Being Human

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest is Kevin Hancock, CEO of one of the oldest family businesses in the United States.Kevin used to be a hard-charging, traditional leader, until one day, when felt his throat tightening and found it difficult to speak or be understood. His diagnosis: spasmodic dysphonia, an incurable and rare condition that causes throat spasms.Out of this adversity came a radical shift in leadership and a brand new set of ideas that focused on him doing less, flipping the script on the leadership model, bringing unprecedented performance to his company.We talk:Asking questions as leadershipGetting clear in Pine RidgeAstonishing business resultsTravelling from the head to the heartAdvancing humanityLinks:The Business Of Shared Leadership

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is perhaps one of the most experienced change leaders and advisors on the planet, Jake Jacobs.For over 35 years, he has worked in 61 industries, helping over 210.000 people implement changes in their businesses. What I love about Jake is his fearlessness in calling out what leaders really must do to achieve change in their businesses.We talk:The importance of leverageThinking and acting as if the future were nowFollowing the energy (you don't always have to start at the top)The importance of large group workThe paradox of honouring continuity to achieve changeLinks:Jake Jacobs Consulting

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is Dr Will Van Derveer. Will is the founder and medical director of the Integrative Psychiatric Healing Center where he has practised integrative psychiatry for 15 years.After discovering that his conventional psychiatric training was inadequate to answer many of his patients' challenges, he took an entire year out to meditate. Finding that meditation alone was also not the answer; he began investigating psychedelic therapy to resolve the root causes of common problems such as depression, anxiety, and insomnia.We talk:The power of using MDMA in therapyWill's ayahuasca experienceThe importance of sleepHow meditation is not always enough'Weirding' your way to healingLinks:The Integrative Psychiatry Institute

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human has one of the most extraordinary life stories of anyone I've met. I give you Guy Felicella.Guy grew up in a middle-class home but fell into addiction at a young age. He spent 30 years in the repeated cycle of gangs, addiction, treatment, and jail.But a pivotal meeting with one of Canada's most celebrated doctors changed the course of his life. Guy is now nine years sober and in a stable relationship with three children, a remarkable turnaround.We dive into how he was able to achieve such a remarkable recovery.We talk:30 years of gang lifeMeeting Gabor MateThe trauma therapy that changed everythingPracticing 'doing kind'Confronting his abuser motherLinks:Guy's WebsiteGuy's Twitter   

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is Darcia Narvaez, Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University of Notre Dame.I love Darcia's work because, unlike other psychologists, she doesn't simply look at our society's current pathologies and ask, how do we fix this?She takes in the broad sweep of human societal evolution and notes how our current ways of being and relating haven't always been so. She focuses especially on what we can learn from past and present indigenous cultures.We talk:How agriculture gave us hierarchyPredatory individualism and the cycle competive detachmentPre-competitive culturesFeeling the trees screamThe power of the Gift EconomyLinks:Breaking The Cycle - The FilmEvolved NestKindred MediaDarcia's University of Notre Dame Website 

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is complexity theorist and author Ian Snape.A former research leader and executive at the Australian Antarctic Division, he has led teams on expeditions to both polar regions before focusing on coaching and training CEOs, Olympic athletes, and frontline professionals.We discuss how resilience isn't just the ability to tough it out; it's dependent upon an interconnected set of skills, techniques, creative processes. It's about new understandings of how we think, act, and interact with our environments and each other.We talk:How and why to quiet the Left BrainClean language for resilienceThe power of using perspectivesCoaching marines for breakthrough performanceThe one about the abductive turkeyLinks:Resilience By Design - The BookFrontline Mind   

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is Christopher D. Lee, PhD, author and the HR Director at one of the USA's oldest and most prestigious colleges, William & Mary.Christopher has a passion for human performance. There are three things we know about traditional performance appraisals: they are widely used, universally despised, and probably ineffective.  What should leaders do instead? Adopt a coaching mindset and commit to regular, structured performance conversations. Christopher offers a wealth of insight and practical ideas about how to elevate these conversations for deep impact. We talk:The mentor that changed Christopher's lifeWhy relationships matterYour job is not to evaluateFocus on intentHave people feel goodLinks:Performance Conversations - The BookThe Performance Conversations website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is psychiatrist, empath and author Judith Orloff.Judith is the bestselling author of "The Power of Surrender", where she advocates for the art of letting go as the secret key to manifesting power and success in all areas of life, including work, relationships, sexuality, radiant aging, and health and healing.We talk:Surrendering to her intuition as a medical professionalLet's talk deathTuning in to the quiet voiceIntegrating ego and intuitionEmbracing your multitudesLinks:The Power of Surrender - The Book

