Julie Noonan is an Executive Coach and Strategic Change Consultant, helping corporate executives lead transformational change. Julie believes in the power of curiosity, empathy and diplomacy. Join Aviv Shahar as he and Julie engage in a rich discussion on key characteristics of the different generations in the workforce today, the importance of putting in energy work, and fundamental components to successful leadership.  00:32 – Aviv introduces today’s guest, Julie Noonan, who joins the show to share what makes her feelmost alive and major corporate trends she is noticing in the workplace 04:03 – The Great Bandaid Rip-Off 10:14 – The ‘Three Jobs Mindset’ 17:26 – Energy Work, Leadership, and Transparency 25:50 – Framing the four to five generations in the workforce currently 31:13 – Curiosity, Empathy, and Diplomacy 34:44 – Julie shares final key insights from her work 36:44 – One piece of advice Julie would give to her twenty-five year old self, two key learnings Julie values above all others, and final words of wisdom from Julie   FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf133

Julie Noonan is an Executive Coach and Strategic Change Consultant, helping corporate executives lead transformational change. Julie believes in the power of curiosity, empathy and diplomacy. Join Aviv Shahar as he and Julie engage in a rich discussion on key characteristics of the different generations in the workforce today, the importance of putting in energy work, and fundamental components to successful leadership. <ul> <li>00:32 – Aviv introduces today’s guest, Julie Noonan, who joins the show to share what makes her feelmost alive and major corporate trends she is noticing in the workplace</li> <li>04:03 – The Great Bandaid Rip-Off</li> <li>10:14 – The ‘Three Jobs Mindset’</li> <li>17:26 – Energy Work, Leadership, and Transparency</li> <li>25:50 – Framing the four to five generations in the workforce currently</li> <li>31:13 – Curiosity, Empathy, and Diplomacy</li> <li>34:44 – Julie shares final key insights from her work</li> <li>36:44 – One piece of advice Julie would give to her twenty-five year old self, two key learnings Julie values above all others, and final words of wisdom from Julie</li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf133" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf133</a>

133 Julie Noonan - Leading with Curiosity & Transparency in the Wake of Shifting Generations in the Workforce

Sophie Wade

Sophie Wade is an international speaker, the author of Empathy Works , and is an authority on the future of work. Sophie believes that we are living in a seminal moment - a tipping point in time - where we have the technology and tools to make our lives a lot better. Join Aviv Shahar as he and Sophie expound on empathy as a leadership and workplace practice, the importance of leading with inquiry, and how work is evolving to better fit our lives.  00:32 – Aviv introduces today’s guest, Sophie Wade, who joins the show to share what she loves most about her work and the passion she has for changing work and the workplace for the better 04:07 – What ‘empathy’ means to Sophie 06:43 – The central theme of Sophie’s book, Empathy Works 10:17 – Framing empathy as a value, a mindset, and a practice 13:32 – Key challenges facing top executives today 15:48 – Leading with inquiry 21:21 – The various Generations at work 24:02 – Information is power 29:24 – Key formative experiences that shaped Sophie’s passion and critical choices she made to find her authentic voice 38:24 – One piece of advice Sophie would give to her twenty-five year old self and two key learnings Sophie values above all others 40:33 – Final thoughts from Sophie   FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf132

Sophie Wade is an international speaker, the author of Empathy Works , and is an authority on the future of work. Sophie believes that we are living in a seminal moment - a tipping point in time - where we have the technology and tools to make our lives a lot better. Join Aviv Shahar as he and Sophie expound on empathy as a leadership and workplace practice, the importance of leading with inquiry, and how work is evolving to better fit our lives. <ul> <li>00:32 – Aviv introduces today’s guest, Sophie Wade, who joins the show to share what she loves most about her work and the passion she has for changing work and the workplace for the better</li> <li>04:07 – What ‘empathy’ means to Sophie</li> <li>06:43 – The central theme of Sophie’s book, Empathy Works</li> <li>10:17 – Framing empathy as a value, a mindset, and a practice</li> <li>13:32 – Key challenges facing top executives today</li> <li>15:48 – Leading with inquiry</li> <li>21:21 – The various Generations at work</li> <li>24:02 – Information is power</li> <li>29:24 – Key formative experiences that shaped Sophie’s passion and critical choices she made to find her authentic voice</li> <li>38:24 – One piece of advice Sophie would give to her twenty-five year old self and two key learnings Sophie values above all others</li> <li>40:33 – Final thoughts from Sophie</li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf132" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf132</a>

132 Sophie Wade - Bringing Empathy & Self-Awareness to the Forefront of the Workplace

Oscar Trimboli

Oscar Trimboli is the author of How to Listen: Discover the Hidden Key to Better Communication . He is the speaker and host of the podcast, Deep Listening, a podcast that is centered on creating practical tips and techniques to improve your daily listening. The world is a noisy place where you fight to be heard every day. Oscar understands this and joins the show to engage in a rich discussion on deep listening, facilitating conversations to get to the ‘essence,’ and the importance of having a listening ritual. Join Aviv Shahar as he and Oscar break down best practices to help you overcome barriers in How to Listen.  00:32 – Aviv introduces today’s guest, Oscar Trimboli, who joins the show to share what brings him joy, and the central idea behind his book, How to Listen 03:39 – Four consistent barriers to listening and the cost of not listening well 10:41 – Three microskills that can help progress your listening 15:34 – Making presence as practical as possible\ 18:11 – Facilitating conversations to get to the ‘essence’ 22:36 – Different levels of listening and the job of a listener 29:05 – The importance of having a ‘listening ritual’ 34:35 – What could be possible if everyone practiced deep listening 39:49 – One piece of advice he would give to his twenty-five year old self and two key learnings Oscar values above all others 41:09 – Final thoughts from Oscar   FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf131

Oscar Trimboli is the author of How to Listen: Discover the Hidden Key to Better Communication . He is the speaker and host of the podcast, Deep Listening, a podcast that is centered on creating practical tips and techniques to improve your daily listening. The world is a noisy place where you fight to be heard every day. Oscar understands this and joins the show to engage in a rich discussion on deep listening, facilitating conversations to get to the ‘essence,’ and the importance of having a listening ritual. Join Aviv Shahar as he and Oscar break down best practices to help you overcome barriers in How to Listen. <ul> <li>00:32 – Aviv introduces today’s guest, Oscar Trimboli, who joins the show to share what brings him joy, and the central idea behind his book, How to Listen</li> <li>03:39 – Four consistent barriers to listening and the cost of not listening well</li> <li>10:41 – Three microskills that can help progress your listening</li> <li>15:34 – Making presence as practical as possible\</li> <li>18:11 – Facilitating conversations to get to the ‘essence’</li> <li>22:36 – Different levels of listening and the job of a listener</li> <li>29:05 – The importance of having a ‘listening ritual’</li> <li>34:35 – What could be possible if everyone practiced deep listening</li> <li>39:49 – One piece of advice he would give to his twenty-five year old self and two key learnings Oscar values above all others</li> <li>41:09 – Final thoughts from Oscar</li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf131" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf131</a>

131 Oscar Trimboli - How to Listen

Eric Holsapple

Dr. Eric J. Holsapple is a successful developer, author and entrepreneur who has used mindfulness to transform both his life and his business. He’s got a PhD in Economics and has been involved in the real estate industry for forty years. He guides clients on how to operate mindfully while improving business results. Eric is the Founder of Living in the Gap and today, he joins the show to discuss how mindfulness can transform business culture. His new book, Profit with Presence: The Twelve Pillars of Mindful Leadership , helps readers learn that bringing mindfulness to the workplace is an investment that pays out real dividends. Join Aviv and Eric as they engage in a meaningful discussion on Mindful Leading.  00:33 – Aviv introduces today’s guest, Dr. Eric Holsapple, who joins the show to share his passion for helping others and the importance of mindfulness and focus 04:33 – Three modes of being 06:53 – How Dr. Eric coaches the practices of focus and mindfulness 09:47 – Happiness and ‘Living in the Gap’ 13:34 – Mindful Leadership 19:53 – The central idea behind Dr. Eric’s book Profit with Presence 22:15 – The role of purpose in the map of meaning 23:00 – Service, gratitude, and the precision effect 26:23 – How Dr. Eric organizes his priorities 29:04 – One thing Dr. Eric would change about his past experiences and advice he would give to his twenty-five year old self 30:18 – Two key learnings Dr. Eric values above all others 30:49 – Final thoughts from Dr. Eric   FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf130

Dr. Eric J. Holsapple is a successful developer, author and entrepreneur who has used mindfulness to transform both his life and his business. He’s got a PhD in Economics and has been involved in the real estate industry for forty years. He guides clients on how to operate mindfully while improving business results. Eric is the Founder of Living in the Gap and today, he joins the show to discuss how mindfulness can transform business culture. His new book, Profit with Presence: The Twelve Pillars of Mindful Leadership , helps readers learn that bringing mindfulness to the workplace is an investment that pays out real dividends. Join Aviv and Eric as they engage in a meaningful discussion on Mindful Leading. <ul> <li>00:33 – Aviv introduces today’s guest, Dr. Eric Holsapple, who joins the show to share his passion for helping others and the importance of mindfulness and focus</li> <li>04:33 – Three modes of being</li> <li>06:53 – How Dr. Eric coaches the practices of focus and mindfulness</li> <li>09:47 – Happiness and ‘Living in the Gap’</li> <li>13:34 – Mindful Leadership</li> <li>19:53 – The central idea behind Dr. Eric’s book Profit with Presence</li> <li>22:15 – The role of purpose in the map of meaning</li> <li>23:00 – Service, gratitude, and the precision effect</li> <li>26:23 – How Dr. Eric organizes his priorities</li> <li>29:04 – One thing Dr. Eric would change about his past experiences and advice he would give to his twenty-five year old self</li> <li>30:18 – Two key learnings Dr. Eric values above all others</li> <li>30:49 – Final thoughts from Dr. Eric</li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf130" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf130</a>

130 Dr. Eric Holsapple - Mindful Leadership

Ashley Reichheld

Ashley Reichheld &amp; Amelia Dunlop are both passionate leaders within Deloitte Digital. Ashley works as a Principal and Customer &amp; Marketing practice leader, while Amelia is the Chief Experience Officer. Their research is codified in the new book, The Four Factors of Trust : How Organizations Can Earn Lifelong Loyalty , where they offer practical guidance to measure and build trust in the relationships that matter most by cultivating humanity, capability, transparency and reliability. Join Aviv Shahar as he engages in a meaningful discussion with Ashley Reichheld &amp; Amelia Dunlop centered on trust, humanity, purpose, and meaning.  00:30 – Aviv introduces today’s guests, Ashley Reichheld &amp; Amelia Dunlop, who reflect on today’s topic: The Four Factors of Trust 02:56 – Key learnings Ashley &amp; Amelia would pass along to the younger generation as they begin to shape their careers 04:49 – What younger workers think about trust and empathy 06:26 – Defining and measuring ‘humanity’ and how it relates to trust 09:42 – What it occurring with Generation Z 13:27 – How leaders can cultivate an environment of trust 16:29 – Why trust is critical across multiple institutions 17:34 – Reclaiming our humanity 19:54 – Ashley &amp; Amelia share early influences on their careers 21:18 – The gender imbalance &amp; sustainability 24:38 – Advice Ashley &amp; Amelia give to young women entering the workforce 30:58 – Ashley &amp; Amelia speculate on the future and necessary systemic changes 33:31 – Purpose, Meaning, and Trust 37:07 – Final thoughts from Ashley &amp; Amelia   FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf129

Ashley Reichheld &amp; Amelia Dunlop are both passionate leaders within Deloitte Digital. Ashley works as a Principal and Customer &amp; Marketing practice leader, while Amelia is the Chief Experience Officer. Their research is codified in the new book, The Four Factors of Trust : How Organizations Can Earn Lifelong Loyalty , where they offer practical guidance to measure and build trust in the relationships that matter most by cultivating humanity, capability, transparency and reliability. Join Aviv Shahar as he engages in a meaningful discussion with Ashley Reichheld &amp; Amelia Dunlop centered on trust, humanity, purpose, and meaning. <ul> <li>00:30 – Aviv introduces today’s guests, Ashley Reichheld &amp; Amelia Dunlop, who reflect on today’s topic: The Four Factors of Trust</li> <li>02:56 – Key learnings Ashley &amp; Amelia would pass along to the younger generation as they begin to shape their careers</li> <li>04:49 – What younger workers think about trust and empathy</li> <li>06:26 – Defining and measuring ‘humanity’ and how it relates to trust</li> <li>09:42 – What it occurring with Generation Z</li> <li>13:27 – How leaders can cultivate an environment of trust</li> <li>16:29 – Why trust is critical across multiple institutions</li> <li>17:34 – Reclaiming our humanity</li> <li>19:54 – Ashley &amp; Amelia share early influences on their careers</li> <li>21:18 – The gender imbalance &amp; sustainability</li> <li>24:38 – Advice Ashley &amp; Amelia give to young women entering the workforce</li> <li>30:58 – Ashley &amp; Amelia speculate on the future and necessary systemic changes</li> <li>33:31 – Purpose, Meaning, and Trust</li> <li>37:07 – Final thoughts from Ashley &amp; Amelia</li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf129" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf129</a>

