Immerse yourself on a journey of discovery in this conversation about Paradoxical Thinking and Leadership with author and philosopher, Ivo Brughmans. Get ready to challenge your own assumptions and self-perception. Ivo delivers an insightful message about embracing the ‘power of both sides’ of our personalities. Reaching out for the side of our personality that we don’t see or use, or even like that much is truly challenging. As a ‘very serious person at work’, Ivo describes how he managed to combine both professional and playful, in order to reach more people and be more effective. He als ..read more

?️"Create habits that create a good life." In this episode we catch up with Taneli Rantala, CEO of Lifted, and dip in to highlights of Taneli's journey from a strategy consultant to a visionary entrepreneur.  Taneli´s philosophy emphasizes the importance of leadership style, organizational culture, personal development, and taking hard decisions to create successful, resilient leaders. Listen in to get insights into ?Enhancing organizational culture and productivity. ?Creating a consistent, coherent leadership approach. ?Developing team "coffee and success" practices for a positive gro ..read more

A warm and polished performance from Dutch organizational theorist Fons Trompenaars, recognized around the world for his work as a motivational speaker, consultant, and author of several books on culture and business. He spent over 30 years helping Fortune 500 leaders build meaningful connections to manage and solve business and cultural dilemmas to increase global effectiveness and performance. Recognized by Thinkers 50 as one of the most influential management thinkers in the world, Fons was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017 alongside Peter Drucker.  Don’t miss this action, learni ..read more

Celine Pasula has over a decade of leadership experience in top mobile gaming companies including startups and bigger companies. Today, as the Managing Director of Ubisoft RedLynx, she's working with experiences on all platforms, mobile, PC, and console. Celine is not only an expert in leadership, finance, legal and business development but also in building a great company culture. She is a fast-thinking leader with a big heart for game development. When it comes to gaming itself, she is one of the most competitive players you are ever going to meet! This episode revolves around the need ..read more

"Music attracts luck" - Nitin Sawhney In this episode we have a warm and uplifting chat with Nitin Sawhney, musician, producer and composer, known around the world for his  albums, film scores, DJ skills, and collaborations with Paul McCartney, Sting, Jeff Beck, Ellie Golding,  Annie Lennox, Will Young, Bob Geldof, Andy Serkis, Mira Nair, Anushka Shankar, Nora Jones, Herby Hancock and David Gilmore.  In a wide ranging conversation on music, intuition, collaboration, leadership and learning, Nitin references Beethoven, Pythagoras, Johannes Kepler, Einstein, Michelangelo and Nel ..read more

You’ve probably heard of Hal Gregersen… A global name in leadership and academia. An author and senior lecturer in leadership and innovation at MIT's Sloan School of Management, a former executive director of the MIT Leadership Center, and the #1 Leadership Thinker in the World, as voted by Thinkers 50.  His latest book, Questions Are the Answer: A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life  is based on 200+ interviews with catalytic questioners such as Elon Musk and Orit Gadiesh.  Hal begins by talking about his lifelong passion of photography and a ..read more

Now here’s a conversation we can all relate to, on the nature of working life today and how to navigate people, tech, and change, gracefully.   Johanna is co-founder of RELEX Solutions, a huge success story and the world's coolest provider of retail planning solutions!  Johanna describes what it’s like navigating the ‘hard skills’ world of engineering, data and tech, and at the same time sharing her experiences of collaboration and leading people and teams through change.   In our experience it’s rare to talk to somebody who is equally skilled at both the so called ‘ha ..read more

In this episode we welcome Dr Matt Offord, esteemed lecturer in Leadership and Management from the Adam Smith Business School, Glasgow University. Matt is a former Naval Officer with extensive experience leading agile 21st-century teams in high tech and data rich environments. Matt shares many fascinating insights which include; ·      ‘Harnessing informal power is a very healthy thing; the idea that informal networks are not helpful, is not helpful’ ·      Leadership Lessons from the Royal Navy; you learn how to lead and be led, people are encouraged to challe ..read more

This week we host Patricia Ryan Madson. Patricia is the author of "improv wisdom" and a professor emerita at Stanford university, where she started teaching in 1977. In 1996 she founded the creativity initiative at Stanford, an interdisciplinary Alliance of faculty who share the belief that creativity can be taught. Among other things she taught Design Improv for the School of Engineering and has been a guest lecturer for the renowned Stanford Technology Ventures Program and for the Mayfield Fellows Program. In the episode today we learn all her wisdom, not just about improvisation but abo ..read more

This week we host Patricia Ryan Madson. Patricia is the author of "improv wisdom" and a professor emerita at Stanford university, where she started teaching in 1977. In 1996 she founded the creativity initiative at Stanford, an interdisciplinary Alliance of faculty who share the belief that creativity can be taught. Among other things she taught Design Improv for the School of Engineering and has been a guest lecturer for the renowned Stanford Technology Ventures Program and for the Mayfield Fellows Program. In the episode today we learn all her wisdom, not just about improvisation but abo ..read more