The Salience Podcast

Today on The Salience Podcast we tackle the subject of culture and domestic violence, especially the challenge of managing exit risk. Our guest is Stella Avramopoulos. Stella is the CEO of Good Shepherd, a not-for-profit focused on tackling the significant issues impacting women, girls and families. And one of the biggest issues is domestic and family violence. Tune in to hear Stella talk about the importance of gender equity and overcoming systemic disadvantage, on weak signals for domestic and family abuse, such as financial control, and the importance of careful planning and support for women and children attempting to escape family violence situations. Culture, domestic violence, and managing exit risk.For more information about The Salience Podcast and Frontline Mind please visit our website at https://www.frontlinemind.com/the-salience-podcast/ You can also sign up for our newsletter here https://frontlinemind.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ff181d12c77d7cea5f19a2c48&id=fd7357f614

In this episode of The Salience Podcast, we explore the culture of learning, being overly busy, and what to do about it. Our guest on The Salience Podcast today is Diana Renner. Diana is a writer and leadership consultant based in Melbourne. Her first book Not Knowing: the art of turning uncertainty into opportunity was published in 2014 and won the U.K. Management Book of the Year award in 2015.Her second book, Not Doing: the art of effortless action, was published in 2018. So listen in to hear about the concept of not, and step back and consider your year ahead.For more information about The Salience Podcast and Frontline Mind please visit our website at https://www.frontlinemind.com/the-salience-podcast/ You can also sign up for our newsletter here https://frontlinemind.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ff181d12c77d7cea5f19a2c48&id=fd7357f614

Today on The Salience Podcast we explore organizational culture with our guest Jessie Xia.Jessie is the Global Chief Information Officer of Thoughtworks, a global technology company with over 50 offices in 18 countries. Thoughtworks has been internationally recognised as one of the “Great places to work”, and we discuss how the organization has managed its culture as it has scaled. We discuss the benefits, as well as challenges of having a strong culture.Jessie has been with Thoughtworks for 17 years, starting off as hire no.7 in its China office. She moved to Singapore in 2016 to support Thoughtwork’s setup of its Southeast Asia operations. And is now its new Global CIO. She is a full council member at SG Tech, Singapore's leading trade association for its technology industry as a Councillor, and also actively supports DEI initiatives for Women in Tech. Tune in to discover Jessie’s experiences pivoting across different parts of the business, and into lateral roles, and how she currently applies strategic management of ambiguity to manage an international team of 500… we discuss how it is critical to recognise and manage uncertainty that is within our control, and where we need to be ready for uncertainty that is a part of navigating the complexities of organizational innovation. For more information about The Salience Podcast and Frontline Mind please visit our website at https://www.frontlinemind.com/the-salience-podcast/ You can also sign up for our newsletter here https://frontlinemind.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ff181d12c77d7cea5f19a2c48&id=fd7357f614

Today on The Salience Podcast we do a deep dive into culture and child sexual abuse in institutions. Today’s topic could be raw or triggering for some listeners. I encourage you to continue listening, though as always, there’s a fine line between having an appropriate emotional response, perhaps one that signals to you to act, and the sort of signal that lets you know that you should probably tap out and get some support to process your lived experiences. If you need guidance, check out our book Resilience by Design (Wiley). Our guest today is Jacqui Allen. Jacqui is a lawyer by training, and for the past decade or so has been working in various government organisations supporting people and culture. As part of Jaquie’s work, she has led investigations into misconduct and sexual abuse.I’ve worked with Jacqui, and during our conversations, I realised that she makes sense of the world in some unique ways. She has an exceptional memory, and at the same time, she can manage her memories in ways that are protective to her. She can process very disturbing cases of child abuse, and not take on other people’s trauma vicariously. Jacqui is also very focused on evidence in her work. And this is critical of course to both protect children from abuse in institutions, and to protect workers from false claims and allegations. In today’s discussion, we explore the concept of weak signals, culture, and child safety, and we unpack a little of how Jaqui thinks and shields herself from Vicarious Trauma. For more information about The Salience Podcast and Frontline Mind please visit our website at https://www.frontlinemind.com/the-salience-podcast/ You can also sign up for our newsletter here https://frontlinemind.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ff181d12c77d7cea5f19a2c48&id=fd7357f614

