On this podcast, we speak with Mavericks - creatives, visionaries and gamechangers who make their own rules, do work they love and live life on their own terms.
Episodes
Wednesday Mar 07, 2018
Wednesday Mar 07, 2018
In episode 6 of our "Unleashing Superpowers" season, we talk with Dorie Clark. Dorie is a marketing strategy consultant, author and speaker who specialises in "self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives".
Dorie is an adjunct professor at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. She has interviewed hundreds of successful entrepreneurs and professionals and distilled what makes them successful in her three best selling books - "Reinventing You", "Stand Out" and "Entrepreneurial You". "Stand Out" was name by Inc Magazine as their no. 1 book on leadership in 2015.
What we love about Dorie is her highly pragmatic and practical approach to the business of self-reinvention. She is absolutely passionate about helping people take control of their professional life and make an impact. This interview is chock full of tips about how to give yourself more freedom, more security and to really live up to your potential.
In this episode, some of the highlights of our conversation include:
- How the first thing you try in after college or even after a pivot will often not be the thing that sticks
- What thinking like an entrepreneur is really about
- How to think like an entrepreneur, even if you are in a full-time job
- Why it is best to start small, spread the risk then lean into what is working
- Why data and testing are needed to validate hunches and intuition
- The 3 keys to being seen as an expert in your field
- “If you want to be known for your ideas, you have to SHARE your ideas!”
- Great networking tips for introverts and reluctant extroverts
- How taking action is so important, but it can be micro-steps
- How to give yourself more freedom or career security by creating new income streams, even if you have a day job
- How one experiment and lots of learning led to $200,000 of extra income
- Why you should use what your friends already see you as really good at as a starting point for entrepreneurial ventures
- Dorie’s productivity hack - Maker Days and Manager Days
RESOURCES
The Recognised Expert Evaluation Toolkit - dorieclark.com/toolkit
The 88 question Entrepreneurial You self-assessment - dorieclark.com/entrepreneur
HBR Articles - Networking for Introverts / Personal Branding for Introverts
Wednesday Feb 28, 2018
Wednesday Feb 28, 2018
In episode 5 of our "Unleashing Superpowers" season, we are talking with the inspirational Dr David Hamilton. David is a speaker and author in the realm of neuroscience, holistic healing, kindness and spirituality.
David is an organic chemist and spent 4 years in the pharmaceutical industry before following his heart to write his first book. He has since written 10 best-selling books including "The Five Side Effects of Kindness" and "How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body". David's mission is to use science to inspire and he has opened the worlds of personal growth and the mind-body connection to thousands of people.
What we totally love about David is that he is genuinely inspired by science. He passionately shares things like why kindness is scientifically good for you. He is a just a really lovely man, very grounded, humble and extremely human.
David is a great example of someone following their heart to find their passion.
In this episode, some of the highlights of our conversation include:
- The journey from organic chemistry and the pharmaceutical industry to speaker, author and inspirer on the mind body connection
- How what you believe actively shifts your biology
- How "One day I want to be..." will never happen unless you do something about it
- The recovery from bankruptcy to following the path to your heart’s desire
- How taking action on your purpose can change everything
- How things get difficult when you don’t do what you feel in your heart you are supposed to do
- Using the scientific method to improve your performance at technically difficult tasks
- How having a break and totally distracting your mind with fun can be the most productive thing you can do
- Being kind as a way to change the world…and the science back this up
- How kindness is anti-aging, heals your heart health and reduces your stress
- Practical strategies to develop self-love to overcome not feeling good enough and feeling like an impostor
- How it is easier to act your way into a new way of thinking rather than think your way into a new way of acting
Wednesday Feb 21, 2018
Wednesday Feb 21, 2018
In episode 4 of our "Unleashing Superpowers" season, we are talking with the wonderful Jenny Blake, business and career strategist, international speaker and author of "Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One".
Jenny's motto is "If change is the only constant, let's get better at it." She wants people to have careers and lives that they truly love but understands how difficult change can be. So Jenny has made it her work to find the practical strategies that help people to not only survive change but to positively thrive from it.
On a personal level, we love Jenny's warmth, compassion and generosity. She gets the reality of pivots having not only helped thousands of people through change, but having been many pivots of her own. She has the rare gift of not only making change doable, but downright desirable. Jenny is an absolutely true-hearted member of the Maverick tribe.
