The Huddle Show

According to studies by the Harvard Business School, success and likeability are positively correlated for men and negatively correlated for women. Currently, of all top-level leadership across the world, 13-20% are women.

Why? And what can we do about it?

Inspired by Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg famous TED talk and book, Lean In, we’re joined by Marina Paronetto (Biz & Female Founders Start Up) and Ben McEwing (Campfire & Carben Creative) to discuss the issues women experience in business and leadership.

We dive into the idea of femininity and masculinity in the workplace, culture and norms, and how to support ourselves and other women into step into our talent, confidence, and presence.

Notes:

Lean in, by Sheryl Sandberg, www.leanin.org/book/

Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders TED talk, bit.ly/1JYw1Tt

The Alphabet Vs The Goddess, by Leonard Shlain, www.alphabetvsgoddess.com/

How can technology help citizens meaningfully contribute to government?

Discussing ‘civic technologies’ with Alvaro Maz (Co-founder and Managing Director) and Adam Murray (Head of Experiments) from Code for Academy, we get an insider view into this tech company’s approach to meaningfully engage the public, how to turn Hackathons into something tangible, and the value of open source technology. (We find out what open source means too.)

Our host Caitlyn was also really excited to hear tips for innovating within large organisations, earning support, and creating the conditions for those ‘aha!’ moments.

Listen in!

Show notes:

codeforaustralia.org

@codeforaus

Connect with Alvaro Maz, @alvaromaz

Find out more about Hops Abroad, hopsaboard.com

Find out more about Adam Murray, adamwmurray.com

Listen to his podcast, Subtle Disruptors, subtledisruptors.com @subtledisruptor

Books:

Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari

Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs, by Lisa Randall

The Systems View of Life, by Professor Fritjof Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi

Debt: The first 5000 Years, by David Graeber

In this episode, hear Melis Senova (Huddle’s Founder) and Caitlyn (Host and Huddler) explore three essential mindsets for innovation and the importance of knowing your WHY.

If you’ve got a complex problem to solve, or you’re seeking to innovate in ways that work, listen in to discover how an explorative, open, and creative approach is often just what’s needed. Find out what this looks like in action and gather a deeper understanding of the value of purpose.

Responding to the Mystery Question, find out Melis and Caitlyn’s best ways to relax (so needed!) and also find out what books and development classes they recommend.

This episode precedes the speech Melis gave at the Global Access Partners Economic Summit on innovation. You can read her speech here: http://bit.ly/2ds70C2

Books:

Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln: by James C. Humes, https://www.amazon.com/Speak-Like-Churchill-Stand-Lincoln/dp/0761563512

Human-centred design (HCD) offers incredible opportunities for large organisations. Yet advocating HCD in these contexts can have its challenges. How might we overcome these challenges to create great human-centred outcomes?

In this podcast, Huddlers Jo Taylor and Brenden Carricker share their experiences in large organisations (21 years collectively). From corporate and government contexts, they tell Caitlyn (our host) what drew them to HCD, how they came to apply HCD in their own organisations, what challenges they faced, and how they overcame them.

Notes:

“Communicating the New” video about co-design by Kim Erwin, https://vimeo.com/78100848

Everyone tells stories. All the time. Whether it’s your LinkedIn profile, findings from a project, what happened at the cafe, or your company’s brand. In all of these contexts, people don’t buy what you’re selling: they buy your story.

So how do you tell stories well? Experts in storytelling, Michael Margolis (Get Storied) and Ben McEwing (Carben Creative), show us the way. For practical storytelling tips, and, well, great stories, listen to this podcast.

Show notes:

Amnesty International 'Look Without Borders' video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7XhrXUoD6U

Michael Margolis, Get Storied, www.getstoried.com

Ben McEwing, Carben Creative: carben.com.au

How did Anthropology and Design come together? What does it mean for business and design? Find out with Huddlers Phil Bickerdike, Sarah Hyne, and Caitlyn Cook (our host).

Discussing the tools, mindsets and approaches Design Anthropology offers, we discover how to produce the best results through representative research and co-design. Challenging the ‘All Knowing Designer’, Sarah and Phil illuminate the power relationships in research and design. Going deeper, we learn how Design Anthropology helps create products and services that truly serve the people they’re for.

Phil and Sarah are strategic designers at Huddle and are currently completing their Masters degrees in Design Anthropology at Swinburne.

Design Anthropology resources and communities:

—EPIC, http://www.epicpeople.org

—Melbourne Professional Design Anthropology, http://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Melbourne-Professional-Design-Anthropology-Meetup/

Interesting reading:

—The Remarkable Advantage of Abundant Thinking, http://firstround.com/review/the-remarkable-advantage-of-abundant-thinking/?ct=t(How_Does_Your_Leadership_Team_Rate_12_3_2015)

—Gut, Giulia Enders, http://www.readings.com.au/products/19441715/gut-the-inside-story-of-our-bodys-most-under-rated-organ

—Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert, http://www.readings.com.au/products/19548665/big-magic-creative-living-beyond-fear

In this Huddle Show episode, hear special guest Cass Spong (Founder of Entheos Consulting) talk about Collaborative Systems Thinking with Kylie (Huddle’s Director of Meaningful Business).

Collaborative Systems Thinking is a process that ignites new awareness of the organisational system that we operate in, our role and impact, and our team’s collective role and impact. It brings to the surface the visible and invisible factors driving engagement and performance.

Discussing this, Cass and Kylie reflect on how collaboration can allow groups of people to uncover systemic issues, and how to create organisational self-awareness that drives change.

Kylie and Cass also talk about the impact of mindset in organisations and how mindset can both prevent and inspire innovation.

Books and people:

Life at the frontier: Leadership through Courageous Conversations, by David White

https://www.amazon.com/Life-Frontier-Leadership-Courageous-Conversation/dp/1932887156

Find out more about Cass Spong and Entheos Consulting here: www.entheos.com.au

Acting is not just for actors. The skills and strengths you learn to embody through acting are valuable for everyone (especially leaders, facilitators, and public speakers).

In this episode, our host Caitlyn, a Huddler, is joined by special guest and acting coach Clare Dea (Meisner Melbourne) to show us how we can use acting techniques to be more creative, courageous, and effective in our projects, meetings, and life.

Find out more about the Meisner Technique and Meisner Melbourne: http://meisnermelbourne.com.au/

Follow Clare on Facebook and Snapchat: https://www.facebook.com/clare.e.dea

How do you design amazing customer experiences?

Find out in this discussion with special guest Chris Luxford, co-founder of Experience Innovators, and Huddlers Caitlyn and Joanne.

Discussing the importance of human-centred leadership, strategy, and work culture, we also interrogate the process, explore the challenges and how to overcome them, and talk about tangible examples by looking at call centres in particular (an oft-forgotten, but really important customer-facing area of business).

Answering a quick-fire round of mystery questions in the second part of the show, and discussing Interesting Things in the third part, we circle back to the importance of the courage to break rules, getting sleep, and re-gifting Christmas presents.

Books and people:

Thinking fast and slow, by Daniel Carnamen, http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555

The Integral Model, by Ken Wilber, https://integrallife.com/integral-post/overview-integral-theory

Margot Cairnes, http://www.margotcairnes.com/

Virtual reality, gaming, augmented reality, the future. How will this be played out? In this weeks episode, Vito is joined by Simon J. Green and Bob Cooney to talk about Virtual Reality and the impact to society. As designers we need to consider how this medium will affect society and culture. Are these just tools or is it still good storytelling that is the key.