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Doing What Works
How do you protect your personal space?

Doing What Works

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 39:51


Do you recline your seat on an airplane? Do you crack jokes in a cramped elevator? Do you pressure your little girl to kiss Grandpa when she recoils at the thought? We bet you'll find this edition of Doing What Works relatable!Here are your show notes…The Impossible Institute's Dan Gregory is the co-author of Selfish, Scared and Stupid.

The Credibility Nation Show
Injecting Inspiration and Creativity in A Corporate Setting with Kieran Flanagan (CNS 259)

The Credibility Nation Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2022 7:25


In this episode, Kieran Flanagan talks about injecting inspiration and creativity to laugh and learn in a corporate setting. She is a leadership speaker, author, trainer, mentor, and co-founder of The Impossible Institute and The Behaviour Report. She is rated in the “Top 25 C-Suite Speakers to watch” by Meetings & Conventions USA; appears as an expert commentator on ABC's 702 Breakfast Show with Wendy Harmer, and in Channel 7's Sunrise, Sky Business News and SBS News. Keiran leads training and innovation with corporates, entrepreneurs, small businesses, and individuals to help them think differently about what they do and how they do it. She helps organizations laugh while smart people are taught how to be people-smart. If you're seeing syndromes of boring corporate training and need to get that fixed, consider reaching out to Kieran Flanagan by visiting her websites https://www.kieranflanagan.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/thinkkieranf/.Mitchell Levy is the Global Credibility Expert at AHAthat, the first AHA leadership (Thought Leadership) platform on the market for thought leaders, experts and companies to unleash their genius to the world. His passion is helping entrepreneurs, business owners and C-Suite Executives get known as thought leaders & become best-selling authors with the AHA platform. He is an accomplished entrepreneur who has created 20 businesses in Silicon Valley including four publishing companies that have published over 800 books. Mitchell is an international best-selling author with 60 business books, has provided strategic consulting to over 100 companies, has advised over 500 CEOs on critical business issues, and has been chairman of the board of a NASDAQ-listed company.Visit https://www.credibilitynation.com to learn more about the Credibility Nation community.Visit https://www.ahathat.com/author to learn how you can become an Amazon best-selling author in 4 months.

The Get Cyber Resilient Show
Ep 98 | Being smart with Human Behaviour - with Dan Gregory CEO of The Impossible Institute

The Get Cyber Resilient Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 38:06


Dan Gregory, CEO of The Impossible Institute, joins the podcast this week to talk about the effects of human behaviour in cyber. Dan explains how to work with the fact that employees won't care as much about cyber as we do and the impacts of leadership democratisation. We then look at how human trust has changed and how design beats discipline and motivation.

Mitchell Levy Presents AHA Moments
Kieran Flanagan, Tony Chatman & JacQuaeline on Thought Leader Life Credibility Specials (MLP 156)