In this episode, some of the highlights of our conversation include:
- How nothing will teach you more about yourself than entrepreneurship and creative ventures
- The kinds of pivots that people are going through, either through choice or circumstance
- The trend of ‘high-net growth’ people who are not willing to stay put
- How people are becoming more fluid in their careers in and out of companies
- Career development as ‘downloading apps’ rather than ‘climbing the ladder’
- The 4- stage PIVOT formula to make change while minimising risk
- How to use small experiments to check out potential pivot moves
- The ’30/30’ and ‘mentor from afar’ methods for learning from other people who are already doing what you want to do
- The kinds of pilots you can do if you are in an organisation
- “Build first, courage later” as a way to build momentum
- How to fund your pivot - money, bridge income and runways
- Why the next step you take is the most important one
Wednesday Feb 14, 2018
Wednesday Feb 14, 2018
In episode 3 of our 'Unleashing Superpowers' season, we are talking to Chris Chamberlin, General Manager of EFFECT Partners. Chris spent 20 years in marketing and communication agencies but has always been about climate change and environmental causes.
However, in May 2017, he went through a huge life pivot when he left the agency world behind to become the Sustainability Manager for U2’s Joshua Tree 2017 world tour.
In this interview, Chris tells his real-life story as a Maverick following the call of his heart, facing the fears that letting go of a mainstream career can bring and orienting his life to his calling. His story is enough to inspire anyone wanting to make their own rules.
In our conversation, some of the highlights that we talked about include:
- Facing the ‘moment’ when you think “What am I here to do? What is my next chapter? What do I want to do from here?”
- The journey to align personal purpose with professional direction
- Finding the ‘dream summer job’
- The importance of having the support of your family in going through a pivot moment
- The Risk/Reward strategy - what is the highest risk and highest reward option in front of you that will give you the most satisfaction?
- Following the ‘feel good’ - instead of trying to figure out how to manage the transition, following the motivation of what feels good
- That often the opportunity doesn’t appear until you make the decision to change
- What it is like to decide to change you life without a safety net
- The daily reality, challenges and rewards of the ‘dream job’
- That as far as the state of the world goes, there are reasons to be optimistic
- How start-ups and innovative business models and a ‘heck of a lot of fun’ may be the answer to some of the most pressing environmental issues
- The financial handcuffs vs purpose-driven living - how the shift to being purpose-driven can shift the meaning and value of money
- Finding your ‘ikigai’ as the guide for navigating life pivots and changes…and finding joy and happiness
Note - Chris' new business partner, Mike Martin, was our very first podcast guest! Mike is a sustainability pioneer and has worked with some of the biggest names in music to create change around environmental issues. Click here to listen to Mike's interview.
Show References
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
In episode 2 of our “Unleashing Superpowers” season, we are talking to Sonia Choquette, best selling author, spiritual teacher and visionary in the realms of intuition, inner wisdom and transformational living.
Sonia teaches that we are all creative, whole beings with six senses, not five and it is our sixth sense that leads us to live authentically, passionately and impactfully. The thing is Sonia doesn’t just tell, she walks her talk and is a bright, fiery spirit, full of life and passion but also grace and wisdom.
As well as the wisdom and inspiration that she brings, the thing that we love about Sonia is that she makes intuition practical. She doesn’t believe in theory, prefering tools that make an immediate and transformational impact. Krish counts her as one of his biggest teachers and her impact is life changing.
In this episode, some of the highlights of our conversation include:
- Why most people are looking in the wrong place for fulfillment
- The one thing that, without it, makes the search for purpose futile
- How we have devalued the very activities that put us directly in touch with our inner wisdom
- Why having personal time just doing things we love without an end focus or result is so important
- The ‘Emptying the Garbage’ tool - how to shift out of fear and access your intuition
- The ‘Authentic Question’ - how to reframe a problem into an empowering invitation to change
- How to shift state and open yourself up to intuition and inspiration
- The “19 Solutions’ tool - how to get more accurate and detailed intuitive answers to life questions
- A fundamental misconception that we tend to have about the nature of intuition
- Why it is vital to look inside yourself for answers rather than looking to the outside world
Resources
Trust Your Vibes by Sonia Choquette (Amazon.com|Amazon.co.uk}
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
In episode 1 of our "Unleashing Superpowers" season, we are talking with the amazing Claude Silver, Chief Heart Officer of VaynerMedia and close colleague of Gary Vaynerchuk. Claude has made it her mission to humanise workplaces and is passionate about creating work environments where people thrive and grow. She is the perfect person to leader VaynerMedia's 'people first' ethos as she walks her talk and leads with huge amounts of heart.
Claude's star is in the ascendancy as she is taking her message of humanising workplaces more and more into the world, and she really is a shining beacon for what organisations can do to put people at the centre of a business.
On a personal level, we loved her huge levels of authenticity, openness and humanity. She has seen a lot of life and has really done the work when it comes to personal and spiritual development. As you can probably tell, we are huge fans!
