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"In the absence of trust, people will disengage. No amount of technology or process can replace the human need for belief and belonging."-Julian StoddThis episode is a must listen for those looking to expand their ideas about leadership, technology, and the psychology of work!In this episode of "Psych Tech @ Work," I welcome Julian Stodd, founder of Sea Salt Learning and prolific author whose work challenges conventional views on leadership, work, and technology, by looking at them through new paradigms.  Our conversation was refreshing because Julian offered thoughtful reframing of my ideas about psychology in the workplace that are worth noting.    In our conversation Julian reframes the way we think about the evolving workplace, focusing on the shift from traditional hierarchical structures to social leadership and distributed power. His perspectives offer a compelling critique of the conventional social contract between organizations and employees, arguing that this contract has been fundamentally broken by modern work dynamics.Julian highlights the role of technology, particularly AI, as a tool that both amplifies and disrupts traditional power dynamics within organizations. He also emphasizes the need for organizations to adapt, not just by automating tasks but by fostering trust, belief, and a sense of belonging to truly engage employees. This conversation is a powerful reminder that organizations must evolve beyond transactional relationships and embrace the social elements that drive real engagement and productivity. Throughout the episode, Julian emphasized the critical balance between formal organizational structures and the informal, social dynamics that truly drive engagement and innovation. He suggested that many organizations over-rely on formal systems—hierarchies, policies, and processes—while underestimating the power of social structures, such as networks of trust, influence, and collaboration.Julian repeatedly showed me a new way to look at my ideas about the psychology of the workplace.  For instance:The Traditional Leadership Model:* I Mention: I spoke about the role of leaders in providing clear direction and overseeing teams to ensure productivity.* Julian's Reframe: Julian challenged this conventional view, arguing that leadership in the modern era should be about social authority rather than formal hierarchy. He explained that leadership is increasingly granted by the community based on trust and belief, not just a title or position, and that successful leaders must earn this trust by engaging meaningfully with their teams.The Psychological Contract Between Employers and Employees:* I Mention: The importance of the traditional idea of the psychological contract as a way to understand the employer-employee relationship, where employees trade their time and skills for compensation and job security.* Julian's Reframe: Julian reframed this concept by stating that the traditional social contract has been broken. He argued that organizations need to move beyond seeing employees as resources or commodities. Instead, they should recognize that people are investing their belief and engagement in return for trust, growth, and belonging. Julian emphasized that organizations must rethink this relationship to thrive in the modern, social age.The Importance of Individual Differences:* I mention: The importance of the concept of individual differences, focusing on the traditional scientific approach that measures and assesses traits like personality, intelligence, and abilities to predict workplace behaviors and outcomes.* Julian's Reframe: Julian suggested a shift away from solely focusing on the science of individual differences as fixed traits to considering individuals as dynamic and adaptable within social systems. He argued that while the science of individual differences is important, it often overlooks the relational and contextual factors that influence behavior. Julian emphasized that people are shaped by their environment, relationships, and the social dynamics they are part of. He proposed that instead of just measuring traits in isolation, organizations should focus on understanding how individuals interact with the system around them and how they can grow and evolve within that system."Take it or Leave it":  Julian and I give our opinions on articles that suggest a declining need for human workers in the workplace of the future.* "AI-Powered Companies with No Employees Coming Soon"* Summary: This article from Sifted discusses the rise of fully autonomous companies that leverage AI agents to run without employees. While the article presents a futuristic view of e-commerce and automation, Julian and Charles critique its narrow focus and overhyped narrative, emphasizing that while AI may automate some functions, people will remain central to innovation and decision-making.* "The Rise of Autonomous Enterprises"Summary: This article from HFS explores how data-driven decision-making and automation are shaping the future of organizations. Julian and Charles discuss the potential for organizations to become more efficient through data governance and AI, but caution that organizations still need human judgment and emotional engagement to make meaningful decisions. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit charleshandler.substack.com