Mitchell Levy Presents AHA Moments

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2022 23:50


Get to know these successful thought leaders and find out how they present themselves and their crafts as experts in their fields. Kieran Flanagan is a leadership speaker, author, trainer, mentor, and co-founder of The Impossible Institute and The Behaviour Report. She is rated in the “Top 25 C-Suite Speakers to watch” by Meetings & Conventions USA; appears as an expert commentator on ABC's 702 Breakfast Show with Wendy Harmer, and in Channel 7's Sunrise, Sky Business News, and SBS News. She leads training and innovation with corporates, entrepreneurs, small businesses, and individuals to help them think differently about what they do and how they do it. She helps organizations laugh while smart people are taught how to be people-smart. If you're seeing syndromes of boring corporate training and need to get that fixed, consider reaching out to Kieran Flanagan by visiting her websites https://www.kieranflanagan.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/thinkkieranf/. Tony Chatman is a corporate relationships expert, leadership speaker, trainer, reinvention expert, and a board member of the Captain Phillips Lane Kirkland Maritime Trust. Tony has a profound ability to connect with his audience by communicating his message in an entertaining way balanced with science and practical insight. He is passionate about creating new and stronger foundations for true leadership and for sharing his expertise on topics involving unconscious bias, culture change, and change management. If you have diversity and inclusion issues in your organization including change management needs, consider reaching out to Tony Chatman by visiting his website https://tonychatman.com/ and going to https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-chatman-6064054/. JacQuaeline is a psychic, trainer, and coach. Equipped with the flair in coaching, she was conferred with the “America's Foremost Intuition Skills Trainer” title. JacQuaeline is an executive consultant, project specialist, motivational speaker, radio host, and spiritual director among others. She conducts public speaking, life coaching, career development coaching, leadership development, and executive coaching. If you're a team leader and have got a bunch of employees who are overstressed, consider reaching out to JacQuaeline who can deliver really good solutions for you. Visit www.intuitionpower.com and https://www.linkedin.com/in/intuition/ for more information. Global Credibility Expert, Mitchell Levy is a TEDx speaker and international bestselling author of over 60 books. As The AHA Guy at AHAthat (https://ahathat.com), he helps to extract the genius from your head in a two-three hour interview so that his team can ghostwrite your book, publish it, distribute it, and make you an Amazon bestselling author in four months or less. He is an accomplished Entrepreneur who has created twenty businesses in Silicon Valley including four publishing companies that have published over 800 books. He's provided strategic consulting to over one hundred companies and has been chairman of the board of a NASDAQ-listed company. Mitchell has been happily married for thirty years and regularly spends four weeks in Europe with family and friends. Visit https://mitchelllevy.com/mitchelllevypresents/ for an archive of all the podcast episodes. Connect to Mitchell Levy on: Credibility Nation YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3kGA1LI Credibility Nation LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/credibilitynation/ Mitchell Levy Present AHA Moments: https://mitchelllevy.com/mitchelllevypresents/ Thought Leader Life: https://thoughtleaderlife.com Twitter: @Credtabulous Instagram: @credibilitynation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast
132 Creativity is a leadership skill that you can learn with Kieran Flanagan

Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2019 37:54


Do you feel like a creative dunce? Do you think that creative people are born with talent, and you're just not one of them? Author, speaker, and creative powerhouse Kieran Flanagan breaks a few myths and lets us know we can all be commercially creative if we're prepared to do the work. Why you should listen: Learn the number one strategy to generating awesome ideas How to develop creative judgment How to know you've got an idea that really hits the mark: Listen for the ‘ahhhs' Don't go into brainstorming cold - you need mental fodder We explore: Why creativity is not artistry, but really about problem-solving Creativity is a skill, not a talent, and is about a lot of really hard work The difference between re-hashing and being ‘different enough' Commercial creativity is about being in service to helping others solve problems The biggest creative exercise is identifying the gap between where you are and where you want to be, and then creating beliefs, systems, and structures to help bridge that gap

Son of a Pitch Podcast
#2 - Dan Gregory + Kieran Flanagan, Founders of Impossible Institute - Whip out your Whippy's

Son of a Pitch Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 98:58


Vince & Max talk to Dan Gregory & Kieran Flanagan, Founders of The Impossible Institute a strategic think-tank that helps leaders, teams and organisations be people smart and make change positive. In the pitch segment, Dan & Kieran tell us how they would revive the beloved ice cream truck company, Mr Whippy. Brief Author: Vince Usher

Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast
123 How to future proof your leadership skills with Dan Gregory

Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2019 43:31


He helps smart people be people smart. As the co-author of Forever Skills along with Kieran Flanagan, Dan Gregory is a leading thinker on what leaders can do to move people to sensible action. We explore how the real test of leadership is what we do when things go wrong, how the gaps in skills we need as leaders vary from industry to industry and culture to culture, how corporate Aussies are strong in risk-taking, why making values-based decisions is important for long-term vision, why we need to use a value lens to avoid short-term reactive decisions, how to consume 200-300 books per year, how to challenge your own perspective with Socratic questioning, why thinking in questions is the best strategy to avoid the traps of default thinking, what Dan's shadow flaw is.

Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast
E123 - Future proof yourself using Forever Skills - with author and speaker Dan Gregory

Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2019 43:30


He helps smart people be people smart. As the co-author of Forever Skills along with Kieran Flanagan, Dan Gregory is a leading thinker on what leaders can do to move people to sensible action. We explore how the real test of leadership is what we do when things go wrong, how the gaps in skills we need as leaders vary from industry to industry and culture to culture, how corporate Aussies are strong in risk-taking, why making values-based decisions is important for long-term vision, why we need to use a value lens to avoid short-term reactive decisions, how to consume 200-300 books pe year, how to challenge your own perspective with Socratic questioning, why thinking in questions is the best strategy to avoid the traps of default thinking, what Dan’s shadow flaw is. *** Shownotes: http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/dangregory The Intelligence Trap https://www.amazon.com/Intelligence-Trap-Smart-People-Mistakes/dp/0393651428 Bill Bernbach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bernbach Jonathan Haidt https://www.amazon.com.au/Righteous-Mind-Divided-Politics-Religion-ebook/dp/B0076O2VMI/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+righteous+mind&qid=1568767466&s=books&sr=1-1 About Dan Gregory Dan Gregory is a speaker, author and social commentator. A thought leader in the field of human behaviour and influence, leadership and engagement and insights that incite, he helps leaders, teams and individuals explore what makes their customers buy and their team members buy in. Dan has created leadership strategies for global technology firms, designed performance strategies for sales teams and C-Suite executives and driven engagement strategies for organisations as diverse as Coca-Cola, Newscorp., the Royal Australian Navy and the UN in Asia. In short, he helps smart people be people smart. Kieran Flanagan and Dan Gregory are the co-founders of The Impossible Institute — a strategic think tank founded to re-imagine the way we think, lead, navigate change and create success. Kieran works with leaders, teams and organisations to make positive change and make change positive while Dan helps smart people to become "people smart". They are the strategic and creative team behind the most successful new product launch in Australian history, have helped entrepreneurs build internationally successful businesses and worked with some of the world’s most influential organisations: developing communication and marketing strategies for Coca-Cola; driving innovation and product design for Unilever; delivering leadership development for the Australian Navy and banks based in Asia; building teamwork in global tech giants and C-suite executives in the United States, as well as facilitating social-change strategies for the United Nations in Singapore and NGOs in Australia. Voted in the ‘top 25 C-Suite Speakers to watch’ by Meetings & Conventions USA, they combine business acumen with a rapier wit and rare human insight gained while working on the US and UK stand-up comedy circuits — skills put to great use in front of millions of viewers on ABC TV’s Gruen franchise and Channel 7’s Masters of Spin and as regular contributors to Success and The CEO Magazine in the United States. https://www.dangregory.co/ *** Related episodes: E111 - How to be a next level leader: 3 blocks to overcome https://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/nextlevelleader E32 - Stephen Scott Johnson Interview - Conscious Transformation of an Organisational Culture https://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/emergent E4 - 3 Influence Points For Long-term Strategic Change https://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/4 ***

Synergen Leadership Podcast
Ep83 | Kieran Flanagan & Dan Gregory - authors of Forever Skills

Synergen Leadership Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2019 76:03


Kieran Flanagan and Dan Gregory are the joint founders of the Impossible Institute and the authors of Forever Skills – The 12 Skills to Futureproof Yourself, Your Team and Your Kids. The Impossible Institute is a strategic think-tank that is designed to help leaders, teams and organisations be people smart and make change positive. Together, Kieran and Dan are the strategic and creative team behind the most successful new product launch in Australian history and have applied their considerable experience to social change programs for the United Nations in Singapore, to category re-inventions and innovation initiatives for the likes of Coca-Cola, Unilever, Bayer and News Corp. They also run leadership development programs across Australia, Asia, Europe and the USA for organisations in categories as diverse as Banking & Finance, Education, Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Real Estate & Retail. On top of that They also write for Success Magazine & CEO Magazine in the USA and are regulars on ABC TV’s Gruen Series, Sunrise on Channel 7 and Sky Business News. During the conversation Julian explores their newest book in detail. Episode highlights include: Why Kieran and Dan decided to write this book The three spheres of change and how to embrace opportunities Thinking in questions rather than statements, and how to imagine an alternate framework or universe Why it’s important to hold yourself accountable and be values focused     Links: The Impossible Institute website Kieran's LinkedIn Profile Dan's LinkedIn Profile Purchase Forever Skills  

Unleashing Brilliance
Ep 053 - Conversations with Dan Gregory & Kieran Flanagan I The Impossible Institiute