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is peace-pilgrim, life-long activist and former monk, Satish Kumar.As a teenager, Satish trekked from India to America via Russia to deliver ‘peace tea' to the leaders of, what were then, the four major nuclear powers. He walked 8,000 miles without any money totally depending on the generosity of strangers.Now in his 80s, he has devoted his life to campaigning for ecological regeneration, social justice and spiritual fulfilment.We talk:Becoming a monk at 9 years oldCultivating trustStaying committedIntroducing The Cosmic Relationships DepartmentEmbracing 'enough'Links:Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine 

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is facilitator and author Corena Chase.Corena is co-author of The Five Lost Superpowers: Why We Lose Them and How to Get Them Back.Corena believes that everyone has superpowers when they are a child. While we tend to lose track of them as we grow up, they're always there, right below the surface, ready for us to reactivate them and fully manifest our human potential.We talk:How her niece taught her the glory of curiosityPresence and resilienceWhy a jack of all trades might be a master after allDaring to playSmashing corporate taboos Links:The Five Lost Superpowers - The BookCorena's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is intuitive healer, mentor and life teacher Fiona Arrigo.What I found so compelling about Fiona is her profound belief that we can heal ourselves. With so many of us right now - including me sometimes - seeking external sources for our wellbeing, she's part of a growing movement of people rediscovering their innate healing potential.On this basis, she has developed her healing method The Arrigo Programme, where she offers a multi-layered approach to anything from anxiety and depression to relationship issues, chronic pain, or simply a feeling of losing our way.We talk:What it means to be humanWorking on the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levelsHow surviving a severe car crash became a spiritual awakeningHow there is no blueprintOwning "I don't know"Links:The Arrigo ProgrammeFiona's Instagram

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is ecological economist and writer Tim Jackson.Tim's view is that we need to give up our obsession with GDP and focus instead on human progress. He envisions a return to a focus on virtue and a re-prised role for institutions to integrate the desires of individuals with their social obligations. His book Post Growth is both a manifesto for system change and an invitation to rekindle our connection with what it means to be human.We talk:Progress not economic growthLabour vs workMugumo trees in KenyaThe perils of unconstrained novelty-seekingFinding flow for sustainabilityLinks:Tim's WebsiteCentre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is Marina Efaimoglou. She has an interesting life story, to say the least.Whilst still in her twenties she was running her own investment firm having survived a cancer with 25% survival odds. The scare caused her re-evaluate her life. She later received a second diagnosis. This time, she was able to heal purely through natural methods.Her health quest led her to create the Euphoria Retreat in the Taygetus Mountains near Sparta in Greece. But it's not all salads and massages, at its core is a spiritual inquiry into why we're here.We talk:Surviving cancer twiceThe family crisis that set her freeUsing the Chinese 5 Elements to understanding healingStaring her own investment firmLeaving banking for her new lifeLinks:Marina's Retreat - Euphoria

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is educator, mental health counsellor, yoga teacher and co-founder of the Center for Trauma and Embodiment (CFTE), Jenn Turner.Trauma is a pervasive aspect of all human experience. Understandably, it's one that no one wants to talk about, and yogis are no exception.Jenn's work is piercing this taboo in the yoga world. She's learning lessons about dealing with the impacts of buried pain that we can all apply in our lives, no matter our walk of life.We talk:The double-think of mainstream yogaShifting from didact to 'holder of space'Embracing the chaosWhy survivors must always be the authors of their healingThe essence of trauma-sensitive leadership Links:Jenn's WebsiteCenter for Trauma and Embodiment (CFTE)Embodied Healing - The Book

