Be More Human

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Being "emotional" has traditionally been seen a sign of weakness. By contrast, Logic is seen as a sign of intelligence and strength. However, this world view is changing as we exit The Industrial Era where the physics of business are governed by efficiency. In this podcast episode of Be More Human, I share news and research that showcases just how much leadership and decision making are a function of emotion, not logic.

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Fire your boss, sell your car, travel the world. Some years ago we decided to sell all our stuff and travel the world. We traveled to and lived on tropical islands and picture postcard destinations: Fiji, Hawaii. New Zealand, California, Mainland Japan, Okinawa, Thailand, Cyprus and Lanzarote. These were good times, and the best education I could provide for our 6 year old son.

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The Dream is a short poem written by the Philosopher Alan Watts. The Dream is a reminder of the multiplicity of possibility that we live out in our daily lives.

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Branding is the legacy of the bygone Industrial Era. Branding is the Loudspeaker model of communication that replaces humans with mascots, conversations with campaigns and authenticity with efficiency. If we want to humanize brands, we need to stop talking about brands. We need to build the Storytelling Organization where everyone, not just the ad agency, gets a voice.

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This is Leadership: Leadership is Storytelling; Storytelling is Leadership. It must be more than a coincidence that 2 of the greatest speeches recorded in the 20th century were from 2 brothers - John F (Jack) and Robert Kennedy. John F Kennedy took us to the Moon. On the eve of Martin Luther King's assassination, Robert reminded us of the need to make good use of our time on the Earth. If you want to know how to "Make America Great Again" it's not through division and intolerance, it's through invoking powerful dreams and bringing people together.

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When we think of maps, we tend to think of them as fact more often that not. However, in this episode of the Be More Human podcast, I look at the concept of Maps as a whole and then explore the idea of whether there are more strategic narratives involved in the making of maps than we can tell and how we have just become accustomed to considering this narrative as fact. I then explore the importance strategic narratives and storytelling in the world of business.

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With the degree of competition increasing rapidly in the modern times, in today's episode of the Be More Human podcast I analyze how the more successful corporations of today are doing well not because they bank on the inertia of their consumer by making it hard to leave but by solving their issues to ensure that they stay. I also offer my thoughts on where this phenomenon is headed and how, even in the business world, Bob Dylan's prophecy of "The times, they are a changin' ” is coming to pass.

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Communication is changing. Look around us and see a new model of business evolving. Work from Home is not an operational challenge, it's a communications one. And with it, a new model of communication. This is the next wave of Digital Transformation - the Digital Transformation of Communication, the changing shape of business from Communications Pipeline to Communications Platform.

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Leadership is hard. If you would rather be liked, get a dog. But we need Leaders because without them we would never change. Leaders take us across the threshold and into the unknown. Leaders take us to where we need to go, rather than where we want to go. In this review of my new E-book "The Leaders Journey” I share the key stages in every leader's journey.

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Digital Transformation is a story. Look at the word, Transformation: Trans = change, Form = shape. Digital Transformation is the changing shape of business caused by digital. Core to this journey are the people, their mindsets and skills. One of the key skills in the era of digital transformation is storytelling - how do you communicate transformation and what is the shape of business we need to become?