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In this episode of the Education Concierge podcast, Benita Jean welcomes Joshua Berry, a tech founder and educator, to discuss the evolving landscape of education and the role of technology. They explore the concept of assistive intelligence, the importance of personalized learning, and the need for educators to adapt to new teaching methods. Joshua shares his journey from nonprofit work to edtech innovation, emphasizing the significance of empowering young leaders and fostering human connections in the classroom. The conversation highlights the potential of technology to enhance education while maintaining the essential human touch.Email: jberry@ftfplatforms.comWebsite: https://www.ftfplatforms.com/

Joshua Berry returns to Traci Chernoff's podcast in this captivating episode, sharing interesting updates, including his most recent TED Talk. The discussion explores the value of language in HR, the effects of AI in the workplace, and methods for preserving a human-centered approach in a world that is becoming more and more digital. Joshua highlights the value of deliberate word choice and the possibility of using AI to strengthen rather than replace human connection. With helpful guidance for HR professionals on negotiating the changing nature of work, the episode comes to a close.  Chapters00:00 Introduction and Welcome Back02:15 Joshua's TED Talk Journey05:12 The Power of Words in HR10:17 AI and Its Impact on Human Resources15:14 Navigating AI in the Workplace22:25 Strategies for Humanizing AI Use30:04 Conclusion and Future Insights Connect with Joshua Berry here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshberrygphr/econic.co and joshuaberry.com.econic.co/joshuaWatch his Tedx Talk here: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex5VqZ9Vjss⁠    We hope you enjoyed this deep dive into Bringing Humanity Back to Human Resources! If you found our discussion insightful, we'd like you to take a moment to rate our podcast. Your feedback helps us grow and reach more listeners who are passionate about these topics. You can also leave a review and tell us what you loved or what you'd like to hear more of - we're all ears!  Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe! Plus, leave a comment if you're catching this episode on Spotify or YouTube.  Connect with Traci here:https://linktr.ee/HRTraci⁠ Visit our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HRTraci.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Disclaimer: Thoughts, opinions, and statements made on this podcast are not a reflection of the thoughts, opinions, and statements of the Company by whom Traci Chernoff is actively employed.

This week I'm joined by Joshua Berry, the author of the book "Dare to be Naive," the founder and CEO of the company Econic and a leader who challenges conventional business thinking by embracing curiosity and trusting in humanity.We dove into topics on leadership, his 10-day silent retreat, the power of questioning our beliefs and how seeing the good in people can create real change.You can learn more about Joshua at econic.co and find his TEDx Talk, "Your Words Fuel AI and Our Future", here.If you want to learn about your primary intuitive listening language, you can learn about that and so much more in my free Talk to Your Guides Activation Guide, which you can find at ⁠⁠⁠www.karmicleader.com/resources⁠⁠⁠.

Rachel Jervis, Foodborne Enteric, Waterborne and Wastewater Diseases Program Manager for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, discusses how Colorado played a key role in the response to the McDonald's E. coli outbreak; Joshua Berry, ASTHO Director of Chronic Disease Risk Factors, details the latest version of the National Youth Tobacco Survey; the Public Health Infrastructure Grant has its own newsletter; and an ASTHO Brief takes you through lessons learned from the Data Road Map for Racial Equity Advancement in Maternal and Child Health Learning Community. CNN News Article: How disease detectives' quick work traced deadly E. coli outbreak to McDonald's Quarter Pounders CDC Web Page: Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students — National Youth Tobacco Survey, United States, 2024 PHIG Newsletter ASTHO Brief: Using Data to Advance Racial Equity – Lessons from the DREAM Learning Community  

In this re-released episode, Joshua Berry, author, speaker, and director of Econic, shares his insights on driving change in Fortune 500 companies and startups. With a track record of success at organizations like US Bank, John Deere, and Blue Cross Blue Shield, Joshua reveals his top strategies for effective leadership and innovation. Top 3 Takeaways: Get Quiet: Silence the noise and tap into your deeper wisdom. Ease Up: Trust your intuition; big breakthroughs often defy conventional thinking. People First: Prioritize people in your decisions—alignment with business goals comes next. From Our Sponsor: The Predictive Index (PI) is an award-winning talent optimization platform that aligns business strategy with people strategy for optimal business results. More than 60 years of proven science, software, and a curriculum of insightful management workshops make PI the solution for any company looking to design great teams and culture, make objective hiring decisions, foster engagement, and inspire greatness in their people anywhere in the world. More than 10,000 clients and 480+ partners use PI—including Nissan, Citizens Bank, Subway, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Omni Hotels—across 90+ countries. Learn more at predictiveindex.com. Additional Resources: More on PeopleForward Network Follow PeopleForward Network on LinkedIn Original episode on Lead the People

Joshua Berry is the author of Dare to Be Naïve: How to Find Your True Self in a Noisy World. He is also the Co-founder and Managing Director of Econic, an innovation, transformation, and strategy consulting company and Certified B Corporation. Along with his team, Joshua has partnered with US Bank, John Deere, Procter & Gamble, Nelnet, Ameritas, Omaha Public Power District, Farm Credit Services of America, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska, among others. As business challenges become increasingly complex, the transformative power of doing good in business creates a flywheel effect that impacts both Return on Investment (ROI) and Ripples of Impact (ROI). Joshua challenges business leaders to think bigger and more intentionally to discover the expansive value of using business for good. Episode Insight: I believe you already have what you need deep inside of you to create this difference in the world, and you've had it there from the start. Something natural, authentic—nativus—naïve. Background: Have you ever been called naïve for suggesting that businesses can do more good and have a positive impact on not only profits but also employees, consumers, and the world? Joshua Berry has. I met Joshua at the ROI of Why conference in Lincoln, NE, where I heard him speak on using naivety to drive curiosity, innovation and growth. During the episode, Joshua and I discuss his book, Dare to be Naïve: How to Find Your True Self in a Noisy World, and why focusing on being a business for good benefits all stakeholders. We discuss how more and more employees, customers, and business leaders agree that how and why money is made is increasingly as important as how much money is made. Yet business leaders often fear being labeled as naïve if they pursue social good while pursuing profit. That fear can be paralyzing, ultimately keeping them from sharing – and acting on – their biggest and best ideas. Joshua also shares his vision of becoming employee-owned and how he's setting the stage in unconventional ways. Have a listen and let me know what you think! How to find Joshua: Websites: www.econic.co www.joshuaberry.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshberrygphr/ Order my book, The Ownership Mindset, on Amazon or Barnes and Noble Follow me on Instagram or LinkedIn. Subscribe to my podcast Reflect Forward on iTunes Or check out my new YouTube Channel, where you can watch full-length episodes of Advice From a CEO! And if you are looking for a keynote speaker or a podcast guest, click here to book a meeting

Joshua Berry is the author of Dare to Be Naive: How to Find Your True Self in a Noisy World and is also the Co-Founder & CEO of Econic, an innovation, transformation, and strategy consulting group that helps enterprises discover their meaning of growth and cultivate the space to achieve it. Through the process of building innovation labs and programs, workshopping, coaching, management consulting, and creating resilient strategies, Econic helps teams and organizations realize tangible results. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apply for the The 2025 Real Leaders Impact Awards: https://real-leaders.com/top-impact-companies-2025/

In this episode, Traci interviews Joshua Berry, a facilitator of change, about the impact of language on beliefs, perspectives, and workplace culture. They discuss the evolution of language in HR, the dehumanizing effects of certain terms, and the importance of intentional language use. Joshua shares examples of how language influences practices and policies, and how assuming positive intent can create a more human-centered work environment. They emphasize the need for leaders to question their intentions and beliefs, and to create space for trust and positive assumptions. The conversation explores the concept of naivete and its role in leadership and organizational culture. It emphasizes the importance of trust, positive intent, and authenticity in building strong relationships and creating a positive work environment. The discussion also touches on the need to align beliefs with practices and challenge the status quo to foster a culture of trust and openness. Overall, the conversation encourages leaders to lead with empathy, trust, and a willingness to challenge conventional wisdom. Connect with Joshua here: https://joshuaberry.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshberrygphr/ Connect with Traci here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/HRTraci⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our website: ⁠HRTraci.com Don't forget to rate this podcast 5 stars, leave a review, and subscribe!   This episode is sponsored by:DirectSuggest: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.directsuggest.com/subscribe.php?id=6992⁠⁠⁠⁠ Use Promo Code: HumanHR Disclaimer: Thoughts, opinions, and statements made on this podcast are not a reflection of the thoughts, opinions, and statements of the Company Traci Chernoff is actively employed by. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hrtraci/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hrtraci/support

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How do we find our true selves among the distractions of a noisy world? Joshua Berry shares with Kevin that being naive can help us reconnect with our innate qualities and authenticity. He explains how naivety can serve as a shield or a source of strength, allowing us to foster optimism and genuine innovation in our personal and professional lives. Kevin and Joshua also explore the tensions between being pragmatic and naive, highlighting how these qualities are not mutually exclusive but rather complementary. Joshua also introduces four questions that can help individuals examine their beliefs and make intentional choices - Where did you learn that belief? Is that belief absolutely true? What do you gain by holding that belief? What do you lose by holding that belief? Listen For 00:00 Introduction 01:18 Guest Introduction: Joshua Berry 03:16 Joshua's Journey 05:02 Definition of Naive 08:03 Pragmatic vs. Naive 10:17 Importance of True Self 18:19 Four Questions on Beliefs 20:04 Impact of Beliefs on Leadership 24:35 Adapting Beliefs 30:00 Joshua's Reading Interests 33:21 Closing Remarks Meet Joshua Joshua's Story: Joshua Berry is the author of Dare to Be Naive: How to Find Your True Self in a Noisy World. He is a world-class facilitator of change. As an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and director of Econic, Joshua has spent the last two decades evolving the what, who, and why of Fortune 500 companies and venture-backed startups. Along with his team, Joshua has sparked change in organizations like US Bank, John Deere, Procter & Gamble, Nelnet, Ameritas, Omaha Public Power District, Farm Credit Services of America, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska, among others. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshberrygphr http://econic.co/ http://joshuaberry.com/ This Episode is brought to you by... The Long-Distance Team. Remote leadership experts, Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel, help leaders navigate the new world of remote and hybrid teams to design the culture they desire for their teams and organizations in their new book! Book Recommendations Dare to Be Naive: How to Find Your True Self in a Noisy World by Joshua Berry Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia MD  by John O'Donohue Like this? Wisdom@Work with Chip Conley The Biases That Keep You From Leading at Your Best with Lisa Tromba Podcast Better! Sign up with Libsyn and get up to 2 months free! Use promo code: RLP Leave a Review If you liked this conversation, we'd be thrilled if you'd let others know by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Here's a quick guide for posting a review. Review on Apple: https://remarkablepodcast.com/itunes  Join Our Community If you want to view our live podcast episodes, hear about new releases, or chat with others who enjoy this podcast join one of our communities below. Join the Facebook Group Join the LinkedIn Group  

Have you ever paused and asked yourself “where did I learn that belief” with the powerful follow up of “AND IS IT TRUE?” In this insightful episode Joshua Berry  and Lisa dive into the concept of limiting beliefs and the impact they have on personal and professional growth. Joshua shares his personal journey of recognizing and overcoming limiting beliefs, and the impact it had on his life and career.  Joshua also shares practical tools and approaches he uses as a seasoned advisor to help individuals challenge and overcome their limiting beliefs. 

