Experience: Our Ally at Work

John has dedicated his life to learning and educating people about human systems.  From a very early age, he realised that he was a small part of a  vast universe and those powerful dynamics of the education system were largely ignored in favour of the curriculum.  During our conversation, he highlights how some of his early experiences at various schools shaped the organisational analyst he is today.  John has positively contributed to many lives through his work at the Grubb Institute.  Working with his colleagues to pioneer frameworks and practices that have assisted countless people to navigate the various human systems they inhabit.  Over the last 50 years,  he has published extensively, bringing some reflection to the experiential work he loves to co-create.  Technically he is 'retired', however, he continues to assist people to make sense of their lived experience through various projects that he is part of.

Through an ongoing transformation process, Carly has found new roles and co-leads in an ecological farming business.  She also serves her wider community through an arts project and holding space for births, deaths and marriages.  This inspirational journey of a woman born and raised in rural Queensland, reveals what is possible in terms of challenging paradigms, discovering purpose and being grounded in who one truly is. 

Tom is a keen observer of the human condition and how we interact across our differences. A black playwright based in Washington D.C, he draws on his own experience to offer works that provoke us to examine the impact of the paradigms we inhabit.  He is also a teaching artist at the Kennedy centre where he enables students to find their unique voices in an unfolding world.

Aarti has been working in the field of human rights, specifically child protection, child labour and human trafficking for over 15 years.  Her desire to continue to make an impact led her to explore how to work with the unseen or more systemic aspects of how humans function together. In this conversation, she shares how her experience has shaped how she leads and approaches the very difficult aspects of human rights in our society now.  

David is an accomplished Director, Actor and Performance Coach.  Based in Australia,  he offers his experience and learning from the rich world that is the arts and how this applies to the many aspects of being human.

Mario Mouraz is a young entrepreneur from Portugal who has learnt how to grapple with adversity and challenge while holding the course.  In this episode, we talk about his path of deliberate learning that enabled many insights and outcomes across the three start-ups he has led.  

Olivia talks about what she has learnt from her experiences of multiple transitions in her life.  Currently working as an Organisational Analyst in the UK, she is able to articulate her learnings in a very accessible way. 

An introduction to Experience: Our Ally at Work