The Innovation Show

The Five Fatal Habits: Why most organisations fail at innovation and agility with Geoff Marlow Find the pdf here: https://www.geoffmarlow.com/resources/

Are our brains wired to hate? Is social media to blame for an increase in hateful abuse? What can we do with hate on the rise to turn the tide? Drawing on twenty years of pioneering research - as well as his own experience as a hate-crime victim - our guest, a world-renowned criminologist explores one of the pressing issues of our age.
 We welcome the author of The Science of Hate: How prejudice becomes hate and what we can do to stop it, Professor Matt Williams Find Matt here: https://hatelab.net 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:12 Matt’s Hate Crime Origin Story 00:11:15 The Benefit of Criminology as an Intersectional Discipline 00:16:12 Criminology is Based on a study of Prejudices 00:26:35 Intergroup Hate, A Hierarchy of Hatred 00:34:29 Gordon Alport and Push v Pull Prejudice 00:45:43 Statistics of Hate

In the workplace, gaslighting often happens when someone is trying to change beliefs about who should get the credit or blame for a particular project. Art Markman Explains.

Today's episode explores innovation from different perspectives: historical, scientific, sociological, cultural and practical — all through the feminine lens. It addresses the shortage of women in innovation and how important it is to address this as the first step to inclusion. This book reveals that any innovator can acquire the necessary skills to create meaningful innovation. It is about celebrating the duality of the feminine and the masculine in all human beings and dares us to activate both energies to create innovation that brings true value to our world.

To date, the world (and innovation) has been mainly driven by masculine energy, and we can no longer ignore gender. This book will help you discover that you have latent feminine skills and that, wherever you stand on the masculine/feminine spectrum, rebalancing towards the opposite makes you a more centred human being in your personal and professional life. It’s a pleasure to welcome the author of Venus Genius: The Female Prescription for Innovatio

Hidden Truths Finale: What Leaders Need to Hear But Are Rarely Told with David Fubini 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:36 Getting on Board with the Board 00:04:44 CEO's role to reach out to the Board 00:07:32 Board Theatre 00:11:28 ESG Sustainability and Stakeholders 00:15:15 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion 00:20:09 Positioning Change as a Journey 00:21:57 When it's time to leave 00:26:28 Leaving Well 00:36:36 Outro

Courses are taught in MBA and executive development programs that provide a lot of information about the job. Direct reports and teams also observe leaders in action. But it’s not until you assume a leadership job that the reality of the position hits home. The reality is that leaders operate in a crucible, one in which emotions run high and interpersonal relationships are at risk. Being in the spotlight, not having nearly enough hours in the day to address key issues, confronting right-versus-right decisions - all of this ratchets up the degree of difficulty. We welcome back the author of Hidden Truths: What Leaders Need to Hear but Are Rarely Told, David Fubini Find David here: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=102821

In today’s knowledge economy that prizes intellectual capital—where we need all individuals to build passions and develop their full human potential—our education system is no longer sufficient. Amid the disaster since the pandemic’s assault on society and schools over multiple school years, there is an opportunity to rebuild better by altering the fundamental assumptions undergirding our present-day schooling model. Today's book isn’t about disruptive innovation. Nor is it about the devastation and disruption that the pandemic caused. It’s about what we build out of this devastation. What we choose to create. And our guest proposes that It starts with educators. We welcome a friend of the show and someone I have also become to see as a friend, he is here to share his new book, From Reopen to Reinvent, Recreating School for Every Child, Michael Horn Find Michael here:  

Topics we cover: 00:01:18 The Imagination Network in the Brain 00:03:34 Creativity is about Inhibition as well as activation 00:05:48 Brainstorming 00:08:22 Convergent and Divergent Thinking 00:10:58 Educating People out of Creativity 00:12:29 Organisations and Creativity 00:16:39 Creative Exercises like de Bono’s 6 Thinking Hats 00:22:22 The Von Restorff Effect Find Helena here: https://www.chequeredleopard.com

