Sometimes, that “edge” you may be looking for ends up providing you with an advantage, but in unexpected ways. That’s just how uncertainty works. This was true for my guest on this episode Drew Taddia. Drew spent many years as a professional baseball player. Being from Canada, one of the disadvantages he had to contend with is not playing as many games as his American counterparts prior to taking a risk and moving to the USA to try his hand at that country’s “greatest pastime”.
Trying to bridge the gap, Drew turned towards nutrition. He started to figure what works (mostly a plant-based whole foods diet). Eventually, these efforts paid off – but not exactly as intended. Drew decided to try his hand at coaching and training others in diet and nutrition. What started off rocky, has turned into a successful career as an author, fitness expert, podcast host and many more things.
Today, Drew joins me for a fun, engaging and informative conversation about:
- Drew’s background story including his baseball career;
- Taking risks;
- Building resilience through:
- Nutrition, particularly of the plant-based (vegan) variety;
- Managing stress
- Mindfulness
- How to make positive changes that will endure
- Finding a career that you love
- Loads more
It was a blast speaking to Drew and I am sure you’ll find it entertaining and extremely useful.
Show notes:
Drew’s website: http://trueformlife.com/
Drew’s podcast “Exploring Mind and Body” - http://exploringmindandbody.com/
Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueFormLife
Drew on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trueformlife
Drew on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drewtaddia/
Drew’s book Detoxify Yourself: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21398927-detoxify-yourself?from_search=true
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How many people can draw a line in their lives that connects living in the West Bank, yacht racing around the world, doing polar expeditions, and becoming the CEO for a highly successful technology firm? Probably one - and this week, he joins me on the All Things Risk Podcast to talk risk, digital media, leadership, and much more. Meet Tony Haile, founding CEO of Chartbeat (www.chartbeat.com), explorer, adjunct Professor, and many other things.
The things that Tony has done may, at first glance, seem disparate and unrelated. However, as you'll soon grasp, the way that Tony looks at them, they are completely connected. One of the threads that runs through Tony's endeavours is around risk and risk-taking. Tony has for instance, applied many lessons from his polar expedition days to the world of tech start-ups.
Chartbeat, the company Tony led as CEO for seven years is similarly an interesting story - not only because it went from start-up to market leader in its field, but also for what it does. Chartbeat helps media companies understand how its audience engages with content (as opposed to the blunt instrument of measuring clicks and page views). Tony's work at Chartbeat revealed that in spite of the click bait economy of which we are a part, there is a massive demand for thoughtful and nuanced content. We talk about this, including the future of digital media and investigative journalism in part of this episode.
This all makes for a fun, wide-ranging and very insightful conversation that I am certain you will not only enjoy, but also take away some practical things you can use. We cover:
- Tony's background, including studying International Relations and living in the West Bank Palestinian territory;
- Polar expeditions and working with explorer and endurance athlete Ben Saunders;
- Lessons in risk management Tony took from the world of yacht racing and polar expeditions and applied to the world of tech start-ups - this part of the conversation will perhaps challenge any preconceptions you might have about tech entrepreneurs being risk-seeing mavericks prone to recklessness;
- Chartbeat - what it does and how he helped make it a success;
- Lessons from his time as a CEO;
- The state of digital media;
- The future of investigative journalism;
- Book recommendations - Tony is a avid reader and lists the books he as read each year on his website (www.tonyhaile.com) - this led to an interesting discussion on genes and transhumanism (although we did not have enough time to cover this properly!)
- And much more!
Show notes:
Tony's website - www.tonyhaile.com
Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/arctictony
Tony on Linkedin: http://bit.ly/2c7fb7E
Chartbeat: https://chartbeat.com/
Tony's article in Time Magazine "What You Know About the Web is Wrong" - http://time.com/12933/what-you-think-you-know-about-the-web-is-wrong/
Feature on Tony and Chartbeat in the Columbia Journalism Review: http://www.cjr.org/innovations/tony_haile_chartbeat.php
Ernest Shackleton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton
Ben Saunders - http://www.bensaunders.com/
The Scott Expedition: http://scottexpedition.com/
Control Risks: www.controlrisks.com
Article "What ISIS Really Wants": http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/what-isis-really-wants/384980/
The Last Lion 3 by William Manchester and Paul Reid (although also check out 1 and 2): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/746673.The_Last_Lion_3?from_search=true
The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddharta Mukherjee: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27276428-the-gene?from_search=true
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This is just a short in-betweenisode in which I look ahead to our exciting autumn line-up and make a few announcements about the show. Enjoy the rest of your summer and check in for the next full episode on Sept 6th!