Dare to be Naive: Harnessing the Good in Business and People Hosts: Steve Boese & Trish Steed Guest: Joshua Berry, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Econic and Author of Dare to Be Naive Today, we met with author Joshua Berry to talk about his new book, Dare to be Naive and its impact on people and the workplace. We explored the intricate dynamics of workplace culture and personal growth, looking at the concept of naivete in business leadership. We talked about the importance of trust and love in shaping workplace culture and examined the impact of Gen Z on workplace values and layoffs. We also shared our own personal journeys that have been influenced by the book. This episode looks at conventional wisdom and challenges listeners to embrace a more innovative and empathetic approach to leadership in the ever-changing world of work. Thank you for joining the show today!  Remember to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!  This episode of At Work in America is sponsored by Paychex, one of the leading providers of HR, payroll, retirement, and insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes. We've worked together with Paychex and 9 of our HR insider friends to assemble a comprehensive guide to HR tech in 2024.  With so many new technologies hitting the market and what's quickly becoming an AI- obsessed work culture, it can be hard to find a starting point. This toolkit is the first step in cutting through all that noise. Grab your free copy today at paychex.com/awia. 

Today, on the Lead with Heart podcast, we are discussing authentic leadership with my guest Joshua Berry, author of "Dare to Be Naive: How to Find Your True Self in a Noisy World." In this episode, Joshua shares his journey from international business to entrepreneurship, offering insights gained from working with organizations like the Ritz Carlton Hotel Company and Mercedes Benz. Discover how Joshua's experiences shaped his understanding of leadership and culture, and learn practical strategies for nurturing a values-driven workplace. Whether you're a seasoned leader or an aspiring entrepreneur, this conversation is packed with actionable tips to unlock your true leadership potential and lead with authenticity. In this episode:[01:06] Joshua's background and what led him to co-found his company, Econic[05:00] Buy-in and belonging of your company's core values[12:11] The “Six Thinking Hats” Approach to inclusive and thoughtful meetings[17:48] Overcoming limiting beliefs and building confidence in leadership[23:06] Intentional leadership and rediscovering one's true self[38:26] Heart-centered and generous leadership mindsetRESOURCESTake the leap into successful fundraising with the Savvy Fundraiser Fundamentals Course. The ultimate guide designed for nonprofits that have been around for a while, but haven't delved into the world of fundraising yet. This course covers everything from crafting compelling campaigns to collaborating effectively with your team, ensuring you have all the tools you need to elevate your fundraising efforts.CONNECT WITH JOSHUA BERRYJoshua Berry is an entrepreneur, seasoned leadership expert, and the co-founder of Econic. Joshua is also the author of "Dare to Be Naive: How to Find Your True Self in a Noisy World," a book that empowers readers to discover their authentic leadership potential. Through his innovative work and insightful writings, Joshua inspires individuals and organizations to embrace vulnerability, authenticity, and purpose-driven leadership.Facebook: The EmC Masterclass by Dr. Lola Gershfeld is for everyone looking to enhance their communication skills to raise more revenue for their mission. This groundbreaking Emotional Connection process has been integrated into top universities' curriculum and recognised by international organisations. Use code LEADWITHHEART to enjoy a -10%.CONNECT WITH HALEY Haley is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), Certified Stress Management Coach, and Certified EmC train the trainer. She is the Founder of The Savvy Fundraiser, a nonprofit consulting and coaching business. She has worked in both small and large nonprofit teams in the human services, homelessness, and youth sectors; and she specializes in the EmC process, nonprofit leadership, board development, and fundraising. Haley is a passionate, impact-driven, experienced nonprofit professional whose mission is to empower, elevate and engage nonprofit leaders to build healthy, thriving organizations.Instagram: @thesavvyfundraiser LinkedIn: Haley Cooper, CFREWebsite: thesavvyfundraiser.com

Andy Goram chats to Joshua Berry, CEO of Econic and author of the book "Dare To Be Naive", a book about leadership and business being a force for good. In this conversation, they explore the essence of intentional, conscious actions and their transformative impact on leadership. They look at how this approach creates a positive ripple effect through organisations, leading to stronger cultures, and higher levels of employee engagement and retention. ----more---- Key Takeaways Seeing your "Ripples of Impact" Why intention and consciousness are so important for leaders What the "Return on Intentionality" is for businesses What it takes to challenge limiting beliefs and drive real change ----more---- Key Moments The key moments in this episode are: 00:00:10 - Introduction to the Podcast  00:01:19 - Return on Intentionality  00:02:27 - Ripples of Impact and Intentional Leadership  00:10:52 - Command and Control vs. Positive Leadership  00:15:38 - Harnessing Latent Potential in Teams  00:16:09 - The Suppression of Potential  00:17:33 - Creating Space for Potential  00:19:58 - The Power of Intentionality  00:22:44 - Seismic Impact of Conscious Decision Making  00:30:12 - Embracing Uncertainty in Innovation  00:31:12 - The Role of Faith and Belief in Business  00:32:50 - The Impact of Unwritten Procedures in Business  00:36:06 - Challenging Limiting Beliefs  00:41:42 - The Future of Leadership  00:43:15 - Sticky Notes of Wisdom  00:47:36 - Episode Close ----more---- Join The Conversation Find Andy Goram on LinkedIn here Follow the Podcast on Instagram here Follow the Podcast on Twitter here Follow the Podcast on Facebook here Check out the Bizjuicer website here Get a free consultation with Andy here Check out the Bizjuicer blog here Download the podcast here ----more---- Useful Links Follow Joshua Berry on LinkedIn here Visit the Ecomic website here Follow Joshua Berry on X here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

For some reason, we all think we are supposed to know everything…and have it all figured out by the second rodeo, and as I saw posted on social media lately, that doesn't seem like enough  rodeos!  This week's guest Joshua Berry wrote a book called Dare to be Naïve (www.daretobenaive.com) and in this episode, we talk about curiosity, intentionality, and all the lessons along the way that show us how much we have to learn!  In this super fun and fast moving episode we talk about Joshua's experience with a Vipassana retreat, and how it led him to listen to his gut (and the little creatures in there…I'm not kidding!), think very carefully about the should, and led so some of the amazing work he is doing now, helping people think more intentionally and problem solve for the issues of today rather than how we've always done it.  Enjoy this episode with Joshua Berry.  Want more from Joshua? Website: www.econic.coDare to Be Naive (Joshua's book): www.daretobenaive.comLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/joshberrygphrJoshua Berry is a world-class facilitator of change. As an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and director of Econic, Joshua has spent the last two decades evolving the what, who, and why of Fortune 500 companies and venture-backed startups. For employees and leaders looking to grow themselves and their organizations, Joshua speaks on overcoming limiting beliefs, adaptive leadership, and the innovation systems and mindsets that create engines for growth.

In this episode, we engage with Joshua Berry, co-founder of Econic, to explore how authenticity transforms leadership and connections. We discuss organizational change, customer-centric solutions, and the impact of open dialogue and collaboration. Joshua shares insights from his journey with Econic, highlighting the significance of innovation and authenticity in business.We delve into the importance of agility, adaptability, and integrating innovative practices in organizations. Joshua talks about fostering psychological safety, nurturing client relationships, and designing business systems for organic growth. The conversation also covers leadership, vulnerability, and the 'Dare to be Naive' philosophy, underscoring the role of trust, intuition, and incremental change in business. 

In this conversation, Joshua Berry discusses his book Dare to be Naive and how to find one's true self in a noisy world. He emphasizes the importance of continually questioning oneself and not accepting the current state as the set state. Joshua shares that the book uses stories and anecdotes to prompt readers to question their beliefs and think about what they truly believe and think. He also discusses the four essential questions that help individuals peel back and understand their beliefs. Joshua reflects on his own experiences and the lessons he has learned from failed startups and personal growth. In this conversation, Joshua and Trevor discuss the concept of naivete and its value in personal and professional growth. They explore the importance of challenging the status quo and embracing curiosity and critical thinking. Joshua shares insights into his writing process and the importance of authenticity and community building. They discuss the iterative nature of writing and the value of taking small actions to build momentum. The conversation concludes with Joshua's reflections on the launch of his book and his hopes for the future.TakeawaysContinually question yourself and do not accept the current state as the set state.The book Dare to be Naive uses stories and anecdotes to prompt readers to question their beliefs and think about what they truly believe and think.The four essential questions help individuals peel back and understand their beliefs.Lessons can be learned from failed startups and personal growth experiences. Embrace naivete and return to a state of authenticity and vulnerability.Challenge the status quo and be open to new ideas and perspectives.Take small actions and build momentum to achieve your goals.Build an authentic community and seek feedback from trusted individuals.To listen to more episodes head to theformulapodcast.comor check out the full video episodes on YouTube here - https://www.youtube.com/@justtrevorcarlsonTo follow our travels and read our travel guides head to lostandlore.com or watch our travel videos on YouTube here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCavHMv7t-VKqYZrusR4eUUQ

