LinkedIn via the links below;
https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcollings/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/better-world-leaders
If you've been enjoying this season on frameworks so far, you're in for a real treat! Our guest today has been of great source of inspiration to me over the past few years since we connected on LinkedIn after co-habiting several spaces in feeds of mutual connections. Every time I see a post from Curtis Ogden, my heart swells and my mind expands. His massive generosity in sharing wisdom, expressing deep intention and practicing possibility is a blessing to witness, as you are able to experience in this episode.
Curtis' life-long work is in developing capacity for social systems change, with a deep devotion to activation and enablement of networked systems combined with a love and application of energy systems. Curtis lives and works in the North-Eastern United States across a range of social change initiatives, with a tenured focus on food systems.
In this conversation we explore four frameworks - one of which emerged for Curtis during an intermission between two co-joined elements of this single dialogue. Whilst we very much encourage you to engage with this episode as a whole, if you feel called to shift directly to the framework sections you will find them beginning at 33mins, 48mins, 63mins and 88mins.
I whole-heartedly encourage you to follow or connect with Curtis on LinkedIn, so that like me you can receive the joy and grace of his shares (connection details below).
Curtis as I hope you enjoy this conversation, and please do keep an eye on the Better World Leaders LinkedIn group, as well as Curtis and my feeds, for a co-authored article reflecting on this conversation which we'll be crafting over the coming months.
Connect with me and Curtis and the BWL community via the links below, and explore Curtis' work to your heart's content!
Curtis on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtis-ogden-5249034/
Tim on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcollings/
Better World Leaders on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/74064716
Come along to the event Curtis mentioned, if you're able to be in the UK in October 2023 - https://www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk/event/energy-systems-science-and-practice/
“Dimensions of Network Success” https://interactioninstitute.org/dimensions-of-network-success/
“Using the C-A-CA/P Framework … “ https://interactioninstitute.org/using-the-c-a-ca-p-framework-to-evaluate-a-policy-advocacy-network/
https://interactioninstitute.org/author/curtis/
“Energy System Science for Network Weavers” https://interactioninstitute.org/energy-system-science-for-network-weavers-a-summary/
“Energy System Practice for Long-Term Human Thriving” https://interactioninstitute.org/energy-systems-practice-esp-for-long-term-human-thriving/
“At the Heart of Regeneration is the Heart (and Gut)” https://interactioninstitute.org/at-the-heart-of-regeneration-is-the-heart-and-gut/
Food Solutions New England (the consulting work I have been doing for over 10 years with about 1/3 of my time):
https://interactioninstitute.org/network-evolution-a-second-decade-brings-more-diversity-intricacy-and-robustness/
https://interactioninstitute.org/care-trust-truth-and-belonging-themes-from-a-network-leadership-institute-re-launch/
Interaction Institute for Social Change (my main employer the past 18 years): https://interactioninstitute.org/
Check out these past podcast interviews with Curtis:
“How Networks [Can] Make the World Better” https://www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/getting-smart-podcast-how-networks-make-the-world-better/
“Amplifying Root Systems” https://soundcloud.com/user-684808838/s1e9-amplifying-root-systems-with-curtis-ogden
“Life when lived at its best is a journey of learning throughout”
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flourishingeducation/episodes/Episode-161---Life-when-lived-at-its-best-is-a-journey-of-learning-throughout-with-Curtis-Ogden-e1p52st
“Creating a Bigger WE” - https://intrepidednews.com/curtis-ogden-creating-a-bigger-we-benjamin-freud-ph-d/
Zoë Routh returns for her second BWL conversation, focusing a story of climate change impacted human exploration. Zoë is the author of many books, her latest 'The Olympus Project' being her first work of fiction.
In this work, the stage is set by unravelling ecologies on Earth, driven by unmitigated climate change impacts and turbulent cultural tensions. Humankind's path seems destined for new worlds, and the book focuses on the team selected to lead an inter-planetary colonisation mission. The story unfolds as deep-seated values, biases and cultural norms emerge and are carried with the characters as each of them goes on their own developmental journey as the cosmic miles speed by.
Zoē has spent years working with leaders at all levels across all types of organisational sectors, and central to her work has been two key themes which we explore in this conversation - values-centred cultures and leaders progressing through stages of adult development. In our conversation we explore why, no matter how far afield we might seek for solutions to our greatest challenges, are main work lies with ourselves and how we lead.
Check out the links below to engage with Zoë and discover more of her work...
https://www.zoerouth.com
https://www.facebook.com/zoe.routh
https://twitter.com/zoerouth
https://au.linkedin.com/in/zoerouth
https://www.instagram.com/zoerouth
https://www.youtube.com/c/ZoeRouthInnerCompass
Check out these links to connect with the BWL community and Tim's work...
BWL LinkedIn Community - https://www.linkedin.com/company/74064716
Follow with Tim on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcollings/
Follow Tim on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@timcollings-betterworldleaders
Once you start to engage with systems change, it's becomes increasingly necessary to examine every system. How each operates, functions, inter-relates to every other system, and is co-dependant for sustained change on the rate of change of many points of convergence. And so, on a podcast primarily focused on the role of leaders in organisations, we come to explore the need for change in our political systems. Why? Because so often we find the desire, capacity and capability for change at scale to be caught up in the intermeshed webs of layered systems that are woven through, created by and are dependant on our political systems.
This scintillating conversation with Tim Hollo traces his exploration of what he terms 'Living Democracy', a set of frameworks very much alive in the world already, which if harnessed and embraced more broadly, would bring living systems approaches to political systems across the globe.
Tim's work is visionary, visceral and wildly exciting - certainly for me! - as we chart the many reasons for the 'stuckness' of our current democratic systems, delve into the deep historical reasons for the embedded resistance to change and unpack the many pathways which could lead to an entirely new way of organising politically - one that centres life and the living world.
Following off our 4 previous episodes on regeneration, this conversation feels timely indeed, I hope you enjoy.
Here's a few links Tim recommends you check out if you're curious to explore his work more deeply...
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Living Democracy book: https://unsw.press/books/living-democracy/
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Green Institute: https://www.greeninstitute.org.au/
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Tim's TEDx speech: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GtlZydpQGc0&link_id=0&can_id=861bae83b5e175a501a35726d75e2d54&source=email-changing-government-vs-transforming-democracy&email_referrer=email_1858547&email_subject=changing-government-vs-transforming-democracy
Paul Hawken has been striving to bring attention to new ways of organising, working and living for longer than I have been alive. Of his many books, I have been most inspired by 'The Ecology of Commerce' which I discovered at university in the late 90s, and 'Blessed Unrest' in the mid-2000s. I have been consistently impressed by his capacity to bring into the mainstream approaches and frameworks which are much needed, and only adopted at the margins, and his relentless flow of articles, talks and books and continually expanded those margins and enabled people like me to follow their calling through the many ways to co-create better worlds. His most recent works in Drawdown and Regeneration focus explicitly on climate action, and apply this tenured approach to our greatest challenge, shifting our ways of knowing, being and doing to not only change systems, institutions and structures - much more than this, to change our relationship with ourselves, our communities and Earth by becoming regenerators of place.
I loved this conversation with Paul which I was honoured to host with him late last year. I invite you to tune in, and as you do to explore together the frameworks for regenerating yourself and your places in each moment, decision and action.
Key Frameworks introduced
- 12 questions to consider before you act
Key Concepts introduced
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Reconnecting to life
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Making decisions most aligned to life affirming principles
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How to make each action regenerative
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Reconnecting with place
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Nurturing regeneration in your life, your communities and organisations
Key Prompts to Practice
- Consider in each decision
Explore additional resources via the links below...
Paul's latest book, Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation, was released September 21st, 2021 by Penguin Random House.
Project Regeneration - Paul’s non-profit dedicated to advancing regenerative solutions to the climate crisis through our Nexus database.
The Waggle - A weekly newsletter comprised of compelling stories from Project Regeneration’s staff and researchers about regenerating life on earth.
What is Regeneration - 5min film by Damon Gameau
Tim's Reflection video on this conversation - here
Tim's Reflection article on this conversation - here
Our conversation with Four Arrows focuses on how fundamental worldviews are to inform our interpretations of the world around us, informing and guiding our decisions, interactions with our fellow humans and the more than human world, and influencing our actions and how we perceive the consequences of those actions on others.
Pivotal to this discussion an invitation exploring your relationship with the more than human world, especially the plant world, as an exploratory way of practicing this shift of worldview in a practical way.
We explore cultural appropriation, the increasing understanding of this in non-Indigenous people and emerging sensitivity to this, and that the frame of a ‘Kinship worldview’ provides a pathway to navigate this appropriately.
We also share our hopes for the possible futures of our worlds, especially in relation to climate change, and our personal journeys of hope which have shifted for both of us over years of lived experience and deep reflection, and what’s possible when we move beyond courage into a fearless trust in the universe.
Four Arrows and I hope you enjoy this conversation, and look forward to any responses or experiences you’d like to share with us.
Key Frameworks introduced:
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Worldview shift to Restore the Kinship Worldview
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Worldsensing as an expansion of worldview
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40 Precepts for rebalancing life on Planet Earth
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CAT-FAWN (Concentration Activated Trance - Fear Authority Words Nature)
Key Concepts discussed:
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Shifting of worldviews fundamental to restorative & regenerative transformation
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What is world-sensing and why is it important to consider shifting beyond world-views
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Moving beyond courage into fearless trust in the universe
Key Prompts to Practice provided:
- Look at the worldview chart with intention and you’ll figure out what to do!
Available here - https://kindredmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/Worldview-Chart-Black-Background-12-2020.pdf
- Go and interact with a plant or tree, and before you do so, ask for permission to interact. Wait for a response. Note the affect of this on your being state.
Suggested practices recommended:
Consider 1 or 2 of the precepts each day and ponder where you are on the range between the contrasting world-views.
Additional resources;
Full length video - https://youtu.be/b2LtTnWT89g
Tim’s Reflection article - here
Tim’s Reflection video - here
Engage with Four Arrows’s work & recommendations here:
Restoring the Kinship Worldview, by Four Arrows & Darcia Narvaez
Point of Departure, by Four Arrows
The Red Road, by Four Arrows
Sitting Bulls’ Words for a World in Crisis, by Four Arrows
Fearless Engagement of Four Arrows, by Michael R Fisher
The Indigenization Controversy - For Whom & By Whom, by Four Arrows
https://ices.library.ubc.ca/index.php/criticaled/article/view/186438
The Media Have Missed a Crucial Message in the UN Biodiversity Report, by Four Arrows
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/biodiversity-un-report-indigenous-worldview/
The Shaman’s message (3 parts, Part 1 linked here)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siI8vxZZK5w
Sustainable Wisdom Conference talk with Robin Wall Kimmerer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSnJzvGDMVw
From the first moment I was in dialogue with today's guest, I felt a warmth, a sincerity of curiosity and a genuineness of intention. Being with Giles Hutchins in deep dialogue building up to this conversation, during and beyond it as we've begun to walk a shared path, I've come to appreciate a depth of will to hold well intentioned folk such as myself as we shift, unravel and re-weave ourselves and our organisations into more regenerative beings and networks.
This is complex, meaningful, challenging and often confronting work, as I have myself experienced in my own journey of becoming a regenerative leader. Giles has been deeply immersed in this work for many years, and carries a kindness and intensive that I've personally found to be both tender and revealing. He has worked with organisations of many sizes, ilks and orientations across the globe and is sought out as a regenerative coach, facilitator and speaker.
I have so very much benefited from being in conversation with Giles, and to working directly with him enabling my own development, which this conversation was in many ways to beginning of. I'm very much looking forward to sharing this conversation with you, and to invite you to engage with Giles' wisdom and the frameworks for your own development which he offers here.
Key Frameworks introduced:
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Worldview shift from Degenerative to Regenerative
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Levels of Leadership
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Panarchy Cycle
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DEE - Developmental, Emergent, Evolutionary
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3S, Stillness, Surrender, Sensitivity.
Key Concepts discussed:
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Wisdom of Life & Nature
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Enabling adaption & transformation
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Working with organisations to become regenerative
Key Prompts provided:
Explore the 3S framework for yourself, considering for yourself how you can practice stillness, surrender and sensitivity.
Tim’s additional resources;
Reflection article - Medium - https://medium.com/@timcollings-betterworldleaders/reflections-on-being-in-conversation-with-giles-hutchins-47f26f8cbe43
Reflection video - YouTube - https://youtu.be/SPGqoB3utGk
60 Seconds Stillness series - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBk0JIL3oalwG8DjbgxweTLuulJ0P5MZ-
Engage with Giles’s work here:
Leading by Nature - https://gileshutchins.com/leadingbynaturebook/
gileshutchins.com
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/giles-hutchins-015a7b/
Leading by Nature podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leading-by-nature/id1620178610
Nature of Business blog - https://thenatureofbusiness.org/
Upcoming talks & events;
Climate Coaching Alliance keynote on Regenerative Leadership Consciousness - https://www.climatecoachingalliance.org/event/regenerative-leadership-consciousness/
Today's guest is the most deeply provocative, developmental and loving regenerative guide I have been honoured to connect with and be developing within her communities.
Carol Sanford is acknowledged by many as a matriarch within the resurgent global regeneration movement, having been in deep practice in her own life, family and work both in multi-national organisations and in developmental education for over 45 years.
Carol is the author of 6 books, several of which are cited as essential reading at Harvard and Stamford. She is the founder of the Carol Sanford Institute and Seed Communities, a developmental community for business people, entrepreneurs, investors and practitioners to deepen their understanding of regenerative paradigms, engage in developmental work and life-based practice engaging regenerative frameworks.
Carol has done more than any other person to shift my way of being, through my engagement over years with her frameworks, communities and being state. I am immensely grateful to Carol for all that she has brought to the world as one of the deep practitioners and most tenured wayfinders of the emergent movement of regenerators.
Her books, podcasts, and public writing and speaking provide a means for all to shift their thinking around business, investing, parenting, community organising, media creation and more. Her developmental communities and summits are some of the most confronting and enlivening learning spaces I’ve had the honour of participating in.
All of this being said, I’m delighted to share this conversation on her latest book, Indirect Work, which has we discuss provides an entry point to the greater body of her work, and a pathway to explore the deepest shifting that’s needed for real transformation to occur.
Key Framework introduced:
Consciousness - Culture - Capability, from Indirect Work
Key Concepts discussed:
Sensing & shifting Paradigms
Exploring Matrixes
Re-examining
Indirect Work - exploring Consciousness.
Key Prompts provided:
Where did that come from? What was I thinking before? Stop & reflect what framework is limiting you and blinding to you.
Suggested practices recommended:
Setting an aim - instead of focusing on achieving specific goals, set an aim to strive towards. This is a developmental pathway you set for yourself which is proximate enough to observe progress.
Engage in long thought - rather than trying to tackle a problem by solving it and moving on to the next one, re-examine your thinking on an issue or development area over an extended period of time, noting what’s changing in your thinking or broader senses about the issue or problem and how you are approaching it.
Engage with Carol’s work & connect with the Communities she convenes here:
LinkedIn profile
Books here
Seed Communities here
Medium articles here
Carol’s Second Opinion podcast series here
Additional resources;
Tim’s Reflection article - here
Tim’s Reflection video - here
Thomas Kuln - The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Introducing the sixth season of Better World Leaders, focused on frameworks for you, and all you lead striving to co-create better worlds.
Frameworks have become essential and integral to my way of being, learning and developing and I'm delighted to be co-creating conversations with the sources of many of the incredible frameworks for knowing, being and doing which are guiding the emergence of better worlds and futures.
Here's who you can look forward to experiencing co-created dialogue with...Carol Sanford, Giles Hutchins, Paul Hawken, Four Arrows, Tim Hollo, Zoë Routh, Michelle Maloney, Sally Gilespie, Karen O'Brien, Curtis Ogben, Claire O'Rourke, Samantha Slade, Mel Gletch, Daniel Hires, Melanie Goodchild, David Drake and more to be confirmed!
I'm super excited to be bringing this season to you, as in many ways this will be our greatest endeavour yet! 3 things are certain, this season will be our longest yet, more practical, the most reference-able and contain the most pathways for you to access both the guidance of the guests and the developmental potential of the Better World Leaders community!
Accompanying each episode will be a reflective article and video sharing more of my thoughts and experiences on the frameworks discussed and how I've been using and applying them, along with additional prompts for you to consider.
I'll also be inviting you to join hosted live events throughout the year, both reflective community gatherings to discuss and explore further the frameworks shared in the podcast episodes and supporting resources, and live events with opportunities to interact with guests directly. Register here for the first of these events in late March. If you'd like to watch the recording of our first live event you can do so here
In every way, welcome to Season Six of Better World Leaders - the conversation with Carol Sanford is up first broadcast on February 15!
As we wrap up our fifth season, and our journey through 2022, we offer a brief reflection on the themes which have emerged through 13 fabulous conversations.
We've been delighted to host and co-create conversations with these incredible guests, David Drake, Wayne Visser, Lauren Tucker, Hugh Mackay, Ben Newsome, Laureline Simon, Dimity Podger, Michelle Maloney, Alice Howard-Vyse, Steve Moir, Charlotte Connell, Jeanine Bailey, Sue Glendenning & Catherine Ashton.
We're also reflecting on what's shifted through the year, and what changes we anticipate bringing to the podcast next year.
We're super excited for all that awaits in Season 6, and can't wait to share more information with you in the season launch episode coming in early February 2023.
We'd also like to extend a massive thank you, to you! We've seen the audience grow and we are most grateful especially to those who have followed with the most devotion.
We also invite you to complete the brief poll that's attached via Spotify to share your thoughts on what you'd like to see more of from the show as we sense into the continuing evolution of episode design, event hosting and deeper audience interaction.
Finally, if you're curious to explore the Being Leaders and Imaginal Communities initiatives I mention, you can do so via the links below;
Being Leaders linkedin group
Being Leaders course page
Imaginal Communities linkedin group
Imaginal Communities registration page
As always, be well, lead well and keep on co-creating your and our shared better worlds,
Tim & the BWL Team.
This is a conversation I was not anticipating, and I enjoyed greatly, with someone whom I was deeply honoured to co-create a conversation with.
Catherine Ashton is unique in many ways, as the first EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security, the former Leader of the House of Lords (British Parliament upper house) with multiple Ministerial tenures in the British government.
In this conversation we discuss the very real context in which so much leading is done behind the scenes via the craft of diplomacy, that there are no significant challenges that any nation can solve alone, and how we must find better ways to collaborate – and that creating better world leaders is all about collaboration.
It's Catherine and my great pleasure to share this conversation we you as the final guest co-created conversation of the 5th season of Better World Leaders.
Here’s a review of the key messages from this episode, based on elements of the co-created dialogue;
Tenured challenges
· Crisis’s seldom have a short fuse. They have a long fuse, which is lit when people feel they have had enough
· Often these challenges have emerged over decades, so why is it that we feel we can resolve them in short periods of time?
· We need to get better at the commitment to build circumstances where leaders can say to populations that change needs longer timeframes
Togetherness
· As nations, there isn't a single challenge that we face that we can solve alone
· We must accept that we need to find ways to collaborate better
· Let's be frank, climate change is the biggest challenge of all
Collaboration
· The best people to collaborate with...are those with whom you share the same values & ideas
· What keeps showing up - what are the values that give you the foundation for collaboration?
· We will support those who need support and we will be focusing on the big problems that can't be solved without collaboration with all of us
The craft of diplomacy
· You've got to stick to what it is you're trying to do, that's the only way you will be able to collaborate sufficiently to get it done
· It's about looking at the jigsaw puzzle. You have a picture in your mind of what you will see what you've succeeded. What matters is what's in your mind, not how big the pieces are.
· This is about finding shared ground and finding people with whom to co-create shared dialogue
Context & navigating conflict
· It's really important to humanise the problems we find ourselves in, so we can see the impact on ordinary people, which we all are
· 3 tools for navigating conflict; warm up meeting to build relationships, establish a level of trust with honesty & fairness, reflect back on progress.
· Be aware that people don't come into a room without a whole bunch of stuff they are carrying
We are all diplomats
· Whatever you do, you've got to think 'and then what', with your eye on the long-term
· There's an invitation to everyone to be more diplomatic in their own lives
· People often ask me how did you learn to negotiate?...We all negotiate everyday
To read more of Catherine’s story, you can pre-order her book ‘And then what?’ via the links below, ahead of the full release in February 2023;
via Goodreads via Bookshop via Amazon
This is a conversation between three fellows in the work. 3 friends and colleagues who have been deeply exploring how to co-create conditions for systemic change to be activated and sustained. I invite you into the conversation with Sue Glendenning, Jeanine Bailey, and myself.
As we reach the culmination of this year-long Better World Leaders’ Season 5 on nurturing conditions, we wished to share our collective intention to nurture conditions in communities of change makers, to support, enable and deepen their potential to radically shift systems, structures and processes that can provide pathways to the better worlds that are sought.
It's our great pleasure to share this conversation we you - here’s a review of the key messages from this episode, based on elements of the co-created dialogue;
Holding Space
· Holding space for whatever needs to come in to happen
· Holding space for communities to discover, acknowledge & share the most important things for us to sustain ourselves
· Holding space for change on every level
Systems Change
· Bring in new thoughts to invite outcomes which are good for us & the broader system
· Hopes, vision & dreams, changing yourself is to change the system
Co-creating change
· A lot of people talk about change - what counts is how you make it happen
· Hopeful for changing what must be changed
· A self-full feeling to nurture & be part of this - it was like a light going on
We change
· Through the process of unfolding & refolding the terrain gets richer, is different, new & changing
· Allowing yourself to be open to what is emerging
· The journey to beauty can be dramatic in the fullness & extent of what needs to change
· What's yours to do? Something we can all think about
Place
· Fundamentally this is going to land in place, through activators of place-sourced potential
· Working with fellows in place
· It's going to morph & spread & evolve
Solutions
· We don't need to do anything dramatically different, the solutions are already there
· It's not about this brave, courageous, outspoken, risk-taking few, that are already out there on the leading edge doing the great work.
Find out more about Sue and her work here:
LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzanneglendenning/
Empower World - https://quantumresults.com.au/
Find out more about Jeanine and her work here:
LinkedIn profile -https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanine-bailey-icf-mcc-executive-coach-mentor-supervisor-7b52758/
Empower World - https://www.empower-world.com/
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I first came across Charlotte in my LinkedIn feed around a year ago, when she shared a beautifully poignant and vulnerable post about talking to her kids about the bushfires. Without needing to check her profile, I knew this was an aligned being, and invited her to connect. A few months later, we spoke for the first time to explore co-creating a conversation here discussing our shared energies for working with change makers in the climate ecosystem in Australia and beyond.
I’m now knowing Charlotte as a deeply intentional being, a lover of nature, the ocean in particular, and as a career-long champion of the need for our businesses, societies and cultures to take a more caring lens to how we are in the world. This calling has now manifested in her role at Climate Salad, a leading Australian Climate tech enabler, and has seen her profile rise to be included in LinkedIn’s list of top ‘green voices’ for 2022.
It's a great pleasure to share this mutually personal conversation about Charlotte and my work, our calling to do what we can from where we are to engage in the wicked problems of our times, and to invite you to do the same.