We welcome back Helena Boschi, the author of "Why We Do What We Do Understanding our brain to get the best out of ourselves and others" Here are our topics today; If You Are Human You Are Biased Cognitive Dissonance and Motivated Reasoning Cognitive Energy Choice Overload, Complexity Avoidance Anchoring Effects and Wine Lists How Language Shapes Behaviour We Are Poor At Judging Risk The Availability Heuristic In Group/Out Group Find Helena here: https://www.chequeredleopard.com

The brain is the basis of everything we do: how we behave, communicate, feel, remember, pay attention, create, influence, and decide. Today’s book combines scientific research with concrete examples and illustrative stories to clarify the complex mechanisms of the human brain. It offers valuable insights into how our brain works every day, at home and at work, and provides practical ideas and tips to help us lead happy, healthy, and productive lives.  The thoughts you have and the words that you speak all have an effect on your neural architecture - and this book explains what that means in a way you can understand. We welcome Helena Boschi, the author of "Why We Do What We Do Understanding our brain to get the best out of ourselves and others"   Find Helena here: https://www.chequeredleopard.com

It’s a dopamine hit to welcome back Dr Anna Lembke, the author of "Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence". Time Stamps 00:00:00 Sponsor Message 00:00:33 What is Dopamine? 00:02:50 Access is Easy Now in a Digital World 00:10:14 Opioid-induced Hyperalgesia 00:11:27 Expectation Let Down Children 00:13:54 Cannabis Addiction and Dopamine Fasting 00:17:27 How Reminders of our Drug Can Trigger Desire to Use 00:21:43 Gambling Addiction 00:25:56 The DOPAMINE Acronym 00:36:09 Replace a reward with another reward 00:39:17 Understanding Stress and Pain 00:44:54 Final Message

Today's book aims to unpack the neuroscience of reward and, in so doing, enable us to find a better, healthier balance between pleasure and pain. But neuroscience is not enough. We also need the lived experience of human beings. Who better to teach us how to overcome compulsive overconsumption than those most vulnerable to it: people with addiction. Whether it’s sugar or shopping, voyeuring or vaping, social media posts or The Washington Post, we all engage in behaviours we wish we didn’t, or to an extent we regret. This book offers practical solutions for how to manage compulsive overconsumption in a world where consumption has become the all-encompassing motive of our lives.” It’s a pleasure and a reward to welcome the author of Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence With Dr Anna Lembke Find Anna here: https://www.annalembke.com

In Hidden Truths, David Fubini delivers is that awareness of the critical capabilities and issues that come with the territory - capabilities and issues that often take leaders by surprise - goes a long way toward helping leaders perform at a high level. He presents the essential skills that will keep leaders delivering success - both professionally and within their organizations. We welcome the author of Hidden Truths: What Leaders Need to Hear but Are Rarely Told, David Fubini

Today’s episode provides practical knowledge that will not only help leaders do their jobs better, but assist boards, HR, consultants, and others in working effectively with these executives. One of the book’s themes is that appearance is not reality. Much has been written and discussed about the apparent roles and responsibilities of CEOs and managing directors and other leaders. Courses are taught in MBA and executive development programs that provide a lot of information about the job. Direct reports and teams also observe leaders in action. But it’s not until you assume a leadership job that the reality of the position hits home. The reality is that leaders operate in a crucible, one in which emotions run high and interpersonal relationships are at risk. Being in the spotlight, not having nearly enough hours in the day to address key issues, confronting right-versus-right decisions - all of this ratchets up the degree of difficulty. The good news that our guest and his book delivers is that awarenes

Companies spend billions of dollars annually on diversity efforts with remarkably few results. Too often diversity efforts rest on the assumption that all that's needed is an earnest conversation about "privilege." That's not enough. To truly make progress we need to stop celebrating the problem and instead take effective steps to solve it. Through her own exhaustive research, fresh evidence and first-hand work with companies our guest shows how it's done, and, reassuringly, how easy it is to get started. We welcome the author of Bias Interrupted: Creating Inclusion for Real and for Good, Joan C. Williams, welcome to the show. Find Joan here: Find bias interrupters here:  

