Quantum Business Insights with Olivia Parr-Rud: Recent Episodes
Olivia Parr-Rud
In today’s fast-paced, high-tech, global economy, the business landscape is constantly changing. The confluence of big data, emerging technologies, and global connectivity puts unprecedented pressure on companies to become more innovative and agile. To maintain a competitive edge, companies must constantly adapt while continuing to identify and exploit new opportunities. Interestingly, new models are emerging from science and nature that offer a unique perspective – one that sees our global economy as a highly interconnected, continually evolving complex adaptive system. These models unveil powerful insights for optimizing our business strategies and processes. Each week on Quantum Business Insights, Olivia explores these concepts with thought leaders from around the globe. We look for ways to leverage their insights to ignite innovation, inspire our workforce, and create positive outcomes for our companies, our communities, and the planet.
Nearly two-thirds of all employees are either actively disengaged or ambivalent about their jobs, as Gallup consistently reports. And while organizations and their leaders are increasingly aware of the importance of workplace engagement and happiness, these goals remain elusive to many. Tune in to learn how Dr. Annie McKee answers the question “HOW TO BE HAPPY AT WORK: The Power of Purpose, Hope, and Friendship” with a resounding yes, detailing how happiness—and the full engagement that comes with it —is attainable if we can identify the causes of stress, as well as the solutions to turn it around. Now more than ever, happiness and engagement are critical to the success of organizations, teams and each of us as individuals. Leveraging powerful research, insights and work with numerous leaders and organizations around the world, Dr. McKee uncovers 3 essential elements people must have in order to be happy at work, much of which lie within each one of us. http://www.anniemckee.com/books
To thrive in today’s fast-paced global economy, companies have to constantly adapt to shifting markets, technologies, and consumer demands. This places enormous pressure on employees, as well as leaders, to learn new skills and adopt new behaviors. Tune in and learn how to literally raise your vibration to a frequency that allows you to easily adapt to whatever presents itself. Based on a combination of ancient indigenous wisdom, Western traditions, and the latest scientific discoveries, gain a deeper understanding of what is driving our desire to connect, expand, and evolve through a frequency of trust. http://thetrustfrequency.net/
In today’s high-tech global economy, companies have to constantly adapt just to remain competitive. This often requires employees, as well as leaders, to learn new skills and even new behaviors. Tune in and learn what leaders need to consider when planning a change initiative, especially when success depends on employees learning new behaviors. Gain insights into how change affects people, how to assess someone’s ability to adapt, and what motivates new behavior. Understand the importance of using authentic and effective communication strategies. Learn the importance of commitment and accountability and how our habits play into our ability or inability to learn new behaviors. www.bigspeak.com
Are you aware of your company’s greatest asset? In today’s high-tech global economy, most businesses have access to the same equipment, technology, and processes – a fact that has leveled the playing field in many industries. Tune in and learn how to turn your employees into your greatest competitive advantage through employee empowerment. Hear how to avoid the most common mistakes made by your competitors. And gain insights into how you can leverage employee engagement to create a company that is highly valued by your customers and highly adaptable to changing consumer demands and market pressures. www.casemoreandco.com
Are you tired of large-scale organizational change initiatives that are doomed fail? Do you want to learn a simple, yet powerful method for initiating and continually improving all aspects of your business? Tune in and learn how a system approach to organizational change offers a model of continuous improvement that taps the innate wisdom of your organization. Gain insights into the warning signs of large scale organizational failure. Understand the leverage points that offer maximum results from minimum effort by learning the four systems principles. Hear how David Dibble created powerful, profitable change in a highly dysfunctional hospital and turned a $9 million deficit into a $1 million profit in 11 months! www.newconscioussystems.com
Would you like to live in a more sustainable, connected, and peaceful world? Do you feel that business has a role in creating this future? Are you drawn to business models that create synergy and mutual benefit for business, society, and the globe? Tune in and learn how the leading pioneer of conscious evolution, Barbara Marx Hubbard, has spent her life building a vision for a positive future. Hear Barbara share her story - as a young child, she questioned how our powers of destruction could be used for good. Today she asks how our technological advances in biotech, nanotech, nuclear, etc. can be used to create positive outcomes. Gain insights from her vision as we evolve as humans. Learn about her model for the future – The Wheel of Cocreation – social synergy and whole system shift. Be inspired by Barbara and others who are showing the way – that it’s possible to do well by doing good! www.evolve.org
Do you want to achieve record revenue growth while running a legally, fiscally, socially, and environmentally responsible business? Would you like to know the secret to the highest employee satisfaction and talent retention? Tune in and learn from Carol Sanford, a true business visionary. Hear her share how to get everyone in your organization, including the senior team of all functions and lines of business, to be on the same page about anything— e.g. strategy, leadership philosophy, people management. Learn how her strategy frees your company to be more agile and innovative. Gain insights from her unique approach to leadership and management that challenges many so called ‘best practices’ - that have proven to actually undermine success. Her fundamentally different method of working has been tested and proven successful on three continents in multiple industries. www.carolsanford.com
Are you looking for the best leadership principles that support adaptability and long term survival? According to David Long, “Everything You Think You Know About Being a World Class Manager is WRONG!” He claims that most of the conventional wisdom on how to be an effective leader is outdated or simply untrue. Tune in and listen as David shares success tips from his new book, Built to Lead, 7 Management R.E.W.A.R.D.S Principles for Becoming a Top 10% Manager. Learn how to build your teams using the seven principles of his REWARDS acronym: Reconnaissance, Education, Winners Emerge, Attitude, Recognition, Duplication, Success . Hear how you can employ these simple principles to increase employee satisfaction and insure higher profitability. http://www.top10manager.com/
Did you know that as your use of technology increases across your organization, your costs in the areas of talent acquisition and management also increase? Yes, the need for highly skilled, motivated, and satisfied employees is even more critical to the success of your business in our high-tech, fast-paced, global economy. Tune in and learn how Martine George, PhD approaches strategic business analytics and data science by sharing her experience in hiring, training, and empowering her team members as well as training and coaching other organizational leaders to maximize their human capital investment. Gain insights into how advanced analytics informs her approach to decision-making. Hear how ‘soft skills’ are becoming a core competency among data scientists and managers in the realm of business analytics. And learn what motivates analysts, data scientists, and business intelligence experts.
