Conversations with my Future Skills

In this episode I talk to Bernard Mohr. Bernard is President of the Co-Creating Mutual Value Collaborative,  a non-profit action research organization dedicated to helping businesses prosper by creating value that builds a better world for all. He has worked with organisations and corporations all around the world and in numerous industries as a consulting social scientist, focussing on strength-b...

In this episode I talk to Mark Steadman. Mark is a podcasting veteran who began his career in 2008 by editing podcasts and helping local radio stations create on-demand audio. In 2016, he founded a media hosting company that served millions of listeners across thousands of podcasts. After selling the company in 2021, he founded Origin, a consultancy helping change-makers build trust with their aud...

In this episode I talk to Silvia Wiesner. Silvia can look back on a 17-year leadership career in Unilever. She left her role as Managing Director Belgium & Luxembourg to join Egon Zehnder where she now works with Boards and Executive Teams on human answers to complex challenges. She is a DE&I ally and sits on the Executive Committee of European Women on Boards. Additionally, she is a Young Global...

In this episode I talk to Alexandra Felde. Alex knows from her own experience what it means to share spaces that do not fit your own needs and working styles, and how much we just resign ourselves to finding a solution that doesn’t 100% feel comfortable. At the same time, from her experience in the corporate world, she knows what’s out there - and just not used. So she founded a company to connect...

In this episode I talk to Silja Tyllilä. Silja is a systemic coach, facilitator, and mindfulness teacher who focuses on optimizing performance, resilience, and regeneration for individuals and teams. Also drawing on her Finnish heritage, Silja's coaching approach acknowledges the interconnectedness of various factors that influence performance and well-being. Silja is particularly passionate about...

In this episode I talk to Sam Curtis. Sam is a practical, results-based and down-to-earth life coach. Having done this work for a decade now and combined with her passion for learning, Sam is skilled in many modalities of coaching and meditation. This provides the perfect foundation for supporting others in their personal growth. And talking about a meditative state: Talking about rest was what ma...

In this episode I talk to Nirish Shakya. He is a Design Thinking Consultant, Educator and Coach. He is helping organisations to create impactful customer experiences by empowering teams to put their customers first, collaborate creatively without the fear of judgement and innovate faster. Nirish has taught Design Thinking and Innovation at General Assembly, Berghs School of Communication, and with...

In this episode I talk to Adrian Ashton. Adrian recently self-published a book about imposter syndrome, after he realised that everything most people think they know about it is actually wrong based on various published research. In his wider ongoing work, Adrian holds international reputations for his training and work with enterprises, charities universites and policy developers of all types. An...

In this episode I talk to Lily Higgins. Lily is a learning experience designer, facilitator, and expert in applied play. She's the founder of The Intervention Bureau, an LXD consultancy that designs immersive learning experiences for organisations in flux. She also loves to partner with #futureofwork thought-leaders to help them create and facilitate their own signature learning experiences. Play...

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In this episode I talk to Kaumudi Goda. KG is the Founder of The Human Conversation and is appointed as an Advisor for Human Capital and Sustainability in Business SIGs at the Indian School of Business. As a people and culture strategist, DEI consultant, executive coach, and lawyer, KG has helped transform organisations through serving as a non-executive director and C-Suite advisor. This time we...

In this episode I talk to Ara Sam. She is currently guiding transformation processes as the Senior Assistant Vice President for Transformation in the Insurance industry and has reengineered processes and created end to end platforms that are fast, simple and easy to use! In the span of 18 yrs, she has ventured into a lot of different fields and roles – media advertising, product management, brand...

In this episode I talk to Ann Welch. Ann is a talented and versatile educator who enjoys working with learners of all ages to develop vital skills for realizing their dreams and achieving success in life. Throughout her extensive career in education, Ann has guided learners in developing and cultivating self-motivation, growth mindsets, and a better understanding of who they are as learners. This...