Companies spend billions of dollars annually on diversity efforts with remarkably few results. Too often diversity efforts rest on the assumption that all that's needed is an earnest conversation about "privilege." That's not enough. To truly make progress we need to stop celebrating the problem and instead take effective steps to solve it. Through her own exhaustive research, fresh evidence and first hand work with companies our guest shows how it's done, and, reassuringly, how easy it is to get started. Chapter titles include 1. What’s the path forward? 2. Is bias training worthless? 3. We’re a meritocracy. Are you asking us to change that? 4. Why do some groups need to be politically savvier to succeed? 5. Are you saying that white men have it easy? I don’t feel privileged. 6. We cherish our culture. Can we retain that and still achieve DEI goals? 7. Can we make progress on DEI without getting all rigid and bureaucratic? 8. Women’s priorities change after having kids. Are you saying I should ignore th

It's you. As the speed of change in elite sports has increased, the support infrastructure around head coaches has not kept up. This has left many coaches--supposedly experts in human performance--walking zombies who don’t sleep, don’t exercise and don’t see their families. To succeed in the modern sporting world, head coaches must face some hard truths. By grappling with these truths, which cut to the very core of who they are as human beings, head coaches can get out of their own way and achieve all-new levels of personal performance. We welcome author  of "The Tough Stuff: Seven Hard Truths About Being a Head Coach" Cody Royle Find Cody here: https://www.codyroyle.com

From the spread of COVID-19 to the rise of political polarisation, from implicit bias to genetically modified food, from NASA to Netflix - it's time to think differently about how change works. Our guest is the world expert in the new science of networks. His ground-breaking research across areas as disparate as voting, health, technology and finance has highlighted powerful and highly effective new ways to ensure lasting change. In today’s book, he distils more than a decade of deep experience into a fascinating new theory that challenges previous assumptions that new ideas are either contagious or not. He shows that beliefs and behaviours are not transmitted from person to person in the simple way that a virus is. The real story of social change is more complex and much more interesting. When we are exposed to a new idea, our social networks guide our responses in striking and surprising ways. Drawing on deep yet accessible research and fascinating examples, his book presents a paradigm-shifting new science

We all know that we’re capable of more than what we’re already accomplishing. But what if we discovered the tools we need to get the most out of our brain and achieve unheard-of mental performance? With expert guidance from today’s guest we can discover how to unlock the hidden potential of our brain. Using simple tools and techniques we can use each day, his book will show us how to: * Utilise the principle of neuroplasticity to transform your daily life * Harness straightforward strategies to learn new behaviours * Turn these behaviours into lasting habits and new skills * Understand the latest developments in brain-enhancement * Create better strategies for team innovation and problem solving We welcome the author of Sort Your Brain Out: Boost Your Performance, Manage Stress and Achieve More, Dr Jack Lewis, welcome to the show Find Jack here: https://www.drjack.co.uk Brain man VR: https://www.brainmanvr.co.uk

We all know that we’re capable of more than what we’re already accomplishing. But what if we discovered the tools we need to get the most out of our brain and achieve unheard-of mental performance? With expert guidance from today’s guest we can discover how to unlock the hidden potential of our brain. Using simple tools and techniques we can use each day, his book will show us how to: * Utilise the principle of neuroplasticity to transform your daily life * Harness straightforward strategies to learn new behaviours * Turn these behaviours into lasting habits and new skills * Understand the latest developments in brain-enhancement * Create better strategies for team innovation and problem solving We welcome the author of Sort Your Brain Out: Boost Your Performance, Manage Stress and Achieve More, Dr Jack Lewis, welcome to the show Find Jack here: https://www.drjack.co.uk Brain man VR: https://www.brainmanvr.co.uk