If anything, we should all be able to agree that generative artificial intelligence is a curious thing, worthy of reflection and exploration. Julian Stodd is a researcher, an artist, an explorer, a writer, and captain and founder of Sea Salt Learning, which helps organizations set strategy and change direction. He is also a firm believer in working out loud and a previous Leading Learning Podcast guest. In this episode, co-host Celisa Steele talks with Julian about ideas from Engines of Engagement: A Curious Book About Generative AI, which he co-wrote with Sae Schatz and Geoff Stead. Julian's perspective on AI is both technical and philosophical, specific and expansive, and, of course, curious. Show notes and a downloadable transcript are available at https://www.leadinglearning.com/episode402.

The way we think about learning in the workplace is undergoing a major shift: Organizations are becoming facilitators and validators of content, rather than owners and controllers. Across industries, technology is driving this trend toward socially co-created knowledge and learning that is more collaborative and iterative than in the past.  Julian Stodd, a researcher, consultant, and founder of Sea Salt Learning, joins host Marc Ramos to explore this evolution and what's on the horizon for organizational learning. They also discuss how companies are better positioned than ever to connect learning models with what their employees need and desire.   Learning is a key element in future-proofing any workplace. Our AI-driven Content Studio uses employee data to match workers with relevant mentors, skills, and learning material they need to take the next step in their career journey. It's a great way for companies to acknowledge and validate their employees' goals, and connect them with the right tools for the future.   

Julian Stodd is a writer, illustrator, researcher, and explorer of the Social Age movement. He's also founder and captain of Sea Salt Learning, where he helps organizations get fit for the social age. As the author of fifteen books and thousands of articles and blog posts, Julian is a true thought leader in the areas of social leadership, organizational change, learning design, social collaborative technology, and more. In this episode of the Leading Learning Podcast, co-host Jeff Cobb and Julian talk about what the social age is and what living in the social age means for learning and leadership. They also discuss social collaborative learning, the concept of expertise, storytelling, failure, the curse of busyness, and the related opportunities in all of this for learning businesses. Full show notes and a transcript are available at https://www.leadinglearning.com/episode321.

John talks to Julian Stodd, Captain of Sea Salt Learning, a strategic consultancy that partners on the design and delivery of global solutions around leadership, culture, learning transformation and change. Julian has an academic background in communication theory, psychology and neurophysiology, learning design, educational psychology and philosophy. He has written 14 books, including most recently, 'The Humble Leader', released in March 2022. 00.00 Intro 02:56 'The Humble Leader' 04:34 Definition of The Social Age 07:50 Relationships between workers and their organizations 16:34 Is he an idealist? 24:31 Important areas for learning professionals 31:13 Julian's origin story 34:29 His work with organizations 43:32 Myth & storytelling 47:29 Where to follow Julian's thought Follow Julian: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-stodd-6774377 Twitter: @julianstodd Julian's websites: http://www.julianstodd.wordpress.com/ (Blog) http://www.seasaltlearning.co.uk/ (Company Website) https://dailyquestions.substack.com/welcome (Social Leadership Daily) Contact John Helmer Twitter: @johnhelmer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/ Website: http://johnhelmerconsulting.com/ Download the white paper from Learning Pool written by John Helmer – The Spacing Effect: Harnessing the Power of Spaced Practice for Learning That Sticks https://learningpool.com/spacing-effect-harnessing-power-of-spaced-practice/

Julian Stodd is Captain and Founder of innovative independent Workplace Learning company Sea Salt Learning. Physically located on the South Coast of the UK, near the seaside town of Bournemouth, Sea Salt is in fact a ‘ship’ of independent thinkers, practitioners and consultants. Based around the world, Sea Salt offers a range of client services, including helping organizations build their own Learning Architectures. In our conversation, we hear why an organisation that ‘learns from people’ is different from one that ‘does learning to people,’ and other topics that include: why a place for great mountain biking and kayaking is also the best place to come home to, even after 36 weeks per year on the road; his personal journey from Archaeology and Material Scientist to researcher into the Neurophysiology of Story-Telling to ‘Pragmatism;' the key Sea Salt Learning concept of ‘The Social Age’ and ‘socially dynamic organizations;' why trust is becoming more and more critical; lessons from the Stonewall Riots & the messages architectural delay in NYC give us; and that we may not be living in a time where hard answers are even possible.

