Being Human

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of  Being Human, I speak with complexity practitioner and well-being advocate Marion Kiely. Marion has dedicated her career to figuring out how the latest complexity thinking can bring sustained change to organisations. From her home in Cork in Ireland, she talks passionately about how we can truly be well at work. In this episode, we talk: Why yoga and yoghurt is not the answer Could your work culture be a Health & Safety issue? The alternative to Powerpoints and plans The power of story Humble leadership Links: Marion's Practice - Upstream The Cynefin Wiki

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, I speak with author and complexity consultant Sonja Blignaut. Meteorologist then IBM consultant, Sonya took a varied path to her latest role as CEO of leading complexity practitioners, Cognitive Edge. Sonja is a born-and-bred South African. As she points out, things don’t get much more complex than in the Rainbow Nation. In this episode, we talk: Complexity and mindfulness The individual versus the system Letting go of the certainty merchants The diversity within Facing your triggers  Links: Sonja's Medium Page Sonja's Practice - More Beyond

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week on Being Human, I speak with former bomb disposal team leader and pioneer in adaptive strategy Steve McCrone. Adaptive strategy applies complexity thinking to the art of high-level planning to enable firms to build resilience in the face of uncertainties. Steve is a very passionate speaker and presenter and brings this approach to life brilliantly using a strategically placed whiteboard. A good one to watch on video. In this episode, we talk: - Rules of thumb for bomb disposal - The three aspects of adaptive strategy - "Dark constraints" in organisations - The stupidity of current/future state thinking - Riding the new paradigm Links: Steve's Practice AGLX

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, I speak with psychological researcher, consultant and author, Malcolm Parlett.  From an orthodox academic background, at Cambridge then MIT, Malcolm discovered Gestalt psychology, which changed his life and work.  It opened up a new sense of connectedness and took him away from more traditional, reductive approaches.  Malcolm went on to co-found the UK's Gestalt Psychotherapy and Training Institute and to create the British Gestalt Journal.  His book, 'Future Sense: Five explorations of whole intelligence for a world that’s waking up' has been an inspiration for coaches, educators and therapists worldwide.   Malcolm is a powerful, tender soul, and he was a joy to interview. In this episode, we talk: - Getting out of your head - Practical Gestalt - Embodying - Self-Recognising - The power of gardening Enjoy! To your humanity, Richard Links: Malcolm's Books

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, I speak with embodiment coaching specialist Mark Walsh.  Embodiment is about working through gentle non-athletic movement, posture, awareness, and breathing to pursue deeper, faster and more permanent change.  In this conversation, Mark shows us how to make friends with our bodies and feel at home again in our skin. In this episode, we talk: - From drug dealer to aikidoka - The three levels of embodiment - How to be become trauma-aware - Saving lives in the Middle East - Training circus acts in Ethiopia Enjoy! To your humanity, Richard Links: The Embodiment Conference Embodiment Coaching 

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, I speak with psychologist and former U.S. Army mental health specialist Dr. Timothy Yen. Dr. Yen has used his experience to create a framework that helps you build up your inner decision-making capability and use it successfully to address your most important choices. In this episode, we talk: - How trauma impacts how we make decisions - 5 pillars to help you make great choices - Growing up in an Asian-American family - Dealing with Iraqi vets - Blind spots for Eastern and Western cultures Links: Dr. Yen's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, our favorite tangoing, mountain-climbing business philosopher Dr. Thomas Juli returns to share the wisdom in his new book 'Human Business: Life and Work in the Digital Age.' As well as being an Agile Transformation Coach for the insurance giant Allianz, Thomas is a regular speaker at international conferences worldwide. These have included the NASA Project Management Challenge, the World Economic Forum and the Corporate Social Responsibility Forum Germany. In this episode, we talk: - Going beyond customer-led business - Infusing your workplace with joy - How to tap your intuition while you sleep - Bringing gratitude to the office - The Golden Rule 2.0   Links: Dr. Thomas' Website  

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, I speak with author, former cop and serial entrepreneur Jeff Wald. After selling WorkMarket, the multi-million dollar labour platform Jeff helped build from scratch, he found some time to pen The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations. Jeff claims that we're now entering a fourth great leap forward in technology, after mechanisation, electrification, and computerisation. With robots and AI, we face the first services revolution, meaning we will need to renegotiate the social contract, set clear rules for companies, and provide stability for society. In this episode, we talk: - Jeff's surprising prediction for post-COVID remote working - Staying resilient through start-up highs and lows - How to manage mixed robot and human teams  - What it takes to succeed in the NYPD  - Is blockchain going to change the world? Links: Jeff's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week on Being Human, I speak with Trent Hone, an authority on the U.S. Navy of the early twentieth century and a leader in applying complexity science to organisational design. Trent hooked me with his powerful story of U.S. Navy's rapid learning techniques in the 'Cyenfin at 21' book, the subject of my recent podcast with Dave Snowden. In our conversation, we talk about how the U.S. Navy was forced to learn some tough lessons combating a stealthy Japanese navy in the Battle of Guadalcanal in WWII and how they adapted and improved their fighting capabilities whilst pursuing combat.Trent helps goliaths like The World Bank and U.S. Government to foster innovation using the simple methods he has learned meticulously researching naval strategy. In this episode, we talk: - Countering Japanese covert tactics - The power of doctrine - When admirals get psychological safety - Creativity under fire - Lessons for corporate agility Links: Trent's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week on Being Human, I speak with Dr. Kevin Dutton, University of Oxford Research Psychologist, Bestselling Author and Elite Performance Consultant, also known as The Psychology Guy. The topic might seem odd for a show dedicated to humanising people’s lives and workplaces, but psychopaths are part of the forest of humanity. As we’ll explore in this episode, they can and often do take on productive roles in our society, but it’s important to understand how psychopaths operate and what we can and can’t expect from them. Like his charming psychopathic father, Dr. Dutton is hugely charismatic and it was a joy to spend tme with him. In this episode, we talk: - Growing up with 'Del Boy' - Hot vs cold empathy - Saying 'no' like a psycho - The positive role of psychopaths in society - How psychopathic are you? Links: Dr. Dutton's Website The Wisdom of Psychopaths - The Book