In today’s episode, I have a cracking conversation with Simon Dowling. Simon is a reformed lawyer, improvisation artist, public speaker and author of the book Work With Me: How to get people to buy into your ideas.

For individuals and organisations, being able to collaborate and create real value is key to success in a modern economy. Without it, you are going to struggle in the quest for innovation, engagement, productivity and agility. Alternatively, if you build an environment where people are aligned, collaborating around a single purpose and set of behaviours, and can work to their full potential, you set an incredibly powerful platform for folks to really fly.

In this conversation, Simon shares how you can influence without it being an adversarial tug-of-war process, what factors need to exist when people come together to collaborate, three elements that help create clarity in complexity; and the role rules play in giving people the freedom to work.

If you want to learn how to connect people and perspectives to positively impact your ideas, insights or influence, this is a must listen episode.