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Do you ever feel like our organisations are trying to chisel fine sculptures with blunt instruments? This could be a company pursuing a cost-cutting drive at the expense of innovation and growth, a public policy that aims to solve last year's problem instead of dealing with future challenges, or an education system transfixed on improving test scores at the expense of deeper education. The world is complex, nuanced and much like one of this show's running themes, interconnected. The world is digital, and yet, many of our approaches are analog, particularly in the realm of public policy.
Fortunately, there is a better way to look at the world that embraced uncertainty and complexity. It's called systems thinking and my guest today is an expert in this field. Michele Battle-Fisher is a professor in the Department of Community Health at Wright State University in Ohio, USA. She is also the author of a book called "Application of Systems Thinking to Health Policy and Public Health Ethics: Public Health and Private Illness". She is fun and engaging and we have a very nutrient dense conversation that covers:
- Michele's background and systems thinking origin story that involves a 5th grade speech contest;
- What systems thinking is and why it is useful for dealing with uncertainty and risk;
- Public policy, sub-optimal outcomes and predicting public behaviour;
- Health and the challenges associated with creating and meeting health targets (including an example from her book that looks at HIC amongst teens);
- Artificial intelligence (AI);
- Donald Rumsfeld's famous quote on "known unknowns" and "unknown unknowns";
- "policy puffins"
- How we can all become better systems thinkers
- And much more!
Show notes:
Michele's archived blog: orgcomplexity.wordpreess.com
Michele's scholarship webpage: mbattlefisher.wix.com/orgcomplexity
Michele's book- Amazon- https://www.amazon.com/Application-Systems-Thinking-Health-Policy/dp/3319122029/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470658466&sr=8-1&keywords=michele+battle-fisher
Springer (publisher) http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319122021
Twitter @Mbattlefisher
LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/mbattlefisher
Facebook author page @michelebattlefisher
HumanCurrent podcast @Letsworkhappy http://www.human-current.com
Design4Emergence magazine @d4emergence @gabbleduck (editor- Stacy Hale) design4emergence.com
LinkedIn Groups:
- System thinking network (formerly Systems Thinking World)
- UK Systems Society
- SNA for health
- Systems Thinking & System Dynamics Practitioners Global Network
Select Research Institutes and Systems Focused Organizations:
- Sante Fe Institute santafe.edu
- Complexity Explorer (Sante Fe Institute) www.complexityexplorer.org
- Donella Meadows Institute www.donellameadows.org
- Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science http://www.bcsss.org/
- International Society for the Systems Sciences http://isss.org
- Rethink Health rethinkhealth.org/
- Waters Foundation www.watersfoundation.org
- System Dynamics Society systemdynamics.org/
Donald Rumsfeld Documentary http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2390962/
A few recommended books to introduce systems thinking:
- Meadows, D. (2008). Thinking in Systems- a primer. Chelsea Green: White River Junction, Vermont.
- Mitchell, M. (2011). Complexity: a guided tour. Oxford : New York.
- Kadushin, C. (2012). Understanding Social Networks. Oxford: New York.
- Caldarelli, G. & Catanzaro, M. (2012). Networks- a very short introduction. Oxford: New York.
- Holland, J. (2013). Complexity- a very short introduction. Oxford: New York.
- Watts, D. (2003). Six degrees- the science of a connected age. Norton: New York.
- Barabasi, A-L. (2010). Bursts- the hidden patterns behind everything we do, from your email to bloody crusades. Plume: New York.
- Barabasi, A-L. (2014). Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life. Basic Books: New York.
- Booth-Sweeney, L. & Meadows, D. (2010). The Systems Thinking Playbook. Chelsea Green: White River Junction, Vt.
