Being responsible for what you are doing is one of the most important aspects of building your desired business. Among the various aspects, it will help you to be a bold and brave business person. Our guest today is, Mr. Brent Lowe; founder of BASE Associates, a business coaching and consulting company, and author of ‘Lead Together’. Throughout the episode, we dive into three major concepts in the book, rules & agreements, types of power, radical responsibility, commitments, types of agreements, feedback and mutual curiosity, recruiting process, and more. 

[01.49] Motivation – Brent shares what motivates him at present in his life. 

[05.20] The three concepts – Brent dives into the concepts of self-management, self-leadership, and TEAL in the book. 

[08.21] Rules & agreements – Brent dives into the difference between rules and agreements which every system possesses. 

[14.38] Highlights – Brent dives into four highlights which they had seen that companies got from the book. 

[18.23] Three qualities – Curiosity, creativity, and drive for results as the three qualities that leaders need to add for the organization to be successful, says Brent. 

[24.04] Types of power – power over, power for, power among, and power with as the four types of power in the organizational concept. 

[31.55] Radical responsibility – Brent dives into the meaning of radical responsibility and two sides of it. 

[35.56] Accountable for radical responsibility – Conversation is the key to having an adult-to-adult system and what makes it difficult to achieve that. 

[43.08] Commitments – Brent dives into the two sides of commitment and the three ‘r’s; recap, review, and record that comes under commitment. 

[51.02] Types of agreements – Brent talks about the three types of agreements; governance, operating, and social. 

[55.17] Being a part of – Brent discusses the things that they do to avoid the feeling of being left behind from the process of decision-making of the employees. 

[59.48] Swarm artificial intelligence - Artificial Swarm Intelligence is an AI platform that enables groups of all sizes to collaborate online and make choices together while swarming algorithms keep track of their actions and reactions.

[01.01.29] Decision-making – Brent dives into two major decision-making processes; the advice process and the generative process. 

[01.08.30] Feedback and mutual curiosity – Brent dives deep into how important feedback is to move forward and how the two concepts connect when it comes to decision-making. 

[01.13.30] Recruiting practices – Brent shares how the recruitment process differs from one organization to the other. 

[01.19.41] Sense and respond – Brent defines the meanings of sense and respond and how people are making decisions based on that. 

Resources

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentloweconnects/?originalSubdomain=ca 

Website - https://www.leadtogether.co/