By Ross Thornley + Special Guests
DEVELOPING A NEW PLATFORM FOR CHANGE IN AN EXPONENTIAL WORLD.
Conversations with special guests on their stories of adaptability. From resilience, grit and motivation, to stress, minds
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Charles is a Leadership Coach and Trainer on his own specific frameworks.
I'd like you all to join me in welcoming Charles M. Jones, a pioneering emotion scientist with over 40 years of groundbreaking research on flow, empathy, negativity, trauma and stress.
His journey began with a life-changing experience that set him on a path to understanding how we can transform fear and trauma into powerful tools for leadership and personal growth.
Charles has developed innovative frameworks like Emotional Response-Ability™ that are revolutionizing how organizations cultivate empathetic leaders and improve workplace dynamics.
Ross and Charles talk about near death experiences, protecting people, subconscious mind, state of flow, peek experiences, cultivating flow, intuition, natural states, negative emotions, causes of stress, interpreting emotions, needs driving behaviour, subconscious needs, fear, anxiety, valuing assets, optimising emotions, uniting with subconscious, Joe Dispenza, cohesion, creativity producing new options and emotional victimhood. The pair also discuss awareness of subconscious, evaluating disruptive emotions, unlearning, supressing awareness, consciousness, Amanda Blake - Your Body is Your Brain, theory of emotion, trauma, inheriting trauma, asserting your rights, fulfilling needs, team conversations, meeting needs, leaders resolving conflict, feedback, empowerment, anger, Gandhi, peoples rights, courtesy, achieving goals, resolving conflict, tactical empathy, Chris Voss, effective strategies, reflection, film - 'The Source' and their pets.
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Andrew Tallents, has built an impressive career, starting with his early roles at prestigious firms like Spencer Stuart and Warren Partners, where he honed his expertise in executive search and leadership development. His journey has led him to founding The Tallents Partnership, where he now empowers leaders globally to excel and achieve transformative results.
As a trusted advisor, conscious leadership coach, and best-selling author, Andrew is dedicated to helping leaders achieve triple bottom line success while living their personal and professional dreams. It's an honour to have him on the show today!
Ross and Andrew talk about thinking as a leader, getting triggered, being in the present, intentional leadership, situational leadership, Shirzad Chamine - Positive Intelligence, saboteurs, facing emotion, controlling things, pleasing people, self coaching, self discipline, self accountability, the power of questions, reconnecting with who we are and refocusing. The pair also discuss positive mindset, reflecting, daily meditation, slowing down to speed up, being efficient, keeping people calm, accountability, blaming people, disconnections, safe environments to speak, peoples energy, judging people, out of comfort zones, role playing, MyIntent bracelets, communicating principles, taking responsibility, reflecting, why do we do things, desire, motivation, ultimate goals, laziness, naivety, skydiving and joy.
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Francis is a Master Trainer, WSJ Best Selling author and is driven to help executive coaches take their business & clients’ businesses to the next level.
He is the Founder & CEO of SQUIRCLE ACADEMY where he helps executive coaches and leaders rapidly elevate their businesses by leveraging the innovative SQUIRCLE framework. Francis also founded 'The Human Company' over 26 years ago.
With such a treasure trove of experience advising Fortune 100 executives, he is known for his ability to shatter the linear mould, driving transformation and accelerating growth in just a few months. I’m thrilled to share these insights and strategies with you all on the show today.
Ross and Francis talk about dream analysis, dreams driving life choices, connecting peoples thoughts, creativity combining with management, visualisation, logic, perception, improvisation, imagination, knowledge, development, dynamic imbalances, illusions of balance, expectations, reaching a process, decision making, controlling your mind, knowledge and deep intelligence. The pair also discuss duality, experience in the workplace, environments, nature, new principles in action, leadership, assessing, awareness of what's not working, limitless capacity of human beings, humans ability to solve things, universal principles, willingness to be curious, managing problems, faith, life, dealing with intensity, facing reality, desire, our value, relaxing over tensing up, endless possibilities, abundance, swimming with wild sharks and extraordinary experiences.
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A warm welcome to our listeners, today I'm proud to welcome Dr. Johanna Dahm, CEO of Dahm International Consulting. Johanna is a leading expert in decision-making and leadership, with over two decades of experience researching, advising, and publishing on effective decision-making strategies. She is renowned for helping leaders navigate complexity and uncertainty.
Johanna was recommended for the show by our mutual friend, Olga Troeger. Olga is a Founding member of our Decision Making Institute based in Germany.
We developed an VUCA readiness assessment focusing decision-making competencies.