Would you like to live in a more sustainable, connected, and peaceful world? Do you feel that business has a role in creating this future? Are you drawn to business models that create synergy and mutual benefit for business, society, and the globe? Tune in and learn how the leading pioneer of conscious evolution, Barbara Marx Hubbard, has spent her life building a vision for a positive future. Hear Barbara share her story - as a young child, she questioned how our powers of destruction could be used for good. Today she asks how our technological advances in biotech, nanotech, nuclear, etc. can be used to create positive outcomes. Gain insights from her vision as we evolve as humans. Learn about her model for the future – The Wheel of Cocreation – social synergy and whole system shift. Be inspired by Barbara and others who are showing the way – that it’s possible to do well by doing good! www.evolve.org
Are you stressed by the increasing complexity and volatility in your life? What if everything you thought you knew about the nature of reality and the way life works was, well, … wrong? Tune in as Dianne Collins discusses her award-winning bestseller, Do You QuantumThink? New Thinking That Will Rock Your World. Listen as Dianne shares her cutting-edge research into the nature of reality. Gain insights into how the laws of nature are inviting new ways to navigate complexity and constant change. We’ll explore several of her 21 principles of QuantumThink that take us from the outdated “old world view” limits of the Industrial Age – to begin thinking from the more accurate and up-to-date “new world view” of our Quantum Age. As Dianne puts it: “Old World View = Circumstance rules; New World View = Intent rules. Whatever you do in life you have to deal with your mind. When you master your mind, you master your life.” Tune in and learn how to master your life! www.diannecollins.com
Did you know that employee satisfaction is a major driver of business success? As complexity increases, our human capital becomes ever more critical to adaptability, innovation, and long term profitability. Tune in and learn how wholehearted leadership leads to employee engagement – the key to unlocking dramatic business results as well as better health and relationships for individuals. Based on his own experience as a CEO, and his analysis of survey results on over 10 million people in 150 countries, Kevin Kruse reveals how growth, recognition and trust are the key drivers that turn average groups into high performing teams. You’ll get specific tactics to unlock emotional commitment, activate discretionary effort, and generate future confidence and clarity to combat the effects of change. You’ll be empowered to turn “task-managers” into “people-leaders’ and guide your employees to greater happiness at work.
To gain an edge in our highly competitive economy, employers need to create an environment that brings out the best in their employees. This includes training, support, and an environment that fosters well-being. We’ve seen a rash of tools introduced from in-office fitness programs to health-conscious catering. The tool that has proven to be the most effective and long-lasting in promoting employee well-being, cooperation, and creative problem solving is a tool called Mindfulness. Based on work initiated at U Mass Medical Center over 35 years ago, Mindfulness exercises have been clinically proved to be effective to reduce stress, anxiety, ADD and more. Tune in as I discuss Mindfulness with Amy Edelstein, a practitioner of Mindfulness since 1984 and a corporate Mindfulness trainer. Learn about the many benefits of bringing Mindfulness to your corporate culture. Gain insights into a few brief experiential practices that bring long lasting benefits. www.amyedelstein.com
Did you know that, in companies attempting to navigate in our fast-paced, high-tech global economy, authentic leadership is becoming a core competency? The complexity and specialization we experience in business today requires leaders to inspire their employees to be more responsible and accountable. Yes, if a leader can empathize, admit mistakes, and show compassion, they are much more able to motivate, inspire, and lead their teams to greatness. Join me and my guest, Mastin Kipp, founder of The Daily Love.com as we discuss his rise to success and personal empowerment stardom through the daily practice of blogging with vulnerability and authenticity. Learn his success secrets as he seeks to improve himself physically, mentally, and spiritually. Be inspired by this candid discussion as Mastin shares his powerful story. www.thedailylove.com
Did you know there are certain leadership practices that are proven to drive long-term profitability? And were you aware that most of the economic crises of the last 30 years were actually the result of failures in leadership? Tune in and learn how to build Excellent, Ethical, and Enduring organizations with Triple Crown Leadership. You’ll gain insights into the Five Practices that lead to long-term success. Hear about Bob’s research into numerous companies that are successful as a result of their approach to leadership. And learn how these benefits go way beyond just higher profits for shareholders−they are realized by employees, communities, and society at large. www.triplecrownleadership.com
Did you know that companies that practice disruptive leadership are quickly gaining a competitive advantage in our current fast-paced, high-tech, global economy? But this requires that leaders disrupt their current way of leading in order to empower and align with the new paradigm. Tune in and learn what it takes to be a powerful disruptor through human-centric leading. Gain insights into the difference between human-centric leading and other styles that also care about people. Learn what will happen over time if we all become human-centric, as well as the benefits and challenges of being a human-centric leader
Did you know that innovation is the only value proposition with a shelf life? And with the commoditization of most linear processes and technologies, innovation is essential to stay competitive in our volatile, global economy. However, unlike many business processes that can be strategized and managed, innovation must be encouraged, allowed to emerge, and nurtured through implementation. Tune in and learn how to empower innovation with the “Dean of Innovation”, Jeff De Graff. Listen as we unveil common corporate messages that hinder innovation. Understand why variation and diversity and important to facilitate innovation. Gain insights into the use of the Competing Values Framework, including how to create positive conflict. Learn about the Innovation Genome model which connects value propositions with culture, competency and leadership through four quadrants and a shared language.