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In this in-betweenisode, I offer a "yin and yang" perspective on intelligent risk-taking. "Think Big" is a about finding an aspiration, vision or goal that based on deep meaning and will keep you motivated during times of adversity. "Start Small" is all about taking practical steps towards that goal.
Show notes:
Pablo Casals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Casals
"The Black Swan" by Nassim Taleb: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Swan-Impact-Highly-Improbable/dp/0141034599/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1471474779&sr=8-1&keywords=the+black+swan
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I thoroughly dislike New Year's resolutions because in the vast majority of cases, they fail. So, I think it is highly appropriate that we have an episode in August that revolves around the themes of health, wellness, resilience improving performance and becoming a better version of yourself by a measure of 10x. Today's show discusses all of these things and much more without relying on the clichéd and popular methods we hear about that ultimately do not work.
My guest is Hari Kalymnios. Hari is a keynote speaker, trainer, author, Tedx speaker, executive coach and many other things. He is all about helping people become what he likes to call "super leaders". He owns a leadership training company here in London called "The Thought Gym" (thethoughtgym.com) and has a very interesting background. We have a wonderful conversation that covers:
- Hari-s interesting background including how he got into training and coaching;
- Things he learned from studying high performers;
- Mental strength
- Building energy;
- Food and nutrition;
- Daily rituals
- Adopting new and positive habits sot that they stick;
- Fixed versus growth mindsets;
- Risk and intelligent risk-taking;
- The power of consistency
- and loads more!
Show notes:
Hari's website: harikalymnios.com
thethoughtgym.com
Hari's Tedx talk "Unlock Your Inner Superhuman": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQWGgO4pWy4
Hari's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/thethoughtgym
Hari on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thethoughtgym
The Thought Gym on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheThoughtGym/
Hari's book "The Thought Gym": https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thought-Gym-Train-mind-follow/dp/1481966294/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470868480&sr=8-1&keywords=the+thought+gym
Joseph McClendon III: makeyourfate.com
Book "The Ph Miracle": https://www.amazon.co.uk/pH-Miracle-Balance-Reclaim-Health-ebook/dp/B00FOSA8M8/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470868538&sr=1-1&keywords=the+ph+miracle
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Imagine cycling up and over the Andes mountains in Ecuador and Peru (a few times), into the Amazon, across the desert in Bolivia, then into Paraguay and finally Argentina, finishing in Buenos Aires. Sounds pretty gruelling, doesn't it? Now let's add a twist: do this on no money, nothing. Well, that is exactly what my guest Laura Bingham recently accomplished.
Laura is an adventurer and very recently completed this epic journey. I had the pleasure of speaking to her about it all on this episode of the show - and you will have the pleasure of listening to it! This was an amazing conversation that I am sure you will enjoy and from which get plenty of inspiration and advice, regardless of whether or not you are into cycling or travel.
Laura and I discuss:
- Her background, which includes teaching in Mexico and sailing across the Atlantic Ocean back to her native England;
- The origins of her idea to cycle across South America;
- How it worked - how she found food, places to stay, and navigated several challenges;
- Mental strength, including overcoming difficult periods;
- Some of the highlights of the adventure;
- Advice for anyone looking to meet a challenge;
- Tarantulas, armadillos, and chicken dinners;
- Much much more!
Show notes:
Laura's website: www.laurabingham.org
Laura on Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurabingham93
Laura on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laurabingham93/
Laura in Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurabingham93/
Operation South America: http://www.operationsouthamerica.org/
Motivational Madness on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/viralrescue
The All Things Risk Podcast Episode 2 - Martian Cioana: http://allthingsrisk.libsyn.com/ep-2-martian-cioana
The Transcontinental Race: http://www.transcontinental.cc/
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People love to hear expert predictions and forecasts during times of high uncertainty and volatility. Many of these are wrong - with an important exception. In this this short episode, I discuss why we should embrace nuance ("shades of grey") and how to do so.
Show notes:
Future Babble by Dan Gardner: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Future-Babble-Expert-Predictions-Believe/dp/0753522365/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469049168&sr=8-1&keywords=future+babble
"Science Says There's a Surprising Way to Change People's Political Views": http://uk.businessinsider.com/surprising-way-to-change-political-opinions-2016-6?utm_content=buffer487d3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer?r=US&IR=T
"Rise of the 'alta-male'": http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/rise-of-the-alta-male-the-new-priorities-of-men-in-2016/
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Risk management needs an overhaul. It needs to join the 21st Century. Daniel Wagner and Dante Disparte's new book Global Risk Agility and Decision-Making: Organisational Resilience in the Era of Man-Made Risk not only discusses why this is the case, but also provides a great road map of how to achieve it.