129 Ashley Reichheld & Amelia Dunlop - The Four Factors of Trust

Bryce Bennett

Court Lorenzini

Today, we’re exploring how the future reveals itself through creative and innovative business leaders. This is a fantastically disruptive and transformative time. Global institutions and many large businesses have lost credibility and are no longer trusted. So, how can difficult social, environmental, and ecological challenges be solved? Join Aviv Shahar as he engages in a meaningful discussion with Court Lorenzini (Founder of Docusign), Grant Canary (CEO of DroneSeed) and Bryce Bennet (CEO &amp; Co-Founder of Solo), three entrepreneurs who have worked on the cutting edge of solving difficult problems.  00:30 – Aviv introduces today’s guests, Court Lorenzini, Grant Canary, &amp; Bryce Bennett, who join the show to expound on today’s topic: Solving Tough Problems 05:45 – The origin story of DroneSeed and Grant’s entrepreneurial journey 14:28 – Bryce shares the inspiration behind Solo and the work they are doing to help people in the Gig Economy 22:06 – A particularly gratifying moment for Bryce and the Solo team 25:01 – Entrepreneurialism, Authoritarianism, and Coalescence 35:19 – Grant reflects back on the moment he realized how important it was to combat climate change 37:18 – Bryce reflects on his passion for making an impact 39:53 – Court’s extraordinary upbringing and his introduction to entrepreneurship and leadership 45:41 – Bryce, Grant &amp; Court share key learnings from their varied experiences 53:17 – Advice Bryce, Grant &amp; Court would give to aspiring entrepreneurs looking to make their mark on this world and solve some of our most difficult problems   FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf128

Today, we’re exploring how the future reveals itself through creative and innovative business leaders. This is a fantastically disruptive and transformative time. Global institutions and many large businesses have lost credibility and are no longer trusted. So, how can difficult social, environmental, and ecological challenges be solved? Join Aviv Shahar as he engages in a meaningful discussion with Court Lorenzini (Founder of Docusign), Grant Canary (CEO of DroneSeed) and Bryce Bennet (CEO &amp; Co-Founder of Solo), three entrepreneurs who have worked on the cutting edge of solving difficult problems. <ul> <li>00:30 – Aviv introduces today’s guests, Court Lorenzini, Grant Canary, &amp; Bryce Bennett, who join the show to expound on today’s topic: Solving Tough Problems</li> <li>05:45 – The origin story of DroneSeed and Grant’s entrepreneurial journey</li> <li>14:28 – Bryce shares the inspiration behind Solo and the work they are doing to help people in the Gig Economy</li> <li>22:06 – A particularly gratifying moment for Bryce and the Solo team</li> <li>25:01 – Entrepreneurialism, Authoritarianism, and Coalescence</li> <li>35:19 – Grant reflects back on the moment he realized how important it was to combat climate change</li> <li>37:18 – Bryce reflects on his passion for making an impact</li> <li>39:53 – Court’s extraordinary upbringing and his introduction to entrepreneurship and leadership</li> <li>45:41 – Bryce, Grant &amp; Court share key learnings from their varied experiences</li> <li>53:17 – Advice Bryce, Grant &amp; Court would give to aspiring entrepreneurs looking to make their mark on this world and solve some of our most difficult problems</li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf128" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf128</a>

128 Court Lorenzini, Grant Canary, & Bryce Bennett - Solving Tough Problems

Peter Docker

Peter Docker is a keynote speaker, facilitator, and author of the book Leading from the Jumpseat . Through his work, Peter enables leaders to unlock their natural talents. He’s focused on leadership that engenders commitment and human connection, an approach that liberates the collective wisdom of teams to generate extraordinary outcomes. Peter served for twenty-five years as a Royal Air Force senior officer and was a Force Commander during combat flying operations across the globe. Today, Aviv and Peter engage in a rich conversation on commitment, humble confidence and leading from a place of intentionality.  01:18 – Aviv introduces today’s guest, Peter Docker, who speaks to what he enjoys most about the work he does in leadership and expounds on the concept of ‘Jumpseat Leadership’ 09:55 – Three practices of Jumpseat Leadership 13:23 – Commitment, fear, and love 18:58 – Humble confidence 23:38 – Belonging 26:45 – Why context setting is critical to leadership 31:25 – Top challenges facing leaders in this time of disruptive change 35:55 – What inspired Peter to join the Royal Air Force and lessons he’s brought from the military into the business world :55 – How Jumpseat Leadership can help our ability to handle crises 47:04 – Peter speaks to how he connected and collaborated with Simon Sinek 48:31 – Advice Peter would give his twenty-five year old self and two learnings he values above all else 51:11 – Final words of wisdom from Peter   FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf127

Peter Docker is a keynote speaker, facilitator, and author of the book Leading from the Jumpseat . Through his work, Peter enables leaders to unlock their natural talents. He’s focused on leadership that engenders commitment and human connection, an approach that liberates the collective wisdom of teams to generate extraordinary outcomes. Peter served for twenty-five years as a Royal Air Force senior officer and was a Force Commander during combat flying operations across the globe. Today, Aviv and Peter engage in a rich conversation on commitment, humble confidence and leading from a place of intentionality. <ul> <li>01:18 – Aviv introduces today’s guest, Peter Docker, who speaks to what he enjoys most about the work he does in leadership and expounds on the concept of ‘Jumpseat Leadership’</li> <li>09:55 – Three practices of Jumpseat Leadership</li> <li>13:23 – Commitment, fear, and love</li> <li>18:58 – Humble confidence</li> <li>23:38 – Belonging</li> <li>26:45 – Why context setting is critical to leadership</li> <li>31:25 – Top challenges facing leaders in this time of disruptive change</li> <li>35:55 – What inspired Peter to join the Royal Air Force and lessons he’s brought from the military into the business world</li> <li>:55 – How Jumpseat Leadership can help our ability to handle crises</li> <li>47:04 – Peter speaks to how he connected and collaborated with Simon Sinek</li> <li>48:31 – Advice Peter would give his twenty-five year old self and two learnings he values above all else</li> <li>51:11 – Final words of wisdom from Peter</li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf127" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf127</a>

127 Peter Docker - Intentional Leadership

Faiza Hughell is a go-to market leader, board member, and mentor. She was RingCentral’s Chief Customer Officer and just recently retired from RingCentral after eleven years of an extraordinary ride where her strategic oversight of sales and execution has been a critical driver for RingCentral’s growth from $23M to over $1.5B in annual recurring revenue. Today, Aviv and Faiza engage in a conversation on the power of reframing, operating in an environment of explosive growth, courageous leadership, and self-empowerment.  01:15 – Aviv introduces today’s guest, Faiza Hughell 04:44 – Faiza reflects on her career journey and expounds on her proudest accomplishment 07:30 – Faiza’s most difficult challenge to overcome and the most rewarding moment of her career 10:18 – The power of reframing 13:01 – Faiza’s evolution as a leader and what she has learned from other leaders 19:47 – Building world-class teams 23:02 – Operating in an environment of explosive growth 27:05 – What Faiza learned about courageous leadership 30:20 – Mentoring advice Faiza would give to young leaders 33:12 – What the future holds for Faiza 34:46 – Final words of wisdom from Faiza   FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf126

Faiza Hughell is a go-to market leader, board member, and mentor. She was RingCentral’s Chief Customer Officer and just recently retired from RingCentral after eleven years of an extraordinary ride where her strategic oversight of sales and execution has been a critical driver for RingCentral’s growth from $23M to over $1.5B in annual recurring revenue. Today, Aviv and Faiza engage in a conversation on the power of reframing, operating in an environment of explosive growth, courageous leadership, and self-empowerment. <ul> <li>01:15 – Aviv introduces today’s guest, Faiza Hughell</li> <li>04:44 – Faiza reflects on her career journey and expounds on her proudest accomplishment</li> <li>07:30 – Faiza’s most difficult challenge to overcome and the most rewarding moment of her career</li> <li>10:18 – The power of reframing</li> <li>13:01 – Faiza’s evolution as a leader and what she has learned from other leaders</li> <li>19:47 – Building world-class teams</li> <li>23:02 – Operating in an environment of explosive growth</li> <li>27:05 – What Faiza learned about courageous leadership</li> <li>30:20 – Mentoring advice Faiza would give to young leaders</li> <li>33:12 – What the future holds for Faiza</li> <li>34:46 – Final words of wisdom from Faiza</li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf126" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf126</a>

126 Faiza Hughell - Courageous Leadership

Shaunak Roy

Shaunak Roy is the Founder and CEO of Yellowdig, a community-driven active learning platform with a mission to transform every classroom into an active, social, and experiential learning community. Prior to founding Yellowdig, Shaunak spent a decade advising global companies on technology, strategy, and growth. Today, Aviv and Shaunak share a rich discussion on the state of institutional learning, how Yellowdig is rethinking education, and the critical role that agency, mastery and connectedness play in the learning process.  01:17 – Aviv introduces today’s guest, Shaunak Roy who speaks to what brings him joy from the work he does, his passion for learning and the problem that Yellowdig solves 09:04 – Shaunak expounds on the broken educational system and possible solutions to fix it 18:42 – How Yellowdig differentiates itself 26:32 – Agency, Mastery and Connectedness 33:48 – What it looks like when a group of learners and educators truly embrace the full capability of Yellowdig’s platform 39:01 – Yellowdig’s business model, their expected growth, and Shaunak’s five-year vision 42:54 – Shaunak reflects on key insights and learnings from building an organization 45:39 – Advice Shaunak would give his twenty-five-year-old self and two learnings that Shaunak values above all else 47:06 – Final words of wisdom from Shaunak   FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf125

Shaunak Roy is the Founder and CEO of Yellowdig, a community-driven active learning platform with a mission to transform every classroom into an active, social, and experiential learning community. Prior to founding Yellowdig, Shaunak spent a decade advising global companies on technology, strategy, and growth. Today, Aviv and Shaunak share a rich discussion on the state of institutional learning, how Yellowdig is rethinking education, and the critical role that agency, mastery and connectedness play in the learning process. <ul> <li>01:17 – Aviv introduces today’s guest, Shaunak Roy who speaks to what brings him joy from the work he does, his passion for learning and the problem that Yellowdig solves</li> <li>09:04 – Shaunak expounds on the broken educational system and possible solutions to fix it</li> <li>18:42 – How Yellowdig differentiates itself</li> <li>26:32 – Agency, Mastery and Connectedness</li> <li>33:48 – What it looks like when a group of learners and educators truly embrace the full capability of Yellowdig’s platform</li> <li>39:01 – Yellowdig’s business model, their expected growth, and Shaunak’s five-year vision</li> <li>42:54 – Shaunak reflects on key insights and learnings from building an organization</li> <li>45:39 – Advice Shaunak would give his twenty-five-year-old self and two learnings that Shaunak values above all else</li> <li>47:06 – Final words of wisdom from Shaunak</li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf125" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf125</a>

125 Shaunak Roy - Changing the Future of Education

Eddy Badrina

Eddy Badrina is the CEO of Eden Green, a vertical farming company that helps people around the world sustainably grow large amounts of food using less land, water, and energy. Eddy is a purpose-driven leader, focusing on employees, inspirational organizational culture, and the communities he serves. Today, Aviv and Eddy share in an exploration of empathetic leadership, what it means to build a ‘redemptive organization,’ and key learnings and formative moments from Eddy’s journey.   01:40 – Aviv introduces today’s guest, Eddy Badrina who shares what he loves about the work he’s currently doing and the problems Eden Green is solving 06:22 – Vertical farming, explained and what Eden Green does 12:07 – Food Insecurity around the globe 17:42 – Other key players in the vertical farming value chain 21:14 – The demand for ‘organic’ 22:37 – Eddy’s vertical farming origin story 24:08 – Building a ‘Redemptive Organization’ 27:09 – Eddy reflects on key learnings from working at The U.S. Department of State and The White House 31:17 – The formative moment that awakened this sense of empathetic leadership in Eddy 34:21 – Advice Eddy would give his twenty-five year old self and two learnings that Eddy values above all else 35:26 – Final words of wisdom from Eddy    FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf124

Eddy Badrina is the CEO of Eden Green, a vertical farming company that helps people around the world sustainably grow large amounts of food using less land, water, and energy. Eddy is a purpose-driven leader, focusing on employees, inspirational organizational culture, and the communities he serves. Today, Aviv and Eddy share in an exploration of empathetic leadership, what it means to build a ‘redemptive organization,’ and key learnings and formative moments from Eddy’s journey.  <ul> <li>01:40 – Aviv introduces today’s guest, Eddy Badrina who shares what he loves about the work he’s currently doing and the problems Eden Green is solving</li> <li>06:22 – Vertical farming, explained and what Eden Green does</li> <li>12:07 – Food Insecurity around the globe</li> <li>17:42 – Other key players in the vertical farming value chain</li> <li>21:14 – The demand for ‘organic’</li> <li>22:37 – Eddy’s vertical farming origin story</li> <li>24:08 – Building a ‘Redemptive Organization’</li> <li>27:09 – Eddy reflects on key learnings from working at The U.S. Department of State and The White House</li> <li>31:17 – The formative moment that awakened this sense of empathetic leadership in Eddy</li> <li>34:21 – Advice Eddy would give his twenty-five year old self and two learnings that Eddy values above all else</li> <li>35:26 – Final words of wisdom from Eddy </li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf124" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf124</a>

124 Eddy Badrina - Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch

Welcome to Create New Futures. Every episode, best-selling author and host Aviv Shahar will explore ideas and insights that can awaken and inspire you to the opportunities you have to create new futures for you, your family, your teams, and for your business. Life is too short to not be engaged in fascinating conversations that open, inspire and unleash new ways of thinking and seeing possibilities and beauty. Through Create New Futures, Aviv will engage in conversation with leaders and experts to explore practices that you can use to create and shape the future. With his guests, Aviv will put a magnifying glass on strategies and frameworks that he has applied to help senior executives and their teams achieve significant breakthroughs that lead to game changing results. Ideas, strategies, breakthroughs and practices that you can apply.With his innovative ideas and frameworks, Aviv walks you through what you need to lead and transform an organization, and redesign your life to achieve new goals. Together with his guests, Aviv will explore how to develop strategy, how to lead to enable teams to unleash their brilliance and what is the inside work leaders must engage in to develop executive presence and charisma.More than ever, humanity now needs people who are open and prepared to imagine, create, and sustain new futures. This is a time of great transformative and disruptive change. It demands our best imagination, courage, and creativity. Through this podcast, Aviv will inspire you to be tomorrow's agent by creating conversations that birth new possibilities for you and for the people in your life.

