The Being Human Podcast with Richard Atherton

This is an interview with Tom van der Lubbe around the theme of self-management. We get into the history of his founding of Viisi on self-management principles. We also take several practical questions for the webinar audience members. Well worth a watch/listen if you want to learn more about this topic.

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, I speak with Gabriel Jurj, who is a complexity practitioner and seasoned executive working in Romania. He didn't take the standard path, dropping out of University to join a monastic order, running hostels in Budapest. Still practising some of his monkish disciplines, Gabriel leans on these to help him lead. He also sees the strong links between a spiritual appreciation and the ability to embrace and work in an uncertain world. In this episode, we talk: What he learnt being a monk Retrospective cohesion The links between self-work and complexity thinking Spiritual practice in business life Letting go of goals Links: Cynefin at 21 - The Book Ananda Marga

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, I speak with David Woods, a professor at Ohio State University who discovered and pioneered the concept of Graceful Extensibility. As the opposite of brittleness, graceful extensibility is the ability of a system to extend its capacity to adapt when surprise events challenge its boundaries. In this episode, we talk: Dealing with shock The need to stretch at the boundaries How all systems are fragile Staying alive to 'weak signals' How viability requires extensibility Links: The Theory of Graceful Extensibility: basic rules Graceful Extensibility - short presentation The Strategic Agility Gap

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week on Being Human, I speak with Nigel Thurlow, ex-Chief of Agile at Toyota and co-author of The Flow System. Tired of the framework merchants and the over-commercialisation of the Agile movement, Nigel could see that a new approach was needed. A philosophy that went beyond Lean and Agile to embrace complexity thinking, team science and the critical question of leadership. He believes, first and foremost, in education as the driver of change. Present people with the science and trust them to apply it in their context. In this episode, we talk: The holy triad of complexity, team science and distributed leadership Why leadership training must change Going beyond Systems Thinking New physics How information is upstream of energy Links: The Flow System - Read the Book The Flow System - Buy the Book Flow Guides

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, I speak with author, speaker and CEO Sunny Bonnell. Together with her co-author, Ashleigh Hansberger, she wrote Rare Breed: A Guide to Success for the Defiant, Dangerous, and Different, a book that empowers people to take what society deems as "vices" and turn them into unrivalled assets. Sunny, herself a rare breed, dropped out of pre-veterinary school to start a branding agency with Ashleigh when branding agencies weren't a thing. Together, they built the hugely successful firm Motto around a 'rare breed' mindset. In this episode, we talk: Owning your weirdness Her Dad's pivotal advice that kept her going What it means to be a rare breed Embracing your misfits for business agility The dark side of the rare breed Links: Are you a rare breed? Find out Sunny's Company - Motto Rare Breed - The Book

> 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