Unleashing Brilliance

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019 48:22


Kieran Flanagan and Dan Gregory are the co-founders of The Impossible Institute — a strategic think tank founded to re-imagine the way we think, lead, navigate change and create success. Kieran works with leaders, teams and organisations to make positive change and make change positive while Dan helps smart people to become "people smart". They are the strategic and creative team behind the most successful new product launch in Australian history, have helped entrepreneurs build internationally successful businesses and worked with some of the world’s most influential organisations: developing communication and marketing strategies for Coca-Cola; driving innovation and product design for Unilever; delivering leadership development for the Australian Navy and banks based in Asia; building teamwork in global tech giants and C-suite executives in the United States, as well as facilitating social-change strategies for the United Nations in Singapore and NGOs in Australia. Voted in the ‘top 25 C-Suite Speakers to watch’ by Meetings & Conventions USA, they combine business acumen with a rapier wit and rare human insight gained while working on the US and UK stand-up comedy circuits — skills put to great use in front of millions of viewers on ABC TV’s Gruen franchise and Channel 7’s Masters of Spin and as regular contributors to Success and The CEO Magazine in the United States.

Jane Anderson Show Podcast
Episode 39 - Interview with Commercial Creativity & Leadership Expert Kieran Flanagan

Jane Anderson Show Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2019 48:00


Episode 39 - Interview with Commercial Creativity & Leadership Expert Kieran Flanagan In this podcast interview with Kieran, we talk about the importance of creativity for the future of work especially on building your practice under yournamedotcom. Kieran Flanagan is a Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of the Impossible Institute, a strategic think-tank that was created to Make Positive Change & Make Change Positive. An energetic, innovative and fluid thinker, Kieran is also an inspiring leadership speaker. She is a passionate advocate for teaching individuals how to change the way they think and helping organisations change the results they produce for the positive.

Unleashing Brilliance
Ep 033 - Conversations with Kieran Flanangan Co -Founder The Impossible Institute

Unleashing Brilliance

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2018 52:39


Kieran Flanagan is an expert in harnessing commercial creativity to help people become better problem solvers and ultimately drive more success in business and life. Whether it is success by design, rethinking thinking, creative leadership or making change positive and positive change Kieran can help you change your thinking (and change your world). A rare female leader in the world of MadMen, Kieran was also of the youngest Creative Directors to lead an award-winning advertising agency. She was the strategic and creative mind behind the most successful product launch in Australian history, has headed up Australia’s premiere creative school, won awards all over the planet for her thinking and effectiveness and is on the faculty at Thought Leaders Global. Kieran regularly writes for Success and CEO magazines in the US and has had her thinking published in over a hundred titles all over the globe. She has appeared on Sunrise, Sky Business and SBS and is often heard on ABC 702 on Wendy Harmer’s morning show. She was also recently voted as one of the USA’S C-suite speakers to look for. In her words, her mission is to, “change the way we think for the better”.Listen in for her insights and story around; - backing yourself – always - that we all have a super power - the forever skills that we already have for the future of work. Grab a cuppa, download and listen in.

Unleashing Brilliance
Ep 033 - Conversations with Kieran Flanangan Co-Founder The Impossible Institute

Unleashing Brilliance

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2018 52:39


Ep 033 - Conversations with Kieran Flanangan Co-Founder The Impossible Institute by Janine Garner

Talking Business Now
Making the Impossible Possible for Businesses, with the Impossible Institute

Talking Business Now

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2016 25:08


Dan Gregory, co-founder of the Impossible Institute, joins Smart Companies host Kelly Scanlon to discuss how he helps businesses achieve the seemingly impossible by teaching them a process for approaching challenges differently and reframing traditional questions. Dan is a behavioral researcher and strategist, as well as an author, educator, international speaker and social commentator. He is a regular on ABC's Gruen Planet and has worked with some of the biggest brands in the world: Coca-Cola, Unilever, Vodafone, MTV and News Ltd. To listen to the complete lineup of Smart Companies Thinking Bigger podcasts, visit the archives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MoneyForLunch
Anthony Michalski , Ken Coleman, Dan Gregory, Kieran Flanagan

