Ollie on Work

This series, I'm sharing insights from my book Work/Life Flywheel.In this episode, I discuss why stories are important to understand what's possible and helping you achieve it.Chapter Summary:Using character-driven stories with emotional content to illustrate your point of view makes it significantly more memorable.To reimagine your career, you must first address why you want a change, before crafting the story to help you achieve it.To be truly effective, you have to be specific about the new future you're trying to create and bring it to life.The ability to communicate effectively helps you build credibility and inspire others.You create powerful new possibilities in articulating your ideas and persuading others to join you on your mission by mastering storytelling.Recording 'story-worthy' moments allows you to spot trends in your thinking, trigger new ideas, and slow down time.Free-writing enables you to recall stories from your past that have helped form your personality and beliefs, helping contextualise decisions you make in the future.LINKS:Book Ollie to speak with your teamOllie's LinkedInFuture Work/Life NewsletterWork/Life Flywheel: Harness the work revolution and reimagine your career without fear, is out now. You can order your copy HERE (UK) or HERE (US).Here’s what Marc Effron, author of 8 Steps to High Performance and President of The Talent Strategy Group, has said about it:“Henderson provides clear direction and practical steps to help you find the work/life harmony that you richly deserve. The Flywheel’s 6 building blocks offer an easy to follow guide for your journey.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This series, I'm sharing insights from my book Work/Life Flywheel.In this episode, I discuss how harnessing the different flow triggersChapter Summary:Flow state isn’t something reserved for sportspeople or artists, you can harness it in your work/life.Everyone’s habits and schedules may be different, but we all access flow in the same way.By getting into flow we significantly increase our creativity, productivity and rate of learning.Internal triggers require us to be in control, remove distractions, set the right goals and challenge level, and to tap into our intrinsic motivation.Unpredictability, novelty and taking risks can help increase flow.Constant learning is a prerequisite to living a creative life, full of flow.LINKS:Book Ollie to speak with your teamOllie's LinkedInFuture Work/Life NewsletterWork/Life Flywheel: Harness the work revolution and reimagine your career without fear, is out now. You can order your copy HERE (UK) or HERE (US).Here’s what Shaun Tomson, Surfing World Champion and author of The Code: The Power of "I Will", has said about it:"If you want to redefine your life and work relationship, get connected to the wisdom inside Work/Life Flywheel." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This series, I'm sharing insights from my book Work/Life Flywheel.In this episode, I discuss why it pays to treat creativity as a value.Chapter Summary:Creativity has always been an important skill at work, but it's about to become the most significant of all.As technology and automation change jobs, human characteristics like creativity, critical thinking and context will be vital.Creativity is a state of mind and a willingness to think differently about problems and solutions.A creative lifestyle isn't just about what you do but also about immersing yourself in the creativity of others, which inspires action.An ability to keep an open mind improves your decision-making.Optimising for creative inputs and outputs increases your empathy, decision-making, and ability to persuade others.Forget about personal branding and focus on the problem you're looking to solve or the opportunity you're creating for others.LINKS:Book Ollie to speak with your teamOllie's LinkedInFuture Work/Life NewsletterWork/Life Flywheel: Harness the work revolution and reimagine your career without fear, is out now. You can order your copy HERE (UK) or HERE (US).Here’s what Annie Auerbach, author of FLEX, Reinventing Work for a Smarter and Happier Life, has said about it:“Ollie is an important and empathetic voice in the conversation around the future of work. His book will help us all navigate a better way to work and live." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This series, I'm sharing insights from my book Work/Life Flywheel.In this episode, I discuss how combining different techniques will help you with your goal-setting and attainment.Chapter Summary:Materialising your goals - seeing them as real-life things - increases your chances of meeting and exceeding them.Fixing your attention on a single point contracts your perception of distance, inducing a visual illusion that it’s nearer.The secret to maximising your chances of success is pairing positive visualisation with ‘foreshadowing failure’.Being specific about how you’ll judge success in advance avoids being tricked by your unreliable memory.Setting objective milestones ensures you’re always heading towards your ‘north