This week, Daniel joins me as the first guest to make a re-appearance on the show. He discusses many of the book's themes and we have a fascinating conversation that I felt could have gone for hours. We talk about:
- Brexit - while I never want to date any of my episodes, I thought I'd be re-miss not to tap Daniel's expertise on country risk management and spend some time getting his take on Britain's recent referendum;
- The Anthropecene Era and man-made risks - we spend some time talking about climate change in particular, but the book also discusses things like terrorism and cyber risk;
- Where risk management goes wrong for organisations - short-termism, greed, etc.;
- Risk agility;
- Systemic issues like corruption and vested interests in global politics;
- Organisations "having a conscience";
- Individual and organisational leadership;
- Disruption
- Common sense
- and much more!
It is a wonderful conversation that I am sure you will enjoy!
Show notes:
- the book's website: http://globalriskagility.com/
- Find the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Global-Risk-Agility-Decision-Making/dp/1349948594/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468324654&sr=8-1&keywords=global+risk+agility
- Daniel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/countryriskmgmt
- Dante Disparte on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ddisparte
- Daniel's company, Country Risk Solutions: http://countryrisksolutions.com/
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What is it about travel? Why put yourself in positions of almost pure uncertainty in foreign lands? What is about not knowing what a place is going to be like that is so wonderful?
To explore these and other topics, Hayden Lee joins me today. Hayden is the host of a show called “The Travel Stories” podcast. Hayden is also a musician (he was the bassist for a band called Lazarus Mode), sound technician, and many other things. He is also loads of fun and a great story-teller.
This was a fantastic conversation with some great stories, loads of laughs, and some wonderful insights. We get into:
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This is an in-betweenisode in which I offer some thoughts on the recent UK referendum to leave the EU (Brexit), and how to respond to greater uncertainty caused by changes in our external environments.
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How do leaders, innovators, and successful entrepreneurs practice resilience? How does resilience help to create success (and how do we even define success)? My guest on this week’s episode is best-selling author, CEO, management expert and technology entrepreneur Faisal Hoque. Faisal currently runs a company called Shadoka and is a regular contributor for Fast Company. Faisal has a very interesting background. He moved from Bangladesh to the USA when he was 17 and by the age of 22, started his own company and was on the way to achieve tremendous success. However, he eventually had to deal with tremendous adversity and that’s when he started to make a number of changes in his life and approach. We get into all of that, and much more.
We discuss:
And much more!
Show notes:
Faisal’s website: http://faisalhoque.com/
Shadoka: http://shadoka.com/
Faisal on Twitter: https://twitter.com/faisal_hoque
Faisal in Fast Company: http://www.fastcompany.com/user/faisal-hoque
Faisal in Business Insider: http://uk.businessinsider.com/author/faisal-hoque
Survive to Thrive: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Survive-Thrive-Practices-Entrepreneurs-Innovators-ebook/dp/B0101FI78A/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1466638185&sr=8-5&keywords=survive+to+thrive
Everything Connects: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everything-Connects-Creativity-Innovation-Sustainability-ebook/dp/B00HSO0YIE/ref=sr_1_1_twi_kin_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1466638220&sr=8-1&keywords=everything+connects
Lydia Dishman article on having mulitple jobs: http://www.fastcompany.com/3060326/the-future-of-work/in-the-future-well-all-have-multiple-jobs
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zen-Mind-Beginners-Shunryu-Suzuki-ebook/dp/B00I8USOM0/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1466638892&sr=1-1&keywords=zen+mind+beginners+mind
River Monsters: http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/river-monsters/
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This is a short in-betweenisode in which I discuss grit and motivation. I offer four tips and steps around how to push through when a lack of motivation is a factor.
