The Being Human Podcast with Richard Atherton

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this very open conversation, I sit down with the founder of the radical business operating system Holacracy, Brian Robertson. We cover: - How many of the critics misunderstand the nature of Holacracy - Why a transformation to this style of working is a multi-year journey - The story of why Medium’s Holacracy implementation - How depersonalising our work frees us for more love in the workplace - Brian's take on Zappos' Holacracy experience Links: http://www.holacracyone.org

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I talk with author, founder and productivity guru Jim Benson. We get into:  - Why to-do lists suck and why to use a ‘Personal Kanban’ instead - The story of Jim’s very first personal kanban - ‘The Crapban’ - Why making your own kanban public can be a radical act - The importance of depersonalising our work - Why plans fail and what to do about it Links: http://personalkanban.com/

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode I speak with a major thinker and pioneer in the field of trauma and recovery and author of the seminal "Waking The Tiger", Dr. Peter Levine. We talk: - The concept of re-enactment and why it's so important to understand for personal and business relationships - How memory formation works and what we mean by implicit and explicit memory - Why trauma is still so taboo - How Dr.Levine first discovered the natural mechanisms we can use to recover from trauma - What we can do within businesses to acknowledge and benefit from understanding trauma Enjoy! Links: www.traumahealing.com - home of The Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute Waking The Tiger - The Book

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, we talk with Kanban pioneer and Lean-Agile thought leader Mike Burrows. We cover: - the critical ingredients in Mike’s early successes with Kanban in Budapest - the importance of always starting with the end in mind - techniques for uncovering outcomes and obstacles with teams - why he’s so driven to develop humane systems within organisations - how being human is recognising our frailty Enjoy! Links: https://www.agendashift.com/ - Mike's Agendashift home https://cleanlearning.co.uk - resources on Clean Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viable_system_model - Viable System Model

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ We talk with Sally McCutchion, UK pioneer of the revolutionary 'business operating system' Holacracy. We go deep on: - what adopting 'a business without bosses' takes for you as an individual - what it means to have a living job role - how to run meetings that get through 33 agenda items in 55 minutes! - how it can so hard to give up 'permission seeking' - what we mean by 'Red', 'Orange' and 'Teal' organisations Enjoy! Links: http://www.sallymccutchion.com/ https://www.holacracy.org/ http://www.reinventingorganizations.com/

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In Alan's stunning riverside cottage, we talk: - How he climbed out of a corporate-induced nervous breakdown - Why we should look at business decision-making "through the lens of beauty" - Why work without meaning is so destructive - Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson's lunchtime ritual for beautiful business - The need for companies to help us reconnect to our human nature - The real story of the inventor of the mouse Doug Engelbart - Why being successful doesn't necessarily mean being an asshole Enjoy a beautiful conversation! Links: http://beautiful.business/

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ After the popularity our episode #30 with Fin Goulding, we invite Flow co-author Haydn Shaughnessy into the conversation. We talk: - Why flow in organisations is all about the quality of interactions - How the Asian business culture differs and how it helps them compete - The power of (don't' say it!) nationalism in building a business - The importance of visualisation to bring light to our shadows - How to avoid periodic 'slash-and-burn' headcount culls - The folly of 'core competency' thinking and why 'ecosystems' matter - How being human is all about the conversation Links - The Flow Academy - https://www.flow-academy.org/ - The Flow book: https://amzn.to/2RM1cqZ - The 12 Steps to Flow book: https://amzn.to/2qaBZK8

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this week's episode, we interview Nick Corston, Dad and co-founder of STEAM Co. On a canal boat moored in North London, we talk: - How losing his job and watching the world's most popular TED Talk changed his life - The festival experience that sparked his mission to transform creativity in schools - Why so many teachers see his message as toxic - Why all of this matters for the business world - Oh yeah, and the rockets! Enjoy!  

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode with theatre director-turned-executive development consultant Andy Harmon, we look at how ideas from the theatre world can apply at work, including: - How to be present with a group - The issue with 'pyschologically fleeing' situations - The importance of managing energy - His work coaching everyone from bingo callers to McKinsey consultants - How to think of organisational change transformations as a form of Hero's Journey Links: http://www.actorsmind.com/ - Andy's main website https://amzn.to/2O5rrFB - Anita Harmon's book: "Stage Fright" https://amzn.to/2O5Es26 - Andy Harmon's book: "Change Journey: Voices of the Creative Quest" Supplementary material and selected excerpts: https://app.box.com/s/z1y5ly4j2eo8kbkx3xb8796deecj3pfj

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this chat with "coachultant" Philippe Guenet, we talk: - "Coachultants"; it's a thing - The importance of coaching the "system" over the individual - The meaning of "Kaizen" - The issue with corporate coaches - How the Agile industry is getting corrupted For more links: https://www.henko.co.uk/ - Philippe's company https://amzn.to/2yayEz3 - Kaizen Forever https://bit.ly/2A0SC0B - Pioneers, Settlers and Town Planners https://www.crrglobal.com/ - Home of ORSC