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Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastExploring Team Perceptions with Mirror Mirror's Lindsay Uittenbogaard We know people perceive things differently but why is it so difficult for people to communicate about that? Lindsay Uittenbogaard is the CEO and Founder of Mirror Mirror, a company focused on improving team effectiveness through perception comparison. Her journey began in 2003 when she experienced communication challenges in a multinational energy company. These challenges led her to realize the widespread issue of organizational misalignment. It is evident in team dynamics and the aftermath of a failed transformation initiative when the social networks have been damaged by processes that ignore human connection. Lindsay's work restores that connection so...
2025-03-0643 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastBeyond Performance with Dr. Rob LionDr. Rob Lion of Black River Performance Management and Idaho State University talks about the longstanding divide between academic research and industry practice, emphasizing the challenges and benefits of integrating these two worlds. Using the example of motivation, our conversation illustrates the difference in approach and language between academia and industry. Because Rob is a researcher, we talk about the role of translational researchers in bridging this gap, the importance of refining language for specific contexts, and the impact of AI on HR practices, especially in talent acquisition. Naturally, we include leadership, organizational culture, and personal development within the...
2025-02-1350 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastWant a Successful 2025? Curtis Michelson's Insights on AI Challenges and OpportunitiesCreative thinker /innovation facilitator Curtis Michelson explores crucial trends and predictions for 2025. Curtis shares his insights on generative AI, its impacts on various sectors, the concept of BANI (Brittle, Anxious, Nonlinear, Incomprehensible), and how it updates VUCA to describe the contemporary world. The discussion highlights the ethical implications of AI, the need for creative and decentralized innovation, and the importance of slowing down to enhance strategic decision-making. Curtis provides a practical use of AI in education and explores how leaders can harness AI to support agility and resilience without sacrificing ethical integrity.Find Curtis on LinkedIn...
2025-01-2950 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionAI, Education and Human IntelligenceSitting in a coffee shop a couple of weekends ago, I learned from a few twenty-somethings that AI was intended to replace humans. That’s one option but not the only one. If we do nothing then it is a fair fear, but if we bring awareness and clarity to the decision of how to respond, then In this short clip innovation coach and facilitator Curtis Michelson talk about the greatest barrier to innovation in the education sector. Reflective QuestionTo what extent does fear of the unknown and unfamiliar block having conversations an...
2025-01-2300 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastExpanding Consciousness & Survival Using AdversityCould adversity and difficult challenges be a gift? Have you ever had things you’d go off the rails? Adversity can be the doorway to realizing higher levels of resilience, meaning and purpose that can bring people across generations together. I (Dawna Jones) started podcasting slightly before I lost my home in 2009 and hit the road. No fancy studio or equipment. Have mic will travel. This highly disruptive chapter of life was preceded by my adventures as a world-wanderer, horse lover, and sensitive person with experience in shifting perspectives and learning from oth...
2024-12-2021 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastWhat will the future look like?Dawna Jones explores innovative approaches to solving complex global challenges. The discussion emphasizes the necessity of diverse, non-linear thinking and leveraging intergenerational wisdom to foster planetary consciousness and sustainability. Key topics include the importance of redesigning decision-making processes to be more creative, compassionate, and curiosity-driven; the role of ethical considerations in contrast to legal ones in municipal decision-making; and real-world examples of sustainable initiatives such as those by Novo Nordisk and Patagonia. The episode also delves into systemic change, the balance between big-picture and analytical thinking, and the significance of resilience and biodiversity. Personal anecdotes and historical perspectives highlight...
2024-10-1845 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastUnlocking Higher States of Creativity and Productivity with Emotional TransparencyStephane Segatori, the director of WeFlow Lab in Amsterdam, talks to Dawna about developing psychological safety via emotional transparency and maturity, self-awareness, and inner freedom. Stephane's experience in the corporate world informs his role as a facilitator and coach, emphasizing the significance of understanding oneself at a deeper level to navigate the complexities of life and business. This episode offers plenty of insights into designing workplace cultures that value emotional well-being in personal and professional life.Key Highlights:· Emotional Health and Self-Awareness: Insights into the importance of being comfortable with oneself and man...
2024-07-1636 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastFrom Abrupt Loss to Inspired Entrepreneur with Amanda Bauer-FrischWhether you are a business or at a personal level, how you deal with life's interruptions determines your emotional and mental health from that day forward. Transforming a tragedy into an inspired purpose is the choice Amanda Bauer-Frisch made when her husband died abruptly. In this episode, she takes us on a deep dive and explains how she moved through the difficult times and why she hangs out with people who can have difficult conversations.Amanda Bauer-Frisch, a resilient serial entrepreneur and CEO of Enduring Legacy Company embarked on her journey after poignant personal experiences shaped...
2024-02-2438 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastWhat is emerging in innovation for 2024 with Curtis MichelsonInnovation nerd and adaptive thinker extraordinaire Curtis Michelson provides an overview of what is emerging in 2024 based on signals he's picked up from his many communities. From Agile to organization network analysis to open innovation and more, you'll learn what is brewing inside edgy thinking communities.Curtis Michelson is, in his own words a "serial failed entrepreneur, yet ever hopeful and optimistic". A longtime coach and complexity facilitator, Curtis works with clients on strategic business model deep dives and rethinks. His consultancy Minds Alert delivers on those transformation ambitions with 'design sprints' - short bursts of in...
2024-01-2228 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionNetworks and the Future of Organizations with Jeffrey BeesonWhat is the world asking for you to contribute? This and many other reflections pop up in the conversation with Jeffrey Beeson who explores what network science tells us about the future of organizations and what it means for leaders. Organizations are changing their structure, thinking, and internal roles. We talk about:* pioneering companies who reinvented themselves, * leadership opportunities for growth, * the science and effectiveness of small teams, * how network science helps us understand human systems and organizations, * collective intelligence.Jeffrey’s career pa...
2024-01-1245 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastNetworks and the Future of Organizations with Jeffrey BeesonWhat is the world asking for you to contribute? This and many other reflections pop up in the conversation with Jeffrey Beeson who explores what network science tells us about the future of organizations and what it means for leaders. Organizations are changing: their structure, thinking and internal roles. We talk about:pioneering companies who reinvented themselves, shifts leaders need to make, the science and effectiveness of small teams, and how network science helps us understand human systems and organizations. As a followup to the previous episode, we also talk about collective intelligence.Jeffrey’s...
2023-12-3045 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastFrom a Suicidal State to an Emmy-Harry Turner's RedemptionHarry Turner flew to the Peruvian Amazon to commit suicide but something happened while he was there that would change his life forever. Documented in the film Wild Cat, now streaming on Amazon Prime, Harry's experience with war, death, and school led him to discover and reconnect to himself. He had help in the form of two wild cats — ocelots. His experience with being their parent mimics the experience of any parent. The scene for this episode highlights the awareness of the return to being emotionally and physically healthy and assessing risks rooted in a sense of fearless living in...