MoneyForLunch

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2016 59:00


Anthony Michalski founder and owner of Kallisti Publishing  “The Books You Need to Succeed.” He introduced the world to Charles F.Haanel and The Master Key System and is the world's foremost expert on Haanel's incredible philosophy of success as well as on the man himself. He is also the author of The Master Key Workbook, a best selling book that expands on Mr. Haanel's perennial tome Ken Coleman acclaimed interviewer and broadcaster, host of The Dave Ramsey Show video channel, Dave Ramsey live events, and the top-rated EntreLeadership Podcast. He released his first book, One Question: Life-Changing Answers from Today's Leading Voices Dan Gregory Co-Founder, President and CEO of The Impossible Institute™, a strategic think-tank founded to make what's not… possible! A Behavioral Researcher & Strategist, author, educator, and social commentator Kieran Flanagan has been an influential leaders in the creative industries. A Social Researcher & Innovation Strategist, Kieran is a speaker, author, educator and mentor who helps individuals, teams, leaders and organizations navigate the business world of the future For more information go to MoneyForLunch.com. Connect with Bert Martinez on Facebook. Connect with Bert Martinez on Twitter. Need help with your business? Contact Bert Martinez. Have Bert Martinez speak at your event!

Luke and Susie Podcast
Episode 105: Dan Gregory - The Impossible Institute

Luke and Susie Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2016 26:51


Dan Gregory has made a stand.  As one of Australia's most prominent men on the speaking circuit, he will no longer participate in all male panels.  Why?  Well, you can be sure he understand why because he is a behavioural researcher and strategist, which gives me confidence that there's good reason behind his cause.  There's so much to this man.  He's the President and CEO of The Impossible Institute, a social commentator, an author, an educator and, as we discover, a former comedian.  We explore the predictability of human behaviour, the lessons he learnt from his own failures and get the “why” behind his current move to only participate in panels with an adequate representation of both men and women.   Episode Timeline: 01:41     Introducing CEO of The Impossible Institute, Dan Gregory 02:34     What is The Impossible Institute? 04:11     How predictable are people? 08:49     When has Dan had a significant failure and what did he learn from it? 13:53     No more all male panels for Dan Show Links: To find out more about Dan Gregory, go to:  Dan Gregory Support the Red Shield Appeal   Keep in Touch: SMS us on 0417 4555 37 (within Australia) or at +61 417 4555 37 (Outside Australia) Facebook Twitter:  @lukeandsusie

Brand Storytelling
Brand Storytelling #67 - How Brands Are Using Storydoing To Their Advantage - With Dan Gregory

Brand Storytelling

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2016 24:52


We talk to Dan Gregory about his role at the Impossible Institute and how brands such as Red Bull, Sonos, and Tom Shoes are using 'storydoing' to engage their audiences. 

Pushing Beyond the Obvious - Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed
PBTO27: Selfish, Scared and Stupid – A Guide to Navigating Change

Pushing Beyond the Obvious - Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2016


In this episode of Pushing Beyond the Obvious, we host author and innovation consultant Dan Gregory to talk about the Impossible Institute and changing human behavior. We are living today in a world that is rapidly changing and evolving. In order to navigate this ever changing, constantly evolving world and succeed, we need to be able to keep pace with the change. Some of it involves organisational change and personal change. I can tell by my personal experience and from what i read that neither organisational change nor personal change is not easy. So, in order for us to succeed […]

The Female Insight Zone
Pam Ivey: How Leaving A Corporate Job Brought Explosive Success

The Female Insight Zone

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2016 24:43


“If you don't get it out there, nothing's gonna happen.” Priceless advice from our guest, Pam Ivey Pam is the founder of Pam Ivey International – an Ontario-based online marketing company. Join Pam as she explains the essential elements of an effective, smart content marketing strategy. She'll kick-off the show by explaining the importance of creating a client avatar and how this method helps to land new opportunities. Next, Pam talks about one of the biggest challenges in her life. She'll share how this tragedy became a turning point of her career en route to building a business based on her passion. You'll find out how she was able to build her business despite having a full-time job. Then, she'll discuss the ways to get immediate results from your launches. Lastly, she'll explain why your plans don't have to be perfect the first time. But rather, it's the actual implementation that matters. http://media.blubrry.com/femaleredzone/content.blubrry.com/femaleredzone/Episode_26-The_Female_Red_Zone_-_Interview_with_Pam_Ivey_Podcast_Ready_.mp3 In this episode, you'll learn: * How to get your content out and make your customers pay attention. * The biggest challenge she had to go through that inspired her to build a successful online marketing business. * How she built her business in spite of having a full-time job. * How to gain exposure for your programs, products or services. * The secrets behind a winning video content. Tweetables: * We have to let people know, like and trust us * If you don't get it out there, nothing's gonna happen Big Takeaways: * You have to be specific about the type of customer you're trying to connect with. This means, having the perfect profile of your ideal prospect: a client avatar. * You have to get out of your comfort zone to find the things you'll enjoy doing. * Producing free and useful video content is a powerful method to funnel customers to your products and services. The key here is to give resources that your customers can actually use and perceive as high-valued assets. Related Links & References: * Pam Ivey International official website: The Impossible Institute's website: pamivey.com * Online Marketing Success Magazine website: ommmagazine.com * The Online Marketing Sales Machine: pamivey.com/online-marketing-sales-machine * The Online Marketing Certification Program: www.onlinemarketingmanagercertification.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Self-Employed Life
118: Dan Gregory - How To Get Out of Your Own Way

