Richard Atherton

The Being Human Podcast with Richard Atherton

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Being Human is for people who want go deep on what it means to be a human making a difference. We’ll discover how to be better humans at work and in life. We’ll explore leadership, relationships and how to make changes in ourselves and our environments. Nothing will be off limits. Welcome.

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Richard Atherton

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#71 The Principles-Focused Approach - with Michael Quinn Patton 01.08.2019 57:21

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this week's episode, I speak with an internationally renowned authority in the field of Programme Evaluation, Michael Quinn Patton. We explore his latest book 'Principles-Focused Evaluation'. We talk: - Michael's lessons for others from evaluating high-profile initiatives for billionaire philanthropists and major N...

#70 Be More Pirate - with Sam Conniff 25.07.2019 1:08:50

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week, I talk with Sam Conniff, a man on a mission to build a modern pirate movement, kick-started by his hugely successful book 'Be More Pirate'. We explore: - How pirates give us a template for diverse, progressive and agile organisations - How Lady Liberty is almost certainly a pirate - How one man's love of ki...

#69 Finding Joy @Twitter - with Bruce Daisley 18.07.2019 47:37

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week, I talk with a man of many callings, Bruce Daisley. Best-selling author, #1 podcaster and in his spare time, VP EMEA of Twitter. At the Twitter HQ in Soho, London, we talk: - The crisis at Twitter London that started Bruce's quest to build a better workplace - Why to start taking your lunchbreak, and that ta...

#68 Objective and Key Result - with Christina Wodtke 11.07.2019 1:10:30

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this week's episode, I talk with Christina Wodtke, the world's number one evangelist for Objectives and Key Results - the powerful goal-setting technique loved by Google. With Christina, I explore her breakthrough book on OKRs, 'Radical Focus' and her forthcoming title 'The Team That Managed Itself' on superchargin...

#67 Happy Startups - with Laurence McCahill 05.07.2019 45:22

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this week's episode of Being Human, I talk with co-founder of The Happy Startups School, Laurence McCahill. In discovering that it's not really a school, and it's not necessarily about startups, we talk: - The magic of their Happy Startup Canvas that has people face the tough questions - How to avoid swapping a cor...

#66 ”Respect For People” - The Lean Approach - with Mary and Tom Poppendieck 27.06.2019 1:07:24

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this week's episode of Being Human, I talk with Lean icons, husband-and-wife authors and teachers, Mary and Tom Poppendieck. Mary and Tom travel the world helping people to create and deliver stunning products and services through the power of the Lean approach. We talk: - The origins of Lean as fundamentally about...

#65 Maestro! Leading as listening - with Roger Nierenberg 20.06.2019 1:13:33

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this week's episode of Being Human, I explore the "Music Paradigm" with its creator, the distinguished conductor Roger Nierenberg. Roger takes business people into his orchestra, sitting them next to his musicians to learn how to listen and how to lead. We talk: - What he means by "leading as listening" - How to ac...

#64 Conquering My Epilepsy - with Jan Åke Johnsson 13.06.2019 1:20:26

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this week's episode of Being Human, I talk with Jan Åke Johnsson, a man with an amazing story and a fellow adherent of Primal Therapy and Rolfing practices. We explore how his journey to "go within" to the source of his epilepsy has given him complete control over his condition and reduced it to a virtual non-issue...

#63 Can Business learn from the State? - with Tom van der Lubbe 06.06.2019 1:43:40

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this week's episode of Being Human I interview Tom van der Lubbe, Lead Link (CEO) of Dutch Mortgage Advisor Viisi and pioneer of Holacracy, the radical business operating system. In this wide-ranging conversation, we talk: - How so-called 'radical' approaches for business have been employed in state structures for...

#62 Modern Agile - with Joshua Kerievsky 30.05.2019 59:29

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this week's episode of Being Human I interview Joshua Kerievsky, the originator of Modern Agile and CEO of leading agile training and coaching group Industrial Logic. With occassional contributions from his dogs, we talk: - The difference between a principle-oriented vs a practice-oriented approach to Agile - How P...

#61 Get into the mirror! - with Michael Sahota 23.05.2019 51:20

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I take a journey through the philosophy of Agile luminary Michael Sahota. We talk: - The source and remedy for the high failure rate of Agile implementations - Toyota's "kaizen" vs "kaikaku" and why the idea of transformation is flawed - Why all culture change starts with the individual - The moment t...

#60 Coming to you Live from the Goo! - with Lyssa Adkins 16.05.2019 49:51

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I delve into the world of renowned Agile thought-leader Lyssa Adkins, President Emeritus of the Agile Coaching Institute, Agile Coach and Facilitator of Difficult Problems. We talk: - How she's dealing with her current transitionary phase - Her leadership role within the Ten Women Strong movement - He...

