Former Navy SEAL and a previous guest on the podcast, Marty Strong, is back with more insightful leadership thinking and a new book: Be Visionary: Strategic Leadership in the Age of Optimization. Marty continues to challenge received wisdom and shines a light on what he describes as the forgotten leadership skill of creativity. With habits that will open our minds and broaden our horizons, Marty’s approach envisages a leadership future full of humility, creative exploration, collaboration and innovation that solidifies into successful strategy and execution. It is a delight to have Marty’s unique perspective back on the podcast!

Shownotes

See more at http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/visionary-leadership-marty-strong

Key moments

3:00 The forgotten creative brain

8:20 Flicking the creative switch

12:00 The difference between visionary and strategic leadership

16:16 Qualities, values and mindset

18:45 Join us in Amplifiers Academy

19:20 Spotting trends as a leader

25:15 Sourcing diverse inputs - stay curious!

28:00 Habits for developing strategic thinking

32:50 Strategic thinking in the age of optimisation

36:50 Exciting trends - divergent thinking

42:00 The brain beyond ‘flow’

46:00 Zoe’s takeaways

Josh Tyson works at the intersection of AI and UX (user design), specialising in high-level content design and storytelling. He’s also an author and podcaster (broadcasting ‘from the future’!) with extensive experience in the practical application of artificial intelligence, in particular chat-based interfaces. Josh sees possibilities everywhere he looks, but is highly pragmatic about the capacity of organisations and leaders to break through the fear of the unknown and embrace emerging technologies to improve their businesses. Passionate about liberating creativity through technology, he holds the hands of those willing to experiment and, in Josh’s words, first fall on their faces. It’s both a lightning fast and long leadership journey and in this episode Josh shares how we can navigate it with optimism.

Shownotes

See more at http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/leadership-skills-josh-tyson

Key moments

3:00  The biggest leadership insight: being open and flexible

4:50  First, fall on your face

6:00  The investment (and trauma) of AI

8:15  Any industry can use AI to its advantage

12:00  What AI is - and isn’t

16:20  The broader tech ecosystem 

18:30  Be fit for the future with Amplifiers Academy

19:00 Getting started with AI

25:00 DAOs explained

30:00 AI as an ally

34:00 Rethinking everything about work

37:00 Increasing accessibility and future potential

40:10 The leadership implications of AI 

If you’re ready for a refreshing burst of optimism and excitement amid all the doom scrolling, look no further than Justin Bean. Justin is the author of a call to arms for possibilities over problems. His book What Could Go Right? is the culmination of his research and work at the intersection of sustainability, tech, and innovation for impact. Justin believes we can envision our ideal world and empower ourselves with practical approaches to build it. In this episode Justin shares the six key trends for the future that will impact how we work, what we value and why we do what we do. He reminds us that change is incremental, we’re capable of more than we realise and that there is a way for the future to meet all of our needs - from profit to purpose and everything in between.

Shownotes

See more at http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/leadership-thinking-justin-bean

Key moments

Reframing fear of the future  [4:00]

Developing a values mindset  [8:10]

A perspective on the past  [10:15]

Disrupting cultural norms  [12:10]

Bonding over solving problems  [15:00]

Join us in the Amplifers Academy  [15:45]

Six trends for the future  [16:10]

Seeing through social media  [18:50]

Sustainability ethics  [21:05]

Reclaiming woke!  [23:00]

The distributed economy  [26:20]

Leadership of the future  [30:00]

The future of democracy  [35:30]

Strategies for disinformation  [39:50]

Envision the future  [44:00] 

In this week’s solosode I’m reflecting on how lovely it is when loose or lost connections come back into our lives - so let’s put ourselves out there! Then it’s a deep dive into meta modern leadership, the three hallmarks of a meta modern leader and three practical exercises that will help develop these characteristics. Plus two book recommendations and a reminder of balance in all things - we can be both sensible and sensitive, wise and compassionate. There’s always more than one pathway to choose.  

Shownotes

See more at http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/meta-modern-leadership

Key moments

The three characteristics of meta modern leadership  [4:00]

Three practical exercises to develop them  [8:40]

Book recommendation: Derek Sivers -  How To Live [14:20]

Book recommendation: Tim Urban - What’s Our Problem?  [18:00]

A leadership blind spot  [20:00]

Register for the Fit for the Future webinar  [25:10]

Join us in the Amplifiers Academy  [26:00]

We need to move beyond our binary thinking of purpose or profit because together they are so much more powerful. That’s the message ‘Chief Purpose Activist’ Carolyn Butler-Madden is on a mission to spread with her work in supporting social impact and purpose-led businesses. With a background in marketing, Carolyn is perfectly positioned to move past the fluff and focus on meaningful actions that drive profit with purpose. In this episode she shares inspiring examples of businesses who walk the talk and reap the benefits while reminding us that change starts with one small step - and if it’s taken with others that’s even better! 

