Raise Your Game

Say you’ve got an idea for a business, that you think could really take off. How do you then take that germ of an idea through the necessary steps to mould and make into a lasting, profitable business? Mike Southon goes through exactly that in his book, The Beermat Entrepreneur, to share the tricks and tips that any entrepreneur ought to know before embarking on a business. 

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In the era of grand challenges that we are living today and with the confusion that fills the world, leaders play an increasingly important role in enabling us to make sense of the world. One key trait of a leader is accountability. Professor Mushtak joins us for the final episode of his Think Like An Engineer series, and shares examples some unconventional ways to inculcate a culture of accountability. 

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We all have good intentions to accomplish the things we want most to the best of our abilities. However our efforts are built on the bad habits deeply ingrained within us that act as saboteurs on our path to success. Peter Bregman, author of Four Seconds, joins us to offer some advice to help replace bad habits with more productive behaviours.

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We’re living in a hyper connected world, and we are constantly consuming a steady stream of data from our smart phones, computers and tv. With so much information and entertainment vying for our attention, our ability to focus on any one thing has become increasingly divided. Ben Parr, an entrepreneur who recognized the value of attention, decided to write to a book called Captivology, and breaks down the many different triggers that we can use to successfully capture the attention of others. 

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Apologies work; authentic, heartfelt empathy diffuses anger and builds relationships and drives business profitability. Even more so when it comes from the top, as organisations get their cue from their leaders. CEOs need to role-model this behaviour in order to make it safe for others to apologise and admit to mistakes.

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What does it mean to be an exponential entrepreneur and what does it take to become one? Bold is a collaborative effort between Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler that serves as an informative and highly practical playbook to arm today’s entrepreneurs, activist and leaders with the tools they’ll need to positively impact the lives of billions while making their biggest dreams come true. 

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No amount of research and planning can predict the future or the outcome of anything with complete certainty. Preparation is crucial, but, the world is full of the unexpected and the unpredictable. So what can we do? According to Robert Poynton, a complex world demands the ability to improvise. He’s the author of Do- Improvise, and in the book, Robert talks about improvisational ideas and tools like the improve skills an actor uses in theatre, and how it can be applied in business.

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Is the education system failing the learner? How can we reinvent the education system to allow the role of risk taking and failure to grow human potential? The irony is that while we recognise the importance of failure as a method of learning and discovery, we have an education system as well as a job market that rewards only the right answers. By giving marks to great failures, Professor Mushtak believes we can take the stigma out of failure, to take risks and embrace failure as part of the journey to achieving our full potential.

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Written from the perspectives of two different authors, Gratitude and Trust examines how addiction can manifest in a lot of different ways, and that it doesn’t need to be life threatening to be considered addiction. Such addictive behaviour can impact performance and productivity at the workplace- Tracey Jackson, one of the co-authors of Gratitude and Trust shares her experience as a writer in Hollywood and offers 6 affirmations based on recovery programs to help live a more a content and purpose filled life. 

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History tells us that the great exploits of the world are the results of men and women who have overcome fear and have walked through the corridors of courage and perseverance.  Fear is a real thing.  If not responded to properly, it pulls us back from reaching our full potential. In this session, we will explore what fear is and how to build the courage to overcome it.

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