Nina Dar. The Change Troubleshooter

Welcome to season 7 of the Change Trouleshooter podcast. This is episode 4, Grid Hollow, A Fable of Glitches, Guts and Good Old Grit.Are you prepared for what would happen if the internet went down, everywhere? Would you know what to do or where to begin the process of adapting to a new life where there was no online to get all the answers to the billions of questions asked every day. Is anyone prepared for that terrifying moment, should it ever happen? Probably very few of us would have a clue as to where to start!In this epsiode, Nina reads us a fable she's written about this exact topic. Are you sitting comfortably? Then she'll begin...

Welcome to episode 3 of this new season of The Change Troubleshooter!This episode is called Balance in a Bonkers World, Once again Nina is interviewed by her producer. In this episode Nina is asked how  she and her business cope in an increasingly bonkers world. 

Welcome to Cheeky Philosophy, episode 2 of season 7 of The Change Troubleshooter.In this episode, Nina once more becomes the interviewee and talks about the philosophy behind her company, Cheeky Monkey Business Solutions and why she believes that having role models in her life was so important to her. 

Hello and welcome to season 7, a brand new season of The Change Troubleshooter podcast. This season is called 20 years of Monkey Business and celebrates Nina's 20 years of heading up Cheeky Monkey Business Solutions. In this 1st episode the tables are turned as Nina becomes the interviewee as her podcast producer asks her about her journey over the last 20 years as she conceived and shaped her company Cheeky Monkey Business Solutions into what it is today.

Julia Davis has been described as mad as a box of frogs (in a good way) by The Curious Creative Club. She definitely embraces everything that life can throw at you with a curiosity and lust for life that is infectious, but it's her sense of community and desire to share that is overwhelmingly apparent when you meet her.Julia started The Unity Yard when she started selling plants from the yard (attached to the large warehouse space that was once a fabric mill in Holmfirth) during covid when she could no longer work in the opticians.The warehouse space became available for rent, and without hesitation, she took it on.You would naturally assume that it's a Community Interest Company (CIC) when you enter the gorgeous huge doors but it's not, because the reality of making a CIC work is more difficult than it should be.In this episode Nina and Julia talk about Julia's journey to The Unity Yard, what the space means to people today and how Julia has achieved what she set out to achieve but how, keeping that going, can be the hardest part of the journey.

Back in November 2021 we made an episode of The Change Troubleshooter called, A Solar Farm at What Cost? The episode was about a campaign against the construction of a proposed solar farm in the eastern Algarve area of Portugal. In theory, a solar farm sounded like a great idea which was in line with our global necessity to switch to renewable energy solutions, and help the slowdown of catastrophic climate change. Sometimes though, what sounds like the right thing to do can actually have unintended consquences for the land we are trying to protect through energy transition.  The problem in this instance was that the site of the proposed solar development would have contaminated an important water source.  An untouched area of natural landscape, beneath which lies an aquifer - an ancient subterrannean system of pools and lakes that the local area relies on for its fresh water supply. Clearing the land of trees, vegetation and boulders for a solar farm would undoubtedly have had terrible consequences for the aquifer as well as the flora and fauna of the area which has remained untouched for millennia. If you didn't catch it back in 2021, we recommend you have a listen here before listening to this episode.This new episode is a follow up to that story and is one of the most inspiring things you'll ever hear - Amanda, the local resident and activist tells Nina what heppened to that proposed solar farm.Nina's guest, Amanda, is part of an environmental protection organisation called Probaal who campaign tirelessly against projects that, if approved and executed, can have terrible consequences for the areas and people who live in the communities.As you will hear, Probaal's campaign was successful because specific reports were required to quantify the damage.  These reports aren't done by anyone.  Unbelievably we leave the importance of geological surveys and four seasons reports to the company whose interests lie in getting a positive outcome from the public consultation.  This costs money.  Nina and Amanda touch on the need for systematic change in this area, but today Probaal and other citizen led organisations rely on funding. You can make a donation through their Go Fund Me page here.Here are a couple of lovely videos that were used as part of the campaign which you might also find interesting.Ruby's RabbitWater is life - how an aquifer works

Christine Lee has made conscious decisions in her life that allow her to look back at them as different stages, chapters if you like, that are all quite different.In those concious decisions, her health and wellbeing have been  prominent drivers, along with decisions over money, particulary when to take her pension.Her lust to live life to the full has not been dampened or thrown off course by the early loss of her parents, cancer or continuing health challenges she now faces.In fact, it's made her more determined to do her own research and take more control of the decisions she needs to take.Nina and Christine listen to loads of podcasts, sifting through the celebrity extremism in order to find out things that will help them both in their determination to age healthily and not be boring!Sit back and listen to them chatting about their journey, if it resonates at all, you can join in the conversation with them by contacting Nina directly.

