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Aga and Łukasz Szóstek inspire leaders to reflect on the possibilities and challenges of 21st-century leadership through inspired conversations with amazing guests. They together discuss topics such a... more
FAQs about Catching the Next Wave:How many episodes does Catching the Next Wave have?The podcast currently has 118 episodes available.
January 14, 2020S5.E4. Joana Mao: Finding Your PurposeWhat propels you to do more? What brings you satisfaction in life? Joana Mao, a strategic designer and the author of the Clear Purpose Framework convinces us that a way to live a fulfilling life is to find your deeper purpose: the purpose that goes beyond your own goals and desires. Once this purpose is surfaced the magic of inner alignment will happen....more50minPlay
January 14, 2020S5.E3. Anna Pohlmeyer: Form and Function Follow ExperienceExperiences are something we remember for a long time. Much longer than we remember things. How do design for them? With Anna Pohlmeyer, the assistant professor at the Institute for Happiness at Delft University of Technology, we talk about the challenges behind hedonic adaptation, designing for values and virtues. And we also consider designing for inefficiency as a way to engage people on a new, deeper level than it usually happens....more50minPlay
January 14, 2020S5.E2. David Bassuk: The Dangers of Magical ThinkingWhat is magic? Professor David Bassuk from Purchase College NYC returns to our podcast to discuss whether magic is more of a mindset or rather a toolbox. He digs into the danger of magical thinking as a trap for avoiding the current problems we should be addressing....more1h 13minPlay
January 09, 2020S5.E1. Aga & Łukasz Szóstek: INTRO - The Business of Magic.Can magic have anything to do with business and leadership? What is magic for in the first place? Why would we even discuss it? Aga and Łukasz look at the different perspectives of magic and its applicability in work and life....more19minPlay
December 17, 2019XMAS BONUS - LIVE. Rachel Uwa, Katja Wessling: Magic (and Reality) of Leading Creative Life.So many of us dream about living a creative life. But isn’t it just fantasy? In our first ever live conversation with Rachel Uwa and Katja Wessling we investigate the joy but also the difficulties of choosing to become an independent creative....more45minPlay
October 01, 2019S4.E10. Aga & Łukasz Szóstek. OUTRO: Common Sense Or Healthy Judgement?This season showed us the huge difference between the notion of the English phrase: common sense and its Polish version: healthy judgment. This realization made a great twist on all our conversations where we tried to investigate both these expressions. We dived into the world of measures, decision-making, changing minds, agile, design and even music to better understand whether common sense is as common as it should be. Or perhaps common sense shouldn't be as common as you might think after all......more50minPlay
October 01, 2019S4.E9. Gus Power. Do Things You Can’t Describe Rather Than Describe Things You Can’t Do.There is plenty of stuff that should be common sense but it isn't. In this episode, Gus Power rants about many of such things: from abusing agile principles, through pretending to be aligned, to the misjudgments that stem from the ladder of inference. We tap into the topics of employee motivation, the innovation trap and also the phenomenon of weak consensus every organization on this planet should be aware of. You are up for a ride with this conversation....more1h 39minPlay
October 01, 2019S4.E8. Michelle Florendo. Good Decision Taking Is a Skill.So many of us find decision taking really hard. But does it have to be this way? In our conversation with Michelle Florendo, the decision engineer, we discover the three core elements of decision taking. But most of all we both realize that decision taking process is something very different from what is the outcome of that decision....more58minPlay
October 01, 2019S4.E7. Tom Gilb. Everything Can (and Should) Be Measured.Many companies these days only vaguely know what they aim for. Their visions are in-concrete and difficult to execute on. In this episode we talk to Tom Gilb, the creator of the Evolutionary Development (EVO) about his impact on the way different companies (and even countries) around the world can improve their performance based on focused and tailored measurements. For those, who are curious: EVO is a software development method that is based on incremental product releases, frequent delivery, and dynamic plans and processes....more1h 4minPlay
October 01, 2019S4.E6. Wagner Barbosa. You Can Sing - Even If You Don't Believe It's True.Singing might seem like magic to so many of you. But is it really the case? In this conversation with the Brazilian musician and the signing teacher, Wagner Barbosa, we talk about the mechanics of the vocal tract, what does rhythm do to our brain and why is positive reinforcement so utterly crucial if you want to learn how to sing. We also hear the story of training 30 kids to sing the national anthem at the Olympic Games - can you imagine that?...more1h 1minPlay
FAQs about Catching the Next Wave:How many episodes does Catching the Next Wave have?The podcast currently has 118 episodes available.