Here’s a review of the key messages from this episode, based on elements of the co-created dialogue;
Climate is the main challenge
· All paths seem to lead to climate, at least all that I see & walk upon
· If we don't solve climate, we don't solve anything
· This is climate change, it's in our backyards, it's impacting now
Overwhelm
· Until recently climate seemed too hard to tackle, too big to bite off and chew
· It's hard not to be overwhelmed thinking about the kind of world we are leaving our kids and yet we have to have hope
· I still have hope that you can shift this position, come full circle and throw yourself into this endeavour because that's been my lived experience
Shifting values
· I realised that what I was doing was signing up to values which weren't mine and I was making choices informed by the preferences of other people
· It's all about go get, and when you've gotten enough, maybe you can give back. We can change that approach.
· I need to show that I am living by principles of protecting the planet
Joining in
· Where are you working right now? Use that sphere of influence, you don't even have to change what you're doing to have a really positive influence.
· Think about all the people you work with, why not implement some sustainability initiatives?
· We actually need everyone, perfectly imperfect, in the climate space
· We can do a lot less harm, and a lot more good, where we are
Communicating with Kids
· I think a lot about why I have this affinity with nature
· It's really important to immerse our kids in nature, so they form that bond.
· I think a lot about how to approach the conversation
· Work with what they see, kids are the most amazing observers.
Solutions
· We don't need to do anything dramatically different, the solutions are already there
· It's not about this brave, courageous, outspoken, risk-taking few, that are already out there on the leading edge doing the great work.
· There is this mass body of beings that I believe at some point will see that this is a thing and it's exciting and incredible to be a part of
· I can see a benefit to me and everyone that I love and care about, so let's do this!
Find out more about Charlotte and her work here:
LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotteconnell/
Climate Salad - https://www.climatesalad.com/
As long as I’ve been in Australia I’ve been aware of Stephen Moir, someone with whom I share many professional alignments, yet his journey always seemed ahead of my own. More recently I’ve found the alignment even greater, especially since being invited by one of my clients to join Steve’s community ‘Professionals Advocating for Climate Action’.
Steve’s background as a recruiter and founder of the long established and highly successful Moir Group doesn’t indicate anything radical or activist, and yet he and his partner Caroline found themselves inspired to do more, and to work within the deep professional networks they have to connect with shared purpose, aligned values and a fundamental desire to do more.
This group has over 300 members and regularly features guest speakers including leading Australian politicians, business and professional leaders from across the spectrum of finance, health, education and all sectors of the broader economy. This is a great conversation with Steve around nurturing the fundamentals of community building to bring professionals together to support action and bring awareness to our most significant of challenges.
Here’s a review of the key messages from this episode, based on elements of the dialogue;
Purpose & Engagement
· There's a lot of people looking for purpose
· More people are looking for leaders who can connect their work to a greater purpose
· People are asking their employers where they stand on the environment, and if their answers aren't good, they leave
Community
· The business community is leading on this, driven largely by their employees
· I get asked this question a lot - do you have any hope?
· Examples of action gives hope & optimism that keeps people going
· There's a missing link around community in all businesses
Leaders
· 90% of people who are looking to move are not aligned to their boss or the organisational culture
· Leadership now & going forward is the key thing
· What defines great business is great leaders who live and breathe purpose and values
· Key Capabilities - Humility, Empathy, Listening, Nurturing Psychological Safety
· If you don't nurture the conditions for inclusion, any diversity you foster will not succeed.
· 3 things to focus on - get involved where you are passionate, be true to purpose & live a life aligned, humble leading where you don't need to be the centre of attention.
Find out more about Stephen and his work here:
LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-moir-1392784/
Professionals for Climate Action - https://www.professionalsforclimate.com.au/
Moir Group - https://moirgroup.com.au/
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linkedin.com/company/better-world-leaders
timcollings-betterworldleaders.medium.com
youtube @timcollings
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Over the past few years I’ve become increasingly aware of and inspired by a being known as Michelle Maloney. Over and over, some of the most interesting areas that were drawing my attention and curiosity, I found Michelle immersed in the heart of them in Australia and beyond. Regenerative initiatives, centring Aboriginal ways of knowing, doing and being, new pathways to economic progress, ways of organising ourselves, our communities and societies in ways that respect and revere nature – Michelle not only shows up, she convenes some of the most meaningful spaces that attract both the well intentioned and those who are forging ahead in these emergent modes.
I am thus deeply honoured to be sharing here the first conversation with Michelle, exploring some of her journey as well as the core themes that occupy her endeavours to transform education, the law, economic systems and structures of governance more broadly. Yes, this is a deep conversation, and an expansive one, and we knowingly offer more questions than we seek to answer in a single conversation.
I hope our conversation invites you to explore more deeply many of the themes we cover, and hopefully to connect directly with Michelle and join in any or all of the hubs and groups she invites to gather. Both Michelle and I welcome your thoughts and reflections via the connection links below if you’d like to reach out.
Here’s a review of the key messages from this episode, based on elements of the dialogue;
Nurturing conditions for ecological society
- If you have a society that understands where it lives, creates and recreates Earth-centred norms; and each generation shares with the next, you have the nurturing conditions for an ecological society
- To nurture conditions for humans to care deeply about the living world, we have to change the way humans think about their place in the world
- How do we understand the psyche of humans who don't value nature? How do we respect societies who do? How do we transform ourselves into a culture that is admirable & sustainable, that thinks to the future and understands our humble place in the big picture?
- Decolonising our minds & hearts is about understanding our history as a species, and as people living in this continent; it’s also about challenging modernity the ideas we’ve absorbed about progress
Connecting to nature
- I'm hugely inspired by any culture that remains connected to our bio-physical reality
- Where we live matters. What we do in a place matters.
- The colonial project here is younger than in other places, we still have the potential to heal and restore; we still have so much wonder & beauty remaining in the natural world
- It's about rethinking what we love & getting more time with who and what we love. More connection, more time to play & be with those we love.
- How do we find a new way forward for our societies by reconnecting with nature?
Governance systems
By governance, I refer to the way we come together, the way we live, work and play together, the norms, laws and practices of our society.
Find out more about Michelle and her work here:
LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-michelle-maloney
Australian Earth Laws Alliance - https://www.earthlaws.org.au/
New Economy Network Australia - https://www.neweconomy.org.au/
As an alumni of this course, I highly recommend you check out the next intake for 2023 - https://www.neweconomy.org.au/courses/building-a-wellbeing-economy-2023/
https://www.futuredreaming.org.au/
In this conversation, I welcome back a dear friend and guide in the great work, who on her first visit here hosted me and beautifully held the space for exploration of one of my formative narratives. Here, we return to our usual flow, as I host an abundant and deep conversation with Alice Howard-Vyse.
Alice is a practitioner of many approaches to living systems practice. She is Lead Convenor for Regen Sydney, Founder of Humanise This, an alumnus of Schumacher Collage (UK) and Fellow of the Centre for Sustainability Leadership. Ever since meeting Alice shortly before the emergence of the pandemic, I have considered myself fortunate every time I’ve had the opportunity to connect, share space, witness Alice in her work and thrive in the places and networks she activates, and this conversation is no exception!
I hope our conversation brings you cause for some deep application of Alice’s ‘practically profound’ approaches. We’d both love to hear how this conversation landed for you, and what you have found in your experiments with any of the practices we explore here. We both welcome your thoughts and reflections via the connection links below.
Here’s a review of the key messages from this episode, based on elements of the dialogue;
Systems
- What's the legacy of what we design?
- Thinking in nested systems.
- Nurturing the health of any one system, we nurture the health of the whole
- What is the role of humanity in the service of a regenerative future?
- What if our role was to live in this land with joy?
- Where are we disrupting what actually wants to happen?
Nurturing inner space
- It starts with us, with our way of being.
- What experiments have you played with in nurturing inner space? What have you done, and what have you found?
- There's a deficit of intentional space where you can tap into a deeper sensing
- How do we keep coming back to that place which feels like home, like integrated self?
- How do we do this? In community with others who make us feel like ourselves & bring back to that sense when we forget
- Finding our way back to ourselves & our communities
- The ability to go deep with others is commensurate with our ability to go deep into ourselves
Listening & conversations
- How do we tune into our feeling about what's going on in the world around us and use those feelings as intelligence?
- The kind of conversations we have shape the world that we create.
- How do we have more generative conversations?
- How do we become curious about what's going on for someone else & what their experience is?
- Listen with one's whole self, to one's whole self, and the whole selves of others. How do we do that?
- Our ability to listen to ourselves determines how deeply we can listen to others
- The gift of being deeply listened to by being truly present is one of the greatest that can be given or received.
Find out more about Alice and her work here:
LinkedIn profile - www.linkedin.com/in/alicehv/
Alice’s consulting work - www.humanisethis.com/
‘Creating circles of Active Hope’ on Medium - https://medium.com/@alicehv/
Regen Sydney - www.regen.sydney
Join the Regen Sydney community network - regen-sydney.mn.co
Be well everyone, we'll be back with you soon!
Tim
It is always a great honour to co-create and share with you each and every conversation on Better World Leaders. It's an even deeper pleasure to co-create a conversation with someone who I have been knowing for some time, and deepen my knowing of their being as we create a shared dialogue, which we then share with you. The conversation with Dimity Podger is a beautiful combination of these strands woven throughout this flowing exploration of how we nurture conditions to regenerate ourselves, our role on the planet and the ways we come together.
Dimity is a fellow regenerative practitioner, and has been immersed in exploring values-centred organisations and communities for several decades, focusing a PhD in Sustainability Education on values-centred approaches to social transformation and organising. Her work flows along several channels, partnering with organisations across corporate, government and for-purpose sectors enabling leaders to rise to pursue their life's purpose striving in the fullest expression of both their personal, and their collective organisations' values. She leads the purpose-driven leadership consultancy, Barasa Consulting Group, and most recently, has been exploring the pathways to regeneration on a national-scale here in Australia, working as Regenerative Communities Project Manager for the WWF's Innovate to Regenerate Challenge.
I hope our conversation brings you both cause for reflection on your connection with values, purpose and the many ways to regenerate. Dimity and I had a rich and playful experience co-creating this conversation, which we hope you will receive yourselves in listening and merging with our energies. We both welcome your thoughts and reflections via the connection links below if you'd like to reach out.
Here's a review of the key messages from this episode, based on extracts from the dialogue;
Purpose - When people connect with the needs in the world, and have a sense of agency, they become awake and alive to what they can contribute to the world. - When we have a sense of purpose the ego can quieten and open up to greater energy and potential - When you experience awe or wonder, there's both a smallness and expansiveness
Role - We need to regenerate humanity's role on the planet - There's a mutual unfolding, a recognition of responsibility for our own development, those qualities we use in service of the world - Core to our purpose on this planet is to bring spirit to the material world
Regenerating ourselves - How do we regenerate our capacities for cooperation? - Peer acknowledgement is really important to create the kind of shifts we want to see.[DP1] - How do we support the shifts in conditions and enable contexts to be conducive for people to be their noble selves? - What are the living systems principles that are unfolding in the world that ? - That's why I've worked so closely with virtues, values & principles; they are the substance of value - There's an essential need for us to develop spiritual acumen - Leaders are hosts of conversation, gathering and surfacing insights, not the holders of dominant views We learn about ourselves through the context of service to development, and contribution to health and healing of the Natural world Potential - We're revealing this extra-ordinary limitlessness - How do we hold space for perspective to emerge to build capacity to seek truth? - Who will we be no matter what?
Find out more about Dimity and her work here: LinkedIn profile -
Welcome to this review of our Fifth Season so far, discussing the convergent themes and poignant prompts which have emerged from the six fantastic guest co-created conversations we've been honoured to host in the season so far.
These conversations have been co-created with David Drake, Wayne Visser, Lauren Tucker, Hugh Mackay, Ben Newsome and Laureline Simon.
In this season focused on nurturing conditions for the co-creation of our better world, the emergent themes from the conversations so far are empathy & kindness, nurturing systems, generating new meta-narratives and evolving cultures.
Looking ahead, we're very much looking forward to sharing with you conversations co-created with Dimity Podger, Alice Howard-Vyse, Michelle Maloney, Steve Moir, Charlotte Connell & Jeanine Bailey.
We would also very much love to see you at our first live event on July 28 11.30-12.30 AEST. This interactive event will feature 4 of our previous guests, Rebecca Huntley, Ben Bowen, Claire Marshall and Ronan Mac Domnhaill jointly exploring 'The Window of Opportunity' and each guest hosting a small group discussion where you can decide which theme or prompt you'd like to explore, followed by a collective sharing. Click the link below to join this first live gathering of the Better World Leaders community; https://www.linkedin.com/events/6944526944726040576
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This conversation is deep. Existential. Radical. Why? Because Laureline Simon speaks to the root cause of the harm that's impacting on each of us, every community and ecosystem across the breadth of our shared planet. This conversation hits home, in a nurturing, generative way, as Laureline speaks from lived experience striving in global systems and shows meaningful examples of how this harm can be repaired.
It's been an honour to cocreate many wonderful conversations on Better World Leaders over the past two years. In that time there's been many a dialogue which has given me cause for reflection, and this conversation with Laureline crests the list of those that have. Her openness to explore deeply personal experiences, the range of her experience working through the United Nations across the globe, and the frankness of her insights speak to the fundamental nature of how we must change if we are truly to become resilient as individuals, societies and as a species once again.
Laureline Simon is the Founder Director of One Resilient Earth, a European based Not-for-Profit who partner with numerous global and hyper-local organisations on multi-level, systemic initiatives to enable resilient communities by nurturing shifts in mindset, community connection and ecosystem restoration. This work is as inspirational as it is transformative, and provides a wonderful example to us all of how nurturing conditions for interdependent complexity to thrive is vital for the wellbeing of our beings, and the planetary system that sustains us all.
I hope our conversation brings you both contemplation and inspiration. It was a great joy speaking with Laureline and I was both validated and informed by our discussion. We both welcome your thoughts and reflections via the connection links below if you'd like to reach out.
Here's a review of the key messages from this episode, based on extracts from the dialogue;
Shifting mindsets - It's a big moment when we realise how much we need to unlearn and decentre our worldviews - Is it just industrialisation, or is there a deeper worldview that enables industrial exploitation of the world's resources? - What if we weren't thinking about nature & people as resources? - What if the idea of separation of ourselves from nature, which is a mindset, is the root cause of the crisis? - Climate change is a symptom of the crisis of relationship we have with the world and nature - The ecological crisis is a crisis of relationship - We wouldn't be exploiting people if we didn't consider them to be different from us - We need to build capability to operate on multiple levels at the same time; that's why we work with resilient mindsets, thriving communities and restoring ecosystems - People may not realise that a lot of the decisions which are made in response to climate change are coming from a threat response. - We have one Earth and many worlds
Actions for impact - You can have global actions that have little impact, and you can have local actions that have real impact - It's more about coalitions or networks and experimenting with ways of being more radical - It's about addressing the root causes of an issue, otherwise everything you do is cosmetic - There's nothing worse than feeling that you're taking positive action, when in actual fact all that you're doing is reinforcing a system that is causing harm - The actions we need to take are much deeper than reducing greenhouse gases, we have to repair our relationships with ecosystems and people who have been harmed
Systemic change - I've been into the systems, and the premises are flawed - We are too resource dependant,...
Of the many new connections I made through the lockdowns of 2020, very few matched the energy and capacity for both vastly expansive and hyper detailed dialogue than today's guest. Ben Newsome is an educator, a Founder and ambassador for progressive educational practice and I'm delighted to welcome him today.
Ben Newsome founded Fizzics Education to deliver science education across Australia, having now reached 2 million kids since 2004. He is a qualified science teacher and has a host of accolades to his name, including being a 2013 Churchill Fellow, 2020 AMP Tomorrow Maker, 2015, 2016 & 2018 Australian Small Business Winner for Children's Education Services, 2020 WSABE Outstanding Business Leader of the Year, 2019 Blacktown Business Person of the Year, and receiver of several Pinnacle Awards from the Center for Interactive Learning & Collaboration.
Ben is a community leader for the International Society for Technology in Education, a board member for Educating 4 Leadership, is an advisory board member of the Center for Interactive Learning & Collaboration, an Ambassador for the Association of Science Education Technicians NSW and is part of the NSW Churchill Fellows Association committee. He is also the author of 'Be Amazing! How to teach science the way primary kids love' & the host of the FizzicsEd Podcast.
In 2012 Ben co-founded the non-profit Virtual Excursions Australia which has now grown to include over 40 major cultural institutions and departmental distance education managers, where together VEA members create collaborative video conference events and share tips and tricks on best practice. In 2015 he co-founded another non-profit called the Pinnacle Education Collaborative, a network of over 30 cultural organisations in North America that deliver virtual excursions to schools, retirement homes, remand centres and more.
I hope our conversation brings you energy, cause to pause and reflect on your own educational journey and how you continue to learn today and in to the future. Ben and I look forward to hearing any thoughts, reflections or questions you have in response to our cocreated conversation - reach out or post via your preferred podcast platform or any of the connective links below.
Here's a review of the key messages from this episode, based on extracts from the dialogue; Perceptions of reality - We need to consider what actually makes people understand how the world works - There's a disconnect between what people understand is happening and what the reality is .
Education - For me it was an equity access problem - Let's be honest, the curriculum is contentious - Are we teaching what to learn or how to learn?
Systems thinking - There's an issue when you're dealing with scale, that there's not a one size fits all - There's a real dynamic between local knowledge & systems knowledge, how do you fill the gap? - Think about why you're trying to solve the thing
Innovation - If you're saying it's my way or the highway, then you're highway better be pretty good! - You're best thinking 5 years ago is your baggage today - The world is not static, pay attention to what's changing and adjust and adapt accordingly
Nurturing conditions for leaders - Ben recommends these specific conditions to nurture i) constructive dialogue ii) diverse teams iii) resilience to the grind of time iv) fearlessness to handle failure - Diversity is vital - The richer the experiences of people the more likely to solve problems - Failure is 100% a marker of success - Empathy is the conductive fluid between dialog...
