Podcast Themes

Jennifer Garvey Berger speaks about how we should try and develop a distance with our beliefs, assumptions, mental models, biases and several other elements that might influence how we operate. Very often these might stop working for us and we might still be clinging to them. The key is to be aware of them and examine them and review them as an object than be caught as a subject without being aware.

Bill Burnett speaks about his early years, some of the hard-wired elements of his operating system and how he has navigated his career across various pursuits including designing Star Wars toys, Product design at Apple and teaching Life Design at Stanford.

Ricardo Sunderland speaks about how intentional breathing can help us connect with our senses and our body. He goes on to talk about the Wim-hof method, one of the breathing techniques he recommends.

Ricardo Sunderland speaks about how we all can do the quest and connect to ourselves by being in nature and without noise or disturbance and allowing for the essence in unconsciousness to be able to surface.

Ricardo Sunderland speaks about tuning into the spiritual elements within us. He says that when you are able to connect from that place and you can speak from your truth, then you start to become coherent and there starts to become coherence between your head, your heart, and yourself, and your essence.

Ricardo Sunderland speaks about how we can tune into the emotions that are within us with the help of our body.

Ricardo Sunderland speaks about the 7 levels of energy we could all tap into (physical, emotional and spiritual) for us to access the “power plant” inside us that has unlimited energy.

Dr. Jennifer Goldman refers to the legendary “I have a dream” speech from Martin Luther King and speak about the criticality of engaging our various senses in the way we see a situation. She urges us to imagine a future that we can describe with our various senses.

Dr. Jennifer Goldman speaks about how we all need to be cognizant of the values of the person we are dealing with. She goes on to categorize the values on the other side as ideal values and shadow values. Ideal values are those that are visible and those that the person is willing to acknowledge. Shadow values often are those that are hidden below the surface and the person may not publicly acknowledge those.

Carol and David speak about 3 different dimensions of Mindfulness that leaders need in every context. They suggest that we are attuned to what is going on around us, inside us, and with others, and respond in an agile and an appropriate manner.

Stephen MR Covey speaks about how we can tune into micro-moments where we get a glimpse of what somebody might be capable of. He says that if we don’t look for it, we will never find it. He goes on to talk about the four steps involved in unlocking the potential of the person – See, Communicate, Develop, Unleash.

Michiel Kruyt speaks about the different levels of Self-Awareness and speaks about how we can slowly move up the ladder. 1) Bliss or Ignorance 2) Delayed Awareness. 3) Perceptive 4) Resilient 5) Adaptive. He speaks about the timing of when things come to our attention and our ability to regulate ourselves.