Today's episode explores innovation from different perspectives: historical, scientific, sociological, cultural and practical — all through the feminine lens. It addresses the shortage of women in innovation and how important it is to address this as the first step to inclusion. This book reveals that any innovator can acquire the necessary skills to create meaningful innovation.

It is about celebrating the duality of the feminine and the masculine in all human beings and dares us to activate both energies to create innovation that brings true value to our world. To date, the world (and innovation) has been mainly driven by masculine energy, and we can no longer ignore gender. This book will help you discover that you have latent feminine skills and that, wherever you stand on the masculine/feminine spectrum, rebalancing towards the opposite makes you a more centred human being in your personal and professional life.

It's a pleasure to welcome the author of Venus Genius: The Female Prescription for Innovation, Fabienne Jacquet .

Find Fabienne here: https://innoveve.com

Find Fabienne's husband's art here: http://pdeshayes.com

Hidden Truths Finale: What Leaders Need to Hear But Are Rarely Told with David Fubini 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:36 Getting on Board with the Board 00:04:44 CEO's role to reach out to the Board 00:07:32 Board Theatre 00:11:28 ESG Sustainability and Stakeholders 00:15:15 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion 00:20:09 Positioning Change as a Journey 00:21:57 When it's time to leave 00:26:28 Leaving Well 00:36:36 Outro

Courses are taught in MBA and executive development programs that provide a lot of information about the job. Direct reports and teams also observe leaders in action. But it's not until you assume a leadership job that the reality of the position hits home.

The reality is that leaders operate in a crucible, one in which emotions run high and interpersonal relationships are at risk. Being in the spotlight, not having nearly enough hours in the day to address key issues, confronting right-versus-right decisions - all of this ratchets up the degree of difficulty.

We welcome back the author of Hidden Truths: What Leaders Need to Hear but Are Rarely Told, David Fubini

Find David here: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=102821

In today's knowledge economy that prizes intellectual capital—where we need all individuals to build passions and develop their full human potential—our education system is no longer sufficient. Amid the disaster since the pandemic's assault on society and schools over multiple school years, there is an opportunity to rebuild better by altering the fundamental assumptions undergirding our present-day schooling model. Today's book isn't about disruptive innovation. Nor is it about the devastation and disruption that the pandemic caused. It's about what we build out of this devastation. What we choose to create. And our guest proposes that It starts with educators.

We welcome a friend of the show and someone I have also become to see as a friend, he is here to share his new book, From Reopen to Reinvent, Recreating School for Every Child, Michael Horn

Find Michael here: https://michaelbhorn.com

Topics we cover:

• 00:01:18 The Imagination Network in the Brain
• 00:03:34 Creativity is about Inhibition as well as activation
• 00:05:48 Brainstorming
• 00:08:22 Convergent and Divergent Thinking
• 00:10:58 Educating People out of Creativity
• 00:12:29 Organisations and Creativity
• 00:16:39 Creative Exercises like de Bono's 6 Thinking Hats
• 00:22:22 The Von Restorff Effect

Find Helena here:

https://www.chequeredleopard.com

We welcome back Helena Boschi, the author of "Why We Do What We Do Understanding our brain to get the best out of ourselves and others"

Here are our topics today

If You Are Human You Are Biased

Cognitive Dissonance and Motivated Reasoning

Cognitive Energy Choice Overload, Complexity Avoidance

Anchoring Effects and Wine Lists

How Language Shapes Behaviour

We Are Poor At Judging Risk

The Availability Heuristic

In Group/Out Group

Find Helena here: https://www.chequeredleopard.com

The brain is the basis of everything we do: how we behave, communicate, feel, remember, pay attention, create, influence, and decide.

Today's book combines scientific research with concrete examples and illustrative stories to clarify the complex mechanisms of the human brain. It offers valuable insights into how our brain works every day, at home and at work, and provides practical ideas and tips to help us lead happy, healthy, and productive lives.

The thoughts you have and the words that you speak all have an effect on your neural architecture - and this book explains what that means in a way you can understand.

We welcome Helena Boschi, the author of "Why We Do What We Do

Understanding our brain to get the best out of ourselves and others"

Find Helena here:

https://www.chequeredleopard.com

Today's book aims to unpack the neuroscience of reward and, in so doing, enable us to find a better, healthier balance between pleasure and pain. But neuroscience is not enough. We also need the lived experience of human beings. Who better to teach us how to overcome compulsive overconsumption than those most vulnerable to it: people with addiction. Whether it's sugar or shopping, voyeuring or vaping, social media posts or The Washington Post, we all engage in behaviours we wish we didn't, or to an extent we regret.

This book offers practical solutions for how to manage compulsive overconsumption in a world where consumption has become the all-encompassing motive of our lives."

It's a pleasure and a reward to welcome the author of Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence With Dr Anna Lembke

Find Anna here:

https://www.annalembke.com

It's a dopamine hit to welcome back Dr Anna Lembke, the author of "Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence".

00:00:00 Sponsor Message

00:00:33 What is Dopamine?

00:02:50 Access is Easy Now in a Digital World

00:10:14 Opioid-induced Hyperalgesia

00:11:27 Expectation Let Down Children

00:13:54 Cannabis Addiction and Dopamine Fasting

00:17:27 How Reminders of our Drug Can Trigger Desire to Use

00:21:43 Gambling Addiction

00:25:56 The DOPAMINE Acronym

00:36:09 Replace a reward with another reward

00:39:17 Understanding Stress and Pain

00:44:54 Final Message

Today's book aims to unpack the neuroscience of reward and, in so doing, enable us to find a better, healthier balance between pleasure and pain. But neuroscience is not enough. We also need the lived experience of human beings. Who better to teach us how to overcome compulsive overconsumption than those most vulnerable to it: people with addiction. Whether it’s sugar or shopping, voyeuring or vaping, social media posts or The Washington Post, we all engage in behaviours we wish we didn’t, or to an extent we regret.

This book offers practical solutions for how to manage compulsive overconsumption in a world where consumption has become the all-encompassing motive of our lives.”

It’s a pleasure and a reward to welcome the author of Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence With Dr Anna Lembke

Find Anna here: https://www.annalembke.com