Welcome to a brand new season of the Change Troubleshooter! Amazingly, this is the 6th season of this podcast that started back in 2020. We have now had over 2 and a half thousand downloads from no less than 535 cities in 47 countries spanning 6 continents! Thanks to you all for remaining interested.Season 6 is called "Hang on, what happened and why?" This is a common moment that Nina has with people.  She loves the "stop, and take me back" moment this creates and is curiously hungry to understand the detail better.Episode one kicks of with "I Wanted To Be An Explorer." Johnny France, a toolmaker, originally from Southport. once told his careers advisor he wanted to be an explorer.  He did an engineering apprenticeship thinking he would work in manufacturing,  just as Margaret Thatcher thought that wasn't what we should invest in anymore. "Sometimes life doesn't take you on the path you thought," he said, as Nina says hang on, what happened and why?

Welcome to Season 5 of The Change Troubleshooter:Channel Your Inner Cheeky MonkeyThis is episode 4, Smarta Resilience. Today Nina talks about resilience with Rachel Robinson, founder of Smarta Group in Tavira, Portugal. Rachel tells her story of how she went from corporate retail in the UK to building a house, business and life in Portugal. It's a story of facing up to big issues, huge changes and her need to pull on her resilience on a daily basis.  Together with Nina they discuss what resilience really is and to keep going when sometimes it can feel like you have lost everything.

Welcome to Boxing Clever, the 3rd episode in the Channel Your Inner Cheeky Monkey season where we focus on strength.Today Nina talks to Ben Williams, a boxing coach, but Ben's not just any boxing coach, he has been Nina's boxing coach for the last 2 years. Today they talk about how strength in all its forms, personal, mental and physical are put to the test in a boxing environment.

Hola y bienvenido a la temporada 5 de The Change Troubleshooter: ¡Canaliza tu mono descarado interior! (Channel Your Inner Cheeky Monkey!)Este es el episodio 2, Casa Colibri.Colibri  representa la transformación que ha atravesado Isabel Alebrt mientras canalizaba su mono descarado interior y visualizaba la vida futura que quería para ella y su familia. Chris  e Isabel hablan sobre esta transformación de Casa Colibri, la casa de 300 años de antigüedad en medio del pueblo de Castaño del Robledo que Isabel ha restaurado con amor durante los últimos 2 años. Chris le habla de su trayectoria desde ser abogada del gobierno local en Sevilla, donde su mono descarado interior se estaba perdiendo lenta pero seguramente, hasta convertirse en alguien que la ha liberado, donde su potencial apenas comienza a realizarse. 

Hello and welcome to season 5 of The Change Troubleshooter - Channel Your Inner Cheeky Monkey!This is episode 2, Casa Colibri.Colibri is spanish for hummingbird, and represents the transformation that Isabel Albert has been through as she channeled her inner cheeky monkey and visualised the future life she wanted for herself and her family. Nina and Isabel discuss this transformation from Casa Colibri, the 300 year old house in the middle of the village of Castaño del Robledo that Isabel has lovingly restored over the last 2 years. Nina talks to her about her journey from being a lawyer for local government in Seville, where her inner cheeky monkey was slowly but surely being lost, to one that has set her free, where her potential is just starting to be realsied.This episode is also available in SpanishEste episodio esta tambien disponible en Español 

Welcome to Season 5 of The Change Troubleshooter. This season we hope to inspire you to Channel Your Inner Cheeky Monkey! A state of fun, playfulness and happiness that we can sometimes forget needs to remain a core part of our lives.In this 1st episode, Ninety Years of Lifting people Up, Nina talks to the amazing Shirley Hughes about her early life as a child performer and her wonderful outlook on life that continues into her 91st year.  *This version contans clips of Shirley's friends talking about her at her 90th birthday party.

