164 - Is It Safe To Fail? With Dr. Tim Clark

"There's a way to do it better....find it" - Thomas Edison What is that special place where team members aren't afraid to step out and try something new?  It can be hard to create but it's the space where we'll enjoy more success. On this episode, I had the great pleasure to talk with Dr. Tim Clark.  LET ME TELL YOU....THIS GUY IS FREAKY SMART AND FREAKY AWESOME!  I've been researching leadership and innovation (as well as living it) for many years and Tim taught me a few things about creativity, culture, and creating a space where people can feel safe to succeed.  Check it out!  I know you'll dig it! CHEERS! More on Tim... Timothy R. Clark is founder and CEO of LeaderFactor, a consulting, coaching, and training organization. Dr. Clark is an international authority in the elds of psychological safety & innovation, large-scale change & transformation, and senior leadership development. He is the author of Epic Change: How to Lead Change in the Global Age (John Wiley/Jossey-Bass), Leadership Bones (Bradmore Road Press), The Employee Engagement Mindset (McGraw- Hill), Leading with Character and Competence: Moving Beyond Title, Position, And Authority (Berrett-Koehler). His new book, The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety: Defining the Path to Inclusion and Innovation (Berrett-Koehler) will be released March 2020. He is also the developer of the EQometer emotional intelligence assessment. Dr. Clark is a highly sought-after advisor, coach, and facilitator to CEOs and senior leadership teams. He has personally coached over 100 CEOs and executives and trained many senior teams around the world. Some of his clients include Accenture, American Express, CIGNA, Columbia University, Disney, Dow Chemical, Eli Lilly, Environmental Protection Agency, HCA, Idaho National Laboratory, Honeywell, Intel, Internal Revenue Service, John Hopkins University, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Motorola, NASA, Riverbed Technology, Sprint, Stanford University, U.S. Department of Treasury, and Wells Fargo Bank. Dr. Clark earned a PhD in social science from Oxford University, and was both a British Research Scholar and a Fulbright Scholar at Seoul National University in Korea. He also earned a master’s degree in Government and economics from the University of Utah. As an undergraduate at Brigham Young University, he was named a first-team Academic All-American football player where he completed a triple degree cum laude. Dr. Clark was previously President and CEO of Decker, a consulting rm based in San Francisco, and CEO of Novations SDC, a consulting and training rm based in Boston. Prior to these assignments, Dr. Clark spent several years in manufacturing and as a vice president of operations and plant manager at Geneva Steel Company. He began his career as a survey research project director for what is now Harris Interactive in Washington D.C. Check Tim out here:  https://www.leaderfactor.com/