In Your Element

This visualisation script is a perfect click-and-play resource that helps Facilitators run a 15 Min visualisation of the 4 TetraMap elements and encourage them to find the power and connectedness within. Ask the participants to sit or lie somewhere comfortable where they can still hear the narration. Ask them to close their eyes and take a few long, slow, gentle breaths, relaxing as they do so.  N...

Bio: Héctor Efraín Rodríguez de la Rosa Amongst many professional qualifications,  Hector holds  a Degree in Industrial Relations from the University of Guanajuato; Master in Group Psychology from Southern Oregon University; Master in Business Administration from Universidad Iberoamericana; Doctor in Organizational Change from Pepperdine University.  Director of the International Annual Conference...

Dr Matthew Adams is a Principal Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Brighton, UK. In both teaching and research, he is an advocate of psychological, cultural and social approaches to experiences of distress that challenge medical and individualist models.  He has undertaken research and written extensively on the healing benefits of nature and human-nature relations in an era of unpreceden...

Maureen’s 40-year career as an industrial designer has spanned the globe, multiple industries and creative disciplines. Her diverse background as an entrepreneur, educator and consultant has manifested itself into her current role as the world’s first Chief Experience Officer (CXO) for an engineering firm Aurecon – quite possibly the first CXO in any of the big-4 professional service firms today. ...

Dr. Benjamin Hardy has a PhD in Organizational Psychology, he’s the bestselling author of  Willpower Doesn’t Work.   From 2015-2018, he was the #1 writer in the world on Medium.com his blogs have been read by over 100 million people!   He has a new, controversial and mind-blowing book that has just been released Personality Isn’t Permanent .    In the book, Ben debunks the most pervasive myths abo...

Episode Notes Constantly curious, Lorenzo Gilomee was Head of People Development at the mobile phone network O2 where he worked for over 5 years until recently.  O2 are one of the UK's best known brands with a customer base of over 35 million consumers.   One of his proudest achievements during his time at O2 was developing a new learning culture he called Change the Learning Game, which was to be...

21 Whispers was born to build that very capability. Pete believes life whispers to us, and occasionally – it shouts. When it shouts, we tend to do something about it.  He has engaged with C suite executives and leadership teams for over 20 years and brings all of that experience to the virtual table.  Pete specialises in virtual facilitation & resilience, coaching using mindset and behavioural met...

Liz has been working with one of Australia's largest organisations to prepare for 'The future of work' - including remote working and to support employee wellbeing. Remote working isn't new, but what is new is the scale, pace and impact of the change.  Liz says remote working can definitely work, it can and it does does, but a large part of success is down to the role of the leader.  She says it  ...

At the heart of TetraMap and its success is the use of nature as a metaphor. Aristotle said   to master and use metaphor was a sign of genius.  Metaphor is compelling and engaging to people of all types of intelligences, or as we start to define in a TetraMap way, people with preferences relating to different elements; earth, air, water and fire.  The beauty of use of metaphor in TetraMap is that...

Jane Beddall is from Connecticut USA.  She is a lawyer with a  focus on mediation and conflict resolution with a particular interest in family businesses.  Jane is In Her Element when she is able to listen and convey an approach of the confidence to the people she works with. She talks about  the skills of handling the emotional and sometimes irrational aspects which will often come to the fore wh...

Nicki shares her passion for nature and illustrates how she includes this in all her workshops to bring a greater sense of connection to each other and the planet we live on. She says in some way that many humans have become removed from a primal understanding of how we are all simply part of nature's ecosystem. In this 30 minute episode she discusses music, her leadership experiences and her love...

Whether strategic planning, project planning, or planning an event, the process can and should be an enjoyable and productive experience. TetraMap planning sessions bring our the best in people and a strong commitment to implementing the plan. The reason? Like Nature the Elements work inter-dependently, each contributing from thier point of strength and interest. Narrated by Andrew Melville, a lon...