2023-10-0837 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastWorking Directly with Trauma of Torture with Ihor KozlovskySurprises that come with abrupt disruption can threaten the worldview relied on to make sense of the world. So what happens when not much makes sense anymore? In this episode, Ukranian theologian and passivist Ihor Kozlovsky talks about his experience recovering from torture and illegal imprisonment to share how to move through trauma that has become so ubiquitous in the world today. The episode features an intro with Liliya Sayvch, HR professional who hosted an expert panel on July 4th, 2023 to discuss how to remain Unbroken in tradition and spirit.Mr. Kozlovsky was one of the...
2023-09-101h 13
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastA HR Professional's Journey From Refugee to Return to Ukraine with Liliya SavychLiliya Savych was an HR professional working for a large corporation located in Kyiv when we recorded this episode. When Russians surrounded Kyiv she left the city and faced being a refugee without roots. Landing in Dublin she reclaimed her sense of self and then returned to Ukraine. Since this interview, Liliya has left corporate to work for a city in western Ukraine with the aim of bringing her international experience to a municipal workforce.This episode explores how to move through adverse conditions, stay centered (or at least recover), and then make decisions charting a...
2023-08-2641 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastLisa Gill is turning self-managed teams from a good idea into realityLisa Gill is a self-managing organizations coach and trainer, writer, and Leadermorphosis podcast host talks about the inner work needed to lead effectively in self-managed organizations and in life. Leading courses globally with Tuff Leadership Training, Lisa trains people in the mindset and skills needed to lead in more involving ways, creating working climates built on trust and openness, as well as helping organizations introduce or develop self-managing teams. As the host of the Leadermorphosis podcast, she interviews thought leaders and practitioners from all over the world about the future of work. Born in the UK, Gill grew up...
2023-08-1344 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastWhy Peer to Peer Change is more Effective Than Top Down Leadership with Dr. Leandro HerreroDr. Leandro Herrero is an organizational architect and regular speaker at the Organization Network Analysis Summit sponsored by OrgMapper.com in November of each year. Slightly irreverent and very honest, our conversation spans why peer-to-peer change works better than top-down when it comes to creating changes at scale. Thinking differently comes naturally to Dr. Leandro and his clients' benefit. His quest is to create Remarkable Organizations. A clinical psychiatrist and academic by background, Leandro moved into the corporate sector taking up senior leadership positions in several multinational companies both in Europe and the US. His behavioral sciences background is c...
2023-07-1445 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastSensory Intelligence with Annemarie LombardIn epic 100th episode (for this podcast) Dawna speaks with Dr Annemarie Lombard who is the Founder and CEO of Sensory intelligence® Consulting. Sensory intelligence is something everyone has but may not be aware of despite how important it is to foresight, insights and maintaining a healthy workplace environment. Their mission? To help people be healthy, productive and happy. We talk about:Sensory processing styles - understanding sensory thresholds and how they influence productivity, wellbeing and relationshipsOpen plan office productivity - insights and strategies to balance collaboration and distractionRelationships and teamwork - sensory diversity as a t...
2023-06-2341 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionMoving from Force to Radical Purpose - Jose LealJose Leal is an entrepreneur who reached the stage where corporate environments just didn't work. In this episode, we zoom way out to see the underlying intention of the systems that drive management and employee behavior, to see the roots. However, the simplicity of the solution takes a level of leadership consciousness and inner skills that can shift how people experience work. We cover why some won't make the shift, how young people are leading the way, and explore the honest emotion underpinning the systems in place.Jose has founded or co-founded six companies. Autonet, his third...
2023-06-1845 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastJobs with No Boss with Dunia Reverter and Hugo LopesDunia Reverter and Hugo Lopes both reached stages in their careers where working for a corporate was not the way forward. Combining their expertise and vision for work not limited by bureaucracy and control they have launched JobswithNoBosses.com and a crowdfunding campaign to help build it out. Serving an international audience, I'm happy to report three companies are in Canada which is exciting for me (as the show host) having run into managers guided by fear of losing control for the last twenty years! How we view control has been shifting from controlling others to controlling ourselves — a sh...
2023-05-2229 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionHuman-centered Workplaces in the Health Care SectorSeason 6, Ep. 96Healthcare services in many nations are under pressure to adapt their design to meet the challenges in today's world. Two exemplary leaders in this challenging field, Margaret Stone and JP Swaine of the Irish Health Service share their experience in working with organizational network analysis and other means to engage the power of people within the 147, 000 employee organization. Starting small and thinking big, both leaders bring leadership skills fit for complex systems.Margaret Stone is a change maker, leader, and believer in empowering staff through a social movement to shape the culture of...
2023-05-1152 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastMoving from force to radical purpose with Jose LealJose Leal is an entrepreneur who reached the stage where corporate environments just didn't work. In this episode, we zoom way out to see the underlying intention of the systems that drive management and employee behavior, to see the roots. However, the simplicity of the solution takes a level of leadership consciousness and inner skills that can shift how people experience work. We cover why some won't make the shift, how young people are leading the way, and explore the honest emotion underpinning the systems in place.Jose has founded or co-founded six companies. Autonet, his...
2023-04-2845 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastDesign for Identity with Jessica BantomAs a designer, Jessica Bantom pays attention to details. Details matter particularly when it comes to connecting to different identities and how customers see themselves. Her newly released book, Design for Identity, aims at influencing design decisions that either bring people in or leave them out resulting in a loss of customers. After all, as Bruce Mau stated, it is not about the world of design, but about the design of the world we live in.Jessica Bantom is a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) practitioner and workplace strategist whose mission is to enable individuals to...
2023-03-3037 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastHuman-centered Workplaces-The Irish Health ServiceHealthcare services in many nations are under pressure to adapt their design to meet the challenges in today's world. Two exemplary leaders in this challenging field, Margaret Stone and JP Swaine of the Irish Health Service share their experience in working with organizational network analysis and other means to engage the power of people within the 147, 000 employee organization. Starting small and thinking big, both leaders bring leadership skills fit for complex systems. Margaret Stone is a change maker, leader and believer in empowering staff through a social movement to shape the culture of a health service – an...
2023-02-2052 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastPurpose as a Superpower for People and Planet with Ozlem Brooke ErolOzlem Brooke Erol recognized from her time with IBM that it wasn't enough to go to work every day without some sense of why - a purpose. Moving from her homeland in Turkey to the US offered the opportunity to take purpose to heart. After being surrounded by unhappy people at work, in 2003, she started her first business to guide professionals in having more fulfilling careers. She recognizes the role of leaders in creating inspirational and purpose-driven environments and how that contributes to resiliency from a personal and business experience. She is a best-selling author, speaker, trainer, podcaster, blogger...
2022-07-1641 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionDeeper Leadership to Restore Humanity to Workplaces with Nico PetitRecently Global Senior Director of Culture Transformation in a Fortune 500 corporation, Nicolas or Nico Petit has pioneered innovative approaches to culture change, applying peer-to-peer behavioral science principles, and orchestrating a community of 1200 influencers worldwide. Passionate about people and data, he led a culture transformation program for GSK, a science-led global health company. Working with Maven7, Nico led a team handling that transformation using the powerful tool Organizational Network Analysis. If the times do not demand it, using organizational network analysis to leverage the accuracy of decision-making definitely raises the leadership bar to a deeper level. Bringing the practical experience...
