Deliver Me Diversity! From Day 1 I have deliberately tried to connect with a diverse set of leaders, be it race, age, occupation, gender etc. Why? For starters, let’s face it - appeal to as many groups of people and more people will listen (duh). But on a deeper level, when you’re seeking an open exchange of ideas you MUST have a diverse set of opinions in the room to capture the very essence of what happens in the real world and to be able...
Circuit Breaking the Burnout Sorry I disappeared for a little while with this blog! The months of June - July were pretty intense which pushed me to work hours and at a tempo that wasn’t particularly sustainable or enjoyable. Most of it was self-inflicted, some of it was not. Truth be told, by early July I was straight-up burned out. You’ve probably felt this way before yourself, maybe you’re feeling it now. This was my little list...
Bouncing Back When your guest tells you ‘I want this to be the best podcast episode you’ve ever done’ - you know you’ve found a great one. Maybe it’s because our personalities flowed. Maybe it’s because we connected on a deeper level. Maybe it’s because I took the guest research to another level and prepared 10x more for this episode (thanks for giving me your masterclass, Darryl Stickel, PhD! To everyone reading this, I...
Overcoming creative gremlins Each month, I go through a little cycle with poddy episodes and it goes something like this: 1. Catch up with my guest 2. Get excited 3. Prep for the episode 4. Record 5. Edit 6. Stress about putting it up, sometimes wonder ‘what could’ve been’ 7. Post 8. Receive positive feedback 9. Take away learnings and messages The episode with Victoria was no different, albeit with a 'heightened' point 6. Brutal truth be...
Every now and again I wonder why we cross paths with certain people in our life, and why we keep the company we do. Of course, these are very substantial questions, none of which I can answer in totality. But in case of my buddy Brett Solomano this question was answered when we recorded Episode 4 together. Wind back 14 years and we were crawling amongst the kangaroo poo (amongst doing other things) in the Australian Army Reserve. Since...
Something really special happened in the lead up to, and recording of this episode. I don't know if there's a term for this, but i'll try to describe it as best I can in a paragraph or four. I've always admired Marishka (Mish) for her professionalism, stature, ability to balance a high-powered career with being an (awesome) DJ, radio host, mentor and event organiser. When you have a deep insight into what someone does as their day job, and it's...
I’ve consciously learned to trust my first impressions/thoughts when doing a recording (before our old friend self-doubt creeps back in after a day). This time my gut told me ‘YES! Now that went deep and it felt right!’...Thank you very much, gut, now let’s write up some reflections... I actually struggled to summarize the sheer amount of themes Connie and I delved into on Episode 2 - there was so much gold! From the changing...
This almost didn’t happen. Yes, even after after 15 years of fast-paced client-facing advisory, delivery and public speaking in the corporate world, I was still almost so nervous that I considered pulling the pin on Dancing With Doubt. It’s a different beast, these creative projects. I’ve always thought of myself as pretty confident and ‘able’, but nothing shouts ‘vulnerability’ as sticking your head out in public with a new...