Have you ever pursued a strategy only to get derailed by some unforeseen consequence of that strategy? The underlying cause goes by many names: Paradox, Tensions, Polarity, Yin and Yang, Interdependent Pairs, etc.. Whatever you call it, every action taken by your organization is vulnerable to the effect of ignoring or underestimating the negative effects of that action. Tune in and learn how to unveil, understand, and model the dynamics of Polarity. We’ll explore the underlying phenomenon that behaves in predictable ways. We’ll describe how to build a Polarity Map® and set of “realities” that represent the latest research in the area. The more we understand the elements of this phenomenon and the dynamics by which it functions, the more effective we can be at leveraging its energy. This leveraging can support us in pursuing our most expansive dreams and addressing our most chronic issues –as individuals, families, organizations, nations, and humanity. www.polaritypartnerships.com
Have you ever considered economics to be sacred? It may seem like a stretch–given the common theme that money is the root of all evil. Money, or currency, is a form of energy through which most of us navigate the world. Yet its misuse has led to some very dire and potentially dangerous scenarios. Tune in and learn how we can transmute money into something sacred. Charles Eisenstein claims that nothing less than a wholesale revolution will suffice, a transformation of money’s essential nature. Learn about new forms of currency and the new economy that will coalesce around it. We’ll explore the metamorphosis in human identity that is both a cause and a result of the transformation of money. Hear how our attitudes about money go all the way to the core of what it is to be human: they include our understanding of the purpose of life, humanity’s role on the planet, the relationship of the individual to the human and natural community; even what it is to be an individual, a self.
Did you know that a company with an engaged workforce has a higher likelihood of being profitable? This presents an unprecedented opportunity and challenge for managers and HR professionals. With a wide variety of tools and methodologies at your fingertips, you can manage the entire employee lifecycle−from your approach to recruiting, hiring, and onboarding to investments in employee performance, retention, and preserving institutional knowledge. Tune in and learn new ways to collect and analyze qualitative and quantitative data about your workforce. Gain insights into two approaches to employee engagement and training: Workforce Planning and Workforce Optimization. Understand how they differ from each other and yet are both so critical to your success. Learn how big data is becoming a central driver of workforce optimization.
Did you know that employee satisfaction is a major driver of business success? As complexity increases, our human capital becomes ever more critical to adaptability, innovation, and long term profitability. Tune in and learn how wholehearted leadership leads to employee engagement – the key to unlocking dramatic business results as well as better health and relationships for individuals. Based on his own experience as a CEO, and his analysis of survey results on over 10 million people in 150 countries, Kevin Kruse reveals how growth, recognition and trust are the key drivers that turn average groups into high performing teams. You’ll get specific tactics to unlock emotional commitment, activate discretionary effort, and generate future confidence and clarity to combat the effects of change. You’ll be empowered to turn “task-managers” into “people-leaders’ and guide your employees to greater happiness at work.
Have you ever viewed your business as a hologram? Or an entity that can be understood, even optimized, as a single system rather than the sum of its parts? Quantum physics and evolutionary biology offer clues into why this may be your best approach. Tune in as my guests, Simon Robinson and Maria Moraes Robinson, and I explore the science behind Holonomics. Learn about the pioneers in the field of holistic science. Hear how companies are benefiting by taking a holistic approach to strategic planning, human resources, and day-to-day operations. Find out how they use this approach to strengthen their brand and enhance their customers’ experience. Learn ways to make this approach work for you: to leverage the energy of the interacting parts; to understand the characteristics of an adaptable leader; to fuel innovation by tapping the innate wisdom within the organization. Tune in and learn the secrets to long term adaptability and sustainable performance.
Does your business have a solid strategy for competing in a resource-depleted world? Do you want to successfully navigate our troubled economic seas? The linear throwaway economy of today–where we extract resources, process them, use them barely once, and then throw them away–is coming to an end. Commodity prices are on the rise. “Blue ocean” waters are disappearing. The old economic order is running its course and a new one is emerging–one that takes our linear approach and turns it into a circle. This radical shift requires a whole new set of rules. Leaders who understand this shift and master these rules are able to turn this new reality into disruptive innovation that results in a huge competitive advantage. As they ride ahead of the wave, new products, new business models, new markets, and new profits follow. Join us as we discuss how to build your Overfished Ocean Strategy and learn the five secrets of innovation.
Do you yearn for a more soulful workplace? The way most organizations are managed seems increasingly out of date. Many work environments feel soulless and lifeless. Yet we long for authenticity, community, passion, and purpose. The solution, in part, lies with more enlightened management. But when leaders go through an inner transformation, many end up leaving their organizations because they can’t express or give voice to the deeper longings of their soul. We need more enlightened leaders, but we need something more: enlightened organizational structures and practices. Every time humanity has shifted to a new stage of consciousness, it has invented a whole new way to structure and run organizations, each time bringing extraordinary breakthroughs in collaboration. Join us as we discuss Reinventing Organizations a practical overview of how organizations large and small can operate in this new paradigm. Gain insights as my guest shares numerous examples and inspiring stories
Many professionals have spent substantial amounts of time and money developing and maintaining their expertise, only to observe people not nearly as smart as they are making a lot more money and having a lot more fun; to find themselves in a situation where they are having the same year of experience over and over again; and to live each day in an environment where they have no freedom to use their minds outside a narrow range of thinking, resulting in burnout and boredom. Join me and my guest, ontological coach Ross Hostetter, as we explore what it takes to get out of the 'expert trap', and develop the mindset and practical tools to move into the next level of development—and to step up into a self-authoring life of leadership, influence, and personal fulfillment.
We are in the midst of a shift in human society from modernism to post-modernism, which tends to be more inclusive, more caring and more holistic – some would say, more Feminine. In organizations, this shift shows up as trends toward sustainability, appreciative inquiry, stakeholder engagement, and whole-systems thinking. In leadership, it looks like empathy, coaching, participative decision-making, emotional intelligence, etc. Tune in as we discuss one of the highest-leverage opportunities for transforming our world: Cultivating authentic Feminine wisdom and power. Learn about the importance of keeping the best of what we’ve achieved through the Masculine principle and cultivating more of the Feminine principle. A key to this holistic approach is developing change leaders who are self-aware, creative and capable of managing complexity – and who can integrate Masculine and Feminine leadership styles.