2022-04-2051 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastDeeper Leadership to Restore Humanity to Workplaces with Nico PetitRecently Global Senior Director of Culture Transformation in a Fortune 500 corporation, Nicolas or Nico Petit has pioneered innovative approaches to culture change, applying peer-to-peer behavioral science principles, and orchestrating a community of 1200 influencers worldwide. Passionate about people and data, he led a culture transformation program for GSK, a science-led global health company. Working with Maven7, Nico led a team handling that transformation using the powerful tool Organizational Network Analysis. If the times do not demand it, using organizational network analysis to leverage the accuracy of decision-making definitely raises the leadership bar to a deeper level. Bringing the practical experience...
2022-04-2051 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastNetworks Beneath the Surface with Michael Arena, Amazon Web ServicesOrganizational Network Analysis (ONA) is a critically important tool for understanding how to use data for better workplace relationships, culture, and decisions. Michael Arena, VP of Talent and Development for Amazon Web Services turns data into a bridge for connecting humanity to better ways of working, deciding, and relating to one another. A keynote speaker at the Organizational Network Analysis Summit hosted by OrgMapper and the team led by Andras Viscek, Michael's passion for data and desire to make optimal decisions benefiting talent and connection stood out. Jump into the conversation where we look at the ways in which...
2022-03-1542 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionNetworks Beneath the Surface with Michael Arena, Amazon Web ServicesOrganizational Network Analysis (ONA) is a critically important tool for understanding how to use data for better workplace relationships, culture, and decisions. Michael Arena, VP of Talent and Development for Amazon Web Services turns data into a bridge for connecting humanity to better ways of working, deciding, and relating to one another. A keynote speaker at the Organizational Network Analysis Summit hosted by OrgMapper and the team led by Andras Viscek, Michael's passion for data and desire to make optimal decisions benefiting talent and connection stood out. Jump into the conversation where we look at the ways in which...
2022-03-1542 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastRegenerative Business in Action with WhatIF Foods Chris LangwallnerIn this episode of the Inspirational Insights podcast, we are joined by WhatIF Foods CEO Chris Langwallner! Chris discusses how to create a regenerative business by taking sustainability to the next level: energizing and empowering farmers with insurance crops helps to diversify the food we consume and how we consume them. Thinking globally and acting locally can have huge impacts on how small businesses are working to regenerate hope for the future. Chris also talks about expanding your reach while still taking care of your employees. Human connection is key!Chris offers:The key to converting...
2021-10-2736 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionRegenerative Business in Action with WhatIF Foods Chris LangwallnerIn this episode of the Inspirational Insights podcast, we are joined by WhatIF Foods CEO Chris Langwallner! Chris discusses how to create a regenerative business by taking sustainability to the next level: energizing and empowering farmers with insurance crops helps to diversify the food we consume and how we consume them. Thinking globally and acting locally can have huge impacts on how small businesses are working to regenerate hope for the future. Chris also talks about expanding your reach while still taking care of your employees. Human connection is key!Chris offers:The key to converting...
2021-10-2736 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastVUCA Masters! Leadership Agility Fitness with Nick Horney and Dr. Kozhi MakaiVUCA: Volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity are the conditions of today's leadership environment. Nick Horney, author of recently published VUCA Master: Developing Leadership Agility Fitness for the New World of Work (2021) and special guest Dr. Kozhi Makai talk about:The value of a shared language when working with VUCA conditionsAnticipating change as an outlook on lifeThe pillars of fitness agility in working with VUCA conditionsThe origins and applicability of VUCA to the boardroom nowThe practical application of being VUCA fit as a leaderDr. Horney founded Agility Consulting in 2001 and has been recognized for...
2021-10-0754 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionVUCA Masters! Leadership Agility Fitness with Nick Horney and Dr. Kozhi MakaiVUCA: Volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity are the conditions of today's leadership environment. Nick Horney, author of recently published VUCA Master: Developing Leadership Agility Fitness for the New World of Work (2021) and special guest Dr. Kozhi Makai talk about:The value of a shared language when working with VUCA conditionsAnticipating change as an outlook on lifeThe pillars of fitness agility in working with VUCA conditionsThe origins and applicability of VUCA to the boardroom nowThe practical application of being VUCA fit as a leaderDr. Horney founded Agility Consulting in 2001 and has been recognized for...
2021-10-0754 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To Action500%: How Two Pioneers in Self-Leadership Achieved an Unbelievable Increase in ProductivityAndrew Holm Julian Wilson and Dawna Jones met in 2015 when Dawna was nomadically wandering Europe in search of management innovators. The morning spent resulted in their first podcast so in this one, after the publication of book #2 Dawna and Andrew dive deeper into the temptations of transformation, how to meet the messiness of switching out a business model while measuring increases to customer service, quality, price and value. Steering their decisions using data, we talk about the dangers of relying on data alone, and the man in the mirror conversations when self-leadership and self-management meet. Designed on the building bl...
2020-11-111h 03
Inspirational Insights to Action Podcast500%: How Two Pioneers in Self-Leadership Achieved an Unbelievable Increase in ProductivityAndrew Holm Julian Wilson and Dawna Jones met in 2015 when Dawna was nomadically wandering Europe in search of management innovators. The morning spent resulted in their first podcast so in this one, after the publication of book #2 Dawna and Andrew dive deeper into the temptations of transformation, how to meet the messiness of switching out a business model while measuring increases to customer service, quality, price and value. Steering their decisions using data, we talk about the dangers of relying on data alone, and the man in the mirror conversations when self-leadership and self-management meet. Designed on the building bl...
2020-11-111h 03
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastSelf-Management Around the World with Pim de MorreeCo-founders of Corporate Rebels Pim de Morree and Joost Minnaar quit their jobs and went wandering to seek out companies where work was fun and brought creative value to the world. Building their Bucket List they visited manufacturing, retail, financial services plus a company doing the most innovative transformational work in Spain; a company that had successfully transformed seventy companies. In Pim's conversation with Dawna you'll learn what makes a transformation from traditional management to self-management successful, the focus self-managed companies have that releases freedom to employees and insights to apply to your workplace. Corporate Rebels have released a...
2020-03-2845 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionSelf-Management Around the World with Pim de MorreeCo-founders of Corporate Rebels Pim de Morree and Joost Minnaar quit their jobs and went wandering to seek out companies where work was fun and brought creative value to the world. Building their Bucket List they visited manufacturing, retail, financial services plus a company doing the most innovative transformational work in Spain; a company that had successfully transformed seventy companies. In Pim's conversation with Dawna you'll learn what makes a transformation from traditional management to self-management successful, the focus self-managed companies have that releases freedom to employees and insights to apply to your workplace. Corporate Rebels have released a...
2020-03-2845 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionSupporting Entrepreneurs in Conflict Zones & Emerging Economies- Anurag MalooAnurag Maloo is an Indo-Asian startup innovation Community Architect who supports entrepreneurs inspired by hope to transcend very challenging conditions to rebuild economies. Regional Manager for South & Central Asia with Techstars and Startup Weekend, he is responsible for the cultivation and sustained growth of vibrant startup ecosystems in India, SAARC nations (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Maldives) and Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan). He is incredibly passionate about fostering entrepreneurship, innovation ecosystem, grassroots leadership, and building strong collaborative startup communities. In this conversation with host Dawna Jones, Anurag shares what makes him t...