In the midst of a CoVid lockdown, I discovered a book that it felt like was speaking directly to me, and in doing so, touching my soul. The author and I shared a desire to see a significant shift in the country we both love, and in the wider world. That shift speaks of rediscovery. Of a way of being that all humans know, and many appear to have forgotten. What is called for, the author proposed is in fact nothing short of a revolution. A Kindness Revolution. I was moved to write to him, expressing my deepest gratitude for what I received in reading his work over the years, my appreciation of the shared meaning I discovered in his words, and my shared hope for a future filled with kindness. In that note I invited him to co-create a conversation here, which I am deeply honoured that he accepted.Welcome to the conversation with Hugh Mackay. His latest book, The Kindness Revolution, brings together many of his views shared in previous books based on over 6 decades of work, becoming one of Australia’s best known and highly regarded social researchers since the publication of his first book, Australia Reimagined. Hugh’s journey as a researcher began before the popularisation of television, and his career has witnessed 3 significant social revolutions, including the most recent rise of social media influence on social interaction.As Hugh says in The Kindness Revolution, he’s come to recognise the potential transformative value of kindness, and that in fact what is needed is a more radical, revolutionary brand of kindness. The significance of Hugh’s work is profound, a gift to Australia, and the world, and it was a great joy to explore with him the potential meaning of kindness in contributing to creating a better world.I hope our conversation brings you joy and provocation, as well as reflection on the potential for you to bring more kindness into your life, and what you might create in the world, and the change you might activate, as you do.Here’s a review of the key messages from this episode, based on extracts from the dialogue;Change- We are the social change. We drive social trends.- These trends are pushing us in a direction which takes us away from our true nature.- No revolution ever started at the top, because the people at the top think everything is terrific.- Do we need memetic evolution or violent revolution?- Change needs to start with us living as though it was the kind of society we want to see.Belonging- We happen to be members of a social species. We need each other.- A sense of belonging is vital to a social species hardwired for collaboration.- Our shared humanity is far more important than a focus on our individual personal identity.- Be more accepting of difference, because we all share a common humanity, any difference is trivial.Prosperity- One thing that's driven us in this dangerous direction is economic prosperity.- We have had leadership celebrating individual prosperity.- We've had the wrong kind of leadership & too much prosperity.Kindness- Make kindness your way of being in the world.- Kindness is anything we do for another person which acknowledges them & their needs.- Ask yourself, does this act pass the kindness test?- As a kindness practice, we need a conscious reflection - was I kind enough today?- We've all been wounded, and are walking with tragedies large or small. The universal balm is kindness.- When I listen to someone, they receive it as a therapeutic gift.- Every act of kindness makes the world a better place.Find out more about Hugh and his work here:https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/author/hugh-mackay/As well as reading The Kindness Revolution, Hugh has particularly recommended these 2 of his books – What Makes Us Tick & The Good Life.Hugh also recommends that you check out the work of the Stay Kind Foundation - https://www.staykind.org/ - in particular look out for their ‘Kindfest’ initiative in July.Follow Tim and join the Better World Leaders community via the links below:linkedin.com/in/timcollingslinkedin.com/company/better-world-leadersinstagram.com/timcollingslifedownsouthtimcollings-betterworldleaders.medium.comyoutube @timcollings – click here for channelEpisode Pages for this episode and all previous Better World Leaders conversations available here;4ileadership.com/category/better-world-leadersAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. 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Have you ever been in a session when someone shows up who you sense you recognise the essence of?You can’t place them, you know you’ve not met them before, yet something connects you that seems somehow familiar.That was my experience the first time I met Lauren Tucker.Part way through a Regenerative Business Summit in which Lauren was Resource for our team, I joined the dots, that I knew of Lauren and her work as Founder of an organisation I had long supported and admired – Kiss the Ground.What I emerged from our brief conversation that day, and germinated in following conversations – most expansively in the conversation shared here – is that Lauren was being called to evolve the the work through which I knew her. She explained that she was now being drawn into another space, a disruptive, systemic transformational space, where in bringing a community together to explore new ways of thinking and enter into new ways of being – deep regeneration would be possible.Welcome to the conversation with Lauren about how we regenerate one of our most vital, connective and nurturing systems – our Food system. What will it take for us to shift away from our embedded industrial capitalist frameworks of food as mere commodified calories, and into something so much more generative…listen on and let’s explore together!Here’s a review of the key messages from this episode;Disruption- I realised that the system itself wasn't changing very much- We were focused on making things so simple that we weren't bothering to disrupt anything- Something disruptive happens so you see something in a different light, that you can't unsee.- We're setting up a community where we are intentionally creating a disruptionCulture- We assume we can only work on one thing at a time. Really we need to work on things in a whole way.- I've been compelled by this sense of wanting to evolve culture- Food is something we all share & is our most direct way to think about our connection to being living beings- It's not education that shifts culture. It's mindset. Then, it's small communities of people creating different conversations through a shifted mindset, that then create actions from a different perspective.- There's enough duration for the integration to occur- What we need is not better function, or more intelligent business plans or better strategies. We have to change our thinking.New ways of being- I really wanted to challenge myself to work in a new way.- How do we work on our thinking first to see new potential?- There's a reflection around what that means in your own life. That often results in a shift in how you want to live, but you only integrate and sustain this shift if you build a new capability.- We're not living multiple lives. You don't have a work life, a home life, a life with your kids, a philanthropic life. You have one life.- What's essential in this community? What does this community want to evolve into? Now how would we create those conditions?- What is living systems thinking? How do living systems work? How do we hold complexity instead of reducing & simplifying things?Regeneration- I realised I had a deep desire to work on how do we hold more complexity and regenerate these systems- I got really excited by disruption and how do we regenerate our systems- What we've been talking about as regeneration is not really the essence of regeneration- What if instead we went back to the original essence of something and regenerated our understanding of it. Then we could see so much more potential.- How do we shift the role of our business to create the conditions for regeneration?Follow Lauren via the links below;* https://farmersfootprint.us/renourish-studio-intro/ * https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-tucker-3034a714/ * https://www.whitebuffalolandtrust.org/
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Rarely do I get the opportunity to welcome a guest with such a wonderful range of frames that have been used to describe their work – especially in combination! Our guest today is Wayne Visser, a professor, a poet, a possibilist and a pracademic.Throughout this season of Better World Leaders, we’ll examine the conditions needed to co-create our better world. This conversation with Wayne provides a thorough exploration of the layers of shifting consciousness, discovery of new frameworks and creation of new structures through which we can create not just a better world, but a Thriving one.Wayne has been deeply immersed in the world of sustainability as a corporate advisor and Professorial academic for many years. His revelation is that despite decades of work by millions of well intentioned people, the variety problems we face and the scale of the challenges are greater than ever before – requiring fundamental changes in systems, ethos and beliefs.To usher in Wayne’s vision of a Thriving world, we need new leaders to rise, with different capabilities, values and ethics striving to co-create new forms of society, through embracing nature, technologies and practices which in combination provide an opportunity to give life to a world which is far better than me might think. This is an inspiring tale, not only of what’s possible in the future, and of what’s already here – Wayne’s work showcases hundreds of examples of thriving practices that are transforming the world for the better right now!Here’s a review of the key messages from this episode;Confronting Reality- Recognising that we’re living a contradiction, as we all are in the world of paradox- You have to confront the brutal reality without giving up hope that a better world is possible- What we need is to up the game because so many of the problems have gotten so much worse- We don't need to change the whole world. All we need to do is change our world.Purpose- We see the emergence of purpose in business, not just profit.- Having something to believe in is a powerful force that can get you through anything- Bringing solutions to the worlds biggest problems is the role of businessLiving Systems- The underlying principles of thriving are living systems. Relationships. Circularity, creativity, coherence, convergence & continuity.- We currently rely on things running perfectly. That's not life.- All of life is about relationships- Creativity comes from diversity, flexibility and permeable boundaries.- Creativity always comes when we have overlapping fields- We need to think about nature as an ally in our search for resilienceLeading- What does leadership mean? To be a leader is someone who can take us on a journey- 6 attributes of leaders. Systemic. Inclusive. Strategic. Ethical/Moral. Innovative. Courageous.Thriving- To thrive is to flourish & prosper, to go beyond surviving- We've had a failure of storytelling because we've had a narrative of change that's all about sacrifice- Sustainability has failed because it's boring and not inspiring- The way to up the game is not to scare, blame or shame people. Rather it is to give them something inspiring to go after. That inspiring thing is thriving.- The companies that are going to be winners are those that will invest in thriving.The future- The future will be better than you think- The momentum is unstoppable, the more we spread the solutions, the faster it will occur.- Imagine workspaces full of waterfalls, mini-forests and social space- Offices will be places where we go to bond.- This is not just dreaming, everything Wayne says already has precedenceFollow Wayne via the links below;https://www.waynevisser.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/waynevisser/Grab a copy of ‘Thriving’ here via Amazon, or here via Goodreads (including links to numerous on-line sellers, or from wherever you get books.Follow Tim and join the Better World Leaders community via the links below:linkedin.com/in/timcollingslinkedin.com/company/better-world-leadersinstagram.com/timcollingslifedownsouthtimcollings-betterworldleaders.medium.comyoutube @timcollings – click here for channelEpisode Pages for this episode and all previous Better World Leaders conversations available here;4ileadership.com/category/better-world-leadersAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. 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Welcome to the fifth season of Better World Leaders. Throughout this season we’ll be focusing on the theme of conditions, and considering what conditions do we need to nurture for leaders to co-create a better world.I’m delighted and honoured to bring you the first conversation of the season with a man who has devoted his life to creating conditions for people to discover themselves, transition liminal spaces and learn in ways which are much more conducive to life now (and in the world of the future) than our conventional approaches to learning. Welcome to the conversation with David Drake.David is the pioneer of two bodies of work — Narrative Coaching and Integrative Development — which share the same philosophical and pedagogical roots and are mutually generative. I’ve been aware of David’s work in Narrative Coaching for around 5 years since being deeply moved by one of his coaching exercises in a training program. I have gravitated more and more to his work — culminating in enrolling in two of his developmental communities at the beginning of this year.This episode was recorded in December 2021 prior to me joining those spaces. I have been even more inspired now that I am in the programs. I feel deeply privileged to have spent more time with David, and I look forward to doing so for what I hope will be years to come. David is a wonderful activator of powerful learning experiences. His work steeped in a brilliant combination of research and evidence-based frameworks, and applied through constant practice in each individual’s context.Here’s a review of the key messages from this episode:Systems & Cultures- Most of the drivers of behaviour in a workplace have less to do with the people, and more to do with the cultures & systems in which they are working- The systemic and complex nature of the needs we face requires us to work across multiple disciplines and at multiple levels so we don’t keep sending changed people back into unchanged environments.- We need to help people place their individual stories and journey within a broader and more inclusive context so they can make sense and meaning in new ways- Developing people is less about teaching with better curricula and more about facilitating with better conversationsHonouring differences- There is a need to create new, larger narratives that will keep us from driving each other further apart- We've over-emphasised our differences and lost much of our sense of the common good and our common humanity- The business models for many of the platforms is based on enraging people, exacerbating differences, and narrowing our focus.Respecting journeys- We need to honour & respect people for who and how they are as the only place to begin- My value is less about telling others what I know and more about coming alongside people and the journey they are already on to help them grow- The big work we need to do is found in from the unknown & the uncertain- The fundamental question in our work is, “What does this person need most right now?”Learning- The need is for more safe places for practice based learning rather than more content- The resolution that someone is seeking is already present- We have to let go of 'we have to study before we do' to free ourselves to learn and adapt faster- We need to free people up for serious play. To play with serious things.Follow David via the links below;www.themomentinstitute.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbdrake/http://amzn.to/2ioo4MJ (Narrative Coaching book)Follow Tim and join the Better World Leaders community via the links below:linkedin.com/in/timcollingslinkedin.com/company/better-world-leadersinstagram.com/timcollingslifedownsouthtimcollings-betterworldleaders.medium.comLink to article reflecting on this episode on Medium here -youtube @timcollings – click here for channelEpisode Pages for this episode and all previous Better World Leaders conversations available here;4ileadership.com/category/better-world-leadersAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
Welcome to Season 5 of Better World Leaders! This season we shift our focus to nurturing conditions, following on our past two seasons of catalysing and sustaining change. Let's go a little deeper, into the foundational elements we need to cultivate in ourselves, our communities, societies and institutions in order to bring to life the better world we are striving to create.I've been deeply honoured, energised and inspired to co-create incredibly insightful conversations with our guests this season, and here's a sneak peak at some of the conversations you can look forward to in this season;* David Drake, Phd, pioneer of Narrative Coaching and Integrated Development on nurturing new ways of learning * Professor Wayne Visser, on the range of elements we need to embrace to systemically transform into Thriving societies * Lauren Tucker, on the role of developmental communities for systemic regeneration * Hugh Mackay on why we need a Kindness revolution * Charlotte Connell on climate action through nurturing scalable technologies * Steve Moir on nurturing purpose and values to foster professional networks for collective climate action * Ben Newsome on educating the leaders of tomorrow
I'm really looking forward to sharing each and everyone of these conversations, and more, as we move through this season.As always, please join the Better World Leaders community in LinkedIn (link below) and share this and any of our episodes with someone who you believe would benefit from the wisdom contained therein.https://www.linkedin.com/company/better-world-leaders
In this brief review episode, I provide a fly-through of the conversations co-created as part of this season. The broad theme for the season has been sustaining change, how do we do this, what's important to pay attention to, and how do we sustain ourselves as we strive to co-create our better world.We've had an incredible range of conversations in this season, spanning November 2021 to March 2022.If you've not had a chance to review these fully as yet, maybe take a glance at the list below and then scroll through your podcast feed wherever you're reading this and dive in to whatever calls you most;* Claire Marshall, to role of story telling in creating our future (conversation focuses climate change and experiential futures) * Rebecca Huntley, we still have a fighting chance to create a liveable world for everyone (conversation focuses on climate change) * Pedro Aguirre, how to plant seeds deep and grow the next generation of leaders (conversation focus social entrepreneurship) * Betsy Reed, how to embrace discomfort to give birth to great transformations (conversation focus on climate change, personal transformation, diversity and uncomfortable conversations) * Jess Weiss, leaning into your strengths to make the world better (conversation focuses on strengths based approach, personal transformation) * Mickey Kovari, leading through fellowship and community-ship as custodian of regenerative ways of being, knowing and doing (conversation focuses on Aboriginal Australian and international First Nations practices, social entrepreneurship and social justice) * Hernan Haro, investing in those who are in love with our greatest challenges (conversation focuses on diversity, impact investment) * Tracey Eames, on why we need meaningful work (conversation focuses on purpose, meaning in work, team performance and organisational design) * Rebecca Christianson, the path from surviving to thriving (conversation on live changing experiences, cancer survival, leaning into discomfort, diversity and self-transformation) * James McGregor, scalable commercial sustainability (conversation focuses on personal transformation, the role of fear, scaling solutions to our greatest problems, finding the right solutions to the right problems)
All in all, it's been an amazing season. I'm so grateful to each of our guests for co-creating such rich, powerful, informative and emotive discussions. Thank you to each and everyone of you who has tuned in from all over the world. The BWL community continues to build as we approach 400 members of our LinkedIn Group (click below to join if you'd like) We ran our first event in late March, and we have our next lined up in June - standby for an update and invite very soon for that.Join the BWL LinkedIn Group here - https://www.linkedin.com/company/better-world-leadersAs always, we express our gratitude to Brendan, Cooper and Pat - the team who ensure each episode reaches your ears sounding marvellous!We will taking a rest for a couple of weeks before we launch into Season 5 - Nurturing Conditions to Co-Create our Better World. See you all soon!
In the final episode of our fourth season, I was delighted to co-create a conversation filled with pragmatism, hope and energy for tackling the major problems that exist in our world today. I was introduced to James McGregor by our very first BWL guest, Paul Dunn, on the basis of our shared passion and believe in systemic transformation.James has been involved in the commercialisation of sustainable innovation and technologies for over 15 years and has a wealth of knowledge on how to identify the crux of a systemic problem, converge stakeholders to address the issue and how to align novel approaches to commercial outcomes.In this conversation we map much of the terrain of James’ life which will be familiar to regular listeners – what called him to doing this kind of work (after an early career in the military), how systemic work begins with individuals and organisations figuring out what’s most important, and what particular capabilities they can bring to apply to creating a better world. This approach led James into the unanticipated chair of TV show producer, an unintended role which was, as James puts it, simply the right solution to the right problem.James and I look forward to hearing from you via the links below if there’s anything you would like to discuss or share in response to this conversation.Here’s a review of the key messages from this episode;Purpose- Get really clear on why you're doing what you're doing & what's important to your organisation- People think visions are enough. It's not.- I could see all the problems in the world, but didn't see the ideas that can help solve them getting out into the world- Being afraid isn't a bad thing. Fear has a job to do. It's job is to tell you to bring courage to the tableProblems- Look to solve problems at scale - e.g. how do we transform a region to a net zero economy?- Businesses are well placed to be the change-agents that fix these problems- We didn't set out to create a TV show - it ended up as the right solution to the right problem- Build into the storyline is a lot of social science about how you communicate sustainability so it resonates with consumersSustainable business- Doing good can be good for business- People look at sustainability as a cost item instead of a value creator across the business- Sustainability can be a revenue generator, increase profit by reducing operating costs, reduce risk making you more resilient to changes in the business environment & add assets to your balance sheet- Focus on how sustainability can solve problems for key stakeholders within your ecosystem- The sustainability outcome is a consequence of solving the right problem in your business or marketplace- Discovery process: 1 - understand your why, 2 - map ecosystem of business, 3 - gain stakeholder buy-inFollow James via the links below;http://www.bluetribe.co/https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmcgregor73/Watch the TV show James produces – Renovate or Rebuild hereOnline courses on developing and growing sustainable businesses (new courses coming soon) https://bluetribe.thinkific.com/Follow Tim and join the Better World Leaders community via the links below:linkedin.com/in/timcollingslinkedin.com/company/better-world-leadersinstagram.com/timcollingslifedownsouthtimcollings-betterworldleaders.medium.comLink to article reflecting on this episode on Medium here -youtube @timcollings – click here for channelEpisode Pages for this episode and all previous Better World Leaders conversations available here;4ileadership.com/category/better-world-leadersAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
This conversation is a moving and meaningful one focused on how life lessons from adversity can provide opportunities for transformation and shifts into realisation of our purpose and fullest potential.Rebecca has endured what would be testing circumstances at the best of times, however her greatest challenge came not in isolation but in combination with other significant challenges which would throw many people into turmoil. She navigated these trials with humility, introspection and a devotion to appreciating the small things that become cascades of signals of the kind of work and way of living she is called to.In this conversation we touch on many topics that are close to both our hearts – how to nurture the conditions for inclusion and foster diversity in teams, organisation and broader society, our the adversity we face can lead to our greatest discoveries and personal transformations and the role of leaders in embracing new ways of being that can lead to the creation of more purposeful, values-centred organisations.Rebecca has released an article related to her Survive to Thrive approach, which you can find here - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-shift-from-surviving-thriving-mindset-new-model-rebecca/Rebecca and I look forward to hearing from you via our socials and emails is there’s anything you would like to discuss or share in response to this conversation. You can reach out to either of us via the links below.Here’s a review of the key messages from this episode;Diversity- Rebecca didn't fit the mould of what a leader looked like, and wanted to encourage diversity of thought- Rebecca thinks group-think leads to the death of organisations- Let's look at all the possible ways people can be different- How do you look to bring something new into a monocultural group?- To Rebecca, mindset is everything. Especially openness to learning, earnestness and being nothing like her!- Diverse teams don't always agree, but it's going to be a much richer discussion- A lot of people operate on auto-pilot, and respond to very different people in a very similar wayNew leaders- There's been a shift, we are letting go of the hierarchical model of leadership- Rebecca was always ok with not having the answer- Rebecca is seeing more people leaning into their strengths and bringing their authentic selves to work.- When developing our mindset, we need a deep level of curiosity about how we see the world.- Recognise the gifts from life that invite us to activate our highest potentialMeaning making- Understanding how I create a sense of meaning of the things around us is really important- If we're all moving in the same direction, it's much easier for us to course correct together- We all want to contribute and know why our work matters- If you're able to make a conscious choice to change beliefs you hold, you can move into long-term behaviour change- These experiences become the moments that matter in life and create real meaningThriving- When we're in a survival mindset, we feel helpless & that we can't have a positive influence- Raise awareness of where the dominant locus of control is- I made it a really focus to reimagine what was possible after this challenging experience- I created a life that was more in line with my values- Accepting that adversity is a part of life was really important- Being grateful began with really small things- The kindness you receive from people Rebecca really started noticing- These experiences become the moments that matter in life and create real meaningFollow Rebecca via the links below;https://www.thrivingpeopleconsulting.comLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-christianson/Email rebecca@thrivingpeopleconsulting.comFollow Tim and join the Better World Leaders community via the links below:linkedin.com/in/timcollingslinkedin.com/company/better-world-leadersinstagram.com/timcollingslifedownsouthtimcollings-betterworldleaders.medium.comLink to article reflecting on this episode on Medium here -youtube @timcollings – click here for channelEpisode Pages for this episode and all previous Better World Leaders conversations available here;4ileadership.com/category/better-world-leadersAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
This conversation is one of fellowship between myself and Tracy Eames, a leadership practitioner from the East Coast of the USA with whom I have discovered a great affinity and shared devotion to a foundational column of work for both of us – meaningful work.In Tracy’s words, we all spend so much of our time at work with our teams, and all too often people do not find it rewarding. As we all talk about employee engagement and building culture, I often feel like the bigger point is being missed among a checklist of items that don't truly address the challenges we are trying to solve. When we come to work, we want to have a clear role that we know contributes to the success of our team and company i.e. we have meaningful work. We want to be a valued members of teams who are recognized for our successes and given the opportunity for future development growth and a celebrated contribution to each other, our organisation and the greater community we serve.By doing this, Tracy hopes to help people enjoy the long hours we all dedicate to our work, but also hope that our collective efforts help make the world a better place through more thoughtful and innovative solutions that solve our world's most complex challenges.Tracy and I met as fellow podcast hosts in an online collaboration space for podcast producers. As well as enjoying the conversation here, there’s a companion conversation with Tracy and Mike from Teames&Co coming soon – be sure to check out the ‘Building Teams with Teames and Co’ podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.Tracy and I look forward to hearing from you via our socials and emails is there’s anything you would like to discuss or share in response to this conversation. You can reach out to either of us via the link below.Here’s a review of the key messages from this episode;Teams- Tracy often find that the team was the missing piece that wasn't talked about very often- Consider what it means to be part of an exceptional teamMeaningful work- Meaningful work benefits team members, leaders and organisations- If we're all moving in the same direction, it's much easier for us to course correct together- We all want to contribute and know why our work mattersLeading Change- You have don't have to have a leadership title to lead- There is a spectrum of comfort with change and that depends on the type of change- Have you created a culture where people can trust each other for real, not just on the ropes course?- 3 things to do, bring as many people in as early as possible, have a team who owns the change and communicate communicate communicate.Follow Tracy via the links below;www.teamesandco.comwww.teamesandco.com.and TEAMES Global at www.teamesglobal.comEmail info@teamesandco.comPhone +1 (646) 883- 2637Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TEAMESANDCOor https://www.facebook.com/teamesglobalLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/teamesandco/or https://www.linkedin.com/company/teamesglobal/Check out the Teams&CO podcast here - https://teamesandco.com/podcast or by searching ‘Building Teams with Teames and Co’ wherever you listen to podcasts.Follow Tim and join the Better World Leaders community via the links below:linkedin.com/in/timcollingslinkedin.com/company/better-world-leadersinstagram.com/timcollingslifedownsouthtimcollings-betterworldleaders.medium.comLink to article reflecting on this episode on Medium here -youtube @timcollings – click here for channelEpisode Pages for this episode and all previous Better World Leaders conversations available here;4ileadership.com/category/better-world-leadersAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
This conversation is perhaps not what you might expect in a conversation with the Founder of a Venture Capital Fund. You won’t find any mention here of debt-to-equity ratios, asset valuations or how to scale rapidly for a successful sale. What you will find is what Hernan Haro and I must say myself as well, believe is the essence of the kind of ventures that will transform our world. That brilliant, passionate, highly motivated people chose to start ventures that are orientated towards tackling the greatest challenges of our times because they are in love with problem.In this discussion, we explore Hernan’s personal journey from software engineer in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to co-Founder in Silicon Valley, post-sale into corporate America and back to BA as founder of a social-impact investment fund. He reveals what his experience has taught him about what truly makes a ventures successful – the Founder. Not the idea, not the product, the Founder. Critically, where the Founder comes from, why they have chosen to apply their talents to tackle one of our many wicked problems, and how open they are to learning and continually reframing the solutions they develop to address their chosen challenge.One of the true wonders of our world in this moment is the ability to connect with people across the globe, transcending geographic boundaries and cultural contrasts. I loved this conversation from start to finish. It’s been a great pleasure getting to know Hernan over the last 6 months since we met in a professional networking forum, and exploring our many aligned values, believes and shared purpose to play our part supporting those who lead by striving in creating a better world.We look forward to hearing from you via our socials and emails is there’s anything you would like to discuss or share in response to this conversation. You can reach out to either of us via the links below.Here’s a review of the key messages from this episode;Trust- The VC world is driven by trust, passion & aligned mindsets- It took Hernan a long time to accept that faith, trust & confidence are what you need to prevail, knowing you will find a way.Inclusion- The lack of access to information & capital is deeply unfair- The number of deals done with VCs where the Founder does not have a direct connection to the fund is less than 10%- If you're part of the 99% who doesn't have a wealthy friend, your chances of getting funded are really lowDiversity- The importance of diversity is overwhelming- If you ask the same things of the same people, you're going to get the same answers.- We need to listen to the broadest range of people, because anyone can come up with the next big idea- Who is going to solve the next big challenge? Is it going to be someone who has never struggled to make ends meet? It's unlikely.- The ones who are closest to the problems are the ones who understand it best- You need to know how to lead in a diverse environmentLeading- Hernan is investing in the Founder's mission to solve a big problem- They have to be in love with the problem, because the solution is likely to be wrong- Hernan pays a lot of attention the story behind the Founders. Where have they come from & why have they chosen to do this?- Founders need to be humble, so they can ask for help, and be coachable- Everyday Hernan’s co-Founder would ask, what did we learn today?- Are potential Founders learners and listeners?- As a Founder, if you look back at the way you are doing things 6 months ago, & you're not at least a little bit embarrassed, you're doing something wrong.Follow Hernan via the links below;https://mrpink.vc/https://www.linkedin.com/in/hernanharo/Follow Tim and join the Better World Leaders community via the links below:linkedin.com/in/timcollingslinkedin.com/company/better-world-leadersinstagram.com/timcollingslifedownsouthtimcollings-betterworldleaders.medium.comLink to article reflecting on this episode on Medium here -youtube @timcollings – click here for channelEpisode Pages for this episode and all previous Better World Leaders conversations available here;4ileadership.com/category/better-world-leadersAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
Every once in a while you connect deeply, completely and with absolute alignment with someone whose lived experience has been what you aspire to be. To find someone with whom I align so cohesively with living only a few kilometres across the mountains from my home and to have the opportunity to spend time with them and begin to get to know them is both an honour and a revelation.Welcome to the conversation co-created with Mickey Kovari, which we recorded side-by-side in ‘the Shoalhaven studio’ in the workspace of my homeplace.Mickey is someone who describes himself as being uncomfortable with leading – despite having held role commonly associated with leadership, most recently as Deputy CEO of the National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy and currently co-Founder of Native Foodways. Mickey prefers to think of his work as fellowship or community-ship, working in collaboration with First Nations peoples and enterprises. He has worked for a number of Indigenous-led social enterprises over the past 15 years.Our conversation focuses on Mickey’s contribution through his work and his experience and insights into the essential need to, and benefits of centring First Nations ways of knowing, doing, and being. We discuss caring for Country and healing Country including regenerative or agroecological farming and land management as well as regenerative resource-use including clean energy and a focus on degrowth, and thus a rethink of capitalism. Caring for Culture, valuing, enriching, and practicing culture as a way to deepen meaning, expression, connection, and belonging and bringing more of a focus on language, art, dance, story and how they lead to wellbeing. Caring for Community, the rise of social enterprise and impact investment as a way to connect large amounts of powerful capital with meaningful and regenerative work and employment that employ community and serve community. Also the ongoing investment in community wellbeing programs, which are always best when linked to regenerative business model or framework so it can be linked in with the production of necessary goods and servicesWe look forward to hearing from you via our socials and emails is there’s anything you would like to discuss or share in response to this conversation. You can reach out to either of us via the link below.I’ve also been compiling my thoughts and reflections on this, and each of the conversations I co-create with Better World Leaders, in our Medium publication as well as on the 4i website, which you can find links to below.Here’s a review of the key messages from this episode;Systems thinking- What's the best contribution we can make to the system to address the major systemic issues?- When you talk about anything, you talk about everything- It's our job as privileged white people to work on white people to dismantle the problematic systems- We live every day in systems of white supremacyFirst Nations ways of knowing, doing & being- Many people don't appreciate the significance of food & food sovereignty- Less than 1% of First Nations peoples benefit economically from the native food system- It's being recognised that First Nations knowledge is the most regenerative type of knowledge- Ethical investment associations are prioritising investments which centre First Nations ways of knowing, being & doing- Coming into new cultural relationships with respect and without assumptions, appreciating how hard it is to do this.- We should take as much responsibility as individuals and as a collective as is inline with our wellbeingLeading- Leaders are people who adapt a form of leading for a specific period of time- Leading is something that is not given, therefore cannot be taken away. It is distributed and highly contextual.- When you think about leadership, you think about followers. When you think about fellowship, you think about fellows.- It's always about community endorsed leadership without any source of cohesionHere’s the list of books we referred to, and the link to the video we created directly after recording this episode in which Mickey introduces each of these works;- Treading Lightly, Tex Skuthorpe & Karl-Erik Sveiby- Fire Country, Victor Stefanson- Dark Emu, Bruce Pascoe- Wandu Mai, Damian Culthard- Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer- The Call of the Reed Warbler- Here’s the link to the YouTube ‘Knowledge Quest’ live stream in which Mickey adds a little more info about each of the resources we’ve shared – plus 1 more he snuck in!! - https://youtu.be/t0FaIV2qvkUFollow Mickey via the links below, and also grab a copy of her book (if you haven’t done so already!):https://nativefoodways.com.au/https://www.instagram.com/nativefoodways/https://www.linkedin.com/company/native-foodwayshttps://www.facebook.com/nativefoodwayshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mickeykovari/https://twitter.com/mickeykovariHere’s the link to the fundraising campaign ‘Blakcede’ by Waminda as Mickey mentioned right at the end of the show, please consider giving generously to this awesome cause.https://www.chuffed.org/project/support-wamindas-blakcedeFollow Tim and join the Better World Leaders community via the links below:linkedin.com/in/timcollingslinkedin.com/company/better-world-leadersinstagram.com/timcollingslifedownsouthtimcollings-betterworldleaders.medium.comLink to article reflecting on this episode on Medium here -youtube @timcollings – click here for channelEpisode Pages for this episode and all previous Better World Leaders conversations available here;4ileadership.com/category/better-world-leadersAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
In this episode I'm coming to you solo as both reviewer and announcer. I'll reflect on what has been most salient to me from the 5 discussions so far in this season, and share with you what awaits in the 5 conversations that lie ahead...Reflecting on conversations with;* Claire Marshall on the role of storytelling in creating our futures * Rebecca Huntley on where we are with the fight for a healthy climate and the role we can all play * Pedro Aguirre on planting seeds with and for future better world leaders * Betsy Reed on embracing discomfort to give birth to our greatest transformations * Jess Weiss on her approach to strengths for those who want to make the world better
I hope you enjoy this summation and look ahead, I can't wait to bring the next 5 conversations with, and very much for, Better World Leaders just like you!
