Highlights from London Business Forum’s event with Sir Dave Brailsford. We ask Sir Dave what he does to inspire peak performance in his team and discuss the marginal gains philosophy behind their success.
What would leadership in Utopia look like? Leadership lecturer and former corporate executive Lars Sudmann argues that it’s likely that the best leaders learned to overcome the “leadership formula of doom” and then developed themselves as a leader. ILars walks us through the personal journeys of great leaders, shows lessons from the golden age of leadership and shares 3 strategies on self-leadership to develop yourself into a “Utopia leader”.
Tom Chi has worked in a wide range of roles from astrophysical researcher to Fortune 500 consultant to corporate executive developing new hardware/software products and services. He has played a significant role in established projects with global reach (Microsoft Outlook, Yahoo Search), and scaled new projects from conception to significance (Yahoo Answers from 0 to 90 million users).
Buddhist roshi Joan Halifax works with people at the last stage of life (in hospice and on death row). She shares what she’s learned about compassion in the face of death and dying, and a deep insight into the nature of empathy.
“Being a psychologist studying empathy today is a little bit like being a climatologist studying the polar ice caps,” says psychology professor Jamil Zaki. That’s because according to research, our collective empathy is eroding. But there is good news: Empathy is a skill, it can be built, and he explains how he — and others — are doing just that.
There’s a right way and wrong way to do empathy, says author and scholar Chezare A. Warren. So how do we get it right? He unpacks the source of false empathy and explains the key shift in perspective we need to build healthy relationships and truly support others.
Brene Brown studies interpersonal connections – our capacity for empathy, belonging, love. In a memorable, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she reveals deep insights into her research that sent her on a personal journey to know herself better, as well as understand humanity better.
Inspired by her parent’s work with the elderly, Mrs Feil followed them in their footsteps. After graduating with a Masters degree in Social Work, the people she grew up with in Ohio became the people she worked both for and with.
What makes a great leader? Leadership and management expert Lolly Daskal takes the stereotype of the single, superior figure wielding power over the masses and turns it inside out—literally. “We think leadership is an external quality, but it is and always has been an internal quality,” Daskal says. “Leaders aren’t great because they have power, but because they can empower others.”
In our modern world of public shaming and cancel culture, more and more people are shouting at each other across the digital divides of difference. True communication is becoming a forgotten art, an art that is the key to creating the solutions.
Will’s talk, “The Power of Self-Awareness,” illustrates the transformative potential of giving and receiving feedback. He discusses the implication of understanding how our Shadow often brings about the very thing we are trying to avoid and the moral responsibility we have to give and receive honest and candid feedback with those in our lives.
How is the Self represented in the brain and how is it sculpted through our everyday moment-to-moment perceptions, emotions, and thoughts? Cognitive Neuroscientist, David Vago demonstrates that a systematic form of mental training involving meditation and mindful awareness has the potential to transform our self and our mental habits in a positive way.
Why do we fixate on the things we can see immediately when we crave change? In this passionate talk Robert Greene shares the key to transforming ourselves and also talks about his own personal transformation and his path to becoming a bestselling author.
How to achieve sustainable transformation – challenges & how to tackle them. Sustainable transformation poses a number of challenges to companies today. The talk provides insights into what those are & how to start tackling them; and why – as a society – we need more constructive conversations around sustainability to enable this change.
Unexpected change like an accident, an illness or a relationship that suddenly ends is inevitable — and disorienting. With a heartfelt and optimistic take on life’s curveballs, cognitive scientist Maya Shankar shares how these challenging moments can inspire transformation, offering three questions to ask when facing uncertainty, so you can let go of rigidity and embrace change.
Entrepreneur Lesley Hayes looks at Transforming Transformational Leadership – Switch OFF: Leadership = Power Switch ON: Transform Transformational Leadership. Switching leadership from a Problem of THEM to a Challenge for ME. The ultimate arrogance of leadership is others must follow. What if the only one we CAN help is ourselves? What if, ‘Being the Change we want in the World’ is leadership. That WHO we are matters most.
Leadership development is broken. Seventy-five percent of organizations rate their leadership development programs as not very effective. If we want to fix leadership development, we need to shift our focus away from horizontal development to vertical development. Ryan Gottfredson, Ph.D. is a cutting-edge leadership development author, researcher, and consultant. He helps organizations vertically develop their leaders primarily through a focus on mindsets.
Explore the theories of human consciousness and the science of how your brain works to create a conscious experience. Where does consciousness come from? Michael Graziano explores the question that has vexed scientists and philosophers for centuries.
Explore the theories of human consciousness and the science of how your brain works to create a conscious experience. Where does consciousness come from? Michael Graziano explores the question that has vexed scientists and philosophers for centuries.