Quality of Mind: Realising Exponential Potential.

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind 'before psychology' that can exponentially increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being for any individual or organisation. This episode is a conversation with Nigel Wilson -a board director, strategist and leader in technology change. As well as his expertise and experience in technology consultancy, Nigel has a keen eye for the role of the mind in enabling successful change.  The discussion covers:  - How to put the agile back into agile change  - The software, firmware and hardware - The misnomer of psychological safety - The natural innate tendency for curiousity, humility, empathy with in a high QoM - How organisations try to reverse engineer change using the psychological fixes and proscriptions   - The normalised low QoM associated with organisational change - The irony of the mind not be valued when it is most important factor, the missing resource source - The common things that appear to trigger low QoM in a tech change project Please leave any feedback or comments on the podcast, and if you want to ask a question please do so here https://sayhi.chat/QoM - we'd love to hear from you!! Curious - want to know more? You can find out more about Nigel on LinkedIn  For another episode on organisational change, agile and Quality of Mind listen here For a more in depth looking into the non-dual understanding behind Quality of Mind  listen here  or here Watch past clients talk about the power of Quality of Mind here Find out more about the relevance of Quality of Mind   Subscribe to our Quality of Mind Youtube channel for a series of 2 min videos all about Quality of Mind Check out our other episodes, a curated list here Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on LinkedIn and has a large collection of articles and posts

From the QUALITY OF MIND Podcast   Part of our new 'Not Even 5 Mins Series'  -   Ep2: Piers talks about the self and 'Am I just a thought?' (3min)   If you are curious and want to mind find more about what this snippet is refering to then listen to this episode  Self & I: the case of Mistaken Identity    Please leave any feedback or comments on the podcast, and if you want to ask a question please do so here https://sayhi.chat/QoM - we'd love to hear from you!!   Curious - want to know more? Check out our other podcast episodes; a curated list here Watch past clients talk about the power of Quality of Mind here For a more in depth looking into the nondual understanding behind Quality of Mind  listen here  or here Find out more about the relevance of Quality of Mind   Subscribe to our Quality of Mind Youtube channel for a series of 2 min videos all about Quality of Mind Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on LinkedIn and has a large collection of posts  

From the QUALITY OF MIND Podcast   Part of our new 'Not Even 5 Mins Series'  -   Ep1: Kate Adey is asked About the Game Changing Nature of Quality of Mind  (3min)   Please leave any feedback or comments on the podcast, and if you want to ask a question please do so here https://sayhi.chat/QoM - we'd love to hear from you!!   Curious - want to know more? Check out our other podcast episodes; a curated list here Watch past clients talk about the power of Quality of Mind here For a more in depth looking into the nondual understanding behind Quality of Mind  listen here  or here Find out more about the relevance of Quality of Mind   Subscribe to our Quality of Mind Youtube channel for a series of 2 min videos all about Quality of Mind Kate Adey regularly writes about Quality of Mind on LinkedIn and has a large collection of posts

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind 'before psychology' that can exponentially increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being for any individual or organisation. This episode is a conversation with fellow coach and author, Naphtali Visser. Naphtali is author of 'Humans Workings - Why culture and Mindset beat Strategy'  The discussion covers: - What is this understanding of the 'human operating system'   - How the understanding behind Quality of Mind can make a difference to society and the systems we live in - We are all psychologically innocent - We are accountable but also can forgive ourselves and others - We make stories up about the world, and forget we made them up, and it becomes ''that's reality'' - How quickly a judging and fearful mind can become one that is from love and understanding - The difference of acting from insights and an open aperture as to from the 'self'  - How making a difference to society is a natural symptom and implication of a shift how you see the nature of what we are.   Please leave any feedback or comments on the podcast, and if you want to ask a question please do so here https://sayhi.chat/QoM - we'd love to hear from you!!   Curious - want to know more? You can find out more about Naphtali on LinkedIn and his website and great book here For another episode on societal change and Quality of Mind listen here  Watch past clients talk about the power of Quality of Mind here For a more in depth looking into the nondual understanding behind Quality of Mind  listen here  or here Find out more about the relevance of Quality of Mind   Subscribe to our Quality of Mind Youtube channel for a series of 2 min videos all about Quality of Mind Check out our other episodes, a curated list here Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on LinkedIn and has a large collection of articles and posts    

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind 'before psychology' that can exponentially increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being for any individual or organisation. This episode is a conversation with fellow coach and author Katrijn Van Oudheudsen. Katrijn points to the direct path non-dual understanding in her work around Servant and Selfless Leadership. We point to why conventional approaches to leadership development, are never going to really unlock the true leverage point to leadership development, until the more foundational inquiry and realisation about 'what we are essentially' and the very nature of reality has been realised/ The discussion covers: - Why we can't do leadership development  - The implications of trying to reverse engineer personal development  - What is servant leadership development, from the 'self less' perspective - What do we become in life if we realise there is no doer - The difference between conceptual inquiry and sensing inquiry - Do we really have a body? - Some simple freewill thought experiments   Please leave any feedback or comments on the podcast, and if you want to ask a question please do so here https://sayhi.chat/QoM - we'd love to hear from you!! Curious - want to know more? You can find out more about Katrijn on LinkedIn here and her website and great book here For another episode on Leadership and Quality of Mind listen here  Watch past clients talk about the power of Quality of Mind here For a more in depth looking into the nondual understanding behind Quality of Mind  listen here  or here Find out more about the relevance of Quality of Mind   Subscribe to our Quality of Mind Youtube channel for a series of 2 min videos all about Quality of Mind Check out our other episodes, a curated list here Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on LinkedIn and has a large collection of articles and posts      