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is Professor of Economics Steve Keen.Professor Keen has been on a mission to expose the failings of mainstream economic theory and policy.An economics dissident and author of 2001's Debunking Economics, he warned about the 2008 economic crisis long before it happened.We talk:Why Neoclassical economic models are fantasiesHow nations manage to keep their ‘zombie economies' goingHow economists are not prepared for the looming climate crisis How those wary of "watermelon" communistic greens have reason to be fearfulA realistic model of the economyA new politics to de-zombify our economiesLinks:Professor Keen's BooksProfessor Keen's PatreoneCONomics - The Comic

Sometimes, it's about taking a small courageous step forward to own your uniqueness. Own it and know that you've got something to give. Your uniqueness, the way you walk, talk and treat others, you unknowingly create an impact and change the lives of so many people around you.Thank you so much for tuning in. I'm very honoured that you're here and I'd love to hear your thoughts on our conversation. I read all the comments here. If you love this podcast, please give us a 5-Star Rating in iTunes. It would help us HUGELY to spread the message.

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/Why are measures of stress and anxiety on the rise when materially we seem to have it so good? This is a question that my guest this week, Mark Blyth has set out to discover.In his book Angrynomics, Mark explores the rising tide of anger and proposes radical new solutions for an increasingly polarized world.Mark is as entertaining as he is passionate, we talk:Why we're so angryThe failure of 'trickle-up' neo-liberalismThe golden opportunity that rich governments are not takingWhy inflation isn't the problemTowards a Capitalism 4.0Links:Angrynomics

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/How many of us during our school years learned the teachings of Epictetus or Seneca? Perhaps you were lucky.With the world as it is right now, there's a great need for the perennial wisdom of the ancients.My guest this week, Kayvan Kian, has been leading a series of philosophical dialogues within the Young Leaders Forum he founded.He condensed the essence of these conversations into his book What is Water? In it, Kayvan shifts the focus away from overwhelm and toward virtues and strategies that will help you grow stronger through it all.In this episode, we talk:The Bricks, Pillars and Schools metaphorMagical celebrationsLearning to talk lessThe power of dialogueCultivating virtueLinks:What Is Water? - The Book

How deep are you willing to go within yourself in order to find the relationship you want in your life - whether it's romantic love or just a normal relationship with other people? Do these things subconsciously stop you from receiving the relationship you want? Or are you just always trying to control life's outcome because of fear?If you want to attract someone or to attract an abundance, you must be willing to accept yourself first. And when you let go of the desire to be liked and stay true to who you are, you attract the right kinds of people in your life, may it be in love, friendship, or business. Tune in to the full episode and let me know if it resonates with you!Timestamps:0:12 All About Relationship2:37 Self-acceptance is key3:52 What is the ego and what is the soul?5:39 Keeping the faith7:57 Letting goThank you so much for tuning in. I'm very honoured that you're here and I'd love to hear your thoughts on our conversation. I read all the comments here. If you love this podcast, please give us a 5-Star Rating in iTunes. It would help us HUGELY to spread the message.

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/Why are some people magnetic, confident, comfortable in their skin, and in charge of their destinies? What's their secret?This week's author Leslie Ehm, believes she has the answer in one word: Swagger.Leslie talks about how her philosophy shatters the myths around “fake it 'til you make it”, and we why need to dig deep to uncover and express our real selves.What I love about Leslie is that she's not shy about tackling what's blocking many of us from finding our swagger and that's addressing our underlying pain.In this episode, we talk:The true definition of swaggerWhat's blocking your real selfHow far we can heal painEmbracing our weirdnessProfessionalism vs. authenticityLinks:Swagger - The BookLeslie's WebsiteLeslie's Instagram

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/What does it mean to be a good organisation in a world of unbounded individualism and ferocious social Darwinism? A rebellious professor and a business insurgent believe they have an answer.Professor at the University of St. Gallen Antoinette Weibel and Otti Vogt, ex-COO of ING, join us this week to talk about the new project they've co-founded called Good Organisations.They believe the “anything goes” narrative of our postmodern world cannot be upheld. Antionette and Otti join the show to tell us that we need to re-learn how to put virtues first and craft “good organisations” that enable human flourishing.In this episode, we talk:Healthy feminine and healthy masculineThe role of healing and dialogical learningThe curse of unbounded individualismHow Agile = 'Lipstick on a Pig'The need for revolutionLinks:Good Organisations