It’s always a pleasure to converse with someone I know well – especially when that person is someone I greatly admire and am honoured to work alongside, learn from and advocate for.I’ve known Jess for a little over 3 years at this point of broadcast, and yet I’m constantly learning more and more about what drives her, makes her tick and motivates her to go on and create even greater impact in the world (including that her favourite food in the entire world is not at all what I’d expect!)Her business, Human Tribe, is an Associate entity within the 4iLeadership Collective I co-Founded, and this conversation reflects many discussions we have had over the years we’ve spent understanding each other’s work, perspectives, capabilities and values.Jess applies her brilliant, energetic and passionate facilitation approach to leaders of organisations of all shapes and sizes, primarily through the lenses of the strengths-based approach to effective management and inspirational leadership.This conversation is fun, informative, open & honest about our views on leadership development, coaching & training.We look forward to hearing from you via our socials is there’s anything you would like to share in response to this conversation. Jess is active on Insta & LinkedIn, Tim primarily hangs out in LinkedIn so drop us a comment or a message in either of those platforms if you’d like to.Key out-takes from this episode;Sustaining Change- to sustain change, shift to a strengths based culture- understand what energises and what drains those around you- Consider these three things, what difference you want to make, what strengths you have & how to invest in these and how do you bring people along?Being strengths-based- Talent X Investment = Strengths- Everyone is talented in a unique way, every living being has an essence that reflects this- Differences are advantages and become powerful partnerships- You may have the right intentions, but the execution may not be appropriate until you develop the suitable strengthsLeading to create a better world- If you want to be a leader and make the world better, start with yourself- There are opportunities to lead at all levels of organisations- Be persistent and lead your leader towards the difference you want to make- 70% of the variance in a team's engagement is down to the manager Follow Jess via the links below,https://www.instagram.com/jessweisspt/https://www.instagram.com/humantribeau/https://www.linkedin.com/in/weiss-jessica/https://humantribe.com.au/Be sure to check out The Effective Manager program - humantribe.com.au/theeffectivemanager/Follow Tim and join the Better World Leaders community via the links below:linkedin.com/in/timcollingslinkedin.com/company/better-world-leadersinstagram.com/timcollingslifedownsouthtimcollings-betterworldleaders.medium.comyoutube @timcollings – click here for channelEpisode Pages for this episode and all previous Better World Leaders conversations available here;4ileadership.com/category/better-world-leadersAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
It’s a very great pleasure to share with you the conversation I co-created with Betsy Reed. Betsy has spent the past 18+ years working as a sustainability expert, running big advocacy campaigns, working for corporates, running her own sustainability consultancy, lecturing, and being invited to write and publish her first book, ‘Communicating Social & Environmental Issues Effectively.’ Above all, Betsy is a lifelong social justice activist who wanted to grow up and become a lobbyist (and did). She's spent years honing her skills as a meditation and yoga teacher, as well as embracing and becoming more comfortable in her range of changing identities to give her perspective, empathy and power in herself.Her greatest labour of love to the world right now is her podcast, The Discomfort Practice, which was birthed from the quiet that a 3-month Barcelona covid lockdown created in spring 2020. It's created a space for her to explore and knit together the themes she's been studying, becoming an expert in and teaching for several years, from mindfulness and system change to anti-racism activism and hosting nurturing conversations.As work has started to flow again in 2021, her work has become solely focused on leadership (both self-leadership and more formal Leadership) for a new paradigm, which incorporates diversity & inclusion, holistic sustainability, shifts in power and influence and the pressures of leadership following a pandemic and the unfolding crisis of social inequality and climate change. Betsy's intention is to live a life that inspires others, to do work that inspires others to better lead themselves and others to create big collective change that makes society and the planet a place where all beings can thrive.This conversation is playful, confronting, joyful and (of course) touching on topics that maybe uncomfortable for some, maybe including you.We look forward to hearing from you via our socials is there’s anything you would like to share in response to this conversation. Betsy is mainly active on Instagram, and Tim primarily hangs out in LinkedIn so drop us a comment or a message in either of those platforms if you’d like.Key out-takes from this episode;Defining Self- Finding real freedom in not being defined by what I do- Finding yourself doing something, something that fits, that meets you where you are and draws you on- Focus on alignment and you end up where you need to be- Worked so hard at being good in the system I was in, and it was never enough- People don't know how to connect to themselves, they don't know how to speak emotion, they have lost touch with themselves as humans in the workplace- To become truly myself I had to break up with old ways of beingReflections on this moment- What I've been training and developing for the last 20 years is now what the world wants- I'm really excited about where we are- What I got was a chance to be still. It was really squirmy at first, uncomfortable as an ambitious, action-orientated person- What a gift to my creativity quiet wasSystems thinking- I no longer have to explain to people that social & environmental is part of sustainability- In order to build sustainable systems they need to be sustainable for human beings, they need to include sustainability, diversity & inclusion and be cognisant of wellbeing- I'm still entwined in these systems which have created our world- Shareholders don't exist as some separate entity to the planet, everything exists as part of the same whole- There's cognitive dissonance everywhere, as people haven't realised they are part of the systems that are breaking them- Anyone who thinks there's nothing they can do doesn't understand their role in the world- I recognise that I need to change. I recognise that I can help groups to change. I recognise that there is a system, and that I and these groups can change the systemTransformation- I think we are mid-breakdown, and I don't believe that is a bad thing- It's going to get worse and it's going to get worse fast- We have to break down old systems- How do we do things imperfectly whilst still making forward progress- What's going on can't keep going on. We're either going to breakdown or breakthrough.- It's not simple, it's going to be complex, it's going to be messyNew Leaders- We need people who focus on understanding inter-being and interconnectedness- That's where we are, still looking for those leaders to emerge- We've seen a lot of leaders who don't have the answers because they can't think outside the paradigm within which they have been operating- Some of them will lead us into the future and some of them will hold us back- We are birthing a new generation of leaders- The people in power are not the ones to lead us there. We are going to see a big shift in who is leading- Because you have agency you have ownership. That means you have opportunity & obligation.- We got this. You've had your turn. Sorry, not enough. Now we got this.Discomfort & Choice- Discomfort is a force for change. A productive thing. It's not something we embrace or look for, yet it is often the thing that gives birth to the greatest innovations.- Use your agency to make choices that make the world better & work for you- Once you begin to think of yourself as a leader it's going to change your lens on life- People are up for being told they are doing wrong, as long as they are told how you can do things better.Follow Betsy via the links below, and also grab a copy of her book (if you haven’t done so already!):https://www.instagram.com/thebetsyreed/https://www.linkedin.com/in/thebetsyreed/https://twitter.com/thebetsyreedhttps://www.betsy-reed.com/Check out Betsy’s podcast ‘The Discomfort Practice’ wherever you listen to podcasts.Follow Tim and join the Better World Leaders community via the links below:linkedin.com/in/timcollingslinkedin.com/company/better-world-leadersinstagram.com/timcollingslifedownsouthtimcollings-betterworldleaders.medium.comyoutube @timcollings – click here for channelEpisode Pages for this episode and all previous Better World Leaders conversations available here;4ileadership.com/category/better-world-leadersAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
This is a fast-paced, concise and direct message from a leader who has devoted their career to enabling leaders to activate their potential and amplify their impact at very early stages in both life and career.Pedro Aguirre personifies an action-based leader, stepping away from the conventional career trajectory his initial studies set for him, and venturing into social enterprise entrepreneurship and social impact stewardship. Having lived and worked across 4 different continents, he has experienced first hand the universality of intentions to create a better world, and learnt how to nurture diversity through collaboration and shared values.I really enjoyed this delightful exchange with a leader who keeps complex concepts to a minimum, focuses on what’s most important and shows time and time again that providing access to innovation, pathways to activate potential and taking every opportunity to plant seeds that will germinate to grow the future generation of change-making Better World Leaders is not only possible but necessary to sustain the changes we need in our world.Key out-takes from this episode;Nurturing capability- We are building the next generation of change makers- We try to plant seeds deep so they can go on and make change- We plant the seeds, people make the differenceCollective collaboration- I saw people from all over the world working together towards a shared vision to make the world a better place- Focus on Collaboration. Focus on financial and environmental sustainability- We have a fighting chance to create a liveable world for everyoneBe in Place & Begin Now- Everyone can use their skills where they are right now- If you wait until the perfect time to start nothing will ever happenFollow Pedro via the links below,https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedroadrianaguirre/www.makethechange.SgFollow Tim and join the Better World Leaders community via the links below:linkedin.com/in/timcollingslinkedin.com/company/better-world-leadersinstagram.com/timcollingslifedownsouthtimcollings-betterworldleaders.medium.comyoutube @timcollings – click here for channelEpisode Pages for this episode and all previous Better World Leaders conversations available here;4ileadership.com/category/better-world-leadersAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
Working as a social researcher for decades, you spend endless hours interviewing people and facilitating workshops to understand a broad-spectrum of perspectives of what people want, what they don’t want – and most especially what they hope for the future. This has been Rebecca Huntley’s journey into addressing one of greatest challenges for better world leaders – Climate Change. As one of Australia’s preeminent social researchers, it’s an absolute honour to bring this co-created conversation to you.This episode is about climate change. It’s about where we in Australia are a nation on this issue, where the majority actually lies on what should be done to address the climate crisis, and where our attention, action and influence should be applied to activate the changes we collectively want.We discuss both of our transitions into taking a participative ‘newbie’ role in the climate movement, Rebecca’s shift to focus her energy, experience and capability towards climate, with a spotlight on her outstanding book ‘How to talk about climate change in a way that makes a difference’.This conversation is fun, deep, funny, confronting, hopeful and compelling. We hope there will be something here for everyone, not only Australians, wherever you current sit on the broad spectrum of views and positions of the climate crisis.We look forward to hearing from you via our socials is there’s anything you would like to share in response to this conversation. Both Rebecca and Tim are active on LinkedIn so drop us a comment or a message there, and Rebecca is very active in Twitter.Key out-takes from this episode;Meaningful work- When we find the work that's really significant, we reflect back and find markers & signifiers of that work through the whole of our lives- Is it a trail of breadcrumbs you've always been following, or are you looking back through a different lens seeing moments you haven't before recognised?- The movement itself is renewable energy- I get genuine moments of joy when I see genuine moments of progress- Know that there is abundant opportunity to do the most meaningful work and that is building everydayFutures- Will my daughter visit the reef like we visit the Coliseum, to see a place that once was thriving and is now a wreck?- For the last 20 years I've been listening to Australian's talk about the kind of futures they want, and helping organisations understand that so they can act- We have a fighting chance to create a liveable world for everyoneChange & Influence- Take a small first step into an area where you have the greatest level of confidence- Think about the area of knowledge, expertise, power, connections that you feel most confident with, start the conversation there.- Quite small things can start a conversation which normalises climate and sends people on a meaningful personal and impactful path to doing things- Do an audit of where you've got influence and confidence and start there- The journey starts with the first small effective step that works for you, and it can lead anywhereAction, Threat & Diversity- The research consistently shows that the majority of Australians want action on climate and that's accelerating- Why me? What do I do? Why does it matter?- Action will overcome anxiety- That is a bell that needs to be rung, and then put down so you can get on with the constructive work that needs to be doneFollow Rebecca via the links below, and also grab a copy of her book (if you haven’t done so already!):https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-huntley-81b9013/Twitter @rebeccahuntley2Check out Rebecca’s podcast alongside Chris Gambian – COP That!! Click here to listen on Apple or Spotify via the Nature Convervation Council of NSW website - www.nature.org.au/cop_thatHow to talk about Climate Change in a way that makes a difference – available here via the publisher’s website - www.murdochbooks.com.au/browse/books/other-books/How-to-Talk-About-Climate-Change-in-a-Way-That-Makes-a-Difference-Rebecca-HuntleyFollow Tim and join the Better World Leaders community via the links below:linkedin.com/in/timcollingslinkedin.com/company/better-world-leadersinstagram.com/timcollingslifedownsouthtimcollings-betterworldleaders.medium.comyoutube @timcollings – click here for channelEpisode Pages for this episode and all previous Better World Leaders conversations available here;4ileadership.com/category/better-world-leadersAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
Stories are change. Stories are us. We change stories and they change us. Claire Marshall’s story is one of being, receiving and informing change – and it is one I’m thrilled to be sharing with you in the first episode of our fourth season.This season is all about sustaining change. Once we’ve done the big leap, made the transformational shift and entered the space of on-going adjustment, the power of story really comes into its own. Here we discuss the role of story, how story told in place can both support and sustain a very particular and beneficial kind of change, how stories can transform us and most importantly of all, create our futures to be those we want, filled with what we know to be most important.Claire is a delight to converse with, a wise and joyful soul who I am deeply honoured to have connected with and so deeply explored the story of story with.We look forward to hearing from you via our socials is there’s anything you would like to share in response to this conversation.Key out-takes from this episode;The role of story- A story is incredibly powerful, a story frames how we see the world, it frames what we expect, it frames how we see ourselves and it guides our actions- The story we tell ourselves about the future impacts the decisions we take in the present, and the decisions we take in the present impact what kind of future we shape- Stories have an evolutionary advantage. They allow us to learn from other people without having to have those same experiences.- We have been sold a story that we are a product of our productivity and our owned products- We are always looking through our own story out into the world- When you change the story, the story changes you- Understanding a complex system is vital to our survival on the planet. The best way to communicate the relationships in a system is with a storyPlace-based Change- Stories are about relationships. Stories are about the dynamics between people, and between people & place.Transformation- If we want to transform, if we want to evolve, we have to give up what we were, to become what we will be. That requires trust, support networks and stories.- It's not about the stars, it's about the space in between the stars. That's where the potential is.Creating futures- The future is a story, and it's one of the most important stories that we tell- When people have a new story of the future, they start seeing the seeds of that story everywhere. That's empowering, because you can see where you can take action.Follow Claire and be sure to visit The Museum of Futures via the links below:linkedin.com/in/clairefmarshall/www.iflabs.com.au/www.museumoffutures.com.au/Twitter @which_future and @mof_museumFollow Tim and join the Better World Leaders community via the links below:linkedin.com/in/timcollingslinkedin.com/company/better-world-leadersinstagram.com/timcollingslifedownsouthtimcollings-betterworldleaders.medium.comyoutube @timcollings – click here for channelEpisode Pages for this episode and all previous Better World Leaders conversations available here;4ileadership.com/category/better-world-leadersAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
Welcome to Season 4 of the Better World Leader's podcast!Following right on the heals of the conclusion of Season 3, Doing Better Things - Stories of Transformative Change, we bring you a series of co-created conversations all focused on experiences, approaches and frameworks for sustaining change.We are at a vital moment as a species, one where radical transformation seems the bare minimum requirement, where disruption and adaption have become the norm, and where change-induced burnout is on the increase. How do we, as leaders striving to create a better world, sustain the change that must become not a moment, but expand over months, years, even decades to come? How do our stories become ones not of fleeting individual shifts, but of embedded systemic evolution? What awaits you in Season 4 is a series of conversations with Better World Leaders across the world - in Asia, Europe, the Americas and yes, here in Australia. We are very much looking forward to sharing these stories with you...the first of which will be broadcast on November 8th 2021.
As we wrap up the third season of Better World Leaders, as has become our habit, we pause to reflect briefly on the 10 fascinating, inspiring and transformational conversations we've co-created.In review, 5 emergent themes have become prominent.Purpose & values - in particular how you link your personal purpose & values to creating a better world, and then progress to link your personal purpose & values to that of the organisation you work within. We have also discussed the benefit of reconsidering what success means to us, and also combining passion and purpose to unlock incredible potential and performance.Connection - transformation by connection to self, place and work.Story.- so many examples shared of how story telling has become a vessel through which transformation has occurred for our guests, including me with my story as shared in Ep40, and Anika Molesworth's master class in story telling in Ep41.Change - transformation is the most powerful form of change. This season has focused on the transformational moments, events and shifts that have brought this season's guests to leading to create a better world.We thank all of our guests this season for their time spent with us co-creating the conversations we've shared with you, and for all the incredible work they are doing right now to create our better world.* Brendan Lo * Ronan Mac Domnhaill * Chris Andrew * Tigrilla Gardinia * Melina Lipkeiwicz * Sandra D'Souza * Laura Hamilton-O'Hara * Paul Gleeson * Karren Jensen * Alice Howard-Vyse (special thanks for hosting the conversation in Ep40) * Anika Molesworth
We also thank you for your time, attention and any and all comments you have shared via social media, podcast reviews or direct correspondence. You are why we create this show. Thank you for all you are doing, and all you will do to lead to create our better world.
