Experiential Spark - the Podcast

After reading the Art of gathering by Priya Parker we knew we had to experiment with this one. In this episode Claire talks us through how she designed and delivered a teamday for one of her teams based on the principles discussed in the book. If you need a refresher on the book first, listen to episode number 5! 

Are you a first-time leader, looking to learn this new skill called leadership? Or are you a seasoned leader, wanting to be inspired and try something new and improve your leadership skills? This book is a must-read and actually a must-do. In this episode we'll discuss The Leaderlab by Tania Luna and LeeAnn Renninger (co-founders of LifeLabs Learning). They refer to this book as 'the Swiss Army Knife of skills' and we can only agree. This book will give you theoretical insights and practical tools to work on your leadership skills straight away! 

If you'd like to share your insights, you can find us on:

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Do you feel like you have lost your spark? That your usual, energetic self is struggling to get going? Well us too! Many of us have felt this slump thanks to the pandemic changing our ways of working, but many more of us have felt this before. In this episode, we share tips we have learnt about to re-energise and re-ignite your spark!

We would love to hear from you on how you keep the spark.

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Do you want to know more about when your mind stops being your best friend, but starts becoming your own worst enemy? Then you need the Saboteurs! This is work from Shirzad Chamine and in this episode, we explore some of our own Saboteurs and how they show up. This can be easily applied to either a professional or personal setting, both at the individual and at a team level.

If you want to find out more, then visit the website and complete your own free, personal assessment here;

Home | Positive Intelligence

Let us know what your saboteurs are!

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How we communicate and collaborate is incredibly important, for example when you are implementing organisational change or would like to understand how communication flows through your organisation. Yet, often these patterns are very invisible and hard to measure. We might have the solution for you! We're joined by Lisa to discuss Organisational Network Analysis (ONA). What it is, how it can be applied and the way the analysis is done.

If you want to find out more, then check out these resources:

https://www.robcross.org/what-is-organizational-network-analysis/

https://www.i4cp.com/productivity-blog/what-organizational-network-analysis-is-and-how-it-benefits-companies

https://www.polinode.com/

https://www2.deloitte.com/za/en/pages/technology-media-and-telecommunications/articles/AONA.html

You can find us on:

Website: experienitalspark.com

Instagram: @experientialspark

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/experiential-spark

Email: [email protected]

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Do you wish you could fail fast without actually failing? Or encourage positive dissent and build better plans? Well, you can by the Pre-Mortem tool, created by Gary Klein. In this Spark Episode (think short and practical), Claire and Marlouke share what the pre-mortem is, step by step guide on how to do it and insights into their experiments with it.

If you want to find out more, then check out these resources:

https://www.projectmanager.com/blog/premortem-on-projects

https://www.mural.co/templates/pre-mortem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiTgusNaw2I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzTNMalfyhM

You can find us on:

Website: experienitalspark.com

Instagram: @experientialspark

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/experiential-spark

Email: [email protected]

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Newsflash! We start 2022 with a new episode series; Spark episodes. Short, practical and actionable episodes that hopefully spark you to start experiment yourself. More to come soon.

Do you work in a multicultural organisation, work with partners from different countries or moved to another country? Have you ever found yourself wondering why your view of time or great communication seems different to others? Would you like to strengthen those international relationships? In this episode we explore The Culture Map by Erin Meyer, must read for anyone working/living in a global environment. This book explores how different countries have different cultures and maps their relativity across 8 scales to help us "decode how people think, lead and get things done". We apply the learnings to our own experiences of working across The Netherlands, The UK and Poland (major shout-out to our teams!), having a few ah-ha moments on the way which we hope will help spark a few for you as well!

Want to find out more and map the countries you work with/live in? Check out Erin's website: Tools – Erin Meyer

You can find us on:

Instagram: @experientialspark

Email: [email protected]

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Do you lead a business, are you an HR professional or just interested in transformation? Have you ever worked on creating a powerful culture? Implemented a new strategy that required new behavior from everyone? Creating a future-proof, agile and resilient culture is what makes the difference in performance in a constantly changing environment. However, change is hard. Culture Renovation by Kevin Oakes offers a practical playbook to shape the organisational culture, by appreciating the past and identifying what's required for the future. We'll discuss several steps from the framework and share our observations that hopefully spark you to try it yourself.

Instagram: @experientialspark

Email: [email protected]

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