Welcome to Season 5 of The Change Troubleshooter. This season we hope to inspire you to Channel Your Inner Cheeky Monkey! A state of fun, playfulness and happiness that we can sometimes forget needs to remain a core part of our lives.In this 1st episode, Ninety Years of Lifting people Up, Nina talks to the amazing Shirley Hughes about her early life as a child performer and her wonderful outlook on life that continues into her 91st year.  

Hello and welcome to episode 9 of the Changing Mindsets season of The Change Troubleshooter, this episode is called Changing Mindsets on Sustainable Leadership.Today Nina talks to Brad Peirce, Chief Transformation Officer at Sustainability Mindshift and Principal and Founder of SEED Strategies. Brad has over 25 years experience in helping organisations create more sustainable and regenerative futures.

The Change Troubleshooter Season 4 Changing MindsetsEpisode 8Hello and welcome to episode 8 of the Changing Mindsets season of The Change Troubleshooter, this episode is called Changing Mindsets on Being a Changemaker. Today Nina speaks to Susana Paiva, a mechanical engineer, mother, wife, author of several internationally published articles on climate change, an artist, poet and of course, a changemaker. Susana lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. During Covid Susana didn't sit around waiting for others to do something, she acted and made a real difference to her community. So how did she become a changemaker and why is it important to her? Nina gets the full story.

The Change Troubleshooter Season 4 Changing MindsetsEpisode 7Hello and welcome to episode 7 of the Changing Mindsets season of the Change Troubleshooter. this episode is called Changing mindsets on it's never too late.Today Nina is joined by Evelyn Kortum, also known, artistically as E Wasserhase. Evelyn recently went through a massive life change - Last year, after 30 years of living and working in Geneva, switzerland, and a successful career at the World Health Organization, she and her husband packed up and moved to Tavira, in the south of Portugal where she has unexpectedly become an artist and when she least expected it her passion for her art has become a business, proving that it is never too late to follow your dreams.

Welcome to season 4 of The Change Troubleshooter. This is episode 6, Can You Change a Mindset?Today Nina is joined once again by Patrick Hillberg, a college professor in Oakland, Michigan. If you're a regular listener, you may remember that Patrick was Nina's guest in the last episode and the conversation was so thought provoking that they felt it should be continued. However, today, in a role reversal, it is Patrick putting the difficult questions to Nina!

Welcome to season 4 of The Change Troubleshooter, This is episode 5, Changing mindsets on an Industrial Model.In todays fascinating conversation Nina is joined by Professor Patrick Hillberg, a college professor in Oakland, Michigan. Patrick has decades of industry experience in designing, developing and leading teams in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Digital Manufacturing, Process Planning, Robotics and Machine Vision applications in Aerospace, Shipbuilding, Automotive, Construction, Packaging and other industries.

Welcome to season 4 of the Change Troubleshooter, this is episode 4, Changing mindsets on leadership, patience, persistence and courage.Today Nina talks to Susanna Mäentausta, a seasoned professional change leader in the chemicals industry. They discuss some of the many pitfalls that can be encountered when trying to deliver change in large organisations and how a little patience, persistence and courage from business leaders can make a huge difference to delivering change. 

Welcome to Season 4 of The Change Troubleshooter.This is episode 3, Changing Mindets on Being Data Driven. Today Nina is joined by Jos Voskuil, a PLM coach, blogger, lecturer and a passionate advocate for a digital and sustainable future. His blog is called The Virtual Dutchman After hearing episode one in this season, Changing Mindsets on Data, Jos was moved enough to contact Nina to have his say on the issue of data, so this is really a response to Oleg Shilovitsky who featured in episode one. Nina loves having this type of engagement with her guests so if you have more to add to this conversation, get in touch - you may even be asked to feature in our next episode!

Welcome to Season 4 of the Change Troubleshooter. Changing Mindsets. This is episode 2, Changing Mindsets on our attitude to learning. In this episode, we find Nina in conversation with another Neena in another country - Neena Arakal Mathew is a Facilitator of Consciousness in Living and Learning, based in New Delhi, India. She is the founder of Mind and Me, a revolutionary learning centre where the teaching methodology is very different from tradtional methods.

Hello and welcome to Season 4 of The Change Troubleshoter - This season is called Changing Mindsets. The idea here is that Nina and her guest can change people's mindsets on a given subject, the challenge is to do this in just 15 minutes to 20 minutes!In episode one, Changing Mindsets on Data, Nina is joined by Oleg Shilovitsky, founder of Open Bom, a SAAS network based global collaborative platform, and they talk about data and how we should think about it differently, how it is collected, used and stored. Data could be the answer to our sustainability challenges.