Show notes:
Article on negative thoughts: http://business.financialpost.com/entrepreneur/three-techniques-to-manage-40000-negative-thoughts
Article on how action creates emotion: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/insight-therapy/201010/action-creates-emotion
Article on habits: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-happiness-project/200910/stop-expecting-change-your-habit-in-21-days
Tim Ferriss on habits: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2009/01/07/the-power-of-less-leo-babauta-zen-habits
Rich Roll: www.richroll.com
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This is a short in-betweenisode in which I discuss grit and motivation. I offer four tips and steps around how to push through when a lack of motivation is a factor.
Show notes:
Article on negative thoughts: http://business.financialpost.com/entrepreneur/three-techniques-to-manage-40000-negative-thoughts
Article on how action creates emotion: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/insight-therapy/201010/action-creates-emotion
Article on habits: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-happiness-project/200910/stop-expecting-change-your-habit-in-21-days
Tim Ferriss on habits: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2009/01/07/the-power-of-less-leo-babauta-zen-habits
Rich Roll: www.richroll.com
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Does leading counter-insurgency operations against the Taliban have any application to a purely civilian realm? Yes, and more than you can probably imagine. I explore this question in this episode and there is so much wrapped into the answers, that it makes for an enthralling discussion about leadership, war, discipline, decision-making in the midst of uncertainty and so much more. I think you’ll love it!
My guest is Nick Copperwaite. Nick currently works in the finance sector here in London. However, prior to this he spent 17 years in the Parachute Regiment of the British Army, rising to the rank of Major. He led operations in Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan.
I know many of you have a wide range of views on war, foreign policy and military intervention. However, regardless of your perspective, I am certain that you will get a lot out of this conversation.
Nick is a great guy, with a huge amount of knowledge and insights and a very interesting journey from the battle fields of Afghanistan to the his current role working in the office complexes of Canary Wharf. I have a great amount of admiration and respect for him.
In this episode, we discuss:
This is an amazing conversation and I am sure you will enjoy and get a lot out of it!
Show notes:
Nick on Linkedin: http://bit.ly/1TSqCwe
The book “The Utility of Force” by Rupert Smith: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211972.The_Utility_of_Force?ac=1&from_search=true
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Today we talk history, international diplomacy, and the life of a foreign correspondent in the USA. My guest is Stéphane Bussard. Stéphane is the US correspondent at Le Temps (www.letemps.ch), the leading French-language newspaper in Switzerland and a world-class publication.
Stéphane has a very interesting background which has included being an exchange student in Leipzig, in late 1989 when it was still known as East Germany or the German Democratic Republic, and being an eye witness to the fall of the Berlin Wall, one of the most monumental events in the history of the 20th Century. This event greatly influenced Stéphane’s decision to become a journalist and a foreign correspondent in particular.
We talk about this in the episode, as well as loads of other interesting topics:
Show notes:
Stéphane on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BussardS
Stéphane on Linkedin: http://bit.ly/1UbXQpP
Some of Stéphane’s work:
http://www.letemps.ch/societe/2013/08/06/traces-barack-obama
http://www.letemps.ch/societe/2013/08/06/traces-barack-obama
http://www.letemps.ch/monde/2014/07/30/amerique-noire-barack-obama
http://www.letemps.ch/monde/2014/07/29/lyndon-johnson-guide-revolution-droits-civiques
http://www.letemps.ch/monde/2014/07/28/selma-montgomery-marche-une-citoyennete-part-entiere
http://www.letemps.ch/monde/2014/07/27/route-droits-civiques
http://www.letemps.ch/monde/2014/07/27/james-meredith-cet-anti-heros
http://www.letemps.ch/monde/2014/11/21/reportage-ferguson-menacee-un-verdict-explosif
http://www.letemps.ch/monde/2009/04/07/discussions-secretes-geneve
http://www.letemps.ch/monde/2014/12/14/cuba-etats-unis-un-obstacle-ouverture
http://www.letemps.ch/monde/2014/12/17/pari-ouverture
http://www.letemps.ch/monde/2014/12/14/cubains-ont-un-mode-pensee-beaucoup-plus-independant
http://www.letemps.ch/no-section/2015/05/18/cuba-un-peuple-entre-espoir-crainte-veille-grand-basculement
http://www.letemps.ch/no-section/2015/05/18/el-paquete-internet-pauvre-fureur-cuba
http://www.letemps.ch/monde/2015/07/01/cuba-etats-unis-percee-diplomatique-historique
http://www.letemps.ch/monde/2016/03/11/negociations-secretes-brisent-un-mythe
http://www.letemps.ch/suisse/2010/10/23/negociations-secretes-ombre-geneve
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This is a short "inbetweenisode" in which I discuss how to take risks intelligently through knowing the difference between the "zone of regret" and the "zone of disappointment". I also leverage a quote from Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, as read by Forest Whitaker in the 1999 movie "Ghost Dog".