#59 Inside Handelsbanken - with Richard Winder 09.05.2019 48:42

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I take a deep dive into the culture of the radically decentralised Handelsbanken, with its Global Head of External Affairs, Richard Winder. We talk: - The story of their radical transformation in the early 1970s under the incoming CEO Jan Wallander - How local branches both compete and co-operate - Ho...

#58 The Modern Workplace - with Yann Toutant 02.05.2019 1:04:30

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I explore the evolution of the modern workplace with Yann Toutant, the Netherlands CEO of the €6bn digital services company Econocom. We talk: - Why he likes his people out of the office, but not working from home - How his shareholders said they'd fire him if he *didn't* go sailing during year-end -...

#57 Agile For The Enterprise - with Scott Ambler 25.04.2019 1:14:08

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I explore the enterprise perspective on Agile with Scott Ambler, Chief Scientist at Disciplined Agile. We talk: - Guided Continuous Improvement and the Kaizen Loop - Why it's best to think in terms of options and not best practices - The need for "rolling wave" budgeting - The role of the Architecture...

#56 The Heart of Agile - with Alistair Cockburn 18.04.2019 1:14:34

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode, I explore 'The Heart of Agile' approach with Agile Manifesto co-author and methodology theorist Alistair Cockburn. We talk: - How methodologies are like tissues - The paradox of needing methods to both increase and reduce communication - Why collaboration is at the heart of the Agile approach - The th...

#55 Superbosses - with Sydney Finkelstein 11.04.2019 50:49

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week on Being Human, I interview Sydney Finklestein, Professor of Leadership at Dartmouth College and author of the highly-acclaimed 'Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent'. We talk: - The three types of 'Superbosses' - How to know a ‘Glorious Bastard’ from a plain old bastard - Why great...

#54 The Prosperity Paradox - with Efosa Ojomo and Karen Dillon 04.04.2019 56:58

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week on Being Human, I interview Efosa Ojomo and Karen Dillon, Harvard academics and co-authors with Clayton Christensen of The Prosperity Paradox. We talk: - How some noodle entrepreneurs transformed the retail supply chain in Nigeria - The huge business opportunities represented by non-consumers - How providing...

#53 The Manager-Free Business - with Luke Kyte 29.03.2019 42:05

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week on Being Human, I take a deep dive into the cultural revolution led by Luke Kyte, Head of Operations at UK marketing firm Reddico. Luke is building a manager-less culture with stunning results. We talk: - Dramatically elevating Reddico's employee Net Promoter Score to a world-class 94 - Why you shouldn't mak...

#52 The Phenomenon of Leader - with Phillida Fleming 22.03.2019 1:00:55

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week on Being Human I interview the extraordinary matriarch of our FirstHuman team, Phillida Fleming. Phillida coaches some of the most talented CEOs in the UK as well as providing counsel to a number of UK public figures. Around the fire of her cottage in the Isle of Wight, we explore: - Her definition of what i...

#51 Disciplined Agile - with Mark Lines 15.03.2019 56:25

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week on Being Human, I interview the fantastic Mark Lines, co-creator of Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD). Using DAD helps companies to evolve the whole enterprise around agile software delivery. We talk: - The origins of DAD - How to avoid 'Method Prison' - Why there are no 'best practices' - Why joy is at the h...

#50 Insanely Talented - with Jamie Catto 08.03.2019 58:52

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week on Being Human, I interview Jamie Catto, a founding member UK electronica band Faithless. He left to form the double-Grammy nominated, music and film collective 1 Giant Leap. Alongside his artistic pursuits, Jamie now works as a creativity catalyst. We talk: - How we must reclaim the parts of us that we clos...

#49 Navigating Human Systems - with Glenda Eoyang 01.03.2019 1:19:03

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ In this episode of Being Human, I interview Glenda Eoyang, the co-founder of the Human Systems Dynamics Institute, an organisation dedicated to applying learnings from complexity science to human issues. We talk: - How she used her understanding of complexity to turn around her IT training business - The three simple...

#48 Creativity in the Wild - with Professor Ruth Ann Atchley 22.02.2019 46:04

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week on Being Human, I interview Professor Ruth Ann Atchley from the University of South Florida. Ruth Ann is the author of the much-cited paper "Creativity in the Wild": - the first scientific study to find a link between creativity and exposure to nature, - discovering a 50% increase in creative reasoning after...

#47 1) Complexity; 2) Exploring #MeToo - with Liz Keogh 15.02.2019 1:30:23

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week on Being Human, in an at times highly emotive interview, I sit down with Liz Keogh. The conversation has two major themes. First, we talk complexity and how Liz interprets and finds use for the Cynefin complexity framework, including: - How to understand Cyenfin to make better decisions around difficult prob...