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10,000 Swamp Leaders080_Eula Rohan: Collaborative Change with Equine assistanceEula Rohan visits the Swamp and shares how she walks alongside Australia's First Nation communities as they build cross sector leadership capacity. Eula is practicing the “harder craft” of large group facilitation processes that address layers of social complexity, difficult historical challenges and present day aspirations for healthy communities. Eula has a long history of training large horses. She understands that building a trusting relationship with an 800kg horse is similar to building trust with large groups of human beings. She tells us how that works.Eula’s LinksLinkedInWhat an 800...
2025-08-2045 min10,000 Swamp Leaders078_Runa Sabore: Designing a New Frame of Society Through Architecture.Runa Sabore was raised in a commune. She has carried the communal lessons of caring for community into her work helping design buildings that support how people can live well in the “age of aging.” Runa talks about the potential of “universal design” to keep people living at home and how she has learned to connect silos that form the basis for healthier communities. Runa's LinksNORD Architects Healthy AgeingExplore Healthy AgeingThanks for listening. Send me your feedbackI want to thank my gr...
2025-07-3038 min10,000 Swamp Leaders079_Kelly Indira Buis: The Craft of Facilitation and AdaptationKelly Indira Buis comes to the Swamp to discuss the craft of group facilitation. Kelly is the founder of The Adaptation Company in The Hague, Netherlands. The work of facilitating groups of human beings is challenging. There are often multiple agendas and outcomes that need to be navigated for useful outcomes. Then there is the importance of getting all voices and ideas into the room and understood. Kelly has developed a clear process with four elements that help guide groups to outcomes they seek that lead to more helpful actions. I suggest you also check Kelly out on LinkedIn u...
2025-07-3053 min10,000 Swamp Leaders077_Paolo Quattrone: The Wonder of Accounting and the Society of JesusPaolo Quattrone comes to the Swamp and brings his love of accounting as basis for better judgment and decision making. He also re-introduces us to The Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Paolo makes the case that in a globalized world, increasing technology and our faster life-pace are leading to more uncertainty and a misalignment of our purpose. In our conversation, Paolo provides a fresh orientation to using accounting principles to support deeper diagnosis and wiser decisions. Paolo also suggests that there is much to learn from the Jesuit’s exploration of the world. Their willingness to step into uncertainty and le...
2025-07-1743 min10,000 Swamp Leaders076_ Graeme Findlay: Differential Voice: A Leadership Approach for ComplexityGraeme Findlay visits the swamp and brings his Differential Voice leadership meta-model. Graeme makes the case that to lead effectively today, a leader needs more than one voice. Graeme has us covered: his differential voice approach is based on six major ‘modes’ of leading. Take note as Graeme leads us through when and how we use these different leadership voices.Graeme’s LinksWebsiteDifferential VoiceBlogLeadership ProgrammeThanks for listening. Send me your fe...
2025-07-101h 0010,000 Swamp Leaders075_ Julie Drybrough: Transformation: From Moving Deck Chairs to Changing ShipsJulie Drybrough comes to the Swamp and shares her life wisdom fostering transformation. She is candid about her personal transformational path and how it shapes her coaching and group work. She learned how building a new narrative of trust can produce “magic” and people begin to shine. Hers is a story about how commitment, self-love, service to others and reflection reveal the best of who we can be and the means to navigate the “crunchy stuff.”Julie’s Links:Website: https://fuchsiablueblog.wpcomstaging.com/Blog: https://fuchsiablueblog.wpcomstaging.com/2020/11/06/growlery/
2025-06-2544 min10,000 Swamp Leaders074_CK and Clif McKenzie: Having The Right People MattersClif and CK McKenzie come to the Swamp and talk about their generational leadership transition of Watson Furniture. They discuss their different approaches to the work, how they make decisions and how they each lead. Clif has led Watson for a great many years. He didn’t start out loving office furniture. That quickly changed. He sets the high standard for the design and functionality of the Watson products. CK brings his US Naval Academy education and US Marine Corps training flying combat helicopters. They approach leading from different core influences and yet they are on the same page ab...
2025-02-2748 min10,000 Swamp Leaders073_Wendy Tyner: I Am One Who ListensWendy Tyner visits the Swamp to share her wisdom gained from leading philanthropic organizations and building communities. She begins our conversation sharing what she learned teaching children with learning disabilities. We then discuss how she guided three not-for-profit organizations to become significant community assets that support bluegrass music, farms and public lands. She often guided all these projects at the same time. Wendy offers up a portfolio of lessons learned and “grandmotherly (Baba)” advice for all of us. Thanks Wendy.Wendy’s LinksWintergrassPodcast- On...
2025-02-1844 min10,000 Swamp Leaders072_Aidan McQuade: Ethical LeadershipAidan McQuade joins me in the Swamp to discuss his book, Ethical Leadership: Moral Decision-Making Under Pressure and his model “The Cruciform of Agency.” Aidan was born in Northern Ireland and grew up during the period known as “the troubles.” He is wiser for that experience. He has dedicated his life to humanitarian work in some of the most difficult conditions over the last twenty years. Our conversation explores his experiences leading aid organizations and the hard decisions that need to be made that affect human life. We explore his model and how individuals can use it to locate a space o...
2025-02-1358 min10,000 Swamp Leaders071_Benjamin Taylor: Differentiation, Integration and Four Dynamics of GroupsBenjamin Taylor makes his third appearance in the Swamp and he brings some useful distinctions with him. We discuss the value and importance of understanding the positive and negative dynamics that differentiation and integration have on group dynamics and productivity. But it is not all that simple. There are at least four dynamics at play at any time in your work groups. Benjamin maps these group dynamics and shares moves that you can make to lead, manage and facilitate more effective group-work outcomes.Benjamin’s LinksBenjamin Taylor LinkedIN post...