This is a conversation that in some ways I was not expecting, but in other ways I sense I have long been waiting for. I was spell-bound throughout the dialogue with Anika Molesworth, as she shows through her experience, knowledge and actions how we can all influence change, be courageous and do things differently to address climate change and preserve our food systems now and for the future.Anika is a PhD in Agricultural Science, Founder Director of Farmers for Climate Action, Founder of Climate Wise Agriculture, WWF-Australia Governor and the author of the very brilliant ‘Our Sunburnt Country’.Her journey moving as a child from urban Melbourne to extremely rural Broken Hill, in far Western New South Wales Australia, into a farmers boots and hat as a young woman as well as through a Degree in Applied Sciences followed by a Masters in Sustainable Agriculture and the PhD as above.As knowledgeable as Anika clearly is, she is the furthest thing from academia, very much grounded by the red earth of the place she loves, the ailing of the land she has known since a child and her observations of the human-driven changes to landscape, ecology and community. Her gift is that of a brilliant storyteller, one who – in her own words – shows rather than tells, speaks emotively, and walks the courageous steps of a leader who with every breath strives to create a better, more regenerative, place-based world.Anika and I really looking forward to bringing this conversations to you – we hope you enjoy and find both illumination and inspiration throughout.Key out-takes from this episode;Connect to nature- This begins with a sense of wonderment with our surrounds & leaning closely with the natural world- Connecting closely with the landscape continues to drive everything Anika does- Anika’s parents encouraged her to turn over the leaves & the rocks, to study this placePlace-based Change- Anika saw the place that she loves deteriorate before her eyes- One of the main changes we need to make is feeling connected to place- Anika could almost reach down, put her hand on the ground and feel her own hear beating, that's how connected she feels with this place- It's important for people to feel connection to place not only for joy & love, but for when they see it ailing- We have to be better observers and recognise what is not going well in the worldNarrative & Storytelling- Change the narrative, not just doom & gloom, share the vision for the better world"- These are the facts, this is what's happening - but told in a way that punches you in the heart- We are the protagonist, we are at the heart of the story, very much creating the next chapter- We need a different approach, changing the stories we are telling- The time for fear based narrative is passing, the time for illumination & inspiration, talking about what is possible & can be done is hereDevelop Capability- How do we give people the capability to describe their visions and convert them into reality?Leading- Be a leader of your own life, and the sphere of influence around you- You can help influence change for the better, because you too are a leader- What we need is more of the verb. What we need is more action. We need more people leading than following.Influence & Change- We are the most trusted messengers to those we care the most for- Don't underestimate the change we can make within our sphere of influence- The essence of everyone is where the change occurs- Changing behaviours of institutions & businesses, and you will charge the behaviours of the people within them- What would we love to create if we dare to imagine this better world we say we want?Follow Anika, connect to Farms for Climate Action and order a copy of Our Sunburnt Country:https://www.anikamolesworth.com/https://twitter.com/AnikaMolesworthhttps://www.instagram.com/anikamolesworth/https://www.facebook.com/anikamolesworthdrhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/anika-molesworth-phdhttps://www.panmacmillan.com.au/author/anika-molesworth/https://farmersforclimateaction.org.au/As always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
In this episode we have created a slight shift in the experience, reversing the role Tim plays as host and putting him behind the guest microphone, whilst the conversational space is held by Alice Howard-Vyse.The story shared and examined in this dialogue is that of one of the transformative experiences, or rather a combination of experiences, that have drawn Tim into being and doing different things – he would hope better things. This is a story of learning to tune into what you are called to do, of observing self and the affect of lived experience, of listening to the calls we receive through our lives and the choices we can make once we hear them. Tim’s story he does not consider to be his, it is the story of all those who shared in the experiences the story draws upon – ecological traumas of flood and fire – and as Alice reflects, of a collective story of systemic shifts which are impacting increasingly across our planet and our shared systems of life, community, work and economic contribution.Tim is extremely grateful to and honoured by Alice’s acceptance of his invitation to host her first podcast by holding space for this story to be told, and for her own interpretation and reflection on the experiences Tim shares. Alice had not heard Tim’s story before the recording of this conversation, her responses are raw, meaningful, impactful and deeply insightful and inspiring.Alice is a champion of progressive systemic change. Her business, Humanise This, is a strategic innovation consultancy that supports sustainability leaders and their teams to address complex challenges, navigate uncertainty and lead with the best of their humanity. Alice’s integrative practice draws from Human-centred Design, Systems Thinking & Transformative Change. Her work - as a strategist, coach and facilitator - is dedicated to building adaptive capacity of communities and enabling initiatives that catalyse transition to a low-carbon future. She is an Active Hope facilitator and one of the founding convenors of RegenSydney.Alice and I really looking forward to sharing this conversation with you – we hope you receive an invitation for deep reflection, listening and tuning into yourself, and to explore the calls from your own experience and the choices you have to act having heard them.Key out-takes from this episode;Choice- I watched people die, and I did nothing. I did not hear this call, and I chose not to act. I went back to my life and I carried on.- How do we choose to act, appreciate the longer narrative and choose when to act based on capacity- What motivates us to act and change our behaviour?Collective narrative- There is a collective task to be done. This is done individually, cojoined with many others- This is a bigger story to be pulled into, a collective story of systemic shifts- When we hear each others stories we are sharing in each others emotions, which is the connecting force between us- We are so often busy in the doing that we drop the stories that we are part ofTransformative narrative- As storytellers we can engage ourselves to make change from ourselves first, then transmit and enable transformational change in others- Transformative experiences are not about the event itself, but about the story we form around it, and that we live through it- The role of storytelling can be allied to any of the arenas of change that are needed to embrace our better worldAwareness- How do you become attuned to the work you feel you need to do?- Showing up in a new direction, in a different way, being more explicit about what is within- Try to tune into the affect you are having on others, what that is and what that says about what you're doing- How many of us can see the fullness of ourselves?Influence & Change- Add quotes hereAdditional links to resources mentioned in this episodeAustralian Government site detailing scale and impact of the 2019/20 bushfiresRebecca Huntley’s book – How to talk about Climate Change in a Way that makes a differenceDr Miriam Rose’s site for more about Deep Listening - DadirriTim’s article – What if your Monday morning anxiety could mean this, on MediumBWL Episode page for the conversation with Laura Hamilton-O’HaraSite for Active HopeTim's Medium article 'First the Flood, now the Fire' written days after the second event described in the storyFollow Tim and Alice as well as the Better World Leaders community group via the links belowTim Linkedin – www.linkedin.com/in/timcollings/Alice Linkedin – www.linkedin.com/in/alicehvTim’s company – 4iLeadership – www.4ileadership.comAlice’s company – Humanize This - www.humanisethis.com.auBetter World Leaders Group - www.linkedin.com/company/better-world-leaders/As always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
Our guest for this co-created Better World Leaders conversation is Karren Jensen. Karren is a female CEO of a tech company who's over 50 and raised 4 children! We reflect on her journey to get here, and hope that sharing Karren’s story will inspire a whole range of entrepreneurs, leaders, women, girls and older generations to continue to strive to bring their greatest ideas to life.For Karren, leadership is a great privilege and as leaders it is our responsibility to support all our people to feel cared for and respected. She has seen time and time again, when we get that right, staff take great care and responsibility for the people in their care - your clients, providing them with the best experiences and services that surpass expectations. Her company, Conductor, is leading the way connecting people and business performance in organisations so leaders can see for themselves what they can and should be doing to support the people in their care, and seeing how it improves their bottom-line performance.Key out-takes from this episodeInclusion:* Inequality removes people from the opportunity to explore their true potential * Ask yourself whether you feel included, a sense of belonging, access to equal opportunities, fair treatment, the ability to make decisions and to disagree with those whose opinions are dominant * To be innovative, we can’t just hear from leaders, we need to hear from everyone
Changing demands on leaders:* Leaders are trying to navigate a whole new way of leading, without the tools to do so * Leaders need to understand the issues, know how to come at the issue themselves, and what will the impact be on the organisation as they do * Leaders need to be aware that people are reading the unintended consequences from intentions much more easily these days * Many more people are willing to put their hand up and say ‘that’s not right’
Trust & Teams:* The key to teams is trust and communication * You cannot retain good staff if employees don’t trust the organisation, don’t trust their colleagues and don’t trust their manager * The health of your organisation is linked to the health of your teams * You cannot have a healthy organisation if you do not have healthy teams * You can’t influence anyone if they don’t trust you
Purpose and values* Don’t give up on those niggling things that you have an ache to change * In their heart most leaders have the same ache as most of us, which is to make a difference to others, yet they are often trapped between the demands of business performance and supporting their staff. * It is not a zero sum game...we need to support leaders with the key knowledge they need now, to achieve both business performance and the growth and success of their staff. * Ask yourself whether the vision and values of your organisation are permeating all the way down through the organisation?
Leading Change* In any situation where you are courageous enough to really look at yourself lies great opportunity * You cannot change what you cannot see * It takes preparedness to create an organisation that can look at itself and learn * If you’re not comfortable to do this, you have an organisation which is not psychologically safe and you are losing revenue.
Karren and I look forward to sharing this chapter of the Better World Leaders journey with you. We would really like to hear your thoughts and comments either via leaving a review, posting on any via any of the social links below or by getting in touch with us directly.Reach out to Karren or follow Conductor via social platforms and details below:Email - karren@conductorsoftware.comLinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/karren-jensen-7495a634/Conductor website - www.conductorsoftware.com/Reach out to TimEmail – timc@4ileadership.comLinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/timcollingsAs mentioned in this episode, we’d be very interested to hear how we can develop the Better World Leaders platform to enhance how you can develop as a Better World Leader. We’d really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to share your thoughts via this 3 question form – click here for the questionnaire, and thanks in advance for taking the time to share your thoughts.You can also join the Better World Leaders LinkedIn group, follow to connect with and interact more deeply across the BWL community - www.linkedin.com/company/better-world-leadersAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders podcast, brought to you by 4iLeadership
Always endeavouring to curate a diverse range of leaders to seek learning and insights from, we co-create conversations with leaders who have been striving to make the world better for decades, and leaders who have figuring out exactly what their first striving step will be. Paul Gleeson is firmly in the former camp, an experienced leader who made a critical turn in his career many years ago driven by an intrinsic initiative to orientate himself towards making a difference and creating a better world.Paul is the Group Director, Sustainability and Managing Director Energy, Resources and Water-ANZ for Aurecon, a global Engineering Consultancy and Advisory firm. He describes his role as helping people and organisations to transition and transform in response to sustainability and climate change, getting them to move with the change rather than resist it. As a leader he connects people with purpose, giving them the courage to get involved and be part of the change they want to seePaul works with government and industry leaders to help them navigate away from the way they operate today industrially, to a net zero model. He knows the challenges and opportunities for future industries and business models, assets and workforces having navigated the energy transition for governments and industry for more than a decade.Paul has over 25 years’ experience working across all aspects of the energy sector including some of the most significant projects in the Australian energy market, including the TransGrid acquisition, Australia’s largest wind and solar farms and the Government of South Australia’s Clean Energy Transition. As part of advising both the public and private sector on the development of strategies, targets, policies and projects to combat the negative impacts of climate change he led a team to deliver Aurecon’s Hydrogen for Transport report that informed Australia’s National Hydrogen Roadmap.In his roles at Aurecon as Group Director, Sustainability and Managing Director, Energy, Resources and Water he continues to evolve Aurecon’s sustainability and climate change expertise to address client challenges including the transition to net zero and manage Aurecon’s corporate sustainability transparency with Aurecon’s board.Paul is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He holds a Certificate in Design Led Innovation from Stanford University. He is also a member of The University of Queensland’s Master of Sustainable Energy Advisory Board and continues to work closely in partnership with The University of Queensland to lead change for students and business.In this conversation we explore Paul’s journey to take a leading role and inspire many others to combine technical, leadership and purposeful abilities to set in motion numerous programs and develop projects can positively impact our future better world. We discuss the role of purpose and passion in Paul’s work and leadership, his approach to leading teams through transformations and guiding transformative projects, as well as how to nurture potential and self-expression, and the changing landscape of the sectors Paul’s expertise is sought out by.Key out-takes from this episodeConversations are changing:- There are now a lot less conversations about should we, and a lot more about how we do the changes that need to occur- These conversations often get away from simple binary discussions and engage in more complex, nuanced dialogueLeading people through transformations:- The first thing to do is get crystal clear about the why- Trying to take a group of people somewhere is as exciting as bringing in a new piece of Tech- You have to find the first followers- It's not enough just to have the first followers, figure out the right investment in the core cohort- Doing a great job is not enough. You've got to be able to tell the story link to why- Trying to take a group of people somewhere is as exciting as bringing in a new piece of TechLeading with purpose:- Understanding, being open to and more overt in talking about purpose, meaning and passion- If I show people that it's ok and not weird to get excited about being passionate can unlock more in everyone- The crucial thing with passion & purpose is that it is real- Be true to what matters to you & what you want to achieve & that applies at any age- There are rewards from the virtuous circle of receiving more meaning & purpose from working with meaning & purpose- When there's a really good alignment of meaning & purpose with your role, those are the really great phases of your career with the greatest reward- Alignment of passion & purpose unlocks super-performance- We need better leadership to get better outcomes- There's a sense of calmness that comes from making a differenceWholeness and developing potential:- Give people permission to unleash all that they are- So many people I've led are smarter than me, but they hadn’t had permission to unleash & bring everything they can bring- There's a difference between giving an opportunity & giving space to express themselvesPaul and I look forward to sharing this chapter of the Better World Leaders journey with you. We would really like to hear your thoughts and comments either via leaving a review, posting on any via any of the social links below or by getting in touch with us directly.Follow Aurecon or reach out to Paul via social platforms and details below:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-gleeson/Aurecon website - www.aurecongroup.comCheck out the Aurecon podcast – Engineering Reimagined, www.aurecongroup.com/podcastReach out to TimEmail – timc@4ileadership.comLinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/timcollingsYou can also join the Better World Leaders LinkedIn group, follow to connect with and interact more deeply across the BWL community - www.linkedin.com/company/better-world-leadersAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
One of the greatest honours and genuine pleasures about hosting a podcast like BWL is when friends and inspiring folk in your network recommend incredible guests, who you would otherwise have had no connection to but from the very first moment you enter into dialogue with them, the alignment on the most fundamental cellular level is clear. My interactions with Laura Hamilton O’Hara is a perfect example of this. The few conversations that led up to this broadcast one were an potent blend of inspiration, fund, respectful awe and deep intrigue, and this one maxes out all of those factorsIn this conversation we explore the journey to uncover the many ways you can make a contribution to creating a better world, from ecology and conversation to design and construction. We link conservation and the built environment. We explore how to live theory and practice progressive, sustainable leadership practices. We celebrate operating on the fringe when these ideas enter mainstream thinking. We speak to burnout, and how play, rest and kindness – especially to oneself – are vital skills to learn and lean into to sustain purposeful work and leadership.Laura and I are really looking forward to hearing your thoughts and sharing this chapter of the Better World Leaders journey with you – we would love to hear your comments and reviews or directly from you via any of the social links below.Key out-takes from this episode;- the best way I can use my skills, time & experience to effect the biggest change- how to live purpose through your work- how to look at the holistic picture of what's going on- the importance of internal work for purposeful leaders- how do we make the world a better place and accept the way it is now- if you're looking at a bunch of decisions, which one most aligns with your values- decisions never come at you without context- fun, play & joy are how you refill your energy so you can continue to do the work- how can you act, design and construct to make the world a better place?- once you know, you can't un-know- we've done the bleeding edge stuff, now let's bring it into the main stream- we've seen a shift from 'this means missing out' to 'this could be incredible'- it takes real energy to resist behaving in a perceived way, and to accept the invitation to be yourself and act from the heartFollow Living Future Institute or reach out to Laura via social platforms and details below:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-hamilton-o-hara-2000216a/LFIA - https://living-future.org.au/Additional links for programs and ideas mentioned byLeadershipThinkTank – The CEO Peer mentoring group Laura is part ofFamily Concert – Spin off from Luke Hockley’s CampfireYou can also join the Better World Leaders LinkedIn group, follow to connect with and interact more deeply across the BWL community - www.linkedin.com/company/better-world-leadersAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
We’re so excited to have crossed the threshold of halfway in our third season of Better World Leaders, and to continue to explore the many ways leaders are inspiring transformation towards creating our better world. The journey continues in this conversation with Sandra D’Souza, as we blend playfulness with total seriousness to explore a vital topic in progressing towards a more inclusive and equal world – how to nurture diverse teams and cultures.We explore Sandra’s journey of discovering and leaning into purpose, her own transformation from Accountant to Tech Founder CEO, via Digital Marketing, and the many ways she is both actively nurturing and inspiring positive change in the Inclusion, Diversity and Equity space via her Diversity marketplace platform, Ellect.We’re really looking forward to hearing your thoughts and sharing the Better World Leaders journey with you – both Sandra and Tim would love to hear your comments and reviews or directly from you via any of the social links below.Key out-takes from this episode;- How to take people on the journey to change the world- How to demonstrate that this transition to create a better world will benefit them and the whole world- That one of the first steps which is often missed is really listening for any fears that people may have about any transformation, but especially one that confronts real change.- We explore the need to be willing to sit in discomfort of shared space with people of opposing views, opinions & experiences- We discuss that listening is about being inclusive- How to hold space so that the realisation comes that not everyone has access to the same opportunities, and that as this is revealed the next movement towards inclusion is one of curiosity- That one example of diversity that truly affects the bottom line, productivity & agility is having a diverse range of suppliers- That there is often a lack of awareness of how other groups are feeling- The vital role of leaders in nurturing the conditions for inclusion and fostering the structures to enable equity through diversity- The reality that is true diversity is not led from the top, you have to force the change in other waysHere’s the link to the Supplier Diversity Awards Sandra mentioned – submissions open until the end of August 2021 – click hereFollow Ellect or reach out to Sandra via social platforms and details below:Website - www.ellect.biz/Sandra emailInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellect.biz/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sandra.dsouza.ellect.biz/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/EllectBizLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sandradsouzaaustWe’ve also launched a Better World Leaders LinkedIn group, follow to connect and interact more deeply with the BWL community - www.linkedin.com/company/better-world-leadersAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
Welcome to the halfway review of the third season of Better World Leaders. Our season focus in 'Doing Better Things - stories of transformation towards leading to create our better world'.In the 5 fantastic, inspiring and insightful conversations we've co-created in this season so far, we've received many gifts of wisdom born from experience, research and practice.In considering each of these conversations, 3 themes have surfaced as being consistent across all of these dialogues. These are often spoken to directly, explicitly and actively as well more subtly, but they are clear to see as providing a guiding framework around how we can both transform ourselves, as well as enable others to do the same.These 3 themes are focusing on contributing to a greater good, connecting with yourself, your calling and others who share your values, and engaging with discomfort as a very necessary mode to nest in to navigate transformational moments.In this episode, BWL host Tim Collings highlights the salient moments from the conversations with Brendan Lo, Ronan Mac Domhaill, Chris Andrew, Tigrilla Gardinia and Melina Lipkiewicz.As always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
This conversation is about many things. It’s about life, loss, leading and above all else, learning to lead from purpose.Melina is, I'm honoured to say, a colleague, a friend, a constant collaborator and a real inspiration to me. This conversation builds on many discussions that she and I have had over the years, and yet in this most public of forums, she shares things for the first time and I have deepened my understanding of what drives this incredible woman who I have known and worked closely with for years. I am very grateful to have the opportunity to share this conversation with you.The key elements of this conversation are;* Finding your purpose is a lifelong journey * If you have an internal rumbling, it's time to reflect & prepare for change * Look around at the world today & get curious, you'll find people who need more from you * If you want to do more, you don't have to go elsewhere to do it. You can stay in your job, stick with your profession and find a pathway to follow your purpose and make a greater contribution * Purpose starts with a heightened need to contribute outside of yourself * Purpose doesn't serve you, it serves others outside of you * Purposeful leadership is leading with the intention to serve other leaders * Purposeful leadership is about intent, why you lead in the first place * Purpose should align to your values & strengths * If your purpose statement includes you, you're values haven't quite gotten to purpose * As humans, we want to know there is meaning in what we do * Imagine the domino effect for the world of everyone being purposeful * Think about how people will feel & what they will experience when they are around you * You've got to be ready to make a difference, not to just live, but to contribute
You can reach out to Melina via any of the links below;Website - www.peopleq.com.auLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/melinal/Email - melina@peopleq.com.auCall on - +61498 800 008.As always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
This conversation is as fascinating as it is free flowing - a diverse dialogue with Technologist turned Plant Intelligence Practitioner, Tigrilla Gardenia.Tigrilla’s journey flows from the conventional definition of success through shifting patterns of turning into spirituality and rising to purpose by aligning her passions, strengths and connective capability to understand how human growth and evolution is linked to our partnership with the intelligence of another kingdom - that of plants.Tigrilla grew up in a Cuban family in the US, progressing through university to a successful career in Hi-Tech, including a decade in Software Development with Microsoft and RealNetworks. She departed the preordained path and via a magnificent series of leaps of faith, landed with a spiritual community in Italy, announcing she would say for a few months. A decade and a Masters in Plant Intelligence later, we find her exploring the many ways we as humans and leaders can make the world better by overcoming plant ‘blindness’, understanding better our role as part of nature and learning how to model the plant kingdom’s tendencies of nurturing sustainable ecosystems as examples for leadership, organisational design and overall embracing a more productive way of being.The key elements of this conversation are;* Ask how can you build positive mental health? * Explore what you can gain when you discover community * Consider how we bring our the best of human beings and awaken our true potential by recognising that we are part of the environment * When we do the right thing by ourselves, we do the right thing by everything, when we remember that we are nature * We have to look at our team members, our industries and our systems as what they truly are * Recognise that the more efficient response to overcome fear is empathy * How to find the flow between curiosity and fear * When you quiet the mind and open the senses, you allow collaboration to happen * Expanding the senses allows leaders to work with people in new ways * How to understand and explore ‘mutualisms’, the mutually beneficial relationships that exist throughout nature * How you as a leader can look at the overall system you exist within and decide which types of relationships you need to create * That we need to create effective feedback loops to understand when it’s time to change * For growth, start by focusing on the individual, looking at awakening and reconnection * We can look to models yes, but only after we have looked at values and biases * Consider what are your goals, what are your values, and connect these to the overall system. Then review your goals and values. Has anything now changed?
You can reach out to Tigrilla via any of the links below;Website - www.tigrillagardenia.comCommunity space - https://community.tigrillagardenia.com/Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/tigrillagardeniaLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/tigrillagardenia/Self-paced course, ReConnect with the Plant Kingdom:https://tigrillagardenia.com/reconnect-with-the-plant-kingdom/Discover your Spirit Wild Plant by taking the quiz:https://tigrillagardenia.com/what-s-your-spirit-wild-plant/Tim’s Spirit Wild Plant is Chickweed!The episode we mention with Leen Gorrisen, We really need to do better things, not just do things better, can be watched or listened to here - https://4ileadership.com/2020/09/10/we-really-need-to-do-better-things-not-just-do-things-better/As always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
This is a long yarn towards a specific destination – a place of shared meaning and common ground in devotion of a specific way of being…caring for Country. The pathway we talk upon to arrive at our destination is the roles of stories. How we are as storytellers discloses much about how we view the world, what we consider our role to be and how we intend our actions to impact on those who receive them.Chris Andrew is a storyteller who grew up in the most Western of environments, as a chemical engineer and investment banker, and who has transitioned into playing a role in one of the oldest – working with Aboriginal communities whose storytelling lineage refers back at least 60,000 years.This early part of this discussion tracks Chris’s journey and development as he progressed through these stages. At around the 33 minute mark we shift to explore in-depth his current context working as a leader in an Aboriginal Social Enterprise. From here on in we go in depth into the contrast between the Western approach to questioning and ‘self-serving’ pursuit of answers, to examine the crucial role of storytelling to not only convey knowledge, but to share context, perspectives and define culture.Key out-takes from this episode;- How do you relate and use your skills to build a better world?- We need to broaden the audience by broadening the conversation and expanding the language- Chris’s take on finding common ground is to seek shared stories- Telling a story gives richness to the systems we all operate in- Accept that not everyone is going to change, not everyone is going to listen or share, or work towards common ground. But everyone can in their own way and in their own time come to that point through different pathways.- Chris’ view on the land of Australia, of Country, being our ‘laziest asset’ (using Investment banking language to broaden the conversation). How can we work collaboratively and inclusively to develop this – once we are invited in to do so having treated this asset with respect.- That in Chris’ view there really is one solution. To care for Country.- As we do so, we embed more choice. As we embed more choice, we embed greater value.You can reach out to Chris via his LinkedIn profile here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-andrew-75196a18/You can find out more about Black Duck Foods here - https://blackduckfoods.org/As always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/Better World Leaders is brought to you by 4iLeadership. To find out more about our work and how we're helping leaders to make the world better, head over to 4ileadership.comWe'll be back with the next episode very soon. Until then, be well, lead well and keep on creating our better world.