Welcome to season 3 of the change troubleshooterThis is episode 5, Are we learning for the 22nd Century?David Hollands has been an entrepreneur since he was a schoolboy. He has had a whole host of businesses.  Around 20 years ago he observed that people were losing their connection with community based living and nature. He built a whole village in Bulgaria and hopes that will lead to a new form of community. He challenges that the teachings of universities are becoming irrelevant and believes that we will move towards the principles of Ikigai focusing more on what we love, and how we can earn money to survive.  He often asks the question “what will you do when the internet is turned off?” In this thought provoking episode of the Change Troubleshooter, he tells Nina his story and they chat around the subjects of nature based living, learning and what indeed would happen if the internet was turned off.

Welcome to Season 3 of The Change Troubleshooter. This is episode 4, Climate Action is Nothing New.Steve Charter is a climate action champion. Over the last 3 decades he has worked as an advisor to local governments on construction policy. The answers to sustainable, environmentally friendly house buliding have been around for a long time but implenenting them has always been an uphill battle

Hello and welcome to Season 3 of The Change Troubleshooter – If Not You, Who?This is episode 4, Climate Action is Nothing New,  In today's world, with all the focus on the global effort to battle climate change and bring down CO2 emissions, you'd be forgiven for thinking that all this activism and attention on the environment was something  new. Far from it. The fight for the planet has been going on for decades. The foot soldiers' warnings went unheeded for many years, people just weren't interested in saving, what to them appeard to be, a perfectly healthy planet. It is only now that people are hopefully waking up to the massive changes needed for our very survival.Steve Charter has spent decades on the frontlines, advising local governments on building and construction policy, among other things. In today's fascinating episode Nina gets his back story.

Paul Kenyon had spent almost 20 years in the print industry, an industry, frankly, in decline. Having been recently made redundant from his job, he was looking for a new challenge, in a new field, in his own words, in anything but print.In a chance meeting over a pint with an electrical engineer friend, they hit on an idea that has changed their lives – the sale and installation of domestic and workplace electric vehicle charging points. Two years on, and busier than he's ever been, Paul tells Nina about his journey in a compelling conversation that teaches us lots of things we probably didn't know about the brave new world of EVs, as well as dispelling some of the myths that seem to be making many people hesitant about making the leap from fossil fuelled to electric vehicles. 

Welcome to The Change Troubleshooter, Season 3, If Not You, Who?Lockdown heroes forgotten alreadyIt's lockdown one, spring 2020, supermarkets are running out of stuff, the queues at them are incredible and when you get in, there is no pasta, no toilet paper, no flour… what are you going to do to survive?Luckily we have around 4000 farm shops in the UK who stepped up to the plate and provided the best basics money can buy, eggs, potatoes, the very freshest of fruit and veg. We flocked to them – it was a revelation, they saved our skins and we promised we'd use them forevermore, but did we? The truth is, once things calmed down, people reverted back to their old ways. This is the story of one such shop… 

Welcome to The Change Troubleshooter, Season 3, If Not You, Who?Lockdown heroes forgotten alreadyIt's lockdown one, spring 2020, supermarkets are running out of stuff, the queues at them are incredible and when you get in there is no pasta, no toilet paper, no flour… what are you going to do to survive?Luckily we have around 4000 farm shops in the UK who stepped up to the plate and provided the best basics money can buy, eggs, potatoes, the very freshest of fruit and veg. We flocked to them – it was a revelation, they saved our skins and we promised we'd use them forever more, but did we? The truth is, once things calmed down, people reverted back to their old ways. This is the story of one such shop… 

This is the trailer to episode 1 of season 3 - If Not You, Who?A Solar Farm at What CostWhen a global renewable energy company wants to build a mega solar farm near your property, right on top of your water supply with a very real danger of threatening that water supply, what would you do?