2018-09-0734 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastSupporting Entrepreneurs in Conflict Zones & Emerging Economies- Anurag MalooAnurag Maloo is an Indo-Asian startup innovation Community Architect who supports entrepreneurs inspired by hope to transcend very challenging conditions to rebuild economies. Regional Manager for South & Central Asia with Techstars and Startup Weekend, he is responsible for the cultivation and sustained growth of vibrant startup ecosystems in India, SAARC nations (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Maldives) and Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan). He is incredibly passionate about fostering entrepreneurship, innovation ecosystem, grassroots leadership, and building strong collaborative startup communities. In this conversation with host Dawna Jones, Anurag shares what makes him t...
2018-09-0734 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionHow 9 Years of Homelessness Evolved My Consciousness - Dawna JonesHow can living without a home for nine years restore a broader consciousness level and be at peace. Author, speaker, podcast host, workshop leader in the field of transformational insights three months ago landed a home after nine years of homelessness and nomadic wandering. This is what she learned and how it is relevant to business.This episode takes you into the story of treating yourself as a startup by exploringWhat Otto Scharmer's leading from the emergent future looks like when you are nomadicHow societal expectations and the weight of judgement suppress human potential...
2018-08-2825 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastHow 9 Years of Homelessness Evolved My Consciousness - Dawna JonesHow can living without a home for nine years restore a broader consciousness level and be at peace. Author, speaker, podcast host, workshop leader in the field of transformational insights three months ago landed a home after nine years of homelessness and nomadic wandering. This is what she learned and how it is relevant to business.This episode takes you into the story of treating yourself as a startup by exploringWhat Otto Scharmer's leading from the emergent future looks like when you are nomadicHow societal expectations and the weight of judgement suppress human potential...
2018-08-2825 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionSticking to Purpose with Dawna Jones and Anurag MalooAnurag Maloo is an an Indo-Asian startup innovation Community Architect. In this episode he interviews the host of the Evolutionary Provocateur and the Insight to Action podcast, Dawna Jones on her personal journey, sacrifices, the meaning of friends and staying true to purpose. In early 2002-2004 Dawna shifted her role from facilitating change to facilitating leadership and broader consciousness to support ethical decision making. Things did not go according to plan but the experience has been mind expanding and a process of aligning with personal power. Anurag and Dawna chat about the personal story people don't often see behind...
2018-08-1232 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastSticking to Purpose with Dawna Jones and Anurag MalooAnurag Maloo is an an Indo-Asian startup innovation Community Architect. In this episode he interviews the host of the Evolutionary Provocateur and the Insight to Action podcast, Dawna Jones on her personal journey, sacrifices, the meaning of friends and staying true to purpose. In early 2002-2004 Dawna shifted her role from facilitating change to facilitating leadership and broader consciousness to support ethical decision making. Things did not go according to plan but the experience has been mind expanding and a process of aligning with personal power. Anurag and Dawna chat about the personal story people don't often see behind...
2018-08-1232 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastBeyond Budgeting with Franz RöösliBeyond Budgeting Round Table offers companies exploring how to transform their company governance a place where they can find engaging workplaces, individual autonomy and peer-to-peer support. Franz Röösli explains the background of the Beyond Budgeting Round Table, a practitioner and science community that has developed the Beyond Budgeting approach in the last twenty years as a pioneering agile mindset and a framework for action. With host Dawna Jones they also talk about the need for mature leaders who are conscious enough (age is irrelevant), to inspire their organizations for a transformative journey into a future to stay viable and rele...
2018-07-2830 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionBeyond Budgeting with Franz RöösliBeyond Budgeting Round Table offers companies exploring how to transform their company governance a place where they can find engaging workplaces, individual autonomy and peer-to-peer support. Franz Röösli explains the background of the Beyond Budgeting Round Table, a practitioner and science community that has developed the Beyond Budgeting approach in the last twenty years as a pioneering agile mindset and a framework for action. With host Dawna Jones they also talk about the need for mature leaders who are conscious enough (age is irrelevant), to inspire their organizations for a transformative journey into a future to stay viable and rele...
2018-07-2830 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastCounterintuitive Insights into Why Agile Reduces RiskCompanies world-wide are adopting agile for development and to accelerate adaptability to business conditions. Seen from a traditional view of how things get done, Agile appears to take short cuts or take longer when a short cut will do. Authors of Agile Methods for Safety Critical Systems Nancy Van Schooenderwoert and Brian Shoemaker combine their diverse areas of expertise to reduce safety risks in the medical device field. The insights offered in this conversation inform change agents why Agile is a mindset and why it makes self-management easier to implement well. With host Dawna Jones, Br...
2018-07-1338 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionCounterintuitive Insights into Why Agile Reduces RiskCompanies world-wide are adopting agile for development and to accelerate adaptability to business conditions. Seen from a traditional view of how things get done, Agile appears to take short cuts or take longer when a short cut will do. Authors of Agile Methods for Safety Critical Systems Nancy Van Schooenderwoert and Brian Shoemaker combine their diverse areas of expertise to reduce safety risks in the medical device field. The insights offered in this conversation inform change agents why Agile is a mindset and why it makes self-management easier to implement well. With host Dawna Jones, Br...
2018-07-1338 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastSocial Entrepreneurship Driving Global Change - Meet impACTThe Global Challenges Foundation inspired change agents worldwide to collaborate on a fresh strategy and approach for facing the biggest risk humanity faces. No group illustrates that better than impACT, a global network of social entrepreneurs who are combining their vision to achieve what most would prefer to think is impossible.In this discussion with host Dawna Jones you will meet:Matiullah, a visionary Afghan who believes in Entrepreneurship and social change,A'laa, a young Lebanese entrepreneur on a social mission,Nicole, a published author, social entrepreneur, co-founder of the...
2018-06-1550 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionSocial Entrepreneurship Driving Global Change - Meet impACTThe Global Challenges Foundation inspired change agents worldwide to collaborate on a fresh strategy and approach for facing the biggest risk humanity faces. No group illustrates that better than impACT, a global network of social entrepreneurs who are combining their vision to achieve what most would prefer to think is impossible.In this discussion with host Dawna Jones you will meet:Matiullah, a visionary Afghan who believes in Entrepreneurship and social change,A'laa, a young Lebanese entrepreneur on a social mission,Nicole, a published author, social entrepreneur, co-founder of the...
2018-06-1550 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionGlobal Challenges-Designing a Better FutureLast year the Global Challenges Foundation launched a contest for the design of a better governance model for handling the tough issues posing the greatest risk to the survival of humanity and the health of the earth. Sponsored by Swedish billionaire Laszlo Szombatfalvy the prize fund of $5 million inspired responses from 2700 participants from 122 nations world-wide. The award of 3 finalists out of 14 identified took place May 27-29th in Stockholm. Dawna was there participating in the workshops with other committed change agents from countries all over the world.In this episode, Dawna shares what happened, what is...
