I was MC for the tech stage at the Fifteen seconds Festival in Graz, Austria. I had the pleasure of meeting the brilliant Phaedra Boinodiris. She is the author of the book “AI for the Rest of Us”, and is a co-founder of the Future World Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to curating K-12 education in AI ethics.
Posted 9 months ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Business Corporate Culture DEI Disruption Diversity and Creativity Diversity Good for Profits Entrepreneurship Friederike Fabritius Helen Edwards Innovation Leadership Neurodiversity Strategy Technology Transformation
Hire For Neurosignature Train For Skill. In a changing workplace, rather than hiring solely based on skill, we might consider a candidate’s neurosignature. Each neurosignature brings unique strengths to the table. Hiring for neurosignature and training for skill might lead to higher workplace happiness, higher revenue and lower employee turnover.
Posted 10 months ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Caterpillar Cake Battle M&S Aldi Corporate Culture Disruption Entrepreneurship Incremental Innovation Innovation Leadership Rita McGrath Transformation
Incremental innovation remains a critical component for organisations. However, when an organisation only rewards incremental endeavours (recognition, remuneration and promotion), why would anybody want to risk their career with transformational effort? Give the customer a 12-blade razor, a chai-latte-flavoured soda or a 6G Origami phone. By all means, be a fast-moving caterpillar-cake copycat, but invest some of the profits from the incremental present into the transformational future. Don’t use the future to fuel your present.
Posted 10 months ago Tagged Consciousness Dreaming Hidden Spring Mark Solms Mind wandering
What is the purpose of mind-wandering? The aim is to improve the efficiency of your generative model. Author of “The Hidden Spring”, Mark Solms explains.
Posted 10 months ago Tagged "Every act of creation is first an act of destruction." Aidan McCullen Business Charles Conn Charles Conn Interview Charles Conn is the author of Bullet Proof Problem Solving. Corporate Culture Disruption Innovation Leadership Patagonia Right Way Fire Strategy
The Aboriginal tradition of “Right Way Fire” involves the controlled use of fire to maintain and restore ecosystems. Strategic small-scale slow burns in targeted areas during the early dry season minimise the risks of uncontrollable wildfires in the dry season. This practice is deeply rooted in the understanding that mindfully clearing away the old and stagnant creates space for new growth and vitality. This collective ancestral wisdom, long ignored, is now changing practices across several countries with similar savannah grasslands.)
Posted 1 year ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Business Corporate Culture Disruption Entrepreneurship Leadership Strategic Hail Mary Pass Strategy Transformation
Businesses throw Hail Marys when encountering a crisis, such as declining sales or disruptive innovation, or technology suddenly upends their business plan. Equally, leaders throw Hail Marys to meet analyst expectations when they have been coasting in the game for a long time. In sports, there is a thin line between arrogance and confidence, and business organisations often fall into the success trap.
Posted 1 year ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Brain-Frinedly Workplace Corporate Culture Evelyn Doyle Patagonia Friederike Fabritius Innovation Leadership Neurosignature Transformation
In The Brain-Friendly Workplace, Friederike Fabritius highlights the basic fact that we need more thought diversity and that people’s motivations differ very much.
Posted 1 year ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Corporate Culture Disruption Hubel Wiesel Cats Innovation Leadership Transformation
“Many of us are living a very narrow life; we have self-inflicted blinkers on. Widen your view, widen your mind, widen your life.” — Marcus Aurelius
The information we absorb dramatically impacts how we perceive the world.
Posted 1 year ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Business Habit Factor Innovation Leadership Martin Grunburg Power of Story Transformation
Martin Grunburg produces an epic finale and at the same time, introduces an innovative and simplified behaviour change model already impacting the coaching and behaviour change professions. Find Martin here: https://thehabitfactor.com
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We are joined by Friederike Fabritius, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Brain-Friendly Workplace: Why Talented People Quit and How to Get Them to Stay and of the award-winning book The Leading Brain: Neuroscience Hacks to Work Smarter, Better, Happier.