Who is Larry?Larry Goddard is a man of confidence and determination. He believes in facing fears head-on and taking on any challenge with a can-do attitude. His multifaceted nature comes from a decision to pursue his passions wholeheartedly and not be held back by self-doubt. He is motivated by a desire to work with people who share his confidence and belief that they can achieve anything they set their minds to.Key Takeaways00:00 Interview with Larry, a talented, visionary leader.05:35 Active on LinkedIn and YouTube, sharing progress.10:08 Believe in self, pursue passions, mentor others.13:48 Paul promotes his book on test automation.16:17 Excitement for book, follow on LinkedIn, subscribe.17:49 Thank you, Larry. Talk soon.Valuable Free Resource or Actionhttps://www.packtpub.com/product/enhanced-test-automation-with-webdriverio/9781837630189A video version of this podcast is also at https://youtube.com/live/ra2bB6d6Plc?feature=share_________________________________________________________________________________________________Subscribe to our newsletter and get details of when we are doing these interviews live at https://TCA.fyi/newsletterFind out more about being a guest at : link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/beaguestSubscribe to the podcast at https://link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/podcastHelp us get this podcast in front of as many people as possible. Leave a nice five-star review at apple podcasts : https://link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/apple-podcasts and on YouTube : https://link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/Itsnotrocketscienceatyt!Here's how you can bring your business to THE next level:If you are a business owner currently turning over £/$10K - £/$50K per month and want to grow to £/$100K - £/$500k per month download my free resource on everything you need to grow your business on a single page :It's a detailed breakdown of how you can grow your business to 7-figures in a smart and sustainable way————————————————————————————————————————————-TranscriptNote, this was transcribed using a transcription software and may not reflect the exact words used in the podcast)SUMMARY KEYWORDSStuart Webb, Joshua Berry, It's Not Rocket Science, Five Questions over coffee, author, Dare to be NIEV, CEO, Econic, conversation, workplace, broken, humane, people positive, leaders, strategy, innovation, growth, human resources, new practices, agile, DevOps, lean start up, HR standpoint, remote work, return to work, curiosity, trust, experimental, collaboration, leadership mindset, creativity, purpose of work.SPEAKERSLarry Goddard, Stuart WebbStuart Webb [00:00:23]:Welcome back to It's Not Rocket Science, Five questions over coffee. I'm gonna admit that right at the moment in my mug isn't actually coffee. It's, raspberry tea. I don't know what Larry's got in front of him, but Yeah.Larry Goddard [00:00:35]:I have hot chocolate.Stuart Webb [00:00:36]:I have hot chocolate. So that's brilliant. So, Larry, welcome to in rocket science over over Five questions I've got. Delighted to invite you to spend a few minutes with us today. Our guest today is Larry Goddard. Larry is an incredible, Polymath. I mean, the man that has so many talents, it's almost impossible to understand exactly where we're gonna go with this, but he's a he's a visionary leader, An award winning test architect, an interim CTO, and a a mentor to, the Black Girls in Tech and, the Black Voices and the founder Founders Institute, he is, He's been an expert witness for for international law firm and a technical adviser to a fashion house. Now This is this is more than we could possibly get into at this stage, Larry.Stuart Webb [00:01:26]:So I'm just gonna start with saying, talk to us a little bit about the sort of people you're trying to help and the problems they've got.Larry Goddard [00:01:35]:Yeah. I I I think, from from my point of view, I think I don't wanna look at the people who, They wanna do things, but, have this fear that, oh, if I do this, this is going to happen or it's gonna fall apart. I'm I think I I think I would use the word confidence. I don't think I'll be I wanna deal with people, you know, that want that confidence in themselves that I could do anything. Because although my I have to say, I'm multifaceted. And and it all comes from, you know, just deciding, you know, I wanna do this. I'm going all day, and I'm I'm doing that. SoStuart Webb [00:02:11]:And and talk to us about some of the some of the people you've helped. Some of those, of the you know, you're obviously working with with people who are starting businesses, and you're doing a lot of public speaking. Tell us about some of the sort of advice you give to those people. Especially,Larry Goddard [00:02:27]:I could say especially with the mentoring side of things where, you know, I help them deal with all these people. And I do it a lot from the, Fungus Institute. And those are people who actually looking to open some business. They are funded. They're to get funding for the business only. And one thing I tell them, I tell them is, you know, don't be afraid to take that step. That's the first thing. And 2, the other thing is once you have an idea, you need to put your idea somewhere.Larry Goddard [00:02:56]:If you just keep it in your head, Things just things just doesn't match up over that period. You need to document it. You need to relook at it again. And in short, yes. This is what I wanna do, and these are the steps that I want to take. And then you We really do again, you come to people like myself and others. You know, we would tell you, guide you hold your hand and guide you along the way It took your part, not from our vision, but your part.Stuart Webb [00:03:29]:Yeah. Absolutely. I love that idea. Be did if, You know, I've I've often said, you know, that, a a bad message out in the world It's far better than a perfect message still inside your head. You know? The the keeping something inside yourself and just waiting for the perfect moment is is always wrong, and I'm just trying to remember who it was that once said it. You know? The best time to start was 20 years ago, but the 2nd best time is now.Larry Goddard [00:03:56]:Exactly. Because what's up in your head? It's just you are all annoyed. If you put it on paper, yes, it's still your idea, and you are all annoyed. But now you now have Something visual that you could look at, and you could say, oh, you know, I think I shouldn't go here. I should do this before I do that. But once it's just in your head and it goes around, You spend years waiting for and and and as I always tell people, there is nothing ever called the perfect moment. The perfect moment is right now.Stuart Webb [00:04:24]:Yeah.Larry Goddard [00:04:24]:Yeah. You know? That's the perfect moment. People tend to we are fine a lot too. People tend to try and Bill is perfect. And I'll just use the word product for the conversation. I want the bill is perfect product before They put it out to the market. No. You need to bill a product, put it out to the market, get some feedback, and improve on the product.Stuart Webb [00:04:46]:Yeah. Yeah. That that, that's so often the the the the fault that people have, isn't it? It's it's Trying to make sure something's absolutely perfect before the put it put it out, and it will never be perfect because, you know, first of all, you you have not I got had every single idea you're ever gonna have, but your customers, if they love it, will tell you what they like, what they don't, and what they want to see improved.Larry Goddard [00:05:11]:Exactly.Stuart Webb [00:05:13]:So, Larry, I mean sorry. Go ahead.Larry Goddard [00:05:15]:No. No. No. You you go ahead. Sorry. NowStuart Webb [00:05:19]:so so tell me, what what are you you're also developing new software tools as well at the moment. What where are you where are you gonna be telling us all about this in the future? Where can we continue to watch what you're what you're up to and and your best ideas coming forward?Larry Goddard [00:05:35]:Well, like, I think I have my my LinkedIn profile, and then I have my YouTube channel. You You know? So that's where I put everything. So as time goes by and I improve on things or I build things, I put it out on the on the YouTube channel. I talk about it on on my LinkedIn profile. So if you're following me, you know, there you would see you're gonna see everything as it progress And go forward, and you'll get to see all the little bits and pieces that I get myself involved in. You know? So that that's where you'll find me. So I'm I'm on LinkedIn. I'm on YouTube.Larry Goddard [00:06:08]:And I'm on Twitter. Sorry. X.Stuart Webb [00:06:11]:X. Of course. Yeah. And I I've just put, Larry's, LinkedIn profile now at the bottom of the page, which is, linkedin.com.in. Larry g. So that's Larry G. Follow Larry on LinkedIn. He does do some really interesting stuff.Stuart Webb [00:06:28]:I'd say it's he's really got some very interesting things going on. And, yeah, he is an interesting character. So where did you get some of the inspiration? What book or course or, what was it that that really inspired you down your path, Larry?Larry Goddard [00:06:46]:Well, I have I have a thing. I mean, I'm one of the old school guys. It had nothing to do with A book or anything is just back in the day. You know, and computers, especially, have now come out because a a a novelty in the day. And just something that interested me, and I started to take my interest in it from since then. And so over the years, I have, you know, looked into it and always do something with it. Mind, I've not always I've never always been in tech. I'm a mechanical engineer by trade.Larry Goddard [00:07:15]:So It's it's after I moved from, I'm from Trinidad Tobago, by the way. So after I moved from Trinidad Tobago and came to the UK to live, Then I realized I I had a rude awakening that the call and mechanic don't mix. So So and and that is where my journey is to and that is when I changed my I took my my my hobby. I made it into my career. So a lot of it 90% of what I know is self taught. I thought literally taught myself, I got the software, Back in the day, and I got copies of a lot of things. It wasn't until now. I got a copy of the software.Larry Goddard [00:07:54]:I bought some computers. I, you know, I build them up. I start. And and and that's and that's going on and on. And as the technology change, I continue to follow it. And then, you know, the world opened up to open source. So then I started to delve into that, and Then I got to see what people are doing, and we got to use what people were using. And and and think and that's where Classy GS comes up comes about.Larry Goddard [00:08:16]:You know, I was tasked with, getting a a job done for Cambridge University at the time back then, And it was it was one of them surreal moments. I realized, oh, I know I I know what I should do. And I decided I started building this framework. Well, the rest is history, as you said. You're quite happy about it from that rough draft and being used to now it's a a node module. You could just, You know, just install as a known module in their place. That's one of the things I do. Yeah.Stuart Webb [00:08:47]:So so the the the the current The current set of things you're doing, they've just they've just been something you've never been trained for any of this stuff. This is just something that you just know, you just wanna do. What's the what's the 1 piece of advice that you that you that you sort of took from