2025-02-0541 min10,000 Swamp Leaders070_Joanne Murphy & Keith Grint: The Demanding Craft of LeadingJoanne Murphy and Keith Grint come to the swamp to discuss their views on leadership and the effort required to do it well. Joanne and Keith are deeply informed on this topic of leading. Their academic background includes teaching, research and writing. We discuss the differences between command, management and leadership. All three approaches matter and we explore the value of each role. The state of the world calls for more people with the stamina to lead. In this episode, stamina will be supported with craft.LinksJoanne’s Links...
2025-01-2255 min10,000 Swamp Leaders069_Bill Sharpe: Three Horizons: The Patterns of HopeThree Horizons: The Patterning of Hope Bill Sharpe visits the swamp and brings his Three Horizon framework for navigating the future. Bill is an independent researcher who helps people work together to create transformational change in the face of an uncertain future. Bill will explain what makes each of the three horizons distinct and necessary for addressing the future. The beauty and significance of the Three Horizon framework is the simplicity of understanding and its ease of use. Bill will explain it all and then you can get to work sorting your own Three Horizons.L...
2024-10-3045 min10,000 Swamp Leaders069_Bill Sharpe: Three Horizons: The Patterns of HopeThree Horizons: The Patterning of Hope Bill Sharpe visits the swamp and brings his Three Horizon framework for navigating the future. Bill is an independent researcher who helps people work together to create transformational change in the face of an uncertain future. Bill will explain what makes each of the three horizons distinct and necessary for addressing the future. The beauty and significance of the Three Horizon framework is the simplicity of understanding and its ease of use. Bill will explain it all and then you can get to work sorting your own Three H...
2024-10-3050 min10,000 Swamp Leaders068_Elvis Fraser: Advancing Social Justice and Equity through MLEElvis Fraser comes to the Swamp to share his commitment to helping non-profit organizations realize greater measurable results from their social impact investments through wise monitoring, learning and evaluation strategies.He and his Sanfoka Consulting team align their strategies to advance social justice and equity in all aspects of their work. Elvis has a rich history of leading and mentoring teams around the world and he brings his wisdom to our conversation. Elvis's LinksSanfoka ConsultingElvis LinkedInSanfoka Case Thanks for listening. Send me...
2024-08-0751 min10,000 Swamp Leaders067_ Eva Grosman: Centre for Democracy and PeacebuildingEva Grosman joins me in the swamp to share how her “life factory setting” which is based on hope and courage, has guided her in building the Centre for Democracy and Peacebuilding as well as a community of peacebuilders around the world. Listen close because Eva offers a multitude of specific, actionable moves each of us can take to lead on difficult challenges. Eva’s life work and impact is a model for the potency of personal agency. Eva’s LinksCentre For Democracy and PeacebuildingLinkedInThanks...
2024-07-0342 min10,000 Swamp Leaders066_ Nick Ellem: The Leadership Learning CycleNick Ellem comes to the Swamp to share a comprehensive exploration of Adaptive Leadership as well as his journey to teach and help people building adaptive capacity. Nick speaks directly to the reasons why many leadership development programs fall short of expectations. He then introduces his antidote: The Leadership Learning Cycle which is built on four elements: Academy LabPodiumTemple The leadership learning cycle offers an integrated framework for building the range of capacities people need to build leadership craft. Enjoy a fresh approach to leadership development. ...
2024-06-2649 min10,000 Swamp Leaders065_Joanne Murphy: Leadership is about creating changeJoanne Murphy, Professor of Inclusive Leadership at Birmingham Business School comes to the swamp and discusses how we can lead inside volatile environments. She brings a lifetime of lived experience on this topic. Joanne was raised in Northern Ireland during the “troubles.” She learned first hand what is required to lead in volatile environments. Joanne is an academic, author and teacher who is committed to helping individuals and organizations build the organizational scaffolding that is essential in these troubling times. She wraps all this information inside deep passion and energy. Joanne’s LinksJoanne’s Book: Manag...
2024-06-1253 min10,000 Swamp Leaders064_Ethan Schutz: The Human ElementEthan Schutz, President and CEO of The Schutz Company pays a visit to the swamp and shares the history and the work that is The Human Element. Ethan takes us back to when his father, Will Schutz developed his thinking and motivation for helping people develop greater self-awareness, aliveness and candor through telling more truth. Will developed FIRO Theory which has become a fundamental philosophy that has influenced many people inside the world of organizational development. Ethan has led the organization for 15 years and he brings a deep understanding of group dynamics and how...
2024-05-0157 min10,000 Swamp Leaders063_Jill Hufnagel: Leading Begins With PurposeJill Hufnagel comes to the swamp and shares her perspective and experience helping people develop leadership capacity. Jill served as guest faculty on the Harvard Kennedy School’s Art & Practice of Adaptive Leadership program and as a senior associate with Cambridge Leadership Associates, along with running her own consultancy JHC&C. In our conversation, Jill discusses the importance of having a clear purpose for leading, how to develop your leadership craft and she offers wisdom on navigating the challenges of leadingJill’s Linkshttps://primacentral.org/education/prima-leadership-academy/ https://issuu.com/kansasleadershipcenter/docs...
2024-04-2445 min10,000 Swamp Leaders062_Geoff Mead: Narrative LeadershipGeoff Mead returns to the Swamp to discuss narrative leadership. Often acts of leading begin as a conversation. A conversation that might be internal or conversations with other people. It is important for people who choose to lead, to understand how to craft and use narrative to mobilize people to take action. Geoff helps us understand how to do this work in this episode. Geoff is the founding director of Narrative Leadership Associates, a consultancy focused on the use of storytelling for sustainable leadership. He is a master guide in the emerging field of narrative leadership and sto...
2024-04-1057 min10,000 Swamp Leaders061_ Geoff Mead: Narrative IdentityGeoff Mead joins us in the Swamp to explore the significance of the stories we tell ourselves, the narratives we use to guide our life and how they shape our identity.Geoff is the founding director of Narrative Leadership Associates, a consultancy focused on the use of storytelling for sustainable leadership. He is a master guide in the emerging field of narrative leadership and storytelling in organizations. He will share some stories and offer us guidance on how we can adapt our narrative to support the life we seek to live. Geoff’s L...