star.’Aiming high and having people to help hold us accountable, pushes us to reach our potential.LINKS:Book Ollie to speak with your teamOllie's LinkedInFuture Work/Life NewsletterWork/Life Flywheel: Harness the work revolution and reimagine your career without fear, is out now. You can order your copy HERE (UK) or HERE (US).Here’s what Emily Balcetis, author of Clearer, Closer, Better: How Successful People See the World, Associate Professor of Psychology at New York University, has said about it:"Work/Life Flywheel offers honest and practical advice from accomplished industry mavens coupled with candid reflections on their real experiences when trying to recreate themselves professionally and personally. A must-read for anyone looking to make bold changes in their career and at home.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This series, I'm sharing insights from my book Work/Life Flywheel.In this episode, I discuss why identifying the things that really matter to you helps you make better decisions on where to focus your energy.Chapter Summary:Using The Code’s simple framework can help you define your values.Commitment to anything requires pursuing the goal while ignoring the millions of other available opportunities.Non-negotiables force you to identify the things on which you’ll never compromise.Establishing your ‘north star’ helps clarify where you’re going, even while being flexible about how you get there.If defining your values is difficult, concentrate on where you already spend your time and what you find interesting.Ikigai - a meaningful life - requires combining what the world needs, what it will pay for, what you’re good at and, importantly, what you love.LINKS:Book Ollie to speak with your teamOllie's LinkedInFuture Work/Life NewsletterWork/Life Flywheel: Harness the work revolution and reimagine your career without fear, is out now. You can order your copy HERE (UK) or HERE (US).Here’s what Cath Bishop, Olympic rowing medalist, former diplomat, leadership coach and author of The Long Win has said about it:"If you want to reimagine what's possible in the worlds of work and life beyond work, then this book will give your brain, thought processes and imagination a fascinating and exhilarating workout to help you develop fresh thinking about how to create the best future for you" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This series, I'm sharing insights from my book Work/Life Flywheel.In this episode, I discuss why, given there are only a limited number of hours in the day, you need to decide what matters most.Chapter Summary:The era of a ‘profession for life’ is over - instead, we should focus on our values and what we want to experience in our work/lives.The only way to manage its complexity is by taking an integrated approach to our work/life.The Four-Way Win helps you do a time audit and check whether you’re spending it in a way which aligns with your aspirations.Visualising how your life will look in the future unlocks insights into how you manage your time now.Designing a Work/Life Flywheel helps you overcome the inevitable challenges of pivoting your career.LINKS:Book Ollie to speak with your teamOllie's LinkedInFuture Work/Life NewsletterWork/Life Flywheel: Harness the work revolution and reimagine your career without fear, is out now. You can order your copy HERE (UK) or HERE (US).Here’s what Alyssa Westring, Co-author of Parents Who Lead, Chair of the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at DePaul University, has said about it:“In Work/Life Flywheel, Henderson deftly combines decades of wisdom to create a compelling framework for how we think about work and life in today’s complex world. Using insights gleaned from academic research, business leaders, personal anecdotes, and his own life, Henderson provides a conversational and practical approach to stepping out of your routines, creatively considering a new way of approaching work and life, and taking practical steps to make it happen. If you’re ready for change but aren’t sure where to begin, this book is a great place to start!” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This series, I'm sharing insights from my book Work/Life Flywheel.In this episode, I discuss why it's essential to be open-minded about your capacity to change and grow.Chapter Summary:You're never in complete control of your life, but you can cultivate more serendipity by keeping an open mind and following your curiosity.Using a hook strategy allows you and others to connect your interests and theirs.Embracing new opportunities sparks new levels of creativity, learning and breakthroughs.Preparing for and recognising the value of the unexpected helps you get comfortable with things don’t always go to plan.Reframing mistakes and' failures' as learning opportunities enables you to realise the benefits of open-mindedness about yourself and others.With the right mindset, the greater the obstacle you experience, the stronger and more determined you become.LINKS:Book Ollie to speak with your teamOllie's LinkedInFuture Work/Life NewsletterWork/Life Flywheel: Harness the work revolution and reimagine your career without fear, is out now. You can order your copy HERE (UK) or HERE (US).Here’s what Dr. Christian Busch, bestselling author of The Serendipity Mindset: The Art & Science of Creating Good Luck & professor at New York University has said about it:“The world is changing fast, and life can be short – so we might as well start making it meaningful, today. This book provides a superbly pragmatic and useful take on how we can reimagine our career and life. A book worth reading and an approach worth taking.