somebody? What was it that sort of made you think, well, I'm just gonna give it a go? You you you there's nothing that's held you back. So it must have been something that somebody did or said or or at some stage pointed out to you that made you think, I could give it a go. Is it something from your parents?Larry Goddard [00:09:21]:It it it's one of the things my mom actually used used to say to us, you know, growing up. She see all you say, you know, don't matter what you're doing. Always try to be the best there is. You might never make it, But you will get very, very good at it. You know? And I and I took that I took that through. And then I started and that is where I was, like, about 10 years old or or something and down to the end of the street that I was living on growing up in Lebanon, that guy used fixing cars down there. Now I was trying out, you know, oh, that's really good stuff. Imagine a 10 year old back then, you know, in the early seventies, turns out, oh, that looks good.Larry Goddard [00:09:56]:And I just briefly walk into the and say, can you teach me how to do that? And he look at me and say capitalist. Yeah. He actually look at me and say, Son, go home. Why are you down here?Stuart Webb [00:10:07]:And yeah.Larry Goddard [00:10:08]:But when I I kept going. And then one day, you're saying, okay. You know what? Watch that for me. At the beginning of it, I, yeah, at the beginning, I started washing parts and, you know, and and and following and then the thought that he taught me. And and I think one of the things from that is I think everybody should understand is if you want to do something, no matter what it is, You for yourself have to have a bad belief in you that you could do it. And following my online normal advice, either that's how I think. And I thought I think now, like you rightfully see, I I'm into a lot of stuff. And especially now with the whole AI and the whole framework and building things in it, You know, I'm mentoring people.Larry Goddard [00:10:48]:I'm thinking it's all about I could do this. I'm not going to do this. I want to be the best there is. You know, like, somebody said to me once, This is how I just think. I just think like this. If I am a mechanic, I want to open the dictionary. And when I type a new mechanic, I must see a picture of myself there. No.Larry Goddard [00:11:06]:I yeah. I got resonate with me. Not really resonate. That means it it simply means what you're going to do always put your best foot forward. And and there's nothing as a stupid question. The only stupid question I have is the one it did not ask. You know? And and it's and it's true that and I follow that all the way through. So as new technologies come out, I I pick up on it.Larry Goddard [00:11:30]:I I I do some research. I, you know, I look at the white papers. Yeah. I get involved in in it in a lot of different ways. Going to, expose and and things like that. So that as well keeps, You know, keeps my head in the game with with everything that I'm doing.Stuart Webb [00:11:47]:Brilliant.Larry Goddard [00:11:47]:And and as you see that and I and as you see that, I think I might just mention this one time, and it's true that, I've written a book, so I don't actually have a book on the market. And it's all you know, talking about, again, automation and and doing other bits and pieces. And from that as well, you know, somebody asked me, hey. Could you and I thought about it. And then, in my head, I say, Why why think about it? Here, you have an opportunity to to write a book. Just go for it. And then why did I just say, yes. I'll do it, and this is the end result.Stuart Webb [00:12:19]:And when are we seeing that?Larry Goddard [00:12:21]:It's it's out now. I mean, I could see if you look at my my LinkedIn profile. I mean, I can I I could I could even share the the cover, the book you? I'm not sure where I can do that. Great.Stuart Webb [00:12:30]:Yeah. Please do.Larry Goddard [00:12:32]:I mean, I will send it come up for you in a email or call. I don't think I could drop it in this chat yet. Hello, Blake. And, yeah, I'm. So it's the book is live. It's on, Amazon. It's, it's on Pat Pat Publishing for the publishers. And and yeah.Larry Goddard [00:12:47]:So it's there. It's called it's called, enhanced test automation with WebDriver IO. That's in that's in the name of the book. If you look at Amazon right now, you could just you could find it with that.Stuart Webb [00:13:00]:If I I if I could find it in the moment, I'd show it, but there we go. We're not gonna be able to do it. Had 1 comment in as we've been talking. Paul has commented and said, it's so true. Test in test automation, it is never too Soon to start. And, yeah, what can I say? The number of, of live software projects that I have been involved in where We started testing far too late, and we tested with the wrong people, and it all ended up in complete disaster. But that's another story for another day, And I won't bore you with it bore bore you with an hour range.Larry Goddard [00:13:33]:Guys have I don't think I that just you randomly choose that, but that is my co author, by the way.Stuart Webb [00:13:40]:That's a good one then.Larry Goddard [00:13:42]:Yeah. That's that's my call. You both know that.Stuart Webb [00:13:46]:I'm so gladLarry Goddard [00:13:47]:reach out there.Stuart Webb [00:13:48]:I'm so glad that Paul's listening in. Paul, he's also said to us at this very moment, enhance test automation. Okay. That's the name of the book. It's enhance Test automation with WebDriverIO unlock the superpowers of hybrid testing frameworks. Paul, Larry, I'll make sure that goes into The show notes so that people can get a copy of that if they want to. Look, I've, I've asked you a series of questions at the moment, Larry, and I'm sure there's probably one that you're thinking I haven't asked, and when's he gonna get around to asking it? So this is my way of saying, Here's your opportunity to to tell me the question you would have liked me to have asked, and then, obviously, you have to answer it for us. So what's that question?Larry Goddard [00:14:32]:I think I think that question should, you know, should be, what are you working on now, and where do you see yourself going with it?Stuart Webb [00:14:39]:Okay. So what what are you working on now? Where do you see yourself going with it, Larry?Larry Goddard [00:14:44]:Yeah. At at the moment At the moment, I'm working on a project called Classy GS. It's it's out there. What it does is our test automation framework. By the way, it's using WebDriverIO and and things like that. And where where, where I'm going with it is, Because, you know, AI is the whole new talk at the time, the new kid on the block. Yes. I'm heavily involved in in in in AI as well.Larry Goddard [00:15:11]:So right now, going forward, I'm going to remove some of the existing parts from it and replace it with AI powered technology and and make it, you know, up to scratch and activate the, you know, for the future going forward. And in in doing that, it will also It will also gives me the opportunity to improve on what is there and see, you know, what's new coming out. And as you can see, we're in the AI space. So A lot of new text. You know? You have. You have the you have the Microsofts. You have the the the the Chrome, the Googles. I know everybody bringing out their own copilots and and things like that.Larry Goddard [00:15:47]:So going forward and for the future, it's about locking into those products and seeing how best we could use it to, You know, to to help the testing community. So I would spend a lot of time, you know, going forward doing that for for the for the community. And it's and it's all open source. So not like I'm building something that people have to pay for it in a day. I'm building it, and I'm giving them that just as part of me. That is me saying thank you for all the knowledge I got from you guys over the years, and This is my contribution back to the community.Stuart Webb [00:16:17]:I love that. I love that. I look forward to seeing that in the in the world. Larry, it's been fascinating sort of having you on for a few minutes. I really do hope people check out that book, and follow you on LinkedIn because you've got some fascinating insights into the world. I'm just gonna mention at this point, if, if you would like to get onto our mailing list so that every A week, pretty much, I put out an email which just says who's coming up on the, on the podcast so that you can be prepared to follow them, To ask questions as Paul was here to sort of interact with the guest on Tuesdays, please go to this link, which is link.thecompleteapproachdot c0.ukforward/newsletter. That's link.thecompleteapproach.c0.ukforward/newsletter. Get on to the list.Stuart Webb [00:17:04]:Allow me to send to you our upcoming, live interviews with interesting characters just like Larry, and then you too can be here to, to interact with people like that. Larry, thank you so much for being with us today. Really appreciate you taking out a few minutes of your day. You're a busy guy, so I guess, I guess we better let you get back to changing the world, changing the lives of some of those mentors that you're working with. And thank you so much for spending a few minutes with us.Larry Goddard [00:17:34]:Yeah. The pleasure is all mine, Stuart. And, you know, like I said, it was a pleasure to to to do this, and, I and I will continue doing so, and I will follow I myself will follow your newsletter and, you know, jump in and see what some of the other guests come and have to say as well. Another thankStuart Webb [00:17:49]:thank you very much, Larry. Speak to you again soon. 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In a 2020 Deloitte survey, 93% of CEOs advocated for businesses to make a positive impact beyond profits. Also, consumers favor companies contributing to society or the environment, as indicated by 83% in the same survey. Gallup's 2019 study revealed that employees aligned with their company's mission are six times more engaged and 22 times more likely to thrive in their roles. But "doing good" for companies is not easy...I have finally found a person who has done great research on “doing good”, somebody that has looked at the reasons on  why it is so tough to make it happen - my guest for this episode is Joshua Berry About my guest Joshua Berry Joshua Berry, the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Econic, recently launched his new book, Dare to Be Naive: How to Find Your True Self in a Noisy World. Dare to Be Naive: How to Find Your True Self in a Noisy World delves into the clash between leaders' aspirations to use business for societal good and the barriers hindering action. Inspired by the current tensions between business and society, Joshua explores this intersection. Find the freshly released book Dare to be Naive here: https://www.amazon.com/Dare-Be-Naive-Noisy-World/dp/1646871529  The Econic website: https://www.econic.co/  Joshua's website: https://joshuaberry.com/    What We Discussed in this Episode on How Companies Can Create Value and Make a Positive Impact: - Reframing Naivety: Redefining Its Role in Society - Balancing Naivety: Finding the Sweet Spot in Business - Patagonia's Purpose-Driven Journey: Unveiling Yvon Chouinard's Strategies - Self-Awareness in Business: Navigating the Good vs. Bad Paradigm - Breaking Barriers: Initiating Naivety Practice for Leaders - Anticipating Change: Common Mistakes in Business Transformation - Daily Habits for Business Change: Embracing a New Paradigm    

