Episode 291 – The Art of Questions with Michael Leckie

Episode 291 - The Art of Questions with Michael Leckie

‘It’s not that you’re wrong. You’re just no longer right. And that’s a big difference.’ Michael Leckie has built his career on asking good questions at the right time, and in his book The Heart of Transformation he talks about ‘operationalizing curiosity’ as one of the capabilities that drive successful…

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Episode 177 – Powered by Change with Jonathan MacDonald

Episode 177 - Powered by Change with Jonathan MacDonald

‘The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.’ Jonathan MacDonald is extraordinary in many ways: a victim of bullying as a child who grew up to practise ‘radical forgiveness’, the youngest ever Chairman of the British Music Industries Association, the current British heavyweight jiu-jitsu champion…. Oh…

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Episode 148 – Disrupting Yourself with Whitney Johnson

‘We are learning machines. It’s the biology of who we are.’ We’re used to thinking about disruption as a force that shapes industries, products and services. But have you ever thought about disrupting yourself? Whitney Johnson recommends that you jump to a new learning curve every five years or so,…

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Episode 115 – After the Awards with Campbell Macpherson

Episode 115 - After the Awards with Campbell Macpherson

Campbell Macpherson hasn’t really stopped grinning since March, when I handed him the Business Book of the Year trophy at the Business Book Awards ceremony. In this week’s show we talk about the impact of winning such a prestigious award (or even just being shortlisted), and how your book can…

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