2018-06-0327 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastGlobal Challenges-Designing a Better FutureLast year the Global Challenges Foundation launched a contest for the design of a better governance model for handling the tough issues posing the greatest risk to the survival of humanity and the health of the earth. Sponsored by Swedish billionaire Laszlo Szombatfalvy the prize fund of $5 million inspired responses from 2700 participants from 122 nations world-wide. The award of 3 finalists out of 14 identified took place May 27-29th in Stockholm. Dawna was there participating in the workshops with other committed change agents from countries all over the world.In this episode, Dawna shares what happened, what is...
2018-06-0327 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionAim2Flourish-Stories of Business Innovators with Claire SommerIn 2014 at the Business as Agents of World Benefit conference in Cleveland's Case Western University a design lab launched Aim2Flourish. Business students and schools all over the world gathered stories of companies who were doing things differently. As of this episode one thousand stories have been gathered. In this conversation with host Dawna Jones, Claire Sommer - the Director of Aim2Flourish - shares:The story of an innovative bakery providing brownies in Ben and Jerry's ice cream.What business students are learning in answer to the question: Can business really marry profit and...
2018-05-1936 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastAim2Flourish-Stories of Business Innovators with Claire SommerIn 2014 at the Business as Agents of World Benefit conference in Cleveland's Case Western University a design lab launched Aim2Flourish. Business students and schools all over the world gathered stories of companies who were doing things differently. As of this episode one thousand stories have been gathered. In this conversation with host Dawna Jones, Claire Sommer - the Director of Aim2Flourish - shares:The story of an innovative bakery providing brownies in Ben and Jerry's ice cream.What business students are learning in answer to the question: Can business really marry profit and...
2018-05-1936 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionImaginal Cells with Kim PolmanThe Imaginal Cells-Visions of Transformation was released by co-authors Kim Polman and Stephen Vasconcellos-Sharpe to activate engagement in wider change by ordinary people like you and me. It would not be the first time ordinary people accomplish extraordinary things like helping change how we care about each other and the shape of the economy and the impact on ecological health. In this conversation with host Dawna Jones, the universality of the Golden Rule as a decision making principle becomes fundamental to shifting decisions to more ethical territory. The three requirements of the contemporary definition of the Golden Rule, the...
2018-04-0529 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastImaginal Cells with Kim PolmanThe Imaginal Cells-Visions of Transformation was released by co-authors Kim Polman and Stephen Vasconcellos-Sharpe to activate engagement in wider change by ordinary people like you and me. It would not be the first time ordinary people accomplish extraordinary things like helping change how we care about each other and the shape of the economy and the impact on ecological health. In this conversation with host Dawna Jones, the universality of the Golden Rule as a decision making principle becomes fundamental to shifting decisions to more ethical territory. The three requirements of the contemporary definition of the Golden Rule, the...
2018-04-0529 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionAI, Ethics and Governance with Robbie StampAs AI enters the home and workplace, drives our cars issues for governance arise. Guest Robbie Stamp talks to host Dawna Jones about the five areas where we can take responsibility for asking questions before making decisions. Do we employ protocols over rules? How do companies create the conditions for unethical decision making now? There is a risk that by failing to ask questions and explore to make a more conscious choice that decisions makers will fail to collectively accept responsibility for governance. Bias exists in AI. How do we monitor the roll out of AI to see that...
2018-03-2339 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastAI, Ethics and Governance with Robbie StampAs AI enters the home and workplace, drives our cars issues for governance arise. Guest Robbie Stamp talks to host Dawna Jones about the five areas where we can take responsibility for asking questions before making decisions. Do we employ protocols over rules? How do companies create the conditions for unethical decision making now? There is a risk that by failing to ask questions and explore to make a more conscious choice that decisions makers will fail to collectively accept responsibility for governance. Bias exists in AI. How do we monitor the roll out of AI to see that...
2018-03-2339 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionWicked Problems and Conscious Decision MakingWickedly complex problems such as the ones companies face and we face globally (climate change effects, poverty, economic inequality, health) demand a frank and yet hopeful look at how being better as humans can balance emerging application of AI and other disruptive tech. Host Dawna Jones brings forward a conversation with Michael Mainelli and Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva who each bring a perspective that provide insight into what you can do and what business can do to stop throwing money and human potential away and start contributing to being better in and for the world.The topic...
2018-03-1328 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastWicked Problems and Conscious Decision MakingWickedly complex problems such as the ones companies face and we face globally (climate change effects, poverty, economic inequality, health) demand a frank and yet hopeful look at how being better as humans can balance emerging application of AI and other disruptive tech. Host Dawna Jones brings forward a conversation with Michael Mainelli and Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva who each bring a perspective that provide insight into what you can do and what business can do to stop throwing money and human potential away and start contributing to being better in and for the world.The topic...
2018-03-1328 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionWhat can pigeons teach us about how humans network? With Andras ViscekOver a casual dinner conversation organizational psychologist Andras Viscek learned that research work his father was doing provided insight into organizational change. Out of the conversation grew an invaluable tool for internal and external change agents: OrgMapper. In this conversation with show host Dawna Jones they discuss:What can pigeons teach us about how humans network and communicate3 mistakes executives consistently make when directing organizational changeHow to increase the speed and engagement of organizational change by understanding who the real change agents are.Andras Viscek, Co-Founder of Maven7, is a researcher, a management consultant...
2018-02-2435 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastWhat can pigeons teach us about how humans network? With Andras ViscekOver a casual dinner conversation organizational psychologist Andras Viscek learned that research work his father was doing provided insight into organizational change. Out of the conversation grew an invaluable tool for internal and external change agents: OrgMapper. In this conversation with show host Dawna Jones they discuss:What can pigeons teach us about how humans network and communicate3 mistakes executives consistently make when directing organizational changeHow to increase the speed and engagement of organizational change by understanding who the real change agents are.Andras Viscek, Co-Founder of Maven7, is a researcher, a management consultant...
2018-02-2435 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionSteps That CEOs & the C-Suite Can Take to Boost Agility with Dave West“Agile” has become a buzzword in the software development industry as well as the wider business landscape. And for good reason – several organizations have cited Agile principles as the influence behind results such as better financial performance, project success, customer satisfaction and employee engagement. In fact, 92 percent of executives said they believe organizational agility is critical to business success (Forbes/PMI). However, a deep understanding of Agile frameworks at the board-level is necessary in order for implementation to be effective. If this deep understanding is coupled with enthusiasm, CEOs and the C-Suite can initiate an overall digital transformation that direct...
2018-02-1639 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastSteps That CEOs & the C-Suite Can Take to Boost Agility with Dave West“Agile” has become a buzzword in the software development industry as well as the wider business landscape. And for good reason – several organizations have cited Agile principles as the influence behind results such as better financial performance, project success, customer satisfaction and employee engagement. In fact, 92 percent of executives said they believe organizational agility is critical to business success (Forbes/PMI). However, a deep understanding of Agile frameworks at the board-level is necessary in order for implementation to be effective. If this deep understanding is coupled with enthusiasm, CEOs and the C-Suite can initiate an overall digital transformation that direct...