2024-03-2556 min10,000 Swamp Leaders060_Janie Ekberg: Camp Siberia and the life altering power of leading from the heart.060_Janie Ekberg comes to the Swamp to share her stories of leading across multiple social impact projects. Her story is personal for me because she found a way to mobilize me and get me involved in Camp Siberia and in so doing, change my life and perspective on what it takes to lead without authority. Janie has also changed the trajectory of hundreds of other people in her community and around the world. She comes to share her stories of leading, her insights on how to foster a movement and how serving the common good turns is the best wo...
2024-03-0645 min10,000 Swamp Leaders059_Natalie Trotta: Community Building Through WellnessNatalie Trotta comes to the Swamp to share her decision to alter her career trajectory and lead herself in the pursuit of building a wellness community. Natalie’s journey is important because she highlights that leading is always a choice and it can come from anyone and at any time. Natalie models that leading has nothing to do with age or “life experience.” She has made a commitment to use herself to help others while she figures out the small details. Natalie understands that the next steps are revealed only when one has begun walking the path.Natalie...
2024-02-2145 min10,000 Swamp Leaders058_Maxime Fern & Michael Johnstone: Provocation as LeadershipMaxime Fern and Michael Johnstone are at the forefront of taking Adaptive Leadership out of academia and into boardrooms and learning spaces around the world. They come to the swamp to share their great book Provocation as Leadership: A roadmap for Adaptation and Change. Maxime and Michael have been working in family and organizational systems for most of their careers. They believe provocations are both necessary and helpful to building healthy groups. We discuss what makes up useful provocation, why it matters and they provide coaching on how to begin this important work. Our c...
2024-02-0652 min10,000 Swamp Leaders057_Lianne Morgan: A Gardener of MindfulnessLianne Morgan comes to the Swamp and shares her thoughts on the value of following a mindfulness practice. Lianne is a role model for us all. She has a long history of navigating life as a corporate leader. Long enough to know when it’s time to depart and how to make that transition. Today Lianne is a mindfulness coach. She offers wisdom in this episode on how to design a practice of mindfulness, the value of following that practice and how to use your body as a medium for learning and growth.Lianne's LinksLi...
2024-01-3047 min10,000 Swamp Leaders056_Ellen Schall: A Reflective Practitioner’s JourneyEllen Schall of New York University comes to the Swamp and shares her wisdom on how to develop a leadership reflective practice. Ellen’s journey began when she worked in New York City starting as a Legal Aid Society attorney. She moved to New York University in 1992 and it is still her home. She taught the Leadership course: Reflective Practice: Learning from Work. Ellen shares her thoughts on the importance of distinguishing role from self, how to develop a self-reflection practice, her definition of leading and the deep value that comes from wor...
2024-01-1643 min10,000 Swamp Leaders055_Tracey Camilleri & Samatha Rockey: The Social Brain - The Psychology of Successful GroupsTracey Camilleri and Samatha Rockey come to the Swamp and bring a treasure trove of research based thinking that leverages both the art and science necessary for building successful groups. They share their recommendations from their new book: The Social Brain: The Psychology of Successful Groups. We discuss the Dunbar Number, the value creation that comes from investing time and energy in fostering belonging and forming bonds that lead to bigger results. Samatha and Tracey are committed optimists who are using their research and writing to help organizations today and foster better working environments fo...
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BLOOM - Empowered SensitivesLeading Change Through Challenges with Rick TorsethLeadership is learned. It is a choice. Leadership is not a position but an action. My guest Rick inspires us with his approach to leadership. Leading change in a complex world, where most problems are messy is a huge challenge. It calls for individuals who are willing the enter and cross what he calls “the swampy lowlands.”Rick has been helping clients build leadership capacity for many years. He has his own wonderful and inspiring podcast: 10.000 Swamp Leaders. Check it out!www.10000swampleaders.com
2023-12-1042 min10,000 Swamp Leaders054_Martin Thomas & Mick Yates: Artistry and Passion as the impetus for impactMartin Thomas and Mick Yates, two friends I admire, come to the Swamp to share their encore stories and second acts. Both men returned to university late in their professional careers and that decision changed the trajectory of their lives, the focus of their commitments and how they have chosen to make a difference as they conjure up second acts and most likely, third and forth acts. All of us will learn a few things about how to design a life well lived. LinksMartin ThomasLinkedIn
2023-11-2951 min10,000 Swamp Leaders053_Nick Conigrave: Leadership bricolage that builds capacity to flourishEpisode 053_ Nick Conigrave brings to the swamp his marriage of deep leadership study with the pragmatism needed to help people build their capacity to lead for greater impact. You will hear Nick’s passion for helping people as he shares the range of approaches he uses to construct leadership programmes and coaching strategies that are useful to all. Nick is a true bricolage of leadership development.Nick’s LinksLinkedIn profile6 Team ConditionsLeadership as a learning activityLeading Systems towards transformative learningThanks...
2023-11-1642 min10,000 Swamp Leaders052_Joanne Flinn: A Sustainability “Guide” for Company DirectorsEpisode 052_ Joanne Flinn visits the swamp to discuss how company directors can integrate the environmental, social and governance agenda inside their organization and thrive. Joanne is the Chair of ESG Institute and the author of Greensight: The Sustainability Guide for Company Directors. She discusses the challenges of the ESG agenda as well as ideas for implementation. Joanne’s LinksLinkedInBookESG InstituteThanks for listening. Send me your feedbackI want to thank my great team that helps me sound better than I a...