The Self-Employed Life

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2016 41:39


Being a small business owner is double the work. We have to develop as an individual and business while gaining a clear understanding of what our customers value. Joined by a behavioral researcher and strategist Dan Gregory, we dig into how to get out of our way to gain an understanding of how to inspire people to go from a prospect to customer. Dan is an author, educator and social commentator. He is the President and CEO of The Impossible Institute™, a think-tank founded to make what's not… possible! His specialization is the why and how of human behavior and thinking – our drives, our motives, the things that motivate us to buy in. Leading one of Australia most prolific strategic and creative teams, Dan has helped develop new product lines for Coca-Cola and Unilever, invented new media formats for News Corp and launched campaigns for companies as varied as the United Nations, Vodafone, and MTV. His mission is to turn Impossible Thinking™ into an epidemic.

Small Business Digest
Doing The Impossible With Less;

Small Business Digest

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2015 56:00


Kieran Flanagan and Dan Gregory assist small and mid-size businesses, and large corporations to know what business they’re really in. They're from The Impossible Institute, who specialize in unlocking human behavior to create organizational, personal and cultural change to build environments. Melissa Gonzalez is the founder of The Lion’esque Group, a firm of pop up shop experts who have produced more than 100 retail experiences in New York City, Los Angeles, and the Hamptons. Chris Dyer, founder and CEO of PeopleG2, offers 3 points to ease the hiring process for SMBs. Learn more about Don Mazzella's new book, An American Family Sampler. The new fall edition of Small Busines Digest is now available here.

The Art of the CEO
Forget Strong & Fearless – Try Selfish, Scared, Stupid & Human

The Art of the CEO

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2015 33:00


Instead of trying to appeal to people as you wish them to be, why not deal with homo sapiens as they are?  So says Host Bart Jackson's guests Dan Gregory and Kieran Flanagan, founders of the iconoclastic and very sought-after Impossible Institute. This pair of successful advertisers-turned-human-behaviorist have stood the body of sales and motivational knowledge on its very traditional head and pushed for a more human approach.  Like all profound wisdom, their method is simple and astoundingly effective.  Tune in and learn how large firms are building greater understanding with their employees, and how individual sales folks are finally connecting with their customers' humanity.

Everyday MBA
13: Stop Fighting Human Nature

Everyday MBA

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2015 31:39


Dan Gregory and Kieran Flanagan discuss "Selfish, Scared & Stupid." Stop fighting human nature and increase your performance, engagement and influence. These behaviorial researchers and strategists are the founders of The Impossible Institute, an innovation and engagement think-tank. Host, Kevin Craine. @Everyday_MBA Everyday-MBA.com  

The Mojo Radio Show
The Mojo Radio Show - EP 5 - Dan Gregory & Kieran Flanagan

The Mojo Radio Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2014 49:31


Dan Gregory and Kieran Flanagan are business partners in The Impossible Institute. The Impossible Institute was founded to make what's not... possible! They exist to create organisational and cultural change, helping build environments that lift performance and engagement. They specialise in talent development, systems design and creating opportunities.In this episode, we cover:How phones are changing the way we eat in restaurantsHow an SME can punch above their weight and compete with larger competitorsDo you really understand what you are selling?Steps to establish exactly what your business does and how to extract a powerful value exchangeWhere the real value is in innovationWhat is purposeful identity and how you can use it to grow your brand through innovationSteps a leader can take to lead innovation in their companyThe STAND for your company-What do you stand for?Who do you stand with?What do you stand against?How do you stand up?The attributes of an outstanding creative leaderThe concept of innovating the boringHow to immediately improve your strategyGetting to the truth of human natureWhy design beats discipline   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.