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How did everything come to be the way it is? My guest in Episode 12 of the podcast (I very deliberately decided to post this conversation in Episode 12 – listen to the episode to find out why), runs a blog and is working on a forthcoming book that attempts to answer this very question.
Kevin Knabe is a User Experience Designer. He has worked at Apple (although not when Steve Jobs was there as Kevin points out!), Rodale and other leading organisations . He designs and improves the way we work with products. His blog (and book by the same name) is called “The Making of Sense” (www.themakingofsense.com). It’s awesome.
In it, Kevin applies his design background to all kinds of things and asks the simple question, “why did they design it like that?” When you read his posts, you come to understand that many of the things that we take for granted and our quite common in our everyday experience were actually designed on the basis of randomness, quirks of history, the needs or other factors present whenever the thing was invented, and many other interesting phenomena. I find the whole concept behind his blog and book to be strangely empowering.
In this episode, Kevin share many of the excerpts from his blog and forthcoming book and it makes for a very interesting and fun conversation. We talk about:
I am sure that you will enjoy it!
Show notes:
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Have you been to the theatre lately? Perhaps you’ve attended a performance at the National Theatre in London, or watched a broadcast of one at your local cinema. If so, you’ll know that they do some amazing things at these live productions - performers float or even ”fly”, shows have live birds flying, and they even set things on fire. How do these productions do these things within the confines of a theatre or arts centre, and how do they balance risk while maintaining the artistic integrity of the production?
Enter, stage right, my guest on today’s episode, Ms. Anna Glover. Anna leads the Safety Risk and Fire Management team at the world renowned National Theatre here in London. As you will soon find out, Anna does NOT do Health and Safety risk. Rather, she and her team are a core part of these internationally acclaimed shows – full stop. The work she does embodies what great risk management is all about – taking risk with intelligence and confidence – and achieving great things in the process. We obviously cover this fascinating line of work in the episode – including her work with top directors, choreographers, designers, and actors, and on some amazing shows.
But, there is much more to Anna than this. We have a great conversation around how Anna got into this line of work. This is a wonderful example of how to find your path – or more precisely, how to let it find you. We move on to have a great discussion about Anna’s philosophy on risk, fear, and many other things. We also cover:
This is an amazing episode and I am sure you will enjoy it!
Show notes:
Anna Glover's website - http://annagloverconsulting.com/
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/annajglover
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annagloverconsulting/
Some people Anna has worked with:
“The Light Princess” – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Light-Princess-Original-Cast-Recording/dp/B0131W0S4Q
Book recommendation – Creativity, Inc.by Ed Catmull - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18077903-creativity-inc?from_search=true&search_version=service
Book recommendation – The Organised Mind by Daniel Levitin - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18693669-the-organized-mind?ac=1&from_search=true
Joint Service Mountain Training Centre - http://www.nuffieldanglesey.org.uk/
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
Chang’s Hapkido Academy - http://www.changshapkido.net/
Poem – “The Bright Field” by RS Thomas: http://emilyspoetryblog.com/2013/10/23/the-bright-field-by-r-s-thomas/
I have seen the sun break through
to illuminate a small field
for a while, and gone my way
and forgotten it. But that was the
pearl of great price, the one field that had
treasure in it. I realise now
that I must give all that I have
to possess it. Life is not hurrying
on to a receding future, nor hankering after
an imagined past. It is the turning
aside like Moses to the miracle
of the lit bush, to a brightness
that seemed as transitory as your youth
once, but is the eternity that awaits you.