Who is Joshua?Joshua Berry is a visionary leader who is determined to fix the broken state of the workplace. With a strong belief in creating a more humane and people-positive work environment, he is committed to revolutionizing the world of work. Joshua understands that true change starts from within organizations and often seeks out leaders in strategy, innovation, growth, and human resources who share his passion for transforming the how and why of business operations. Through his book and various initiatives, Joshua aims to support these individuals in their mission to bring about positive change within their organizations.Key Takeaways02:10 Exploring new practices, adapting without supporting people.04:13 Innovation hub hindered by division manager.07:22 Daring to be naive for progress and joy.10:26 Allow employees freedom, reap the rewards.14:01 Impact of intangibles on bottom line ignored.17:54 Promote and grow by building trust.20:43 Books, openness, curiosity, inner work, progress.23:58 Work: a space to grow people, organizations.Valuable Free Resource or Actiondaretobenaive.comA video version of this podcast is also at https://youtube.com/live/1ZKGoZUxiNA?feature=share_________________________________________________________________________________________________Subscribe to our newsletter and get details of when we are doing these interviews live at https://TCA.fyi/newsletterFind out more about being a guest at : link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/beaguestSubscribe to the podcast at https://link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/podcastHelp us get this podcast in front of as many people as possible. Leave a nice five-star review at apple podcasts : https://link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/apple-podcasts and on YouTube : https://link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/Itsnotrocketscienceatyt!Here's how you can bring your business to THE next level:If you are a business owner currently turning over £/$10K - £/$50K per month and want to grow to £/$100K - £/$500k per month download my free resource on everything you need to grow your business on a single page :It's a detailed breakdown of how you can grow your business to 7-figures in a smart and sustainable way————————————————————————————————————————————-TranscriptNote, this was transcribed using a transcription software and may not reflect the exact words used in the podcast)SUMMARY KEYWORDSStuart Webb, Joshua Berry, It's Not Rocket Science, Five Questions over coffee, author, Dare to be NIEV, CEO, Econic, conversation, workplace, broken, humane, people positive, leaders, strategy, innovation, growth, human resources, new practices, agile, DevOps, lean start up, HR standpoint, remote work, return to work, curiosity, trust, experimental, collaboration, leadership mindset, creativity, purpose of work.SPEAKERSJoshua Berry, Stuart WebbStuart Webb [00:00:20]:Hi, and welcome back to It's Not Rocket Science. Five Questions over coffee. I'm delighted to be joined this afternoon by Joshua Berry. Joshua is the author of Dare to be NIEV, which is a really interesting book, and the CEO of Econic. I'm really looking forward to this conversation. Joshua, welcome to It's Not Rocket Science 5 questions over coffee.Joshua Berry [00:00:39]:Thank you, Stuart. Got my coffee, and we are readyStuart Webb [00:00:41]:to rock. Yep. Yep. Yep. We are it's 2 o'clock in the afternoon for me. This is probably not what I should be drinking. I won't sleep, For the rest of the afternoon, which is normally what we like to propose. Anyway, Joshua, yeah, now welcome to, to to the podcast.Stuart Webb [00:00:55]:Good luck to have you here. Just, just for just for clarity, kind of, what is it that you're trying to do with Dare To Be Naive and and your work at Econic? Who who are the who are the customers you're trying to help them out? What problems do they have? What is, what is what is the sort of problem that you're helping them solve?Joshua Berry [00:01:11]:Sure. You know, I believe in a lot of ways, the workplace, is broken. Right? We can go long strides in making, the world of work Even more humane and more people positive. And a lot of the times, the people that we work with are leaders in strategy or innovation or growth Or human resources, I think some of those leaders who are most also passionate about shifting the how and why of their businesses. And, you know, that's that's routinely where we meet them. And a lot of what, as you mentioned with the book, that we're trying to do is to help more of those People as they are trying to shift those ways of being within their organizations.Stuart Webb [00:01:53]:And and, You know, come a lot of these these people would have tried things before they get around to reaching out to you. What what Things do you see them doing? What problems do you see them getting into before you're able to help them overcome those problems?Joshua Berry [00:02:10]:Good question, Stuart. I think there's there's a lot of people who are out there who know they need to do something different, And so you they rightly are looking at new practices for their organization. Maybe they are, Looking into using agile or or DevOps, or they're looking at lean start up or or new ways to do innovation in the organizations. Maybe from an HR standpoint, they're looking at remote work is a big example right now and return to work. They are experimenting with new ways of trying to shift how they do business. But I'd say one of the biggest Challenges, and sometimes the mistakes that they run into is not well, 2 of them, I guess, we can get into. The first one is That they realize that while they're trying to adapt to these new practices, they're not actually taking the opportunity to help those people adapt as they're trying to practice Those new things. Right? Like, the the whole idea of, you know, if if you dig into some of those practices, they're saying, We want our people to be more curious.Joshua Berry [00:03:15]:We want them to be more trusting. We want to be more experimental. We want a bit greater collaboration. And yet if you just pursue adopting one of those new says and just push it down to people and use a traditional approach to it, you're missing out on this amazing opportunity to also involve people in practicing those behaviors, Which you're actually hoping to get from some of those practices. So that's that's a big piece of it. I think the second one is, not also taking the opportunity to Do shifts in leadership mindset behavior. A great example is in the innovation space, trying to get people to be more creative or experimental or even spinning up innovation labs, But not investing equally in helping shift the mindset of leaders because they also need to work on those things that help create a safer space for people to innovate or, become more iterative in their decision making or or a number of those things. So they they try to get people to do new practices without starting to adapt and adopt new practices themselves.Stuart Webb [00:04:13]:I particularly love that last majority. I was involved some years ago in helping to set up, an innovation hub in the business and, You know, the people that I was working with incredibly enthusiastic, but there was a there was a division manager who would, Who would insist that everything that came through this innovation hub had to come through him for vetting before he was prepared to green light it to go forward for commercialisation And this attitude was basically, this is going to somehow destroy either part of my revenue stream or Something else that I that I hold is a pet project so I will just stop everything. So the Innovation Hub came up with, I think in the 3 months that we sort of started trialing this, a 106 Innovations of which one was given the green light, and it was one of those moments where I had to go to the chief executive and go, it's a brilliant idea, this innovation hub, but there is a problem. And he looked at me and said, do you know where the problem is? And I said, yes. I know where the problem is. He said, where is it? I said, it's in that office. He looked at me and went, I don't know how to solve that problem. And I went, and that's nothing I can do to help you.Stuart Webb [00:05:20]:You're absolutely right. The mindset is so critical, You know, the the number of chief executives would go, well, if we can just make it work, it will be fine, but I don't really wanna disturb anything that's going on around here because It will make other things problematic for me.Joshua Berry [00:05:35]:You you nailed it there, Stuart. We are in the middle of a fundamental Shift that is happening in the world of work and how work is done. And and what you're seeing is we've had things that worked for many decades that relied more on a command and control sort of approach. Right? Our ability to streamline and predict and forecast. And now we have tension, right, between, our ability to even predict the future or need things. And so Rightly so, the best leaders are saying, I need people to be more adaptable and agile and nimble, and, hence, they do all those practices that I was saying before. But it runs into this clash as you just said with people who are still trying to hold on to some of those vestiges of what got us to to where we are right now. And so we're in this interesting liminal space, and and I think you have to acknowledge that there are some of those beliefs about what maybe assessors for that person, maybe there's even internal things that that your former leader needs to work through to be able to get to a spot to make it okay for some of these new practices that that I think most employees and people want to bring into the world.Stuart Webb [00:06:41]:And and I guess this is the sort of the thrust of the book, dare to be naive, that that That you've you've recently got around to giving to the world and there's going to be a a link where people can go look at this and have a a look at, the book, which is here, at joshuaberry.com/ dare to b hyphen naive. I'll put that in the show notes for those people who didn't manage to catch you at this stage, but talk to us a little bit about, you know, the sort of advice and that you talk about in that book. And maybe give us some an insight of something we can go away and do, with that advice today to help move on some of these mindset shifts we need to do.Joshua Berry [00:07:22]:Yep. The idea of of daring to be naive is really about letting go of I already know everything. Right? And it's also about tapping into those things that represent not just what's reasonable, but also what feels intuitively Correct to look at, right? So back to the example that you used before of your leader, there's There's a lot of things that go into protecting ourselves and making us try to feel safe and smart and right and perfect and all of those things. And What we challenge in the book is a lot of times the beliefs that have led us to where we're at today, some of them have become limiting beliefs To what is possible for the future, and it's only until you have a shift into saying, you know what? I might be wrong, or you know what? There might be another way. And sometimes even things that might not have been thought before, that we're truly going to have progress. And so the book is about All those times where we probably self limit ourselves, we screen ourselves to present only those things that seem acceptable to the rest of the world, and how we might continue to move through that. Through some of the research and interviews that I've seen, a lot of people Fear being seen or labeled as naive, and yet that fear of being seen as naive actually prevents you from having a greater impact and greater joy in your life. Back to your question about maybe prompting for a free tool.Joshua Berry [00:08:56]:One of the things that we practice in the book, and you can find it on that dare to be naive.com or the or the link that you shared, is When we look at our practices, similar to the things that we talked about before, too often, we're not digging into what the beliefs are that power those practices. Right? And so there's a simple 2 by 2 matrix that we use to to help people, and and you can find it there, or you can email me afterwards if you can't find it. And, the tool is basically, what is the current practice? Let's take, for instance, work from home right now. It then challenges you to say, what are the beliefs, either known or maybe just observed or accepted, that are powering that practice. Right? And then it challenges people to talk about and reflect on what is shifting in those beliefs. Right? So so maybe it's maybe the practice is work from home, and the beliefs are a mixture. Oh, people can't be productive, or maybe they can be productive, or whatever it might be. You then create conversation either for the leader or for the team to be able to talk about how are those beliefs shifting or evolving, and then from those evolved beliefs, what are new that we can begin to experiment with.Joshua Berry [00:10:10]:And so being intentional about understanding how our beliefs inform our practices and having a simple process to To kind of dissect those and dig into those is, one of the things that we explore in the book through a myriad of different examples and ideas.Stuart Webb [00:10:26]:Brilliant. Joshua, I'm I'm I think you've you've you've really highlighted one of the things with you is pretty critical In the workplace today, which is the the the mindset should've shift. We talk about a lot about servant leadership and things like that, but, you know, leaders still have got to get their heads around Allowing people to to to to become themselves at work, can't they? One of my, one of the people I've Spent some time looking and and and talking to is a guy called John Timpson who runs A series of shops around the UK that are about shoe shops and he has only 2 rules for the people that work for him and that is Show up and look the part and put the money in the till. And that's it. You know, pretty much after that, his managers, the people that are on the front line, got Free reign to do a whole load of things, to really adapt their business practice and process in order to sort of truly serve the customer. As a result, He's grown enormously, and he has people working for him who worked for years and will never work anywhere else. Because they turn around and say, When it comes to spending money, he gives me free rein to do what I want. And, you know, so long as so long as they make a profit, and so long as he can sort of see they're making a profit, he gets out of their way as a As a a chairman of a large company, he just gets out of their way and leaves them to it.Stuart Webb [00:11:47]:That's a that's an attitude very few leaders have managed to grasp and put put put on in their organization. I think it's it's inspiring when I hear people like you sort of talk about some of this stuff and how to make that happen.Joshua Berry [00:11:59]:Yeah. You hit upon it there, Stuart. And one of the stories that I cover in the book, talks about a manufacturing facility, actually in France, that The CEO took it over, and it was a traditional manufacturing facility, right, where, time clock cards and you get penalized if you show up late. All of the materials and supplies are locked up in the closet, and you gotta go take your coupon to be able to get new supplies and materials. And, when Jean Francois showed up at that factory, he started to say, why did we design an organization that assumes Humans are wrong or bad or trying to be lazy or trying to get away with things. What would happen if we designed An organization from the opposite that assumes humankind was good, And they stripped away the controls. They stripped away a number of those things, and you know what? People started to show up earlier. They