Value Through Vulnerability

I absolutely LOVED this conversation with my friend and HumansFirst founder Mike Vacanti who kindly joined me to reflect ad signpost the next 100 episodes. The podcast will remain as it has the past 99 episodes, grounded in our humanity, yet we wish to make an open invitation to the HumansFirst community and beyond to use the platform and myself/Mike to host meaningful conversations, whether 1-1 or multi-person. bring your ideas, innovation and challenges, and let's keep mending the often media-induced divide. Mike can be found via the following means: Email - mike@mjvacanti.com LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjvacanti/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/MJVacanti Web - https://humansfirst.club/ You can also find out more about Garry as follows: Web – Sign up for updates at www.hexochangenow.com Email - garry.turner@hexochangenow.com LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/garryturnerstrategicadvisor/ Clubhouse - @vulnerablegarry --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/valuevulnerability/messag

I really enjoyed this conversation with John Featherby who is a founding UK B Corp and speaks so eloquently and with such clarity about the opportunity that ay in front of us to become more humane, people-centric orgs that serve people, planet and profit. Some of the key reflections for me included: -  “I spend as much time as I can in the countryside. I get most of my peace and my thinking when connected to natural landscapes” – 01.00 - “Problem-solving can only iterate the current reality, you can’t launch yourself into a new reality by just fixing what’s current. You have to create something new” – 27.05 -  “They (children) are not asked to solve problems. What would the system look like if every child in school was being asked to solve problems, real problems that the adults are trying to deal with. That creates a totally different society” – 35.05 -  “I did have some clarity young. For the most part, whilst you may have that clarity, it doesn’t mean that there is a group of people willing

I really enjoyed this conversation with Renee Smith who opens our conversation with one of the most vulnerable personal stories of vulnerability shared on this podcast so far.  Renee really does role-model the change she wants to see in the world, bringing the importance of love to the workplace, however, people wish to name or adopt that.  We also discuss leadership, culture, vulnerability, courage and much more. Some key highlights include: -  “We want to contribute; we want to matter. We want to be cared about ourselves. Of course love belongs at work and when we are in a condition when we feel love, we give and do and be our very best” – 09.20 -  “You are a good investment. Invest in yourself. I was worthy of investing in” – 11.45 -  “We need to be creating an environment where you stop, and we turn and we face someone to truly listen to them,  and we look them in the eye and we turn away from our devices and our computer and we hear them.” – 36.10 -  “Tell me a story ab

I was moved during this conversation with Arlene.  She epitomises humanity and oozes a desire to leave the planet and people in a better place than which she found them. We discuss human-centered design, innovation, her sabbatical, #HumansFirst, community, awareness and so much more.  Some of the key highlights for me include:  - “I’ve seen how the business idea, developed in isolation, iterated, but not always with the information of the user with that information of the user coming late in the game. I love the human-centred philosophy which flips that”  – 05.55 - “Start by listening to those that will be impacted. Understand that piece first without your assumptions and biases”  – 07.25 - “why create in isolation, why not create by having input and feedback from the people that are going to actually experience whatever that output is”  -  12.30 “I love approaching problems from this consideration of all of the others. I think that human-centred design accounts for that oth

I thoroughly enjoyed my first 3-way conversation on this platform and it really added some extra value. We discuss education, innovation, leadership, culture, language, purpose and so much more.  Please find some of the key highlights as follows: - “One of the central, underlying themes of our book is the balance between smart and healthy. Smart is what we typically have a lot of training in. Yet much of our enjoyment, success and ability to pull off those things on the smart side, are really on the healthy side” – 06.45 - “What if you focussed 95% of your time on the people that you are leading and only 5% on the work itself, what would that look like”- 08.40 - “We work with leaders on the idea of having staff take greater ownership, that leaders don’t have to decide everything. Leading is me helping to develop you as a thinker and a future leader” – 12.50 - “If the leader jumps in too soon. If we hear from the leader too quickly around the table, people are going to pull back and say ‘why do I need t