Selling and buying anything is, like nature, a balance of Earth,  Air Water and Fire. Whether you're buying or selling,  understanding the nature of the Elements is helpful.  Narrated by Andrew Melville, a long time friend of TetraMap and the editor of our book ‘ Develop People and Business the way Nature intended’.  It's a 9 minute episode. The TetraMap of Sales and Service includes  Firm Solutio...

Ally shares some interesting insights into her research with the Elements at O2 and the differing perceptions of their ability to reach a senior leadership position within the business. She followed through on a hunch she observed during many leadership workshops, that if you have a high preference for Water (calm and relationship oriented)  AND are female, the opportunities of obtaining or seekin...

Mark shares some key findings from his doctoral research conducted with Fire and Emergency New Zealand which operates with a significant and highly trained volunteer workforce. In this 30 minute episode he shares more about the nature of volunteers and strategies leaders can use in promoting the worth, dignity and development of volunteers to foster unity and enhance safety. His study is enlighten...

Season 3 begins with The Nature of Team, something we are very passionate about.  It's a 10 minute episode.   We hear from Andrew Melville, a long time friend of TetraMap and the editor of our book ‘ Develop People and Business the way Nature intended’. Andrew narrates part 6 of the book for our listeners, and describes The Nature of Team. Teamwork takes energy. How to create that kind of success...

We hear from Andrew Melville, a long time friend of TetraMap and also the editor of our book ‘ Develop People and Business the way Nature intended’. Andrew narrates part 5 of the book for our listeners, and in this reading he describes a case study from the founders of TetraMap. It's called Sleeping with Another and highlights how the relationships between couples can change and deepen wih an unde...

Liz Payne, Registered Psychologist is our latest guest on the podcast. Liz runs her own consulting business in Sydney, Australia and provides leadership development, culture transformation and executive assessment solutions. Liz holds two first-class honors degrees and is accredited in a range of assessment tools. Genuine, practical and down to earth, and has a love for cricket and being out in na...

EPISODE SUMMARY Brad Hook, CEO -The Resilience Institute is our latest guest on the podcast. The Resilience Institute is a global organisation who deliver research based resilience solutions to build organisational resilience and strategic agility. They define resilience as the ability to bounce, grow, connect and flow. Brad leads a team who provide training through workshops and digital toolkits...

Ruhia is a Master TetraMap Facilitator, and like all great teachers is also a student of learning. She is currently studying full time at Waikato University. And taking a total immersion course in Te Reo – called Te Tohu Paetahi and for those that don’t know Te Reo is the language for Maori – the indigenous peoples of New Zealand . Working with and learning from the wisdom of Maori is and always h...

We hear from Andrew Melville, a long time friend of TetraMap and also the editor of our book ‘ Develop People and Business the way Nature intended’. Andrew narrates part 4 of the book for our listeners, and in this reading he describes The Nature Series and the TetraPath of learning . He touches on the notion of regenerative development for individuals, teams and organisations. The Nature Series m...

Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School is our latest guest on the podcast. In her early career she worked alongside her hero (and ours) Buckminster Fuller as 'Chief Engineeer'. What an amazing connection. Charming and gracious, Amy is a research professor who is 'In Her Element' when teaching a group of students, and asking them deep questions to...

Alex Villarreal, Facilitator, Coach, Consultant delivers experiential learning experiences for a range of clients in Mexico and the US. He is the founder of Odisea Consultores, who focus on leadership and team development. He is a Master Facilitator and holds a license for TetraMap in México since 2008. Alex serves on the Board of Directors of the Experiential Training and Development Alliance. He...

Global business woman, Entrepreneur and Founder of Olive Strachan Resources, Olive has recently been honoured with an MBE in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday honours list. Having worked as a Management Development Specialist and an International Learning Development Consultant for over 20 years, Olive was delighted to be recognised to receive the award for her Services to Exports in Professional Business...

We hear from Andrew Melville, a long time friend of TetraMap and also the editor of our book ‘ Develop People and Business the way Nature intended’. Andrew narrates part 3 of the book for our listeners, and in this reading he describes how the Elements go 3D and are mapped onto the exquisitely elegant shape of the tetrahedron. He sums up the episode with this from Neal Donald Walshe The greatest c...