Ross and Johanna talk about decision making over planning, decision delivery, committing, getting things done, adapting to environments, responsibilities, expectations, listening, pioneering, being responsible, finding solutions, customer orientation, knowing your customers, empathising with customers and understanding how people live. The pair also discuss adapting, learning, growing, fear, merging HR, company development, transparency, measuring return of investment, transformation, everybody in it together, reacting to change, constantly adapting, demarcation, knowing our boundaries, leading teams, pets, having enough and trying new things.
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Today, I'm thrilled to welcome Ronen Olshansky, one of life's great humans. With a rich and diverse career that spans Wall Street, management consulting, executive coaching and entrepreneurship. As the founder of Cross Campus a Los Angeles based provider of on-demand workspace and business event space. And a partner at Ferrazzi Greenlight since 2020. Ronen has been helping growth companies and their leaders elevate their performance.
I got to know Ronen through another business he has co-founded, Beyond Connections program, and most recently I had the pleasure of joining him and Keith Ferrazzi at the graduation dinner for the first cohort in LA. Welcome to the show, Ronen!
Ross and Ronen talk about opening up teams, building trust, positives & negatives, family, start-ups, making commitments, sharing, broken relationships, personal journeys, courage, how we are being perceived, ego, taking risks and changing peoples lives. The pair also discuss taking challenges, going beyond connections, maintaining cohort collectives, building communities, inclusive ownership of a company, organisations, connections, interacting, mindsets, strategies, individuals less successful than teams, relationships with clients, hybrid working, compassion and the power of a naïve mind.
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Nichol Bradford stands at the forefront of human potential and AI, accelerating human transformation through technology investments, research, and global thought leadership.
As the Executive-in-Residence for AI + HI at The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), she shapes global thinking on Human-AI collaboration, driving human readiness for an AI-empowered world.
Nichol is also the Co-Founder and Partner of Niremia Collective, an early-stage venture fund focused on human potential technologies. Additionally, she co-founded TransformativeTech.org, the largest global ecosystem dedicated to building tech for human flourishing, supporting over 2,000 founders through their programs, and connecting a passionate community of innovators worldwide.
With a rich background in interactive entertainment, Nichol has held senior roles at major brands like Epic Games, Activision-Blizzard, Vivendi Games, and Disney. She has led many groundbreaking projects, including managing operations for World of Warcraft China and contributing to the landmark $18 billion Vivendi - Activision-Blizzard merger.
Her current focus is on advancing human potential through ethical AI, fostering a global ecosystem that champions human thriving.
Join us as we delve into Nichol's journey, exploring how technology can unlock human potential and create a future where AI and humanity thrive together.
Ross and Nichol talk about technology complimenting humans, talking things through with AI, AI solving emotional problems, start-ups, levels of consciousness, start-up failure, relationships, desire to serve, performance, understanding ourselves, gut to brain connection, being happy, teams being in sync and data privacy. The pair also discuss aura rings, neuro data, seeing what's coming, holobiome, microbiome, teams in flow, bio-synchrony, feedback, e.l.f. cosmetics, speed of change, mistakes being costly, AI implementation, UPS success, reinventing business, meaning to customers, transparency, enhancing our collective intelligence, needing things from other people, weight lifting and collective intelligence swarming.
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00:17 Intro to Nichol
01:11 Nichol's background
02:50 Chatting with Pi (emotionally intelligent AI)
07:47 Individual consciousness
12:49 Technology helping consciousness
18:05 Naveen Jain - Viome
18:46 Brains being incoherent
20:49 Filtering overwhelming data and noise
25:33 Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
27:40 Change and challenges breaking tradition
32:01 Buy in
33:55 Where things are going
39:00 Video - Louis Rosenberg - Unanimous AI
39:27 The last time Nichol did something for the first time
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With over 20 years in the US Marshal Service, and 6 years in the military police, Chris is a self described student of leadership. He has been known to lead DISC and Adaptive Leadership training and special shout out to the fact he has also gone through our level 1 AQai certification program.
Ross and Chris talk about growing up in the military, film, temperance, self awareness, taking care of employees, passion, Chris Voss, controlling emotions, role playing, practicing control in the workplace, having a plan B, bringing in other people, giving people value, understanding environments, pleasant conversations, empathy, peoples wellbeing, teamwork, influencing people and, asking good questions. The pair also discuss adaptive leadership, self awareness, valuing everyone, being vocal, community, being respectful, hard conversations, trusting relationships, intent, addressing problems, compassion, feeling uncomfortable, getting motivated, evolving, AI, technology, value, people buying in, unlearning, psychological wellbeing, treating people well, the death of employees, loss and law enforcement.