I absolutely loved this conversation with Inclusion Architect and export Toby Mildon. In what was a hopeful, constructive and forward-looking conversation, we touched on inclusion, belonging, awareness, culture, leadership and so much more. Some key insights included: - “Diversity includes everybody. We need to make sure that everybody, every single person, is included and taken on the journey because it is only when businesses reflect the communities in which they’re based and the talent that’s around them, and the communities in which they serve, that they become high-performing businesses” – 03.10 “Sometimes I like to be sarcastic by saying that I will write the business case for you (D&I) when you write the business case why we should hire non-disabled people” - 09.45 “My recommendation is to use reverse mentoring with someone from a different background. Lean back, lean forward and step in” – 38.30 - “What three talking points do you need to give to your Chief Executive so that they are able to ta

I am so humbled and grateful to Laura for sharing such depth of wisdom and such hope in a challenging time.  This is a direct talking, insight-sharing and optimistic conversation, but please engage with an open heart and mind.   I am also grateful to Jenny Andersson for her leadership and connection to Laura.  “Once I surrender to healing completely, I slowly started to see progress happen.” – 05.15 -  “We see a massive collapse when we look around. Breakdown after breakdown of financial systems, human system, psychological systems, social systems. There is a lot of breakdown going in our world right now” – 07.13  “Start to explore with curiosity your inner emotional landscape. When we start doing that on a more regular basis there’s a whole new world that starts to unfold” - 22.20  “It is the reality of things that the way in which business is designed is, in most cases, for destruction. So how can we turn towards the intelligence of nature” – 29.30  “You get presented with

I absolutely loved this conversation with David who is the first person to come back onto the Value through Vulnerability for a 2nd time. Please fond as follows some of the rich insights and their timings in the podcast: - “The realisation I had was all of my leadership training was about telling people what to do; telling them nicely, telling them precisely, telling them so they thought it was there idea, but fundamentally about telling people what to do” – 02.45 - “First of all, I had to get away from this idea that I was controlling other peoples behaviour. We live in a world where we think that the way to have success in your job, is to get other people to do stuff” – 05.20 “I think there is a real limitation here which is they are only going to be as good as you, they are only going to be as proactive as you, and they’re not going to give that discretionary effort” - 05.40 - “just imagine if you needed to spend zero time managing people. You need to coordinate people, their efforts should to be coordin

This was a beautiful conversation with my friend and peer Brooke who has dedicated the past decades to her drive to bring more purpose to the world of work. The upcoming #HumansFirst event in San Diego can be booked here -> https://humansfirst.club/the-sandiego-experience Brooke's wonderful end of 2019 article / 2020 reflection scan be found here -> https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/9-practices-can-make-us-happier-2020-ozlem-brooke-erol/  Some of Brooke's key insights can be found as followed: -  “In my early 20s nobody was talking about purpose, but I still felt like I needed to know what I’m doing and how it’s helping others instead of just looking at my daily tasks” – 01.45 -  “One thing that CEOs think that purpose is a good thing, but they never think it can also drive their numbers. They still don’t connect the dots” – 10.55 -  “One of my goals and purpose is to increase awareness around this in my community. We want to have more conversations around this, but turning these conver

This is one of my favourite conversations EVER!  Sara is a certified #DaretoLead facilitator having trained with Brene Brown after passing a rigorous application process. We discuss in detail vulnerability, shame, empathy, leadership, privilege, courage, risk and so much more. Some example insights shared by Sara include: - “It was a massive risk because the training dates are set for the year. There was huge risk if I got it, there was huge risk financially” – 05.10 - “Why is it important? When there is no courage in an organisation, when courage is absent, we’re able to identify classic behaviours that show up like back-channelling, like not giving feedback, like not having difficult conversations, lack of creativity, lack of innovation, lack of risk” – 08.20 “We can’t be courageous, we can’t be brave, without vulnerability. Why should we do it? The risks of not doing it are far, far too great” - 08.25 “I didn’t realise the extent to which it would change myself in doing the work” 17.25 Sara can