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This series, I'm sharing insights from my book Work/Life Flywheel.In this episode, I discuss why the idea of Work/Life Balance needs rethinking and how the Flywheel model can help you reframe the relationship between work and life.Chapter Summary:Perfectly balancing work and life is impossible.Rather than looking for momentary harmony, you need a model that enables constant progress.The Flywheel Effect occurs when each part of a business model is interdependent and complementary, creating a virtuous circle.      Amazon built multiple businesses by designing Flywheels built on an obsession with creating customer value.An effective Flywheel is never static – it’s constantly in motion, evolving and expanding.What’s common to every Flywheel is that no single part is more important than another – they have to work together in harmony.The Work/Life Flywheel is built on six interconnected parts – Mindset, Creativity, Experimentation, Community, Learning, and Breakthroughs.LINKS:Book Ollie to speak with your teamOllie's LinkedInFuture Work/Life NewsletterWork/Life Flywheel: Harness the work revolution and reimagine your career without fear, is out now. You can order your copy HERE (UK) or HERE (US).Here’s what Will Page former Chief Economist of Spotify has said about it:"Work/Life Flywheel puts to bed the notion that our work-life balance is an either/or trade off: the two move in tandem, and this book helps us find that binding rhythm." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This series, I'm sharing insights from my book Work/Life Flywheel.In today's episode, I discuss why genuine fears, like financial risk, combine with reputational risk to stop people from making positive changes.Chapter summary from Work/Life Flywheel:Going it alone isn’t easy, but financial uncertainty is often outweighed by the fulfilment you get from a work/life characterised by creativity, experimentation and constant learning.With more opportunities than ever before, to make a change, now is the perfect time to take action.Most people don’t do it because of a fear of failure, but you’re more likely to regret inaction than action.Self-compassion helps you become happier, healthier, better motivated and more satisfied with life.Facing up to your emotions and revealing them to others alleviates anxiety and lowers the risk of depression.Imagining you’re talking to a friend or talking to yourself gives you a detached, objective view of your decision.Using the mental model of living in the future, improves your short and long-term decision making.LINKS:Book Ollie to speak with your teamOllie's LinkedInFuture Work/Life NewsletterWork/Life Flywheel: Harness the work revolution and reimagine your career without fear, is out now. You can order your copy HERE (UK) or HERE (US).Here’s what Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Regret, Drive and When, has said about it:"Creating new opportunities requires fresh thinking. With the Work/Life Flywheel model, Ollie Henderson gives you the system you need to make bold changes in your career and the motivation to share your ideas with the world.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This series, I'm sharing insights from my book Work/Life Flywheel.In today's episode, I explain why we're experiencing the greatest work/life transition in history and how we can start to manage it.Chapter summary from Work/Life Flywheel:Life is a series of ‘lifequakes’ that shift how we see our place in the world.While ‘lifequakes’ are out of our control, transitions are something we choose.The secret to successful transitions is taking consistent, small steps and building sustainable systems.Changing our careers requires letting go of our status and evolving our identity.The future of work is personalised, and the internet enables us to connect with new opportunities and people, at scale.To become a creator, you need to embrace being different, focusing on where your passion and expertise overlap.LINKS:Book Ollie to speak with your teamOllie's LinkedInFuture Work/Life NewsletterWork/Life Flywheel: Harness the work revolution and reimagine your career without fear, is out now. You can order your copy HERE (UK) or HERE (US).Here’s what Shaun Tomson, Surfing World Champion and author of The Code: The Power of "I Will", has said about it:"If you want to redefine your life and work relationship, get connected to the wisdom inside Work/Life Flywheel." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.