Hello and welcome to a brand new season of The Change Troubleshooter!This is Season 3 – If Not You, Who?This season features people who are getting out there trying to make a difference, often against the odds. It's a season of stories about ordinary, everyday heroes with the guts and determination to fight back against global corporations. It's the season of people putting their all into maintaining the momentum their farm shop started in lockdown, it's a season of celebrating people who have not taken no for an answer, who have not given up or given in to forces way stronger than them. As global climate disaster looms, and maybe feeling powerless, as individuals, to change anything on our own, we hope these heartwarming stories of people's courage and determination will warm you as winter's icy hand starts to take hold!In today's episode, A Solar Farm at What Cost?-  Nina talks to Amanda, a concerned resident of a rural area in the Eastern Algarve in Portugal. Iberdrola, the world's 3rd largest renewable energy company, want to build a massive 200+ hectare utility solar farm close to her house on what looks like scrub land, but not everything is as it appears. This apparent nothingness is a barrocal, a rugged, craggy, rocky area. It is also, in this area, an ancient seabed. But more importantly, beneath it is part of an immense aquifer, a body of porous rock saturated with groundwater creating an underground system of pools and lakes that the local area relies on for its water. The land clearing and flattening required for a solar farm here could have disastrous consequences for the local community and create flooding in the areas closer to the coast. Have Iberdrola and the local authorities really done their homework or are they more interested in just ticking another green box? 

Welcome to Season 2 of The Change Troubleshooter, The Sustainability Season.Today Nina is joined by Amy Rhoda Brown, a Toronto based strategy coach who helps artists and creators who want to begin or expand a creative practice.  To be creative you have to allow your brain to operate in its default network state, basically unstressed. Overloading our brains with constant input and stimulation is counter-productive to peak performance and creativity. If you want to achieve that "Aha" moment, just let your brain be and have a thinking sabbatical. This episode is also available as a video, click here to watch it

Welcome to Season 2 of The Change Troubleshooter- the podcast that is now being listened to in 174 cities in 25 countries on 6 continents! This is The Sustainability Season.  For today's episode, What is a Transition Village? Nina embarked on her first outdoor recording session on location on an allotment in Lymm, where she met Liz..Having moved to Lymm a couple of years ago and becoming increasingly concerned about environmental issues, Liz reached out to the local community and set up a meeting in a local Lymm pub to see what was happening in the area. This culminated in a decision to start Lymm Transition Village. So, what is a transition village?

Welcome season 2  of The Change Troubleshooter – The sustainability Season.Today’s episode is called: What does an activist look like? What image is conjured up we hear the word activist? We may think of dirty, straggly haired ultra extremist radical types, chained to railings or dug in in tunnels, risking life and limb and even arrest and imprisonment, in defence of their true and noble cause, so strong are their convictions. But if we’re honest with ourselves, we know they’re not all like that. So, what does an activist look like?Nina spoke to Zoe Cohen, Director of Shine Coaching and Consultancy, a highly experienced Master Coach who has worked with senior leaders across every sector in the economy. She’s run her successful coaching practice for over 10 years and has been passionate about sustainability all her life. Zoe is also an active member of Extinction Rebellion. This episode is also available as a video. Click here to watch it.

Welcome to season 2 of the Change Troubleshooter  - The Sustainability season. In today’s episode “From Fast Fashion to Something Else” Nina is joined by Sofia Kenyon Sofia left university in 2017 with a business degree and seamlessly went straight into her dream job in fashion. Or was it? Four years and one pandemic later, Nina asks if the industry is all she thought it would be.This episode is also available as a video. Click here to watch it.

Wecome to season 2 of The Change Troubleshooter. The Sustainability Season.In today’s episode, How to Achieve a Sustainable Digital Thread, Nina is joined by Ross Caddens, business development director of Siemens Digital Industries Software. Using his wealth of knowledge and experience of Siemens software solutions, Ross helps clients to improve innovation and accelerate product delivery. He also works on innovation projects for the UK Catapults network and helps academia in ensuring talent is digital ready when they enter the workforce.This episode is also available as a video, as it was recorded on Zoom.Click here to watch the video.

Welcome to season 2 of The Change Troubleshooter, the sustainability season.In today’s episode,   Can We Be Sustainable With or Without Data?       Nina is joined by Federico Pettinella, Anders Praestholm and Alan Walker, three guys who work in data technology. Every time we write an email, take a photo, download something from the web or send a message on Whatsapp, we are creating data. The amount of that data is massiveand growing quickly. Business and industry create even more data than individuals and it all has to be stored somewhere. This accumulation and storage of data is not free, it comes at a cost, and not just a financial cost – the cost to the environment is considerable as stored data requires massive amounts of energy to keep all those computers running. Our ability to analyse data is essential to good decision making, it’s how we know we have climate change issues but creating and storing too much data make decision making difficult. How do we find the right balance of quality of data, over quantity?This episode is also available as a video. Click here to watch it.