2023-10-1840 min10,000 Swamp Leaders051_Tom Tyner: The Sacred Trust of Public LandEpisode 051_ Tom Tyner comes to the swamp to share his decision to help preserve public lands for future generations. He shares his decision to leave his position as legal counsel to a global bank, move his family from San Francisco to the Seattle area and dedicate his time and expertise to secure parklands, forests, range land and wilderness for future generations. Tom’s a humorist guy so he holds our interest as he shares his lessons and his wisdom on life and leading. Tommy, the trees, the habitat and all of us thank you.Tom's Links
2023-10-1044 min10,000 Swamp Leaders050_Anne-Fleur Goll: Every cog drives the system and you can be oneAnne-Fleur Goll joins me to share her story of a call to action on climate change that started small and then suddenly it was big and global. Anne-Fleur balances being a climate consultant on the Deloitte Sustainability team with her climate activism. She has learned a few things on how to create and sustain a movement as well as how to manage and balance these dual roles and take care of herself. Anne's LinksLinkedInHEC SpeechThanks for listening. Send me your feedbackI want t...
2023-09-2753 min10,000 Swamp Leaders049_Karin Zastrow - Direct Leadership: The potency of leading by "doing"Karin Zastrow comes to the Swamp and she arrives with over twenty years of first hand experience working as a leader. Our conversation starts when Karin is tasked with designing her organization’s leadership development strategy. Without a budget. Immediately we come to understand that her unique combination of persistence, curiosity, and action is ideally suited for this challenge. Her hard work leads to the development of Direct Leadership. Karin details how she discovered the power of leading by doing and what it takes to master this leadership capacity. Karin has been teaching, coaching and facilitating Direct Leadership work fo...
2023-09-2047 min10,000 Swamp Leaders048_ Joe Badman: The magic of Public ServiceJoe Badman joins me in the swamp to share his passion for working with public service individuals and teams. Joe discovered early in his career that he was quite good at helping teams collaborate and solve messy problems. Through this work, he unearthed his passion to help improve people’s lives. We all rely on our local governments to deliver high quality services. Joe and his team help organizations build the capacity to both perform at a higher level and be more self-reliant in the process. We all win with this outcome. Joe understands that there is magic in helpi...
2023-09-1348 min10,000 Swamp Leaders047_Nyuon William: Born in Civil War, Raised for Peace and JusticeNyuon William is an accomplished lawyer and advocate for peace, gender equality and human rights. She joins us to share her journey growing up in the midst of Sudan’s civil war, being raised by parents who advocated and supported her education and her development path to becoming a lawyer. Her specialization includes reforms for women’s equality, as well as the youth, peace and security agenda. As a lawyer, Nyuon is a role model for women both inside her country and around the world. She uses her legal expertise in support of the movement for equal rights...
2023-09-0643 min10,000 Swamp Leaders046 Jerilyn Brusseau: Peace Trees Vietnam and the courage to heal from loss.Jerilyn Brusseau offers evidence that one woman, with a vision to heal can change the lives of thousands of people. Her story begins with heartbreak when she learns that her brother, Dan Cheney, was shot down and killed in Vietnam just 15 days after he arrived in the country. In that moment, Jerilyn joined nearly 60,000 other American families who lost family members in a war that would last almost 20 years. Almost immediately Jerilyn understood that there were also Vietnamese families suffering equal heartache from losing loved ones. So began Peace Trees Vietnam.In o...
2023-08-3047 min10,000 Swamp Leaders045 Larai Diana Gwani: "I am a force to be reckoned with"Larai Diana Gwani comes to the swamp and shared the challenges and successes she has produced in her role as a government official in the Kaduna State Legislature. She has spent her life living and working inside a patriarchal culture. She has learned how to use herself to lead inside this difficult environment. She is fighter and advocate for gender & social inclusion as well as citizen stakeholder engagement. Larai is a mentor and role model for the next generations of women leaders emerging in Kaduna state government. She mixes compassion, truth and tough love candor to help ot...
2023-05-3141 min10,000 Swamp Leaders044 Deborah Jones: Community Leadership Takes a CommunityDeborah Jones comes to the Swamp and shares what it took to build the Community Leadership Programme and the Violence Reduction Network in Leicester, England. She describes how the commitment of Leicester’s diverse network of leaders has fostered a culture of leadership practice and produced an enhanced impact that benefits their city and county. And they all seem to be having a great time supporting each other on their learning journey.Debbie’s Links:Jones ConsultingLinkedInwww.violencereductionnetwork.co.uk ...
2023-05-2440 min10,000 Swamp Leaders043 Meg Zeenat Wamithi: What keeps me going is 13 year old MegMeg Zeenat Wamithi comes to the swamp to share how the work of her organization, Mindmapper, is helping youth to learn how to take care of their bodies, minds & bank accounts, engage in meaningful relationships and take part in work experience opportunities in their local communities. Meg is candid about the mental health challenges she faced and she tells us how the network she is building plans to support young people to learn how to take care of themselves.Meg’s Links:Meg...
2023-05-1743 min10,000 Swamp Leaders042 Cecile Demailly: A Guide to Thriving as a Middle ManagerCecile Demailly comes to the Swamp to share insights from her book “The Middle Manager’s Survival Guide.” Cecile spent almost twenty years as one of those “middles” in global organizations. She brings her lessons learned from that world and adds fifteen years of experience helping the middle manager community as a consultant. Her ideas are practical, accessible and can be used for managing in the business world and as well as the world of life, family and community. Cecile’s LinksCecile’s BookCecile’s L...
2023-05-1042 min10,000 Swamp Leaders041 Irwin Turbitt: An Adaptive Approach To Close The Knowing-Doing GapEpisode 039 Irwin Turbitt comes to the swamp to share his complex and life altering journey from being a police commander in Northern Ireland to teaching and building leadership capacity at the Harvard Kennedy School and Oxford/Said Business school. Irwin had earned his teaching and consulting credentials the “harder way". He began on the streets of Northern Ireland by working on the century-old challenges for a peacefully resolve to the religious strife inside his country.His personal leadership challenges plus his willingness to ask harder questions lead him to university to s...