Thoroughly enjoying this new podcast from Aviv Shahar. His in-depth conversations are insightful and each one is highlighting the breakthroughs that helped the guest move forward with their ideas. If you are a CEO, are managing an executive team, or running a business, your time would be well spent listening to these innovation-packed audio nuggets. Looking forward to future episodes.

Really Enjoying This Podcast Series

Welcome to Create New Futures. Every episode, best-selling author and host Aviv Shahar will explore ideas and insights that can awaken and inspire you to the opportunities you have to create new futures for you, your family, your teams, and for your business. Life is too short to not be engaged in fascinating conversations that open, inspire and unleash new ways of thinking and seeing possibilities and beauty. Through Create New Futures, Aviv will engage in conversation with leaders and experts to explore practices that you can use to create and shape the future. With his guests, Aviv will put a magnifying glass on strategies and frameworks that he has applied to help senior executives and their teams achieve significant breakthroughs that lead to game changing results. Ideas, strategies, breakthroughs and practices that you can apply. With his innovative ideas and frameworks, Aviv walks you through what you need to lead and transform an organization, and redesign your life to achieve new goals. Together with his guests, Aviv will explore how to develop strategy, how to lead to enable teams to unleash their brilliance and what is the inside work leaders must engage in to develop executive presence and charisma. More than ever, humanity now needs people who are open and prepared to imagine, create, and sustain new futures. This is a time of great transformative and disruptive change. It demands our best imagination, courage, and creativity. Through this podcast, Aviv will inspire you to be tomorrow's agent by creating conversations that birth new possibilities for you and for the people in your life.

Create New Futures | How Leaders Produce Breakthroughs and Transform the World through Conversation

In this episode, Aviv discusses the seven principles for creating breakthrough in business and in life. He explains how leaders can experience meaningful transformations through the process of orchestrated serendipity and why it’s important to understand the motivation that propels us to do certain things. Aviv also describes what he does in his workshops to help leadership teams generate new ideas and create breakthroughs by stimulating fresh perspectives. By disrupting habitual patterns, carving a new conversation space, activating curiosity and new synaptic connections, alternating the foreground and the background, initiating zero-gravity explorations, and elevating the energy field and presence of the group, you can unleash profound breakthroughs, and discover a sense of shared purpose and inspired commitment. Full show notes: http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf42

In this episode, Aviv discusses the seven principles for creating breakthrough in business and in life. He explains how leaders can experience meaningful transformations through the process of orchestrated serendipity and why it’s important to understand the motivation that propels us to do certain things. Aviv also describes what he does in his workshops to help leadership teams generate new ideas and create breakthroughs by stimulating fresh perspectives. By disrupting habitual patterns, carving a new conversation space, activating curiosity and new synaptic connections, alternating the foreground and the background, initiating zero-gravity explorations, and elevating the energy field and presence of the group, you can unleash profound breakthroughs, and discover a sense of shared purpose and inspired commitment. Full show notes: <a href="http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf42" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf42</a>

042 - Orchestrating Serendipity: 7 Principles for Creating Breakthroughs in Business and in Life

Welcome to Create New Futures. Every episode, best-selling author and host Aviv Shahar will explore ideas and insights that can awaken and inspire you to the opportunities you have to create new futures for you, your family, your teams, and for your business. Life is too short to not be engaged in fascinating conversations that open, inspire and unleash new ways of thinking and seeing possibilities and beauty in life that work. Through Create New Futures, Aviv will be having conversations with leaders, experts and interesting people to explore ideas and reflect on practices that you can use and apply to create and shape the future. With his guests, Aviv will put a magnifying glass on strategies and frameworks that he has applied to help senior executives and their teams achieve significant breakthroughs that lead to game changing results. Ideas, strategies, breakthroughs and practices that you can apply. Through his concept of Architecture Thinking™, Aviv walks you through what is needed to lead, change, transform an organization, redesign your life to achieve new goals, serve new needs and realize new possibilities. Leaders need to consider how to bring about and enable a compound set of outcomes by integrating multiple inputs. Together with his guests, Aviv will explore how to develop strategy, how to lead to enable teams to unleash their brilliance and what is the inside work that leaders must engage in to develop executive presence and charisma and the capacity to see both the forest and the trees. More than ever, humanity now needs people who are open and prepared to imagine, create, and sustain new futures. This is a time of great transformative and disruptive change. It demands our best imagination, courage, and creativity. Through this podcast, Aviv will inspire you to be tomorrow's agent by creating conversations that birth new possibilities for you and for the people in your life. Listen here: http://www.avivconsulting.com/podcast-create-new-futures/

Welcome to Create New Futures. Every episode, best-selling author and host Aviv Shahar will explore ideas and insights that can awaken and inspire you to the opportunities you have to create new futures for you, your family, your teams, and for your business. Life is too short to not be engaged in fascinating conversations that open, inspire and unleash new ways of thinking and seeing possibilities and beauty in life that work. Through Create New Futures, Aviv will be having conversations with leaders, experts and interesting people to explore ideas and reflect on practices that you can use and apply to create and shape the future. With his guests, Aviv will put a magnifying glass on strategies and frameworks that he has applied to help senior executives and their teams achieve significant breakthroughs that lead to game changing results. Ideas, strategies, breakthroughs and practices that you can apply. Through his concept of Architecture Thinking™, Aviv walks you through what is needed to lead, change, transform an organization, redesign your life to achieve new goals, serve new needs and realize new possibilities. Leaders need to consider how to bring about and enable a compound set of outcomes by integrating multiple inputs. Together with his guests, Aviv will explore how to develop strategy, how to lead to enable teams to unleash their brilliance and what is the inside work that leaders must engage in to develop executive presence and charisma and the capacity to see both the forest and the trees. More than ever, humanity now needs people who are open and prepared to imagine, create, and sustain new futures. This is a time of great transformative and disruptive change. It demands our best imagination, courage, and creativity. Through this podcast, Aviv will inspire you to be tomorrow's agent by creating conversations that birth new possibilities for you and for the people in your life. Listen here: <a href="http://www.avivconsulting.com/podcast-create-new-futures/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.avivconsulting.com/podcast-create-new-futures/</a>

BONUS - The Process of Reflective Listening

In this very special episode of Create New Futures, Aviv reads a letter he recently wrote to his granddaughter, Talia. Inspired by the birth of his granddaughter, Aviv is committed to pass along the wisdom and experience he’s gained throughout the course of his journey. In his letter, he outlines the three most important decisions he’s and the lessons that accompanied these. First, Aviv asserts his belief that life is purposeful. Next, he speaks to the need to embrace the challenge of being the author of your own destiny. And, finally, Aviv underscores why he decided to reverse the conventionally expected sequence of his journey. Aviv believes that Talia’s generation will rise to the occasion of solving some of the world’s most pressing issues. He encourages listeners to self-reflect and to write letters to future generations as well.   00:47 – Introducing today’s topic, My Letter to Talia 01:13 – Aviv reads his letter to his granddaughter, Talia 03:21 – Aviv takes a moment to reflect on his own life 05:26 – The three important decisions Aviv made before his twentieth birthday 11:05 – Humanity’s opportunity and challenge 13:33 – The new operating system 16:39 – Aviv’s vision for Talia and her future   17:23 – Now it’s your turn, Aviv hopes his letter inspires other to write similar notes to their grandchildren  Full show notes: http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf76

In this very special episode of Create New Futures, Aviv reads a letter he recently wrote to his granddaughter, Talia. Inspired by the birth of his granddaughter, Aviv is committed to pass along the wisdom and experience he’s gained throughout the course of his journey. In his letter, he outlines the three most important decisions he’s and the lessons that accompanied these. First, Aviv asserts his belief that life is purposeful. Next, he speaks to the need to embrace the challenge of being the author of your own destiny. And, finally, Aviv underscores why he decided to reverse the conventionally expected sequence of his journey. Aviv believes that Talia’s generation will rise to the occasion of solving some of the world’s most pressing issues. He encourages listeners to self-reflect and to write letters to future generations as well.  <ul> <li>00:47 – Introducing today’s topic, My Letter to Talia</li> <li>01:13 – Aviv reads his letter to his granddaughter, Talia</li> <li>03:21 – Aviv takes a moment to reflect on his own life</li> <li>05:26 – The three important decisions Aviv made before his twentieth birthday</li> <li>11:05 – Humanity’s opportunity and challenge</li> <li>13:33 – The new operating system</li> <li>16:39 – Aviv’s vision for Talia and her future  </li> <li>17:23 – Now it’s your turn, Aviv hopes his letter inspires other to write similar notes to their grandchildren</li> </ul> Full show notes: <a href="http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf76" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf76</a>

076 - My Letter to Talia

Mark Bakker

Mark Bakker has had a notable and successful career as the head of America’s Supply Chain Operations at HP Inc. He manages the strategic relationships with customer channels and ensures a smooth supply chain execution. Previously, Mark was HP’s  Vice-President of Supply Chain Operations in Asia Pacific and Japan, and Director of Operations in Germany covering order management, production, warehousing, distribution and logistics as well as sourcing activities for Hewlett Packard's Imaging and Printing business unit in EMEA. In this Episode, Mark highlights his experiences as an Operational Leader. He describes his work with globally diverse teams, with different backgrounds and cultures and how these experiences shaped his leadership style. Mark weaves the story of his formative years which inspired his desire to continue improving processes and finding better solutions for customers and organizations, all of which are factors that have led to his success today. Mark encourages listeners to be customer-driven and discover how they can improve the solutions and services they manage. He reflects on the four elements of an operational leader and the importance of constantly learning.  01:01 – Introducing today’s guest, Mark Bakker 03:16 – How Mark was shaped personally and professionally by leading global teams/organization in his career 08:51 – The Dutch ethos of free debate 11:28 – Aviv’s theory about the culture of Netherlands 14:12 – Mark shares his experiences in his current role 17:20 – The challenges in serving changing and fast-growing customers 19:45 – Working with the “New Workforce” 21:22 – Mark describes the similarities and differences of his day-to-day operations and digital transformative activities 25:41 – The elements of the business case on shifting from traditional to digital architecture systems 31:55 – Mark’s learnings and inputs on running a large transformation effort 35:03 – Critical decision-making example 41:44 – Mark’s inspiration from his childhood experiences that cultivated his passion in improving processes 47:02 – How Mark worked his way into his current role 54:46 – What is a Great Operational Leader 57:57 – Mark’s advice to his 25-year old self 1:01:04 – Mark’s parting advice to the audience 1:01:59 – Now it’s your turn, discover how you can improve what you manage, reflect on the four elements of an operational leader, and constantly caring for others.  FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf67

Mark Bakker has had a notable and successful career as the head of America’s Supply Chain Operations at HP Inc. He manages the strategic relationships with customer channels and ensures a smooth supply chain execution. Previously, Mark was HP’s  Vice-President of Supply Chain Operations in Asia Pacific and Japan, and Director of Operations in Germany covering order management, production, warehousing, distribution and logistics as well as sourcing activities for Hewlett Packard's Imaging and Printing business unit in EMEA. In this Episode, Mark highlights his experiences as an Operational Leader. He describes his work with globally diverse teams, with different backgrounds and cultures and how these experiences shaped his leadership style. Mark weaves the story of his formative years which inspired his desire to continue improving processes and finding better solutions for customers and organizations, all of which are factors that have led to his success today. Mark encourages listeners to be customer-driven and discover how they can improve the solutions and services they manage. He reflects on the four elements of an operational leader and the importance of constantly learning. <ul> <li>01:01 – Introducing today’s guest, Mark Bakker</li> <li>03:16 – How Mark was shaped personally and professionally by leading global teams/organization in his career</li> <li>08:51 – The Dutch ethos of free debate</li> <li>11:28 – Aviv’s theory about the culture of Netherlands</li> <li>14:12 – Mark shares his experiences in his current role</li> <li>17:20 – The challenges in serving changing and fast-growing customers</li> <li>19:45 – Working with the “New Workforce”</li> <li>21:22 – Mark describes the similarities and differences of his day-to-day operations and digital transformative activities</li> <li>25:41 – The elements of the business case on shifting from traditional to digital architecture systems</li> <li>31:55 – Mark’s learnings and inputs on running a large transformation effort</li> <li>35:03 – Critical decision-making example</li> <li>41:44 – Mark’s inspiration from his childhood experiences that cultivated his passion in improving processes</li> <li>47:02 – How Mark worked his way into his current role</li> <li>54:46 – What is a Great Operational Leader</li> <li>57:57 – Mark’s advice to his 25-year old self</li> <li>1:01:04 – Mark’s parting advice to the audience</li> <li>1:01:59 – Now it’s your turn, discover how you can improve what you manage, reflect on the four elements of an operational leader, and constantly caring for others.</li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf67" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf67</a>