2018-02-1639 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionScaling Startups Differently with Susan BasterfieldFrederic Laloux's book Reinventing Organization stimulated a lot of thought particularly in people working inside corporate aware that traditional patriarchal organizations could not serve the vision. Instead, creating the conditions for people and customers to flourish is the challenge facing startup founders. It comes with the caveat that scaling your learning and way of working with power and control is essential to scaling value. Susan Basterfield is host Dawna Jones's guest in this episode where they talk about prototyping, beyond a growth mindset, and explore what happens if you imagine a different relationship to work.
2018-01-2631 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastScaling Startups Differently with Susan BasterfieldFrederic Laloux's book Reinventing Organization stimulated a lot of thought particularly in people working inside corporate aware that traditional patriarchal organizations could not serve the vision. Instead, creating the conditions for people and customers to flourish is the challenge facing startup founders. It comes with the caveat that scaling your learning and way of working with power and control is essential to scaling value. Susan Basterfield is host Dawna Jones's guest in this episode where they talk about prototyping, beyond a growth mindset, and explore what happens if you imagine a different relationship to work.
2018-01-2631 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionWhat will it take to solve the wicked problems? With Dawna JonesIn this program, host Dawna Jones shares her view on what lies ahead for 2018 in terms of how the wicked problems facing humanity globally, and business can be addressed. She talks about using anxiety to advantage, about collaboration over separation, about the pitfalls of working with a limited view and about the role you can play and the skills leaders require today. Consider it a forecast and summation of what opportunities lie ahead in 2018 for business and humans to be better for the world and in the world. Dawna Jones, host of the Insight to Action po...
2018-01-1229 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastWhat will it take to solve the wicked problems? With Dawna JonesIn this program, host Dawna Jones shares her view on what lies ahead for 2018 in terms of how the wicked problems facing humanity globally, and business can be addressed. She talks about using anxiety to advantage, about collaboration over separation, about the pitfalls of working with a limited view and about the role you can play and the skills leaders require today. Consider it a forecast and summation of what opportunities lie ahead in 2018 for business and humans to be better for the world and in the world. Dawna Jones, host of the Insight to Action po...
2018-01-1229 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionWhen Easier Doesn't Produce Results with Daniel OspinaDaniel Ospina is a chef who turned his attention to social systems, the reinvention of democracy and our relationship with power. Organizational designer, he looks deeper to work with diversity as a perspective shifting value to R&D. Daniel is an organisation designer, working through his company, Conductal. Beyond Conductal, Daniel is a visiting lecturer at Said Business School (Oxford University) and co-founder of a community for cross-disciplinary experimentation called Crossmodalism. See Conductal.org for more information. Host Dawna Jones is business change innovator specializing in the deep dynamics of transformation at a human and...
2017-12-0941 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastWhen Easier Doesn't Produce Results with Daniel OspinaDaniel Ospina is a chef who turned his attention to social systems, the reinvention of democracy and our relationship with power. Organizational designer, he looks deeper to work with diversity as a perspective shifting value to R&D. Daniel is an organisation designer, working through his company, Conductal. Beyond Conductal, Daniel is a visiting lecturer at Said Business School (Oxford University) and co-founder of a community for cross-disciplinary experimentation called Crossmodalism. See Conductal.org for more information. Host Dawna Jones is business change innovator specializing in the deep dynamics of transformation at a human and...
2017-12-0941 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastConversational Neuroscience with Judith GlaserConversational intelligences, the art of not triggering the cave-brain, when faced with low trust and high uncertainty, is directly informed by neuroscience. Host Dawna Jones and CreatingWE's Judith Glaser talk about the power of:conversation understood through neuroscience to create more human workplaces;questions asked in complex change and the art of creating safety;non-judgement on children's academic performance;communicating through transparency and truth to create trust;quality conversations in transforming workplace cultures. Dawna Jones, host of the Insight to Action podcast, is business change innovator specializing in the deep dynamics of transformation at a human and o...
2017-11-2524 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionConversational Neuroscience with Judith GlaserConversational intelligences, the art of not triggering the cave-brain, when faced with low trust and high uncertainty, is directly informed by neuroscience. Host Dawna Jones and CreatingWE's Judith Glaser talk about the power of:conversation understood through neuroscience to create more human workplaces;questions asked in complex change and the art of creating safety;non-judgement on children's academic performance;communicating through transparency and truth to create trust;quality conversations in transforming workplace cultures. Dawna Jones, host of the Insight to Action podcast, is business change innovator specializing in the deep dynamics of transformation at a human and o...
2017-11-2524 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastEliminating Budgeting from Company Habits with Robin Anne FitzgeraldRobin Anne Fitzgerald is from Newfoundland, Canada and she has been working in Norway for years for Eidsiva Energi AS, one of 270 companies serving Norway’s energy needs. Inspired by the Beyond Budgeting Round Table discussions she led her company to get rid of the budgeting process. The way she handled the process offers lessons for anyone responsible for implementing what appears to be a radical decision. Debunking the myth that change is hard, long and difficult we talk about why the way she designed the process worked to give more confidence and greater value to the Board.
2017-11-1034 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionEliminating Budgeting from Company Habits with Robin Anne FitzgeraldRobin Anne Fitzgerald is from Newfoundland, Canada and she has been working in Norway for years for Eidsiva Energi AS, one of 270 companies serving Norway’s energy needs. Inspired by the Beyond Budgeting Round Table discussions she led her company to get rid of the budgeting process. The way she handled the process offers lessons for anyone responsible for implementing what appears to be a radical decision. Debunking the myth that change is hard, long and difficult we talk about why the way she designed the process worked to give more confidence and greater value to the Board.
2017-11-1034 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastCombining Digital Innovation with Releasing Human Potential with Katz KielyKatz Kiely is an award-winning expert in open-innovation, participatory systems design and digital engagement. She converts complex challenges into memorable experiences, smart solutions and strong innovative cultures. In this program, Katz and the host of the Insight to Action podcast, Dawna Jones talk about the Burning Man social experience, using digital innovation to free human potential, and her startup BEEP. Katz's experience in large organizations such as the BBC and the UN shed real insight into why disengagement levels are high and how low expectations truly are. A visible voice in the digital transformation, innovation and beh...
2017-10-2726 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionCombining Digital Innovation with Releasing Human Potential with Katz KielyKatz Kiely is an award-winning expert in open-innovation, participatory systems design and digital engagement. She converts complex challenges into memorable experiences, smart solutions and strong innovative cultures. In this program, Katz and the host of the Insight to Action podcast, Dawna Jones talk about the Burning Man social experience, using digital innovation to free human potential, and her startup BEEP. Katz's experience in large organizations such as the BBC and the UN shed real insight into why disengagement levels are high and how low expectations truly are. A visible voice in the digital transformation, innovation and beh...
2017-10-2726 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionDeep Dynamics- the New Science of the Cosmos with Dawna JonesThe new purpose of business, to evolve consciousness through a higher purpose, is included in Ervin Lazslo's new book The Intelligence of the Cosmos. Practitioner and innovator in transforming leadership and company cultures, Dawna Jones, also the host of this show, draws from her practical observations to provide insights on what holds companies back, how companies and their leaders can make the quantum leap needed to stay relevant to the times.Jack Barnard, guest hosts this program. Jack is a speaking coach, master of change, an artist and much more. He brings a wonderful sense of humour...