Welcome to season 2 of The Change Troubleshooter, the sustainability season.In today’s episode, “A Thought for Food”, we are off, thanks to the magic of Zoom, to the frigid shores of Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada where Nina meets Bonita Gionet, who, in her own words is a pragmatic, curious, forward thinking civil engineer, project manager, lifelong learner and coach with a passion for food.   For more than 20 years, Bonita has been involved in local food systems, as a consumer, food co-operative member, Community Shared Agriculture subscriber and also as a vendor at several Farmer’s Markets. She knows her onions, so to speak. Based in Kincardine on the snowy shores of Lake Huron, Nina caught up with her to discuss the important role food plays in the quest for sustainability.Recorded on Zoom, this episode is also available as a video.  Click here to watch it.

Welcome to Season 2 of the Change Troubleshooter – The Sustainability SeasonIn today’s episode, L. A,  A Green and Pleasant Land?’ We are in America, via Zoom, and Nina is joined in conversation by Yoel Aynalem, owner of Mekbib Media, a digital content production agency based in Los Angeles, California. Their goal is to help small businesses take back control of how they’re perceived by the public. Nina was keen to know how things were going in L.A in regard to local sustainability and climate action plans. There are programmes and initiatives in place, as there are in many towns and cities around the world, we read and hear about them every day. But do the real people on the ground even know they exist? Are they common knowledge? Nina researched sustainablitiy plans in L.A and asked Yoel if he was involved in these or even had any knowledgs of them at all. After all, for real change to take place, people need to be aware of initiatives happening on their doorsteps and feel they are something that they can be part of. This episode is also availabale as a video here

Does Sustainability start at home?  Guests: Bob Barr and Zoe CohenWelcome to a brand new season of The Change Troubleshooter.  This 2nd season of the podcast focuses on Sustainability. Something we all need to focus on a lot more!We kick off the season with this episode, Does Sustainability Start at Home?  Nina is joined by, Zoe Cohen and Bob Barr.Zoe Cohen, Director of Shine Coaching and Consultancy, is a highly experienced Master Coach who has worked with senior leaders and their teams across every sector in the economy. Zoe has run her successful coaching practice for over a decade. Zoe has been passionate about sustainability all her life; in 2014 she co-founded and was the volunteer Chair of a community energy company for three years. Zoe is a Carbon Literate coach and her work is expanding into the human, behavioural and psychological aspects of climate change awareness and action. Zoe is also an active member of Extinction Rebellion and dedicates a significant proportion of her time to activism.Bob Barr is a Lymm Parish Councillor and Opposition Leader on Warrington Borough Council. He also chairs Lymm Community Energy  . By profession Bob is an urban and social geographer specialising in geographic data science and open data. He worked at Manchester University for 30 years, is currently a Visiting Professor at Liverpool University and founded the university spin-out, Manchester Geomatics. He was a member of the Cabinet Office Open Data Group, the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information and the Social Exclusion Unit’s ‘Better Information’ policy action team. Bob has a lifelong interest in sustainability issues. As a Board Member of Helena Housing, a major regional Housing Association, he championed sustainability on the Board and became Chairman of Caribou, a not-for-profit sustainable warmth and flood resilience company.  Nina uses her home village of Lymm as a case study on how sustainable the place where she lives actually is. Both Zoe and Bob have been commited to a number of local initiatives over the years, but is that enough to make Lymm a sustainable village?This episode is also avaialable as a video here

Welcome to a brand new season of The Change Troubleshooter!Season 2 is all about sustainability. In this introductory episode Nina explains why she was moved to dedicate a whole season to the theme of sustainability and walks us through what we can expect from each episode.  She talks to some amazing people from her local village as well as across the pond in Los Angeles and Canada. This season will prove to be thought, and we hope, action provoking as the issue of sustainability becomes more and more prevalent in society at large. Please do join in the conveersation by contacting Nina directly at nina@ninadar.comThis episode is also avaiabale as a video here