Our guest today is Julian Stodd of the consulting firm Sea Salt Learning. He is a writer, artist, consultant, and explorer, with a deep interest in how things work: systems, societies, and structures, both technical and human. Join us for a conversation that will challenge your thinking about how organizational learning may be developed and orchestrated.

Author of The Social Leadership Handbook and Exploring the World of Social Learning. Leading the Social Age movement. Working on writing and research around Dynamic Change and the Landscape of Trust. Julian Stodd is a writer, artist, consultant, and explorer, with a deep interest in how things work: systems, societies, and structures, both technical and human. At it’s highest level, his work covers the Social Age, documenting the change and sense making what we do about it, and ranges from leadership to learning, culture to change, trust to humility. Julian founded Sea Salt Learning as the vehicle to develop ideas into practice: a global consultancy, operating cross sector, delivering programmes at scale. Sea Salt is a safe harbour for independent thinkers: a globally diversified team, bringing the best of the traditional strengths, and the best new learning. Julian’s blog at www.julianstodd.wordpress.com is his primary space for sharing these stories, with over 1,300 articles and growing everyday.He has written eight books so far, with more on the way. You can find Julian on Twitter @julianstodd This TLDCast is sponsored by:

We live in an evolved eco-system. The context of our work and social lives is fundamentally different. We are now in the social age and that requires that we step up and become social leaders. What exactly is a social leader and what will it take for us to become social leaders? That’s what my guest and I discuss in this episode.   I’m joined by author, speaker, captain at Sea Salt Learning, a consulting firm helping organisations understand the Social Age, Julian Stodd. Julian’s work is an exploration of the changing nature of work, the evolution of forms of power, and how social nature of power is disrupting hierarchical structures. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: Organizations exist to serve the community, not the other way around How a person or company with a compelling authentic story can hold the most powerful companies or governments accountable No longer are rigid structures and archaic organizations necessary because of the rise of social authority and communities How we, as the business owners, build in our own constraints in our own companies when there’s nothing forcing us to do that. We do it to ourselves Even with the changing nature of work, there is still room for formal systems What the social age is and why it is more important than the digital age Why we shouldn’t fear the companies we’re growing and instead should realize that we can design these orgs as we want them to be Organizations used to be at the center of power and control but that’s no longer the case, and unless you realize that as a business leader, you’ll lose track of your company What social leadership is and how it’s earned The 5 things social leaders do every day Resources:  Julian's 5 Things Social Leaders Do Every Day graphic Contact Information: www.julianstodd.wordpress.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/julianstodd Thanks for Checking Out the Show Notes and for Listening! I really hope you enjoyed this episode. I would really appreciate it if you shared this show with a friend who could benefit from listening to this particular episode. Please don't forget to SUBSCRIBE so you can get each new episode delivered directly to you when it’s ready. You can find the show in Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Google Play, and TuneIn. Leaders sure do love company so be sure to get social with me:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nic_abboud/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nicoleabboud Or email me at nicole[at]nicoleabboud[dot]com 

Coming soon – a brand new podcast series, hosted by Susie Boyle of Sea Salt Learning. Across a handful of episodes, Susie will explore the Social Leadership model, created by Julian Stodd – founder and Captain of Sea Salt Learning. Having worked for many years in the NHS as a practitioner, Susie is now helping …

Our guest today creates and implements innovative strategies for improved Leadership, Culture change, and effective Learning design. Julian Stodd founded Sea Salt Learning to better serve his extensive global client list, while he continues to research, write, and share widely. We're happy to speak with him on Doable Change about adapting to this age of change.