2017-10-1333 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastDeep Dynamics- the New Science of the Cosmos with Dawna JonesThe new purpose of business, to evolve consciousness through a higher purpose, is included in Ervin Lazslo's new book The Intelligence of the Cosmos. Practitioner and innovator in transforming leadership and company cultures, Dawna Jones, also the host of this show, draws from her practical observations to provide insights on what holds companies back, how companies and their leaders can make the quantum leap needed to stay relevant to the times.Jack Barnard, guest hosts this program. Jack is a speaking coach, master of change, an artist and much more. He brings a wonderful sense of humour...
2017-10-1333 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionHow insights bring value to wicked problems and inspired innovation with Gary KleinWhy do companies ask employees to come up with innovations and then work hard to block it? Gary Klein, author of Seeing What Others Don’t and countless other books on decision-making, shares his research with host Dawna Jones about the value insights bring to companies, and how companies block innovation and work against themselves.You’ll learn:What insights are and why they have such high value to business for innovation and solving wicked problemsHow Six Sigma and stamping out errors stamps out innovationWhere insights come from and how you can recognize your insightsHow chains of c...
2017-09-3028 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastHow insights bring value to wicked problems and inspired innovation with Gary KleinWhy do companies ask employees to come up with innovations and then work hard to block it? Gary Klein, author of Seeing What Others Don’t and countless other books on decision-making, shares his research with host Dawna Jones about the value insights bring to companies, and how companies block innovation and work against themselves.You’ll learn:What insights are and why they have such high value to business for innovation and solving wicked problemsHow Six Sigma and stamping out errors stamps out innovationWhere insights come from and how you can recognize your insightsHow chains of c...
2017-09-3028 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionWhat is the Future of Workplaces, Jobs and the Economy? with Rod Collins Rod Collins believes that we are in the midst of a epochal change. What does this mean to you? To jobs? To Workplaces? Tracing the path from bureaucracies, how power is being transferred to today’s peer to peer networks, Rod maps out changes to the fundamentals of social dynamics at work. Through original stories about Wikipedia, and Craigslist Rod provides insight into how an idea displaces a business without intending to.You’ll hear:The 3 evolutionary laws of networks that operate in a hyperconnected worldThe 4 attributes required for collective intelligence to emergeThe real meani...
2017-09-1541 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastWhat is the Future of Workplaces, Jobs and the Economy? with Rod Collins Rod Collins believes that we are in the midst of a epochal change. What does this mean to you? To jobs? To Workplaces? Tracing the path from bureaucracies, how power is being transferred to today’s peer to peer networks, Rod maps out changes to the fundamentals of social dynamics at work. Through original stories about Wikipedia, and Craigslist Rod provides insight into how an idea displaces a business without intending to.You’ll hear:The 3 evolutionary laws of networks that operate in a hyperconnected worldThe 4 attributes required for collective intelligence to emergeThe real meani...
2017-09-1541 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastUnderstanding the Practicality of Moving to Self-Management with Doug Kirkpatrick Raised on pioneer Morning Star’s self-management practices, Doug Kirkpatrick knew autonomy from the start. His book Beyond Empowerment: The Age of the Self-Managed Organization has been revised to include updates and more stories of companies taking steps toward self-management and the compelling benefits. In this interview with Insight to Action host and global change agent, Dawna Jones, they talk about:Why the term is ‘beyond empowerment’ and the fatal flaw in empowerment programs,Why the term employee is obsolete and the importance of language in the future of workWhy you are already self-managing and didn’t realize...
2017-09-0136 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionUnderstanding the Practicality of Moving to Self-Management with Doug Kirkpatrick Raised on pioneer Morning Star’s self-management practices, Doug Kirkpatrick knew autonomy from the start. His book Beyond Empowerment: The Age of the Self-Managed Organization has been revised to include updates and more stories of companies taking steps toward self-management and the compelling benefits. In this interview with Insight to Action host and global change agent, Dawna Jones, they talk about:Why the term is ‘beyond empowerment’ and the fatal flaw in empowerment programs,Why the term employee is obsolete and the importance of language in the future of workWhy you are already self-managing and didn’t realize...
2017-09-0136 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionDiving Deep into Self-Discovery with Mariusz BocianFor many people, 9-5 jobs are energy sucking and unfulfilling. At some point it’s clear a change is necessary. Becoming more aligned with your personal purpose means changing how you respond to what is going on in your inner and outers world.Mariusz Bocian. Polish documentary filmmaker, openly shares his inner process with moving from a toxic work environment to being more aligned with his purpose. He shares what he uses as a compass every day, and what he’s learned by diving deep.Mariusz and Dawna talk about:The pivotal point for doin...
2017-08-1832 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastDiving Deep into Self-Discovery with Mariusz BocianFor many people, 9-5 jobs are energy sucking and unfulfilling. At some point it’s clear a change is necessary. Becoming more aligned with your personal purpose means changing how you respond to what is going on in your inner and outers world.Mariusz Bocian. Polish documentary filmmaker, openly shares his inner process with moving from a toxic work environment to being more aligned with his purpose. He shares what he uses as a compass every day, and what he’s learned by diving deep.Mariusz and Dawna talk about:The pivotal point for doin...
2017-08-1832 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastA New Psychology of Human Well-Being with Richard BarrettHR innovator Karen Rivoire guest hosts a conversation with author and change agent Richard Barrett, founder of the Barrett Values Center. In this conversation he talks about ego-soul dynamics as it relates to human and organizational health.You will hear:About the role of a leader as a guardian of valuesThe verticality of all life at different stagesEmotions – what they are and how they serve youThe ego’s need and soul’s desireThe fundamental human needs companies often fail to meetFulfilling fundamental human needs in teenagersWhy Millennial is one of the most miss used termsHow soul and ps...
2017-08-0441 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionA New Psychology of Human Well-Being with Richard BarrettHR innovator Karen Rivoire guest hosts a conversation with author and change agent Richard Barrett, founder of the Barrett Values Center. In this conversation he talks about ego-soul dynamics as it relates to human and organizational health.You will hear:About the role of a leader as a guardian of valuesThe verticality of all life at different stagesEmotions – what they are and how they serve youThe ego’s need and soul’s desireThe fundamental human needs companies often fail to meetFulfilling fundamental human needs in teenagersWhy Millennial is one of the most miss used termsHow soul and ps...
2017-08-0441 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionLiberating Leadership and Organizations with Isaac Getz Co-author of Freedom Inc., professor Isaac Getz talks to host Dawna Jones about his research and experience with transforming companies from traditional leadership, where the boss is right, to leadership free to contribute. Most organizations deny fundamental human needs seriously limiting performance and innovation. When employees have the freedom and ability to act in the best interests of the company, performance improves. But does more freedom mean even better performance? Dr. Getz shares examples of phenomenal business results from companies whose leaders built total freedom-of-initiative organizations. These leaders understand that three universal human needs—intrinsic equality, opportunity for growth, and...