This was an incredible conversation that I was privileged to be part of as Aga and OI went deep into culture, leadership, courage, change, experimentation, personal agency, accountability and so much more. Some quotes from this brilliant conversation to pique your interest include: - "we are wired for choice and polarities" - "it is impossible to make a huge change and a major overhaul of these systems and world views.  The only thing you can do is introduce a tiny change and see how that system reacts to that" - “What is the smallest possible change that I could make to maintain the biggest part of the algorithm, change a small part, but at the same time have a huge impact” - “I think that we have way more power in our hands than we want to believe” - “The people that I consider to be cultural revolutionaries, one of the characteristics is that they lead from the heart and purpose rather than the ego” - “Culture is not just global, culture is very much local” Aga can be found via the following m

This was a wonderful conversation with any superb human who blends science and spirituality so beautifully. Topics meandered through include vulnerability, self-awareness, neuroscience, connection, fear, story-telling and so much more. Some example insights discuss during this conversation include: - "heart to heart connection in real genuine authentic presence with others saved time and created far better problem-solving" - "a lot of things can go wrong in life because we are too afraid to be vulnerable and be in a place of unpredictability of another human being - we come unpredictable" - "when we are seen, when we are connected, that generates slowing of the heart rate, it generates different neuro-muscular junction" - "when we sit in our spirituality, we realise that resources are not limited" - "isolation is the biggest punishment our nervous system could possibly endure" - "we don't value preventative tools yet. It takes very enlightened people to be going 'hey, I could be doing this before a problem" M

What an incredible start to 2020 this is. I was so grateful and inspired to be in conversation with New York Times best-selling author and wonderful human Dr Tasha Eurich as we discussed in-depth, self-awareness, vulnerability, leadership, emotion, feedback, experimentation and so much more. Tasha's free self-awareness quiz can be found here -> http://www.insight-quiz.com/selfquiz.aspx?z=0 Tasha's TED talk can be found her - > https://www.ted.com/talks/tasha_eurich_increase_your_self_awareness_with_one_simple_fix?language=en Tasha's book can be found here -> http://www.insight-book.com/ Tasha can be contacted via the following means: Web - http://www.tashaeurich.com/ Bio: Dr. Tasha Eurich is an organizational psychologist, researcher, and New York Times best-selling author. Over her 15-plus-year career, she’s helped thousands of leaders and professionals—from public company CEOs to early stage entrepreneurs—improve their self-awareness and success. Her diverse client list includes organization

You can access the free Have Courage summit here -> https://my.visme.co/projects/4d8e0rdy-have-courage-e-book Deborah Hurwitz kindly joined me as part of the Have Courage summit previously with 3 of the key insights that I took away from our conversation being: - Have 30 seconds of courage - Comparing other peoples outsides to our insides - Show up & commit to moving forward Deborah can be contacted via the following means: Website - https://www.productivityforperfectionists.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/MaestraHurwitz LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahhurwitz/ Bio: Using her signature P.A.C.T. System, Deborah Hurwitz helps creative professionals to break through the paralysis of perfectionism and procrastination so they complete the projects and goals that matter most to them.  Deborah is a composer, conductor and recording artist whose internationally acclaimed projects include Cirque du Soleil, Cyndi Lauper and the Broadway smash hit Jersey Boys.  She has written,

You can access the free Have Courage summit here -> https://my.visme.co/projects/4d8e0rdy-have-courage-e-book David Burkus kindly joined me as part of the Have Courage summit previously with 3 of the key insights that I took away from our conversation being: - Courageous sharing - Going first with trust - Diverse networks David can be contacted via the following means: Website - https://davidburkus.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/davidburkus LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidburkus/ Bio: David Burkus is a best-selling author, a sought-after speaker, and associate professor of leadership and innovation at Oral Roberts University. His newest book, Friend of a Friend, offers readers a new perspective on how to grow their networks and build key connections—one based on the science of human behaviour, not rote networking advice. He’s delivered keynotes to the leaders of Fortune 500 companies and the future leaders of the United States Naval Academy. His TED talk has been viewed over 1.9 mi