Are you overwhelmed by complexity? Tired of adapting to constant change? The secret to success in our complex, high tech, global economy is embedded in the fundamental business strategies of the world's most successful companies and organizations… it’s all in how they navigate complexity. Tune in and learn six key strategies that create a foundation for achieving business excellence in a highly complex economy. Business visionary and thought leader, John Spence, will share specific plans and action steps that will allow you to dramatically improve the success of your company. By bridging the knowing-doing gap, Spence offers countless tools, strategies, and measurements of success to make these concepts both vital and actionable. Whether you are thriving, surviving, or struggling in our current economy, Spence's straightforward, uncomplicated approach will inspire you to turn your best ideas into action and performance.
Entrepreneurs, business managers and salespeople alike benefit from lessons in how to get people moving on the path to greatness. Barbara Corcoran, who built The Corcoran Group, New York’s largest real estate company, is an expert in the art of leading a team to success. From hiring the right people and firing the wrong ones, establishing an atmosphere that breeds innovation, persisting when all the chips are down and creating fun in the workplace, Barbara has developed and fine-tuned her unique and winning strategies. Join us and learn how to build a powerful team that will break through barriers, inspire collaboration, ignite innovation, and produce benefits that permeate every aspect of your business.
To secure our future, we need a new economic model. No longer can capitalism ignore the environmental and social impacts of business activities. Nor can the public sector be allowed to prioritize the interests of the few at the expense of the many. Nor can we, as a society, ignore our responsibility to act in the interests of the common and future good. Leaders of the private, public, and civil sectors are building a new economic model. They’ve realized that inclusive and explosive growth can be achieved by creating solutions to our most vexing challenges. By working together on issues ranging from energy to water to healthcare, these organizations are discovering that they can future proof both themselves and the local communities they serve. Tune in a learn how The Collaboration Economy will help organizations within all three sectors work together to create real and pragmatic solutions to our global food, water, energy, materials recycling, ship breaking, and consumer industries.
Are you aware that the most successful corporations are often the most diverse? And that one of the richest sources of diversity is our cultural diversity? Complex systems, like companies, communities, even countries, grow stronger and more resilient from diversity. And many who have come to the U.S. from other countries have contributed to our growth. Tune in and learn the story of a man and his family who came to the U.S and lived the American Dream. Listen as she shares how he endured hardships, made choices, and worked to become the success he is today. Be inspired by an outlook and attitude that can serve to help us appreciate our privilege and opportunities.
Have you hired the perfect person for a position, only to have them fail miserably after onboarding and training? Are you hiring based on experienced resumes, then being deeply disappointed over the long term? Do you find that, as good as your HR or hiring manager is, lately it's harder and harder to find the right fit in new hires? Do you struggle with some new hires who look great initially, but on the job can't seem to work well with their manager and fit into a team environment? If you answered ‘Yes’ to any of these questions, then join me and Henri Schauffler as he describes how to immediately hire the superstars you need to start getting the performance your metrics require. Learn 6 ways to avoid wasting thousands and even millions of dollars by hiring the wrong people. Understand which stages of the hiring process require your involvement. Hear the ONE single hiring method that will turn your results upside down literally overnight!
Ever wonder why the old style of ‘command and control’ leadership is no longer effective? It served us well when our economy was simple and workers were expendable. But in today’s highly complex, global economy, our employees are arguably our most valuable asset. Big data, new technologies, and the complexities they introduce require us all to engage as leaders. However, it requires a different set of competencies. To be successful, we must all develop our ability to collaborate, motivate, and inspire. We must develop our emotional and social intelligence as we consider opposing points of view and engage in creative conflict. Tune in and learn as we explore how collaboration, inclusion, and everyone’s contributions are changing the landscape of leadership forever.
Want to know what drives someone to buy from you? Want to understand your customers’ attitudes, motivations, and unspoken needs? Discovering their archetype brings into awareness the unconscious dimension of a product, project, service, concept or corporate culture. Tune in and learn how to improve your business through better product development and marketing. Gain insight into the effectiveness of any brand name or generic product in a particular culture (country) or many different cultures (countries). Tailor your advertising campaigns or communication strategies to a brand name, type of product, person, concept or issue. Examine the use of a particular media communications strategy and its effectiveness with a particular product. And learn about the generic/biological concept of beauty to understand its implications for product design packaging as well as for distribution in multiple global markets. Learn why “The Reptilian always wins!” www.archetypediscoveriesworldwide.com
Max Weber credited the Protestant ethic with giving rise to capitalism. Now it sometimes seems as if it is the Buddhist ethic that is keeping capitalism going. – The Economist, 11.16.13. Just 5 years ago, who could have imagined that The Economist would consider Buddhism to be a defining model for our modern global organizations? Yet today, Google, McKinsey, Wharton, P&G and dozens of other enterprises are exploring the impact that such ancient wisdom has on employee well-being and business outcomes. So can 2,600 year old spiritual practices actually make a difference? And how are organizations applying this spiritual wisdom to our current chaotic global challenges? Join me and author, executive coach, and former corporate executive Michael Carroll, as we explore the practice of mindfulness awareness meditation, review how such training is being applied in organizational settings and discuss the impact Buddhism is having in promoting health and well-being in the workplace.
What does take to predict effective leadership in complex, rapidly changing conditions? According to my guest, Dr. Leslie Pratch, an answer lies in understanding how executives will cope with unexpected complexities and challenges. Central to her predictive model is a structural psychological construct called active coping, which she conceptualizes not as a situation specific behavior or trait but as a style of functioning. She defines active coping as the readiness, willingness, and ability, not necessarily revealed in overt behavior, to adapt resourcefully and effectively to novel and changing conditions. Tune in as we explore the dimensions of active coping that contribute to effective leadership. Through numerous case studies, you’ll hear how the coping styles of leaders shaped their effectiveness.