This is a deep, informative and inspiring conversation flowing through the peaks and troughs of life and career experience of Tech Entrepreneur Ronan Mac DomhnaillRonan is full of Irish charm, brutal vulnerability and all of the things we see the most from Better World Leaders - the healthy relationship with fear, hearing the call to purpose and taking an action orientated path to overcome adversity and create great impact.Ronan’s journey to join us on Better World Leaders has taken many twists and turns, from working as a Software Developer to a Neuroscience Coach, from corporate success to entrepreneurial crisis and revival. Throughout all he remains humble, human and focused on serving others.The key essence of this conversation flows around the notion of success, what a ‘moth to the flame’ like draw the common projection of success can be, the impact that can have on our individual mental health, our relationships and our communities. Ronan’s latest venture - CRED - seeks to combine technology and neuroscience to address all of these areas, ultimately leading to a provocation that in order to create sustainable change and create a better world for all, we must redefine what it means to be successful.I really benefited from creating this conversation with Ronan, it’s been an immediately impactful learning experience for me, and I hope you’ll receive a similar reflection yourself.Key out-takes from this episode;* Let’s take a moment to reflect and in doing so, get off the preordained treadmill, slow down and ask ourselves “What does a life well-lived look like?” * Consider being on your death-bed, watching your life’s highlights reel. Think about what you’d like to see on that reel. * When it comes to developing ideas and products, we’re all in love with our own solutions. What Ronan has found is that when he leads with purpose, values & vision, the right people are drawn towards what he’s trying to achieve. * Remember to remember to look after yourself. * Ronan is playing the long game. He’s in the business of creating sustainable change. And that kind of change takes time. * Ronan defines success as enabling long-term change with real impact. * A lot of people like the idea of change, but wait for everyone else to change first. * Ask yourself, what do you need to give up now for long-term gain? * Action with reflection creates change.
You can get in touch with Ronan via any of the links below;Website: https://cred.globalEmail: ronan@cred.globalLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronanmacd/Cred podcast: https://cred.global/podcast-2/As always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
BWL Show Notes – Brendan LoEpisode Title – TBCWe are delighted to be bringing you our third season of Better World Leaders, commencing with this fun-filled, provocative, introspective and meaningful conversation with a deeply considerate entrepreneur.Brendan Lo is full of life experience, visionary drive and entrepreneurial boldness – as well as a bit of a prankster attitude! His chosen side-hustle, sustainable underwear brand ‘SmartAss Undies” is as subtly clever as it is brazen.Brendan’s life journey is a fascinating one, traversing working for over 20 years as a certified Occupational Therapist and Therapy trainer supporting people living with a range of disabilities, as well as a range of introspection inducing personal experiences. His decision to launch SmartAss Undies is born out of many of the motivations we so often discover in Better World Leaders – purpose, impact, legacy – a desire to do better things, not just doing things better!This attitude personified in Brendan aligns perfectly with this season’s focal theme – Doing Better Things. For those who listened to our past 2 seasons, you’ll recognise that phrase from our conversation with Natural Intelligence researcher Leen Gorrisen. We rise to Leen’s challenge that we must do more than simply ‘doing things better’ and move into doing Better Things, bringing you an array of guests throughout this season who all speak to experience taking bold risks and leading transformational change to reinvent how leaders go about creating a better world.We’re really looking forward to bringing these conversations to you – we hope you enjoy each and everyone, and find both learning insights and inspiration in every episode.Key out-takes from this episode;- The most important leader in any person’s life is themselves- Memory is fallible, and motivation is perishable. Lean into purpose, mission and impact to keep focused on the long road ahead.- Creating an observable model is the most effective way to inspire a change the mentality of a community.- People as a whole need to be valued for their diversity.- Learn to step back, then step in, to move backwards and forwards to explore problems, solutions and options from various perspectives.Follow SmartAss undies or reach out to Brendan via social platforms and details below:www.smartassundies.combrendan@smartassundie.comInstagram & Facebook: @smartassundiesLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-lo-smartass-undiesAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
This is the final Better World Leaders special edition before the launch of Season 3.In this episode, Better World Leaders host Tim Collings shares what you can expect from the show in 2021, revealing the themes we will be exploring in the two seasons we will produce in 2021.Season 3 will focus on Doing Better Things - how leaders are taking bold changes to do what needs to be done to make the world better.Season 4 Sustaining Better Things - how leaders are persisting with change to make a sustainable impact in the longterm towards creating a better world.Here we share who are guests are in the first half of Season 3.We have also created a special segment reflecting on the observations we have made of common traits, shared experiences and initiatives of the Better World Leaders we have interviewed in our first two seasons. This segment follows a presentation Tim gave to the Climate Coaching Alliance community during their recent 24hr conversation on 4th March.We look forward to bringing you Season 3 in full beginning in late March 2021.As always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for mastering, final production, composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper, Pat and the team at RadioHub studios for audio editing, technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’sinspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
Welcome to the first episode for 2021 of Better World Leaders, another very special edition with 3 conversations with three guests returning to look ahead at the year we've just begun, anticipating what awaits us and provide advice and insights as to how best to prepare for lies ahead.We’re continuing the format elected to conclude this year with a reflective series of conversations with 3 leaders who have shared their view and insights during 2020. In this episode we posed each of them the same question – What awaits us in 2021 and how to prepare ourselves.Our guests are;Ben Bowen – Co-Founder and CEO of Shared Path, an Aboriginal Corporation and tech incubator and community education organisation, who joined us in Season 1 of Better World Leaders sharing his thoughts on the road ahead for all leaders intent on making the world better in 2021.Sue Glendenning – Founder of Quantum Results Coaching and Advocate for female leadership, sharing insights on language, motivation and making sense of uncertainty. Based in Melbourne, Sue both endured and supported clients and family though a 4 month CoVid lock-down, and shares insights from this experience as well as perspectives from the USA.Ronan MacDomhnaill – Founder of CRED, multiple Tech-preneur and Neuroscience Coach, Ronan shares deep personal experiences from this year and further back, setting a powerful example of a ‘bounce-back’ and how to lean into empathy, purpose and giving.As always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for production of all audio recordings and composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper and the team at RadioHub studios for technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here – https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here https://noknokstudios.comTo Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’sinspiring work here
Welcome to the final episode for 2020 of Better World Leaders. We've elected to conclude this year with a reflective series of conversations with 3 leaders who have influenced our thinking and informed our perspectives this year. We posed each of them the same questions - What has 2020 meant for you? And what have you learnt?Genna Onuchukwu - Charity Founder and Registered nurse, sharing insights from personal experience and contrasting perspectives from what has been a great year for her as she becomes a mother, yet a traumatic year for those she strives to support (Genna returns to Better World Leaders after her full-length conversation in Episode 19).Sue Glendenning - Founder of Quantum Results Coaching and Advocate for female leadership, sharing insights on language, motivation and making sense of uncertainty. Based in Melbourne, Sue both endured and supported clients and family though a 4 month CoVid lock-down, and shares insights from this experience as well as perspectives from the USA.Ronan Mac Domhnaill - Founder of CRED, multiple Tech-preneur and Neuroscience Coach, Ronan shares deep personal experiences from this year and further back, setting a powerful example of a 'bounce-back' and how to lean into empathy, purpose and giving.You can reach out to any of our guests via the following details;Genna - Gennarosity Abroad's main site OR Genna's LinkedIn profileSue - Quantum Results Coaching main site OR Sue's LinkedIn profileRonan - CRED's main site OR Ronan's LinkedIn profileWe'll adopt a similar format to explore our first topic of the new year, looking at what we anticipate awaits leaders in 2021, and how we can prepare for it. See you again soon for that episode and more in January!As always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for production of all audio recordings and composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper and the team at RadioHub studios for technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’sinspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
Welcome to another special edition of Better World Leaders, a better world conversation with Dr Dave Eng.Dave is the host of the Experience Points podcast, a faculty member at New York University and founder of UniversityXP, a consultancy focused on gaming and game-based learning. Dave describes himself as an intellectual and creative educator, designer, and researcher focusing on games, theory, technology and professional development.This conversations focuses on motivation, a timely topic for many at the end of a challenging year and a reflective moment as we look ahead at 2021 and consider what challenges to apply ourselves to, and how best to motivate ourselves to do so.This dialogue was co-created for both Better World Leaders and Experience Points.If you'd like to find out more about Dave's work, you can do so via the links below;Website - www.universityxp.comLinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/davengdesignAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for production of all audio recordings and composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper and the team at RadioHub studios for technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here noknokstudios.comTo Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’sinspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
Welcome to the first of our scheduled Special Editions, this Better World Conversation focused on interpreting the insights for leadership from the US election.In this discussion we welcome back 3 previous guests - all leadership experts with specific interest and expertise to apply to this contemporary topic of late 2020;* Victoria Foster, Brooklyn-based CEO of FutureWomenX, Victoria draws on her career in Investment banking and leadership and organisational development, providing an evocative discussion around unity, interpretation of terms, contribution to leadership and most vitally the role we all have to play in moving the world and the USA forward. * Dr Tom Alan-Livernois, Los Angeles-based EVP of 4iLeadership, Tom draws on his career in marketing, entertainment and product development, along with his academic standing with 2 Masters and Doctorate of Education, providing a critique of systems and structures, the power and use of tribalism and group influence and the role of collective endeavour to form paths of progress. * Zoë Routh, Canberra-based leadership expert, author and thought-leader, drawing on her own observations and experiences with clients and family in the USA and throughout Asia, providing an active and both serious and playful dialogue on language, systems of power and how to frame unity as a destination whilst recognising the work that must be done to lead through such divisive times.
If you're curious to find out more about each of these experts, you can do so here;Victoria Foster;LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriafoster/Website - https://www.futurewomenx.com/ Dr Tom Alan-Livernois;LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtom-alan-livernois/Website - https://4ileadership.com/us/#tom-allan-livernoisZoë Routh;LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoerouth/Website - https://www.zoerouth.com/Podcast - https://www.zoerouth.com/podcast-newsWe highly recommend Zoë's podcast - the Zoë Routh Leadership podcast. A segment of this show was broadcast there previously, you can also check out her interview of BWL Host Tim Collings in 2019 here https://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/timcollings, and see her podcast feed for a vast roll-call of Australian and international leaders and leadership experts. Zoë's latest book, People Stuff, is also highly recommended and has been recognised with Business and HR awards in recent months.Thanks as always to the production team behind this show, primarily Brendan Ward for audio mastery and original composition.We'll be back soon with more Better World Conversations, before we return to our weekly seasonal schedule with Better World Leaders Season 3 in March 2021.
In this conclusive episode at the end of our scheduled second season, I've set out to achieve 4 things.If any of these segments are of greater interest to you than another, you can skip forward to these points in the broadcast (as follows) or simple sit back and let this culmination of Better World Leaders so far roll out in front of you.Reviewing the stand-out moments to me in Season 2 - from 2min52Reflecting on the key learnings for leaders and leadership - 8min19Celebrating and expressing gratitude to the Better World Leaders community that has been gathered thus far - 17min30Looking ahead and giving an outline of the future state for our next 2 seasons and the broadcasts that will come between now and the launch of the next main season - 21min22Today we conclude the second season of our podcast, Better World Leaders, and this opening statement summarises our take on the collective wisdom of the 20 guests we've co-created conversations with in 2020.In this reflective episode, we review the highlights of the 12 conversations with leaders who are all striving to make the world better as organisational executives, thought leaders, authors, experts, advocates and entrepreneurs.Special thanks to all of this seasons' guests for devoting their time to share wisdom, insights and perspectives - Zoë Routh, Michael Bungay Stanier, Harvee Pene, Dr Adam Fraser, Andrew Hayim de Vries, Simon Carter, Leen Gorissen, Genna Onuchukwu, Brandon Srot, Kirstin Hunter, Kevin Tan and Dr Tom Alan-Livernois.We hope have benefited from the time and find some space you have made to engage with the content we've created over the course of this year in Better World Leaders, or that you will soon if you've not had a chance to do so as yet.Reviewing the stand-out moments and conversations in my view from the second season;* There are so many ways to lead in order to make the world better * To lead is to step into the opportunity to create positive change, and to pick up the baton of obligation to be a custodian of change that for sustainable good moving towards making our world better * Highlights to me as host were the conversations with Leen Gorissen on Natural Intelligence, Michael Bungay Stanier on curiosity, power & authority and both Harvee Pene and Kevin Tan on the connection between purpose and profit.
Reflecting on the key learnings and themes that have emerged and considering the implications of these for leadership:* Theme of purpose, with reflective moments in the conversations with Kirstin Hunter, Genna Onuchukwu, Kevin Tan, Harvee Pene and Dr Tom Alan-Livernois. * Power & authority, with reflective moments in the conversations with Michael Bungay Stanier, Brandon Srot and Andrew Hayim de Vries. * Vital leadership traits to develop and lean into - curiosity, humility & tolerance * Critical leadership skills to learn and refine - adaptability, resilience, trust building and sitting with discomfort
Celebration and gratitude;I've been enthralled, delighted and deeply gladdened to see the Better World Leaders message spread so quickly, and be engaged with around the globe.As we broadcast this episode, we've had listeners tune in from a wide array of countries including Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Ireland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Poland, India, Singapore, Indonesia, China, Ghana, South Africa and Nigeria and Peru.Thank you to each and every one of you who has given your time and attention to the content we've created - we hope you have enjoyed and benefited from what you have learned from the inspiring leaders we have brought to you.We are also most grateful for all the comments, shares and support we have received from you thus far - please continue to share your thoughts and feedback with us.Looking ahead, we have two scheduled seasons in production for 2021. Season 3 will launch in March, with Season 4 in September. Between each season we will broadcast monthly specials - Better World Conversations - which will be contemporary discussions with members of the 4i teams, peer podcasters we are collaborating with and both returning and upcoming guests sharing their perspectives on recent events and the leadership connotations, as well as updating on their own progress in making the world better. In the first of these Specials we'll also be providing more information about how you can give feedback on the show, give questions you'd like us to address and get involved with our 1000impacts giving pledge.One request - if you are enjoying these episodes and feel that you are benefiting from the learnings we hope to create, please share 1 episode with 1 person that you love, or care deeply about, and anticipate that they will benefit from the wisdom within the conversation. We aim to build our community from the ground up, and your recommendations and curated referrals will be invaluable in creating a movement of leaders who strive to make our world better.Once again and as always, thank you for your time and attention given to Better World Leaders. We look forward to bringing more insights and learning opportunities to you as we continue with you on this journey.Until we broadcast again, be well, lead well and build a better world.Tim and the team at Better World Leaders & 4iLeadershipAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for production of all audio recordings and composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper and the team at RadioHub studios for technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
In this conversation we welcome the leader of 4i’s business in the USA, Dr. Tom Alan-Livernois. I am honoured to be able to call Tom a dear friend, as well as a colleague and business partner. His wisdom, experience and qualifications are vast, deep and contemporarily relevant in so many ways. I’m delighted to be sharing this conversation with you.Dr. Tom’s career has spanned extensive experience in marketing, advertising, leadership and developing leaders. His early career was primarily focused on bringing new services and products to markets, working across numerous sectors and industries bringing ‘first in market’ offers to life. Having heard the call of purpose and pivoted to become a Leadership Educator, he first gained a Master’s in Digital Marketing, then a Master’s in Organisational Leadership and most recently a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership with an emphasis on development. His field of expertise in this are was focused on Virtual Work and Organisational Stress. Today, Dr. Tom leads our business in the USA and applies his expertise with our clients across the globe.Dr. Tom is a deeply compassionate student of the human condition and of the relationship between leadership and both human and organisational performance. His faculty for understanding causal Dr.ivers of behaviour and the specific developmental interventions required to enhance performance and outcomes lead him to be sought out by senior Executives and high performing organisations. He continues to break new ground in organizational outcomes and positive impact in the world.This conversation covers many elements of our work and our shared philosophy of leadership, as well as taking deep dives into several crucial areas of leadership today. If you are seeking to understand the definitive leadership traits of humility, tolerance and respect, why they are vital for successful leadership now and in the future, this conversation is worth making time for.If you are tight for time and want to tune in directly to the leadership segment, you can scroll forward to the 40-minute mark. I do highly recommend the whole conversation to fully appreciate Dr. Tom’s background and perspective.Key out-takes from this episode;- We are often taught “this is the way it has to be”. Learn to question “is it?”- You have to name your part, what role you are playing in a system or context.- Impatience is the most selfish act one can perform- Humility is simply an admission that you’re human. That you don’t know everything, you can provide grace to somebody else and that you don’t have to be the centre of attention.- A key tenant of servant leadership is altruism. Altruism is not simply about being and doing good but comes from evolutionary psychology of a member of the group being able to mediate anger or aggression to bring the group together to work towards a common goal.- That the greatest leaders are able to inspire people to work towards a shared vision is commonly accepted. What must be appreciated is that the only way we can inspire somebody is to have developed trust, have mutual respect for each other, as well as understand what mutual dependencies you have for each other, our unspoken contract.(Specific quote for QT The only way to inspire somebody is by building trust with mutual respect and appreciation for mutual dependence)- Do you truly understand why you want to be a leader?- What is successful leadership to you? Involves having a relationship with people. If you do reach successful leadership without having a relationship with people, it’s likely to be short-lived.- To develop yourself and others as leaders, seek out learning that’s simple, practical and immediate in application.- What we want to understand and help others to understand is what makes a better world leader- How can you build leaders that can deal with today, whilst moving towards their vision for the future?- Everything we do is built on purpose. That’s the foundation stone.- When onboarding teams virtually, focus on aligning thinking, vision, values & purpose, and building a sense of trust quickly.- Much more about leadership is teachable than innate. If you have the vision, purpose and drive to become a great leader, you can learn how to do so.- Leading an organisation that is purpose-driven, values-led, resilient and adaptable is now a minimum requirement for success both now and moving into the future.- Consider how do you want to give back to the world as a leader? Not necessarily the world at large, but also your own world, your family or your community.(Specific quote – How do you want to give back to the world? How are you going to make a difference?Resources mentioned in this conversation;How will you measure your life? by Clayton M. Christensen (Author), James Allworth (Author), Karen Dillon (Author)https://www.amazon.com/How-Will-Measure-Your-Life/dp/0062102419/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2DUU715Q1Z5WP&dchild=1&keywords=how+will+i+measure+my+life&qid=1602633385&sprefix=HOw+will+I+measure+my+li%2Caps%2C259&sr=8-1Quiet Leadership, David Rock - https://www.amazon.ca/Quiet-Leadership-Steps-Transforming-Performance/dp/0060835915Greenleaf, R.K. (2013). The Institution as Servant. Retrieved from https://greenleaf.org/what-is-servant-leadership.Servant leadership was introduced into an organizational context through Greenleaf's threefoundational essays—The Servant as Leader (1970), The Institution as Servant (1972a), andTrustees as Servants (1972b)The Master & His Emmisary, Andrew GilchristUpcoming book from Adam Grant, Think Again – The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know, due for release 2 Feb 2020.Get in touch with Dr. Tom via any of these points of contact;LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtom-alan-livernois/YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt1BnrkyQ93HXgFvU_0ldkg?view_as=subscriberInstagram https://www.instagram.com/tomlive21/Twitter: https://twitter.com/tlivernois9214ileadership.comAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for production of all audio recordings and composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper and the team at RadioHub studios for technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
This conversation is as much a journey, as it is a movement towards a destination. The destination is an entrepreneurial endeavour that provides proof that no matter what the business model, how simple or complex, unique or commoditised, that engraining purpose firmly at the core of our organisation will bring greater outcomes. And since this one is a for profit business – the proof is that profit follows purpose.This is a fascinating discussion with entrepreneur Kevin Tan, who shares his journey from a promising career in global consulting firm Accenture, on a path of discovering purpose through field work with World Vision, to co-founding a ‘for purpose’ organisation that delivers improved outcomes for both staff and customers in the contract cleaning industry.Kevin’s perspectives about life, service, purpose and creating meaningful work and for purpose profit are as inspirational and they are informative.If you are seeking your purpose, and how to apply it in your work, this conversation may well be for you.Key out-takes from this episode;- Kevin found that bringing a sense of devotion and purpose to work has led to much greater staff engagement. Instead of talking about their work experience, staff now talk about their purpose experience.- Work should go beyond producing a great service, it can be about having an even greater impact in the world.- Living their purpose as a company by showing their customers that they really cared about them led to a huge increase in retention (up to 97%), in an industry that typically has very low retention rates across contracts.- When you think about purpose as a concept is such a big idea, but when you break it down to an individual level, it’s really about living the attributes of someone you’d like to hang out with.- Key themes of Kevin’s approach to leadership – be generous, be faithful and do what you’ll say you’ll do. Do this, and you’ll attract good business, good contracts and good staff.- The collective consciousness of the business community is increasing around the benefits of following purposeful models of operating.- If we can get just 6% of small and medium sized businesses to embrace a new way of operating, we’ll see a tipping point in cultural change for the good.- You don’t need to be CEO to make the brave calls and follow your moral compass- Taking personal responsibility is vital and key to change the way we run our businesses. Everyone can take this personal responsibility for how they lead.-Get in touch with Kevin via any of these points of contact;Kevin’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-tan-241518b/Kevin’s business: www.cleanasyougo.com.auAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for production of all audio recordings and composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper and the team at RadioHub studios for technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
Every once in a while you come across a corporate leader who really makes you sit up and pay attention. Kirstin Hunter was one such example for me. And not because of a prestigious appointment, or a meteoric rise to prominence or a stellar investor presentation. I paid attention because of bravery, action in alignment with purpose and living ones’ values.I became aware of the organisation she is Managing Director of, Future Super, shortly before Kirstin came into view. Future Super stands out as a prominent advocate, if not activist, in for-purpose, impact-driven investment. Kirstin stands out for not just walking the walk, but shouting the talk of what they do and why they do what they do.Don’t get me wrong, typically you would find me using very different language to describe my emotions around the financial services and funds management industry, but this woman, this leader and this organisation are worthy of a different set of adjectives and verbs. As such, Kirstin’s mantra is most appropriate – deeds over words.Kirstin’s journey from lawyer to global management consultant to leading a purpose-led funds management company runs in defiance of the received wisdom of corporate careers, as does the approve the organisation she leads takes to investment – leading to a clean sweep of the highest performing funds in recent Australian industry results.This is a powerful conversation that proves two significant points – that everyone who has any retirement savings of any kind can apply them to do good and create the world we want to see. And that this sector, one that rightly attracts more ire and criticism than praise, has an enormous opportunity to follow Kirstin and Future Super’s lead and become a major force for good. The Australian retirement investment industry is the 4th largest investment pool in the world, currently valued at over $2.7trillion AUD. Imagine the projects that could fund. The full transition to renewable energy for a start, which would require just 7.7% of total funds invested by the Australian superannuation industry.Key out-takes from this episode;- Financial services is not an industry that you’d typically associate with strongly purpose-orientated people – but perhaps it will be soon!- Future Super’s performance proves that it is not only possible, but beneficial to think about both purpose and profit in investing.- This success is not just about the positive return to members from the funds managed, it’s about inspiring positive change in the industry to compound a greater force for good.- Let’s put that into context. Research cited by Kirstin indicates that to fully transition Australia to renewable energy would require the investment of just 7.7% of the funds currently invested by Australian retirement funds.- The received wisdom in the investment industry in Australia is that you can’t generate consistent member returns without investing in fossil fuels. Well, it turns out you can.- In fact, during times of volatility, ethical funds have significantly out-performed conventionally invested funds.- Being purpose orientated cannot just be marketing spin, not just the words on the wall, it must be reflected in all your interactions with all of your stakeholders.- One of Future Super’s philosophies is that they invest by doing.- However, let’s not scare anyone off here. You don’t have to change the way you work to lead with purpose. All of us have the opportunity to bring purpose into our daily lives.- Anyone can ask a question of their organisation around purpose, and there’s a lot of power in that. Ask what it would mean if your organisation really meant what they say they mean. Ask who is going to judge us against what we say around purpose.- Similarly with engagement. Engagement is meaningless if you don’t actually engage.- Both of these elements come down to a question of bravery. Initially, are you brave enough to reimagine the world you want to see? Then, make all decisions based on progress towards the world we want to see.- We can sit and blame the system. Or we can change the system. The system is nothing but the collection of all of our outcomes.- Deeds not words. Show your purpose through your actions.- Begin by asking what you control, and then changing what you can control to put you on the path towards the world you want to see.- All of can act with more foresight to make sure the decisions we make today have a positive impact on the world we want to inherit tomorrow.Additional resources mentioned today…UTS report on 7.7% of Australian’s Super can enable the transition to clean energy - https://www.uts.edu.au/research-and-teaching/our-research/institute-sustainable-futures/our-research/energy-and-climate/supercharging-clean-energyGet in touch with Kirstin via any of these points of contact;The Future Super website - https://www.futuresuper.com.au/Kirstin’s LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirstinhunter/As always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for production of all audio recordings and composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper and the team at RadioHub studios for technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
