In this episode of Being Human, I speak with embodiment coaching specialist Mark Walsh. Embodiment is about working through gentle non-athletic movement, posture, awareness, and breathing to pursue deeper, faster and more permanent change. In this conversation, Mark shows us how to make friends with our bodies and feel at home again in our skin.
In this episode, we talk:
- From drug dealer to aikidoka - The three levels of embodiment - How to be become trauma-aware - Saving lives in the Middle East - Training circus acts in Ethiopia
We have a culture that celebrates material success in all areas of life, but what would our culture look like if started to celebrate the Wise Ones?
Who would they be? Garland Vance ponders:
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Suicide is the leading cause of death for men 18-49 in the UK.
This statistic prompted our Being Human guest Russ Kane to create the Men's Radio Network - @MensRadioStation
What practical steps can we take to help men who may be suffering?
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This week, I sit down with leadership and change consultant Dr Sharon Varney. She recently published 'Leadership in Complexity and Change: For a World in Constant Motion.'
Sharon is adept at making complexity science accessible and has a wealth of experience applying it in business.
We talk:
- How starlings demonstrate complexity
- Increasing your 'complexity aperture'
- Change management vs managing in change
- The importance of slowness
- Ethics in a complex world
Links:
Sharon's Website - space for learning - https://spaceforlearning.com/who-we-are/
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This week I speak with Niels Pflaeging, researcher and author on organisational leadership and transformation.
Niels is a tour de force on a mission to create a world of 'Beta' organisations. He borrows the 'beta' concept from software development, where 'beta' systems are constantly being iterated. Beta organisations are decentralised and comprise small, self-sustaining autonomous teams in the mould of Handelsbanken or Buurtzorg. Niels claims his beta model is the best a company can adopt to thrive in complexity and to enable human flourishing.
Niels pulls no punches in describing our present management paradigm, nor his views on applying complexity science in business.
Niels shares:
- Why command and control 'Alpha' organisations stink
- The difference between Blue (complicated) and Red (complex) systems
- Why complexity frameworks are BS
- The issue with consent-based decisions making
- How to transform to a decentralised 'Beta' organisation in 90 days
Links:
Organize for Complexity - The Book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Organize-Complexity-High-Performance-Organization-Publishing/dp/0991537602/
Niels' Website - https://www.nielspflaeging.com/
gomenius - https://www.qomenius.com/
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Helping to create a 'trauma-aware' society is a significant aim of this podcast, so I'm delighted that for our 100th episode we talk with Darius Cikanavicius. He a prodigious blogger and author of 'Human Development and Trauma'.
We talk:
- Darius' childhood growing up in a single-parent home
- Why trauma is not just about significant events
- The power of having an 'enlightened witness'
- Why therapy rocks
- Where to start with Self-Work
Enjoy!
Links:
Self Archeology site - https://www.selfarcheology.com/
Self Archeology Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/selfarcheology/
Darius Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/selfarcheology/
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Trauma Recovery and High Performance are not two terms we often see in the same sentence.
And yet, releasing trauma can be the key to breakthroughs in so many aspects of high performance.
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In this episode of Being Human, I speak with author and complexity consultant Sonja Blignaut.
Meteorologist then IBM consultant, Sonya took a varied path to her latest role as CEO of leading complexity practitioners, Cognitive Edge.
Sonja is a born-and-bred South African. As she points out, things don’t get much more complex than in the Rainbow Nation.
In this episode, we talk:
- Complexity and mindfulness
- The individual versus the system
- Letting go of the certainty merchants
- The diversity within
- Facing your triggers
Links:
Sonja's Medium Page - https://sonjablignaut.medium.com/
Sonja's Practice - More Beyond - http://www.morebeyond.co.za/
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