Today on The Salience Podcast we explore the impact of culture on safety. Our guest is Jeff Mongomery. Jeff has a distinguished career as a US Navy pilot, with 30 years of leadership, team building, and management experience in aviation. He completed 5 active deployments involving combat in the middle east and is just transitioning from being a test pilot to flying for a medical life flight organization. In addition to a career in aviation, Jeff is a passionate backcountry skier and he teaches and presents on avalanche safety. Much of Jeff’s career and recreational time is spent in complex high-risk settings. Tune in to discover Jeff’s secret to staying alive in high-risk situations…and here’s a clue, they are attributes he learned from his mother while growing up under the guidance of a resilient single parent. For more information about The Salience Podcast and Frontline Mind please visit our website at https://www.frontlinemind.com/the-salience-podcast/ You can also sign up for our newsletter here https://frontlinemind.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ff181d12c77d7cea5f19a2c48&id=fd7357f614

The conversation kicks off with a deep dive into how culture shapes relationships and teamwork. Experiences from diverse cultural backgrounds highlight the importance of adaptability in leadership. A memorable ski trip underscores the warmth of hospitality across cultures, while discussions on power dynamics reveal hidden leadership disparities. They also explore innovation's emotional toll in organizations and the necessity for aligning personal aspirations with professional goals. Finally, the speakers emphasize collaboration and resilience in addressing complex societal challenges.

Our guest today on The Salience Podcast is Daniel Moore. Dan is a holistic osteopath and coach who is currently exploring what we can learn about reframing chronic pain from folks that like spanky time!Dan is one of the people we featured in Resilience by Design for a super simple and effective technique he developed for reducing states like stress and anxiety. The solar panel is one of the most popular techniques we use, alongside box breathing and quitting crappy jobs to find sustainable purpose.Dan recently completed a Master's degree in pain…and is now researching masochism - people that enjoy pain, to provide insights and practical ways to help those who are suffering from chronic or persistent pain. For more information about The Salience Podcast and Frontline Mind please visit our website at https://www.frontlinemind.com/the-salience-podcast/ You can also sign up for our newsletter here https://frontlinemind.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ff181d12c77d7cea5f19a2c48&id=fd7357f614

Our guest today on The Salience Podcast is Anthea Fisher. Anthea’s resume reads like an adventure novel. Her experiences range from Mountain Rescue in New Zealand to planning and logistics coordination for humanitarian services in Africa and remote islands in the Pacific. Anthea survived an avalanche at Everest Base camp, and led one of the most difficult, complex and ultimately tragic rescue missions to remote mountains in Antarctica. Anthea has a remarkable depth of experience in resilience, recovery from set back, and leadership at the frontiers of human endeavour. In today’s discussion, we explore how Anthea uses different perceptual filters to tune into her needs to rest and recover, to step back and manage a crisis with clarity, and to connect and have empathy with others.For more information about The Salience Podcast and Frontline Mind please visit our website at https://www.frontlinemind.com/the-salience-podcast/ You can also sign up for our newsletter here https://frontlinemind.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ff181d12c77d7cea5f19a2c48&id=fd7357f614

Our guest today on The Salience Podcast is Judy Rees. Judy was named a ‘Top 100 influencer in Remote Working’ in 2020 by Onalytica. With Steve McCann, she is the co-founder of ReesMcCann, a boutique training company specialising in making online gatherings better than in-the-room. Judy has written several books on the use of metaphors for change at work and throughout life. Listen in to Judy on The Salience Podcast to learn how she tracks symbols and metaphors in online meetings…like turning screens off or hand gestures, as we unpack how Judy creates engaging online gatherings.For more information about The Salience Podcast and Frontline Mind please visit our website at https://www.frontlinemind.com/the-salience-podcast/ You can also sign up for our newsletter here https://frontlinemind.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ff181d12c77d7cea5f19a2c48&id=fd7357f614

Our guest today on The Salience Podcast is Steve McCrone. Steve is co-founder of AGLX, a boutique management consultancy with a focus on adaptive strategy. Just about every management consultancy does strategic planning of some sort, the reason I wanted to interview Steve today is his approach is grounded in some fascinating life experiences, in this case, in a previous life, Steve was a bomb disposal expert!So we’re going to explore Steve’s journey from dealing with bombs to corporate strategy. At its heart, adaptive strategy is a resilience strategy. It’s a way of continually adapting to change. So today, we’re going to explore the relationship between personal resilience, organisational resilience, and adaptive strategy.Adaptive strategy applies in many ways: It can be used for the way we lead our lives, or as guidance for small teams and start-ups, or even whole organisations. Listen in to learn from Steve how to balance having fun with deadly serious, how collective resilience is about both people and systems, and how filtering in the now can create the capacity to adapt. You can find out more about Steve at https://www.aglx.com/For more information about The Salience Podcast and Frontline Mind please visit our website at https://www.frontlinemind.com/the-salience-podcast/ You can also sign up for our newsletter here https://frontlinemind.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ff181d12c77d7cea5f19a2c48&id=fd7357f614