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind 'before psychology' that can exponentially increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being for any individual or organisation. This episode is a conversation with trauma therapist and coach Lou Lebentz. Lou & Piers have similar backgrounds in how they worked with clients, and now Lou specialises with clients suffering trauma. After they had a couple of interesting exchanges on LinkedIn about psychological safety, they decided to do a podcast exploring the difference and similarities....  The discussion covers: What we mean by trauma? The relevance of seeing psychological safety via the nervous system. The polyvagal theory Can you point directly, or do people need to go through a 'journey' - can it be that simple? The issue of 'spiritual bypassing' The self and it's narratives -  what are they, and how do they dissolve? The 'real and never true' nature of reality.  The importance of 'relational repair'  Relationships - who is doing the relating? The power of holding space Please leave any feedback or comments on the podcast, and if you want to ask a question please do so here https://sayhi.chat/QoM - we'd love to hear from you!! Curious - want to know more? You can find out more about Lou on LinkedIn here and her website here  For shorter resources to share on  Quality of Mind and Psychological Safety a) short 10min podcast   b) a 3min video For a more in depth looking into the nondual understanding behind Quality of Mind and it's relevance for psychological safety listen here   Find out more about Quality of Mind  Check out all our other podcast episodes, via a curated list here Subscribe to our Quality of Mind Youtube channel for a series of 2 min videos all about Quality of Mind Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on LinkedIn and has a large collection of articles and posts

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind 'before psychology' that can exponentially increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being for any individual or organisation. This episode is a conversation with fellow coach and teacher Joel Drazner.  The discussion covers: The innocent mistake we make when seeking stability in an unstable world How that turns up in our search for Psychological Safety  What is it that we can rely on? What is the source of happiness and contentment How come it is so easy to misunderstand that, our seeking. What am I really? Is this just a tautology?  A little experiment - a practical way to start to see what is really going..... Please leave any feedback or comments on the podcast, and if you want to ask a question please do so here https://sayhi.chat/QoM - we'd love to hear from you!! Curious - want to know more? You can find out more about Joel on LinkedIn here and subscribe to his excellent weekly newsletter here  For shorter resources to share on  Quality of Mind and Psychological Safety a) short 10min podcast   b) a 3min video Find out more about Quality of Mind  Subscribe to our Quality of Mind Youtube channel for a series of 2 min videos all about Quality of Mind Check out our other episodes, a curated list here Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on LinkedIn and has a large collection of articles and posts

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind 'before psychology' that can exponentially increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being for any individual or organisation. This episode is a conversation with leadership coach, trainer and author Obi Abuchi.  The discussion covers: What is core to leadership How often we get sucked into the rat race and the nature of organisations and a leaders role, draws us away from recognise what is fundamental about leadership. The ego games and what is behind them How we look in the wrong place to find the solutions The power of surrendering and letting go - versus - controlling and managing  The pressure paradox What triggers us to to try a different way, and how we don't need for it to get bad before it gets better Please leave any feedback or comments on the podcast, and if you want to ask a question please do so here https://sayhi.chat/QoM - we'd love to hear from you!! Curious - want to know more? You can find out more about Obi on his personal website  and his corporate work at CORE Leader International Obi's new book 'Leading from Your Core' is available here Find out more about Quality of Mind  Subscribe to our Quality of Mind Youtube channel for a series of 2 min videos all about Quality of Mind Check out our other episodes, a curated list here Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on LinkedIn and has a large collection of articles and posts

Part of the series of short episodes from the Quality of Mind podcast taking common business and workplace topics and exploring them through the lens of the principles of Quality of Mind. 'Looking at....' This episode: 'Looking at... What is behind Psychological Safety?' is a short 10min podcast, there is a deeper more comprehensive exploration with this episode This episode explores: What is Psychological Safety ? What is core attributes are behind Psychological Safety ? How Psychological Safety is a natural symptom of Quality of Mind Why we don't need to reverse engineer Psychological Safety? Please leave any feedback or comments on the podcast, and if you want to ask a question please do so here https://sayhi.chat/QoM - we'd love to hear from you!!    Still Curious - want to know more? A 3 minute video on Psychological Safety, share with someone busy A Youtube playlist of short 2min videos Exploring Quality of Mind tips What is this new understanding of the mind that has huge implications for Psychological Safety, link to a 45min episode, or link to 100 min episode with Rupert Spira You can find out more on our website about Quality of Mind, Don't forget to check out the other short LOOKING AT episodes on DECISION MAKING  PRODUCTIVITY & LEADERSHIP & RESILIENCE Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on Linkedin and has a large collection of articles and post

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind that can exponentially increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being in any business or organisation.   Part of the series of short episodes from the Quality of Mind podcast taking common business and workplace topics and exploring them through the lens of the principles of Quality of Mind. 'Looking at....'   'Looking at....3. LISTENING'   This episode explores: How we generally lack respect and narrow the role, relevance and value of Listening The difference between 'listening for communication' and 'listening for connection' How listening is your barometer of a far greater invisible power How we are conditioned to listen using the mind How intuitive deep listening doesn't require any effort  Still Curious - want to know more?  You can find out more about Quality of Mind  Don't forget to check out the other 'LOOKING AT' episodes on DECISION MAKING  PRODUCTIVITY & LEADERSHIP & RESILIENCE  Check out this short podcast: What are the principles behind Quality of Mind? Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on Linkedin and has a large collection of articles and post