Is your organization agile? Are you able to adapt quickly to new technologies and changing markets? Agile organizations require agile people – people who are able to maintain mental flexibility, balance, adaptability, and coordination. Tune in and learn how our unconscious operating system drives our behavior. Learn how Human Agility Mapping helps us develop agility by allowing us to detect the underlying rules of some of the most complex aspects of ourselves. Understand how to satisfy deep needs and drives, engage our talents to get those needs and drives met, and set them aside, when necessary. Human Agility Mapping uses lightly held, multiple models to help us identify what is at our core as well as a path to development and agility. By improving our ability to understand and manage stress, engage with others more effectively, and increase employee engagement, we become more effective leaders, teammates, contributors, and change agents.
Are you bogged down by endless meetings, company politics, and bureaucratic stagnation? Would you like to learn a few simple actions you can take right now to improve profits? According to my guests, Jeremy Eden and Terri Long, there are at least 77 easy tactics to improve production and increase profits. Company insiders, not outside consultants, have the answers. Your employees, when given the right tools, have hundreds of ideas to help your company to succeed. But senior executives need a well-designed process to get those answers – a process that results in actionable steps to grow revenue and improve the customer experience. Join us as we discuss Jeremy and Terri’s new book “Low-Hanging Fruit – 77 Eye-Opening Ways to Improve Productivity and Profits (Wiley 2014). Learn how to turn misleading metrics upside down, discard benchmarking, and challenge the status quo. Gain insight into an often untapped resource. Discover the easy route to higher earnings
Would you like to engage in a new mental operating system that allows you to make sense and truly comprehend the complex problems and issues you face today? In their ground-breaking book, Holonomics: Business Where People and Planet Matter, Simon and Maria describe our economy as more than the sum of its parts – it’s actually a system of interacting parts. This requires us to move beyond our rational-logical way of seeing. To understand the whole system, we must leverage our subtle perceptions and intuition to reveal the underlying qualities and values that fuel the system. These qualities and values can guide our strategy, organizational design, change management, innovation, sustainability, human resources, brand management, and communication. Tune in and learn how to move into a higher level of cognition, one which takes you from a consciousness based on logical-rational-symbolic processing, to one that includes sensing, feeling and intuition, one from which meaning can emerge.
Do you consider yourself a Millennial? A Baby Boomer? Part of the Gen X or Gen Y generation? These demographic groups are not only popular, they are often used by marketers to predict future behavior based on past behavior—measured during historic time periods that are attributed to these generational groups. However, they do not accurately reflect powerful shared experiences, nor do they address shifting global markets and technological acceleration. Yet, they seem to go unchallenged…until now. Tune in and learn a new approach to generational demography. Gain insights into why people behave the way they do and learn to predict future behaviors based on deep-seated and often unconscious values—values that were created by experiencing shared events in the cultural environment during formative years. Learn why values are a key driver of behavior and how they act as motivational filters through which past behaviors are more easily understood and future actions are more predictable.
Did you know that the success of a leader is highly predictable? And that one of the key drivers of that success is a leader’s ability to cope with stressful situations? With the current level of economic volatility, leaders must not only be able to navigate complex issues. They must continually and successfully handle unexpected situations and difficult people. Tune in and learn about a psychological model for predicting successful leadership. Learn how an in-depth personality assessment allows you to evaluate candidates for senior management roles. Gain insights by identifying which candidate possesses the personality strengths required to be successful in the role—before you make a hiring decision. Understand the crucial importance of active coping in leadership
Did you know most Fortune 500™ companies spend 70% of their operating budgets on human capital? Why? To remain competitive in our high-tech, fast-paced, global economy, companies must embrace the latest technological advancements and the use of big data. This requires attracting and retaining a highly educated, technically skilled workforce - the type of workforce that can use technology to produce business intelligence and drive innovation. However, there are challenges. First is the need for a longer-term investment strategy and a reevaluation of the short-term demands of capital markets. Second, many organizations are unable to fill these positions because they require someone with a post-secondary education. And third, the impact of investing in human capital is rarely tracked, measured, or analyzed. Join us as we explore the challenges that companies face and what steps they can take to build value and gain a competitive advantage by investing in their human capital.
Do you have challenges due to gender differences within your organization? Do conflicts arise that appear to be linked to differences between men and women? The reality is that women and men do almost everything differently – communicate, solve problems, set priorities, make decisions, resolve conflicts, handle emotions, and deal with stress. Too often, these differences hinder our team as well as individual performance. The secret to understanding and working harmoniously with the opposite gender is Gender Intelligence. Gender Intelligence harnesses the innate power of both male and female leaders and team members to work together more successfully. Tune in and learn how men and women behave in unique and amazing ways. Gain insights into how our brains are wired differently in the areas of problem solving, decision making, communicating, and dealing with stress. Learn how to bridge those unique differences to build more successful relations between women and men in the workplace.
Have you ever wondered why efforts to solve our global problems always end in gridlock? Why our government is more in debt, our air and water more polluted, our jails more crowded, our security more tenuous, and our children more violent? According to the latest research in social and evolutionary biology, as humans we have reached the point where complexity is outpacing our brain’s ability to understand it? As a result, even our most sophisticated methods of problem-solving are no longer sufficient. In her ground-breaking book, The Watchman’s Rattle, Rebecca Costa explains how the principles governing evolution both cause and provide a solution for the global gridlock. She shares extensive research on why civilizations collapse and how we can avoid the same fate. Tune in as Costa offers a genetic explanation for our paralysis, and prescribes a way to out. Read more at www.rebeccacosta.com
Do you have the desire to help create a more sustainable future? Do you wish to inspire others to join you in your efforts? As corporate leaders, we hold great potential for making a difference - in business, in society, in the world. But becoming an effective leader goes beyond learning the right techniques. To be an effective leader, we must be able to inspire. FutureShapers stands for conscious leadership – leadership that inspires, leadership that energizes, leadership that gets results. FutureShapers assists leaders in any organization to lead in a way that inspires the creation of a global society that is environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, and socially just. As FutureShapers, we are transformational leaders who are no longer driving society on an unsustainable path but rather, leading the way in restoring and transforming the world so a bright collective future – a world that works for all.. Tune in to learn and be inspired!