started to care about what they were doing.Joshua Berry [00:13:02]:Quality went up. Engagement went up. Their market share went up. There was amazing impact and a great return on that investment. And so we cover in the book that, like, it it isn't 1 or the other. We we we talked about it as 2 ROIs. You can get ripples of impact and a return on investment. And similar to what your leader, that you're just highlighting there, with the cashiers, It isn't, oh, I'm only going to do it as long as I'm gonna get these results.Joshua Berry [00:13:33]:We're not telling you to ignore those sorts of things, but it's amazing How many stories are out there of when you do choose to prioritize treating people as human, treating people as wanting to give something, and honoring people, that a lot of times a decent ROI also comes on the backside of that. And sometimes it's hard to have the faith or the optimism or the hope to be able push through some of that, that's the dare to be naive. Right?Stuart Webb [00:14:01]:It's a it's a great message, Shashank. I I I love the fact that I think One of the things that you're sort of highlighting there is that the return on investment is so often in things that are difficult to measure or or almost in those intangibles. You know, If you can reduce churn, if you can keep somebody working for your organization longer, you know, you reduce recruitment costs, you recruit Retention costs you recruit, you you reduce your your retraining costs. You get people who are better attuned to your customers, your ethos. Although it's something difficult things to measure it that people just therefore just don't measure and as a result they go, okay, well if we can't measure it, we'll ignore it And yet it has huge impact upon the bottom line. If you are constantly having to recruit team members and they're just they're there for a month or 2 and then go because they've been treated horribly, We don't measure that, but what we don't what we don't as a result, we miss out on is the is the impact that that has on the bottom line. People just turn around and go, I can't understand why it Costs us so much and yet, you know, going back to sort of a simple retail store, if if if those costs are built in, they raise the price And yet people will look around and go, I don't know what's don't know what happens, but down the road, that warehouse, everything's much cheaper. And everybody always seems to be the same.Stuart Webb [00:15:17]:I don't know what's going on. That's something that just is so often not measured even by HR departments who are trying to sort of find these things and work out what they are.Joshua Berry [00:15:26]:I think you're right, Stuart. There is definitely a concrete ROI that you can see from those good actions from retention and loyalty and Productivity, etcetera. I will throw out there, and this is probably maybe a little controversial for at least for me, 8 o'clock coffee. I wonder if sometimes even our thought of retention is maybe the wrong term. Right? Because it it sets up an organization and an employee as some as a person to be retained. Right? Stewart, I don't know your relationship status, and we don't need to get into this. But Imagine with my spouse if I went into thinking about what is my retention of my spouse. Right? Like that's From an unconditional love standpoint, like, that's probably not something that I'm going to go for.Joshua Berry [00:16:13]:And yet we I know it's not a perfect analogy here, but When we start to think about the act of care and concern for the people who are serving us in this organization, employees, And the consumers and people that we're serving, what would happen if we started from another standpoint instead of saying, I need to retain this person, and we said, what would I need to do to make this person want to be here? And I would be okay if they didn't. We work with a great leader of HR who said before, this this individual works in a community, has several Fortune 500 companies. She said, the future belongs to a place where I might have someone who works Down there at Union Pacific, down there at Mutual of Omaha, and some of their time over here with me. If I understand that that's how the community is going to be or even shortsighted, understand that I'm helping prepare people who go out into the community that I want to live in, why wouldn't I prioritize the growth and the deference, right, that we're able to do it? So, it's, it's it's it's a challenge that's out there. It's baked into a friend yesterday was telling me, you know, it's baked into the word the war on talent. Right? It it implies that there has to be this this tension or this otherness that happens to it. And and I think More and more successful leaders are testing the ideas that there can be a different relationship there.Stuart Webb [00:17:39]:Yeah. And I think we just had that comment come in that the retention is a word Jesus control. And you're right. It's it's a it's about it's about, that introduction of a lack of trust and falling back on our beliefs. And and I'll I'm Sorry, Greg. I'm sorry. I don't know who the user is. It's just doing that on mobile.Stuart Webb [00:17:54]:I'll find out as we get back out of this. But but, you know, I can remember In some of the companies that I've been working with, I have had words with managers when I say to them that one of the ways that I measure them as a success is if there are people that come through and get promoted and they go out into bigger roles because as far as I'm concerned, their job as a manager is to ensure that the people that They are working with their coach to go on and do better and and, you know, actually, the manager looks at you as if to say, but but I don't measure on people leaving and I go, Yeah. This this what I'm trying to do is turn around and say if that person leaves, they leave to a different part of the Company or they go and do something else. You've you've they they got a a a somebody who will be grateful to you forever for what you've done for them, And you will always be able to speak to them and go, do you have a young person that's ready for the next I'll take them. I'll move them on in exactly the way that you've been moved on, And they'll be throwing people your way and you'll get the best talent in your department because there will be people who trust you and it's back to trust. It is it is largely around getting them to trust that you really do have their best in at heart and their best interests and that Grows the entire operation, grows the organization as a whole.Joshua Berry [00:19:09]:That sounds like an amazing legacy, right, to be able to leave behind 100%.Stuart Webb [00:19:14]:So, Joshua, there must be some, book course or or program or or something which really started you down the path of of starting to think like Share that with us so that we can all go on the same journey that you've gone on.Joshua Berry [00:19:30]:AndStuart Webb [00:19:30]:with this, I'm gonna take a sip of coffee. This is gonna I'm gonna need you to call for You know,Joshua Berry [00:19:35]:if if any if any of my family is listening or friends who know me too much, they know I have a book problem. And So, there there is quite a bit, quite quite a number, so I I will try my best. More recent ones that have influenced some of this belief, One is, there's a couple authors. Diana Chapman is the main one that comes to mind of the book called 15 Commitments to Conscious Leadership, is is a great book that has helped me think through some of those shifts. I would say There's been a lot of inner work, that I've gone through because you do have to yourself. And so there's a number of programs whether it's been through the Purpose Guide Institute or, or other coaches, or or people that I've worked with who have really helped me start to understand What are the stories that are in my head that prevent me from entertaining so many other ideas that might be out there? So, For instance, you know, I needed to there's no such thing as a book problem. Thank you, Melissa. Melissa is ahead of me on reading books this Sure.Joshua Berry [00:20:43]:Anyway, so I can't claim I have a book problem, I guess. When I think about, specifically, though, the Ability to be able to, like, recommend books, I think there's so many. And I think just the act of people being open and curious And learning and wanting to try and dig into something different, I think that is what's helpful. And then as I mentioned, any programs that focus on inner work and what the stories are that you're telling yourself. You know, in our organization, we experimented with increased not only our financials, but even pay over the last couple of years. If I hadn't done some of my own inner work To understand what are my hesitations to share that as as as the owner and CEO of the company. Like, there's no way we're going to move beyond that. And so Yeah.Joshua Berry [00:21:32]:Any leaders who are starting to say, like, if this feels like a thing I wanna do, but all the rest of the world and everything is saying no, Spend a little bit of time doing some inner work just to truly understand what are the things you gain and what you lose by holding on to some of those beliefs that may actually be Time to sunset.Stuart Webb [00:21:50]:I think you're absolutely right, Jeff. In terms of in terms of that, one of the things that I did, with a guy that the company that we grew from, Well, initially, about 3 of us through to about 60 people. I basically took the entire company and I said, right. I'm gonna teach you how to read the company accounts. And, once a month on a Friday, I'm gonna stand up and talk about what's going on in the business, and you can ask me any questions you like. And I was astounded. First of all, that that I thought that the you know, I had a couple of people who turn around me go, What what what if they ask about so and so? And I go, well, I'm gonna be honest. I mean, you know, there's a problem.Stuart Webb [00:22:28]:They might as well know about it because they might know how to solve it. And that was exactly the attitude I got. There were people who were standing up and going, well, why are we doing that? Why are we spending money on that? We could do that. You go, okay. Fine. We can we can cut that or I've got an idea of how we could sell this and I'd go, terrific. Yeah. Let's get together and talk about exactly what we do do to turn that into a prop.Stuart Webb [00:22:49]:People who you would you'd imagine would never never be interested in doing such things, but, wow, the opportunity is is just, It's just it's just fantastic to take people on that journey.Joshua Berry [00:23:02]:I I I love that. You know, the the purpose of Econic, is truly to create the space for people to practice the behaviors that grow themselves and the organization. And you just nailed it right there. Like, I I believe that my community, for sure, my family, I know will be even greater if they get an opportunity to build their financial acumen, their business acumen, as you Jared. Right? And if we continually see that what we're doing you know, if if there was a question that I would hope you'd ask me, Stewart, it'd be, what is the purpose of work? And that was the questionStuart Webb [00:23:36]:I was about to get here, to get to you. We're gonna leave in now.Joshua Berry [00:23:40]:Swooping the tables. Swooping the tables on you, Stuart.Stuart Webb [00:23:44]:Leap in now because the last question I was gonna ask you, Joshua, is a is a question that I haven't yet asked you. What is it? And now you need to answer it. So No. I'm glad we got to that stage. We're not be needing to do anything more any more work.Joshua Berry [00:23:58]:Well, okay. What of the purpose of work? And I I truly believe in in today's world where where I think there's fewer and fewer institutions that bring people together for that growth. I think work can Begin and and continue to be a place for people to practice, right, those opportunities to grow themselves, right, and that work. Whether it's whether it's social experiences, whether it's collaboration, whether it's trust, whether it is creativity, curiosity, whether it's finding meaning. Right? There's there's really few places that we spend more time than work, and if we take the opportunity to say, You know what? All of our work, all of our projects, all the things that we're working on are not only a space to be able to grow the organization, but maybe first and foremost To help grow the people who are working through that, again, I think growth becomes an outcome of that and you have all the other great ripples of impact that happen that are beyond that. So, yeah, I I think that's that ties back to the mission, that that I'm definitely working on and, I'm excited to be able to share with everybody today, Stuart. So thank you.Stuart Webb [00:25:13]:Listen, Joshua. This has been a really fascinating discussion. I'm gonna I'm just gonna point out once again. You need to go check out Joshua's book, which is at joshuaberry.com/uh, dare to be naive. There with hyphens in between each of those words. Otherwise, it would just run into 1. Very YouJoshua Berry [00:25:32]:you can also just go to dare to be naive .com. There is aStuart Webb [00:25:35]:Or dare to be my e.com. So, please, go go check out Joshua's book. And, my thanks to you, Joshua, for coming and spending a few, minutes with us here. Listen. I'm just gonna just gonna wrap this up by saying if you would like to get a pre notification, we send we do one of these pretty much every Tuesday. If you'd like to get notification before the event so that you can join on the live and ask questions as you've seen, we've had comments and questions coming in during this discussion. Why don't you go to this link which is, httpscolon/linkthecompleteapproach.co.uk / news lecture. That gets you onto the mailing list.Stuart Webb [00:26:13]:You come out once every week with a little bit of a a blurb from me just telling you who's coming up And you can be on the LinkedIn live and watch out for that, each week and then obviously you can obviously also subscribe to the podcast and hear these when they get Issued as a podcast. Joshua, thank you so much, for your time. I'm just gonna leave the link back up. It's been a fascinating discussion. I love what you're doing with Econic, and the the book. Please, keep us informed. Let us know what's going on, and we look forward to watching the progress, in the future.Joshua Berry [00:26:47]:Thank you, Stuart. This has been fun. And if I had to leave you with one last thing, do you know the secret to taking good coffee on the go?Stuart Webb [00:26:56]:That's secret now.Joshua Berry [00:26:57]:It's it's not where you're going. It's where you've been.Stuart Webb [00:27:03]:Thank you, Joshua. Goodbye. Please take your jokes with you. I gotta I gotta get us out with a quick quick wrap up for you. Get full access to It's Not Rocket Science! at thecompleteapproach.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode of Test. Learn. Grow., we're joined by Joshua Berry to unpack the concepts featured in his new book, "Dare to Be Naïve: How to Find Your True Self in a Noisy World".Berry dismantles the notion that naiveté is a weakness in business, arguing instead for its power in driving innovative, impactful change. He emphasizes the importance of curiosity, authenticity, and optimism in creating business strategies that are not only profitable but also socially responsible.Drawing from his book, Berry shares how embracing a mindset of chosen naiveté can lead to a more fulfilled life and successful business, backed by real-world examples. This episode offers valuable perspectives for leaders and individuals alike, illustrating how daring to be naïve can be a strategic tool for generating positive returns and profound impacts in today's evolving business world.