We've have been fortunately to have several deeply moving conversations with Brandon about the role of leaders over the years, and I’m very glad to have been able to create another one here to share with you all.Brandon was born and raised in Apartheid South Africa, and we begin our conversation recounting salient moments of his upbringing which framed his views of the world, viscerally confronting inequality of opportunity, access to resources and education that need not always constrain the realisation of human potential. From these early beginnings, he has devoted himself to the development of human potential and connection.His own leadership journey has taken him through tenures in Not-for-Profit, as a Youth Councillor for the City of Cape Town, and as the Australian Chair for a Global Youth Organisation.He now practices as a psycho-therapist, leadership facilitator and educator – including as a lecturer in Adaptive Leadership. He works with leaders to face the complex challenges they encounter to which there are no set-out, straightforward solutions. As such, we - as humans - are called on to adapt and adjust; to reconfigure our values, loyalties, perceptions and ways of doing things. This requires us to relate and interact with each other in new ways. For Brandon, this is part of leadership. He works with people to develop their relational leadership capacities so that we can meet each other and work with each other in new ways.Key out-takes from this episode;- Seeking to develop human potential and connection are the bedrock of the kind of leadership we need today- So much of the world is crying out for a new kind of leadership- This change needs to happen rapidly and radically- That in the world of Adaptive Leadership, leadership is not a noun, it is a verb. It is something we do, and as such is available to us all.- In Adaptive Leadership we do not refer to leaders, only leadership- Adaptive Leadership is a change management process. We must ask ourselves what is going to need to occur to cause us to emerge in a different form to the one we entered in.- We can get seduced by authority in so many different ways.- Pay attention to the authority relationships in your lifeResources mentioned in this episodeRead – Leadership on the Line, by Marty Linsky and Ronald HeifetzGet in touch with Brandon via any of these points of contact;My website - www.brandonsrot.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonsrot/Feel free to call or email and Brandon would love to chat, perhaps even have a virtual coffeeAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for production of all audio recordings and composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper and the team at RadioHub studios for technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work here This is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
This is one of the fastest moving, punchiest and broadest conversations we’ve had onBetter World Leaders thus far, one in which we cover a lot of ground and an array of topics, including acting to align passion with purpose, the role of inquiry in leadership – that leaders ask and listen first and then act, without fear of failure. The later point they do because they accept that failure is a step along the road to learning and growth.A little about Genna...born and raised in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia, she is 1 of 4 daughters and has by her own words been extremely privileged her entire life. Struggling academically in High School she wanted to drop out, however her parents encouraged her to stay until she Graduated High School. The final two years were the best years of her life as she took on various leadership roles. She has now completed two university degrees, Bachelor of Nursing and a Bachelor of Arts in International Aid and Development and Sustainable Development.Inspired by World Vision adverts to confront her privilege and consider how she could make a greater contribution, she approached major charities and NGOs when graduating high school but found little interest in her capability. This frustrated her that her passion and purpose were so readily rebutted, so she shifted into action, travelling to Africa and learning first-hand how to directly interact with, learn from, and offer assistance to communities in need.In the years ahead she founded her own charity – Gennarosity Abroad – which transforms the lives of women and children in Kenya operating a Kindergarten & women’s Training Centre and supporting an orphanage and maternity clinic, as well as educating youth in Australia of global injustices (e.g. taken a group of 10 students to Kenya in 2018) The core message is one of inspiring others that as one person, they have the ability to change the lives of others.Key out-takes from this episode;- Instead of letting people dictate how you live your life, take control and have impact on the ground.- Not to tell communities what they need, ask them to inform you of what their problems are, and develop solutions together.- That one of the biggest problems of leadership roles is power, and the inherent danger of having too much power.- Humility, curiosity and respect can balance power.- That we over-emphasis agreement as a requirement to cooperate. We don’t need to agree 100% to work together towards a shared vision or outcome.- That failure is something we need to embrace.- Leadership is about doing. Fear of failure is the reason many people don’t do.- Education is not just about grades. That much of what good leaders need is not what is graded in our current education system.- That in this sense we may we setting kids up to fail by only focusing on the grade outcome and not the skills acquired along the way.Get in touch with Genna via any of these points of contact;The website Gennarosity Abroad (www.gennarosityabroad.org)email Genna at genna@gennarosityabroad.orgor call (yes, call!) on +61400224429. On Genna’s behalf we politely request an sms in advance to introduce yourself and your enquiry.As always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for production of all audio recordings and composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper and the team at RadioHub studios for technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
Of the conversations we’ve had so far on Better World Leaders, this is the one that most fills me with hope. Hope that there is another way for us to exist, grow, succeed and live virtuously in a way that leads to prosperity, vitality and opportunity for far more of the world. And vitally, that we do all of this in a way that benefits our world, rather than compromises it.This is the conversation with Leen Gorissen about natural intelligence. That by studying natural systems design, natural modes of sharing and distributing resources we as leaders can learn another way to thrive. By understanding what to some is intuitive, but of which all can be informed, how nature teaches us to connect, collaborate and operate collectively.Leen is the Author of ‘Natural Intelligence’, as fixating and brilliant a read as it is a practical manual for any organisation or leader seeing to engage with more intuitive, evolutionary and biologically orientated ways of leading.This is my favourite book of the year, but don’t just take it from me - here is what the former EU Commissioner of the Environment, Janez Potocnik, said about the book on NI:"The circular bio-based economy is the oldest concept on the earth. Nothing is lost and everything has a purpose. It makes sense to embrace it and behave accordingly. In essence there is only one question we have to answer: Do we agree that we humans are part of the nature too? Natural Intelligence provides a very convincing, clear and un-disputable answer."As this conversation flows through a number of sections, I’m adding a couple of suggested short-cuts for those who are interested in this subject but may wish to sample some of the recommendations before listening to the entire conversation.You may wish to skip ahead to the allocated time marks if these topics are of interest to you, see below;Key out-takes from this episode;- Bottom up movements help actually realise systemic change- The land can be our teacher, as it was for Leen- Are our organisations becoming monoculture of thought? If so, be aware that monocultures of crop and monocultures of thought are very vulnerable when it comes to disruption and change (Tune in from 21min39)- Diversity keeps the door open to new innovations, and is the door of opportunity for new solutions (Tune in from 23min40)- Can we ‘re-nature’ human nature, to move beyond our current focus on industrial logic?- How can we re-arrange our businesses to leave the world better off as we succeed in doing our work?- Organisations need to invest in the health of others to ensure the health of their own. Example of VISA.- If we can understand biology we can unlock the hidden potential of systems and organisations.- Leaders must begin this process by waking themselves up. Ask what is your true essence and what is the role you are here to play? How do your specific talents meet the needs of the world? (Tune in from 54min56)- Have the courage to go for it and change what needs to be changed.Get in touch with Leen via any of these points of contact;LI - https://www.linkedin.com/in/leen-gorissen-86aa508/Website - https://www.studiotransitio.com/Additional resources mentioned in our conversation.- Leen’s book here - https://www.naturalintelligence.info/ - VISA Founder’s book - https://www.amazon.com/One-Many-VISA-Chaordic-Organization/dp/1576753328As always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for production of all audio recordings and composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper and the team at RadioHub studios for technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
Welcome to the half-way point of Season 2 of Better World Leaders.In this episode we combine a brief reflective review of the season so far with a sneak peak ahead at some of the conversations that lie ahead in the 6 episodes to come before we each the conclusion of this second series of dialogues with leaders who are striving to make the world better.Our intention in this episode is two fold.Firstly, to provide any of you that are new to the podcast audience with a chance to quickly get an overview of which areas we have covered, and interpret which of these fabulous conversations might be of most interest, maximal benefit to your journey - or simply the ideal starting point to enter our community via the conversatisons with;Zoë Routh - How to chose your leadership archetypeMichael Bungay Stanier - Why Curiosity is a vital leadership behaviourHarvee Pene - How purpose powers profitDr Adam Fraser - How to sit with discomfort and guide others through itAndrew Hayim de Vries - Pivoting from Creator to InventorSimon Carter - How to navigate digitalisation and engage trust as a competitive advantageSecondly, to give you an opportunity to get ahead and engage your thoughts and intentions with those of several of the incredible guests we've been honoured to create conversations in the second half of this season. They include an Natural Intelligence researcher, a nurse with a charitable endeavour that's opened her eyes to impact and passion beyond the traditional route of philanthropy, a South-African Adaptive Leadership expert and the Managing Director of a Positive-Impact Fund Management company.I've greatly enjoyed all of these interactions as we've created them, and have learnt something about leadership that I've been able to apply immediately to my work both with my team and our clients at 4iLeadership. I very much look forward to sharing them all with you.So for now, soak up the brief insights provided here, enjoy the look back at any of the conversations you've not engaged with as yet in this season, and keep on doing what I have no doubt in your own way you are doing, or at least beginning - leading to build a better world.As always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for production of all audio recordings and composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper and the team at RadioHub studios for technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
Our conversation in this episode with sustainability expert Simon Carter, the MD of Morphosis and chair of the Sustainable Digitalisation Project (SDP).Simon originally heralds from New Zealand, and as the son of an oceanographer was introduced early on to the appreciation of complex systems in nature and our interaction with and impact on them. His professional journey took him into a focus on the built environment as an architect, and these interests combined with a specialism in sustainability in both buildings and property markets. More recently he has developed expertise in ‘sustainable digitisation’, an endeavour to address to rampant momentum to deploy digital technology to buildings and cities; setting an agenda to ensure it is done responsibly, ethically and sustainably.Simon is leading an industry, government and academia collaboration of sustainability, digital technology and social change leaders, the Sustainable Digitalisation Project, to establish this in Australia.The main pillars of this conversation are the influence and impact on our lives at every level of digital platforms and the shift towards digitising so many of our environments, interactions and endeavours. The critical and often decisive role of trust in enabling the effective deployment and use of these platforms, and how risk issues such as privacy, access to data and 3rd party use of data are compounding the further along this journey we go. How do leaders engage with this topic? What are the main mechanisms for managing risk in the context of digitisation and how can leaders make decisions and take action to ensure their organisation is engaging with their digitisation processes responsibly, ethically and sustainably. To answer these questions, listen on!Key out-takes from this episode;- Humankind is crossing a threshold into a highly digitised future.- This is a step-change in the evolution of our species that needs to be stewarded very carefully.- Digitisation offers tremendous benefits, many of which we are aware of but also presents severe risks and significant, complex and novel challenges.- One of the problems we face is a technology-driven mindset, with an expectation that any problem can be solved by technology - that any problem can be algorithmically solved.- Accept that trust is the oil that lubricates the digitised world. Consider what you are doing as a leader, and what your organisation is doing to measure and earn trust.- Organisations, cities and governments that focus on trust will out-compete over time.- Leaders & organisations must question their relationship to technology and put technology in its place as a tool.- This practice must occur both top-down and bottom-up, being led and delivered by leaders at all levels of organisations.Get in touch with Simon via any of these points of contact;LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simoncarterprofile/Morphosis - http://www.morphosis.com.au/connectAdditional resources mentioned in our conversation.- The Sustainable Digitalisation Project (SDP) - www.sdp.digital- Centre for Responsible Technology www.centreforresponsibletechnology.org.au- Human Rights and Technology, Human Rights Commission https://tech.humanrights.gov.au- Morphosis publication, Crossing the Threshold – a primer for sustainable digitalisation real estate and cities, click here- World Economic Forum discussion between Klaus Swabb & Mark Benihoff on Trust in the 4th Industrial Revolution click hereAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for production of all audio recordings and composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper and the team at RadioHub studios for technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
Welcome to Episode 15 of Better World Leaders, our wonderful exploration of the great potential of human creativity to overcome significant obstacles, harness intuition and follow purpose to make a better world for all. In this fascinating conversation we are joined by Andrew Hayim de Vries, founder and inventor of the Subpod composting system.Andrew is an ecologically focused Australian artist and designer, with a host of professional works spanning more than 35 years. He is a creator, an inventor, and a deeply resilient and persistent figure. He is driven by a passion for recycling and up-cycling, composting and vermiculture. The health of the environment calls for the need for re-education and hands-on participation, in which he plays his part.Andrew founded Compost Central Byron Bay as an education, design and development facility to cultivate successful composting. There equip people with the knowledge and confidence to convert organic waste into healthy soil or food production.Over the past years Andrew has been perfecting the ‘Subpod’ in-ground composting system, which now has a patent pending and is a run-away success following it’s kickstarter launch. When installed, the module (whether in family home, schools, cafes, prisons, refugee and displacement centers, mining towns and other businesses) takes organic kitchen waste and converts it into healthy soil and the means to feed organics food to rural and urban populated communities.Key messages from this episode;- That we need to allow more room for latitude in personal development and career paths, and this latitude will lead to the creation of pathways for discovery, creativity and invention.- If you want to make things better, focus on the weakest link in any system.- Consider what you can do to build, create and share by finding those who feel the same way you do about the world- If you want to make the world better, start with the internal discovery of purpose- Ask yourself, can you get to a point of knowing what you know, and profoundly acknowledging what you don’t know?- If you can do this, along with your team – this is the genesis of high performance teams, when everyone owns what they know and what they don’t.Get in touch with Andrew via any of these points of contact;https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayimdevries/https://www.hayimdevries.com/contactAdditional resources mentioned in our conversation.- Andrew’s projects https://www.hayimdevries.com/Projects- Subpod’s main siteFollow Subpod and Compost Central on Instagram here - https://www.instagram.com/thesubpod/?hl=enAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for production of all audio recordings and composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper and the team at RadioHub studios for technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
In this episode of Better World Leaders we talk with renown Human Performance Researcher Dr Adam Fraser. This is a vital conversation for leaders at all levels to tune into, covering the true drivers of leadership performance during times of heightened struggle and stress.Dr Adam Fraser is a peak performance researcher who helps organisations and individuals push beyond their potential. What is unique about his research is that it focuses on how do people go beyond their potential without the collateral damage that normally comes with elite performance.Dr Adam is sought out by organisational leaders across the world in corporations, governments and education bodies for the combination of his devotion to research originated methodologies and his passionate and highly evocative delivery of practical and actionable approaches to improve behaviour and leadership outcomes.Dr Adam is a successful author of 4 books, in-demand speaker typically delivering over 100 keynotes a year, leader of his own consulting business and collaborator with numerous universities across the world on novel research programs.In this conversation we delve deep into leadership performance in our very current time – how leaders are performing during CoVid, how leaders have evolved and continue to show high levels of resilience and adaptability as we all learn how to work and lead in the pandemic. However, there is much work to do several key areas of leadership performance. Firstly self-care and recovery to avoid burnout. And most importantly, in the area of engaging with our teams on topics many of us find troubling – to ‘sit with discomfort’, and what Dr Adam’s current research shows it that many leads suck in this domain.He presents two specific approaches to help us both engage meaningfully in these challenging and confronting exchanges with our teams, our partners, children and even ourselves.If you don’t listen to anything else related to becoming a great leader through the CoVid crisis, listen to this.Key messages from this episode;- Dr Adam’s research shows that levels of resilience and adaptability have improved, but that self-care, recovery and sitting with discomfort need rapid improvement.- That high performers gain and maintain this capability by the way they manage struggle- That in many ways both parenting styles and education approaches have eroded our ability to sit with discomfort.- Many of us have been incorrectly taught that good emotion is good and good for us, and that bad emotion is bad and bad for usGet in touch with Dr Adam via any of these points of contact;https://www.linkedin.com/in/dradamfraser/https://twitter.com/DrAdamFraserhttps://www.facebook.com/DrAdamFraserSpeaker/https://www.instagram.com/dradamfraser/?hl=enAdditional resources mentioned in our conversation.- Dr Adam’s August Webinar talks for Educators and Parents click here- Dr Adam’s programs click hereYou can also check out Dr Adam’s TEDx talk on the 3rd Space hereAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for production of all audio recordings and composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper and the team at RadioHub studios for technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
Harvee Pene is the Co-Founder of Inspire Accountants – Accountants Who Change Lives, a TEDx Speaker, Author and all-round transformational dude who has been recognised as one of Ten Outstanding Young People in Australia.In this episode we discuss in so many ways the meaning of life. Or at least, how to lean into the toughness of life in order to learn, grow and find meaning. In particular, we look at the journey of discovery to find a greater purpose than yourself in your work and through your career – in Harvee’s experience that as an accountant his opportunity is to change lives and enable businesses to become forces for good.He has come a long way from a under-privileged upbringing in New Zealand to founding and leading a company regularly recognised as one of Australia’s Top100 businesses – Inspire Accounting. Having recognised an inclination to do more and to change the world, the way he chose to realise that was to confront a life-threatening cancer and focus his life and energies on a greater cause in response to this questions – If today was your last day, would you be happy with what you’re leaving behind?His response to this question was to embrace the call to reach beyond his own success, and the success of his clients and to do good and inspire others to become forces for good themselves. This shifted his life mantra from YOLO to YODO, from You Only Live Once to You Only Die Only. We get to live everyday, and in doing so how can we inspire before we expire!!!The question that we then go on to explore in depth is how to do this, how to maximise your contribution and the inspiration this brings to the world. For Harvee, this involved first achieving two goals – to save his clients $10million in combined tax savings, and to give 10million days of live changing access to clean water and sanitation to the worlds poorest people. What he found from a business perspective was that the more good they achieved in the world, the better they did as a business – motivation was higher, team engagement was higher, productivity was higher and all manner of client processes and outcomes saw huge improvement.Having achieved both of these initial goals, he’s now more than doubled down – aiming to achieve the seemingly impossible task of giving 1billion days of life changing help.One of the ways Harvee is progressing towards this goal is by launching (along with Better World Leaders very first guest, Paul Dunn) a global network of ‘Accountants for Good’, to connect and enable accountants everywhere to act as forces for good in our world.Key messages from this episode;- Life is tough – prepare yourself for a walk in the park – Jurassic Park!- Make every opportunity to make your legacy one you will be proud of. Ask yourself, if today was my last day, would you be happy with what you leave behind?- All business have the potential and the opportunity to be a force for good- Accountants can change lives, and if you’re in business anywhere, so can you if you chose to focus on contributing to a purpose higher than yourself- That purpose powers profit, engages teams, engages customers and makes leadership more impactful- We have the opportunity to change from viewing our fellow practitioners in any area as competition, and shift to making them collaborators, and by sharing what we’re doing and what’s working, to make a live changing contribution.Get in touch with Harvee here;www.harveepene.comAdditional resources mentioned in our conversation.- T-0 app – here- Harvee’s TEDx talk hereAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for production of all audio recordings and composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper and the team at RadioHub studios for technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work here
Michael Bungay Stanier is a world-renowned expert, author and speaker on developing coaching skills for leaders, the role of advice giving and developing meaningful learning experiences.His book Coaching Habits is a Wall Street Journal best seller having sold close to 1 million copies.Michael is the Founder of Box of Crayons, a Toronto based leadership development company, and most recently MBS.works – his vehicle to bring a life of meaning to as many people of possible.In this dynamic conversation, Michael and I discuss several key elements of his leadership philosophy and approach to developing leaders.The discuss the vital role of curiosity in building empathy, connecting to yourself and to others, enabling performance in teams and across whole organisations and essentially as a critical and under-appreciated leadership ability that must be practiced and refined.We review the right approach to advice giving, and most importantly not to fall for the trap of responding reactively to the first question asked – most often this does not allow you to contribute to solving the real problem.We move on to a fascinating review of Michael’s perspective on power and control, the role curiosity and advice-giving play in these dynamics and most importantly Michael’s view on the role of leadership in sharing and distributing power.We also touch on failure as a crucial element of the journey to success, learning both for the individual leader as well as how to design learning experiences for your team.Key messages from this episode;On Curiousity…- Curiosity is simply a must have for leaders to succeed in the world right now.- Curiosity creates empathy.- Curiosity connects you to yourself, to other people, and to the world around you.- Curiosity impacts on how effective, resilient and innovative you and your team are.- We can change our culture for the better by staying curious, holding back on judgement and not jumping straight to giving adviceOn Power & Control- The power of curiosity is that it disrupts hierarchy- Questions transfer power, advice retains or extends it- In giving advice, you claim authority. Asking a question hands over control.- Power and control exist as invisible webs in organisations.- Think about how this plays out for you, in your world and your work, and what role you play.- Consider doing a ‘power audit’.- An interesting exercise would be to design an organisation chart based not on hierarchy, but on implicit power and control.- Part of your role as a leader is to share power, and provide space for others to step into power.- You control the process, not the outcome. The opportunity is to do your best work in the process element.- Whilst you control very little, you can influence more than you know.Get involved with Michael’s work via his website mbs.works, especially his incredible free course – A Year of Living Brilliantly – click here for linkAdditional resources;Google Coaching Habit or Advice Trap to get a copy of Michael’s books.To watch Michael’s TEDx talk, click hereTo check out Michael’s podcast – We Will Get Through This, head here - https://www.mbs.works/wwgttFinally as always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for production of all audio recordings and composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper and the team at RadioHub studios for technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services hereTo NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services hereTo Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereA special note of thanks this week to Cooper, if it were not for his provocation to me to reach out to Michael to ask if he'd be willing to converse with me during his period in isolation, this episode may not have happened. Good on you Coop!You’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