2023-05-0350 min10,000 Swamp Leaders040 Anne Gibbon: There is “No too hard and I’m walking away”040 Anne Gibbon joins me to share how her father, the United States Naval Academy and her intuition all conspired to form the leader that she is today. Anne was both the 2007 Heavyweight National Amateur Boxing Championships and a Second-Team All-American rower, and was inducted into the Academy Athletic Hall of Fame. That was just the beginning of her leadership journey. We discuss her thoughts on Ethical leadership, the importance of emotional self-regulation and using power for good.Today Anne is the co-founder of Matri, Inc. which helps critical decision-makers consume more information, intuitively, and fa...
2023-04-2644 min10,000 Swamp Leaders039 Benjamin Taylor: There are Problems with Adaptive Leadership AND Consulting040_ Benjamin TaylorBenjamin Taylor, RedQuadrant founder, returns to the Swamp for an enlightening conversation on two topics:The Problem with Adaptive LeadershipThe Problem with Consulting I asked Benjamin to return to the podcast (listen here to Episode #021) because he has clear and strong thinking on both adaptive leadership and the world of consulting.Adaptive leadership is a bit of a mainstay in my consulting work and since I am a consultant, i...
2023-04-1944 min10,000 Swamp Leaders038 Eka Gigauri: I love my countryEka Gigauri comes to the swamp to share her twenty year trek to establish transparency, accountability and social integrity in her country of Georgia. Her story begins with the Rose Revolution in Georgia in 2003 when the country separated from the Soviet Union. Today Eka is the Executive Director of Transparency International’s county office in Georgia. She leads a team committed to rooting out systems and networks of corruption inside her beloved country. Eka shares her thoughts and approach to being courageous and supporting her team while sticking with the fundamental work of building a Georgia for the common go...
2023-02-2042 min10,000 Swamp Leaders037 Julia Fabris McBride: When Everyone LeadsJulia Fabris McBride is the Interim President and CEO as well as the Chief Leadership Development Officer of Kansas Leadership Center. She is co-author with Ed O’Malley of the recently published book “When Everyone Leads”The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) is a one of a kind, non-profit organization committed to fostering leadership for stronger, healthier and more prosperous Kansas communities and around the world. Julia shares what she has learned about developing adaptive leadership capacity in the state of Kansas and beyond. Why civic leadership is impor...
2023-02-0145 min10,000 Swamp Leaders036 Rachel Musson: A Tempered Radical Reimagines EducationRachel Musson comes to the Swamp to discuss how her organization, ThoughtBox Education, is reimagining education for kids around the world. Their work is helping students develop the relevant skills to create and sustain a thriving world. She shares the Triple Wellbeing Culture model that focuses on care for self, others and the world. We discuss the value of being a Tempered Radical and how to act like one. The work of reimagining education is complex and messy. Rachel and her team practice Active Patience to keep it all moving. We could all benefit from some active patience.
2023-01-2553 min10,000 Swamp Leaders035 Kit Lykketoft: The Art of Convening and the Work of SustainingKit Lykketoft is the Director of Conventions at Wonderful Copenhagen. The official tourism organization of the Capital Region of Copenhagen. Her work is attracting and convening international association conferences to the city while designing a sustainable agenda for attendees. Finding this balance is the challenge of leading. Kit brings a strategist and change maker mindset to proactively use research and future trends to design steps she and her team can take today that support the conference community and the wellbeing of the planet. Kitt’s Links:Wonderful Copenhagenh...
2023-01-1826 min10,000 Swamp Leaders034 Kush Doshi: All It Takes Is Just One Person034 Kush Doshi jumps into the Swamp to share his views on leading inside a community health system. He brings his passion for advancing health efforts for communities of color and mobilizing health equity by addressing the social determinants of health within communities. But he doesn’t stop here. He is also an advocate for equity, inclusion, and diversity within the workforce so that reflects the population it serves. Thanks for listening. Send me your feedbackI want to thank my great team that helps me sound better than I a...
2023-01-1145 min10,000 Swamp Leaders033_Larisa Halilovic: Born to Lead and Mentor Women Around the World033_Larisa Halilovic jumps into the Swamp to share her deep wisdom on leading and building teams. Her leadership journey began when she escaped her war torn country, became a refugee and learned how to adapt and thrive in a new country. Larisa has over twenty years of experience leading teams in the United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. She has made it her personal mission to introduce and support mentorship programmes for women around the world. Larisa is a glowing source of energy, infectious and deeply wise. Her ideas will help us all lead just a touch better.
2022-12-1449 min10,000 Swamp Leaders032_Kurt O’Brien: Leadership Can Be Taught032_Kurt O’Brien, friend, thought partner and leadership teacher comes to the Swamp to share his insights on how to teach leadership. Kurt brings 22+ years of experience helping emerging leaders in healthcare build their craft of leading. He shares what gives him hope for the future and reflects on the importance of balancing classroom learning with real world experiments.Kurt Links:Kurt’s websiteKurt’s BookThanks for listening. Send me your feedbackI want to thank...
2022-12-0741 min10,000 Swamp Leaders031_Leen Gorissen: Building Our Future on Natural Intelligence031_ Leen Gorissen: Biologist and founder of Center4NI takes us on a journey to reconnect us with our own Natural Intelligence. She asserts that the difficult conditions of our planet call for us to focus more on developing our Natural Intelligence than seeking artificial solutions. Leen shares the Story of Wolves. A remarkable regenerative example that demonstrates how nature provides all of us with the ways and means to restore health to planet earth. Leen is providing grounding for hope for our future if we are willing to use ourselves as agents of change.
2022-11-3046 min10,000 Swamp Leaders030_Judy Rees - Clean Language: Opening Minds through the Potency of Metaphors.030 _ Judy Rees shares how simple questions, sharp listening and exploring metaphors can access fresh ideas, improved strategies and sharper actions for addressing challenges and accessing more human potential.LinksReesMcCannBooks by JudyJudy Rees’ EbookClean Language: Revealing Metaphors and Opening MindsThe Five Minute Coach Buzzing Online Workshops Thanks for listening. Send me your feedb...