067 Mark Bakker - Becoming a Great Operational Leader

In this episode, Aviv discusses the concept of greatness and, more specifically, how to avoid eroding the potential for greatness. In order to accomplish this, Aviv poses three questions to define what greatness is, how it can be eroded and what actions can prevent that outcome. Aviv identifies the three behaviors that erode the potential for greatness and provides practical antidotes to help avoid these. Aviv also shares the three octaves that converge in order to manifest greatness: the person, the platform and the purpose. When these three factors resonate with one another and produce a steady flow, the conditions for greatness are in place. Greatness requires focus, consistency, devotion to purpose, care and forbearance. Greatness can be found in sports teams, Broadway casts, organizational and professional teams, and a myriad of other areas. In these examples, a cohesive effort brings everyone together in a sense of unity and a shared purpose that allows individuals to transcend their egos and galvanizes them towards achieving that goal. Finally, Aviv challenges leaders to unlock the potential for greatness by celebrating the diversity of talent and by facilitating organizational alignment.  00:42 – Introducing today’s topic: Stop Eroding Your Potential for Greatness 01:25 – Aviv recalls a spontaneous conversation he recently had with a client 03:57 – The three questions Aviv utilizes to approach this conundrum 04:16 – What is greatness? 05:09 – The three converging octaves: the person, the platform and the purpose 08:24 – The components that are required for greatness 09:34 – How you may erode your potential for greatness 10:17 – Lowering expectations and standards 12:04 – Enabling cross-purpose work 13:52 – Allowing ego above value 15:14 – Now it’s your turn, unlock your potential for greatness by celebrating the diversity of talent working toward a unity of purpose    Full show notes: http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf54

In this episode, Aviv discusses the concept of greatness and, more specifically, how to avoid eroding the potential for greatness. In order to accomplish this, Aviv poses three questions to define what greatness is, how it can be eroded and what actions can prevent that outcome. Aviv identifies the three behaviors that erode the potential for greatness and provides practical antidotes to help avoid these. Aviv also shares the three octaves that converge in order to manifest greatness: the person, the platform and the purpose. When these three factors resonate with one another and produce a steady flow, the conditions for greatness are in place. Greatness requires focus, consistency, devotion to purpose, care and forbearance. Greatness can be found in sports teams, Broadway casts, organizational and professional teams, and a myriad of other areas. In these examples, a cohesive effort brings everyone together in a sense of unity and a shared purpose that allows individuals to transcend their egos and galvanizes them towards achieving that goal. Finally, Aviv challenges leaders to unlock the potential for greatness by celebrating the diversity of talent and by facilitating organizational alignment. <ul> <li>00:42 – Introducing today’s topic: Stop Eroding Your Potential for Greatness</li> <li>01:25 – Aviv recalls a spontaneous conversation he recently had with a client</li> <li>03:57 – The three questions Aviv utilizes to approach this conundrum</li> <li>04:16 – What is greatness?</li> <li>05:09 – The three converging octaves: the person, the platform and the purpose</li> <li>08:24 – The components that are required for greatness</li> <li>09:34 – How you may erode your potential for greatness</li> <li>10:17 – Lowering expectations and standards</li> <li>12:04 – Enabling cross-purpose work</li> <li>13:52 – Allowing ego above value</li> <li>15:14 – Now it’s your turn, unlock your potential for greatness by celebrating the diversity of talent working toward a unity of purpose  </li> </ul> Full show notes: <a href="http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf54" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf54</a>

054 - Stop Eroding Your Potential for Greatness

In this episode, Aviv revisits the 72-Hour Rule which suggests that in order to truly learn a new practice, one must go through four stages. These stages include receiving new knowledge, understanding and validating the practice learned, applying the learning and, finally, teaching that new practice to everyone in your environment. Aviv stresses the importance of acting immediately in order to maximize the learning and development cycle. Finally, Aviv discusses the benefits of operating in the aerobic flow zone, the dangers of delay tactics and the value of shrinking the 72-hour rule to 72 minutes.  00:53 – Introducing today’s topic, revisiting the 72 Hour Rule and OKRs 01:04 – Aviv restates the four stages of the 72 Hour Rule 02:10 – The importance of teaching new learnings to others within the 72-hour 03:11 – The Objective and Key Results (OKR) methodology that Aviv utilizes 04:30 – The best time to act 05:00 – The benefit of operating inside the aerobic flow zone 05:50 – The detriment of delaying action 06:25 – The antidote to delay tactics 07:15 – Now it’s your turn, eliminate delay tactics and shrink the 72-Hour cycle  Full show notes: http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf60

In this episode, Aviv revisits the 72-Hour Rule which suggests that in order to truly learn a new practice, one must go through four stages. These stages include receiving new knowledge, understanding and validating the practice learned, applying the learning and, finally, teaching that new practice to everyone in your environment. Aviv stresses the importance of acting immediately in order to maximize the learning and development cycle. Finally, Aviv discusses the benefits of operating in the aerobic flow zone, the dangers of delay tactics and the value of shrinking the 72-hour rule to 72 minutes. <ul> <li>00:53 – Introducing today’s topic, revisiting the 72 Hour Rule and OKRs</li> <li>01:04 – Aviv restates the four stages of the 72 Hour Rule</li> <li>02:10 – The importance of teaching new learnings to others within the 72-hour</li> <li>03:11 – The Objective and Key Results (OKR) methodology that Aviv utilizes</li> <li>04:30 – The best time to act</li> <li>05:00 – The benefit of operating inside the aerobic flow zone</li> <li>05:50 – The detriment of delaying action</li> <li>06:25 – The antidote to delay tactics</li> <li>07:15 – Now it’s your turn, eliminate delay tactics and shrink the 72-Hour cycle</li> </ul> Full show notes: <a href="http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf60" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf60</a>

060 - The 72 Hour Rule Revisited and OKRs

Joe Antons

Joe Antons is the Director of Central Revenue Planning at Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Joe started at Cisco as an intern and gradually worked his way to the leadership role he holds today. Joe brings a unique combination of analytical rigor and business acumen together with a passion for helping people discover their true value within an organization. In this episode, Aviv and Joe expound on the evolution of Silicon Valley from a metadata to a meta-analysis perspective. They dissect the three levels of consciousness in the workplace, which include the structure focus, work focus, and value focus. Among these, value focus is the most critical as it is defined by employees who see themselves through the value they contribute to the organization. Joe shares the two lessons that have been the most beneficial to his career, including leveraging the collective power of teams and understanding client and customer needs.  00:56 – Introducing today’s guest, Joe Antons 02:22 – Joe expounds on the evolution of Silicon Valley 05:22 – Differentiating between metadata and meta-analysis 08:56 – What Joe enjoys the most about his work 10:20 – The benefits of working for the same company for over twenty years 13:36 – Making an imprint on Cisco 16:54 – Defining the competency to lead a data grounded conversation 20:40 – Aviv defines organizational outcomes versus business outcomes 22:30 – Joe explains further why people often confuse inputs, organizational outcomes, and business outcomes 25:14 – The three levels of consciousness in the workplace 28:52 – Cisco’s culture 32:47 – Inspirations from Joe’s formative years 34:32 – Joe points to a specific moment of self-discovery 38:42 – Other influences in Joe’s professional life 41:01 – Leadership qualities and insights Joe has acquired throughout the years 44:11 – Servant leadership 44:31 – The balancing act of becoming a better leader 49:37 – Advice Joe would give his younger self 52:13 – Two learnings Joe values above all others 54:17 – Parting words of wisdom and insights from Joe 57:18 – Now it’s your turn, identify opportunities to exhibit servant leadership through discovery, shaping the game you play at work and building currency  FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf69

Joe Antons is the Director of Central Revenue Planning at Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Joe started at Cisco as an intern and gradually worked his way to the leadership role he holds today. Joe brings a unique combination of analytical rigor and business acumen together with a passion for helping people discover their true value within an organization. In this episode, Aviv and Joe expound on the evolution of Silicon Valley from a metadata to a meta-analysis perspective. They dissect the three levels of consciousness in the workplace, which include the structure focus, work focus, and value focus. Among these, value focus is the most critical as it is defined by employees who see themselves through the value they contribute to the organization. Joe shares the two lessons that have been the most beneficial to his career, including leveraging the collective power of teams and understanding client and customer needs. <ul> <li>00:56 – Introducing today’s guest, Joe Antons</li> <li>02:22 – Joe expounds on the evolution of Silicon Valley</li> <li>05:22 – Differentiating between metadata and meta-analysis</li> <li>08:56 – What Joe enjoys the most about his work</li> <li>10:20 – The benefits of working for the same company for over twenty years</li> <li>13:36 – Making an imprint on Cisco</li> <li>16:54 – Defining the competency to lead a data grounded conversation</li> <li>20:40 – Aviv defines organizational outcomes versus business outcomes</li> <li>22:30 – Joe explains further why people often confuse inputs, organizational outcomes, and business outcomes</li> <li>25:14 – The three levels of consciousness in the workplace</li> <li>28:52 – Cisco’s culture</li> <li>32:47 – Inspirations from Joe’s formative years</li> <li>34:32 – Joe points to a specific moment of self-discovery</li> <li>38:42 – Other influences in Joe’s professional life</li> <li>41:01 – Leadership qualities and insights Joe has acquired throughout the years</li> <li>44:11 – Servant leadership</li> <li>44:31 – The balancing act of becoming a better leader</li> <li>49:37 – Advice Joe would give his younger self</li> <li>52:13 – Two learnings Joe values above all others</li> <li>54:17 – Parting words of wisdom and insights from Joe</li> <li>57:18 – Now it’s your turn, identify opportunities to exhibit servant leadership through discovery, shaping the game you play at work and building currency</li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf69" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf69</a>

069 Joe Antons - Leverage Data and The Power of Your Team

In this episode, Aviv discusses the means by which mastery can be achieved.The journey into mastery consists of three legs: awareness of a need, development practice and elevation mastery. In order to break down this journey, Aviv encourages the you to follow along as he draws a diagram image to serve as a journey visual. Aviv shows how each leg of the journey is meticulously interconnected and can have a great impact on your critical readiness. That critical readiness is the point where elevation to mastery occurs. Aviv demonstrates that mastery is not limited to business, entertainment or sport. Mastery can encompass the full range of endeavors, including teaching, coaching, leading, gardening, cooking, listening, caring and loving. Finally, Aviv urges listeners to focus on the need that drives you to embark on the development practice and patiently work toward readiness.  01:02 – Introducing today’s topic, ‘How to Reach Mastery’ 01:27 – Aviv gives an example of a senior executive charged with establishing a completely new organization 02:19 – The importance of resourceful and rapid application when creating a sustained impact 03:53 – What’s holding us back from reaching our fullest potential? 04:48 – Defining sapient sapience 05:53 – Facing the Einstein puzzle 07:21 – The three-legged journey into mastery 08:04 – Aviv details a diagram of what this journey into mastery looks like 10:17 – The first leg of the journey: Awareness of a Need 12:32 – The second leg of the journey: Development Practice 14:13 – Aviv uses the example of the Israelites wandering in the desert to show the purpose of resistance in catalyzing necessary change 16:33 – The third leg of the journey: Elevation Mastery 17:37 – Aviv recalls a story about Al Pacino to convey that elevation to mastery occurs only when one is ready 20:50 – Mastery can be achieved in many different ways 22:31 – Now it’s your turn, focus on the need that drives you  Full show notes: http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf50

In this episode, Aviv discusses the means by which mastery can be achieved.The journey into mastery consists of three legs: awareness of a need, development practice and elevation mastery. In order to break down this journey, Aviv encourages the you to follow along as he draws a diagram image to serve as a journey visual. Aviv shows how each leg of the journey is meticulously interconnected and can have a great impact on your critical readiness. That critical readiness is the point where elevation to mastery occurs. Aviv demonstrates that mastery is not limited to business, entertainment or sport. Mastery can encompass the full range of endeavors, including teaching, coaching, leading, gardening, cooking, listening, caring and loving. Finally, Aviv urges listeners to focus on the need that drives you to embark on the development practice and patiently work toward readiness. <ul> <li>01:02 – Introducing today’s topic, ‘How to Reach Mastery’</li> <li>01:27 – Aviv gives an example of a senior executive charged with establishing a completely new organization</li> <li>02:19 – The importance of resourceful and rapid application when creating a sustained impact</li> <li>03:53 – What’s holding us back from reaching our fullest potential?</li> <li>04:48 – Defining sapient sapience</li> <li>05:53 – Facing the Einstein puzzle</li> <li>07:21 – The three-legged journey into mastery</li> <li>08:04 – Aviv details a diagram of what this journey into mastery looks like</li> <li>10:17 – The first leg of the journey: Awareness of a Need</li> <li>12:32 – The second leg of the journey: Development Practice</li> <li>14:13 – Aviv uses the example of the Israelites wandering in the desert to show the purpose of resistance in catalyzing necessary change</li> <li>16:33 – The third leg of the journey: Elevation Mastery</li> <li>17:37 – Aviv recalls a story about Al Pacino to convey that elevation to mastery occurs only when one is ready</li> <li>20:50 – Mastery can be achieved in many different ways</li> <li>22:31 – Now it’s your turn, focus on the need that drives you</li> </ul> Full show notes: <a href="http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf50" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf50</a>