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Today we talk geopolitics, career paths, and much more with my guest Daniel Wagner. Daniel is the founder and CEO of Country Risk Solutions and a veteran of country and political risk management. He has been a practitioner in this fascinating area of risk for many years – he has written a couple of books on the topic and several articles. He frequently appears on CNN, RT, the Huffington Post, and other media outlets to offer his views on international affairs.
What is country and political risk? If you are new to this field, or don’t know much about it, it is basically the management of risks created by political actors or political conditions. So, it might be things like the prospect of war or political violence in a country in which your organisation is working, policy uncertainty, or things of that nature. I have worked in this area, and it is certainly fascinating.
Like many great conversations however, this one starts with Robert Plant and Led Zeppelin. Daniel interviewed Robert Plant in the early 1980s on MTV - an interesting story. From there, we move into how Daniel got into country risk and his career path to date. We also riff about a number of interesting topics such as the role of China, multilateral institutions, and the upcoming US elections (Bernie Sanders, Hilary Clinton, Donald Trump). Daniel also offers his thoughts and philosophies on risk management generally and we discuss his upcoming book Global Risk Agility and Decision-Making. We will have Daniel and his co-author Dante Disparte on a future episode to get more into the nuts and bolts of the book.
Show notes:
Country Risk Solutions: www.countryrisksolutions.com
Daniel’s book, Country Risk, A Practitioner’s Guide: http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Country-Risk-Practitioners-Cross-Border/dp/1466500476/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1462225124&sr=1-3
Daniel’s forthcoming book: Global Risk Agility and Decision Making (Macmillan, July 2016): http://www.amazon.com/Global-Risk-Agility-Decision-Making/dp/1349948594/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456840522&sr=8-1&keywords=global+risk+agility+and+decision+making
Articles written by Daniel: http://countryrisksolutions.com/publications.html
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Country-Risk-Solutions/206650596087696?sk=wall
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/danielwagnercrs
Twitter: http://twitter.com/countryriskmgmt
Daniel on You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CountryRiskSolutions
Daniel’s interview with Robert Plant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIvEBNf5TfA
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My guest on today’s show is endurance adventurer Luke Tyburski. I first came across Luke in a couple of podcasts Ilisten to, saw that he also based in London, and connected with himto do this show. Luke’s story is amazing and inspiring. Last year, Luke devised, designed, and completed “The Ultimate Triathlon” – a 2000 km adventure from Morocco to Monaco thatinvolved: 1) swimming the Strait of Gibraltar (equal to 400 laps ofa 50m pool), 2) cycling 1,300 kms across the Spanish coast intoFrance (equivalent to the entire length of Britain), and 3) running 14 marathons to Monaco – all done in just 12 days!
However, this is not just a story of someone who did something epic. Luke’s approach is a beautiful example of how to take risks, even when things don’t fully work out – as is the case inhis efforts to turn from struggling journeyman footballer tofull-blown professional.
We also discuss his battle with depression. This is a very real, authentic conversation about this illness. If you or anyoneyou know is struggling with depression, I urge you to have a listento the first 30-40 minutes of this show, as Luke provides a number of wonderful insights.
From there, we go on to discuss Luke’s training and completion of the Marathon des Sables (MDS) – a great part of the conversation when we tackle the nature of motivation, authenticity, and living life.
We then get into a number of Luke’s further adventures, leading to the Ultimate Triathlon.
I thought the conversation was pure gold. We cover, among many other things:
Show notes:
Luke on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/luke.tyburski.1?fref=ts
The Ultimate Triathlon on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theultimatetriathlon/?fref=ts
Luke on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luketyburski
Luke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LukeTyburski
Connect with Luke on email: LukeTyburski@gmail.com
Nominate Luke to give a TED Talk: https://speaker-nominations.ted.com/
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How much should we, as individual citizens worry about dying from a terrorist attack? I explore this question with reference to some probabilities in this short episode.
