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Accountability Tools

By | September 26th, 2017|Change, Coaching, Productivity, Self-Awareness|

It can take a lot to achieve a goal and sometimes we need support to hold ourselves accountable. There are plenty of resources that talk about apps and mindset, advising you to measure progress and manage your energy not your time, great I love all of those, but this is really focusing on practical accountability support. If you’re already clear about why you want to achieve, a specific goal and have a good understanding of what the benefits of achieving it are, here is something that might help. I’m focusing here on three areas: technology, internal tools that relate [...]

TP 30: Eddie Harran is Dr Time

By | May 31st, 2017|Change, Future, Tall Poppy|

Dr Time aka Eddie Harran takes us on a journey through Time Literacy, as a futurist philosopher and innovation scout. Referring to his TEDx Talk as a rite of passage that led to his role at the Centre for the Edge with Deloitte’s and the emergence of his alter ego, Dr Time, he’s now leading a movement to help us reimagine time. This conversation opens up a range of questions to help us see our assumptions about time and Temporal Value. (Listener Survey) Resources Mentioned Eddie Harran on LinkedIn Twitter Dr Time on Twitter Instagram Centre For the Edge [...]

TP 28: Paul Fairhead Future Strategist

By | May 17th, 2017|Change, Consulting, Design, Future, Leadership, Tall Poppy, Technology|

Paul Fairhead is a Future State Strategist that is unafraid to ask the tough questions and illuminate the shadows of our murky path toward an uncertain future. He’s also a global citizen, he spent 25 years living and working in Viet Nam, and in the last few years leading Huddle, Australia’s premier Human Centred Design agency, advising large businesses and governments in Australia and Europe he has gained significant insight from leading design-driven organisations. He is a thought leader and a sought-after speaker to help interpret design thinking into design doing and how to be a future focus government [...]

TP 27: Angus Hervey Future Crunch

By | May 10th, 2017|Change, Emotional Intelligence, Future, Leadership, Tall Poppy, Technology, World|

Dr Angus Hervey is an intelligent optimist and one-half of Future Crunch. This episode explores our very human relationship with technology and the future. We talk about the impact of neuroscience on understanding cognitive bias, filter bubbles and why we resist good news. We put a gender lens on artificial intelligence how organisations are dealing with the future of work and lots of inspiring startups around the world using technology in service of humanity. By the end of it, you’ll be an intelligent optimist too. Future Crunch (Highly recommend getting the fortnightly newsletter.) Resources mentioned  Why Amazon is the world's most innovative company [...]

TP 23: David Holzmer on Disruption

By | April 11th, 2017|Change, Consulting, Emotional Intelligence, Future, Leadership, Tall Poppy, World|

David Holzmer, Ph.D. is an Organizational Behaviour Specialist and Consultant. He shares the insights from his research into sensemaking under conditions of ongoing disruption. He discussed the essentials for creative problem solving and innovation. And the changes in how we relate to each other, to today's world, and how all of this impacts our ability to deal effectively with the uncertainty, the ambiguous and uncharted territory many organisations find themselves in. What is the role of trust and psychological safety in the workplace? Why do we want simple, easy answers, and why has this created so much divisiveness? Why are we [...]

TP 21: Amber Hawken on Self-Awareness

By | March 28th, 2017|Change, Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Self-Awareness, Tall Poppy|

Amber Hawken on Self Awareness What’s the difference between fear and intuition, how do you know when dive in, and when to do a reality check? These are some of the gems Amber Hawken, author of Unfuckwithable Life, shared about some of the key element of self-awareness. We talked a lot about authenticity, what that is and the practices that will help us get into flow. Is pain necessary to growth? Listen to find out. Resources Mentioned  Amber's website, on LinkedIn,  Facebook The Unfuckwithable Life - Amber's book The Rise of Superman by Stephen Cotler. Psychosomatics Amber's fave article on [...]

TP 20: Matt Kurowski on Complete Value

By | March 21st, 2017|Change, Coaching, Consulting, Design, Emotional Intelligence, Future, Leadership, Tall Poppy, World|

Matt Kurowski is the Huddle Labs guy who created a values framework illustrating types of capital that are often underestimated and unacknowledged. Huddle helps large organisations rethink complex problems, with human-centred design from a very purpose driven and values-based perspective. Matt and I talked about the Snowflake framework, being a goth in the 80s and the influence of that era on being 40something in the pursuit of meaning. We heard a bit about what its’ like to be mentored by Umair Haque and what collaborative advantage is. Resources Mentioned Huddle’s website Matt’s Website DrTime on Instagram/Twitter/LinkedIn, Eddie Harran Goth subculture NAS Insurance (becoming [...]

TP 13: Liz Blake – Deep Self Leadership

By | February 1st, 2017|Change, Coaching, Consulting, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Self-Awareness, Tall Poppy|

Liz Blake of Lateral Insights is a very accomplished leadership consultant and business mentor. She takes us into the depths of her own journey to understand her work, and how transformation can happen on a personal level and impact our whole lives, our work, our future, and ultimately our relationship with our selves and our world. That is, how leverage points in one area can have a ripple effect across our whole lives. Incorporating tools like Strengths Finder, Integrity and Values, and working with Emotional Intelligence to integrate with a range of intelligences resulting in clarity and authenticity. As someone who really walks her talk, she takes us through servant leadership and ultimately, [...]

TP 12: Carolyn Tate – Higher Purpose

By | January 25th, 2017|Change, Future, Tall Poppy|

Are you making a dying instead of making a living? Carolyn Tate helps move us from meaningless to purposeful and reframes the desire to leave a job you hate and encourages us to start where you are, and make a practice of creating purpose projects. Though she warns that purpose washing is the new greenwashing, she highlights how individual purpose contributes to the larger whole and that we don’t have a single purpose for life. She shares the most important work leaders can do as we navigate from the industrial age to the tech age, and what will help organisations survive and thrive in the [...]

TP 11: Jessica Watson – Adventurer & Collaborative Entrepreneur

By | January 18th, 2017|Change, Leadership, Small Business, Tall Poppy|

Jessica Watson is an entrepreneur and an adventurer. Best known for her solo sailing journey, circumnavigating the globe at the age of 16. She shares with us what she learned from her experience, how she got so much support and sponsorship, and how she dealt with the naysayers. We learn about what kind of leaders she really is and the start up she’s involved in now, that’s like Trip Advisor for Sailing, bringing disruptive innovation to the marine industry. Deckee fulfils on her dream to get more people sailing, by making it easier for people to enjoy it and just give it a go.   Back to Tall [...]