Season 2 – Episode 19: The Workplace's Hidden Secret You or someone near you suffers from one of these..... This week, Steve Shutts joined us to discuss energy-limiting conditions, which impact 15 million people in the UK or 1 in 5 in the workplace. These conditions are a silent challenge for many, often not talked about or understood, and consequently negatively impact many people's working lives. Steve shares the extent to which these conditions impact people, provides insights into how to make the workplace inclusive for people with ELCs, and discusses the benefits this can bring to individuals, teams, and organisations. We will all work with people with ELCs, and many of us suffer … [Read more...]
Developing Capable People
Season 2 – Episode 11: It Is So Much More Than Training This week, Amanda Gilbert joins us to share insights into how you can build people's capability - yours, your teams, or your organisation. Avoid some common pitfalls and follow critical steps to improve capability and results. This podcast follows the recent episode where James shared a magic bullet for improving performance: building your systems' capability. People are critical to any system, so check out Amanda's advice. We also discuss the challenges of buying and maintaining cars, and James improves his productivity by listening to podcasts on double speed—perfect if you're a fan of the Smurfs! To find out more, … [Read more...]
Artificial Intelligence
Season 1 – Episode 31: Is it Transformative Tech or Management Fluff? Today, we have a special guest, Alex Alexander, to discuss Gen AI. Alex runs a tech start-up, Xoots and has a glittering career in technology across Europe, working for brands including Emirates and Net A Porter. He's advised companies and governments on all things AI and we are lucky to have him join us to explore this hot topic.He will help educate you on what Gen AI is and how it works, explore some of its uses and potential, and finally, Alex will share his insights on how you can get started and exploit the power of Gen AI.If you've wondered what it is or how to start on the journey, you mustn't miss the … [Read more...]
Leveraging Your Strengths
Season 1 – Episode 7: Don’t Let Harry Kane Play in Goal! This podcast is the first of two festive episodes aimed at helping you plan for a bumper 2024. In this episode, we discuss the value of playing to your strengths and why we tend to focus on developing the things we're not good at rather than further developing the things we are good at. We explore what this means to individuals and leaders and how this can help unlock outstanding results. We will be back in the New Year with an episode on setting goals, which will also help make 2024 the stuff of dreams! Until then, enjoy the festive period. Transcript James: 0:03 I'm James. Jimmy: 0:04 Hi, I'm … [Read more...]