The Mind Takeaway Podcast

In this episode, we speak to David Chislett, Creativity Trainer, Writer and Speaker based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

David shines a light on creative skills, through his engaging public speaking, personal, innovative training and his interactive workshops. He helps people improve their problem-solving skills and discover new ways of adding value in their businesses and everything they do.

In this colourful conversation, we discuss the misconceptions, biases and fears around the subject of creativity, plus David debunks the myths, experienced by society at large.

If you want to know more about David’s work and would like to connect with him you can visit his website here:

https://davidchislett.com/

In this episode we speak to Anke Herrmann a Passion Business Coach who sees creativity as being essential to building a business and dealing with any obstacles in life.

We hear Anke’s inspiring story of following her passion and having the curiosity to live an extraordinary life. Anke has lived in Germany, Australia, the United Kingdom and now in Spain. She went from an IT role in London to making flamenco dresses in Andalusia and finally coaching people on how to grow their own passion businesses. 

Anke shared her personal journey with us and the role that curiosity and creativity have played in her journey so far. She has a unique view on setbacks and procrastination which helped her find the path of less resistance. Her beautifully explained and honest examples of some of the real-life obstacles we can all find ourselves stuck with sometimes and she explains how to live and work with passion and find more joy in your life.

You can connect with and find out more about Anke here:

https://www.ankeherrmann.com/

We spoke to Jan Griffiths, President and Founder of Gravitas Detroit and a compassionate leader with more than 30 years of experience. Jan is on a mission to change the old model of leadership and show people what it takes to lead successful teams. Her journey from a little girl who grew up on a farm in Wales to a position of Chief Procurement Officer for a  $3B global automotive parts supplier. Her success earned a place in Automotive News’ list of the 100 Leading Women in the North America Auto Industry and  we talk about why Jan decided to start her own company and support global leadership change. 

This is a true story of rebellion, succeeding against the odds and holding onto real human values like connection and compassion and your vision, no matter how impossible or hard it sometimes is. We also spoke about the importance to challenge the old model and culture of leadership to change it to a more sustainable and compassionate model in order to make a bigger impact and lead through the changes technology is bringing upon us. 

You can find more about Jan and her company Gravitas Detroit here www.gravitasdetroit.com 

In this episode, Peter spoke to Robin Lockhart a commonwealth Youth worker of the year and CEO of Thought Unity. He describes his work as having meaningful conversations with young people and their families about difficult challenges they can often face within their communities. 

Robin recently finished filming in his local borough of Waltham Forest in London for a youth arts project called Eastside Story, which was born from Robin’s Social Enterprise, Catalyst In Communities. Eastside Story will also be screened as an episode of BBC’s Imagine documentaries in September.

They spoke about the importance of communication, connected conversations, cooperation with one another, the importance of failing and challenging the truth of the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and what is possible for us. Robin gave an eye-opening perspective on the violent gangs, fear and conflict amongst young people. Where it comes from and the role of the media. They also explored the importance of youth work and investing in young people.

You can find out more about Robin’s work here:

www.robinlockhart.net 

www.throughunity.com - the charity he runs supporting those bereaved by Homicide.

We spoke to Kate E Stokes about a journey that starts from nothing, not even an idea, to create a series of successful short movies in VR 180 format called WonderlandX. 

In this episode, Peter speaks to Janine Murmann, a London based artist with a creativity and lifestyle blog called Colouresko, where she is on a journey to inspire people to explore their creativity.   

They talk about creativity being part of our human existence and the ways we can enhance it and what we can do to remove distractions.  Janine says immersing herself into a creative process is like a therapeutic meditation and encourages young people to enjoy the whole process as opposed to needing to see specific results like money or fame. The creative process itself has huge benefits and also transfers to everything we do and how we feel so we are happier and more successful as a result of it. 

Janine also has a full-time job and she sees creativity as a healthy guide in her life. For example, a creative block is a notification for her that she is out of sync and has to make lifestyle changes, which keeps her curious and excited. Creativity is essential to the job she does, solving problems, accessing innovative ideas, communicating with people and engaging her team. Creativity is an essential part of all jobs, especially in the future as machines, automation and AI is going to take over mundane tasks. Humans will have to enhance the very things that make them unique because that is not what a machine can (for now at least) do and is necessary for our survival.  

They also spoke about corporate culture, leadership and entrepreneurship in relation to creativity as well as how to encourage kids to be more creative. 

Enjoy the conversation and let us know what you think.

In this first episode we talk about what to expect in the future. We explain a bit about us, why we do what we do, how The Mind Takeaway came into form and we celebrate what it is to be human in a hyperconnected digital world. We speak about our innate capacity to self-correct ourselves from a psychological perspective and draw upon our own resilience, creativity, love and intuition. In each episode, we celebrate and explore what it is to be human and we speak to amazing people who have harnessed their potential and share our insights and stories.