The Being Human Podcast with Richard Atherton

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I go solo to take a brief dip into the life of that extraordinary human Alexander The Great to pick out some lessons for leadership today. In this episode, I share: - How he won 23 battles without an org chart - What Alexander learned from his tutor Aristotle on strategy - What Lean Manufacturing and...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Ilya Bodner, was an immigrant to the US from Uzbekistan. Growing up around his farther's sewing company and his Uncle's cab firm, entrepreneurship was in Ilya's blood. Ilya now runs Bold Penguin, a breakthrough start-up in the insurance industry, transforming the value chain with their digital platform. In this episod...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ What's going on? Who's in charge? Annual objectives? What? Hey? For many of us in the daily grind, this can be the norm. "The Fog" is what our guest this week, Lindsay Uittenbogaard, calls it. The ambiguity, the differing assumptions, the miscommunication. Lindsay has a path out of the pea soup, it's called MirrorMirr...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Our guest for this episode is John Perkins, famed author of "Confessions of an Economic Hitman: the shocking inside story of how America really took over the world." John may be the world's only economic writer and practising shaman. His ability to link lessons from shamanism and a new approach to economic progress is...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I go solo for a short review of the highlights and major themes of 2019. I talk: - What inspires from the Happiness at Work movement - The magic ingredient for super productive workplaces - Some highlights to come for 2020! Enjoy!

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Geoffrey Moore's "Crossing the Chasm" is a bible for start-ups in how to get their wares out to the masses. Geoffrey's latest book, "Zone to Win" advises how established players can successfully defend against disrupters and ultimately transform to survive and thrive. We talk: - The four zones that companies must mana...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In late September this year, I read the extraordinary story of the Hungarian psychologist László Polgár. He was convinced that talent was made not born. To prove it, Polgár declared that his as-yet-born children would become chess grandmasters through his training. He found a willing woman to join him in this grand ex...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ A conversation with multiple-author and thought leader Dave Gray on his book 'Liminal Thinking'. We talk: - The power of popping our "bubbles of belief" - The ultimate culture hack in a Dallas district - Hacking fishmarkets in Mogadishu - The art of the pattern interrupt - What we can learn from the American Pragmatis...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Marcel Schwantes is a speaker, executive coach, podcaster and syndicated columnist for Inc.com. He joins me in this episode to talk: - His epiphany overcoming a narcissist boss - The core tenets of Servant Leadership - How Servant Leaders must still lead - When to start and when to wait - Love in the workplace Enjoy!...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ We're back with Tom van der Lubbe, the radical CEO of Dutch financial advisors Viisi. This month the Fawcett Society in the UK made  a call  for women to be able all see men's salaries in the cause of equality. The Business Insider has also recently reported on an ad-industry  viral salary spreadsheet . What if firms...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In 2006, our guest this week, Paul Rogers, got a paper published in the Harvard Business Review titled "Who Has the D?" Over ten years later, the simple ideas in that paper continue to inspire. In a world of complex workflows and team dynamics, asking the question "Who Has the D?" can provide great clarity. In this ep...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Early in his career, Professor Edward Bullmore, Head of Psychiatry, suffered an infected tooth. During his recovery, Edward felt uncharacteristically depressed. Was he down just because he was dwelling on the misfortune of his sore tooth? Or perhaps - perhaps he was depressed as a direct result of his physical infecti...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ We're at the forefront of three societal waves: environmental degradation, rising inequality and human isolation. Kim Polman is out to make a change. At a fringe meeting at Davos in 2016, she launched a book of essays. On a snowy hill of hard-headed global capitalists, she spoke of heart-based connection, caring for t...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I talk to HR Director-turned-investor Devyani Vaishampayan. Devyani has created a role for herself at the forefront of AI innovation in the HR sector. Her investment arm funds HR tech start-ups while she helps corporations test new ideas with her incubator programme. In this illuminating conversation,...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I speak with ex-McKinsey consultant-turned business revolutionary Dev Tandon. How would the Buddha run a business? What if the workplace was organised purely around human connection? These are some of the questions Dev seeks to explore with the 'Obo' movement. With no money, he has already inspired a...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I talk with Harvard Leadership Professor Amy C. Edmondson. She's the author of The Fearless Organisation and world-renowned for her pioneering work on the link between psychological safety and team performance. I’m delighted that I got to speak with Amy. She is, undoubtedly, one of the management thin...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Free climber, tango marathon dancer, Davos regular, Dr. Thomas Juli is also an author and a Human Business Architect. Previous guest, Peter Stevens  introduced me to Dr. Juli as someone shaking up business thinking. I'm delighted that he did! We talk: - How the 'Human Business Paradigm' is upending our workplace sacre...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I talk with Peter Morville. I first got to know Peter's work through his 2014 book Intertwingled, which beautifully illustrated the complexity of our world and how we shape the information around us as it shapes us. In this episode, we explore his latest book 'Planning for Everything' in which he make...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I talk with Peter Stevens. In 2016, in experimenting with his wife, Peter created the Personal Agility system for applying Agile principles to manage his personal life. It worked. He since taking his concept around the world with workshops, Meet Ups and a forthcoming book. We talk: - The genesis of th...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I speak with fellow podcaster and writer on the future of work, Neil Miller. In a broad-ranging and provocative discussion, we talk: - The new skills and attitude of a human leader - How to get a grip of our work lives to make time to be creative - Neil's take on a legacy of white supremacy in the wor...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, I talk with Devin Halliday, perhaps the world's first Chief Belonging Architect. Devin was an award-winning sales leader at a major tech firm before founding Rudiment Solutions, a company dedicated to helping organisations to build belonging. Devin has some powerful messages for those l...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, I speak with former US Army paratrooper and Afghanistan veteran Louis Fernandez. The son of Cuban refugees, Louis was determined to fight for his country and signed up to the elite Army Rangers straight after college. His 'big mouth' got him in some trouble at Ranger School, but he came...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, I speak with Catherine B Roy. Catherine is a Top 20 Global Thought Leader and Influencer on the Future of Work. She's the author of "Live from Your Heart and Mind". We talk: - Surviving war and disease in the former Yugoslavia - Healing from a dysfunctional family - The power of gratitu...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this week's episode, I talk with Dan Ward, a former military technologist, author and expert on innovation. With Dan, I explore: - How applying his principles, teams can deliver at a tenth or even a one hundredth of the price - Why spending 10 years in planning could actually be Agile - The brain mechanisms that ma...

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter:  http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this week's episode, I talk with Roman Pichler, a leading expert in Product Management. With Roman, I explore: - His preference for the term 'Product People' over getting hung up on role descriptions - Why caring for others is at the heart of product management - The importance of adapting leadership style for diff...