Practice? Podcast

A fifty-year career in his Organizational Development Practice has new 'legs" for Dave Jamieson as he undertakes his new role as President of the NTL Institute. He does so while continuing to write and teach in the OD & Change Doctoral Program at Bowling Green State University. Doing what he loves, Dave 'grows' on.    

This is a continued conversation about what goes on at the epicenter of any Practice - the Brain. Thinking, feeling, knowing, and learning. This is one of Dave's long-standing practices.  Indeed, his Dad can recall his fascination with Mind as a little guy.  So, please join us to discover how concepts like Markow's Blanket illuminate the story Dave tells us.   

Dave has this conversation with Graphic Artist Nathan Fetherston, doing so as his client to establish a more compelling presence on social media and because Nathan's practice is squarely in the digital domain where thousands find each other 24 x 7.   

Dave meets a music-software pioneer in this conversation. Mani Singh (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mansimransingh/) is the Chief Technology Officer of Weav Music (https://weav.io/). The future of music is interactive, and so is Practice. As we move, we can be moved by music synched with our actions and emotions.  

Dave draws in thoughts from his careful reading of Mark Solms' book The Hidden Spring. Practice is a conscious choice to pursue specific results over an indefinite period. Thus, understanding consciousness reveals more about the human nature of Practice. Dave suggests we listen to Solms on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mark+solms) 

This conversation is with Dave's friend Karen Stevenson whom he knows is a multi-talented designer and project manager. However, with her gardening, she says she can be creative in ways that balance her more structured practices.  

We sometimes recall when a new practice or a new phase of practice began. It was exactly four years ago - November 2018 - Dave's teaching practice phased into the practice of podcasting and writing about the fascinating nature of Practice. It all started with a phone call on behalf of Peter Vaill to help him publish his last book. Now that book On Practice as a Way of Being is done, and there are 188 episodes of this Practice? Podcast. 

Dave learned of Fitness Coach Connor Clark from a friend who is one of his clients. Her training with weights over the years has given her strengths undergirding all her other practices. Co-founder (with his brothers) of Lift Performance, Connor talks about what it means to look forward to each day in the gym. Gains.  

Management practice is in high demand is to create, restore, and replace how her part of the business is organized. This is what Whitney Walrath, now as VP for Development, has been called up to do across her career, for Rexel USA. In her new role, Whitney also captures future trends to inform timely changes. People, technology, locale - Whitney gets it together. 

Dave and Maria Lai-Ling Lam discover how similar their doctoral experiences were (several decades between) thanks to the confidence Peter Vaill placed in each doing very challenging dissertation studies.  His example shapes her teaching to this day as she engages students in a unique new practitioner Ph.D. program at Anderson University.