Do we have unrealistic expectations of digital transformation set by the disruptors? Or have they set an expectation the competition has to respond to? Nina, Simon and Nick have over 75 years of combined experience in this field. Their conversation tackles the top barriers to change and provides insight into what they would do differently. In this episode Nina, Simon and Nick talk about the permanent, irreversible tech transformation that has come from the disruptors of Silicon Valley. Air BnB, WhatsApp, Facebook, Netflix, Apple etc have created transformational change in the way people live, work and play.All of the disruptors are new creations, there is no doubt that transforming heritage organisations is harder, even when they come up with new ideas. We all love to talk about Kodak and Blockbuster, both of which had opportunities to transform with industry-disrupting innovation, but didn't, with tragic consequences.Nina, Nick and Simon discuss the top barriers to change and talk about the need for transformation programmes that balance people, process and technology, something that is talked about all the time and they wonder if it's lost its meaning.They also talk about how existing organisations can create digital transformation programmes when they have barriers the new creations just don't have.It's clear from their conversation that we must try harder to incorporate A Human Approach to Innovation and Change which is needed to balance people, process and technology.

Do we have unrealistic expectations of digital transformation set by the disruptors? Or have they set an expectation the competition has to respond to? Nina, Simon and Nick have over 75 years of combined experience in this field. Their conversation tackles the top barriers to change and provides insight into what they would do differently. In this episode Nina, Simon and Nick talk about the permanent, irreversible tech transformation that has come from the disruptors of Silicon Valley. Air BnB, WhatsApp, Facebook, Netflix, Apple etc have created transformational change in the way people live, work and play.All of the disruptors are new creations, there is no doubt that transforming heritage organisations is harder, even when they come up with new ideas. We all love to talk about Kodak and Blockbuster, both of which had opportunities to transform with industry-disrupting innovation, but didn't, with tragic consequences.Nina, Nick and Simon discuss the top barriers to change and talk about the need for transformation programmes that balance people, process and technology, something that is talked about all the time and they wonder if it's lost its meaning.They also talk about how existing organisations can create digital transformation programmes when they have barriers the new creations just don't have.It's clear from their conversation that we must try harder to incorporate A Human Approach to Innovation and Change which is needed to balance people, process and technology.Episode is ScheduledPublish: Aug. 10, 2020 @ 1PM Edit(GMT+00:00) LondonPublish NowAdd a TranscriptGet episode better indexed by search engines.Add Chapter MarkersListeners can tap through & see what’s coming up.Promote this EpisodeCreate a Video SoundbiteShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInEmail Link to EpisodeDirect Link to MP3Embed this ONE Episode

Nina and her guest, Neil Randon, have taken inspiration from a George Bernard Shaw quote; "Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get." Brilliant, and sums up so many technology projects. In this episode Nina and Neil discuss the highs and lows of technology adoption, both of them with a keen understanding of the psychology involved. The brain is the most complex change project; hence, battle of the supercomputers. Despite the fact that most people acknowledge this to be true we rarely structure the change of our own minds in the same way we structure the change that the technology will bring.

Nina and her guest, Neil Randon, have taken inspiration from a George Bernard Shaw quote; "Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get." Brilliant, and sums up so many technology projects. In this episode Nina and Neil discuss the highs and lows of technology adoption, both of them with a keen understanding of the psychology involved. The brain is the most complex change project; hence, battle of the supercomputers. Despite the fact that most people acknowledge this to be true we rarely structure the change of our own minds in the same way we structure the change that the technology will bring.

Can you turn a workplace into a fanbase? Nina and her guest, former FanatiCo employee, James Ashworth tried to do this. They take a look back to discuss what they learned from that experience.In this episode Nina and James discuss why we fake it when we talk about changing culture at work. In 2015, with Steve Smith (chairman of Ear to the Ground) they saw the opportunity to combine their expertise and created FanatiCo. Their mission was to turn workplaces into fanbases. Despite the fact that they did some fabulous work with amazing brands, the element of turning workplaces into fanbases was more of an exciting and thought-provoking conversation rather than a strategy the corporate world wanted to deploy. This was in stark contrast to the fan intelligence work Steve was doing with Ear to the Ground which was being taken very seriously and Nina being used as a change troubleshooter to sort out change that hadn't delivered successfully.

Can you turn a workplace into a fanbase? Nina and her guest, former FanatiCo employee, James Ashworth tried to do this. They take a look back to discuss what they learned from that experience.In this episode Nina and James discuss why we fake it when we talk about changing culture at work. In 2015, with Steve Smith (chairman of Ear to the Ground) they saw the opportunity to combine their expertise and created FanatiCo. Their mission was to turn workplaces into fanbases. Despite the fact that they did some fabulous work with amazing brands, the element of turning workplaces into fanbases was more of an exciting and thought-provoking conversation rather than a strategy the corporate world wanted to deploy. This was in stark contrast to the fan intelligence work Steve was doing with Ear to the Ground which was being taken very seriously and Nina being used as a change troubleshooter to sort out change that hadn't delivered successfully.

