The Being Human Podcast with Richard Atherton

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, we talk with Bjarte Bogsnes, Chairman of The Beyond Budgeting Institute and an HBR/McKinsey Management Innovation Award winner. Beyond Budgeting is a movement from CFOs themselves to kick out budgets from corporations. Yes, you read that correctly, CFOs burning budgets, and Bjarte was ripping them up before Beyond Budgeting was a thing. How does this relate to Being Human, you might ask? Well, the budgeting process, when you really think about it, is one of the most stifling and humanity-killing aspects of our working lives. Eliminating them represents a major vote for trusting in people's greatness and their ability to make wise choices. In this episode, we explore: - Why budgets must go - What to do instead - How trust demands leadership - Killing targets - Getting onboard Enjoy! To your humanity, Richard Links: Implementing Beyond Budgeting - Bjarte's Book Beyond Budgeting - The Original Book 

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, we discuss cybersecurity with expert in the field and author Christian Espinosa. Don't worry, we're not talking about bits, bytes, and firewalls. We're talking about the biggest security threat of them all. The one between the keyboard and the chair. Christian shares with us his journey becoming a world-renowned cyber security coordinator, managing on one hand the whims of extremely brilliant, but fickle security specialists, and on the other hand the needs of major clients like the US Army. Christian also shares his self-development journey from a very rough start to success in his field. In this episode, we explore: - From trailer park to entrepreneur  - Choosing your own meaning - The power of self-reflection - Excellence for technical leaders - Extreme ownership Enjoy! To your humanity, Richard Links: Christian's book   

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode Being Human, we have a return visit of one of our most popular guests, Dave Snowden. Dave is by far my favourite Welsh National Treasure. He's a philosopher-cum-management thinker and developer of the Cynefin framework, a decision making framework that has transformed the way people work and think from the military generals to software developers to humble business coaches like me. Professor Snowden is part academic, part entrepreneur, part raconteur and a brilliant conversationalist. He's back to discuss the book created to celebrate 21 years of the Cynefin framework. In this episode, we explore: - The latest (and final) incarnation of Cynefin - Snowden vs Taleb - Snowden vs Stacey - Sense-making unpacked - Slaying fluffy bunnies Enjoy! To your humanity, Richard Links: Dave's Blog The Cynefin Book

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week on Being Human, I speak with someone who's significantly influenced my lifestyle and how I eat. I think many of us understand that our diets aren't as healthy as they could be. But what if we were able to eat in a way that had us experiencing an abundance of energy from dawn till dusk? David 'Avocado' Wolfe is that possibility made manifest. He has spent a lifetime researching and seeking out the most nutritious foods on the planet.  If you were to read his Wikipedia, you might instantly dismiss him. But on matters of health and nutrition, he's worth hearing out. As we discuss in the podcast, you don't have to believe what he has to say. Just try what he suggests and judge for yourself. We talk: - His beginnings in a 'health gang' - Foraging for food when starting out broke - Where to begin getting healthy - Clearing that colon - Planting nearly 100k fruit trees To your humanity, Richard Links: David's Website The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, I speak with Richard Stobart, an old friend and the CEO of successful start-up char.gy, a business devoted to transforming lampposts across Britain to start charging our electric cars. If you want to learn more about building a start-up culture within your business, this is the episode for you. Richard shares candidly about how he initially failed to create good start-up ideas within his existing consulting firm. He then tells us what worked in creating his fast growing char.gy.. We talk: - Business Model Canvases - How 'Hack Days' can fail - The in-house incubator that worked - Conditions for building start-ups - Getting investors To your humanity, Richard Links: char.gy Unboxed Consulting

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, we're doing a little experiment with my friend and regular guest Tom van der Lubbe. Tom is a fellow traveller seeking to humanise the workplace. He's also a historian with a huge brain. He is Dutch, but let's not hold that against him. Tom and I review one of the most influential books of 70's, Small Is Beautiful, written by the economist E F Schumacher. Schumacher's central thesis is that the way we approach economics improves our living standards whilst degrading our culture. In this episode, we explore several aspects of Schumacher's thinking: - Buddhist economics - Education as our greatest asset - Economic reductionism - Man and machine - The role of the State Do let me know what you think of this format. To your humanity, Richard

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ A conversation with Perry Marshall, a man who runs several companies, has written a string of best-selling books and who founded the world's biggest science prize. If you want to get the essence of building a life where you make an extraordinary impact, this could be the episode. It gets a little repetitive, but his message bears repeating. We talk: - The curse of our digital devices - What to start eliminating - Renaissance time - Your $1k-per-hour time - Remember you're paid to think  Enjoy! To your humanity,  Richard Links: Detox, Declutter, Dominate - The Book Perry's Website  

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ A very Happy New Year to you all. We kick off 2021 with a brief message. I share a few thoughts on where to focus to show this year and a call to action.  In the episode, I talk: - Food as medicine - Community - Taking Being Human to a new level Enjoy! To your humanity, Richard

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ I hope that you're all enjoying your Christmas break. This week my guest is Anna Liebel. Anna is a on mission to empower professionals to thrive by helping get into what she calls one's Zone of Genius. This particular episode is a special one, as it has an addendum where Anna goes into detail with a subject close to my heart: journaling.  Just watch out for it at the end of the recording. In the episode, we talk: - Your 'zone of genius' - Staying on track - Journaling - The 'Euromaidan' protests in Ukraine - Leading others from your zone of genius Enjoy! To your humanity, Richard Links: Anna's LinkedIn Profile

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week we turn the tables and I become the interviewee. Jan Ake Johnsson is my interviewer. He's the star of episode #64 and a man who cured himself of epilepsy through trauma release work. Jan is 80 and still in excellent health - an inspiration to us all. In the episode, we talk: - Preparing for interviews - Childhood influences - Idols - Medicalisation of society - Returning to the earth Enjoy and a Merry Christmas to all of our listeners. To your humanity, Richard