The Huddle Show

Do you ever feel like you don’t really know what you’re doing? That it's just a matter of time before everyone realises you're a fraud? It’s called Imposter Syndrome and you’re not alone—Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, CEOs, and many others feel this way too. In this Huddle Show episode, listen to Impact Investment Group Chief Investment Officer, Will Richardson, talk to Caitlyn (a Huddler) about how he acknowledged and overcame his own Imposter Syndrome.

Thanks to a mystery question supplied via a gum packet, we also hear about what talent they most wish to have, as well as their interesting experiences at Burning Man, initiation workshops and more…

For information about

- Impact Investment Group, http://www.impact-group.com.au/

- Will Richardson, http://www.impact-group.com.au/people/will-richardson

This week Caitlyn is joined by Lily Morgan from Smiling Mind, an app that supports mindfulness and meditation right from your pocket, and the occupational therapist Kirsten Taylor.

We discuss the cross-cultural benefits of “dropping into your senses” through meditation and mindfulness, and how these practices apply within hugely different contexts going from hospitals in New Zealand to community leaders in the Northern Territory to girls in Africa.

Some questions we explore are:

- Shared experiences, regardless of mental state and/or culture, can foster connections between people that language might not

- Asserting that mindfulness and meditation is a workplace activity

- Shifting mindsets towards viewing time as an ally rather than an enemy in life and work

- Balancing technology addiction through mindfulness, where smart phones challenge and reduce our ability for contemplation and reflection

Today’s mystery question is “If you went to jail, what would it be for and why did you end up there?”

Lily shares her thoughts on “Mating in Captivity” by Esther Perel, and Kirsten shares a reading from Michael Leunig’s “Curlyverse”, specifically “A Book” and “Sitting on the Fence”. Caitlyn is reading “Conscious Marketing” by Carolyn Tate.

This time Kylie and Matt are joined by Paul, one of their dearest and favourite partners.

Possibility, creativity and the corporate world are the topic of the first segment, where Paul makes a pithy point about blue sky possibility: big change is possible as long as people are along for the ride and have the time to make sense of it as it happens.

The mystery question this time is: "If you were able to permanently live at any age in your life, what age would that be for you?"

Finally, Kylie shares the perils of public Pinterest browsing and the benefits of listening to Noam Chomsky (as opposed to reading him), Paul correlates the positive futures in his personal and work life and how OneDirection may have played a role in that, and Matt discovers the joys on online learning, economics, and seemingly unbiased American history programs.

Links:

www.khanacademy.org

www.bighistoryproject.com

www.coursera.org

Welcome to another episode of The Huddle Show!

Some of Episode 18's questions:

What does belief in possibility mean to an artist? What are the some of the obstacles faced when challenging the status quo? Why is art important?

Today, as part of Design Fest, we welcome Stelarc and Richard to the Huddle Show, and chat about art, creativity, phantom flesh, cyborgs and remote bodies. Stelarc's creative, collaborative and sometimes bizarre performance art, challenges what we believe is possible as he uses his body as the canvas for his work.

"What artists do ... is generate possibilities that can be examined, that can be contested, that might be appropriated but are most often discarded... [this is] what creativity and innovation should really be about."

16 February 2016

Six years in the making at Huddle, Roy and Annie are spearheading Huddle Foundation, a nexus of design, philanthropy and social enterprise, where meaningful work and doing good all take a step out of the corporate world and explore even bigger and broader horizons.

Melis explores a notion about “slow design” (think of slow food) and how it may represent a great stance and approach to take when helping communities.

Also, Melis listens to a book (how does one listen to a book?)and spends some time jumbling things up; Roy declares that “fun-ness (q.v.) can be seriousness” and Annie asks what word we might use that includes all life, not just humanity, when we're thinking about our future.

Links and acknowledgements:

Mel mentions “Big Magic”, an audiobook by Elizabeth Gilbert.

Roy contemplates Rebecca Onie’s “Health Leads” TED Talk.

Annie is plunging into “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron for a 12 week challenge with Melis to “become you”.

Thanks to Caitlyn for this week’s mystery question!

Also, keep an eye out for Huddle’s new publication “Authentic”, a collection of stories from women of all ages around the world.

Connect with us:

- Find us at www.wearehuddle.com and keep a look at our ongoing local events, all interesting, designerly and useful!

- Reach out to us on twitter at @wearehuddle and/or shout out to us at #heyhuddle

This week Sarah, Melis and Matt jam on the BIG question: What is Human-Centred Design? Melis is in two minds about being "kooky", while Sarah digs deep into how we all might be in service of these "soft squishy meatbags/skinbags of unpredictability" (humans) that we're all trying to understand.

The Mystery Question is hidden in mystery this week, and Matt has an analogue watch derail his life.

Star Wars fans Phil and Cam talk with Vito about Star Wars and the meaning they have got from the films. We talked about collaboration and the role it plays in doing great things - relinquishing having the courage to say no, and to have our work be critiqued openly. Co-design is not design by committee, and requires a vision and shared outcome. We finish with trying to work out whether greatness requires the vision of a singular person, whether than can be shared, and the role of the natural leader. Are we leaders because we choose to be leaders, or because others choose to follow?

*NO SPOILERS* This episode was recorded prior to the release of the latest Star Wars film and contains no spoilers.

How to deal with disruption? How to be disruptive? What is disruption anyway? This week Matt is joined by Huddle MD Paul Fairhead and special guest Andrew Vasko to talk about disruption and what it means to be disruptive.

Many thanks to Andrew Vasko for being our special guest this week and to Matt and Paul for hosting this week.

What makes a great workplace culture? And how do you create one? In this episode, Caitlyn is joined by Sam Joy (People & Culture, Huddle) and Mark Raymond (Open Road) to discuss workplace culture and wellbeing. They share practical tips, what floats their boat and how to live your dreams. How do we want to feel at work? Having fun at work. We also learn selling bikes is not about bikes - it’s about people - lessons from a 25 year veteran bike shop owner. Sam shares her perspective on horse riding as a source of mindfulness, and Caitlyn talks about mindfulness and embodiment - exploring your relationships with yourself and with others.

Links:

Open Road - http://www.openroadconsulting.com.au

Thanks to Caitlyn for hosting, and to Sam and Mark for being on the show.

In this week's dramatic episode, Matt is joined by Cat from Huddle and Ben McEwing from Carben Creative to talk about Story Telling and its important role in the work we do. Then the team braces for a deep and meaningful discussion about life, the universe and everything, including smashing cakes and the peace that can come from having two pens.

Many thanks to Cam for this week's mystery question.