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The accelerated rate of change we are experiencing will not disappear with the subsidence of Covid-19 - this is the new normal. How can leaders build the capacities they need to engage with this rapidly evolving landscape? In this episode of Learning Rewired, Alan Watkins - neuroscientist, international leadership expert, bestselling author and Founder and CEO of Complete - argues that L&D fun...

Diversity and Inclusion have been “important but not urgent” issues for some time, but are we living in a pivotal period in history, when the momentum of social movements finally accelerates organisational change? We posed this question to Stephen Frost: CEO and consultant at inclusion specialists, Frost Included. Stephen was previously diversity and inclusion advisor to both the UK government and...

"Until recently, it was assumed that the business interest was on a collision course with social and environmental concerns. Yet recent research findings challenge this assumption. It turns out that you can secure superior financial returns through highly engaged staff displaying social and environmental responsibility." These are the words of Vlatka Hlupic, Professor of Leadership and Organizatio...

Learning REWIRED's FLASH INSIGHTS is a short and sharp distillation of key takeways from our podcast series. In this episode, the highlights of our interview with Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance at London Business School and author of the norm-challenging book, Grow the Pie - How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit. In this episode we learn: Why profit and purpose do not need to...

Businesses are under increasing pressure to seek their profits in a responsible way. The common view is that aiming for positive social outcomes requires financial sacrifice for investors; or, in the opposite direction, that the pursuit of profit is always at the cost of social and environmental health. But is there something fundamentally flawed with this worldview? Is there a different route tha...

The multi-systems crises catalysed by Covid-19 have challenged business, society, the world economy, and many of our pre-established beliefs. In these difficult times we are given endless opportunities to learn and develop, but what separates organisations and individuals that learn effectively from those that don't? What potential gains can be harnessed by taking a genuine learning approach to ex...

It has never been more important for leaders to master their own emotional and cognitive intelligence.  In times of crisis everyone is under elevated levels of stress, but leaders bear a greater responsibility to manage their responses with equanimity and empathy. EQ and IQ are important to effective decision-making, but science is revealing that these intelligences begin in our bodies, as pa...

Learning REWIRED's FLASH INSIGHTS is a short and sharp distillation of key takeways from our podcast series. In this episode, the highlights of our interview with Jim Lawless, author, speaker and adaptability expert: Why we need to let go of industrial era thinking before we can access sustainable adaptability The interplay between risk and organisational culture Adaptability Intelligence (AQ...

20 years into the 21st century and it has become almost platitudinal to observe that what got us here in the past will not get us where we need to go in the future. By now, we all know that we are living through an age of unprecedented rates of change. We are all well versed in narratives about landscape shifts, industry disruptions, strategy redundancies. However, familiarity with the challenge d...

Learning REWIRED's FLASH INSIGHTS is a short and sharp distillation of key takeways from our podcast series. In this episode, the highlights of our interview with Alan Brown, Professor of Digital Economy at Exeter Business School and author of Delivering Digital Transformation - a manager's guide to the digital revolution.. Discover: Why digital transformation is a revolution, not just a...

We were fortunate to have Aptar #CHRO Shiela Vinczeller in the studio recently to share her passion for the topic of Diversity & Inclusion. Shiela was in London for Aptar's powerful custom leadership programme, Campus, co-created with Headspring, by Financial Times & IE Business School, and we used the opportunity to learn about the role of D&I in the evolution of sustainable capitalis...

Professor Alan Brown is an expert in digital economy with a career rooted in private sector tech development. He has driven digital transformation from the inside out and, in this episode of Learning REWIRED, shares some of the many lessons he has condensed into his new book: Delivering Digital Transformation. Key insights include: What makes the current shifts in digital transformation a genuine...

For those short commutes, long queues, or days that you just don't have the time: Learning REWIRED's FLASH INSIGHTS is a short and sharp distillation of key takeways from our podcast series. In this episode, the highlights of our interview with Simon Ashton, business psychologist and leadership coach. Discover: Why mainstream approaches to business education are causing a critical s...

The industrial era was defined by the need to know everything. The new industrial revolution is defined by the need to learn and learn and relearn without inflexibility and attachment. What are the human capacities that prepare our people for this type of constructive transformation? Which intelligences will become increasingly relevant as we move into the age of AI? And how do we construct a lear...

For those short commutes, long queues, or days that you just don't have the time: Learning REWIRED's FLASH INSIGHTS is a short and sharp distillation of key takeways from our podcast series. In this episode, the highlights of our interview with Professor Binna Kandola , decorated business psychologist and champion of diversity and inclusion. Reflecting on decades of research and consulting in a wi...

It seems we are living in a time of increased polarisation. Every day we are reminded of the things that make us different rather than those that connect us. This is a heightened awareness of diversity but often at the expense of inclusion. What does this mean for organisations, their leaders and those responsible for fostering positive human and organizational development? What will the role be o...

For those short commutes, long queues, or days that you just don't have the time: Learning REWIRED's FLASH INSIGHTS is a short and sharp distillation of key insights and takeways from our podcast series. In this episode, the highlights of our interview with José Hernandez, author of Broken Business and rehabilitator of companies in crisis. Reflecting on his experience at the frontlines of corporat...

Ethical and sustainable corporations are not just about flowery ideologies, hugging trees, or peace, love and unity. This is basic good business. Companies that want to endure and thrive need to commit to doing the right thing, not just for people and the planet, but for their own long-term success. These are some of the lessons learned from José Hernandez, author of Broken Business and rehabilita...

For those short commutes, long queues, or days that you just don't have the time: Learning REWIRED's FLASH INSIGHTS is a short and sharp distillation of key insights and takeways from our podcast series. In this episode, the highlights of our interview with Kit Krugman, organisational innovator and champion for purpose-driven business. We discuss what's needed to build better organisations and dis...

Capitalism is shifting beyond the longheld boundaries of shareholder primacy. Declarations like those made by The Business Roundtable have brought the interests of multiple stakeholders - employees, clients, suppliers, communities and the environment - to the fore. But are businesses ready to make the necessary adaptations to meet the expectations of evolutionary capitalism? And what are the inter...

Learning REWIRED's  FLASH INSIGHTS  is a distillation of key insights and takeways from our podcast series. In this slot we highlight Professor Alf Rehn's illuminating views on questions like How do effective, positive legacy-building leaders engage with the concept of power? What does the distribution of power within an organisation mean for successful business? Where do leaders start i...

Power and leadership are often used interchangeably, but as we learn in this dialogue with Professor Alf Rehn, one of the qualities that separates good leadership from great is the understanding that this is not the case. The distribution of decision making power and accountability throughout an organisation is challenging for most leaders. But, Rehn argues, this is an increasingly important skill...

Learning REWIRED's FLASH INSIGHTS is a distillation of key insights and takeways from our podcast series. In this slot we tease out IBM Europe CHRO Gary Kildare's views on questions like What is AI? (it's not what you think) Where does responsibility for ongoing learning and skills development lie? Where should organisations and their leaders start in preparing for the unfolding of AI? Meet our gu...

We are all aware of the apparently imminent Age of AI, though views of the future relationship between man and machine vary wildly. Especially debatable is the impending impact of AI and automation in the workplace. Will machines become our servants or will we become slaves to an artificial intelligence? Will we integrate with technology, or will technology replace us, taking our jobs with it? In...