Raise Your Game

Outspoken and assertive, the Gen Y-s are the largest, most influential generation of today’s workforce. Nevertheless, they are also the most misunderstood generation, particularly when it comes to understanding their career motives and aspirations. Mallory Loone, director and lead trainer at Thriving Talents, lends her thoughts on some of the misconceptions surrounding Generation Y and how to address that often talked about generation gap at the workplace.

Sam Carpenter, author of Work the System says that there is nothing overtly mysterious about the world and the way it works. Rather, our entire world operates based on systems, from the mechanisms of the human body to the successful businesses that keep its’ engines and parts moving in constant harmony. Sam challenges us to uncomplicate life by looking at the world as a system that can be reworked and perfected upon.

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When we think of organisational culture, offices like Google spring to mind where free food and video games abound. Some define culture as a Gen-Y fad where young folks get to have flexible working arrangements and dress up as they please. So is culture a fad or a necessity? Roshan Thiran of Leaderonomics looks at what shapes workplace culture and how it can be used to drive results for your organization.

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Sir John Hargrave, author of Mindhacking: How to Change Your Mind for Good in 21 Days, kicked off his 2016 by embarking on a 21 day fast. Using the very principles shared in his book, John shows how ordinary people can achieve amazing feats of willpower by hacking their minds.  We’re not sure whether to be worried or impressed, so we catch up with John for the second time to find out more about this experience that he described as life changing and transformative.

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Hooked is a guide to building habit-forming technology, as discovered by Nir Eyal through his experience working in the video gaming and advertising industries. Nir stands at the intersection of business, psychology and and technology to share practical insights to create habits that stick, and build products that people love and can’t put down.

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You could be working your dream job or finding fulfilment in pursuit of your greatest passion, but there is no job in the world that is exempt from bouts of stress, anxiety and lack of focus or motivation. In the second episode of our mindfulness series, Nadege Esteban, founder of Wise Mind shares ways in which we can apply mindfulness at the workplace.

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Start the monkey year swinging with some practical tips and techniques on how to beat the economic blues with ActionCoach, Jeevan Sahadevan. 

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How do you win an argument with charm and panache? Is it possible to benefit from a screw up? These are some of the questions that Jay Heinrichs, author of Thank You For Arguing, helps us answer as we explore the art of persuasion and manipulation to change a person’s mood, mind and willingness to do something. 

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We function at our best when all aspects of our wellness are attended to. In the first episode of this month long series on mindfulness, Nadege Esteban of Wise Mind gets us to think about wellness and how mindfulness can help optimize our mental, emotional and physical conditions.

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Accomplishing all the dreams and goals we have requires us to summon up extreme amounts of motivation. Nick Winter knows this all too well -- he set himself 17 goals to achieve in just 3 months, ranging from the mammoth task of writing a book, to learning how to throw knives.  The motivation hacker joins us to share what he learned from this experiment and the kinds of hacks we can try to double up our motivation.

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