This Human Life

Chapter 4 everybody! It’s all about heart. Melis talks us through the importance of being open-hearted when going about designing with and for other people. To remember that even though it’s scary to share parts of yourself with another person, it’s totally worth it and makes you a better designer (and leader). Jump in for a warm audio cuddle.

Melis kicks off Chapter 4 and reads pages 107 to 113 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)

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Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Julia. Much gratitude for your gift.

This week Melis introduces a framework about different forms of listening, with some tips and tricks about to know where you’re listening from and be deliberate about how you choose to listen. She then takes us a little further and shares the clues on how to listen to listening! We could go on. But we won't.

Melis finished chapter 3 and reads pages 95 to 105 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)

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For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com

Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Julia. Much gratitude for your gift.

This week Melis talks about how to prepare yourself and others to hold a productive and less painful design critique session. She takes us through a framework that, when followed, creates the perfect conditions to access the feedback you need to propel your design forward.

Melis reads pages 92 to 95 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)

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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.

For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com

Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.

This week Melis talks about integrity and courage in communication. She touches on the importance of establishing deep listening skills to improve your practice as a human centred designer and of course, as a leader.

Melis reads pages 85 to 91 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)

She mentions Simon Sinek’s Ted Talk which you can watch here: https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?language=en

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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.

For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com

Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.

"Your work is only as good as how well you communicate it." This week Melis talks about intentional communication and talks us through a framework to help connect with your audience, and speak to them on their terms with clear intent.

Melis reads pages 79 to 85 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)

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Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.

This week we talk about the traps of falling in love with your idea too early and what to do about it.

Melis reads pages 74 to 79 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)

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For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com

Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.

This week we explore imagination as the most useful skill to help with envisioning alternate futures. We reconnect with the importance of questions and question types so you’re asking the right questions for the answers you seek.

Melis reads pages 68 to 74 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)

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For more info on the Centre for Optimism that Melis mentions, check it out here:
https://www.centreforoptimism.com/

Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.

This week we explore the importance of building instinct around your work and learning how to trust it. We talk about the role of intuition in envisioning outcomes for you work and seeing the pathways through to achieving success.

Melis reads pages 61 to 68 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)

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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.

For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com

Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.

This week we cover how to use systems thinking to envision your impact scenarios at different levels of scale and understand why the practice of thinking big helps you have impact with your work.

Melis reads pages 54 to 60 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)

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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.

For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com

For the link to HMW tool head over to wearehuddle.com/download-HMW

Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.

This week we cover the importance of giving your new ideas a place to grow before being exposed to critique and the harshness of reality. This fertile place is initially your mind. so we explore how to create the conditions that allow your ideas to flourish! :-)

Melis reads pages 45 to 53 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)

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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.

For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com

Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.