The Indigo Podcast

The Indigo Podcast

By Ben Baran and Chris EverettBusinessManagement
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The Indigo Podcast episodes

  • Flourishing in a VUCA World: Agile, Agility, and Why It Matters

    The Indigo Podcast's hosts, Ben and Chris, explain the origins of VUCA and why it's relevant. They define what "agile" and "agility" mean in the context of business and management. And, they provide practical examples of agility/agile and implications for employees and managers.

    Podcast articles and links mentioned by Chris and Ben:

    • Ben's agility white paper https://www.indigoanchor.com/s/Bens-SIOP-Paper.pdf
    • On origins of VUCA https://www.indigoanchor.com/blog/2019/10/31/on-the-origins-of-vuca-and-how-it-affects-decision-making
    • Developing strategic leadership: The US Army War College experience https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/02621719210018208/full/html
    • Agile Manifesto: http://agilemanifesto.org/
    • Cynefin video: https://youtu.be/N7oz366X0-8 Spotify Engineering Culture: https://youtu.be/4GK1NDTWbkY

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    1 hr 10 min
  • Flourishing in a VUCA World: Agile, Agility, and Why It Matters
    Agile, Agility, and Why It Matters
    The Indigo Podcast's hosts, Ben and Chris, explain the origins of VUCA and why it’s relevant. They define what “agile” and “agility” mean in the context of business and management. And, they provide practical examples of agility/agile and implications for employees and managers.
    1 hr 10 min
  • Scandalized By Management: A Jaded Look at Adult Working Life and How to Thrive Anyway

    The Indigo Podcast's hosts, Ben and Chris, swap entertaining stories of being scandalized and surprised by incompetent management/leadership. They explore the question, "Why does incompetent management and leadership persist?" And, they offer advice on what people and organizations can do to thrive at the individual, management, and executive levels.

    Podcast articles and links mentioned by Chris and Ben:

    • John Kotter What Leaders Really Do https://hbr.org/2001/12/what-leaders-really-do
    • Situational Leadership https://www.amazon.com/Situational-Leader-Dr-Paul-Hersey/dp/0446513423
    • Blanchard, K. H., Zigarmi, D., & Nelson, R. B. (1993). Situational Leadership® after 25 years: A retrospective. Journal of Leadership Studies, 1(1), 21-36.
    • https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/107179199300100104
    • The Bowen Center for the Study of the Family https://thebowencenter.org/theory/eight-concepts/
    • Tarzan Approach https://sivers.org/tarzan
    • What is industrial/organizational psychology? https://www.siop.org/Research-Publications/SIOP-Brochures
    • Books we like https://www.amazon.com/Be-Boss-Everyone-Wants-Work/dp/1626566259
    • https://www.amazon.com/Chimp-Paradox-Management-Program-Confidence/dp/039916359X
    • https://www.amazon.com/Difficult-Conversations-Discuss-What-Matters/dp/0143118447/
    • Mentoring: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1996-04951-007
    • https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2004-10572-010.html
    • https://www.amazon.com/Blackwell-Handbook-Mentoring-Multiple-Perspectives/dp/144433543X
    • Jane McGonigal https://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_the_game_that_can_give_you_10_extra_years_of_life?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/01/top-five-regrets-of-the-dying

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    1 hr 22 min
  • Scandalized By Management: A Jaded Look at Adult Working Life and How to Thrive Anyway
    Scandalized By Management
    A Jaded Look at Adult Working Life and How to Thrive Anyway
    The Indigo Podcast's hosts, Ben and Chris, swap entertaining stories of being scandalized and surprised by incompetent management/leadership. They explore the question, "Why does incompetent management and leadership persist?" And, they offer advice on what people and organizations can do to thrive at the individual, management, and executive levels.
    1 hr 22 min

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Take control of your life, business, and career once and for all. The Indigo Podcast offers raw, unfiltered, and science-based talk about flourishing in life. Join CEOs, executives, and regular folks in learning how to build a better future at work and beyond. Check out this top ranked podcast! For more information, visit www.indigotogether.com.