2022-11-2439 min10,000 Swamp Leaders029_ Guillaume Wiatr: Building a Strategic Narrative is an act of leadership029_ Guillaume Wiatr joins us in the swamp to explore the power of strategic narratives and why building one is an act of leadership. We will explore the difference between stories and narrative and how to use them both inside your team or organization to mobilize change. Guillaume will also talk about External Discipline and External Freedom and how to cultivate both through a reflective practice. Guillaume's website: MetahelmThanks for listening. Send me your feedbackI want to thank my great team that helps me sound better than I am.
2022-11-0942 min10,000 Swamp Leaders028_Terry Rogers: Faces of RecoveryTerry Rogers has been a practicing physician for over 56 years. He was the director of respiratory and critical care at Seattle Swedish Hospital, served a Senior Medical Officer and CEO for King County Blue Shield. He was also CEO of the Foundation for Healthcare Quality in Seattle. He retired as Medical Director of Lakeside-Milam Recovery Centers and still sees patients on a weekly basis. Terry has given his life to the good health of other people. Terry is also the author of Faces of Recovery, a remarkable book that features before and after photos of patients who have be...
2022-10-2443 min10,000 Swamp Leaders027_ Lea Ranalder: Sustainable Cities Advocate at work in Cairo027_ Lea Ranalder is a committed advocate for building more sustainable cities. Her work with UN-Habitat is focused on developing more renewable energy resources that mitigate climate change in our greatest urban hubs. Cities are both the heartbeat of countries and vulnerable collectives that impact millions of lives everyday. Lea brings her years of experience and passion to facilitate the hard work helping cities, local government and stakeholders work together for the good of the commons.Thanks for listening. Send me your feedbackI want to thank my great team that helps me sound better...
2022-10-1945 min10,000 Swamp Leaders026_John Scherer: Facing The Tiger026_John Scherer: Facing The Tiger John Scherer brings a lifetime of developing leaders around the world to the swamp. He shares what is possible when we face our tigers and the five deep questions we must answer to understand our purpose and power. As John says: “You don’t need to CHANGE yourself. You need to COME HOME to yourself. This changes EVERYTHING.” John also shares how he mobilized a leadership movement in Poland. Enjoy a conversation with a man of great passion and joy and discover as he exhibits his own passion and purpose...
2022-08-3145 min10,000 Swamp Leaders025_Jole Berlage-Buccellati: Integral Coaching for Highly Sensitive People025_Jole Berlage-Buccellati discusses the potential Highly Sensitive People bring to the world and the workplace. Jole’s coaching mission is to support the empowerment of highly-sensitive and highly-gifted people to self-actualize, embrace their sensuality, their talents, their power and their unique gifts. The four capacity building themes that guide her work are resilience, adaptability, joy and authenticity. All of us can benefit from understanding and leveraging these themes for growth in both our life and our work. Jole helps us understand how we can do that work.Thanks for listening. Send me your feedback...
2022-08-1743 min10,000 Swamp Leaders024_Annika Torseth: Community Impact Through Second Chances024_Annika Torseth: Community Impact Through Second Chances. Jails are often the end of the road for many people. For a few, a jail is a place where a second chance might emerge. Annika Torseth, a forensic case manager joins the podcast and shares what she has learned about how to hold difficult conversations, building a trusting relationship and how to design a re-entry system that will support a better life on the outside. Thanks for listening. Send me your feedbackI want to thank my great team that helps me sound b...
2022-07-2749 min10,000 Swamp Leaders023_Elizabeth Filippouli: A Leader For Women Around the WorldIn 2012, Elizabeth Filippouli raised her hand to lead. In so doing, she has fostered a movement to promote values-based thinking and accountability in leadership among women around the world. She has launched two organizations that support women building their capacity to lead inside a supportive community of peers and mentors. Global Thinkers Forum and Athena40 Forum are the containers for leadership capacity building that is spilling out across the world. Elizabeth is also an author. During the pandemic, she released From Women To The World: Letters For A New Century. Listen to her journey and get on board.
2022-07-1947 min10,000 Swamp Leaders021_Benjamin Taylor: The Abundance of Systems021_Benjamin Taylor: This week I am talking with Benjamin Taylor about Systems Leadership, Barry Oshry and his deep commitment to transform public services. His core purpose is improving the lives of those most in need of support. Benjamin has built his consultancy, RedQuadrant, into a dynamic resource for helping UK governments agencies, charities and NGOs. The depth and breadth of his knowledge and experience in providing the most useful resource and intervention to match the situation is based on his mastery of multiple change frameworks and tools. And to prove it, he has brought his treasure chest and parked...
2022-07-0648 min10,000 Swamp Leaders022_Barton Parrott: Family Business in TransitionFamilies are complex human systems. Running a business is always a complex system. Put the two complexities together and there are bound to be swamp issues at work. Bart Parrott talks about the challenges family businesses face when transitions are happening. Given that each of us has a family and we all need to navigate life and career transitions, Bart offers some useful ideas and approaches to how we can “wise up” our transition process. Bart wants to know what you aspire to in the future and what you want to build together. Thanks for l...
2022-07-0650 min10,000 Swamp Leaders020_Knights Jump into the Swamp020_Knights: Knights Jump into the Swamp. We travel a different journey of leading in this episode. I am joined by four life-long friends. Bryan Garinger, Kevin Olson, Mark Eathorne and Rick Walker. These four men have been part of my life almost since birth. We shared a unique early life experience that has shaped and informed how we live our lives, how we show up in our work and how we choose to lead. This is a conversation about effective teams, wise authority and leading and working together. When you listen to our story, I hope you will remember...
