Brilliance: Leadership Learning

Remote work has been emerging as a trend for the modern workplace, along with the question of what impacts it has for employees and organizations alike.

We spoke with Yann Toutant, CEO of Econocom Netherlands and avid believer in remote work, to get his insights on how companies can become remote friendly to both improve the quality of employees' lives and as a key strategy for organization innovation.

Connect with Yann on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yann-toutant/

Do you separate your problems from your solutions? In this episode, John Sassatelli (GE Power), Michael Sander (GE Renewable Energy), and Gregory Thomas (GE Renewable Energy) discuss how they achieved meaningful, incremental, and efficient change through design thinking to make the most impact on products and processes.

Danielle Merfeld, Chief Technology Officer for GE Renewable Energy, visited the Crotonville campus and spent some time with us to talk about change, trends, and innovation in the energy industry. Hear about one of the digitalization trends she's most excited about and how behavioral design can be used to help better engineer processes to manage the rapid pace of change more effectively.

Twitter: @DWMerfeld

Danielle was recently named "Woman of the Year" as part of the Cleanie Awards. Learn more:

https://www.apnews.com/37c050cd27cb45a5b0f8544117e5fc35

https://cleanieawards.secure-platform.com/a/page/Winner-Gallery

She Can STEM video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVxRM5ga61I

In this episode, guest Derrick Rumenapp talks about his journey into coaching: how he got started, what it means to him, and how others can get started.

Read more of Derrick's reflections on his site: https://rumenapp.com/

Twitter: @DerrickRumenapp

You've heard it before: Storytelling is a key skill for leaders. It's one of the oldest ways to share information and instill a culture. Yet, it's not always easy for us to bring stories into the workplace.

Karen Eber has used stories across a global population to develop leaders and shape culture.  In this episode, she talks about her approach to storytelling, how to leverage stories, where to find them, and of course, she shares some stories along the way.

Find Karen on LinkedIn and follow her on Twitter @KarenEber1

We caught up with an old friend in today's episode! Julian Stodd, explorer of the social age(you'll remember him from episodes 1-3), gives us more food for thought from his work over the past year on organizational trust, change, and culture.

Hear how formal power is no longer enough to be effective, insightful anecdotes from organizations Julian has worked with, and how organizations need to earn creative investment and trust from their people.

References:

- seasaltlearning.com

- https://julianstodd.wordpress.com

- @SeaSaltLearning and @JulianStodd on Twitter

- Social Leadership Handbook: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0957319975/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_lkJXBb7ENXHZJ

Related getAbstract Summary: https://www.getabstract.com/en/summary/leadership-and-management/leadershift/12652

In his 2012 TEDxSanJoseCA Talk, Doug Dietz (Principal Design Thinker from GE Healthcare) talked about his "failed" MR scanner project and what he did to develop a more human-centered design through what became known as "The Adventure Series".

We talked with him to learn more about the work that went on behind the scenes of this project and what we can all learn by "falling in love with who you design for".

TEDx Talk by Doug Dietz: https://youtu.be/jajduxPD6H4

Additional Reference (Photo and Video within):

http://thisisdesignthinking.net/2014/12/changing-experiences-through-empathy-ge-healthcares-adventure-series/

Also check out this related summary from getAbstract, "The Road to Reinvention”: https://www.getabstract.com/en/summary/leadership-and-management/the-road-to-reinvention/22668

Jennifer A. Garrett, an internationally recognized author, life coach, and motivational speaker, joined us to talk about her book, Move the Ball: How the Game of American Football Can Help You Achieve Your Life Goals.

We cover topics like:

- Ensuring "you are with you"

- How to move forward when you don't have all the information you need

- The importance of managing our reactions

- Handling blitzes (people trying to inhibit your path forward)

Website: www.jenniferagarrett.com

Instagram: @MoveTheBall

Purchase the Book: https://www.amazon.com/Move-Ball-American-Football-Achieve/dp/0988786923

Mila Clarke Buckley is a digital storyteller who started her food blog, "The Hangry Woman", after being diagnosed with diabetes and struggling to find "real" resources to help her manage it. We talk about how she got started in blogging, what it's like to be an Influencer (she has over 27k Instagram followers), experimentation and failing, and how she is creating a community to inspire others to build their online presence in meaningful ways.

Resources:

https://hangrywoman.com/

http://milabeeee.com/

Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest: TheHangryWoman

Voyage Houston Interview: http://voyagehouston.com/interview/life-work-mila-clarke-buckley/

Ellen Cooperperson - a dynamic coach, trainer, and communicator who won a precedent-setting name change case on the basis of the importance of language - chats with us about the power of language in transformation, the ability to have courageous conversations, and her top three characteristics of great leaders.

Websites:

www.cooperperson.com

www.connectcpc.com