050 - How to Reach Mastery

Cathy Sunshine

My guest for this conversation is Cathy Sunshine, founder and president of the Sunshine Group, a consulting and coaching firm specializing in family business, leadership transformation and organization design. Guided by deep insight into organizational dynamics and throughput management, Cathy helps leaders, and organizations break through blockages, become agile and engaged, and produce turnaround growth.  She helped hundreds of teams accelerate growth and improve performance. In this conversation we explore why service structure works, how it guides an organization to solve complexity by producing an alignment that creates flow.  What is throughput management and how does it relate to organizational design? Why is it important, when working with a company, a family and any complex system, to go in open, and free of assumptions that drive the intervention in a predetermined the direction? How do you increase your effectiveness as a coach and become even more provocative and evocative by being free of bias and agenda? What is the inner work that enables you to be bias-free and clear? What kind of an instrument must you be to enable the client’s optimal growth? “If I am effective in coaching, the leader would feel more empowered, clearer, a higher sense of self, and as a result be able to contribute back to her organization in a much more effective way.” Legacy thinking of management is no longer effective. We need a new design for business but one that is able to grow with the leader. Old management theories train us to solve smaller and smaller problems. Throughput management is about removing constraints to enable flow. How do you teach an entire organization to solve complexity by producing an alignment that creates flow? Service structure works because it changes entirely the problem solving method and channels the behavior inside a company to the customer. It aligns all the internal departments of a company to the external customer in an integrated way. In a service structure you are tethered to the outside not the inside. “The reason I do this work is to see the collective sigh of relief that comes with new awareness. The moment of insight is when I know it will never be the same, I see the change on the faces of people.” We need to challenge ourselves to look in terms of movement, to ask why we are doing what we are doing, who are we, and who are we here to serve, and instead of solving problems, focus on solving constraints to movement.  FULL SHOW NOTES: http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf19

My guest for this conversation is Cathy Sunshine, founder and president of the Sunshine Group, a consulting and coaching firm specializing in family business, leadership transformation and organization design. Guided by deep insight into organizational dynamics and throughput management, Cathy helps leaders, and organizations break through blockages, become agile and engaged, and produce turnaround growth.  She helped hundreds of teams accelerate growth and improve performance. In this conversation we explore why service structure works, how it guides an organization to solve complexity by producing an alignment that creates flow. <ul> <li>What is throughput management and how does it relate to organizational design?</li> <li>Why is it important, when working with a company, a family and any complex system, to go in open, and free of assumptions that drive the intervention in a predetermined the direction?</li> <li>How do you increase your effectiveness as a coach and become even more provocative and evocative by being free of bias and agenda?</li> <li>What is the inner work that enables you to be bias-free and clear? What kind of an instrument must you be to enable the client’s optimal growth?</li> <li>“If I am effective in coaching, the leader would feel more empowered, clearer, a higher sense of self, and as a result be able to contribute back to her organization in a much more effective way.”</li> <li>Legacy thinking of management is no longer effective. We need a new design for business but one that is able to grow with the leader. Old management theories train us to solve smaller and smaller problems. Throughput management is about removing constraints to enable flow.</li> <li>How do you teach an entire organization to solve complexity by producing an alignment that creates flow?</li> <li>Service structure works because it changes entirely the problem solving method and channels the behavior inside a company to the customer. It aligns all the internal departments of a company to the external customer in an integrated way. In a service structure you are tethered to the outside not the inside.</li> <li>“The reason I do this work is to see the collective sigh of relief that comes with new awareness. The moment of insight is when I know it will never be the same, I see the change on the faces of people.”</li> <li>We need to challenge ourselves to look in terms of movement, to ask why we are doing what we are doing, who are we, and who are we here to serve, and instead of solving problems, focus on solving constraints to movement.</li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf19" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf19</a>

019 Cathy Sunshine - Exploring Throughput Management and the Structure of Flow

Bill Koenig

Bill Koenig has had a distinguished and successful career as an expert in adult learning, leadership and organizational development, and as an entrepreneur and a civic leader. Bill’s eclectic experience includes Program Director at OSR, Organization System Renewal Northwest, and Board Chair of the Whidbey Institute where he participated in the development of their leadership programs. Previously, Bill was the President and CEO of Cantametrix, and a founder and President of DiscoverMusic and of KidStar Interactive Media. Bill’s holds a PhD in mythological studies and a Masters in whole systems design. He is currently a senior advisor at The Cambridge Management Group where he brings together a big picture of deep cross-discipline insights into human systems, transformation and renewal. In this episode, Aviv and Bill expound on the differences between leadership competency and leadership capacity. Bill speaks to the profound impact that sports had on his formative years and credits his success today to the experiences he had playing team sports throughout his life. Bill identifies leadership patterns he has witnessed in organizations and cites the Navy Seals as a model of effective shared leadership. Aviv and Bill reflect on the concept of servant leadership. Finally, Bill leaves the audience with some sound advice. He encourages the continual journey of becoming yourself and suggests doing so in the context of continual inquiry and the assimilation of new learning, new models and new opportunities.  00:58 – Introducing today’s guest, Bill Koenig 02:34 – What energizes and excites Bill 03:36 – Bill talks about the importance of sustainability 04:57 – Bill provides examples of how we can be disruptive, transformational, and engaged 07:21 – The two critical vectors that have led to the sustainability crisis 08:28 – Defining leadership competence 13:19 – Recognizing the exterior space of leadership development 17:00 – Catalysts for transformational change 20:08 – A striking pattern Bill has noticed within organizations 26:33 – How the Navy Seals embody shared leadership 29:47 – Aviv expounds on a meta-trend that has been appearing within organizations 32:36 – Bill reflects on a Graduate program he participated in 35:17 – Inspirations from Bill’s formative years 37:22 – How Bill used sports as a key component in his evolution as a person 41:59 – How these propulsions helped shape Bill’s career 43:51 – The journey to entrepreneurship within the start-up space 45:46 – Bill’s proudest accomplishment 54:13 – Transformative insights Bill has been able to internalize through his experience with organizational renewal 57:06 – Servant leadership 57:56 – Bill regales the audience with the story of a near death experience 1:03:31 – Why Bill chose to study mythology 1:07:27 – Two passions Bill values above all others 1:09:49 – Parting words of wisdom and insights from Bill 1:14:19 – Now it’s your turn, build your leadership capacity, cultivate shared awareness and consciousness about the mission at hand, and stay in-tune with your inner voice to become yourself   FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf65

Bill Koenig has had a distinguished and successful career as an expert in adult learning, leadership and organizational development, and as an entrepreneur and a civic leader. Bill’s eclectic experience includes Program Director at OSR, Organization System Renewal Northwest, and Board Chair of the Whidbey Institute where he participated in the development of their leadership programs. Previously, Bill was the President and CEO of Cantametrix, and a founder and President of DiscoverMusic and of KidStar Interactive Media. Bill’s holds a PhD in mythological studies and a Masters in whole systems design. He is currently a senior advisor at The Cambridge Management Group where he brings together a big picture of deep cross-discipline insights into human systems, transformation and renewal. In this episode, Aviv and Bill expound on the differences between leadership competency and leadership capacity. Bill speaks to the profound impact that sports had on his formative years and credits his success today to the experiences he had playing team sports throughout his life. Bill identifies leadership patterns he has witnessed in organizations and cites the Navy Seals as a model of effective shared leadership. Aviv and Bill reflect on the concept of servant leadership. Finally, Bill leaves the audience with some sound advice. He encourages the continual journey of becoming yourself and suggests doing so in the context of continual inquiry and the assimilation of new learning, new models and new opportunities. <ul> <li>00:58 – Introducing today’s guest, Bill Koenig</li> <li>02:34 – What energizes and excites Bill</li> <li>03:36 – Bill talks about the importance of sustainability</li> <li>04:57 – Bill provides examples of how we can be disruptive, transformational, and engaged</li> <li>07:21 – The two critical vectors that have led to the sustainability crisis</li> <li>08:28 – Defining leadership competence</li> <li>13:19 – Recognizing the exterior space of leadership development</li> <li>17:00 – Catalysts for transformational change</li> <li>20:08 – A striking pattern Bill has noticed within organizations</li> <li>26:33 – How the Navy Seals embody shared leadership</li> <li>29:47 – Aviv expounds on a meta-trend that has been appearing within organizations</li> <li>32:36 – Bill reflects on a Graduate program he participated in</li> <li>35:17 – Inspirations from Bill’s formative years</li> <li>37:22 – How Bill used sports as a key component in his evolution as a person</li> <li>41:59 – How these propulsions helped shape Bill’s career</li> <li>43:51 – The journey to entrepreneurship within the start-up space</li> <li>45:46 – Bill’s proudest accomplishment</li> <li>54:13 – Transformative insights Bill has been able to internalize through his experience with organizational renewal</li> <li>57:06 – Servant leadership</li> <li>57:56 – Bill regales the audience with the story of a near death experience</li> <li>1:03:31 – Why Bill chose to study mythology</li> <li>1:07:27 – Two passions Bill values above all others</li> <li>1:09:49 – Parting words of wisdom and insights from Bill</li> <li>1:14:19 – Now it’s your turn, build your leadership capacity, cultivate shared awareness and consciousness about the mission at hand, and stay in-tune with your inner voice to become yourself </li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf65" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf65</a>

065 Bill Koenig - A Near Death Experience - Becoming Yourself

Aviv Shahar

In this episode, Aviv talks with Harry Duran, founder and CEO at Fullcast, a podcasting production company that helps prospective podcasters develop and cultivate their shows. Aviv starts off the episode by discussing the three value propositions that he provides in both his book Create New Futures as well as his podcast of the same name. Aviv delves deep into the metaphysical theory of the Three Big Bangs and provides insight as to how the Internet is serving and enabling the third Big Bang. Aviv explains the four levels of conversation and the inherent differences between them. Low-level conversations lead to more conflict, strife and misunderstanding, whereas other conversations provide the appropriate framework necessary to enable broader and more enlightened consciousness. Aviv provides insights into his personal background, including two formative influences that changed the way Aviv lived life. Aviv shares the profound lesson he learned while working in leadership development. Finally, Aviv discusses the enjoyment he gets from the discovery journey that has enabled him to meet and learn from fascinating people.    03:44 – Introducing today’s episode 04:20 – The format Aviv follows for Create New Futures 06:31 – The three value propositions Aviv provides 07:38 – The personal and metaphysical reason Aviv kept the same themes within his podcast as he did in his book CNF 09:42 – Aviv discusses the metaphysical theory of the Three Big Bangs 12:53 – Answering the question, ‘What is your highest point of leverage?’ 13:22 – How the Internet is serving and enabling the explosion of consciousness 15:46 – Aviv explains what the Four Levels of Conversations 16:44 – Conversation Level One 17:14 – Conversation Level Two 17:39 – Conversation Level Three 18:19 – Conversation Level Four 19:41 – The Fifth Dimension: How we define intelligence 21:18 – Aviv discusses the importance of creating frameworks 22:35 – Aviv dissects a typical consulting conversation 24:42 – Insights into Aviv’s background and roots 28:03 – How a childhood heart condition influenced Aviv in his life’s pursuits 30:10 – The spirit of defiance 32:19 – Aviv defines the karmic pattern 34:35 – The importance of the developmental journey 35:36 – A lesson Aviv learned while working in leadership development 37:10 – Aviv discusses the three-legged journey into mastery 41:20 – The many mentors who helped Aviv along his journey 43:23 – The oath that Aviv made to himself 45:12 – Aviv’s time in the Israeli Air Force 48:03 – Aviv discusses the enjoyment he gets from the discovery journey while engaging with guests on his show 49:58 – Aviv defines codifying language to achieve actionable insights 52:17 – How Aviv has evolved as a podcast host 54:35 – Aviv compares podcasting and storytelling to the evolution of movies 57:20 – What is something Aviv has changed his mind about recently 59:06 – Aviv discusses the Five Levels of Integrity 1:04:13 – The importance Aviv places on contributing your all 1:05:01 – What is the most misunderstood thing about Aviv 1:08:22 – Aviv and Harry discuss their mutual admiration for each other’s partnership 1:08:55 – Where listeners can follow Aviv 1:10:23 – Harry encourages listeners to subscribe to the Podcast Junkies newsletter 1:10:40 – Harry challenges the audience to tell one new person about this show 1:10:59 – This week’s retention hashtag  Full show notes: http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf53