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Today, we have the pleasure of hosting Emily James, the Head of Talent Procurement at British Petroleum (BP.) Emily is an accomplished HR leader, with an impressive track record in leadership and category management across the spectrum of HR. With Over 10 years at BP, time at Citi and also JP Morgan.
I met Emily at the World Commerce and Contracting Conference in Malaga earlier this year, where I led a keynote on adaptability intelligence and several VIP workshops on building workforce adaptability. And Emily was part of a breakfast panel with inspiring women to discuss inclusivity and diversity that sparked a deep conversation between us, and to today's interview!
Emily has a wealth of experience influencing at all levels within multinational organizations, effectively managing complex situations with diverse stakeholders. Her leadership skills, developed early in her career, have been honed through extensive experience in coaching and mentoring.
Ross and Emily talk about technology revolutions, AI transition, society, bots, jobs, doom, worrying, parenting, deliverable based work, new generation of work, new markets, scaling solutions, BP, energy, mindset shift, reskill, upskill, adaptability, getting teams to engage, success, what success looks like, speed of learning and work fulfilment. The pair also discuss being inclusive, women in work, giving voices to people, social demographics, diversity, learning to say no, people pleasers, taking control, producing energy, being uncomfortable, uncertainly, facing challenges, psychological safety, long term value, results, strong feedback, support, agile working, job security, peer role modelling, building trust recognition, reward, giving people identity, comfort, validation, life skills and resilience.
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'Succeeding by never giving up.'
Charles was a Manhattan Banker, not happy with his life, after nearly 10 years he made the choice to get out. Setting up several nightclubs and lounges, his own vodka brand, and now turned destination distillery experience owner.
Creator of Star Vodka, a long journey of research which took him to Moscow to learn how they do it - and a desire to 'do it better'.
The Hudson House New York is the first of its kind in the region. Hosting a craft distillery, event venue and boutique hotel and restaurant. From zoning challenges this is a story of grit, perseverance and relentless passion to not 'do things just to do them', but to do them in the best possible way. A story of right place, right time, the tenacity in building a community and finding the right people to believe in your vision.
Ross and Charles talk about grit, perseverance, passion, belief, pressure on children, sport, finance, making money, Wall Street, money not making you happy, taking big risks, curiosity, giving up on wealth, stress, selfish people, learning from failure, being scared, quitting without a plan, being stuck in a job, regaining confidence, being in the moment, working with celebrities, wanting to be different and standing out. The pair also discuss blind faith, the vodka industry, finding the truth, Russian vodka distilleries, craft distilling, marketing spirits, creating, crazy ideas, opening your mind, great stories, giving up, society pressures, reinventing business, growing young people, cherishing good people, feeling of belonging, proof of concept, investing in people and keeping work interesting.
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Lee is Founder and Chief Change Agent at Unleashing Leaders.
I've been looking forward to hosting Lee on the show, ever since we met 6 months ago at XPrize visioneering. We connected instantly and I'm excited to learn more about his journey, the genesis of Unleashing Leaders and share his wisdom with you all.
Lee Scott is a prolific practitioner and educator of leadership. And has significantly impacted both the public and private sectors. As the Founder and Chief Change Agent of Unleashing Leaders, Lee has dedicated over 27 years to inspiring leaders to more powerfully connect and contribute to their organizations and communities, coaching and training more than 26,000 professionals to date.
Lee's unique approach integrates practical essentials from multiple disciplines and industries, helping cross-functional teams tackle daunting challenges, streamline processes, and achieve remarkable results. His extensive experience ranges from leading startups to managing large international corporations, providing him with a wealth of knowledge on overcoming organizational dysfunction and maximizing limited resources.
I love his core values, with an acronym FIERCE: freedom, integrity, excellence, resilience, curiosity, and engagement.
Get ready to be inspired by Lee's practical insights and transformative strategies for unleashing leadership potential and fostering a culture of excellence and adaptability.
Ross and Lee talk about life being precious, biology in leadership, evolutionary biology, luck, natural selection, trial & error, environment, selective convergence, geographical advantages, divergence, diverse thinking, shortcuts becoming traps, supporting people, blending support, channelling the wrong energy, multi generational collaboration and harnessing energy. The pair also discuss leaders serving, duality, data driven tools, solving problems for leaders, being vulnerable, discipline, trying new things, accelerating change, imagining different futures, predicting the future, looking fear in the eye, having the right skills, feedback, protecting your confidence, shifting perspective, asking great questions, curiosity, embracing being uncomfortable, hobby farming and loving mistakes.
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The podcast currently has 163 episodes available.