We’re all familiar with our IQ. We’re quickly learning about our EQ. These are both powerful measures of individual potential and performance. But did you know that you can now measure the performance potential of a team? Teamability® is a completely new and highly sophisticated technology that was engineered to elicit and identify teaming behaviors in a holistic way. It doesn’t replace IQ or EQ. It adds a new dimension – the ability to measure who is needed to complete a high functioning team. For example, Teambility® adds new information that is important to the overall understanding of a candidate for hire or promotion, or of people who are being selected for a team with a specific mission. And because the technology that underlies Teamability® is fundamentally about the quality of team interaction, a Team Analysis report also provides highly relevant and useful information on developing, managing, and motivating both individuals and teams. Join us today to learn more about Teamability®.
Are you a manager or C-level executive who would like to get more from your employees? Or an employee who feels you have much more to give but don’t feel empowered or motivated? In today’s fast-paced, results-driven, global economy, there is increasing pressure to get more done, faster, and with fewer resources. Chasing operational excellence can drive us to push harder on ourselves and others. But there’s a better way. Tune in today as we explore how to mine the rich vein of sustainable competitive advantage lying deep within the hearts and minds of any workforce. Creativity, agility, and enthusiasm cannot be coerced. But they will flow freely when inspired by conscious leaders who understand how to hold all stakeholders in high regard. What was once derisively referred to as “soft” management is now the in-demand skill set for creating cultures of “enthusiastic engagement” in the workplace…the virtually free source of competitive advantage.
Do you feel that your talents go unrecognized? Your strengths go untapped? Do you have a different plan for yourself than the one others might imagine for you? Are you ready to turn your wildest dreams into tangible reality? Do have a strong desire to use your talents to make the world a better place? Join us and learn a powerful seven-step, whole-brain process that you can use to enhance your impact on your business, your life, and the world at large. With this process you will discover what really distinguishes people who get things done and realize their dreams from those who don’t; Learn to unlock your full potential and discover your true gifts; Learn to recognize and free yourself from what the Buddha called the “habit of doubt;” Learn to set and meet the far-reaching personal and professional goals; Learn daily practices that normalize positive actions and increase your chances of realizing your full potential; And gain access to valuable resources to support you on your path.
Are you drowning in data but starving for insights? Think about it! At this point, you’ve successfully transformed and manipulated your data to provide useful information. You’ve mined and analyzed that information to gain vast amounts of knowledge. But knowledge isn’t always enough. These days, the half-life of quantitative knowledge is about five years. To be successful in our highly volatile, global economy, we need more. We need wisdom - that deep knowing that often comes through as an insight, inspired idea, or ‘aha’ moment. We’ve all had them... A sudden breakthrough, a desired solution, all when we least expect it. This week top blogger, Mitch Ditkoff, is back by popular demand. Join us as he shares how to generate the conditions that allow powerful insights to emerge from within the ranks of any organization. Learn from his wisdom and experience. Be inspired and empowered to unveil your own insights and use them to move your business forward.
Are you a leader who wants to produce outstanding results by empowering your employees to peak performance? Do you want to increase your influence by learning the latest strategies for designing, delivering, and leading organizational change? Are you aware that techniques and practices based on the latest neuroscience and behavioral research can help you reach your goals? To be successful in a world running on 21st century technology, our brains must continually evolve. We must learn ways to optimize our brain function for our current conditions. We must understand how our culture is impacting our brain structure and mental functioning. Tune in and learn how the brain works and how to design work processes and external environments to optimize mental functioning. Learn to boost your brain's information-processing ability to enhance your focus, and expand your concentration and memory. Learn how you can develop your brain to work more effectively and harmoniously in today's world.
Does the success of your organization depend on your ability to lead? Do you have the skills, knowledge, and self-awareness to inspire others? Do you know how to build and empower high-functioning teams? In today’s highly complex global economy, the old hierarchical models of leadership are failing. The pace of change and increasing complexity demand that we evolve from ‘command and control’ to ‘inspire and empower. To be an effective leader, we must know ourselves. We must understand what drives our behavior and the behavior of others. And we must recognize the strengths and limitations of ourselves and others. Only with this knowledge are we able to build the trust and connection that are so essential for the cohesive relationships that support healthy team dynamics. Tune in for this insightful conversation with two experts in the field. We learn how to ‘know’ ourselves and master the art of group leadership.
In today’s highly interconnected economy, many businesses find themselves competing in a global marketplace. This creates a lot of pressure to continually innovate – and not just by developing new products and services. To stay competitive, businesses must continually find ways to improve their structure, processes and culture. To achieve this, innovation must be part of the overall company strategy. On today’s show, my guests will share how their methods have enabled large, complex organizations to generate breakthroughs in their management results—whether that be in topline growth, strategy implementation, better profitability, or culture change. We’ll learn how to create an innovation strategy that enables enterprises to innovate through identifying new strategic frontiers, generating creativity, and executing growth opportunities on those frontiers. Together, we’ll discover how to generate unparalleled dynamic growth by combining breakthrough performance and innovation
Do ever feel like you live in more than one world? Do you make your living in business but find your joy and peace through practices that feel very far removed from it? Would you like to bring those worlds together? Then listen and learn about being an Edgewalker. Edgewalkers are people who walk between worlds and have the ability to build bridges between these different worlds. They have a strong spiritual life and, at the same time, are very grounded and effective in the everyday material world. Edgewalkers are needed in our complex world because they exploit their full human potential to help move the World forward. They are future oriented, intuitive, practical, grounded, creative, and drivers of change. Every individual has the capacity to be an Edgewalker in some aspect of their life. Tune in and learn how you can become an Edgewalker!
Do you feel stuck in your current position? Would you like to advance your career but don’t know how? Do you wonder why success seems to come so easily to some people? In our highly volatile global economy, new opportunities arise every day. But to really leverage them, we must be ready and have a plan of action. Today’s guest, John Tschohl, will share his secrets for ‘Moving Up’ in our careers and in our lives. He says, “The road to success is a process. Once you identify your dreams, turn them into actionable goals, address the issues in your character, desire and skill set, and resolve to fix what you can, then you are truly ready to build to your success.” Please listen in as John shares his four principles for success. He’ll offer tips for removing (conscious and unconscious) self-imposed limitations, help us set goals and visualize ourselves as we want to be, and teach us how to use affirmations to achieve greater success.