2017-07-2244 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastLiberating Leadership and Organizations with Isaac Getz Co-author of Freedom Inc., professor Isaac Getz talks to host Dawna Jones about his research and experience with transforming companies from traditional leadership, where the boss is right, to leadership free to contribute. Most organizations deny fundamental human needs seriously limiting performance and innovation. When employees have the freedom and ability to act in the best interests of the company, performance improves. But does more freedom mean even better performance? Dr. Getz shares examples of phenomenal business results from companies whose leaders built total freedom-of-initiative organizations. These leaders understand that three universal human needs—intrinsic equality, opportunity for growth, and...
2017-07-2244 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionTransforming Organizations with David Heron and Chris BevanCompanies are under pressure to transform to a different world-view while maintaining operations. The tension makes organizational transformation a journey that requires thinking from the inside and from the outside. David Heron, Group CEO of Wilton & Bain, a global leadership advisory boutique, and WBMS Associate Chris Bevan form a team who help companies find the right people to guide them through the transformational process. In their conversation with host, Dawna Jones they talk about:The tension between running business as an operation and the process of design to mobilize major transformationThe value of readiness particularly at t...
2017-06-2332 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastTransforming Organizations with David Heron and Chris BevanCompanies are under pressure to transform to a different world-view while maintaining operations. The tension makes organizational transformation a journey that requires thinking from the inside and from the outside. David Heron, Group CEO of Wilton & Bain, a global leadership advisory boutique, and WBMS Associate Chris Bevan form a team who help companies find the right people to guide them through the transformational process. In their conversation with host, Dawna Jones they talk about:The tension between running business as an operation and the process of design to mobilize major transformationThe value of readiness particularly at t...
2017-06-2332 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionHow Business School Lausanne Reinvents Itself with Dr.Katrin MuffDr. Katrin Muff is a force behind Business School Lausanne’s adoption of Holacracy and the design of the GapFrame for activating the contribution of regenerative business to fulfill the UN Sustainable Development Goals and higher level strategy conversation.In this program we talk about:The implementation of self-management (Holacracy) at Business School Lausanne The limits of hierarchy in driving purposeThe big insights and freedom gained from decentralized decision makingThe ups and downs of deliberately developmental organizations (Robert Kegan’s work)How a business school can walk its talk through reinventing itself and offer students experience with...
2017-06-0944 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastHow Business School Lausanne Reinvents Itself with Dr.Katrin MuffDr. Katrin Muff is a force behind Business School Lausanne’s adoption of Holacracy and the design of the GapFrame for activating the contribution of regenerative business to fulfill the UN Sustainable Development Goals and higher level strategy conversation.In this program we talk about:The implementation of self-management (Holacracy) at Business School Lausanne The limits of hierarchy in driving purposeThe big insights and freedom gained from decentralized decision makingThe ups and downs of deliberately developmental organizations (Robert Kegan’s work)How a business school can walk its talk through reinventing itself and offer students experience with...
2017-06-0944 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionFreedom at Work-WorldBlu’s Democracy in the Workplace with CEO Traci FentonAt the start of the internet age Traci Fenton and her team in college were thinking about democracy in the workplace. Not voting but democracy where workplaces could fully unlock and live their full potential. Out of that grew WorldBlu. Twenty years later WorldBlu offers the platinum standard and scorecard for replacing fear with freedom, attracting high level companies like Zappos, Simon Sinek’s Start with Why, Nearsoft (EP5) and Menlo Innovations (EP7).In this episode you’ll hear and try on:10 principles that need to be operational for any democracy to functionThe Freedom at Work Scor...
2017-05-2633 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastFreedom at Work-WorldBlu’s Democracy in the Workplace with CEO Traci FentonAt the start of the internet age Traci Fenton and her team in college were thinking about democracy in the workplace. Not voting but democracy where workplaces could fully unlock and live their full potential. Out of that grew WorldBlu. Twenty years later WorldBlu offers the platinum standard and scorecard for replacing fear with freedom, attracting high level companies like Zappos, Simon Sinek’s Start with Why, Nearsoft (EP5) and Menlo Innovations (EP7).In this episode you’ll hear and try on:10 principles that need to be operational for any democracy to functionThe Freedom at Work Scor...
2017-05-2633 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionApplying Indigenous Wisdom to Leading in Volatile Change with Wade Davis“The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you. They are unique manifestations of the human spirit.” -Wade Davis Wade Davis is an anthropologist, ethnobotanist, writer, photographer, filmmaker and explorer. National Geographic named him as one of the explorers of the Millennium. Described as “a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet and passionate defender of all of life’s diversity”, Wade’s work has taken him to East Africa, Borneo, Nepal, Peru, Polynesia, Tibet, Mali, Benin, Togo, New Guinea, Australia,Davis holds degrees in an...
2017-03-1748 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastApplying Indigenous Wisdom to Leading in Volatile Change with Wade Davis“The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you. They are unique manifestations of the human spirit.” -Wade Davis Wade Davis is an anthropologist, ethnobotanist, writer, photographer, filmmaker and explorer. National Geographic named him as one of the explorers of the Millennium. Described as “a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet and passionate defender of all of life’s diversity”, Wade’s work has taken him to East Africa, Borneo, Nepal, Peru, Polynesia, Tibet, Mali, Benin, Togo, New Guinea, Australia,Davis holds degrees in an...
2017-03-1748 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionOperationalizing Holacracy with Tom Thomison of encode.orgThe costs of management are a significant factor in the search for better organizational designs and management structures. Holacracy One started in 2007. Ten years later encode.org is following the 500+ companies that have implemented Holacracy to pick up on the legal and people side needed to balance the structural implementation of Holacracy. Tom Thomison, a co-founder of Holacracy One, and Dawna talk about:The value of a distributed authority system,What Holacracy is and is not,The value of embedding an entrepreneurial stance to doing the work,Is profit a purpose or a measure?What does purpose of...
2017-03-0337 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastOperationalizing Holacracy with Tom Thomison of encode.orgThe costs of management are a significant factor in the search for better organizational designs and management structures. Holacracy One started in 2007. Ten years later encode.org is following the 500+ companies that have implemented Holacracy to pick up on the legal and people side needed to balance the structural implementation of Holacracy. Tom Thomison, a co-founder of Holacracy One, and Dawna talk about:The value of a distributed authority system,What Holacracy is and is not,The value of embedding an entrepreneurial stance to doing the work,Is profit a purpose or a measure?What does purpose of...
2017-03-0337 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionWhat does a futurist really do? With Liz AlexanderLiz Alexander is a futurist with a mission to help people be in charge of change through realizing their potential. Similarly companies gain the edge when they become future smart rather than feeling like victims of changing market conditions or circumstances outside of their control.Liz and Dawna talk about how you can prepare for the future when nothing is predictable and everything is complex. You'll hear about whether robotics is really a threat to jobs, why Japan is ahead of the game, the relevance of history to how trends develop, the value of rethinking self-imposed...
2016-10-2137 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastWhat does a futurist really do? With Liz AlexanderLiz Alexander is a futurist with a mission to help people be in charge of change through realizing their potential. Similarly companies gain the edge when they become future smart rather than feeling like victims of changing market conditions or circumstances outside of their control.Liz and Dawna talk about how you can prepare for the future when nothing is predictable and everything is complex. You'll hear about whether robotics is really a threat to jobs, why Japan is ahead of the game, the relevance of history to how trends develop, the value of rethinking self-imposed...
2016-10-2137 min