Access to Inspiration

Sue Stockdale talks to Brendan Davis, a writer-director-producer working internationally in film & TV about what his work involves; what makes an award-winning film, and how filmmaking can transcend some of the silos that people find themselves in.

Brendan's career began his entertainment career in Atlanta in 1990, moved to Los Angeles in 2002, and has split his time between Beijing and Los Angeles since 2013. Davis has been a producer on films premiering, competing, or winning at Sundance, Toronto, Berlin, and other festivals. In 2013 Davis produced the first Los Angeles-based season of Chinese TV hit "Jia Pian You Yue" for CCTV-6, featuring Stan Lee, Justin Lin, M. Night Shyamalan, Sean Astin, and others.

He is a former Producing faculty member at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles, served a year as Chairman of Adamas Film International in Beijing, and has guest lectured at the Beijing Film Academy. In 2018 he wrote and directed the documentary “Yibin: An Elemental Journey” for CCTV. In 2019 he and director Eric Raine completed a 5-year journey making feature documentary CRAZYHOT, about the world of ultra hot chile peppers, now available on VOD worldwide. Davis is currently in pre-production on Paris-based feature film MY FAVORITE SEASON and producing a documentary on US-China relations with writer-director Larry Sullivan, cinematographer Naeem Seirafi, and partners.

Quotes

'Film is a way for me to connect with greater experiences outside myself, but also have my internal interpretation of it.'

'Film is as much driven by the use of sound and music, as it is the visual'.

'The most successful films in general have a sense of cohesion internally. It feels like a finished piece of work'.

'A lot of things inspire me. I think that overcoming long odds is, something that's very relatable to people in general. I think that especially moves me'.

'I feel like there is interest in how can I benefit my family and my society, my cohort. That's a generic difference between the Chinese culture versus the American culture. But I do think it's changing'.

'I have a lot of hope and faith and confidence in filmmaking to transcend some of these silos that people find themselves in. And I feel like that's what is going to be even more necessary than ever before, as we move forward'.

Find out more about Brendan Davis:
Website https://www.crazyinagoodway.com
the podcast "How China Works" https://www.howchinaworkspodcast.com/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/brendankdavis/
Twitter https://twitter.com/VeritasInLux

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Host: Sue Stockdale 
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Sue Stockdale talks to Racheal Kigame and Salome Gathoni from Kenya who volunteered to design our impact survey, analyse the data, and produce our first impact report. They discuss some of the results and explain why it’s essential today for any company or organisation to measure if they are making a social impact in the lives of individuals, families, or communities they are serving.

Sue also shares some of the listener's feedback as well as examining with Racheal and Salome the growing interest in impact investing, and how organisations must adopt new ways of communicating if they want to have a positive impact.

Racheal Kigame is Country Program Director of Help a Child Africa, based in Nairobi.
She was a guest in Access to Inspiration Episode 12 – Leading a non-profit in Kenya
https://www.accesstoinspiration.org/podcast/racheal-wanjiku-kigame-leading-a-non-profit-in-kenya/

Salome Gathoni is a communications specialist, and Corporate Affairs Manager and the member of the senior management team of a hospital in Kenya.

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In this bonus series on Leadership and Learning we share episodes from other podcast series we recommend. They feature inspirational people that our host, Sue Stockdale has interviewed. This guest episode is from the Coaching Perspectives podcast series published by the Association for Coaching.

Host, Sue Stockdale talks to Dan Hoffman, founder and CEO of Circl.es Learning Labs based in Brooklyn, NY about how to create a learning environment, and the role that leaders have in making this happen effectively within an organisation. Dan's mission is to make it easier to connect as humans in small groups and to make a difference in how we learn, work and live.

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Our guest today in this bonus series on Leadership and Learning is Paul Tennant OBE, who until recently was Chief Executive at The Law Society. Paul talks to our host Sue Stockdale about some of the key leadership characteristics that are important such as resilience, empathy, and always remaining curious. He also explains the importance of pausing and reflecting and how this helps him as a leader.

From January 2022, Paul will be the new Chief Executive for care provider The Abbeyfield Society, which owns and manages around 20 UK care homes.

This episode is part of the series featuring other podcasts that we recommend.

Listen to more episodes from The Conscious Leader podcast series.
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Host: Sue Stockdale 
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In this bonus series on Leadership and Learning we share episodes from other podcast series we recommend. They feature inspirational people that our host, Sue Stockdale has interviewed. This guest episode is from the Coaching in the Workplace series which is part of the Association for Coaching Podcast Channel.