Author of Dare To Be Naive: Unleash Ripples of Impact in Life and Business (Nov 28), Joshua discusses the power of being intentional with a degree of naïveté to “lead to better business and a more fulfilled life”. Pre-Order Now! daretobenaive.com

Joshua Berry shares the benefits of embracing chosen naivete and emphasizing impact as the second ROI for your consulting business.

In these ‘Shorts' episodes of my podcast, I'll be selecting my favourite moments from previous episodes. This one comes from Episode 121, where I speak with Joshua Berry, a world-class facilitator of change and author of  'Dare To Be Naive: Thinking Bigger to Create Business Success and Joy'. In this clip, he talks about pausing before you answer and ‘chosen naivety'. LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE: https://www.ben-morton.com/being-intentionally-naive-with-joshua-berry/

Josh Berry is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Econic, an innovation, transformation, and strategy consulting company and Certified B Corporation. Along with his team, Joshua has partnered with US Bank, John Deere, Procter & Gamble, Nelnet, Farm Credit Services of America, and Blue Cross Blue Shield, among others. He is dedicated to practicing unlearning, identifying limiting beliefs, and shifting business practices. He is also the author of the forthcoming book, Dare to Be Naive: Thinking Bigger to Create Business Success and Joy. Prior to starting Econic, Joshua worked in global talent management consulting for clients like The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, H&R Block, Stanford Medical Center and Mercedes-Benz USA, as well as mentoring and leading workshops for early stage startups at seed-stage accelerators on topics like Lean Startup, Design Thinking, Change Management, Innovation Accounting and Business Model innovation. He was the previous co-host of the nationally recognized “Inside/Outside Innovation” Podcast. As the challenges we face in business become increasingly more complex, the transformative power of doing good in business creates a flywheel effect that impacts both Return on Investment (ROI) and Ripples of Impact (ROI). Joshua challenges business leaders to think bigger and more intentionally to discover the expansive value of using business for good.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showRebel HR is a podcast for HR professionals and leaders of people who are ready to make some disruption in the world of work. Please connect to continue the conversation! https://twitter.com/rebelhrguyhttps://www.facebook.com/rebelhrpodcasthttp://www.kyleroed.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-roed/

To get in touch with Diogene Ntirandekura, Consulting Lifestyle podcast host:My Linkedin profileConsulting Lifestyle communityConsulting Lifestyle coaching ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In this podcast episode, Joshua Berry, the founder of Econic, a consulting company, shares his career journey and the services offered by his firm. Joshua highlights the importance of identifying projects that benefit both business outcomes and employee well-being, emphasizing a collaborative and adaptive approach.Joshua also touches on his amazing book, Dare to Be Naive, which challenges conventional norms in business and promotes using business for positive impact.This episode delves into work-life balance and the challenges of being a consultant while prioritizing family life. Joshua shares his experiences and strategies for maintaining balance, such as charging appropriate rates and leveraging team members to complement his strengths. He emphasizes the importance of being intentional about the consulting lifestyle and making choices that align with personal values and priorities. Support the showTo get in touch with Diogene Ntirandekura, the host of the show: Linkedin Profile community page for coaching Instagram profile

“There are things there that without that evil, without that pain, without that bad, I would not have a chance to further understand some of the mysteries that are out there for me to continue to grow and experience whatever it is I'm meant to experience next,” shares Joshua Berry, Managing Director and co-founder of Econic, an innovation, transformation, and strategy consulting company. Today, he discusses the concept of authenticity in leadership and the importance of prioritizing employees' needs and growth opportunities.  Joshua shares his passion for unlearning, identifying limiting beliefs, and shifting business practices. He explains that businesses need to adapt to changes and shifts in the market and within their own organization to stay relevant. He also emphasizes the need for leaders to view things as a spectrum rather than falling into the extremes of being too cynical or too naive. While you cannot always control how someone else acts or reacts toward you as a leader, you do have agency over your own actions and reactions toward others. These stories of companies that have prioritized principles and values over short-term profit highlight the increasing demand for corporate social responsibility and sustainability in both consumers and corporations. As a leader, it is important to be willing to take risks that may seem naive at first in order to make positive changes within the company. Quotes: “I was less excited about the technology and all those futuristic things that we were seeing in innovation and I was more interested in the people." (4:23-4:30 | Joshua) “As a leader, every single time, I can control my actions. I can't control how you're going to perceive my actions and how you're going to act. But I can control my actions." (22:57-23:06 | Joshua) “There are things there that without that evil, without that pain, without that bad, I would not have a chance to further understand some of the mysteries that are out there for me to continue to grow and experience whatever it is I'm meant to experience next.” (29:20-29:32 | Joshua) “Seth Godin gave me a blurb for the book, and he said, ‘The world is not suffering from a cynicism shortage. In fact, more of a generous naïveté described in Joshua's book is exactly what we need right now'.” (30:42-30:55 | Joshua) Links: Mentioned in this episode: Learn more about Mike Horne on Linkedin Email Mike at mike@mike-horne.com Learn More About Executive and Organization Development with Mike Horne   Learn more about Joshua Berry: Websites: https://joshualeeberry.com/, https://josh-berry.presale.manuscripts.com/  Blog: https://www.econic.co/heart-matter  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@joshualeeberry  Twitter: https://twitter.com/josh_berry  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshberrygphr/       Podcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm

This week we have another of our special medley episodes. You will hear from five highly successful leaders all sharing their first-hand advice, and the single most important tip for when you're stepping up into your next leadership role. Specifically, I asked each and every one of them this question: What is the main piece of advice you would give to someone stepping into their very first senior leadership or director level role? You will hear form: Simon Ursell, Founder and MD of Tyler Grange Kelly Swingler who is a Burnout Prevention Strategist and Coach Joshua Berry, the founder and MD at Econic Cass Dunn, who is a clinical and coaching psychologist Kevin Eikenberry, Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group Links to full episodes mentioned in this episode: Adopting a 4-Day Work Week for Your Business with Simon Ursell: https://www.ben-morton.com/adopting-a-4-day-work-week-for-your-business-with-simon-ursell/ How to Prevent Burnout with Kelly Swingler: https://www.ben-morton.com/how-to-prevent-burnout-with-kelly-swingler/ Being Intentionally Naive with Joshua Berry: https://www.ben-morton.com/being-intentionally-naive-with-joshua-berry/ Tackling Imposter Syndrome with Cass Dunn: https://www.ben-morton.com/tackling-imposter-syndrome-with-cass-dunn/ Leading Long-Distance Teams to Success with Kevin Eikenberry: https://www.ben-morton.com/leading-long-distance-teams-to-success-with-kevin-eikenberry/ We want to hear from you! Whether it's a leadership question for Ben, some feedback on the show, or a guest suggestion, we'd love to hear from you. Whatever the reason for getting in touch, you can easily do it by clicking the link below that Ben will personally review. https://www.ben-morton.com/feedback/ Mentioned in this episode:The FREE 10-4-10 CourseSign up today and sharpen your skills on, keeping your team motivated, effective delegation, planning and prioritization, handling Imposter Syndrome, and much more. It's my FREE online coaching course to help you become the leader that people want to follow.Click here for the 10-4-10 Coaching

What if you were to incorporate an intentionality behind doing good within your career so both you and those around you could all benefit?On this episode we welcome Joshua Berry, Managing Director at Econic and the author of his new book Dare To Be Naive. Joshua and Econic consult with businesses to discover and expand behaviors and practices that empower growth for them and their organizations.Within the conversation, Joshua informs us on the importance of intentionality behind doing good, especially when in a leadership role. Beyond this, we get specific insights including:The importance of meeting others where they're atWhy you should own your ideas and what that can do for a personThe demand others have for vulnerability in their leaders Why you must give yourself permission to learn from mistakesYou can learn more about Joshua and Econic by heading to Econic.co and you can also learn all about his new book at daretobenaive.com Discover more about Steve Mellor and the services he offers through Career Competitor by heading hereAlso be sure to give him and the show a follow on Instagram at both @coach_steve_m and @career_competitor

In this episode Judith Germain speaks to Joshua Berry about daring to be naive. What actually is naivety, is it wise or inclusive? Why did being naive become a bad thing 200 years ago. Judith talks about how Maverick Leaders only want people to follow them if they genuinely choose too. They discuss principle led actions and how they match the way the communities and organisations are evolving. What's the danger of Ai when we ignore naivety, and don't mind our language? This is a conversation which explores the times when you are 'right' but are happy to be 'wrong' for the sake of the relationship. Listen to this fun and informative conversation. You can find out more about our guest and today's episode in this Maverick Paradox Magazine article here. Joshua Berry is a world class facilitator of change. As an author, speaker, entrepreuneur, and director of Econic, Joshua has spent the last two decades evolving the what, who, and why of Fortune 500 companies and venture-backed startups. ---- Maverick leadership is all about thinking outside the box and challenging the status quo. It's about having the courage to take risks and the confidence to lead in a way that is authentic and genuine. But amplifying your influence as a leader isn't just about having a strong vision or a big personality. It's also about having the right leadership capability and being able to execute on your ideas and plans. The consequences of not having the right level of influence as a leader can be significant. Without the ability to inspire and motivate others, you may struggle to achieve your goals and make a real impact. How Influential Are you? Take the scorecard at amplifyyourinfluence.scoreapp.com and see.  Judith's websites:  The Maverick Paradox Magazine - themaverickparadox.com Company Website - maverickparadox.co.uk Judith's LinkedIn profile is here, her Twitter profile (MaverickMastery) is here, Facebook here and Instagram here.    