In this episode I talk to Nancy Tobler. Nancy started working in HR in 2010. Ever since the people business has captured her when working in different industries, such as Advertising, PR, Digital, and Design. Her mission is to turn growing into an interactive and fun activity with the help of a little bit of agile mindset and a mindful heart. In our conversation we suggest that every HR manager sh...

In this episode I talk to Tracy Sharp. Tracy is a former Design Director with over 15 years of product development experience. Now as an accredited coach she has founded SharpMinds, with the aim to support and empower women in Design and Engineering. She is also the host of the Design thinking Podcast “ A Beginners Guide 2 Design Thinking” Together we use design thinking methods to imagine out per...

In this episode I talk to Charles-Louis de Maere. Through Exploration Labs, he works with individuals, organisations in order to make sense around the work we are doing together. He facilitates workshops and learning experiences that focus on high participation, on learning by doing and validating that the newly learned concepts are integrated. Bringing people together is something that lives on t...

In this episode I talk to Conny Marx. Conny is a serial entrepreneur and managing director of Marx Innovations who has experienced the stress and challenges of being a startup founder. Through her own startup journey, she has founded The Healthy Startup and made it her mission to change that and bring more attention to mental health and empower founders on their journey to build healthy and sustai...

In this episode I talk to Ceri Newton-Sargunar. Ceri is an Agile Behavioural Coach, an ex-teacher and a neuroscientist-in-training; her continuing mission is to make evidence-based research accessible and useful to agile professionals. Ceri’s favourite pastimes include creating lightbulb moments, turning assumptions on their heads, and reading literally everything in front of her (because ADHD). C...

In this episode I talk to Matthew Bellringer. They are an innovation consultant, neurodiversity advocate and social entrepreneur. They work with individuals and organisations to cultivate, develop and support the exceptional abilities that unconventional people offer. They have a background in technology, psychology and social innovation, and use all of those influences and more to help people est...

In this episode I talk to Tzufit Herling. Tzufit is a community consultant with over a decade of experience in the field, in working with organizations, entrepreneurs, and businesses. She is the creator and owner of Connecteur, where she provides consultation for community development, and delivers lectures and workshops in the field. Tzufit is also the co-founder of MENAco, a professional network...

In this episode I talk to Laura Hoffman. She is a Chicago based Jazz pianist and has played in trios, quintets, and Big Bands for many years. She also played on cruise ships creating her own show. She currently teaches a lot of private students and has a publishing company for Piano Lesson Sheet Music. In this episode - which turned out to be a very excellent lesson on storytelling - we talk about...

In this episode I talk to Michael Gates. Michael is an associate Fellow at the Saïd Business School at Oxford. He is an internationally recognised teacher and writer on cross-cultural management. He is also the owner of his own consulting company CrossCulture where he is researching and spreading word on the intercultural and interpersonal aspects of communication, negotiation, leadership, and tea...

In this episode I talk to Janet Alexandersson. Janet is a former human rights lawyer turned International contracts lawyer and negotiation strategist. She is the co-founder of a program for lawyers that are looking for alternative paths to pursue their legal career. She is on a mission to creating trustworthy business relationships through negotiations and legal boundaries. In this fast-paced conv...

In this episode I talk to Richard Williams. Richard is an Applied Compassion and Mindfulness Coach. He is a scholar-practitioner of education and compassion, and a scholar-student-practitioner of yoga, mindfulness, altruism, and meditation. He is the author and editor of several publications dealing with the subject of identity and emotions in education. In this episode we talk about Curiosity as...

In this episode I talk to Sharon Leigh. Sharon is a Neuro-divergent Behavioral Scientist, Yes-and Expert, Instructional Designer, Experimental-Learning Coach, Emergent Core-Story Facilitator and Startup Core-Culture Coach. Sharon has been living in Europe for almost 26 years, as an artist, consultant and Leadership Coach. She dedicates herself to helping leaders, entrepreneurs, creatives and other...