In today’s highly specialized, global economy, it is no longer possible to do it alone. To take advantage of the wide variety of diverse opportunities and technologies, we must collaborate. It’s not only better for business. It can be much more enjoyable. However, it requires a new kind of intelligence – the kind that is rarely taught in business school – emotional intelligence. And it requires Resolutionary Thinking! On today’s show we’ll be discussing both. Through Collaboration 2.0, we’ll learn how to develop the critical mindset and learn the conversational skills that will make your collaborations powerful, creative, productive and sustainable, even in a digital environment. And we’ll learn to recognize the cycle of resolution: the dialogue process to reconcile differences and align human energy.
We’re all familiar with the phrase “Leadership in Action.” But how about “Leadership in Inaction?” Sounds a bit silly.. But it turns out that in today’s highly volatile economy, effective leadership requires a good blend of both. As leaders, we need to make sound decisions very quickly. However, rather than acting first, we often make better decisions if we take a split second to quiet our minds, connect with our bodies, and tap into our inner guidance. This can be challenging for many of us who are programmed to actively drive results. Fortunately, there are several martial arts techniques that, when practiced regularly, enable us to connect and gain power over our physical, mental, and emotional bodies. These skills have many other benefits including an increasingly meaningful partnerships and the ability to handle difficult situations with grace and ease. Please join me and my guest, Master Winston Price, as we discuss Martial Arts as a Practice in Leadership.
Cindy Wigglesworth defines Spiritual Intelligence as the ability to behave with wisdom and compassion while maintaining inner and outer peace regardless of the situation. In her new book, SQ21: The Twenty-One Skills of Spiritual Intelligence, Cindy helps us understand how spiritual intelligence is analogous to such concepts as IQ and emotional intelligence (EQ). Using clear, practical language she defines the 21 skills that comprise spiritual intelligence and outlines the steps to develop our own spiritual intelligence.
Cindy refers to her method as spiritual weightlifting--a process whereby we work to develop our muscles that enable us to act from a more loving and peaceful place. This is especially crucial for leaders who seek to make decisions from a higher level while immersed in stress, complexity, and volatility. Join me and my guest, Cindy Wigglesworth, as we explore Spiritual Intelligence as a way to bring more peace, wisdom, and compassion into our lives.
To avoid economic disaster, eminent social scientist and bestselling author, Riane Eisler, points the way to a sustainable and equitable economy that values our greatest economic assets: people and our natural environment.
The great problems of our time - poverty, inequality, war, terrorism, and environmental degradation - are due largely to flawed economic systems that set the wrong priorities and misallocate resources. Conventional economic models fail to value and support the most essential human work: caring and caregiving. So basic human needs are increasingly neglected, despair and ecological destruction escalate, and the resulting social tensions fuel many of the conflicts we face today. Eisler offers a bold reformation: a caring economics that transcends traditional categories like capitalist and socialist and offers enormous economic and social benefits.
Please join me and my guest, Dr. Riane Eisler as we explore “The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economy.”
In a recent global survey, more than 80% of customers said they care as much about a company’s values and level of social responsibility as they do about the company’s offerings, employment practices, and/or profitability. They want businesses to balance their economic gain with the welfare of their employees, the society and the environment. As a result, companies are realizing that it’s not a matter of whether to engage in CSR, but rather how CSR can be employed to support the company’s goals. Today, some of the best and most profitable companies understand that CSR can be good for business. They are actually doing ‘good’ while doing well. As a result, experts believe a majority of companies will be working with or towards CSR within the next decade. So, the trend is definitely moving in the right direction. Please join me and my guest, Susanne Gargiulo, as we explore Corporate Social Responsibility and its impact on our businesses, society, and the planet.
To avoid economic disaster, eminent social scientist and bestselling author, Riane Eisler, points the way to a sustainable and equitable economy that values our greatest economic assets: people and our natural environment.
The great problems of our time - poverty, inequality, war, terrorism, and environmental degradation - are due largely to flawed economic systems that set the wrong priorities and misallocate resources. Conventional economic models fail to value and support the most essential human work: caring and caregiving. So basic human needs are increasingly neglected, despair and ecological destruction escalate, and the resulting social tensions fuel many of the conflicts we face today. Eisler offers a bold reformation: a caring economics that transcends traditional categories like capitalist and socialist and offers enormous economic and social benefits.
Please join me and my guest, Dr. Riane Eisler as we explore “The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economy.”
Cindy Wigglesworth defines Spiritual Intelligence as the ability to behave with wisdom and compassion while maintaining inner and outer peace regardless of the situation. In her new book, SQ21: The Twenty-One Skills of Spiritual Intelligence, Cindy helps us understand how spiritual intelligence is analogous to such concepts as IQ and emotional intelligence (EQ). Using clear, practical language she defines the 21 skills that comprise spiritual intelligence and outlines the steps to develop our own spiritual intelligence.
Cindy refers to her method as spiritual weightlifting--a process whereby we work to develop our muscles that enable us to act from a more loving and peaceful place. This is especially crucial for leaders who seek to make decisions from a higher level while immersed in stress, complexity, and volatility. Join me and my guest, Cindy Wigglesworth, as we explore Spiritual Intelligence as a way to bring more peace, wisdom, and compassion into our lives.
In today’s high-tech, global economy, every linear process is being automated or out-sourced. From sales, to marketing, to HR, the only way to remain competitive is to create a culture that inspires non-linear or creative thinking, thus fueling innovation. Unfortunately, most companies have structures, policies, and norms in place that stifle innovation. Other companies are doing it right. But how?
Today’s guest, Mitch Ditkoff, feels that your company's most valuable capital asset is the collective brain power, creativity, and commitment of its work force. He states that this asset can be significantly leveraged when people are provided with the appropriate leadership, systems, settings, tools and techniques to think (and act) creativity, and the freedom to try and to fail .. Please join me and my guest, Mitch Ditkoff, as we explore how to build a sustainable culture of innovation.
