“A mind that is stretched to a new idea never returns to its original dimension.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

This episode aims to introduce practical instruction for mastering the Wheel of Awareness, a life-changing tool for cultivating more focus, presence, and peace in our lives.

We will explore:

• The science that underlies meditation’s effectiveness
• How to harness the power of the principle “Where attention goes, neural firing flows, and neural connection grows.”
• How developing a Wheel of Awareness practice to focus attention, open awareness, and cultivate kind intention can help us grow a healthier brain and reduce fear, anxiety, and stress in our lives. 

Whether we have no experience with a reflective practice or are an experienced practitioner, we are going to explore this hands-on guide that will enable you to become more focused and present, as well as more energized and emotionally resilient

Our guest is the author of 4 New York Times bestsellers and I’m sure today’s book Aware will be a fifth. His books include:

• The Developing Mind
• Parenting from the Inside Out
• The Mindful Brain
• Mindsight
• The Mindful Therapist
• A Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology
• The Whole-Brain Child
• Brainstorm
• No-Drama Discipline
• Mind
• The Yes Brain

And the focus of today’s episode:

Aware The Science And Practice Of Presence—A Complete Guide To The Groundbreaking Wheel Of Awareness Meditation Practice

More about Dan Siegel here:

TEDx Prague we refer to in the show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyhxXwclfNs

Wheel of Awareness

http://m.drdansiegel.com/resources/wheel_of_awareness/

“There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times” – Voltaire

True or false? It’s rarely that simple.

This episode aims to equip us to spot misleading truths that are all around us and to communicate more effectively with friends & family.

There is more than one truth about most things. Eating meat is nutritious but it’s also damaging to the environment. The Internet disseminates knowledge but it also spreads hatred. When we communicate we naturally select the truths that are most helpful to our agenda.

We can select truths constructively to inspire organisations, encourage children, and drive progressive change. Or we can select truths that give a false impression of reality, misleading people without actually lying. Others can do the same, motivating or deceiving us with the truth. Truths are neutral but highly versatile tools that we can use for good or ill.

Today we will explore how truth is used and abused in politics, business, the media and everyday life. We will explore how a clearer understanding of truth’s many faces renders us better able to navigate our world and more influential within it.

We welcome strategic communications expert, master storyteller and author of “TRUTH How the Many Sides to Every Story Shape Our Reality”, Hector MacDonald

More about Hector here: https://www.hectormacdonald.com/about/

“How does one fashion a book of resistance, a book of truth in an empire of falsehood? Is it possible for freedom and independence to arise in new ways under new conditions?”    – Philip K. Dick

The argument of the book is that we’ve evolved a number of mental modules. They are associated with characteristic types of human behaviour.

This show introduces ten people. In a way, we already know them. Only we don’t – not really. In a sense, they are us. Only they’re not entirely. They inform and shape the most important decisions in our lives. But you’re almost certainly unaware of their intervention. They are the Ten Types of Human. Who are they? What are they for? How did they get into your head?

We want to believe that there are some things we would never do. We want to believe that there are others we always would. But how can we be sure? What are our limits? Do we have limits?

The answer lies in the Ten Types of Human: the people we become when we are faced with life’s most difficult decisions. But who or what are these Types? Where do they come from? How did they get into our heads?

The Ten Types of Human is a pioneering examination of human nature. It looks at the best and worst that human beings are capable of and asks why. It explores the frontiers of the human experience, excavating the forces that shape our thoughts and actions in extreme situations. It explores people undaunted in the face of unimaginable conditions, people who have stolen, people who have killed, people who have spoken out at enormous personal risk, people who have performed feats of unimaginable heroism.

Mixing cutting-edge neuroscience, social psychology and human rights research, The Ten Types of Human is at once a provocation and a map to our hidden selves. It provides a new understanding of who we are – and who we can become.

Ultimately that is what The Ten Types of Human is about: finding fresh ways to be free.

We welcome Dexter Dias, human rights barrister who as Queen’s Counsel has been instructed in some of the biggest cases of recent years involving murder, terrorism, civil liberties, war crimes, human rights and genocide. He has been instrumental in changing the law to better protect young women and girls at risk of FGM and works pro bono internationally with survivors of modern day slavery, human trafficking and Violence Against Women and Girls.

Dexter gives us an in-depth account of the concept of the book and shares some of the stories which informed the book.

We get through a handful of the ten types and intend to follow up with a part 2 in 2019.

More about Dexter here: https://thetentypesofhuman.com/about-dexter-dias/

“Trust is not what we “do”—it is what results from what we do.”

Of the thousands of books published each year on leadership, management, self-help, and motivation, very few offer practical tools and solutions to the number one challenge in business: trust.

With trust, our relationships flourish, our productivity rises, and we have high personal and professional satisfaction. A trust-filled atmosphere lets people take risks, allowing innovation and creativity to thrive. Your team’s collective sense of self-worth and purpose becomes a beacon of light for others to follow. The healthy, dynamic atmosphere is contagious, and it raises the bar for your entire organisation. Higher productivity and lower turnover create a more profitable business. High trust is the currency of greatness.

We welcome founder and president of Peak Solutions, globally renowned speaker, consultant and author of Trustology Richard Fagerlin.

In this episode, we address questions like:

What is trust?

Is trust earned?

Who is responsible for trust?

How do you grow trust with others?

What does it mean to be trustworthy?

How can I lead my team to be a high-trust team?

How do I find out how much trust my team has now?

How can team members hold each other accountable for high-trust behaviour?

Any high-trust relationship involves at least two people, so there are always two things to think about regarding trust: Do you trust them? Do they trust you?

How do you build trust in your children?

The premise is that both are your responsibility.

A high-trust relationship requires that you trust the other person and that they trust you back.

More about Richard and his work here:

https://richardfagerlin.com

http://www.trustologybook.com

https://www.peaksol.com

“Every Square-Peg Business Eventually Meets Its Round-Hole World.” – Greg Satell

On this episode author, speaker and consultant Greg Satell shares with us the principles of his latest book: Mapping Innovation.

In this show we discuss:

• How so-called geniuses Einstein, Darwin and Fleming needed more than their individual genius to bring their ideas to life
• Why innovation fails
• A better understanding of innovation by dispelling myths
• How Blockbuster, Kodak and others were well aware of the threats that disrupted them
• How Air BnB and Hotels serve different market needs
• New tools to frame problems
• How innovation in the digital age has evolved from previous times
• How collaboration is king
• Highlight that you need to re-energise your human capital not just your technological resources
• Why we need a personalised portfolio approach to our innovation efforts
• How Google, Amazon and others prepare for their eventual cash cow disruption

You can learn more about Greg here:

https://www.digitaltonto.com

https://www.gregsatell.com

Today’s show is with one of the leading global writers of hard science fiction and indeed cyber fiction. He is author of over 18 titles and what we hope is fascinating for followers of this show is the science he puts behind the fiction. As opposed to fantasy writing, science fiction is based on possible realities and that fact is often lost on many of us.

A physicist and computer scientist, he toiled in the vineyards of high tech for thirty years, as everything from engineer to senior vice president. Once suitably intoxicated, he began writing full time.

We welcome Edward M. Lerner.

The focus of this show is themes from his book: ‘Trope-ing the Light Fantastic: The Science Behind the Fiction’.

We discuss:

• Augmented Humanity
• Cyborgs
• Robots
• Genetic Therapy
• Brain Machine Interfaces
• Autonomous Weapons
• AI, Artificial Intelligence
• Super intelligence
• Neural Networks
• Dystopia
• The future skills of humanity
• What we do when everything automated

More about Edward here: https://www.edwardmlerner.com/