In this episode we discuss why as a leader who wants to make the world better, you have some choices to make. Primarily, you must decide how you want to show up in the world. Especially how you show up as a leader.In Zoë’s perfect summation of the kind of leaders we need right now, there are 5 kinds of leadership archetypes that can be adopted to suit varying contexts that will both serve leaders to their benefit and allow more of the positive collective leadership we need now more than ever.Zoë Routh is a leadership expert specialising in the people stuff. She shows leaders and teams struggling with office politics and silos how to work better together.Zoë is obsessed with helping big thinkers with big hearts make a big difference. Her work is about bringing leaders together and giving them the maps they need to navigate the wilderness of leadership.She has worked with individuals and teams internationally and in Australia since 1987. From the wild rivers of northern Ontario to the remote regions of Australia, Zoë has spent the last thirty years showing teams how to navigate the wilderness of people stuff.Zoë is the author of 4 books:Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact,Moments - Leadership when it matters most,Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates.Her fourth book, People Stuff - an advanced leadership handbook, is out now – see link below.Her past leadership roles include Chair of the Outdoor Council of Australia, President of the Chamber of Women in Business, and Program Manager at the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation.Zoë is also the producer of the Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast, dedicated to exploring perspective in people stuff so we can live and lead better.Zoë is an outdoor adventurist and enjoys telemark skiing, has run 6 marathons, is a one-time belly-dancer, has survived cancer, and loves hiking in the high country. She is married to a gorgeous Aussie and is mother to a few garden-wrecking chooks.Key messages from this episode;Expand perspective. How big is your circle of concern? Make it bigger.Develop capacities of an Elder: hone humility, curiosity and care.Choose an archetype that brings your vision to life: guardian, diplomat, warrior, or pioneer.To find out more about these archetypes and how to use this framework in your leadership, check out Zoë’s latest book here - https://www.zoerouth.com/peoplestuff-bookGet in touch with Zoë via any of these points of contact;https://www.zoerouth.comhttps://www.facebook.com/zoe.routhhttps://twitter.com/zoerouthhttps://au.linkedin.com/in/zoerouthhttps://www.instagram.com/zoerouth/Additional resources mentioned in our conversation.Books;- The Reinventionist Mindset’ by Joe Jackson- The Power Paradox by Dacher KeltnerMy conversation with Zoë on her podcast, which you can listen to here https://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/timcollingsAs always, great thanks and appreciation to the team who contributed to bringing Better World Leaders to you;To Brendan Ward for production of all audio recordings and composition and performance of original music throughout each episode.To Cooper and the team at RadioHub studios for technical support and creative guidance during the episodes that are recorded face-to-face. You can find out about Radio Hub’s services here - https://www.radiohub.com.au/To NokNok Studios for website design, hosting and advice. Find out about NokNok’s awesome services here - https://www.facebook.com/NOKNOKstudios/To Cirasa Design for logo and site graphics – Find our about Cirasa’s inspiring work hereYou’ll find audio and video recordings for this episode, as well as links to any specific recommendations or related resources mentioned today in the podcast area of 4ileadership.com/insightsThis is the Better World Leaders, brought to you by 4iLeadership
How to take the next small step towards a better world...In this final episode of the first our first season, our purpose is to provide a guide to enable you to make progress on your own path towards making, creating and leading towards a better world.Better World Leaders host and producer Tim Collings reflects on the combination of his own experience and the insights shared with the leaders who have joined us throughout the powerful conversations created so far.In summary, there are 5 steps to build and move along this progressive pathway;- Hear the call to recognise your purpose and confront the need to change- Make the commitment to change- Facilitate the environment for success- Use what you have- Keep learning as you go, and always be looking for the next small stepThis all begins with doing the work in and on yourself to make the space, to pause and pay attention so that you can hear the call, and then on from there.We look forward to brining the second season of Better World Leaders to you, beginning July 24. See you all there!Until then,Be well, lead well, and build a better world.Tim & the team at Better World Leaders & 4iLeadershipExtracts from guest conversations with Victoria Foster, Sherif Hassanein, Barbara Meister, Rachel Abel and Ben Bowen.You can explore the conversations with each of these leaders in full via the episode pages here, or reach out to them directly to include them in your onward journey;Episode 3 – Ben Bowen, Together is how we achieve the bigger outcomeEpisode Page - https://4ileadership.com/2020/05/14/together-is-how-we-achieve-the-bigger-outcome/Get in touch with Ben - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benhoward/Episode 6 – Victoria Foster, Leaders need to confront that everything might need to changeEpisode Page - https://4ileadership.com/2020/06/04/leaders-need-to-confront-that-everything-might-need-to-change/Get in touch with Victoria - https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriafoster/Episode 7 – Sherif Hassanein, Balance, Values & Behaviours create and sustain leadership successEpisode Page - https://4ileadership.com/2020/06/12/balance-values-behaviours-create-sustain-leadership-success/Get in touch with Sherif - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hassanein1/Episode 8 – Barbara Meister, Be courageous & challenge what we can achieve in lifeEpisode Page - https://4ileadership.com/2020/06/19/be-courageous-and-challenge-what-we-can-achieve-in-life/Get in touch with Barbara – https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-meister-80ab904/Episode 9 – Rachel Abel, What do you want to do as a leader to move your community forward?Episode Page - https://4ileadership.com/2020/06/25/what-do-you-want-to-do-as-a-leader-to-move-your-community-forward/Get in touch with Rachel - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-abel/
Episode 9 of Better World Leaders, with Rachel Abel.It is one of those rare and joyful moments when you meet someone for the first time, and immediately fall into an active, intuitive and invigorating dialogue. One that’s driven by shared values, heartful openness to create impactful change and a mutual purpose propelling both of you towards the same end point.That was my first interaction with Rachel Abel, which I share with you here. If you live your values, if you know your purpose and if you want to engage community and improve your leadership to help make the world better, this conversation most certainly is for you. And if not, stay tuned and you might just learn a thing or two along the way!Rachel is committed to responsible, ethical leadership and social change. She focuses on delivering measurable benefits by working collaboratively within strong networks. She believes that developing future leaders who understand social impact and take responsibility for their place in the world will find the answers to contemporary complex challenges.With a background in both public sector leadership and academic research and teaching, Rachel is currently focused on developing programs that bring community building to business and professional networks. Her career has taken her from front line service delivery, thorough to the board room and executive team, to coaching leaders and teaching leadership on the no 1 ranked Australian MBA program. She understands how the right decisions taken at the top can have positive and real impact in the community. The questions Rachel kept coming back to were how can we help people create genuine personal connections? How can we support businesses in building meaningful community connections with customers and staff, and create shared value for everyone? What tools can we give people to create supportive, proactive professional networks that elevate their career impact?This led Rachel to launch her new 'Belonging is Better' program, an innovative research-based approach to changing the conversation about workplace culture. And the new way to build a raving fan customer base who can’t wait to book you or buy your next product. Belonging is Better supports high performing, connected business and workplace communities to thrive and build lasting relationships. This is where science meets practice and we find what works, bringing together research from Sociology, Psychology and Behavioural Economics to the organisational perspective. Learn more at www.rachelabel.comThe key messages within this conversation are;- To develop a regular reflective practice – as one of the best ways to continually learn and develop as a leader.- To consider who has most impacted on your leadership journey, and to learn from those interactions.- That as a culture or community that develops leaders, it’s crucial that we invest in providing leadership opportunities early in life.- Furthermore, that opportunities are provided for emerging leaders to spend time ‘at the table’ with those they view as being much more senior than them.- To learn to listen; Whether that is by seeking feedback from colleagues, team members, clients or customers, or finding ways like co-creation sessions to listen actively.- To align your leadership to your values - be clear not only within yourself, but communicate those values to the people around you- To consider your impact - What do you want to be known for? How can you best serve others? What lasting impact can you make in your career?You can get in touch with Rachel here -Connect on linked in - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-abel/Follow on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/headofmakingfriends/And on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RachelAbelTMPListen to her podcast - The Missing Piece on Spotify or iTunesAdditional resources as mentioned by Rachel;* https://www.rachelcargle.com/ * https://helloseven.co/townhall-2/ * https://bthechange.com/tagged/covid-19
Barbara is a world record holding skydiver, a Transformation Executive, Charity Director and all-round superstar that I have always been greatly inspired by ever since I first met her over a decade ago.What I didn’t realise until we had this conversation was how little I knew about her background, her intrinsic drivers and the depth of knowledge and expertise over such a wide range of matters relating to high performance. So I’m very glad to be able to share this conversation with you here.Barbara grew up in rural Switzerland in a seemingly idyllic childhood location close to the northern mountain ranges. Her up-bringing was far from ordinary however, with a combination of traumatic events and an early introduction to high performance competitive sports setting her on a journey that defines her drive and leadership achievements today.She works now as a Transformation Executive in a major Australian corporate, as funding Director of a Northern Beaches not-for-profit organisation ‘Share the Spark’, supporting youth going through hardship, and also as an Executive Coach at 4iLeadership. And amongst this all, she fits in what she modestly refers to as ‘sport’, as a competitive crossfit athlete, a paraglider, a freediver and most impressively as a world-record holding formation skydiver.Barbara shares many meaningful, insightful and informative views, perspectives and imparts invaluable advice combining her experiences as a high performer in both corporate and high-risk sporting fields.They key messages are;- The key role of leadership is to build networks of trust that facilitate the environment for success to be achieved.- That leaders need to appreciate that not everyone wants to be a high performer. But what we typically celebrate are ONLY the high performers. What we should celebrate is the team accomplishments and everyone’s role in the play, that everyone shows up so the whole team can perform.- To do this better, leaders need to empower the individuals and their teams to be comfortable with who they are and with who they want to be.- Especially in high pressure environments, high risk endeavours, and in uncertain conditions, as a leader you must be particularly aware of how you are dealing with stress and randomness.- That the psychological side is much under-developed in most leaders, and that this can be the key enabler or imp- That her role as a leader is to inspire others to be courageous and challenge what they can achieve in lifeYou can get in touch with Barbara via LinkedIn here https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-meister-80ab904/or 4iLeadership here https://4ileadership.com/us/You can find out more about the great work that Share the Spark are doing here - http://sharethespark.org.au/You can find out more about the next skydiving world record challenge that Barbara is taking on next year here - https://www.brokenrecords.world/about-1Thank you for your time and attention, we look forward to sharing the next Better World Leaders conversation with you soon.
Episode 7 of Better World Leaders, with Sherif Hassanein.Sherif leads the Cold Chain Solutions division of Panasonic in Asia-Pacific. His tenure has involved rebuilding the leadership team, challenging and improving the existing culture to build a business set up for growth and sustainable success.Whilst refrigeration may not be on the top of everyone's list when it comes to making the world better, it is on the top of one very important list - the Drawdown action plan to remedy climate change. Our conversation touches on the role that Panasonic's products are playing in both reducing climate harming emissions and power consumption across the food storage supply chain with a range of innovative designs and solutions.We also extensively explore Sherif's views on leadership, particularly across there areas;- The role of balance in sustaining successful leadership over the long-term, and that much of his success is down to identifying and maintaining a consistent approach to this over the past two decades.- How to create a successful organisational culture founded around leading from the front in terms of behaviours that reflect the organisation's values- That to do this, the message linking strategy and behaviour must be clearly and repeatedly sent at every opportunity both within the business and in the market.- That developing your people is your primary contribution as a leader- That challenging and changing what you're doing is a necessity to thrive as a leader and as an organisation.You can connect with Sherif via his LinkedIn profile here, and find out more about the products and services mentioned today here
This week’s guest is Victoria Foster, who shares her transformational journey of listening to calling, discovering purpose and championing female leadership.Her path traverses an upbringing in Chicago, extensive travel and ‘global citizenship’ and early career in global investment banking. Sometime into this successful profession she reached a critical juncture, when a courageous conversation with her future child led her to choose a different road, a new path, one that took her into international development and global innovation, and leads her to into the conversation with us today.What drives Victoria is how she can contribute to a more inclusive world. She is an executive coach, strategic advisor, and guide to senior women leaders, as well as men who want to take the lead in building more inclusive futures. She dedicates her life to “paying-it-forward” to other courageous leaders who dare to explore their un-lived potential and be FutureMakers.Today as Co-Founder & Chief Catalyst, Victoria leads FutureWomenX, committed to creating transformative impact on key issues, one of which is gender finance. She’s led expeditions in New York, the African continent and Europe bringing international women in finance to work alongside entrepreneurs to bridge worlds and dive into the critical issues.Key messages from this conversation;- That you need a peer group who will hold you accountable to achieving your potential- That for many leaders, especially those with young children, the notion of ‘balance’ is unhelpful. Try focusing on achieving flow between work and life, making the transitional periods as smooth as possible and the time on each side as productive as possible and can actually be generative for the other.- That in this age of radical disruption, we need leaders who are willing to confront that everything might need to change- To challenge yourself to make a shift and pursue your purpose, imagine a conversation with your future child. Would they want you to earn more or have more? Or to have made a choice that allows you to make a greater impact and do more good through your work.- Leaders cannot afford to be addicted to the want to want to change. Leaders need to want and are ready to do the change-work, to become the change.- To sustain ourselves as leaders, we all need reminders of what’s important and what we are doing collectively to make the world better.- To be a great leader, you first need to go for it, get curious, and share what you’re doing.To find out more about Victoria’s work, you can message her via Linkedin (profile here) or explore the FutureWomenX website or enquire about joining the tribe here
Welcome Episode 5, and to the half-way point of Season 1 of Better World Leaders.Intention of this episode is to provide an introduction to the purpose of this podcast, an overview of the 4 guest conversations broadcast so far, and a look forward to the 4 episodes that lie ahead.In each Better World Leaders series, the conversations are with leaders who are shaping our world for good. Their experience shows how for-profit business, not-for-profit organisations, research, high-performance and cutting edge initiatives can all be applied to a single impetus of leadership. That leaders at all levels can be the force for good, leaders of any amount of influence and experience can do more to improve the world, that leaders from all walks of life anywhere in the world can aspire and act to become the greatest of leaders – they can all be… Better World Leaders.In this review episode, I discuss my thoughts on each of the 4 conversations that precede this broadcast, as well as look ahead at the 4 that lie ahead in the remainder of the season.To summarise the episodes so far,Episode 1- Paul Dunn. 4 times TedX Speaker, entrepreneur and advisor and now Chairman of Not-for-Profit giving aggregator B1G1. Main theme - a leader needs a higher purpose than themselves to thrive and perform at the highest level.Keynotes:* As a leader your first customer is your team * Leaders are at their best when they are giving * Imagine a world when every-time business is done, something great happens * Following our purpose gives us certainty
Episode 2 – Simon Glendenning. Global Executive, Entrepreneur and Not-for-Profit impact generator.Main theme - Vales, purpose and balance drive success.Key notes:* Unstoppable teams have values at their core, focus on providing a great service to their customers nd take great pride in both their values and the level of service they provide * Culture and attitude drive growth * Empowerment within clear parameters is the best way to grow in a crisis * Don’t attach happiness to specific goals, be empowered by the overall purpose * Have a growth mindset, keep learning and find balance in life and work
Episode 3 – Ben Bowen, Aboriginal co-Founder of Shared Path and participant in the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Peoples. Main themes - How leaders can better inspire, engage and perform through the interaction with leaders of all levels through spotting the ‘hand-holding’ opportunities with small networks.Key Notes:* Together is how we achieve the bigger outcome * Each individual leads in their own network. Great leaders link networks to communicate and drive momentum * More personal stories and less rehearsal * Aim to hit your growth target and sustain it
Episode 4 – Alison Fischer – incredible journey to share of surviving abuse and continuing to lead throughout as a customer engaging executive in an American corporate.* Everyone is a leader in their own right, allow people to step up and flourish * Collectively we make change, each individual has a voice, but collectively we are better * Great leaders put their own needs aside and support others, which is done effortlessly * Great leaders create movement not because it’s about them but because it’s about the greater good..it’s not about you it’s about the end mission * EPIC model – leaders should be empathetic, Present, Intetional and Connected.
I highly recommend that you check out the episode that you feel you can learn the most from, of of course make time to listen to them al!Links to each of the Episode pages along with contact information for each of the guests is available via the Episode page link below.To find out more about how we help leaders become Better World Leaders, head to 4ileadership.com
Abuse Survivor. Leadership Lighthouse. Trusted Advisor.This week’s guest is Alison Fischer, who shares her incredible journey of resilience and perseverance. She is a champion for survivors of domestic abuse, inspirational speaker and leadership consultant to entrepreneurs and small business owners.Alison is a survivor, an executive, a ‘People-First’ leader, Mom to two beautiful girls, a loyal friend and hopeless romantic. Alison’s career spans two decades in corporate, including both thriving cultures in established companies and start-ups, as well as times spent in toxic environments with very little positive leadership. During much of this time she was enduring a violent domestic relationship, which she compartmentalised and did not disclose to her colleagues and leaders. Finally, a fractured bone was the final straw as a catalyst to make a change for good.Alison’s mission today is to provide support to those that have no support. No mentors, no guides, no one to lean in to during challenging times – she is a lighthouse for leaders, executives and survivors alike to live and lead a life with confidence and conviction, not settling for less than they deserve.Key messages from this conversation;- Alison’s EPIC leadership model.- Everyone is a leader in their own right.- Collectively we make change. Every voice is important, but collectively we are better- Great leaders do not make it about them, they bring other people up, make people better and the world better.- Great leaders create a movement because it’s not about them, it’s about the greater good.- How to become a better world leader; focus on active listening, find clarity in your mission or purpose, be empathetic, put people first always.Alison is providing 1 hour of free coaching to survivors of domestic abuse throughout the month of May. She also provides Confidence Coaching to Leaders, Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners.You can connect with Alison via her linkedin profile here or via email on alison@alidfischer.com
In the third episode of Better World Leaders our conversation is with Ben Bowen, an Australian Aboriginal whose career began as a pro-endurance athlete and after a sizeable bump on the road, transitioned into applying high performance insights and Aboriginal knowledge into social enterprise and corporate capability development internationally.Ben is Co-Founder and Partner of Shared Path, a social enterprise that works to positively impact social issues within Aboriginal communities by achieving economic independence through business development. Shared Path also work globally with First Nations peoples as members of the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Peoples, developing technology platforms that enable and protect the custodianship of knowledge.Ben is a specialist innovator who is able to identify and implement strategies that empower all team members to perform at the best. Ben has been working in multiple fields as a consultant and brings his own unique style to supporting organisations.Within the disability sphere to create outdoor programs that challenge participants and support their personal development of positive coping strategies.In the corporate and government sphere Ben has been driving change through a unique approach of Aboriginal cultural learning and practices to develop strategic planning, communication, change management and team building programs.Ben also works within the tertiary education lecturing in Aboriginal Education and Indigenous Public Health to develop the next generations of professionals perform at their best, as well as business units around social enterprise development, entrepreneurship in rural and remote settings, ethics and thought leadership in business.The key messages I received from this conversation were;- That a change is required in how businesses view ‘successful growth’, not as exponential and constant, but to reach a growth target and maintain it sustainably.- To avoid disruption and build sustainable growth, organisations should focus not on eliminating single problems but linking issues to address the larger global solution.- Build communities within employees, consumers and customers to leverage ‘small networks’, focusing on the leaders of these and seeking to engage with collective leadership.- Discover the power of storytelling for communication, critically how to ensure core values and organisational ethos are prominent consistently to improve reliability of messaging and knowledge transfer throughout hierarchies, geographies and languages.- How to communicate from a human perspective, both to mitigate the risk and enable the best outcome from visual communication modes.- That to build momentum leaders should bring together and empower teams most effectively at the beginning, end and during a change phase. If this is done correctly the steerage of direction and maintaining of pace becomes much easier.The best way to get in touch with Ben and engage with his knowledge and work is via https://www.sharedpath.org.au/ or connecting with Ben on social media via the links belowlinkedin or facebook
In the second episode of Better World Leaders our conversation is with a former Global Executive and entrepreneur who reflects on the twists and turns of his career with one very consistent theme - that as a leader he is there to serve his team and his customers through his principles.Simon's professional aspirations began in athletics, but after an unusual injury stopped that dream in it's tracks, his next step was his first of service, first qualifying in and then running a business as a Myotherapist.After selling this venture he was was offered a role in corporate and found that taking a consistent approach of serving his team and his customers based on his core values held him in good stead, and led to rapid success.Quickly he found himself leading Australia for Travelex, and after a merger with Western Union he progressed to lead both the Europe, Africa and Middle Eastern region and then AsiaPacific, seeing huge personal and commercial growth and success along the way.It was during this corporate tenure that he gained invaluable experience in Africa working with local not-for-profits in Rwanda, and found that he benefited not only from the sense of contributing, both also from learning as a leader - especially around purpose, resilience and the power of consistent communication.After moving on from corporate life, Simon applied all of his experience and insights to found an online fitness company, Welcome Fit, which he recently successfully sold.He now focuses on a new endeavour, Raised Hand, applying his energies to help out-of-work professionals contribute their skills and time to start-up businesses needing help to navigate the turbulent market conditions imposed by Co-Vid19 restrictions. Even though this venture is fresh out of the starting-blocks, it’s already been applauded by Start-ups Victoria!Those that are out of work and willing to donate their time, and start-up businesses seeking help on a voluntary basis can find each other at Raisedhand.meThe key messages I received from this conversation were;- A team that operates from a core set of principles and values, and focus first on providing a great service and take pride in doing so, are unstoppable and there's no end to what you can do.- That culture and attitude are what drive sustainable growth.- That it's best not to attach happiness to achieving specific goals, better to be empowered by the overall purpose you are reaching for.- That as leaders it's important to allow a bit of ourselves into conversations with our teams and customers. This humanises the environment and makes communication easier.- That it's important for leaders to pause and reflect on how they are communicating with their teams, that their people need to feel valued and safe.You can find out more about Raised Hand at raisedhand.me, and connect with Simon via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonglendenning/
Welcome to the Better World Leaders' Podcast.In this first episode, we're joined by an incredibly insightful, purposeful and humble leader who not only inspires with his own experience and story, but in the way he has chosen to spend his 'retirement' years enabling other leaders, business owners and enterprises to align their success to providing for others. Paul Dunn is a 4 times TEDx speaker. He’s was one of the first 10 people in Hewlett Packard in Australia, he started one of Australia’s first computer companies and he founded The Results Corporation, working with and developing over 23,000 businesses.He’s been honoured as a Social Innovation Fellow in his new home of Singapore. He’s been featured in Forbes Magazine with Sir Richard Branson as a ‘disrupter’ in business. His seminal books include “The Firm of The Future” (co-authored with Ron Baker), which is widely regarded as one of the most important of its type ever written. Paul’s unique Business Development programs are now in use by an estimated 226,000 companies around the world. He now serves as the Chairman of the revolutionary B1G1, enabling businesses to connect and give back in new ways and creating over 205 Million giving impacts globally. How does Paul recommend leaders can become Better World Leaders?1) Connect with themselves and have a real sense of making a difference in our world2) To connect with their ‘human-ness’ and their impact on humanity in the broadest, yet very specific sense.3) Recognise that your job is not to create followers, but that you’re judged by the number of leaders you create.Key messages;“A leader needs a purpose higher than themselves if they are to thrive, keep showing up and perform to the highest level”“Appreciate that as a leader, your first customer is your team”If you'd like to connect with Paul, you can do via the links below.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulb1g1/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/realpauldunnIf you're inspired by the work that Paul and Masami do at B1G1 and their message that you can "be at your best when you're giving", you can head over to b1g1.com to begin your giving journey. Use code GIVING125 to get a head start on making the world better through giving as a business for good.Thank you for your time and attention, we look forward to bringing you more journeys of better world leadership in the next episode of Better World Leaders.Be well, lead well and build a better world.Tim and the team at 4i.