Show notes:
Sam Harris / Dan Carlin "crosscast" "Shouldering the Burden of History" - https://www.samharris.org/blog/item/shouldering-the-burden-of-history-podcast-transcript
"10 Things More Likely to Kill You Than Islamic Terror" - http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-12/10-things-more-likely-kill-you-islamic-terror
"What's many more times deadly than terrorism? Britain's roads" - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/25/deadly-terrorism-britain-roads-security-risk
"UK Terror Hysteria Exposed" - http://www.countercurrents.org/polya160914.htm
My guest on today’s show is writer, poet, book-seller, “newpaperist,” and runner Robert Earl Stewart. Robert and I,or Bob as I have always known him, go way back. We both grew up in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. In the mid-1980s when we were 13 and 14 years old, he and I created the Role Playing Wrestling Alliance, an amazing, all-consuming game that was at once part Dungeons andDragons, WWE/WWF, and repository of our own intense brand of imaginary violence. The game consumed us for two to three years and in some way, had an influence on each of our professionalpaths.
This week, Robert has a wonderfully-written article coming outabout our monstrous and fantastic creation in the upcoming issue of Canadian Notes and Queries (www.notesandqueries.ca ). In this conversation, we get into that (I think the article hasseveral belly laughs), and we end discussing a range interesting topics, including:
It is a fun conversation that I am certain you will enjoy!
Show notes:
Robert on Twitter: https://twitter.com/earlofbob
Robert on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertearlstewart/
Robert on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3102353.Robert_Earl_Stewart
Canadian Notes and Queries: www.notesandqueries.ca
Biblioasis: http://biblioasis.com/
Robert’s first poetry book Something Burned Alongthe Southern Border: http://mansfieldpress.net/2011/09/somethung-burned-along-the-southern-border/
Robert’s second poetry book Campfire RadioRhapsody: http://mansfieldpress.net/2011/09/campfire-radio-rhapsody/
Book recommendation Y.T.: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25937717-y-t?from_new_nav=true&ac=1&from_search=true
Book recommendation Exemplary Departures: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27416805-exemplary-departures
Portrait of Robert by Melanie Janisse Barlow (https://twitter.com/mingot andhttps://www.instagram.com/melaniejanissepaint/)
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I would normally have put up an "in-betweenisode" this week but instead offer you a taster of next week's full episode. Next week, I converse with writer, poet, book-seller, father, husband and runner, Robert Earl Stewart. We talk about his article in the upcoming issue of Canadian Notes and Queries (http://notesandqueries.ca/), story-telling, the media, poetry, running and lots more. The episode will be up on April 5th.
Whether it’s Volkswagen, Siemens, FIFA, or many otherorganisations, we seem to be hearing more and more aboutcorruption. Are all organisations, particularly businesses, corrupt - and what can we do about it? My guest today has interesting answers to these questions, and we get into this fascinating area of risk.
Alison Taylor is, amongst many other things, an expert in anti-corruption. Alison is a Director at an organisation called Business for Social Responsibility (www.bsr.org) and has several years of experience doing consulting work and investigations in this area. She has a unique perspective to corruption by bringing both analytical and practical lenses to it – and emphasises the important role that organisational culture (i.e.“how things are done around here”) plays. She not only knows her stuff, but explains things clearly and with plenty of interesting stories and examples. I thought it was an excellent conversation and I’m certain you’ll enjoy it.
We covered many areas including:
- What corruption is;
- How and why organisations become “corrupted”;
- Why many currently popular “compliance-led” approaches to corruption are falling short;
- Whistleblowers and why there are so few of them out there;
- Tell-tale signs of corruption (i.e. how to tell if you might beworking for, or with, a corrupt organisation);
- Cross-cultural (i.e. non-Western) attitudes towardscorruption
Show notes:
- You can find some of Alison’s articles on this topichere: http://www.forbes.com/sites/riskmap/2014/12/11/lighting-up-the-battle-against-corruption/#7e0783416ea5,here: http://globalanticorruptionblog.com/tag/alison-taylor/andhere:http://www.fcpablog.com/blog/2015/6/22/alison-taylor-does-competition-cause-corruption.html
- Follow Alison on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FollowAlisonTandLinkedin:http://bit.ly/1UGu8hL
- The book “Beautiful Souls”: http://amzn.to/1o6Lkij
- Article in Rolling Stone, “A Whistleblower’s HorrorStory”: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/a-whistleblowers-horror-story-20150218
- Paul Polman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Polman
- The article “The Nature of Corruption”: https://ideas.repec.org/p/zbw/ifwedp/201359.html
- Article "The Normalisation of Corruption inOrganisations": http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191308503250012
- The site www.ipaidabribe.com
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