According to Harvard professors and founders of Minds at Work, Robert Kegan & Lisa Lahey, human capability will be a decisive success factor for companies in coming years. Yet despite costly organizational efforts to build human capacity (e.g., personal-development programs, leadership trainings), these efforts seldom engender long-term change. After decades of research, they have determined that these efforts are ineffective because leaders often ask people to make changes that go beyond their current level of mental complexity. The solution is to understand change as more than just something to ‘deal with’ or ‘cope with’ – skills that are inadequate for accomplishing long-term, adaptive change. Fortunately, Kegan & Lahey offer a process called ‘Immunity Mapping’ that unveils our blocks to change and provides insights into the steps necessary for long term, adaptive change. This week’s guest is renowned 'immunity' expert David Zeitler. Join us as we explore our Immunity to Change.
Since the 1990's, as a country, we have become team-based in our approach to nearly everything. The motivation was the result of cutting out middle managers and creating teams. The problem is there has not been a deep and necessary commitment to training team leaders. The result is enormous dysfunctions at the heart of most management practices built on the backs of teams. We talk teams and know very little about them.
Yet, all that said, we know more about team dynamics and high performing teams than ever before. Tune in to learn about the fundamentals of teams and what it takes to create high performing teams. It's not a how to program. Instead, it will be about hard questions you need to ask if you have the nerve to try and create a high performing team. Despite the fact that most of us have been part of a team, few of us really know how to build a high performing team. Tune in to see what I mean.
Please join me and my guest, Rod Napier, as we explore Keys to Building A High-Functioning Teams.
Conventional approaches to management tend to stifle agility and creativity. Predict-and-control techniques struggle to keep up with today's rapid change and dynamic complexity. Time and energy are wasted in painful meetings, ineffective decision-making, and rigid bureaucracy. Holacracy offers an alternative and is emerging as a powerful practice – it’s a comprehensive “operating system” for structuring, governing, and running a purpose-driven organization. Unlike conventional top-down or progressive bottom-up approaches, it integrates the benefits of both with distributed authority. Everyone becomes a leader of their roles and a follower of others’, processing tensions with real authority and real responsibility, through dynamic governance and transparent operations.
Please join me and my guest, Brian Robertson, as we explore Holacracy, a real-world-tested social technology for purposeful organizations.
In today’s highly diverse, global economy, companies are increasingly seeking strategic partnerships to expand their reach. This may require collaboration among numerous stakeholders within a highly complex commercial and governmental environment. To be successful, organizations must employ a mediated, balanced, and transparent process for negotiation, consensus-building, and issue resolution among multiple parties. My guest, Michael Sussman, has been perfecting this approach for almost 20 years through his work with the railroad industry. His thought-leadership and non-partisan approach to public-private partnership has gained him respect among all branches of government at the federal, state, and local levels. His framework and methodology serve as a guide for organizations looking to collaborate within and between a variety of industries and government institutions. Please join me and my guest, Michael Sussman, as we explore the power of multi-stakeholder collaboration.
Global economic volatility caused by new technologies and shifting markets makes it almost impossible to predict the future with any degree of certainty. This makes traditional strategic planning methods obsolete. Fortunately, new and robust approaches to strategic planning are emerging that use the concept of possible scenarios. This requires us to look at strategic planning in a whole new way.
My guest, Gerald Harris, has taken seven basic principles of Quantum physics and translated them into concepts and processes for strategic planning. Instead of a single outcome, Gerald suggests that design our strategy to accommodate multiple possible scenarios. It requires that we incorporate learning and adaptation over time. This allows for a higher degree of control by being prepared for changes and surprises in the economy.
Please join me and my guest, Gerald Harris as we explore the how to design breakthrough strategies with Quantum Planning.
To remain competitive in our fast-paced, high-tech, global economy, we must leverage our greatest asset, our human capital. Historically, human resource investments have been difficult to measure. Thankfully, that is changing... With the amount of data and computing power available today, it is now possible to design, test, and measure our human capital investments with confidence.
This week we’ll discuss the steps to effective capital analytics including how to work with your stakeholders to decide what to measure, how to design a plan to include subject alignment and measurement, how to track your investments through your dashboard using descriptive statistics and correlations, how to optimize beyond business impact and ROI to descriptive statistics, and how to share the results in a way that can effect organizational change.
Please join me and my guest, Gene Pease of Vestrics (formerly Capital Analytics), as we explore the value and benefits of human capital analytics.
In our highly complex, global economy, companies must continually adapt to stay competitive. The old strategies of ‘Plan and Predict’ are effectively being replaced by systems that empower an organization to ‘Sense and Respond.’ However, this shift can be a challenge for companies with deeply ingrained processes and systems.
Fortunately, models are emerging from evolutionary biology that offer a new way of viewing business - as a complex organizational ecosystem. By clearly identifying the deeply embedded patterns in an organization’s ecosystem, we are able to understand and influence the organizational dynamics. Recognizing how patterns reveal the organization’s ecosystem is critical for understanding and influencing the basic infrastructure and ongoing actions necessary to fuel growth, profitability, and innovation.
Please join me and my guest, Denise Easton of The Complexity Space, as we explore the value and benefits of treating our business as complex organizational ecosystem.
Have you ever noticed how globalization, big data, and the constant introduction of new technologies are causing our business landscape to be less predictable? In fact, it feels like it’s constantly changing.. which makes everything more exciting… or stressful, depending on your tolerance for uncertainty. The good news is that there are models from science and nature that explain many of these current patterns. These models see our global economy as a highly interconnected, continually evolving, complex adaptive system… a system that, with the right approach and skill set, we can navigate with ease. Join me and my guest, Steven McHugh, as we discuss changes in the corporate landscape over the last 30 years. We’ll look how these changes create a need for new business structures, processes and leadership styles. We’ll get some tips for managing uncertainty from a place of power. And we’ll lay the groundwork for deeper dives into many of these topics in upcoming shows.