Host, Sue Stockdale talks to Jen Kidby, Director of Talent and Leadership Development at Grant Thornton Canada, about the work being done to create a coaching culture within the business. Jen explains how employees adapted and maintained resilience during the pandemic, and how senior leaders used podcasting to talk about their experiences of leading through a pandemic.

Jen Kidby is an accredited coach and a coach supervisor, and has worked as an external and internal coach for over 18 years. She is a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and has worked in both the UK and Canada, giving her a strong foundation to help leaders and other coaches be successful. In her role in Grant Thornton Canada, Jen leads coaching for the firm, supporting over 100 Partners across Canada to bring coaching to life through their everyday leadership.

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In this bonus series on Leadership and Learning, we are sharing episodes from other podcast series we recommend. They feature inspirational people that our host, Sue Stockdale has interviewed. This guest episode is from the Clusters podcast.

Host Sue Stockdale talks to Simon Bazalgette, Chair of Trustees at the worldXchange Foundation, about how the legacy of the Grubb Institute, which focused on organisational dynamics, systems thinking and psychology, played a role in the creation of Clusters.

Clusters is a programme bringing together representatives from across sectors such as Housing, Environmental, Health and Digital to explore new ways of seeing, being and doing.

Simon talks about how self-awareness, systemic thinking, and empowering others are at the heart of effective leadership. He describes a powerful early learning experience he had as a volunteer running a youth club in a deprived area, where by using this leadership approach they created a safe space for the youths to run their own organisation.

In 2020, Simon co-founded Global Venue Services, and he is the Chairman. Between 2008 and 2019 he was Chairman of Jockey Club Racecourses, (JCR) the largest UK racecourse operator, and Group Chief Executive of its owner, The Jockey Club. JCR owns and operates 15 racecourses and puts on three of the top 10 best attended sports events in the UK (Cheltenham, the Grand National and the Derby). Prior to taking over the running of the 270-year-old Jockey Club, Simon had spent 15 years co-founding and running media and technology start-ups.

The worldXchange foundation exists to advance the education and the capability of communities to shape positive sustainable change through collaborative, action led programmes across the world.

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In this bonus series on Leadership and Learning, we are sharing episodes from other podcast series we recommend. They feature inspirational people that our host, Sue Stockdale has interviewed. This guest episode is from The Sports 2000 podcast.

Sue Stockdale talks to John Iley, a new competitor in the Duratec category of Sports 2000 (a sports prototype series) about his debut season, how he works with motorsport engineering student’s trackside, as well as how John aims to improve his own driver performance.

As a youngster, John dreamed of driving racing cars and it took four decades to fulfil his ambition. His career instead took a different direction where he focused on the technical side of motorsport which became all-consuming. Notable career highlights include working at Jordan Grand Prix as a senior aerodynamicist, before becoming Head of Aero in 1998. He continued working in that role at Renault F1, Ferrari F1, and in McLaren F1 evolving to Performance Director.

Now running his own business since 2015, John is a consultant, predominantly helping people’s performance vehicles go faster as well as supporting International and National motorsport governing bodies technically. Iley gained his ARDS racing licence at 50 years old and made his Sports 2000 debut in 2021 with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) team where he lectures, mentors and is Professor of Practice.

Listen to other episodes of The Sports 2000 Podcast at www.sports2000.co.uk and connect with Sports 2000 on social media:
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Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Sports-2000-Championships-327158720703344
Twitter https://twitter.com/SportsCarChamp

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Host: Sue Stockdale 
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Sue Stockdale talks to Mick Dawson about his epic adventure to row across the Pacific Ocean, and how he overcame numerous challenges. These include a failed attempt when a freak wave capsized his boat after 109 days at sea, how he avoided being crushed by container ships, and a night facing sea serpents.

Mick Dawson is a former Royal Marine, a professional sailor, author, motivational speaker and one of the most experienced and successful Ocean Rowers in the world. He has undertaken a total of six ocean rows in the last two decades. Two across the Atlantic Ocean and four across the Pacific, rowing in total, more than 22,000 nautical miles.

Most notably he became the first person to successfully row across the North Pacific; from Japan to The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, during an epic voyage with his friend and rowing partner Chris Martin. It would take the intrepid pair 189 days 10 hours and 55 minutes to complete their non-stop record-breaking voyage; Rowing almost 7,000 miles to complete one of the world’s last great firsts and earning them a place in the Guinness Book of World records. Their remarkable feat is yet to be repeated.

More recently Mick was part of another remarkable world first; Rowing 3000 miles from California to Hawaii with Steve Sparkes, who is blind, having lost his sight during his military service. When he and Mick stepped ashore in Hawaii, 82 days after their departure, Steve became the first blind person ever to row the Pacific Ocean.