Dare to be Naive: The Power of Fresh Perspective in Entrepreneurship In the fast-paced and ever-changing business world, entrepreneurs face new challenges every day. Although naivete is often viewed as a negative trait, there are ways in which it can actually benefit entrepreneurs. In addition, naivete can be a powerful tool in breaking down established norms and disrupting industries. Entrepreneurs who approach an industry with a fresh perspective can identify inefficiencies and gaps in the market that established businesses have overlooked. In this episode of Beyond 7 Figures, we are excited to introduce Joshua Berry and his fascinating ideas on naivete in leadership and business. Berry is the Managing Director and co-founder of a successful economic and innovation transformation strategy consulting company, Econic. He is dedicated to identifying limiting beliefs and shifting business practices to achieve success. Joshua's "Dare to be Naive" presents an innovative approach to leadership and problem-solving. Key Takeaways: Learn more about Joshua Berry's book, 'Dare to be Naive,' which explores the concept of choosing naivete in leadership and business Learn from Joshua's ways to break down complex situations, focus on critical assumptions and goals The importance of critical thinking in business practices How top entrepreneurs follow their instincts and break from the norm How to focus on the right things in the right order to avoid failure Believing in the innate goodness and potential of people can impact business results positively All this and more, on this week's episode of Beyond 7 Figures. beyond7figures.com Stay tuned next week when we are going to cover how to leverage the power of podcasting for your business growth with Shane Sams. So, don't forget to subscribe to the show to get that episode as soon it gets released. Until then, be profitable. Links: daretobenaive.com

Embracing Obstacles: How a Growth Mindset Can Accelerate Personal and Professional Development These days, we often encounter obstacles that impede our progress and challenge our resolve. It's easy to feel discouraged when faced with these roadblocks, but what if we approached them with a different mindset? What if we saw them as opportunities to learn and grow? Setting a positive tone and fostering a culture of growth and resilience help your team thrive and achieve their full potential. In this episode of Beyond 7 Figures, we feature Aaron Bare, a bestselling author known for his work on Exponential Theory. This theory emphasizes the interconnectedness of people through energy. Aaron will discuss the concept of mindset and its ability to propel our personal and professional development forward. He advocates for a mindset that views obstacles as opportunities for learning and growth; This helps individuals and teams become more adaptable and creative in the face of challenges. Key Takeaways: Authenticity and honest conversations are important for effective leadership Why you should be emotionally invested on your values, mission, and vision Obstacles are opportunities for learning and growth Learn how long-term thinking help you achieve exponential success How to embrace failure as a learning opportunity, and avoid repeating the same mistakes Positive mindset is crucial for taking hold of strategies in the best way All this and more, on this week's episode of Beyond 7 Figures. Stay tuned next week when we talk about Beyond the Norm: Exploring the Power of Naivete in Entrepreneurship feat. Joshua Berry. So, don't forget to subscribe to the show to get that episode as soon it gets released. Until then, be profitable. Links & resources mentioned in the episode: aaronbare.com xmba.io

Joshua Berry is the Co-founder and Managing Director of Econic, an innovation, transformation, and strategy consulting company and the author of “Dare to Be Naive: Unleash Ripples of Impact in Life and Business”. Mike Petrusky asks Joshua about the world of work and the workplace while exploring how leaders can take informed, impactful action to be a force for good in light of rapidly changing workforce and consumer expectations. They discuss the paradoxes of the workplace and offer practical advice for facility management and corporate real estate professionals as they navigate the future of work. Mike and Joshua agree that creating an environment where our teams can thrive requires a holistic understanding the physical workplace, organizational policies and our beliefs about human behavior. Check out this conversation to learn more about how you can be a workplace innovator in your organization! Connect with Joshua on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshberrygphr/ Learn more about the book: https://joshualeeberry.com/dare-to-be-naive/ Discover free resources and explore past interviews at: https://www.workplaceinnovator.com/ Learn more about Eptura™: https://eptura.com/ Connect with Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikepetrusky/  

This week we're talking about, and flipping, the idea of naivety with Joshua Berry. Joshua Berry is a world-class facilitator of change and author of  'Dare To Be Naive: Thinking Bigger to Create Business Success and Joy'. He is also the Managing Director of Econic, an innovation, transformation, and strategy consulting company, and Certified B Corporation. Joshua describes himself as someone dedicated to practicing unlearning, identifying limiting beliefs, and shifting business practices...hopefully you'll get a little of that from this episode. The Book Competition!: https://mailchi.mp/ben-morton.com/5n2tnavgum Other Resources mentioned in this episode: Joshua's new book - Dare to Be Naïve: https://amzn.to/3TDrMTD We want to hear from you! Whether it's a leadership question for Ben, some feedback on the show, or a guest suggestion, we'd love to hear from you. Whatever the reason for getting in touch, you can easily do it by clicking the link below that Ben will personally review. https://www.ben-morton.com/feedback/ Mentioned in this episode:The FREE 10-4-10 CourseSign up today and sharpen your skills on, keeping your team motivated, effective delegation, planning and prioritization, handling Imposter Syndrome, and much more. It's my FREE online coaching course to help you become the leader that people want to follow.Click here for the 10-4-10 Coaching

We live in such a skeptical world that suggesting leaders and businesses would benefit from being naive would be considered, at least, a crazy statement to make. However, our guest, Joshua Berry, thinks otherwise.In today's episode, Joshua Berry highlights the benefits of being purposefully and openly naive and how it can change how we see business, leadership, and personal and professional relationships. Joshua is the Co-founder and Managing Director of Econic, an innovation, transformation, and strategy consulting company, and the Author of "Dare to Be Naive: Unleash Ripples of Impact in Life and Business."We had a fantastic conversation about how leaders can instill and encourage innovation within an organization and the results they can expect from it. We also explore Joshua's soon-to-be-published book, what inspired him to write it, how being naive can enhance our health, increase ROI, develop and nurture a company's culture, and much more.Tune in to Episode 371 of Becoming Your Best and learn how daring to be naive can transform your life.Some Questions I Ask: How in the world do you set up an innovation lab? What's that like? (4:44) Please, tell us about "Dare to be naive". Why did you write it? (7:08)In This Episode, You Will Learn: How to instill innovation within an organization (5:11) Naivete is a spectrum; it is not binary (9:16) The forgotten origin of the word "naive" (11:52) How being naive can create great ROI (14:17) Joshua shares his thoughts on being naive and its influence on emotional intelligence (18:09)Resources: Joshua's website Book: Joshua Berry - Dare to be naive: Unleash Ripples of Impact in Life and BusinessConnect with Joshua: LinkedIn Twitter YouTubeBecoming Your Best Resources: Becoming Your Best WebsiteBecoming Your Best University WebsiteBecoming Your Best LibraryEmail: support@becomingyourbest.com Book: Becoming Your Best: The 12 Principles of Highly Successful LeadersBook: Conquer Anxiety: How to Overcome Anxiety and Optimize Your PerformanceFacebook Group – Conquer Anxiety Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do be NAIVE! Join me and my guest Joshua Berry, the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Econic, an innovation, transformation, and strategy consulting company and Certified B Corporation and author of Dare to Be Naive: Thinking Bigger to Create Business Success and Joy. All management decisions and systems are built on assumptions about human nature. Some of the most impactful, successful leaders today embrace a chosen naiveté. In this episode we explore the intersection between the desire many leaders have to use business for good, and what keeps some of those leaders from acting on those beliefs. As the challenges we face in business become increasingly more complex, the transformative power of doing good in business creates a flywheel effect that impacts both Return on Investment (ROI) and Ripples of Impact (ROI). Joshua challenges business leaders to think bigger and more intentionally to discover the expansive value of using business for good. (joshualeeberry.com) (econic.co) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How could being more naive actually lead to better business outcomes and joy in your life?   Good begets good. The more we do to help others and be curious the better we can deliver results in our business.   On this episode of the Creator Community, we learn how embracing the true meaning of naivety, can drive better outcomes and improve the business journey for all of us. Key Points:   The time you spend in the workplace can be used in ways to better yourself, better the people you're serving, better the community and better the environment.   You are innately good and have potential inside of you   Doing good in business is good for business. The small actions that you do, can make many ripples.   Author Bio:   From Bahrain to Bogota, from Calabasas to Cataluña, Joshua has been helping leaders and organizations make space for growth for almost two decades. As the co-founder of Econic, Joshua and his team help companies with their innovation and cultural change efforts. He lives in Nebraska with his wife Trisha and four kids.  

Dr. Judy Monroe, President and CEO of the CDC Foundation, says public health could learn a lot from America's space agency; Joshua Berry, ASTHO's Director of Chronic Disease Risk Factors, discusses ways that ASTHO remains focused on providing members with the information they need to keep communities heart healthy; Judy Persichilli, New Jersey Health Commissioner, has been honored with her name on the building where she works; and ASTHO will release its latest Best Of newsletter on Thursday, but the only way to see it is to sign up for the Public Health Weekly email.  STAT Opinion Article: Public health agencies: learn from NASA about regaining the public's trust CDC Webpage: Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Million Hearts Webpage ASTHO Webpage: Be in the Know

Joshua Berry is in his third year as head coach of the Sand Springs Lady Sandites. He was a member of BTW's 2002 state championship team under the leadership of BTW's legendary Hall of Fame Coach Nate Harris. Coach Berry's Sandite Girls team has a winning attitude that they hope will carry them deep into the post season. Also, check out highlights of the 47th Annual Junior High State Wrestling Championships on Ford High School Weekly

In this episode of the Life and Football Podcast our special guest is Joshua Berry. Josh Berry is currently a Running Back for Texas State University Football. This was a great interview with great insight into his Life and Football Journey that continues to grow and shine. Berry started his career at South Florida, but injuries prevented him from seeing the field. He transferred to Blinn and played his first full season since 2018 this fall, rushing for 732 yards and seven touchdowns in seven games. Berry played his Highschool Football at RIDGE COMMUNITY HS in Florida as a senior, rushed for at least 700 yards and eight touchdowns…as a junior, helped lead Ridge to a 7-4 record and an appearance in the FHSAA Class 8A state playoffs. The Life and Football Podcast is available on the following platforms Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor, Spotify, Breaker, Overcast Pocketcasts, Radio Public, Stitcher, Player FM, & YouTube!

Jim Blumenstock, ASTHO's Senior Vice President for Pandemic Response and Recovery, discusses the importance of collaboration as states and territories stand up systems to verify an individual's vaccination status; Joshua Berry, an ASTHO Analyst for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, outlines new tobacco prevention resources now available for ASTHO members; and listeners are reminded to sign up for a new leadership program for public health professionals who self-identify from an under-represented group. Interim COVID-19 vaccination verification and requirements policy statement Website: I COVID QUIT Webpage: Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health

Yep, I'm cursed. I'll just leave it at that. Also, a great talk with Josh Berry, World's medalist, Kanzaa podium, and a pretty well rounded guy.