2022-06-2943 min10,000 Swamp Leaders019_Max Martina: Adaptive Leadership Leaves the Classroom.Max Martina brings his deep experience with Adaptive Leadership and his classroom time with Ron Heifetz down to the swamp to share. This is a natural fit for both Max and we swamp dwellers. After all there is no difference between an adaptive challenge and a swamp issue. Max offers tight, specific points on how we can use ourselves to lead how we might do this work using adaptive leadership approaches. You will come away with a few new moves to support your leadership efforts. You will also learn what L=FOO(w) means....
2022-06-211h 0110,000 Swamp LeadersRick Torseth: A Question Answered and Moves for Leading018_Rick Torseth: A View From the Balcony #1 After a few month’s and several episodes, I’m pausing to answer the question: Why 10,000 Swamp Leaders? and 2) reflect on the mass shootings in Buffalo NY and Uvalde, Texas. I have no solutions AND I believe these events have exposed our elected Senators to be weak authority figures. The tragic events are also self-identifying many people who are choosing to raise their hand and lead without authority. In this short episode, we will highlight a few moves these people can make to mobilize the movement(s) they believe are nece...
2022-05-3021 min10,000 Swamp LeadersDave Cooper: A Navy Seals Who Swims Against the Current.017_Dave Cooper: A Navy Seals Who Swims Against the Current. Dave Cooper brings unique experiences to any conversation about leading. For twenty-five years, Dave was deployed to Bosnia, Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq. It was on these battlefields that Dave learned to create the conditions for team effectiveness based on candid “after action reviews” that challenge all members of the team to reflect on the individual and team performance. His four favorite words: “I screwed that up.”Not a guy to stand down, Dave has moved on to study complex human systems and the power of storytelling. His miss...
2022-05-0947 min10,000 Swamp LeadersSharon Wood: A Life Spent Leading In Cross-Cultural Environments.015_Sharon Wood: A Life Spent Leading In Cross-Cultural Environments. Sharon Wood began her leadership journey “at home” as a teenager on the island of Macau. Over the course of fifty plus years she has steered her leadership career from that home base to Executive VP of business development for a Chinese global enterprise. Along the way, she has refined her views on what it takes to lead in a cross-general world. That includes both cultural and generational differences. Sharon has much wisdom to share and she is both honest and direct in her advice to younger leaders....
2022-05-0348 min10,000 Swamp LeadersSadaffe Abid: Leading A Social Enterprise Focused on Women's Empowerment & Leadership014_Sadaffee Abid: Leading a Social Enterprise Focused on Women’s Empowerment and Leadership. Sadaffe is the Founder of CIRCLE: a social enterprise supporting the next generation of women leaders through the development of digital literacy, mentorship and greater participation in the economy. CIRCLE’S mission is to “Impact One Million women across Pakistan." She is well on her way to realizing that goal. In this episode, she shares her thoughts on leading, finding your voice and building leadership stamina. Learn more about Sadaffe and Circle here: https://www.circlewomen.co/
2022-04-2635 min10,000 Swamp LeadersDennis Vergne: A Leader Who Doesn’t Intend To Lead.013_Dennis Vergne: A Leader Who Doesn’t Intend To Lead. Dennis comes to the Swamp and shares his views on leading. And without giving it all away here, he displays his positive deviant orientation to building teams based on freedom and candor and trust. He also flips the field on how to lead change projects. He is more interested in taking actions than talking about “how to do it.” If you are tired of safe and vanilla strategies to lead change and build teams, Dennis Vergne’s ideas will provoke. Learn more about Den...
2022-04-1952 min10,000 Swamp LeadersThe Four Virtues of Leadership: Kitty Nooy & Tycho Prins012_Kitty Nooy & Tycho Prins: The Four Virtues of Leadership. We are living in a time of the rise of the oligarchy model of leadership. Which means giving power to a small group of people to decide the future of the larger collective. This is risky business. What the collective risks is the loss of fairness and justice to all. Kitty Nooy and Tycho Prins have made it their work to help groups and organizations develop ethical leadership built on the four virtues of leadership: Courage, Temperance, Justice and Wisdom. Kitty and Tycho combine their professional experience with philosophy to...
2022-04-1247 min10,000 Swamp Leaders012 Rana Adib: Ren21 Mobilizes Global Renewables Network012 We have arrived at a critical moment in the transition from fossil fuel to renewable sources of energy. Ren21 is located at the center of a community of energy players. The organization is using its knowledge and expertise to do the hard leadership work of mobilizing this network to sustain the momentum required to shift the balance away from fossil fuel and onto renewable energy. Rana Adib, the Executive Director of Ren21, outlines why this moment is different and what we can do to help sustain the movement.Thanks for listening. Send me your feedback
2022-03-2350 min10,000 Swamp LeadersPolina Makarova: Our Ukraine: We Will Fight To The Last Breath011_ Polina Makarova drove out of Kharkiv on February 23rd, 2022 as Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. She took with her six family members but not her husband. He stayed behind to help defend their home town. In this episode she speaks directly to the possible futures that are ahead for her country, the courage of Ukrainians and what is at stake if the world doesn’t back up its words with meaningful action.Thanks for listening. Send me your feedbackI want to thank my great team that helps me sound be...
2022-03-0435 min10,000 Swamp LeadersMike Staresinic On Ukraine and Atonement010_ Mike Staresinic returns to the swamp to talk about Ukraine. Mike has many years of experience working in Ukraine in support of cities and communities. He is currently working with a team that is on the ground in Eastern Ukraine. Mike has invested much of his professional life helping the Ukrainians. What is happening today is difficult for him to absorb even with all his experience in the country. In this episode, he will share his candid thoughts and feelings about the situation. He will also talk about how we can help.Thanks for listening. Send me...