In this episode, Aviv talks with Harry Duran, founder and CEO at Fullcast, a podcasting production company that helps prospective podcasters develop and cultivate their shows. Aviv starts off the episode by discussing the three value propositions that he provides in both his book Create New Futures as well as his podcast of the same name. Aviv delves deep into the metaphysical theory of the Three Big Bangs and provides insight as to how the Internet is serving and enabling the third Big Bang. Aviv explains the four levels of conversation and the inherent differences between them. Low-level conversations lead to more conflict, strife and misunderstanding, whereas other conversations provide the appropriate framework necessary to enable broader and more enlightened consciousness. Aviv provides insights into his personal background, including two formative influences that changed the way Aviv lived life. Aviv shares the profound lesson he learned while working in leadership development. Finally, Aviv discusses the enjoyment he gets from the discovery journey that has enabled him to meet and learn from fascinating people.   <ul> <li>03:44 – Introducing today’s episode</li> <li>04:20 – The format Aviv follows for Create New Futures</li> <li>06:31 – The three value propositions Aviv provides</li> <li>07:38 – The personal and metaphysical reason Aviv kept the same themes within his podcast as he did in his book CNF</li> <li>09:42 – Aviv discusses the metaphysical theory of the Three Big Bangs</li> <li>12:53 – Answering the question, ‘What is your highest point of leverage?’</li> <li>13:22 – How the Internet is serving and enabling the explosion of consciousness</li> <li>15:46 – Aviv explains what the Four Levels of Conversations</li> <li>16:44 – Conversation Level One</li> <li>17:14 – Conversation Level Two</li> <li>17:39 – Conversation Level Three</li> <li>18:19 – Conversation Level Four</li> <li>19:41 – The Fifth Dimension: How we define intelligence</li> <li>21:18 – Aviv discusses the importance of creating frameworks</li> <li>22:35 – Aviv dissects a typical consulting conversation</li> <li>24:42 – Insights into Aviv’s background and roots</li> <li>28:03 – How a childhood heart condition influenced Aviv in his life’s pursuits</li> <li>30:10 – The spirit of defiance</li> <li>32:19 – Aviv defines the karmic pattern</li> <li>34:35 – The importance of the developmental journey</li> <li>35:36 – A lesson Aviv learned while working in leadership development</li> <li>37:10 – Aviv discusses the three-legged journey into mastery</li> <li>41:20 – The many mentors who helped Aviv along his journey</li> <li>43:23 – The oath that Aviv made to himself</li> <li>45:12 – Aviv’s time in the Israeli Air Force</li> <li>48:03 – Aviv discusses the enjoyment he gets from the discovery journey while engaging with guests on his show</li> <li>49:58 – Aviv defines codifying language to achieve actionable insights</li> <li>52:17 – How Aviv has evolved as a podcast host</li> <li>54:35 – Aviv compares podcasting and storytelling to the evolution of movies</li> <li>57:20 – What is something Aviv has changed his mind about recently</li> <li>59:06 – Aviv discusses the Five Levels of Integrity</li> <li>1:04:13 – The importance Aviv places on contributing your all</li> <li>1:05:01 – What is the most misunderstood thing about Aviv</li> <li>1:08:22 – Aviv and Harry discuss their mutual admiration for each other’s partnership</li> <li>1:08:55 – Where listeners can follow Aviv</li> <li>1:10:23 – Harry encourages listeners to subscribe to the Podcast Junkies newsletter</li> <li>1:10:40 – Harry challenges the audience to tell one new person about this show</li> <li>1:10:59 – This week’s retention hashtag</li> </ul> Full show notes: <a href="http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf53" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf53</a>

053 - The Spirit of Defiance with Aviv Shahar

Glenn Mattson

Glenn Mattson is the CEO of Mattson Enterprise Inc., a consulting firm specializing in sales and management productivity and effectiveness. He leads a team of consultants who provide solutions to agency leaders and sales people facing the challenges of achieving extraordinary success in highly competitive and overcrowded markets. He is also a successful keynote speaker, a gifted and respected platform trainer and author. His true passion, however, is coaching which allows him to help his clients understand where they are going and how best to get there. In this episode, Aviv and Glenn discuss the myriad of ways to achieve, measure and sustain success. They talk about the importance of embracing challenges, setbacks and failures, as they are part of life and contain tremendous lessons for personal growth. Glenn identifies three interconnected factors that influence success: attitude, behavior, and technique. Attitude drives behavior and allows techniques to be utilized. Glenn details the processes he uses to help clients absolve and rescript their negative beliefs to catalyze meaningful change. Aviv and Glenn also broach the affinity addiction and workplace issues that can arise from the need and desire to be liked. They urge listeners to combat this by building self-esteem and working hard to gain respect through leadership, contributions, and values. Finally, Glenn shares his philosophies on growth motivation and the tactics that can lead to positive change in organizations.  01:13 – Introducing Glenn Mattson 02:01 – Services that Mattson Enterprise provides 02:42 – Glenn discusses his passion for coaching 03:49 – Three pillars of success: attitude, behavior, and technique 06:12 – The affinity addiction 11:01 – The distinction between a plan and an execution 11:49 – Glenn’s ‘No Guts, No Gain’ program for success 14:34 – Growth motivation 16:08 – A setback that Glenn successfully turned into a learning experience 18:04 – How Glenn motivates his clients to break out of their unsuccessful behaviors 20:33 – Why Glenn looks at a company’s objectives, strategy, structure, staff, and skills 22:38 – What Glenn means by ‘fixing the pain’ 24:22 – The advice Glenn gives to those who have their backs against the wall 26:17 – The importance of failure 26:50 – Glenn’s philosophy of ‘Pay Time’ versus ‘No Pay Time’ 27:25 – Preserving high self-esteem 28:28 – Parting words of wisdom from Glenn 30:55 – Aviv provides steps to create your new future  FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf47

Glenn Mattson is the CEO of Mattson Enterprise Inc., a consulting firm specializing in sales and management productivity and effectiveness. He leads a team of consultants who provide solutions to agency leaders and sales people facing the challenges of achieving extraordinary success in highly competitive and overcrowded markets. He is also a successful keynote speaker, a gifted and respected platform trainer and author. His true passion, however, is coaching which allows him to help his clients understand where they are going and how best to get there. In this episode, Aviv and Glenn discuss the myriad of ways to achieve, measure and sustain success. They talk about the importance of embracing challenges, setbacks and failures, as they are part of life and contain tremendous lessons for personal growth. Glenn identifies three interconnected factors that influence success: attitude, behavior, and technique. Attitude drives behavior and allows techniques to be utilized. Glenn details the processes he uses to help clients absolve and rescript their negative beliefs to catalyze meaningful change. Aviv and Glenn also broach the affinity addiction and workplace issues that can arise from the need and desire to be liked. They urge listeners to combat this by building self-esteem and working hard to gain respect through leadership, contributions, and values. Finally, Glenn shares his philosophies on growth motivation and the tactics that can lead to positive change in organizations. <ul> <li>01:13 – Introducing Glenn Mattson</li> <li>02:01 – Services that Mattson Enterprise provides</li> <li>02:42 – Glenn discusses his passion for coaching</li> <li>03:49 – Three pillars of success: attitude, behavior, and technique</li> <li>06:12 – The affinity addiction</li> <li>11:01 – The distinction between a plan and an execution</li> <li>11:49 – Glenn’s ‘No Guts, No Gain’ program for success</li> <li>14:34 – Growth motivation</li> <li>16:08 – A setback that Glenn successfully turned into a learning experience</li> <li>18:04 – How Glenn motivates his clients to break out of their unsuccessful behaviors</li> <li>20:33 – Why Glenn looks at a company’s objectives, strategy, structure, staff, and skills</li> <li>22:38 – What Glenn means by ‘fixing the pain’</li> <li>24:22 – The advice Glenn gives to those who have their backs against the wall</li> <li>26:17 – The importance of failure</li> <li>26:50 – Glenn’s philosophy of ‘Pay Time’ versus ‘No Pay Time’</li> <li>27:25 – Preserving high self-esteem</li> <li>28:28 – Parting words of wisdom from Glenn</li> <li>30:55 – Aviv provides steps to create your new future</li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf47" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf47</a>

047 Glenn Mattson - Changing the Mindset 

David Gommé

David Gommé is the founder of Future Dynamics. For more than three decades David has been helping CEOs and executives get centered, develop clarity of progress, and operate at significantly higher levels and in better and more enlightened ways. David is a big picture thinker, an intuitive coach who brings game-changing insights to the human condition and to how leaders can unleash latent capabilities and translate ideas to produce sustained results. He also produces a free insight periodical, The Fulcrum, to help emerging leaders focus on important objectives in understanding self-awareness, change, and leadership.   David has helped coach and consult senior executives, leadership teams, and entrepreneurs understand the dynamics of change as well as their own potential in order to create new futures for their business.  03:23 - The evolution of David’s work from Capable Dynamics to Future Dynamics 09:24 - David wanted to utilize his skills in a new way to help leaders understand the essence of change and its impact on organizational systems 11:44 - A reflection of a recent experience on the cycle of change 12:49 - Stress produces adverse effects on the human body which prevent productivity 15:44 - The Ten Actors Methodology and the fundamentals that shaped this approach 18:33 - The hammer and the nail analogy for habitual responses 22:08 - In each person, there is the lesser person and the greater person when reacting to stress 26:42 - The developmental potential for human beings to unleash a wider range of skills 28:17 - How David frames and shapes the journey of personal development for executives 32:15 - White noise and distraction in the 21st century 34:35 - CEOs reach out to David for help due to personal needs or help going through the journey 36:15 - The level of intimacy in coaching CEOs initially shocked David 39:50 - David’s explanation of his terminology: “developmental divergence”   46:31 - Having a different conversation can lead to a very different outcome 47:18 - Feedback as one of the triads of organizational issues 49:49 - David explains “The Missing Blue,” as mentioned in his newsletter, The Fulcrum 58:44 - How humans were meant to think—to think with feeling 1:00:49 - The Taj Mahal principle and the Law of Three Octaves 1:08:21 - David’s advice for listeners to set themselves free and become creative in new ways  FULL SHOW NOTES: http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf39

David Gommé is the founder of Future Dynamics. For more than three decades David has been helping CEOs and executives get centered, develop clarity of progress, and operate at significantly higher levels and in better and more enlightened ways. David is a big picture thinker, an intuitive coach who brings game-changing insights to the human condition and to how leaders can unleash latent capabilities and translate ideas to produce sustained results. He also produces a free insight periodical, The Fulcrum, to help emerging leaders focus on important objectives in understanding self-awareness, change, and leadership.   David has helped coach and consult senior executives, leadership teams, and entrepreneurs understand the dynamics of change as well as their own potential in order to create new futures for their business. <ul> <li>03:23 - The evolution of David’s work from Capable Dynamics to Future Dynamics</li> <li>09:24 - David wanted to utilize his skills in a new way to help leaders understand the essence of change and its impact on organizational systems</li> <li>11:44 - A reflection of a recent experience on the cycle of change</li> <li>12:49 - Stress produces adverse effects on the human body which prevent productivity</li> <li>15:44 - The Ten Actors Methodology and the fundamentals that shaped this approach</li> <li>18:33 - The hammer and the nail analogy for habitual responses</li> <li>22:08 - In each person, there is the lesser person and the greater person when reacting to stress</li> <li>26:42 - The developmental potential for human beings to unleash a wider range of skills</li> <li>28:17 - How David frames and shapes the journey of personal development for executives</li> <li>32:15 - White noise and distraction in the 21st century</li> <li>34:35 - CEOs reach out to David for help due to personal needs or help going through the journey</li> <li>36:15 - The level of intimacy in coaching CEOs initially shocked David</li> <li>39:50 - David’s explanation of his terminology: “developmental divergence”  </li> <li>46:31 - Having a different conversation can lead to a very different outcome</li> <li>47:18 - Feedback as one of the triads of organizational issues</li> <li>49:49 - David explains “The Missing Blue,” as mentioned in his newsletter, The Fulcrum</li> <li>58:44 - How humans were meant to think—to think with feeling</li> <li>1:00:49 - The Taj Mahal principle and the Law of Three Octaves</li> <li>1:08:21 - David’s advice for listeners to set themselves free and become creative in new ways</li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf39" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf39</a>

039 David Gommé - How to Set Yourself Free 

Tom Lattin

Tom Lattin is the Vice President of Mass Market Platforms, Options and Software at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise. In this capacity, Tom leads the multi-billion dollar business of HPE’s ProLiant and cloud-lined servers. Specifically, his team leads product, technology, go-to-market, and supplier strategies for these categories. Tom joined HP in 1986, and he has led in many roles across almost every side of the business, from PC notebooks to HP server options. Tom is a deliberate and thoughtful leader with the capacity to resist the reactivity trap by pursuing strategic clarity and focus. Tom is also a man rooted in deep faith, which has contributed to personal and professional success throughout his life.  In this episode, Aviv and Tom reflect on false assumptions in the technology industry as well as key changes and constants that have defined the sector. Tom shares core practices that he has embraced to get the best out of his team members. These include capitalizing on diverse backgrounds, focusing on outcomes, and seeking opportunities to get outside the comfort zone. Tom opens up about his deep faith as well as his role as deacon within his community. He places a tremendous amount of value on his faith, which has helped guide him both in his professional and personal endeavors. Finally, Tom speaks to the importance of preparation, the power of reflection, and the journey to self-discovery.  01:04 – Introducing today’s guest, Tom Lattin 02:22 – What Tom enjoys the most about his work 03:59 – Strategies that help Tom discover new solutions to problems 05:38 – Elements within dialogue that enable discoveries to occur 10:09 – Tom speaks to the importance he places on historical context 12:52 – Key changes in the technology sector over the past few decades 16:08 – Key constants that remain true today about the technology sector 20:38 – Tom reflects on some false assumptions in his industry 24:17 – The most misunderstood aspects of strategy development 31:34 – Tom speaks to the key personal development, insights and learnings from his career 33:30 – What surprised Tom about the ability to tap into the collective experience of his team without having a rich set of analytics  34:05 – Fostering an environment of collaboration 36:22 – Core practices Tom has embraced to get the best out of the people he works with 40:33 – Tom’s dedication to living a life of servitude both personally and professionally 44:32 – Tom reflects on self-discovery 46:25 – How Tom’s faith impacted his personal and professional life 49:09 – The importance of execution   51:57 – Advice Tom would give his younger self 54:13 – Two learnings Tom values above all others 57:06 – Parting words of wisdom and insights from Tom 58:21 – Now it’s your turn, discover and apply the mental model and the approach that will engage you in your work, identify opportunities to frame the conversation, and understand your purpose    FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf73