You can access the free Have Courage summit here -> https://my.visme.co/projects/4d8e0rdy-have-courage-e-book Whitney Johnson kindly joined me as part of the Have Courage summit previously with 3 of the key insights that I took away from our conversation being: - Disrupting yourself takes courage - The S-Curve of learning - Evaluate the positive and negative emotions of jumping Whitney can be contacted via the following means: Website - https://whitneyjohnson.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/johnsonwhitney LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitneyjohnson/ Bio: Whitney Johnson is the CEO of boutique consultancy WLJ Advisors and one of the fifty leading business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50––an expert on helping high-growth organizations develop high-growth individuals. Whitney is an award-winning author, world-class keynote speaker, frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School’s Executive Education, and an executive coach and adviser to CEOs. She has over 1.7 million foll

You can access the free Have Courage summit here -> https://my.visme.co/projects/4d8e0rdy-have-courage-e-book Richard Gerver kindly joined me as part of the Have Courage summit previously with 3 of the key insights that I took away from our conversation being: - Insight from Barack Obama - Curiosity & courage - Self-compassion & vulnerability Richard can be contacted via the following means: Website - https://www.richardgerver.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/richardgerver LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-gerver-2455913/ Bio: Richard Gerver has been described as one of the most inspirational leaders of his generation. He is an award-winning speaker, bestselling author and world-renowned thinker. Richard began his career in education, most notably as headmaster of the failing Grange Primary School. In just two years, famously transformed into one of the most acclaimed learning environments in the world. He was celebrated by UNESCO and the UK Government for its incredible t

You can access the free Have Courage summit here -> https://my.visme.co/projects/4d8e0rdy-have-courage-e-book Heather Hanson-Wickman kindly joined me as part of the Have Courage summit previously with 3 of the key insights that I took away from our conversation being: - Practice vulnerability - Remove more of your work masks - Self-compassion & vulnerability Heather can be contacted via the following means: Website - https://www.untetheredconsulting.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/untetheredco LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherwickmanphd/ Bio: I live to power the evolution of organizations, one leader at a time.  Unfortunately, pervasive suffering is present in most traditional organizations at statistically alarming rates. This causes incredible financial costs as well as immense hardship for both individuals and our collective wellbeing. My passion revolves around the cure. Evolved Leadership. I’ve worked with many of the most prominent healthcare organizations to help le

You can access the free Have Courage summit here -> https://my.visme.co/projects/4d8e0rdy-have-courage-e-book Traci Fenton kindly joined me as part of the Have Courage summit previously with 3 of the key insights that I took away from our conversation being: - Self-worth vs net worth - The power question - Living your purpose Traci can be contacted via the following means: Website - https://www.worldblu.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/tracifenton LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracilfenton/ Bio: Traci Fenton is the Founder and CEO of WorldBlu®, as well as a globally recognized speaker, researcher, writer, and transformational coach and has worked with leaders from small to Fortune 500 companies in over 80 countries worldwide teaching the Freedom at Work™ method. Traci frequently addresses audiences globally and has shared her message with individuals at diverse conferences and organizations such as South by Southwest, Harvard University, Yale University, the CIA, Yahoo, the US Naval Aca

You can access the free Have Courage summit here -> https://my.visme.co/projects/4d8e0rdy-have-courage-e-book Tiphanie Jamison kindly joined me as part of the Have Courage summit previously with 3 of the key insights that I took away from our conversation being: - Creation over Competition - Role model courage - Challenging the status quo Tiphanie can be contacted via the following means: Website - https://tiphaniejamison.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/TiphanieJamEsq LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiphaniejamison/ Bio: Hey There! Tiphanie Jamison, here, the YAY Revenue Radical…Holder of the #1 Spot on Google, Best-Selling Author, Attorney, Big Smiling Expat and Software Developer… My clients call me, “The Monetizer Bunny”, … but my biz philosophy is simple- “Never Compete Create”… Generate Revenue WHILE Building Authority and Differentiation aka… be R.A.D.™-- Multiple Streams of Cash Flow and Wealth By Creating an Unduplicatable Category of 1 for Which YOU ARE the Immediate and Only Au