What can rock bands like Metallica, Slayer, U2, Radiohead, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd teach business teams about distributed collaboration, risk management and change? Listen to Dawna Jones2019 interview with Ruth Blatt to find out.

The same lean and agile principles that have changed the way software is developed are now helping companies with the people side of change.

To find out what this means in reality, Dawna Jones talks to Lean Sensei Daniel Stoelb about what he2019s learned from working with change in organizations for over thirty-five years and how the principles used in business can apply and support local change initiatives and how we utilize our resources.

If one thing2019s certain in life, its uncertainty. Yet conventional project planning simply fails to take this reality into account. So we could all do with some help managing risk and options in our lives and understanding how those risk and options keep messing up our projects.

Love them or loath them, Ugg Boots are one of those instantly-recognisable brands that has spread across the world from small beginnings back in 1978. But for Ugg2019s founder, Brian Smith, success hasn2019t been plain sailing and his journey has has its ups and downs.

Earlier this year, Dawna Jones met Brian Smith to discuss what it takes to weather the uncertainty of being an entrepreneur. As he talks about the Ugg Australia story, he shares some philosophical lessons learned that helped keep his spirits alive when all seemed lost.

With media and personal attention on financial crisis and uncertainty, what can you do to avoid getting sucked in by negativity or doubt? Learn how to become more resilient in the face of unexpected events that pull the rug out from under your feet.

In this Episode we discuss:

Why we are being asked to evolve... not change.

Why business is under so much pressure and why they are creating their own stress-related illness and disengagement costs.

Why people and companies are having trouble adjusting.

What lies at the heart of the tension between managers and employees and what they can do about it.

How employees and managers can collectively engage in removing barriers to collaboration, adapting the culture while expanding leadership consciousness.

When geologist and mining expert, Dr Ian Thomson, realized that the company he worked for had created the conflict they2019d become embroiled in, it kicked off a steep learning curve about what environmental and social responsibility really is.

In this discussion, Dawna and Ian talk about how you can tell companies who are really doing acting responsibly from those who are just talking about it while still practicing a 2018take what you want and run2019 approach.

They also talk about how to manage your management style by observing what the pattern of negotiation is. Do you value harmony over conflict? Will you avoid conflict? There is a level of sophistication required to realize notice the pattern of negotiation and know what to do about it.

Dr. Ian Thomson has a lifetime of experience in the resource industry, working for the last fifteen years to advance the management of social issues. He has led development of standards and guidelines for the management of social issues during mineral exploration programs, facilitated construction of the PDAC Principles and Guidance for Responsible Exploration, and is a prime mover in developing metrics for the Social License to Operate.

Ian is a founding member and principal of On Common Ground Consultants Inc. Prior to founding On Common Ground, he held positions with Orvana Mineral Corp, Placer Development and Barringer Research.

How can we break the habit of resurrecting command-and-control management even when we know it doesn2019t work. What does it take to do things differently? What do companies who are making 2018alternative2019 un-management models their new normal have that others don2019t? And what are companies managed by traditional models doing to actively create passive employees?

What happens when you realise that most of the things that people have tried and most of what they think is true no longer fit reality?

Diederick Janse is a young entrepreneur who went against prevailing thinking when he started his consulting business right after graduation. His was following an intuitive sense that exploring possibilities was more interesting than being 201Cnormal201D. Together with other friends whose thinking went against the predictable flow, he formed Realize.nl, a consulting company for start-ups focused on conscious business.

Dawna talked to Diederick HUB Amsterdam about how he navigates the world of business, the relevance to today's reality of what they teach in university, the potential for SME business, the tricky choice graduates have when considering their direction and the role of inner knowing in decision making. They look at how young people can follow their higher calling in work by following their intuition to restore the glory of work.

Diederick Janse2019s expertise centers on organization development. As a consultant, he quickly surfaces the core issues, and asks the kind of questions that are needed to create clarity and focus. He combines integrity, curiosity and design skills to help start-ups and fast growing companies scale up their business without losing passion and focus. Diederick is also co-founder of Waking Up the Workplace and currently serves as its content director.

We2019ve known command and control, seen fads come and go and yet people still hate their jobs. To explore why this is, Dawna talks with Jurgen Appelo who explains how the manager2019s role involves recognition that we function in a living system. He explains why management fads fail and talks about his project to gather practical tips for managing in a better way.

Jurgen Appelo writes the blog noop.nl, which covers agile management, business improvement, and personal development. He is also the author of Management 3.0, which describes the role of the manager in an agile organisations. A speaker and author, you2019ll find Jurgen keynoting and workshopping at various conferences in many countries.