I invite guests to share personal stories about acts of leadership that help shape their lives. In Episode 91, Barry O’Reilly talks about something a cousin said that affected how he thought about his businesses. He then shares how he reframed his writing process, and he advises us on how we should build our leadership style.
Prologue
When you connect business model innovation, product development, organizational design, and culture transformation, what do you find? Answer: Barry O’Reilly. Barry is a business advisor, entrepreneur, author, writer for The Economist, and on the faculty at Singularity University.
01:27 Part 1: The Entrepreneurial Myth
After quitting a job and launching his first business, Barry explains that the business didn’t work out. A cousin said something that explained how entrepreneurial businesses work.
19:48 Part 2: Reframing the Challenge
Barry shares how he struggled to write a book using a traditional approach: sitting in front of a keyboard and typing. What resulted in best sellers, Barry used unique techniques to create his books.
15:00 Part 3: Building Your Leadership Style
Barry advises us on building our own leadership style (think of style as a set of related behaviors, so leadership style is a set of behaviors that you use to practice leadership).
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Episode links
Barry’s LinkedIn Profile, website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, newsletters
Companies: ExecCamp, Nobody Studios
Barry's books:
Stewart Butterfield, CEO of Slack Technologies
Gary’s books:
What the Heck Is Leadership and Why Should I Care?
Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership
Background Music
You can find all the musical tracks at Envato Elements.
00:00 Theme music: Uplift Corporate Inspire by OlexandrIgnatov
01:09 Hopeful Ambient Background by pinkzebra
19:30 Happy and Cheerful Acoustic by pinkzebra
14:42 Acoustic Colors by pinkzebra
17:03 Fun and Flirty by BrownHouseMedia
Lead on!