Tom Lattin is the Vice President of Mass Market Platforms, Options and Software at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise. In this capacity, Tom leads the multi-billion dollar business of HPE’s ProLiant and cloud-lined servers. Specifically, his team leads product, technology, go-to-market, and supplier strategies for these categories. Tom joined HP in 1986, and he has led in many roles across almost every side of the business, from PC notebooks to HP server options. Tom is a deliberate and thoughtful leader with the capacity to resist the reactivity trap by pursuing strategic clarity and focus. Tom is also a man rooted in deep faith, which has contributed to personal and professional success throughout his life.  In this episode, Aviv and Tom reflect on false assumptions in the technology industry as well as key changes and constants that have defined the sector. Tom shares core practices that he has embraced to get the best out of his team members. These include capitalizing on diverse backgrounds, focusing on outcomes, and seeking opportunities to get outside the comfort zone. Tom opens up about his deep faith as well as his role as deacon within his community. He places a tremendous amount of value on his faith, which has helped guide him both in his professional and personal endeavors. Finally, Tom speaks to the importance of preparation, the power of reflection, and the journey to self-discovery. <ul> <li>01:04 – Introducing today’s guest, Tom Lattin</li> <li>02:22 – What Tom enjoys the most about his work</li> <li>03:59 – Strategies that help Tom discover new solutions to problems</li> <li>05:38 – Elements within dialogue that enable discoveries to occur</li> <li>10:09 – Tom speaks to the importance he places on historical context</li> <li>12:52 – Key changes in the technology sector over the past few decades</li> <li>16:08 – Key constants that remain true today about the technology sector</li> <li>20:38 – Tom reflects on some false assumptions in his industry</li> <li>24:17 – The most misunderstood aspects of strategy development</li> <li>31:34 – Tom speaks to the key personal development, insights and learnings from his career</li> <li>33:30 – What surprised Tom about the ability to tap into the collective experience of his team without having a rich set of analytics </li> <li>34:05 – Fostering an environment of collaboration</li> <li>36:22 – Core practices Tom has embraced to get the best out of the people he works with</li> <li>40:33 – Tom’s dedication to living a life of servitude both personally and professionally</li> <li>44:32 – Tom reflects on self-discovery</li> <li>46:25 – How Tom’s faith impacted his personal and professional life</li> <li>49:09 – The importance of execution  </li> <li>51:57 – Advice Tom would give his younger self</li> <li>54:13 – Two learnings Tom values above all others</li> <li>57:06 – Parting words of wisdom and insights from Tom</li> <li>58:21 – Now it’s your turn, discover and apply the mental model and the approach that will engage you in your work, identify opportunities to frame the conversation, and understand your purpose  </li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf73" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf73</a>

073 Tom Lattin - Authentic Leading

Colleen Soukup

Colleen Soukup is the Chief Procurement Officer and supply-chain transformation leader at General Mills. Colleen is responsible for global sourcing of all categories and, in her second role, she leads the transformation of supply chain to make it as agile and as future-ready as can be. Colleen is both a focused operational leader and a great people leader. She has a way of bringing best ideas out of her people, and creating an environment that fosters creativity and focus. Colleen is also a mother and wife and is grateful to work for an organization that has allowed her to remain a successful businessperson while balancing her personal life. In this episode, Aviv and Colleen reflect on her role at General Mills and what she enjoys most about her work. Colleen shares how she’s leveraged opportunities to grow and evolve as a leader and, specifically, as a CPO. Colleen talks glowingly about the culture at General Mills and the company’s commitment to always doing the right thing. She describes her early inspirations and how these impacted her approach to her career. Finally, Colleen expounds on the importance of community when it comes to building a high-intensity career and raising a family.  00:52 – Introducing today’s guest, Colleen Soukup 02:43 – What Colleen enjoys most about her work 09:21 – Colleen shares some key learnings from her career journey 14:07 – How Colleen’s current role as CPO changed her as a leader 19:25 – Colleen speaks to directional clarity and her evolution as a CPO 24:23 – Other guiding principles that shaped Collen’s approach to developing her organization 29:41 – The culture at General Mills 32:13 – Colleen speaks to early inspirations from her childhood and her approach to starting her career 36:27 – A seminal moment from Colleen’s journey 40:09 – A deep-seated belief in the General Mills organization 45:40 – The Irish dog trainer story   47:05 – Advice Colleen would give her younger self and two learnings she values above all others 49:05 – Parting words of wisdom and insights from Colleen 50:43 – Now it’s your turn, identify ways to become a self-learner and grow, embody and lead change, and invest in your personal community  FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf75

Colleen Soukup is the Chief Procurement Officer and supply-chain transformation leader at General Mills. Colleen is responsible for global sourcing of all categories and, in her second role, she leads the transformation of supply chain to make it as agile and as future-ready as can be. Colleen is both a focused operational leader and a great people leader. She has a way of bringing best ideas out of her people, and creating an environment that fosters creativity and focus. Colleen is also a mother and wife and is grateful to work for an organization that has allowed her to remain a successful businessperson while balancing her personal life. In this episode, Aviv and Colleen reflect on her role at General Mills and what she enjoys most about her work. Colleen shares how she’s leveraged opportunities to grow and evolve as a leader and, specifically, as a CPO. Colleen talks glowingly about the culture at General Mills and the company’s commitment to always doing the right thing. She describes her early inspirations and how these impacted her approach to her career. Finally, Colleen expounds on the importance of community when it comes to building a high-intensity career and raising a family. <ul> <li>00:52 – Introducing today’s guest, Colleen Soukup</li> <li>02:43 – What Colleen enjoys most about her work</li> <li>09:21 – Colleen shares some key learnings from her career journey</li> <li>14:07 – How Colleen’s current role as CPO changed her as a leader</li> <li>19:25 – Colleen speaks to directional clarity and her evolution as a CPO</li> <li>24:23 – Other guiding principles that shaped Collen’s approach to developing her organization</li> <li>29:41 – The culture at General Mills</li> <li>32:13 – Colleen speaks to early inspirations from her childhood and her approach to starting her career</li> <li>36:27 – A seminal moment from Colleen’s journey</li> <li>40:09 – A deep-seated belief in the General Mills organization</li> <li>45:40 – The Irish dog trainer story  </li> <li>47:05 – Advice Colleen would give her younger self and two learnings she values above all others</li> <li>49:05 – Parting words of wisdom and insights from Colleen</li> <li>50:43 – Now it’s your turn, identify ways to become a self-learner and grow, embody and lead change, and invest in your personal community</li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf75</a>

075 Colleen Soukup - Leading by Embracing Change

David Harding

David Harding is an executive with over 25 years of technology leadership experience. David is the Senior Vice President and CTO of ImageWare Systems, Inc. Of his many accolades, David is credited with transforming this traditional software company into a leading cloud and software as a service provider, with services and products that are licensed and resold by some of the world’s largest corporations. He is an expert in the field of biometrics, identity management and enterprise security. In addition to his business acumen, David is also a prolific inventor, holding multiple patents with even more pending, and an avid musician. In this episode, Aviv and David cover a variety of technology and business topics, ranging from blockchain to data breaches. David discusses his current role and breaks down the distinction between biometrics and identity management. He cautions about the ever-growing need for cyber security in our society and discusses the outdated nature of passwords. David also touches on government and private sector misuse of cyber security, even going so far as to describe the Equifax data breach as one of the most catastrophic in history. Aviv asks David about how he got his start in the software industry and what advice he would give his younger self. Finally, Aviv and David discuss the importance of passion, empathy, and learning to adapt in the workplace.  01:07 – Introducing David Harding 02:24 – David’s latest projects 03:31 – What excites David about working in cyber security 05:33 – Understanding the distinction between biometrics and identity management 07:35 – Cyber security and the ever-evolving need to adapt to cyber threats 09:28 – David discusses public and private sectors that use identity management 13:30 – David explains blockchain technology 16:42 – Why it is difficult for companies to transition into “software as a service” model 19:05 – The practical application of transactional scalability 20:26 – How music provided a source of inspiration for David 22:17 – How the skills David learned while playing in a band transferred to business success 25:48 – The importance of mutual trust and respect to business team success 26:34 – When did David know that he wanted to work in software? 29:28 – Why artificial intelligence (AI) overpromised and under delivered 32:54 – Are we on the precipice of delivering on technologies such as artificial intelligence? 34:53 – David’s innovation process looks to identify pain points to reach solutions 37:22 – David describes a seminal experience that shaped his career 42:35 – What the future holds for biometric technology 46:07 – The rapidly growing fields of behavioral analytics and machine learning 46:48 – David’s advice to his younger self 49:15 – Parting words of wisdom from David 51:00 – Aviv provides steps to create your new future  FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf45

David Harding is an executive with over 25 years of technology leadership experience. David is the Senior Vice President and CTO of ImageWare Systems, Inc. Of his many accolades, David is credited with transforming this traditional software company into a leading cloud and software as a service provider, with services and products that are licensed and resold by some of the world’s largest corporations. He is an expert in the field of biometrics, identity management and enterprise security. In addition to his business acumen, David is also a prolific inventor, holding multiple patents with even more pending, and an avid musician. In this episode, Aviv and David cover a variety of technology and business topics, ranging from blockchain to data breaches. David discusses his current role and breaks down the distinction between biometrics and identity management. He cautions about the ever-growing need for cyber security in our society and discusses the outdated nature of passwords. David also touches on government and private sector misuse of cyber security, even going so far as to describe the Equifax data breach as one of the most catastrophic in history. Aviv asks David about how he got his start in the software industry and what advice he would give his younger self. Finally, Aviv and David discuss the importance of passion, empathy, and learning to adapt in the workplace. <ul> <li>01:07 – Introducing David Harding</li> <li>02:24 – David’s latest projects</li> <li>03:31 – What excites David about working in cyber security</li> <li>05:33 – Understanding the distinction between biometrics and identity management</li> <li>07:35 – Cyber security and the ever-evolving need to adapt to cyber threats</li> <li>09:28 – David discusses public and private sectors that use identity management</li> <li>13:30 – David explains blockchain technology</li> <li>16:42 – Why it is difficult for companies to transition into “software as a service” model</li> <li>19:05 – The practical application of transactional scalability</li> <li>20:26 – How music provided a source of inspiration for David</li> <li>22:17 – How the skills David learned while playing in a band transferred to business success</li> <li>25:48 – The importance of mutual trust and respect to business team success</li> <li>26:34 – When did David know that he wanted to work in software?</li> <li>29:28 – Why artificial intelligence (AI) overpromised and under delivered</li> <li>32:54 – Are we on the precipice of delivering on technologies such as artificial intelligence?</li> <li>34:53 – David’s innovation process looks to identify pain points to reach solutions</li> <li>37:22 – David describes a seminal experience that shaped his career</li> <li>42:35 – What the future holds for biometric technology</li> <li>46:07 – The rapidly growing fields of behavioral analytics and machine learning</li> <li>46:48 – David’s advice to his younger self</li> <li>49:15 – Parting words of wisdom from David</li> <li>51:00 – Aviv provides steps to create your new future</li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf45" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf45</a>

045 David Harding - Passion Drives Innovation

Mark Levy

Mark Levy is the founder of Levy Innovation, a position and strategy firm that helps organizations and thought leaders differentiate by using a “big sexy idea.” Mark’s field of expertise is in that of positioning, meaning he works to position individuals, brands and organizations in places where they can make their greatest impact. Mark also has extensive consulting experience, having consulted with CEOs of major brands, The History Channel, and Netflix. Beside his positioning work, Mark is a co-creator of the hit New York City show Chamber Magic, which has run for eighteen years with over 5,000 performances to half a million people. In this episode, Aviv and Mark discuss the process of differentiation, from understanding conventional ideas to discovering the big idea that leads your work. Mark gives his definition of what constitutes a “big, sexy idea,” and describes his “27th Idea” strategy, which challenges organizations to cycle through a multitude of ideas before arriving at a solution. Aviv and Mark also highlight the importance of authenticity and congruency as it relates to shaping success. Finally, Mark discusses the importance of divergent thinking and breaking away from societal norms and standard routines in order to reach business epiphanies.   01:12 – Introducing today’s guest, Mark Levy 04:13 – Mark shares one thing he is thankful for this year 05:38 – Aviv defines what it means to find your 4.0 self 08:20 – Mark discusses his concept of “The 27th Idea” 09:45 – Mark explains what he means when he references a big sexy idea 11:26 – What is the big sexy idea of Mark’s book, Accidental Genius 13:27 – Mark provides an example of a big sexy idea that differentiates against conventional norms 16:54 – Mark talks about the concept of “internal editors” 20:30 – Mark’s strategy for getting past the obvious 22:25 – The significance of a company’s backstory 24:36 – Mark discusses the “open kitchen concept” of business 26:20 – What Mark enjoys most about his work 28:29 – Mark’s core beliefs that guide and inspire him 31:23 – Mark describes his earliest formative memory 36:02 – The concept of “all-positioning” 37:25 – How Mark’s experience selling books helped shape his success 41:23 – Mark’s consulting role on “Netflix’s Mystery Science Theater 3000” 42:03 – Mark discusses collaborating on the hit New York City show “Chamber Magic” 45:48 – The importance of divergent thinking 49:35 – Parting words of wisdom from Mark 52:14 – Aviv provides steps to create your new future  FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf51

