Today’s guest argues that it was cooking that caused the extraordinary transformation of our ancestors from apelike beings to Homo erectus. At the heart of this episode lies an explosive new idea: the habit of eating cooked rather than raw food permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow, helped structure human society, and created the male-female division of labour. As our ancestors adapted to using fire, humans emerged as “the cooking apes”. Covering everything from food-labelling to sexual division of labour to raw-food faddists, Catching Fire offers a startlingly original argument about how we came to be the social, intelligent, and sexual species we are today. A fundamental question that every culture answers in a different way, but only science can truly decide and one today’s guest deeply explore is What made us human? Our guest’s work proposes a new answer. He is a true changemaker, driven by curiosity and believes the transformative moment that gave rise to the genus Homo, one of the great transitions in the history of life, stemmed from the control of fire and the advent of cooked meals. Fire was our first technology. Cooking increased the value of our food. It changed our bodies, our brains, our use of time, and our social lives. It made us into consumers of external energy and thereby created an organism with a new relationship to nature, dependent on fuel.

The way we work is broken. It takes forever to get anything done. Meetings and emails are incessant. Bureaucracy stifles talent and creativity. Is this really the best we can do?

Aaron Dignan teaches companies how to eliminate red tape, tap into collective intelligence, and rethink long-held traditions that no longer make sense.

In “Brave New Work”, he shows you how to revolutionise the way you, your team, and your company works forever.

Have fewer but better meetings


Create a culture of honesty, transparency, and trust


Cut down on rules to be more efficient


Be more agile and adaptive


Reignite passion and energy throughout your organisation

We welcome Aaron Dignan the author of “Brave New Work, Are You Ready to Reinvent Your Organization?”

More about Aaron here: https://www.bravenewwork.com

Today’s episode offers a bit of perspective and a lot of insight for anyone seeking long-term success. Success in business is spelled M-O-R-E: better results, faster growth, more revenue, greater efficiency. Do more. Make more. Achieve more. And do it now.

Eventually, ambition turns to stress, then to frenzy, then to emptiness as once-ambitious workers endlessly trudge the hamster wheel chasing the next promotion. While top-level performance is the holy grail of business at all levels, there is another, much better way to achieve it: slow down.

Yes, you read that right–S-L-O-W. This is your permission to jump off of the hamster wheel. Slowing down is not a luxury, it is a necessity. A frenetic brain simply doesn’t perform at optimal levels. By maintaining a snail’s pace, you actually achieve better results–at rocket speed–because you’re firing on all cylinders. You’ll think of new things, approach old problems from new perspectives, and breathe a breath of fresh air into everything you do.

This episode shows you how to achieve this state of steady, sustainable fire, and how to get further by crawling than you ever did while attempting to fly. Learn how slowing down can lead to better, faster results Achieve optimal performance thought patterns Enhance your creativity and effectiveness Build energy, revenue, and good health in a self-sustaining way You know you’re capable of more, but the stress is eating away at your body, your brain, and your soul. Relax, take a deep breath, and buckle down. Clear your mind, and then put it to work.

Stop juggling and start doing. Master Your Mind shows you how to supercharge your trajectory by taking it S-L-O-W.

More about Roger here: https://freedompersonaldevelopment.com

It is rare today for employees to stay with one organisation for the long tenures that were the norm before the Great Recession. In fact, “job hopping” is the new norm, especially for Millennials. So how can you create a culture where will stay or return?

This episode shares how to leverage this fact rather than fear it. By engendering a lifetime of loyalty from former employees, leaders can see them return in the form of customers, partners, clients, advocates, contractors, and even returning employees.

This episode is a pragmatic answer to the outdated corporate mindset around employee turnover. Instead, it shifts the focus to creating lifetime loyalty from your alumni who will bring back business again and again.

We welcome the author of “The Boomerang Principle: Inspire Lifetime Loyalty from Your Employees” Lee Caraher

“They’re dead to me.”

“I’m not going to spend all this time training them just to have them leave.”

“They’re job-hoppers who don’t know a good thing when they see it.”

“I’m on a constant training revolving door—as soon as someone’s trained up, they’re out, and I have to start all over again.”

“Why am I wasting my time? It’ll be faster if I do the work myself.”

These are sentiments you have heard many times from entrepreneurs, CEOs, managers, and supervisors when discussing those who are known as “Job Hoppers”.

We discuss:

• Intergenerational Teams, organisations, and workplaces
• Millennials, Gen X, Y, Z and Boomers
• Purpose and Vision
• The Boomerang Principle
• How to leverage top talent
• How to leave well
• How to create an alumni of past employees

More about Lee here:

http://leecaraher.com/

“A common trend we see is that experts in a field can become dogmatic and close-minded over time and they simply lose some of the intellectual curiosity that they had at the outset of their careers. And because they fail to question certain assumptions that they’ve made historically they aren’t listening to those new voices.” – Michael Roberto

Today’s episode is an exploration of the creative process and how organisations can clear the way for innovation. 

In many organisations, creative individuals face stubborn resistance to new ideas. 

Managers and executives often reject innovation and unconventional approaches due to misplaced allegiance to the status quo. 

Questioning established practices or challenging prevailing sentiments is frequently met with stiff resistance. 

In this climate of stifled creativity and inflexible adherence to conventional wisdom, potentially game-changing ideas are dismissed outright. 

Senior leaders claim to value creativity, yet often lack the knowledge to provide a creative framework. 

More on Mike here: https://www.professormichaelroberto.com

This episode touches on a pioneering account that sets out to understand the structure of the human brain – the place where mind meets matter. Until recently, the left hemisphere of our brain has been seen as the ‘rational’ side, the superior partner to the right. But is this distinction true?

Drawing on a vast body of experimental research, our guest argues that while our left brain makes for a wonderful servant, it is a very poor master. As he shows, it is the right side, which is the more reliable and insightful. Without it, our world would be mechanistic – stripped of depth, colour, and value. 

We welcome the author of The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World, Iain McGilchrist

Iain’s website: http://iainmcgilchrist.com/

The RSA animation Iain refers to: RSA Youtube

Jordan Peterson and Iain having a chat: https://youtu.be/ea4mEnsTv6Q

“The highest success in any kind of activity – from child rearing and education to business and governance to ecosystems regeneration and spiritual practice – comes from seeing every person as unique and capable of participating in the evolution of systems and programmes” – Carol Sanford“

Peer Review is the Foundation for Measuring Employee Performance.

But does it help employees realise their full potential?

Does feedback improve a company’s bottom line?

No More Feedback is book one in our guest’s new Toxic Practice book series.The book disrupts commonly held beliefs to reveal the following:

• Why feedback undermines employee development
• The impact feedback has on our 3 core human capabilities
• The alternative that leads to self-regulating employees


Utilising examples from her decades of work, learn the flaws in the feedback trap and build conditions for employees to flourish for long-term success.

We welcome Carol Sanford, the author of No More Feedback: Cultivate Consciousness at Work.

“Artificial Intelligence: How 50 Successful Companies Used AI and Machine Learning to Solve Problems in Practice” is a fascinating look into how companies use AI and machine learning to solve problems The rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence has expanded beyond research labs and computer science departments and made its way into the mainstream business environment.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are cited as the most important modern business trends to drive success. AI is used in areas ranging from banking and finance to social media and marketing. This technology continues to provide innovative solutions to businesses of all sizes, sectors and industries.

• Understand some key terminology accessibly
• Expand your knowledge of recent AI advancements in technology
• Gain insight into the future of AI and its increasing role in business and industry
• Realise some threats and opportunities that AI brings to industry, society and humanity

More about Bernard here: https://www.bernardmarr.com