The moment when I decided that everything needs to shift in my life, I said to myself, I have no choice because it is non-negotiable. And even though I do not know the outcome or the result, I jump into it and take the leap of faith. I practiced embodying and raising my vibration to truly match and achieve the vision I set for myself. Because when you start to understand your energy and dive deeper within yourself, you see the shift in your external reality and your vision, your dreams start to become your reality. Tune in to this episode to find out more!Thank you so much for tuning in. I'm very honoured that you're here and I'd love to hear your thoughts on our conversation. I read all the comments here. If you love this podcast, please give us a 5-Star Rating. It would help us HUGELY to spread the message.

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/We're back with much loved former guest, David Chislett.David is a South African punk rocker-turned-creativity consultant, now living deep in a Dutch forest.As well as helping companies to unleash his weapons of mass creation, David is a poet supported by a band of loyal Patreon subscribers.David shares with us his journey to create a virtual community around his poetry and the steps he took to achieve it.In this episode, we talk:Discipline in creativityWe are what we doDealing with psychological triggersCan art truly impact culture?Managing tour bandsLinks:David's Poetry PatreonWith All Of You - The BookDavid's Personal Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/What if being honest with ourselves and others made us be better business leaders?That is the issue this week's guest, Ron Carucci, addresses in his book, To Be Honest.The origins of his book are fascinating. He put hundreds of his firm's past client interviews through IBM Watson's AI engine to uncover patterns associated with business success.He found that honesty was crucial. He discovered that just four factors could make organisations 16 times more likely to have people tell the truth, behave fairly, and serve a greater good.In this episode, we talk:How BS slowly kills businessesHow honesty is a muscleGoing beyond engagement surveysThe secret of Microsoft's turnaroundRon's path to getting more honestLinks:Ron's BookTo Be Honest - The WebsiteNavalent - Ron's Consultancy

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/Jillian Lavender used to run a large division of an international publisher, always between two planes and walking right up to the line of major burnout.On the recommendation of a friend, and with some scepticism, she took a meditation course. From that point, things changed for her in a big way. She could handle her fast-paced life.After a complete career change, she now teaches meditation in London and New York and has written a book called Why Meditate? Because it Works.In this episode, we talk how meditation:- Can be easy and non-wierd - Improves your sleep    - Can be done anywhere - Enhances your clarity of thought- Doesn't require you become a hippy!Links:Jillian's BookLondon Meditation CentreNew York Meditation Center

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/Over the next few years, we will experience more disruption than in the previous 100 years. Yet are things changing too fast and too regularly to notice? Futurist Eric-Pilon Bignell sees modern change presents as a giant, rogue wave emerging on the horizon. He asks, will we surf these waves with mastery? Or will we let them swallow us whole?In his book Surfing Rogue Waves, Eric shows us how to gain from the greatest period of opportunity in all of human history.In this episode, we talk:The Six D's of the Fourth Industrial RevolutionThinking in exponentialsWhy improv is the crucial 21st-century skillEverlasting wormsLearning to surf complexityLinks:Surfing Rogue WavesEric's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/Over the next few years, we will experience more disruption than in the previous 100 years. Yet are things changing too fast and too regularly to notice? Futurist Eric Pilon-Bignell sees modern change presents as a giant, rogue wave emerging on the horizon. He asks, will we surf these waves with mastery? Or will we let them swallow us whole?In his book Surfing Rogue Waves, Eric shows us how to gain from the greatest period of opportunity in all of human history.In this episode, we talk:The Six D's of the Fourth Industrial RevolutionThinking in exponentialsWhy improv is the crucial 21st-century skillEverlasting wormsLearning to surf complexityLinks:Surfing Rogue WavesEric's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/In this episode of Being Human, I speak with John Kay, one of Britain's leading economists, whose career has spanned the academic world, business and public affairsIn his recent book, Radical Uncertainty with Mervyn King, he describes how, as a society, we regularly crave certainties which cannot exist and invent knowledge we cannot have. We forget that humans are successful because we have adapted to an environment that we understand only imperfectly and that, throughout history we have developed a variety of ways of coping with the radical uncertainty that defines our lives. In this episode, we talk:The problem with bias-obsessed behavioural economicsThe power of abductive reasoningUnderstanding economics' failing recordOur love for doomsday scenariosThe folly of misapplying probabilistic reasoningLinks:Radical UncertaintyJohn's Website