2022-02-2730 min10,000 Swamp LeadersMulti-Tasking-Master: Safiya Ibn Garba: Leading in Two Organizations for Social Change009 Safiya Ibn Garba: Founder of the Empowering Women for Excellence Initiative (EWEI) in Nigeria and she is the Director of Institutional Learning at Generations for Peace in Amman, Jordan. Safiya is a dedicated change agent who leads multiple programmes that empower women and youth to cultivate tolerance and citizenship in communities experiencing conflict and gender discrimination. Thanks for listening. Send me your feedbackI want to thank my great team that helps me sound better than I am. Jacki Hydock for her lending her wonderful voice to our i...
2022-02-2257 min10,000 Swamp LeadersThe Scratching Business: Ulziisuren Jamsran's scratching strategy empowers women008 The Scratching Business: Ulziisuren Jamsran, UN Women Representative in Kyrgyzstan shares her leadership lessons from 20 years of international development in gender and women’s equality. She explains why aligning one’s actions to core values and principles are essential to serving those who are in the greatest need of assistance. She also explains why finding the positive deviances in a community is the lever for producing equality for women and community culture. Ulzii is a wisdom keeper for leading social change inside the United Nations.Thanks for listening. Send me y...
2022-02-1553 min10,000 Swamp LeadersDeviating From the Norm: Lars Thuesen on the power of Positive Deviance007 Lars Thuesen Deviating from the “norm”: Lars Thuesen explains why positive deviance is potent and why knowing how to flip matters. Lars is a world leader in the practice of Positive Deviance which is a bit of a hidden gem for fostering social change and impact. Lars will help us understand the leverage of Positive Deviance and how each of us can make use of this approach in our personal life and work world. Thanks for listening. Send me your feedbackI want to thank my gr...
2022-02-0849 min10,000 Swamp LeadersHybrid Work: Matt Barnaby on building capacity inside the new work world006 Matt Barnaby is a consultant who comes to the Swamp bearing an eclectic portfolio of talents that he deploys to build community capacities. He is a gifted artist which immediately means he sees the world much differently than most of us. He is a master facilitator who has a compelling sense of how to create and hold space for groups of people to work and grow together. As a result of the pandemic, he has added the capacity for helping people, teams and organizations develop their approach to hybrid work. Join Matt in the swamp to hear his...
2022-02-0152 min10,000 Swamp LeadersSelf-Leadership: Nita Baum On How Listening to Self Will Lead To Good004 Nita Baum joins us in the Swamp to share two leadership journeys she is navigating. The first journey is as Founder of B*Free, a consultancy that partners with organizations to transform Workplaces to HealingSpaces for greater equity, humanity and sustainable wellbeing. This is big work and Nita talks about why it matters and what she has learned about helping organizations transform.Nita's is also on a simultaneous journey as Board President of Solar Responders, whose mission is to equip first responder stations with renewable backup energy systems so no lives are lost because first responders lack...
2022-01-2557 min10,000 Swamp LeadersThe Persistent Work of Jacob Mayne to Aid the Planet005 Jacob Mayne is an Englishman living in Paris. Immediately we know he’s on to something wise. He is a founder and Managing Partner of NewAngles Consultancy. His work is focused on sustainability and change strategy. He is also an Affiliate Professor at Paris/HEC School of Management and a visiting lecturer at Science Po, Paris. Jacob’s primary goal is helping leaders integrate positive, sustainable business practices into their organizations.He balances his professional focus with a love of the arts, music and a gift for writing. He is a joyful spirit with glin...
2022-01-2555 min10,000 Swamp Leaders001_The Balkan Architect: Mike Staresinic's Crusade for Democracy Through Open Elections001 Mike Staresinic help's launch 10,000 SwampLeaders with his harrowing story of leading in the Balkans during the struggle for free and open democracy. Mike is a friend and thought partner who brings real world experience and deep commitment to his work for social change. Thanks for listening. Send me your feedbackI want to thank my great team that helps me sound better than I am. Jacki Hydock for her lending her wonderful voice to our introduction and outro Great music by Jazz Night
2022-01-1649 min10,000 Swamp Leaders002_Birmingham Food Council: Kate Cooper and the Potency of Speaking Out003 Kate Cooper calls herself a "lippy grandmother, that is all." But she really is so much more than that. Kate is a role model for community building and leading change that directly helps the people in her Birmingham, UK community. She is the Director of Birmingham Food Council CIC, a Visiting Fellow at Aston University and of course, a grandmother. Kate's candor and modesty are a potent combination for all of us to model. In this episode, she is our guide to how one can transform how a city feeds it's people.Thanks for listening. Send me...
2022-01-1653 min10,000 Swamp LeadersPeace Builder: Mark Clark Forges His Global Leadership Experience into Peace Building002 Mark Clark is CEO of Generations For Peace located in Amman, Jordan. GFP is dedicated to sustainable conflict transformation at the grassroots, Generations For Peace empowers volunteer leaders of youth to promote active tolerance and responsible citizenship in communities experiencing different forms of conflict and violence.They do this work through carefully facilitated sport-based games, art, advocacy, dialogue, and empowerment activities provide an entry point to engage children, youth, and adults, and a vehicle for integrated education and sustained behavioural change.Mark shares his global leadership journey and talks about lessons learned from working in...
2022-01-161h 0110,000 Swamp Leaders10,000 Swamp Leaders Trailer000_ 10,000 Swamp Leaders TrailerThanks for listening. Send me your feedbackI want to thank my great team that helps me sound better than I am. Jacki Hydock for her lending her wonderful voice to our introduction and outro Great music by Jazz Night Awesome episode production by the great team of We Edit Podcasts all the way up in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Check them out at www.weeditpodcasts.com
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The Outliers InnEpisode 1 - The Outliers Inn - LeadershipTopic: What is a leader and what does leadership mean? In the continuing adventures of JP and Antlerboy, we explore the meaning and the practicalities. We fluff a joke about the perfect leader accidentally being defined as a despotic dictator, and tap a rich vein with memories of leadership lessons from high school sports coaches. And we stray into dangerous territory of leadership in the home - specifically our marriages. This is likely to be the first exploration of many in this field! We were lucky enough to be joined by Rick Torseth, who actually knows a bit about t...
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