Shownotes

Read more at: 

http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/corporate-culture-carolyn-butler-madden

Key moments

What is a purpose consultant?  [2:30]

An accidental marketing career  [3:20]

The social conscience disconnect  [5:20]

Cause marketing  [7:10]

We don’t have to choose between purpose and profit  [9:00]

Discovering purpose  [10:00]

Don’t stop with ‘why’  [12:00]

Join us in the Amplifiers Academy  [15:00]

The Unilever example  [16:00]

SMEs with social impact  [22:00]

The 6 pillars of purpose  [24:00]

Purpose starts at home  [29:00]

How can businesses afford it?  [32:23]

Building a movement for change  [33:15]

Start with what matters to you  [37:10]

What’s easy and what are you already doing?  [40:00]

US Fighter Pilot Dominic ‘Slice’ Teich knows a thing or two about peak performance and, as a recovering workaholic, has had to intentionally reframe what success means in order to step off the ‘hamster wheel of achievement’. As well as being a full-time fighter pilot, Dom is an entrepreneur and publisher of the Single Seat Mindset series of books that shares leadership stories from the cockpits of 40 fellow pilots. These are combat proven strategies that can be leveraged by any peak performer and in this conversation, Dom shares his journey to Single Seat Wisdom and leadership lessons from the third dimension! 

Shownotes

See more at http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/leadership-perspective-dom-teich

Key Moments

Fighter pilot origin story  [2:00]

Flying an F16  [6:30]

On learned behaviours  [8:20]

Deployment experiences  [10:50]

The (mental) crash  [13:20]

Developing empathy  [16:00]

Defining success  [18:30]

Join us in Amplifiers Academy  [21:30]

The ‘Slice’ story [22:00]

Single Seat Mindset  [25:10]

How a fight pilot debriefs  [29:00]

Meaningful goals  [35:00]

Advice for leaders  [41:50]

Anne Dranitsaris, Ph.D and Heather Dranitsaris-Hilliard are a mother-daughter team with an incredible backstory and a refreshing approach to leadership that blends psychology with systems to advance the potential of individuals, teams and organisations. Together they have co-authored three books, most recently So, You Think You Can Lead?

Anne and Heather’s relationship is unique (you’ll have to listen to find out why!) and makes their professional collaboration even more remarkable. The synergy of Anne’s developmental psychology background and Heather’s systems thinking and transformation expertise enables them to help executives - and especially emerging and entrepreneurial leaders - do and be better. In this episode they share the bad habits even good leaders can fall into, shine a light on  a fundamental leadership principle for the hybrid world, remind us that leaders cannot, and should not, be all things to all people and, perhaps most importantly, that there’s no leadership without followership. 

Shownotes

See more at https://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/leadership-development-dranitsaris

Key moments

An incredible story of connection  [2:50]

Personal resilience in a time of chaos [7:00]

So, You Think You Can Lead (book) [12:00]

The leadership non-negotiables  [23:00]

Systems design and skill development  [25:00]

Bad leadership habits  [30:00]

Intentional check-ins post COVID  [36:00]

All things to all people is not a leadership strategy  [45:00]

Inspired by our Future of Leadership event we’re looking at the megatrends that will shape the future of leadership and considering the skills and perspectives we need for successful meta-modern leadership. In short, what are our buoyancy aids that will help us swim in the soup of uncertainty?

From A.I. tools that will facilitate our creativity and curiosity to mastering and managing energy these are the leadership skills we need to maximise the opportunities we are being offered. 

Shownotes

See more at: http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/future-leadership-megatrends

Anthony Coppedge is a business transformation specialist with a background in sales and marketing who had a major ‘ah-ha’ moment while working at IBM and witnessing the software team’s agile approach to work. Now Anthony helps people leverage marketing agility with a focus on outcomes, not outputs. His pragmatic and people-centric approach is built around leaders who create safe environments for experiments, delegate in service of outcomes, and genuinely care about their teams. He wants the future of leadership to involve better questions and better listening, less stupid work and a lot more impact! In this episode he shares his insights into how that is achievable for all leaders. 

Shownotes

See more at www.zoerouth.com/podcast/leadership-principles-anthony-coppedge

Buckle up for a wide-ranging conversation with author and business coach Daryl Urbanski! With an unconventional voice that cuts through the noise, Daryl has helped businesses to be more successful, published five books and studied the science of business success - and then studied the studies. (Very meta!) Acutely aware of the realities of business today and what the future of leadership might look like, he embraces technology from a foundation of people and connection and advocates for self-awareness above all else! Daryl shares where he thinks leadership of the future is heading and the work we will need to do to get there.

Shownotes

See more at  http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/leadership-future-daryl-urbanski