Find out more about Mick Dawson:

Website: https://www.189days.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mick-dawson-b503a172/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/189days
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MickDawson189
Books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mick-Dawson/e/B077MVXDX2?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1630941703&sr=8-1
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Key Quotes:

‘I think for me it started as a young child and I saw things that piqued my curiosity -principally things to do with the sea.’

‘I’d lost communications because my satellite had broken about day 12 on that trip. I'd been at sea for 109 days when I capsized’.

‘The first thing you've got to do when you look into any great ambition is you've got to take responsibility’.

‘When things go wrong, it's your responsibility to find a way to get back on track’.

‘People would say - how can we help? And I like that, it sums up that ethos between mariners that bonds complete strangers together’.

‘It's an amazing stretch of ocean where few people go, and I thought that it was my opportunity to paint the world with bright colours’.

‘It was two hours on, two hours off - 24 hours a day for the six months out there’.

‘You are seldom beaten by the challenge in front of you. You're invariably beaten by your approach to that challenge’.

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Host: Sue Stockdale 
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Sue Stockdale talks to Chaewon Yoo from Korea, about her adventure to cycle along the ancient network of trading routes known as the Silk Road, and what she learned about commerce and life along the way. Chaewon cycled over 8500 kilometres through 14 countries from Shanghai to London. Despite her cycling companion dropping out along the way, getting her bicycle stolen, and only confirming the major sponsor on the day before she left, Chaewon determinedly carried on, and successfully completed the adventure in 36 weeks, coming back with a new outlook on what’s important in life.

Chaewon previously worked as a tech reporter in China, Israel, Silicon Valley and South Korea and recently published the English book - Cycling the Silk Road.

Find out more about Chaewon Yoo:

Website: https://www.seekroad.co
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evayooare/
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCArwIZ7hLEv4uLl3L4eD2CA
Book "Cycling the Silk Road": https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0939ZG6BL

Key Quotes:

‘When I started cycling, I didn't even own a bike. I was using a sharing bike.’

‘I met this amazing couple in Shanghai who said they were cycling from Shanghai to London. I was so amazed because the couple were 59 years old and I thought, wow if they can do it, I think I can do that too’.

‘By observing how different countries are when I crossed each border - the people, culture, food culture, and the language that was very amazing’.

‘I would knock on the door and show in Google translate; I can give you this sum of money. Would you let me stay in your house overnight? And locals would invite us in’.

‘I think it's very important that you set a deadline like your farewell party. Because if you do have the party, you must depart’.

‘I think doing this cycling trip made me realize now I can say that I'm at least the leader of myself. I can control myself.’

‘You don't need money to have a good life.’

‘I think the most valuable thing I have is all my experience and whatever I have with myself that nobody can take away from me’.

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Host: Sue Stockdale 
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Sue Stockdale talks to Christian De La Huerta, about how curiosity plays an important role in personal growth, enabling us to become aware of sub-conscious patterns of behaviour that may be holding us back from having a fulfilling life. Christian is a personal transformation coach, TEDx speaker, and author of Awakening the Soul of Power, described by music icon Gloria Estefan as “a balm for the soul.”

With 30 years of experience, Christian is a sought-after spiritual teacher, personal transformation coach and leading voice in the breathwork community. He has travelled the world offering inspiring and transformational retreats combining psychological and spiritual teachings with lasting and life-changing effects. An award-winning, critically acclaimed author, he has spoken at numerous universities and conferences and on the TEDx stage.

Find out more about Christian De La Huerta and receive a free guided meditation, power practices and a chapter from the book, visit: https://soulfulpower.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christian.delahuerta.1
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiandelahuerta
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Christian-De-la-Huerta/e/B001KINR1K
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4hOzeGdhkTcRxOHkV9tfbQ

Key Quotes:

‘It made me, like many of us do, reject parts of who I am in that desire to be accepted’.

‘We're so good at adapting- we're creatures of adaptation. The problem with that is that we often sacrifice big aspects of ourselves for that illusion of acceptance’.

‘The ego is that part of us that takes everything personally that reacts, that defends, that judges, that has expectations, and demands, about others and ourselves’.

‘The simple word of ‘curiosity’ is stepping back from all that stuff, from all that judgment, all that thinking that we know, from all that charge, that that need to be right’.

‘When we ask those deep, difficult questions and we have the courage and the willingness to go within and to look inside of ourselves, the rewards are infinite’.

‘No matter what the curve balls life, life continues to throw out our way - we always get to choose how we show up and respond’.

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Host: Sue Stockdale 
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