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Today’s episode is a recording of our recent mission-led government virtual event.

Over the past six months we’ve been exploring with clients across the Civil Service what it takes to make mission-led government work, working with over 170 people. And so in today’s recording we share what we’re hearing and our insights, as well as hearing from you guys in the Mayvin community too.

This session will provide valuable space to make sense of the mission-led approach in your context, and develop some fresh perspective and practical insights.   

Hope you enjoy listening and if you would like to talk to us further re mission-led please do get in touch. 

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Leadership and the new chaos. It's not just you. Leaders everywhere are overwhelmed, and not because they're doing something wrong. The world has changed. Chaos isn't the exception anymore. It's the norm. In this episode, we explore how to lead when the map keeps redrawing itself under your feet. Carolyn Norgate and Carolyn Parker revisit and expand on their earlier podcast about leadership in today's increasingly unpredictable world. Six months ago, they saw a glimmer of optimism. Today, the sentiment is more complex. The leaders are working harder, facing more demands and feeling less impact. They delve into what it means to lead in an era where answers have a short shelf life, where leadership must be adaptive, relational and reflective, they discuss the limitations of traditional leadership models and share insights that challenge the myth of the heroic leader and how embracing vulnerability, creative Inquiry and collective sense making can pave the way to a more human, connected approach to navigating the chaos. 

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Sarah Fraser and Sophie Tidman discuss the varied responses to AI in organisations, noting a divide between those embracing it and those resistant. They highlight the importance of using AI as a stimulus for thinking rather than a replacement for human judgement. 

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Our Tony Nicholls has decided to stop working from the end of March 2025, he still finds it hard to use the R word, so we decided to make the most of him these last few weeks that we have him, and try to bottle his wisdom and experience, slash milk him for content before he goes. We're releasing these short 10 minute episodes for the next eight weeks, which will take us up to his last week with us. Each episode will focus on a different topic, a different element of his time at Mayvin or his career at large. 

In today's final episode of conversations with Tony, Tony is joined by James Traeger. James has recently moved into a new role as non Executive Chair of Mayvin, as a co founder and director since 2010, James has been instrumental in shaping Mayvin identity practice and growth. In this candid conversation, he shares insights into his new role and what it entails. James and Tony also reflect openly on their career transitions, one having a shift in gears and the other coming to a full stop. It's a daunting process, but they both recognise a new found release of energy. 

Please do feel free to get in touch with us or Tony directly, if you'd like to pass on any well wishes for his R word. 

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Our Tony Nicholls has decided to stop working from the end of March 2025, he still finds it hard to use the R word, so we decided to make the most of him these last few weeks that we have him, and try to bottle his wisdom and experience, slash milk him for content before he goes. We're releasing these short 10 minute episodes for the next eight weeks, which will take us up to his last week with us. Each episode will focus on a different topic, a different element of his time at Mayvin or his career at large. 

In today's episode, Our Tony is joined by Our Sophie, Sophie Tidman. Sophie wanted to ask Tony about the pivotal moments in his OD career. She asks, What took you into OD? What has shifted your perspective through the years, what has challenged you and because we love a good blunder here at Mayvin, any pivotal blunders.

Please do feel free to get in touch with us or Tony directly, if you'd like to pass on any well wishes for his R word. 

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'Our' Tony Nicholls has decided to stop working from the end of March 2025 he still finds it hard to use the R word, so we decided to make the most of him these last few weeks that we have him and try to bottle his wisdom and experience, slash milk him for content before he goes. We will be releasing one of these short 10 minute episodes every week for the next eight weeks, which will take us up to his last week with us. Each episode will focus on a different topic, a different element of his time at Mayvin or his career at large.

In today's episode, Tony is joined by Carolyn Norgate as they look back at Tony's time with Mayvin and in particular, our accredited core practice programme, as that's how they first met. They talk about the impact the program has had on Tony's individual practice and approach with clients and Mayvin practice more generally, including leading to our latest offering of Kickstarter programs. 

Please do feel free to get in touch with us or Tony directly, if you'd like to pass on any well wishes for his R word. 

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'Our' Tony Nicholls has decided to stop working from the end of March 2025 he still finds it hard to use the R word, so we decided to make the most of him these last few weeks that we have him and try to bottle his wisdom and experience, slash milk him for content before he goes. We will be releasing one of these short 10 minute episodes every week for the next eight weeks, which will take us up to his last week with us. Each episode will focus on a different topic, a different element of his time at Mayvin or his career at large.

In today's episode, Tony is joined by Claire Newell, Marketing Manager and Abi Jackson, Senior Client Coordinator, to speak about management, a hot topic chosen because Tony is currently line manager to both! 

Please do feel free to get in touch with us or Tony directly, if you'd like to pass on any well wishes for his R word. 

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'Our' Tony Nicholls has decided to stop working from the end of March 2025 he still finds it hard to use the R word, so we decided to make the most of him these last few weeks that we have him and try to bottle his wisdom and experience, slash milk him for content before he goes. We will be releasing one of these short 10 minute episodes every week for the next eight weeks, which will take us up to his last week with us. Each episode will focus on a different topic, a different element of his time at Mayvin or his career at large.

In today's episode, Tony is joined by our principal consultant, Carolyn Parker and Carolyn wanted to quiz Tony on his blunders and blinders. So blunders being things that have gone wrong over the years, and blinders being things that have gone exceptionally well. 

Please do feel free to get in touch with us or Tony directly, if you'd like to pass on any well wishes for his R word. 

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Sophie Tidman and Anna Iles explore the potential of futures thinking in a BANI world. 

Anna is a futurist life coach and facilitator supporting empowered mindsets and resilient strategies in challenging contexts. She's worked for over 10 years with sustainability and systems change consultancies, Forum for the Future and business for social responsibility, and authored two books on innovative culture and strategy, most recently, the innovation friendly organization.

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'Our' Tony Nicholls has decided to stop working from the end of March 2025 he still finds it hard to use the R word, so we decided to make the most of him these last few weeks that we have him and try to bottle his wisdom and experience, slash milk him for content before he goes. We will be releasing one of these short 10 minute episodes every week for the next eight weeks, which will take us up to his last week with us. Each episode will focus on a different topic, a different element of his time at Mayvin or his career at large.

In today's episode, Tony is joined by our principal consultant, Ash Thomas. Ash asked our Tony, how do you talk about what OD is, and why do you think OD is needed in the world at the moment, and what do you think you've brought to the world of OD? 

Please do feel free to get in touch with us or Tony directly, if you'd like to pass on any well wishes for his R word. 

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