Mark Levy is the founder of Levy Innovation, a position and strategy firm that helps organizations and thought leaders differentiate by using a “big sexy idea.” Mark’s field of expertise is in that of positioning, meaning he works to position individuals, brands and organizations in places where they can make their greatest impact. Mark also has extensive consulting experience, having consulted with CEOs of major brands, The History Channel, and Netflix. Beside his positioning work, Mark is a co-creator of the hit New York City show Chamber Magic, which has run for eighteen years with over 5,000 performances to half a million people. In this episode, Aviv and Mark discuss the process of differentiation, from understanding conventional ideas to discovering the big idea that leads your work. Mark gives his definition of what constitutes a “big, sexy idea,” and describes his “27th Idea” strategy, which challenges organizations to cycle through a multitude of ideas before arriving at a solution. Aviv and Mark also highlight the importance of authenticity and congruency as it relates to shaping success. Finally, Mark discusses the importance of divergent thinking and breaking away from societal norms and standard routines in order to reach business epiphanies.  <ul> <li>01:12 – Introducing today’s guest, Mark Levy</li> <li>04:13 – Mark shares one thing he is thankful for this year</li> <li>05:38 – Aviv defines what it means to find your 4.0 self</li> <li>08:20 – Mark discusses his concept of “The 27th Idea”</li> <li>09:45 – Mark explains what he means when he references a big sexy idea</li> <li>11:26 – What is the big sexy idea of Mark’s book, Accidental Genius</li> <li>13:27 – Mark provides an example of a big sexy idea that differentiates against conventional norms</li> <li>16:54 – Mark talks about the concept of “internal editors”</li> <li>20:30 – Mark’s strategy for getting past the obvious</li> <li>22:25 – The significance of a company’s backstory</li> <li>24:36 – Mark discusses the “open kitchen concept” of business</li> <li>26:20 – What Mark enjoys most about his work</li> <li>28:29 – Mark’s core beliefs that guide and inspire him</li> <li>31:23 – Mark describes his earliest formative memory</li> <li>36:02 – The concept of “all-positioning”</li> <li>37:25 – How Mark’s experience selling books helped shape his success</li> <li>41:23 – Mark’s consulting role on “Netflix’s Mystery Science Theater 3000”</li> <li>42:03 – Mark discusses collaborating on the hit New York City show “Chamber Magic”</li> <li>45:48 – The importance of divergent thinking</li> <li>49:35 – Parting words of wisdom from Mark</li> <li>52:14 – Aviv provides steps to create your new future</li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf51" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf51</a>

051 Mark Levy - Discover Your Big Sexy Idea

In this episode, Aviv analyzes the three vectors of growth and development and showcases how they can be leveraged to identify the ‘what,’ ‘how,’ and ‘from where’ priorities. Aviv stresses the importance of building confidence, resilience, and strength within yourself in order to initiate a ruthless self-care protocol. He provides a three-step process by which this can be accomplished. These steps include maximizing your energy, starting every day well, and completing your day with a sense of accomplishment and gratitude. Finally, Aviv offers best practices for mapping your growth and development vectors to increase mindfulness and become more self-directed.  00:59 – Introducing today’s topic, The Three Vectors of Growth 02:24 – The importance of mapping your growth opportunities 03:41 – Three steps to initiate the ruthless, self-care protocol 03:48 – Step One: Maximize your energy 04:23 – Step Two: Start every day well 05:13 – Step Three: Complete your day with a sense of accomplishment and gratitude 06:33 – The Three Vectors of Growth &amp; Development 07:52 – Vector One: What you do 08:21 – Vector Two: How you navigate the journey to your desired outcomes 08:47 – Vector Three: From where you initiate and make your journey 09:58 – Aviv takes us through a mapping exercise using the three growth vectors 12:24 – Now it’s your turn, apply the three vectors of growth and development to define your ‘what,’ ‘how,’ and ‘from where’ priorities  Full show notes: http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf72

In this episode, Aviv analyzes the three vectors of growth and development and showcases how they can be leveraged to identify the ‘what,’ ‘how,’ and ‘from where’ priorities. Aviv stresses the importance of building confidence, resilience, and strength within yourself in order to initiate a ruthless self-care protocol. He provides a three-step process by which this can be accomplished. These steps include maximizing your energy, starting every day well, and completing your day with a sense of accomplishment and gratitude. Finally, Aviv offers best practices for mapping your growth and development vectors to increase mindfulness and become more self-directed. <ul> <li>00:59 – Introducing today’s topic, The Three Vectors of Growth</li> <li>02:24 – The importance of mapping your growth opportunities</li> <li>03:41 – Three steps to initiate the ruthless, self-care protocol</li> <li>03:48 – Step One: Maximize your energy</li> <li>04:23 – Step Two: Start every day well</li> <li>05:13 – Step Three: Complete your day with a sense of accomplishment and gratitude</li> <li>06:33 – The Three Vectors of Growth &amp; Development</li> <li>07:52 – Vector One: What you do</li> <li>08:21 – Vector Two: How you navigate the journey to your desired outcomes</li> <li>08:47 – Vector Three: From where you initiate and make your journey</li> <li>09:58 – Aviv takes us through a mapping exercise using the three growth vectors</li> <li>12:24 – Now it’s your turn, apply the three vectors of growth and development to define your ‘what,’ ‘how,’ and ‘from where’ priorities</li> </ul> Full show notes: <a href="http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf72" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf72</a>

072 - The Three Vectors of Growth

Bill Fox

In this very special episode, Aviv switches roles and becomes the interviewee as Bill Fox asks poignant questions on leadership, vision, and innovation. Aviv lists the seven evolutionary developmental blockages that we as a society have overcome. He talks about the importance of conversation and the impact they can ultimately have on creating new and exciting futures. Finally, Aviv urges the audience to appreciate how precious life is and challenges them to seize every opportunity life has to offer.  00:53 – Introducing today’s guest, Bill Fox 04:09 – How Bill came up with his six core interview questions 07:04 – Aviv answers Bill’s first question: How can we create work places where every voice matters, everyone thrives and finds meaning, and change and innovation happen naturally? 12:21 – The seven evolutionary developmental blockages that society has overcome 18:47 – Aviv answers Bill’s second question: What does it take to get an employee’s full attention and best performance? 20:59 – Aviv answers Bill’s third question: What do people really lack and long for at work? 25:25 – Aviv answers Bill’s fourth question: What do you think is the most important question leadership or management should be asking their employees or followers? 26:20 – Aviv answers Bill’s fifth question: What is the most important question employees should be asking back to leadership and management? 27:03 – Aviv answers Bill’s sixth question: What is the most important question we should be asking ourselves? 28:03 – What prompted Aviv to write the book, Create New Futures 30:39 – The value Aviv places on conversations 37:45 – What makes Aviv’s book different from others based on futures 39:37 – Key takeaways Aviv would like the audience to know 44:53 – Working to spread the idea of the importance of conversation 48:15 – Parting words of wisdom from Aviv  Full show notes: http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf59

In this very special episode, Aviv switches roles and becomes the interviewee as Bill Fox asks poignant questions on leadership, vision, and innovation. Aviv lists the seven evolutionary developmental blockages that we as a society have overcome. He talks about the importance of conversation and the impact they can ultimately have on creating new and exciting futures. Finally, Aviv urges the audience to appreciate how precious life is and challenges them to seize every opportunity life has to offer. <ul> <li>00:53 – Introducing today’s guest, Bill Fox</li> <li>04:09 – How Bill came up with his six core interview questions</li> <li>07:04 – Aviv answers Bill’s first question: How can we create work places where every voice matters, everyone thrives and finds meaning, and change and innovation happen naturally?</li> <li>12:21 – The seven evolutionary developmental blockages that society has overcome</li> <li>18:47 – Aviv answers Bill’s second question: What does it take to get an employee’s full attention and best performance?</li> <li>20:59 – Aviv answers Bill’s third question: What do people really lack and long for at work?</li> <li>25:25 – Aviv answers Bill’s fourth question: What do you think is the most important question leadership or management should be asking their employees or followers?</li> <li>26:20 – Aviv answers Bill’s fifth question: What is the most important question employees should be asking back to leadership and management?</li> <li>27:03 – Aviv answers Bill’s sixth question: What is the most important question we should be asking ourselves?</li> <li>28:03 – What prompted Aviv to write the book, Create New Futures</li> <li>30:39 – The value Aviv places on conversations</li> <li>37:45 – What makes Aviv’s book different from others based on futures</li> <li>39:37 – Key takeaways Aviv would like the audience to know</li> <li>44:53 – Working to spread the idea of the importance of conversation</li> <li>48:15 – Parting words of wisdom from Aviv</li> </ul> Full show notes: <a href="http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf59" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf59</a>

059 - Bill Fox Interviews Aviv

Dov Baron

Dov Baron is the founder of Full Monty Leadership, the authentic speaker academy for leadership. With his number one podcast for Fortune 500 leaders, Dov Baron’s Leadership and Loyalty Tips for Executives, Dov has an extraordinarily broad network and reach. He is a best-selling author of several books, including his latest entitled, Fiercely Loyal: How High Performing Companies Develop and Retain Top Talent. Dov is a compassionate and revolutionary communicator and speaker who believes in purpose-driven authentic leadership. In this episode, Aviv and Dov expound on the concepts of conscious and authentic leadership, mental and emotional hygiene, and fierce loyalty. Aviv and Dov explore the elements of enlightened leadership and the importance of leaders not only reflecting on strategies but taking action to implement these strategies. Dov shares his perspective on generational tendencies and the importance of vulnerability and intimacy as it pertains to leadership. Finally, Dov poses some thought-provoking experiments for the audience, including asking them to reflect on what they imagine will be said in their eulogy.  00:54 – Introducing today’s guest, Dov Baron 02:03 – The accomplishment Dov is most proud of 06:46 – Top trends that leaders must reflect on today 08:43 – What Dov has discovered about helping leaders in their personal growth journey 13:47 – Inquiries Dov poses to leaders to access their internal passions 19:29 – What leaders are struggling with the most currently, from Boomers to Millennials to Generation Z  26:04 – The important role that intimacy plays in leadership 30:51 – Authentic leadership and the maxims Dov utilizes in his work 38:08 – Dov defines mental and emotional hygiene 45:06 – What it means to be fiercely loyal and why it matters 47:30 – Dov’s social media presence 50:25 – Dov speaks to what motivates him and what he’s working on personally for himself currently 53:07 – Where Dov sees himself in ten years 54:17 – Two learning Dov values above all others 54:56 – Parting words of wisdom and insights from Dov  FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf77

Dov Baron is the founder of Full Monty Leadership, the authentic speaker academy for leadership. With his number one podcast for Fortune 500 leaders, Dov Baron’s Leadership and Loyalty Tips for Executives, Dov has an extraordinarily broad network and reach. He is a best-selling author of several books, including his latest entitled, Fiercely Loyal: How High Performing Companies Develop and Retain Top Talent. Dov is a compassionate and revolutionary communicator and speaker who believes in purpose-driven authentic leadership. In this episode, Aviv and Dov expound on the concepts of conscious and authentic leadership, mental and emotional hygiene, and fierce loyalty. Aviv and Dov explore the elements of enlightened leadership and the importance of leaders not only reflecting on strategies but taking action to implement these strategies. Dov shares his perspective on generational tendencies and the importance of vulnerability and intimacy as it pertains to leadership. Finally, Dov poses some thought-provoking experiments for the audience, including asking them to reflect on what they imagine will be said in their eulogy. <ul> <li>00:54 – Introducing today’s guest, Dov Baron</li> <li>02:03 – The accomplishment Dov is most proud of</li> <li>06:46 – Top trends that leaders must reflect on today</li> <li>08:43 – What Dov has discovered about helping leaders in their personal growth journey</li> <li>13:47 – Inquiries Dov poses to leaders to access their internal passions</li> <li>19:29 – What leaders are struggling with the most currently, from Boomers to Millennials to Generation Z </li> <li>26:04 – The important role that intimacy plays in leadership</li> <li>30:51 – Authentic leadership and the maxims Dov utilizes in his work</li> <li>38:08 – Dov defines mental and emotional hygiene</li> <li>45:06 – What it means to be fiercely loyal and why it matters</li> <li>47:30 – Dov’s social media presence</li> <li>50:25 – Dov speaks to what motivates him and what he’s working on personally for himself currently</li> <li>53:07 – Where Dov sees himself in ten years</li> <li>54:17 – Two learning Dov values above all others</li> <li>54:56 – Parting words of wisdom and insights from Dov</li> </ul> FULL SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf77" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf77</a>

077 Dov Baron - Curiosity & Compassion

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