Just imagine what it would be like if you could live your life feeling empowered, confident, and inspired. What would you do if you knew you could achieve anything you wanted? How would you live your life if you knew you can do what you're passionate about and not worry about anything else? Tune in to the full episode and let me know if it resonates with you!Thank you so much for tuning in. I'm very honoured that you're here and I'd love to hear your thoughts on our conversation. I read all the comments here. If you love this podcast, please give us a 5-Star Rating. It would help us HUGELY to spread the message.

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/In this episode of Being Human, I speak with Paul Collier, the author of the barn-storming new economic treatise 'The Future of Capitalism'.From humble beginnings in Sheffield, England, to life as an Oxford don, Paul understands the power and limitations of capitalism from both sides of the tracks. In our conversation, Paul reflects on the role businesses must play in creating a more sustainable version of capitalism.Packed with great anecdotes and some sobering insights, I really enjoyed this oneWe talk:From England's poorest city to celebrated academicWhy 'oughts' trump 'wants'How General Motors failed at LeanHow the capitalism that has brought us closer is now pushing us apartWhy we can't treat humans like catsLinks:Paul's The Future of CapitalismNicholas A. Christakis - Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good SocietyMichael J. Sandel - The Tyranny of MeritRobert D. Putnam - The UpswingPaul Collier, John Kay - Greed Is Dead: Politics After Individualism 

This is an interview with Tom van der Lubbe around the theme of self-management. We get into the history of his founding of Viisi on self-management principles. We also take several practical questions for the webinar audience members. Well worth a watch/listen if you want to learn more about this topic.

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/In this episode of Being Human, I speak with Gabriel Jurj, who is a complexity practitioner and seasoned executive working in Romania. He didn't take the standard path, dropping out of University to join a monastic order, running hostels in Budapest.Still practising some of his monkish disciplines, Gabriel leans on these to help him lead. He also sees the strong links between a spiritual appreciation and the ability to embrace and work in an uncertain world.In this episode, we talk:What he learnt being a monkRetrospective cohesionThe links between self-work and complexity thinkingSpiritual practice in business lifeLetting go of goalsLinks:Cynefin at 21 - The BookAnanda Marga

When we do the inner work, go within, peel off the layers, and really know what our core values are, we get to link it to how we do life. Your values become your engine that drives you to live life with a purpose.Thank you so much for tuning in. I'm very honoured that you're here and I'd love to hear your thoughts on our conversation. I read all the comments here. If you love this podcast, please give us a 5-Star Rating. It would help us HUGELY to spread the message.

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/In this episode of Being Human, I speak with David Woods, a professor at Ohio State University who discovered and pioneered the concept of Graceful Extensibility.As the opposite of brittleness, graceful extensibility is the ability of a system to extend its capacity to adapt when surprise events challenge its boundaries.In this episode, we talk:Dealing with shockThe need to stretch at the boundariesHow all systems are fragileStaying alive to 'weak signals'How viability requires extensibilityLinks:The Theory of Graceful Extensibility: basic rulesGraceful Extensibility - short presentationThe Strategic Agility Gap

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week on Being Human, I speak with Nigel Thurlow, ex-Chief of Agile at Toyota and co-author of The Flow System.Tired of the framework merchants and the over-commercialisation of the Agile movement, Nigel could see that a new approach was needed. A philosophy that went beyond Lean and Agile to embrace complexity thinking, team science and the critical question of leadership.He believes, first and foremost, in education as the driver of change. Present people with the science and trust them to apply it in their context.In this episode, we talk:The holy triad of complexity, team science and distributed leadershipWhy leadership training must changeGoing beyond Systems ThinkingNew physicsHow information is upstream of energyLinks:The Flow System - Read the BookThe Flow System - Buy the BookFlow Guides

