The Company Road Podcast E35 Grant Show - Crafting purpose-driven events: Insights from a master builder of inspiration, community and influence
"I think what events should be doing is playing that role of fostering community, fostering connection and really thinking about what they're looking to do, what's their mission."
Grant Show
In this episode you’ll hear about:
Crafting compelling presentations: Exploring the art of crafting presentations that captivate your audience and how to use storytelling techniques borrowed from film and TV to spark engagement in the workplace
Hosting purpose-driven events: The power and role of events to bring people together, network, turbocharge learning and leverage influence
Challenging the status quo: How to embrace a mindset and active approach to stepping out of your comfort zone, pushing boundaries and challenging the status quo through innovation
Radical optimism: The key to staying optimistic in the face of challenges and how leveraging extreme resilience and positivity can transform your workplace adversity
Creating community and connection: How to foster genuine community in the digital age, maintaining authentic motivations and enabling value for all parties
Key links
CliftonStrengths model https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/252137/home.aspx
West Wing Walk and Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmv07XfeC1E
Design Outlook https://www.designoutlook.com.au/
Do24 https://www.designoutlook.com.au/event/do24
The Lateral Lens Blog https://charleslambdin.com/thelaterallens/
South by South West https://www.sxsw.com/
Flight with Denzel Washington https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1907668/
Purpose Conference https://www.purposeconference.co/
StoryBrand https://storybrand.com/
About our guest
Grant is a multi-disciplinary design leader, traversing visual communications design, experience and service design, strategy, and development. His style is visionary, inclusive, and brimming with positivity. His passion for action is contagious and he’s famous for getting a lot done.
Grant is Founder of Design Outlook, and was formerly Head of Design at Frog, and Director of Experience Design at Deloitte. He's also working towards a Masters in Design from RMIT.
About our host
Our host, Chris Hudson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-hudson-7464254/), is a Teacher, Experience Designer and Founder of business transformation coaching & consultancy Company Road (www.companyroad.co)
Chris considers himself incredibly fortunate to have worked with some of the world’s most ambitious and successful companies, including Google, Mercedes-Benz, Accenture (Fjord) and Dulux, to name a small few. He continues to teach with University of Melbourne in Innovation, and Academy Xi in CX, Product Management, Design Thinking and Service Design and mentors many business leaders internationally.
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