*Please note that this episode was recorded prior to the Coronavirus outbreak when we thought it wasn't going to happen to us! Therefore when Nina states that the biggest thing affecting us all in the UK right now is Brexit, that is obviously not the case now, although it is still a very important topic. In this episode Nina is joined by Yasmin Hurst and Peter Allen to discuss the question; is change a team sport? which was inspired by the Adidas Originals brilliant campaign called "Change is a Team Sport" to celebrate 50 years since the launch of their iconic Superstar shoes, which have been at the forefront of popular culture ever since. For those of you who don't know, the Adidas Superstar is a shoe, trainer or sneaker, depending on where you are from. The campaign was directed by Jonah Hill and it stars old and new Adidas collaborators. Delivering change is complicated, it's a mixture of science and magic. A Human Approach to Innovation and Change was developed so that we could try and understand the magic, the human elements that are difficult to identify on balance sheets and profit and loss accounts but are essential if change is to be successful and sustainable. Nina, Yasmin and Pete share their experiences on balancing the role of the individual and the team as well as discussing what every team needs if it's going to deliver change. Please note that this episode was recorded prior to the Coronavirus outbreak when we thought it wasn't going to happen to us! Therefore when Nina states that the biggest thing affecting us all in the UK right now is Brexit, that, is obviously not the case now, although it is still a very important topic.

In February 2020 Adidas Originals launched a brilliant campaign called "Change is a Team Sport". Nina thought that this was the perfect discussion topic for her catch up with two former Cheeky Monkeys, Yasmin Hurst and Peter Allen. For those of you who don't know, the Adidas Superstar is a shoe, trainer or sneaker, depending on where you are from. The campaign was directed by Jonah Hill and it stars old and new Adidas collaborators. Delivering change is complicated, it's a mixture of science and magic. A Human Approach to Innovation and Change was developed so that we could try and understand the magic, the human elements that are difficult to identify on balance sheets and profit and loss accounts but are essential if change is to be successful and sustainable. Nina, Yasmin and Pete share their experiences on balancing the role of the individual and the team as well as discussing what every team needs if it's going to deliver change.

This is a slimmed down 'DARector's Cut' of the original episode, Made of What Matters.The story is the same as in the original episode (description below), it's just 30% shorter for all you busy people who can't spare a full hour to listen to the full version!In this episode Nina and her parents, inspired by the personal and positive way Raheem Sterling, Gillette and Football Beyond Borders tackle the sensitive issue of perceived differences, cover subjects such as role models in life, changing cultural attitudes and what it was like to be in a mixed-race relationship in Manchester in the late 1960s. The collaboration between Raheem Sterling, Gillette and Football Beyond Borders looks to sport for role models. As football fans Nina and her parents have watched Raheem Sterling become a voice and role model for equality and positivity. Nina asks her parents if they are disappointed that this should still be headline news 50 years after their own personal battle.They talk about the time it really takes to see the impact of change, especially when changing mindsets and culture, and the strength required to remain positive when not everyone agrees with what you say and believe.A Human Approach to Innovation and Change is fundamentally about inclusion, acceptance of differences, different opinions and all the heat and light that comes from that in order to collaborate on change that will truly make a difference.

In this episode Nina and her parents, inspired by the personal and positive way Raheem Sterling, Gillette and Football Beyond Borders tackle the sensitive issue of perceived differences, cover subjects such as role models in life, changing cultural attitudes and what it was like to be in a mixed-race relationship in Manchester in the late 1960s. The collaboration between Raheem Sterling, Gillette and Football Beyond Borders looks to sport for role models. As football fans Nina and her parents have watched Raheem Sterling become a voice and role model for equality and positivity. Nina asks her parents if they are disappointed that this should still be headline news 50 years after their own personal battle.They talk about the time it really takes to see the impact of change, especially when changing mindsets and culture, and the strength required to remain positive when not everyone agrees with what you say and believe.A Human Approach to Innovation and Change is fundamentally about inclusion, acceptance of differences, different opinions and all the heat and light that comes from that in order to collaborate on change that will truly make a difference.