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/In this episode of Being Human, I speak with author, speaker and CEO Sunny Bonnell.Together with her co-author, Ashleigh Hansberger, she wrote Rare Breed: A Guide to Success for the Defiant, Dangerous, and Different, a book that empowers people to take what society deems as "vices" and turn them into unrivalled assets.Sunny, herself a rare breed, dropped out of pre-veterinary school to start a branding agency with Ashleigh when branding agencies weren't a thing. Together, they built the hugely successful firm Motto around a 'rare breed' mindset.In this episode, we talk:Owning your weirdnessHer Dad's pivotal advice that kept her goingWhat it means to be a rare breedEmbracing your misfits for business agilityThe dark side of the rare breedLinks:Are you a rare breed? Find outSunny's Company - MottoRare Breed - The Book

Everything around you, every single thing around you including people, your job, in every situation all the good things and the bad things that are happening around you and for you are actually reflections. They're actually mirrors of who you are. Your relationships and what you encounter are teaching you and telling you a lot about yourself that you might not be aware of.

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/In this episode of  Being Human, I speak with complexity practitioner and well-being advocate Marion Kiely.Marion has dedicated her career to figuring out how the latest complexity thinking can bring sustained change to organisations.From her home in Cork in Ireland, she talks passionately about how we can truly be well at work.In this episode, we talk:Why yoga and yoghurt is not the answerCould your work culture be a Health & Safety issue?The alternative to Powerpoints and plansThe power of storyHumble leadershipLinks:Marion's Practice - UpstreamThe Cynefin Wiki

Everything is created within.When you do the inner work and embody that, you live in the now. You create clear actions and you deliberately create your future.

Sometimes what keeps you from moving forward is within you. It's a matter of understanding what your values are, what gives you that fire in your belly, and linking that to areas in your life so that you can take inspired actions from within you. So tune into the full episode and see if you fell into 1 of these 5 traps. Let me know in the comments below!Thank you so much for tuning in. I'm very honoured that you're here and I'd love to hear your thoughts on our conversation. I read all the comments here. If you love this podcast, please give us a 5-Star Rating in iTunes. It would help us HUGELY to spread the message.

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/In this episode of Being Human, I speak with author and complexity consultant Sonja Blignaut.Meteorologist then IBM consultant, Sonya took a varied path to her latest role as CEO of leading complexity practitioners, Cognitive Edge.Sonja is a born-and-bred South African. As she points out, things don’t get much more complex than in the Rainbow Nation.In this episode, we talk:Complexity and mindfulnessThe individual versus the systemLetting go of the certainty merchantsThe diversity withinFacing your triggers Links:Sonja's Medium PageSonja's Practice - More Beyond

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week on Being Human, I speak with former bomb disposal team leader and pioneer in adaptive strategy Steve McCrone.Adaptive strategy applies complexity thinking to the art of high-level planning to enable firms to build resilience in the face of uncertainties.Steve is a very passionate speaker and presenter and brings this approach to life brilliantly using a strategically placed whiteboard. A good one to watch on video.In this episode, we talk:- Rules of thumb for bomb disposal- The three aspects of adaptive strategy- "Dark constraints" in organisations- The stupidity of current/future state thinking- Riding the new paradigmLinks:Steve's Practice AGLX

Remember, we have to take action. Because if not, our dreams will only remain dreams if we don't do anything. Be bold. Make a choice. Stay committed to your goal. Sooner or later when you look back, you'll be thankful you made that decision.So if you're someone who's at the edge of indecision, this episode is for you. Tune in to know how not making a decision affects you and grab some techniques on how you can avoid sitting on the fence.

