Being Human

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week’s Being Human guest is Sol Luckman, a confessed beachaholic and obsessive cultural creative. Preferring hard play over a so-called honest day’s work, these days in the New Abnormal, Sol spends his time on a new small island mostly bodysurfing, painting, and writing—not necessarily in that order and usually not all at once. How while on a permanent vacation, he became a multi-award-winning and international bestselling author and prolific professional artist is anyone’s guess.  We talk: From athlete and star student to suffering a vaccine injury Eras I, II and III of Western Medicine Discovering the codes to achieve a bioenergetic reset Turning frogs into salamanders Are we living in a sound hologram? Links: Sol's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week’s Being Human episode sees the return of Michael Sahota, this time joined by with his wife Audree Tara Sahota. Michael and Audree are the co-creators of the SHIFT314 Evolutionary Leadership Framework™ (SELF), which provides a practical step-by-step guide for the inner and outer shifts needed to unlock Business Agility, Teal and other new ways of working.  We talk: How consciousness is awareness Awareness starts with noticing the consequences of your behaviours The triangle of trauma impact Healing fast and slow What is driving your desire? Links: Leading Beyond Change - The Book EmotionalScience.com

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with Niels Pflaeging, researcher and author on organisational leadership and transformation. Niels is a tour de force on a mission to create a world of 'Beta' organisations. He borrows the 'beta' concept from software development, where 'beta' systems are constantly being iterated. Beta organisations are decentralised and comprise small, self-sustaining autonomous teams in the mould of Handelsbanken or Buurtzorg. Niels claims his beta model is the best a company can adopt to thrive in complexity and to enable human flourishing.  Niels pulls no punches in describing our present management paradigm, nor his views on applying complexity science in business. Niels shares: Why command and control 'Alpha' organisations stink The difference between Blue (complicated) and Red (complex) systems Why complexity frameworks are BS The issue with consent-based decisions making How to transform to a decentralised 'Beta' organisation in 90 days Links: Organize for Complexity - The Book Niels' Website gomenius

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with Andrew Thorp King, author of the book "FAILURE RULES!: The 5 Rules of Failure for Entrepreneurs, Creatives, and Authentics". Andrew has had a wild ride - from working a steel production line, to managing a hard rock label, to owning gyms and finance companies. We talk: How failure purifies Love meaning, not money The 'Thing One/Thing Two' strategy living your dream A soul on fire is a soul alive Soulful resilience Links: Failure Rules! - The Book Andrew's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with Phil Simon, author, speaker and recognized authority on technology, collaboration, and the future of work. Phil predicts a growing gap between the workplace of the future and how we operated pre-COVID. In his latest book, The Nine, he outlines the major interlocking trends that will shape this new world.  We talk: Addressing the mental health crisis We're not going back 5 days a week Optimism for the impacts of Generative AI Combating Zoom fatigue Options for moving forward Links: Phil's Website The Nine - The Book

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week’s Being Human episode is with James Priest, exploring Sociocracy 3.0, the liberating approach to business based on the consent, not consensus, process. James combines extensive experience in sociocracy with 15 years of practice in the fields of holistic organizational development, facilitative leadership and personal and relational transformation across a variety of sectors, from corporations to non-profits, children and communities. We talk: Becoming a leader of a spiritual community at 27 First forays in using Sociocracy Preventing teenage pregnancies Developing Sociocracy 3.0 for use in business The unexamined drivers of our behaviour Links: Sociocracy 3.0

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with Dr. Gerald Pollack, a man who is on a mission to challenge everything we know about water. We've always been told that water has three states: Solid, Liquid, and Vapor. Dr. Pollack's laboratory findings imply the presence of a surprisingly extensive fourth phase that occurs near certain surfaces. The formal name for this fourth phase is exclusion-zone water, aka EZ water, with its discovery opening the way for new and profound implications in chemistry, physics, and biology. We talk: Getting inspired to study water First discovering 'EZ water' How it makes all of biology wrong Health implications for EZ water Does water have memory? Links: The Pollack Lab Professor Gerald Pollack Facebook Page

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with Neil Markey, a man with a remarkable story. After serving in the US Army Rangers and doing three tours in Iraq and twice in Afghanistan, he was discharged suffering from depression and PTSD. This led him to alternative well-being practices and he began a profound healing journey with mindfulness and psychedelics. Via the prestigious consulting firm McKinsey and a stint in private equity, he now leads healing retreats across Jamaica and the Netherlands. We talk: Recovering from PTSD Experiencing psilocybin for the first time Relating to Nature The psilocybin risk/reward Neil's new vision for capitalism   Links: Beckley Retreats

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with author, speaker, and therapist Tom Fortes Mayer.  In 2000, after a chance encounter with a holy man at the wind down of a rave in Goa, Tom experienced a profound event that changed how he viewed himself and his life. Since that moment, he has been obsessed with how these moments happen and has dedicated his life to learning how to engineer them for others in the most powerful ways possible. We talk: Experiencing epiphany From nightclub impresario to seeker Unpicking self-sabotage Fusing music and therapy Finding sober joy Links: Tom's Website Tom's TedX Talk

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/   This week I speak with Lisa Bragg, author of the upcoming book Bragging Rights: How to Talk About Your Work Using Purposeful Self-Promotion.  Personally, I have had blocks around self-promotion, and it's something I still work on. However, it's a skill more and more of us will need as jobs become more abstract and people choose to follow more independent career paths. We talk: Why we need to brag Pride vs bragging Where to start in telling people who you are Just get it out there Getting teams to shine Links: Lisa's Website