In this episode, some of the highlights of our conversation include:
- How having an intuitive/spiritual perspective has an important role in business
- What it means to be a true servant leader
- The role of empathy and the “kindness and empathy revolution”
- Spot it, you’ve got it! How other people reflect our growth edges back to us
- The mission at VaynerMedia to build the most human-centric organisation on the planet
- Claude’s role in scaling Gary Vaynerchuk’s values throughout the organisation - people first, then comes success
- VaynerMedia’s strategies and practices to make “people first” manifest and real
- The role of applied empathy in leadership, management and life
- What Claude does for self-care
- What it is like to deal with ‘impostor syndrome’ and how to overcome it
- Why it is so important to relax, enjoy the ride and not take yourself so seriously
- How to develop curiosity and fluidity, the keys to living a fulfilling life
Monday Aug 21, 2017
Monday Aug 21, 2017
Our latest Spotlight is with Michael Bungay Stanier, founder of Box of Crayons and author of the Wall Street Journal best seller, The Coaching Habit. Michael is one of our biggest influences and we are pumped to have got the chance to talk with him.
We were impressed with Michael level of insight and practical wisdom, his levity and sense of perspective on what true success takes and his refreshing level of honesty and openness.
In our conversation, some of the highlights we spoke about included:
- How it can actually take a very long time to figure what impact you want to have on the world
- Why knowing your potential death date can give you focus!
- That showing up time and time again means that eventually something good will come
- When things go wrong, it is rarely just all about you i.e. don’t take failure personally
- How talking a calculated risk led to self publishing a book that has sold 250,000 copies!
- Why it is important to set up structures to keep yourself focused and moving forward
- How a side hustle can help you test what you think you want to do…because often what you think you want to do, isn’t ultimately what you really want to do
- How to actually make your impact in the world by doing a “great work” project
- How a single question can actually help you cut through overwhelm and find focus
- The Finland Bus Station metaphor and why “staying on the bus” can give you clarity on your purpose
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Our latest Spotlight is with Zikry Kholil, the Co-Founder and visionary behind Incitement. Named one of Forbes 30 under 30 in Asia, Zikry is an absolute dynamo who believes without action, talk is just jacksh*t!
After participating in some of the most inspirational conferences and seminars on the planet, Zikry and his business partner Daniel created Incitement. Incitement is a social movement that blends cutting edge personal development with opportunities to create significant social impact. Since 2011, it has grown exponential to include thousands of people in more than 40 countries.
We were blown away by the level of commitment and passion that Zikry has, his vision for how to create change in the world and by his sheer level of street smarts.
In our conversation, some of the highlights we spoke about included:
- How things like TEDx are great, but they don't always lead to action
- That answer to the equation T-A=JS (the name of this episode)
- How to inspire people and get them into action
- How to truly engage corporations in social change
- Why true networking is possibly the number 1 most important skill in business and social change
- The impact that individuals can have
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Neo are a purpose-driven consultancy based in Brighton, UK. Last year, when their Managing Director announced she was stepping down, Neo decided to undertake an exciting and unexpected journey to become a “next-generation” organisation.
Being strongly influenced by the publication Reinventing Organisations by Frederic Laloux, Neo have chosen to become a human-centred, self-managed organisation with no defined leaders. Neo have become part of a small, but growing, movement who are seeking a different way of working. Rather than being purely about money, Neo honours the triple bottom line – people, profit and planet.
Neo are still early in their journey, and in this podcast we speak with two of their Transition Team – Emma and Kat. We speak about the highs, the challenges and the lessons learned so far. In particular we hear how Neo are traversing their journey of change into territory rarely trodden by others.
The thing that impressed us the most is the passion with which Neo has taken on this challenge and the openness and honesty they share with each other and with us. They don’t have all the answers, but they are committed to their vision and finding the best way of reaching it.
We will be following up with Neo once each quarter to find out how their story is unfolding. If you’d like to know more, Neo have written a beautifully illustrated account of their journey that you can read here.
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Our guest in this episode of Spotlights is Jo Berry, peace activist and founder of Building Bridges for Peace. Jo tells the remarkable story of how she met and came to build a bridge – and eventually, a friendship – with Patrick McGee, the IRA bomber behind the 1984 Brighton bombing. In that bombing, Jo’s father – Conservative MP Sir Anthony Berry – was killed.
In this podcast, Jo offers hope through a radically different way of perceiving a world seemingly full of strife and disarray. Rather than focus on differences and conflict, Jo turns to the disarming power of empathy and compassion to build bridges across seemingly uncrossable divides.