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/In this episode of Being Human, I speak with psychological researcher, consultant and author, Malcolm Parlett. From an orthodox academic background, at Cambridge then MIT, Malcolm discovered Gestalt psychology, which changed his life and work. It opened up a new sense of connectedness and took him away from more traditional, reductive approaches. Malcolm went on to co-found the UK's Gestalt Psychotherapy and Training Institute and to create the British Gestalt Journal. His book, 'Future Sense: Five explorations of whole intelligence for a world that’s waking up' has been an inspiration for coaches, educators and therapists worldwide.  Malcolm is a powerful, tender soul, and he was a joy to interview.In this episode, we talk:- Getting out of your head- Practical Gestalt- Embodying- Self-Recognising- The power of gardeningEnjoy!To your humanity,RichardLinks:Malcolm's Books

Are you feeling burnt out from all the hustle, the drive, the rush of creating things and making things happen? Maybe you are leaning to your masculine energy more and ignoring your feminine energy.We shouldn't lose touch of our feminine energy because even if it is about softness and vulnerability, there is strength and courage in that vulnerability. So when we feel burnt out, sometimes all we need is to take a pause, reflect, recalibrate, and tap into our feminine power.Which energy are you leaning into more? Let me know in the comments below.

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/In this episode of Being Human, I speak with embodiment coaching specialist Mark Walsh. Embodiment is about working through gentle non-athletic movement, posture, awareness, and breathing to pursue deeper, faster and more permanent change. In this conversation, Mark shows us how to make friends with our bodies and feel at home again in our skin.In this episode, we talk:- From drug dealer to aikidoka- The three levels of embodiment- How to be become trauma-aware- Saving lives in the Middle East- Training circus acts in EthiopiaEnjoy!To your humanity,RichardLinks:The Embodiment ConferenceEmbodiment Coaching 

In order for us to get what we want in life, we have to go within and become aware of who we are and what we project out into the world. Every relationship that you have, every relationship that you attract in your life, you only get who you are. When you are vibrating at a certain frequency, you can only attract that frequency. Thank you so much for tuning in. I'm very honoured that you're here and I'd love to hear your thoughts on our conversation. I read all the comments here. If you love this podcast, please give us a 5-Star Rating in iTunes. It would help us HUGELY to spread the message.

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/In this episode of Being Human, I speak with psychologist and former U.S. Army mental health specialist Dr. Timothy Yen.Dr. Yen has used his experience to create a framework that helps you build up your inner decision-making capability and use it successfully to address your most important choices.In this episode, we talk:- How trauma impacts how we make decisions- 5 pillars to help you make great choices- Growing up in an Asian-American family- Dealing with Iraqi vets- Blind spots for Eastern and Western culturesLinks:Dr. Yen's Website

This episode is about taking chances, seizing opportunities, and making the most of life. Sometimes our stories, our inner critic, hold us back from taking on these opportunities that help us grow and bring us closer to our vision. Sometimes, we are already one step away from our breakthrough but we choose to hold back and sit on it for a while. When an opportunity presents itself, do you seize the moment? Let me know in the comments!Thank you so much for tuning in. I'm very honoured that you're here and I'd love to hear your thoughts on our conversation. I read all the comments here. If you love this podcast, please give us a 5-Star Rating in iTunes. It would help us HUGELY to spread the message.

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/In this episode of Being Human, our favorite tangoing, mountain-climbing business philosopher Dr. Thomas Juli returns to share the wisdom in his new book 'Human Business: Life and Work in the Digital Age.'As well as being an Agile Transformation Coach for the insurance giant Allianz, Thomas is a regular speaker at international conferences worldwide. These have included the NASA Project Management Challenge, the World Economic Forum and the Corporate Social Responsibility Forum Germany.In this episode, we talk:- Going beyond customer-led business- Infusing your workplace with joy- How to tap your intuition while you sleep- Bringing gratitude to the office- The Golden Rule 2.0 Links:Dr. Thomas' Website 

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/In this episode of Being Human, our favorite tangoing, mountain-climbing business philosopher Dr. Thomas Juli returns to share the wisdom in his new book 'Human Business: Life and Work in the Digital Age.'As well as being an Agile Transformation Coach for the insurance giant Allianz, Thomas is a regular speaker at international conferences worldwide. These have included the NASA Project Management Challenge, the World Economic Forum and the Corporate Social Responsibility Forum Germany.In this episode, we talk:- Going beyond customer-led business- Infusing your workplace with joy- How to tap your intuition while you sleep- Bringing gratitude to the office- The Golden Rule 2.0 Links:Dr. Thomas' Website