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Shell Shocked: Moral Injury and the Leaders Carrying It There's a name for what you've been carrying. And it isn't Burnout. In this first of five episodes, host, Charlene Norman draws a distinction m…

Shell Shocked: Moral…

Shell Shocked: Moral Injury and the Leaders Carrying It There's a name for what you've been carrying. And it isn't burnout. In this first of five episodes, host, Charlene Norman draws a distinction most leaders have never heard between moral injustice (the event that hits you) and moral injury (what it leaves behind). Drawing on three decades inside extractive industries, her own 2008 recession story, and research that emerged from the aftermath of the Vietnam War, she maps five ways moral injustice shows up in business and makes the case that naming what's actually happening is the first ste…

The Leader of Tomorrow In this episode with Rashmir Balasubramaniam of https://rashmir.net/ we bring the series home with the question that has been sitting underneath every conversation: what does th…

The Leader of Tomorr…

The Leader of Tomorrow In this episode with Rashmir Balasubramaniam of https://rashmir.net/ we bring the series home with the question that has been sitting underneath every conversation: what does the leader who can actually do all of this look like? Rashmir names five roles the leader of tomorrow needs to be able to play. We end with a reframe of leadership built not on authority, not on vision, not even on competence — but on humility and the radical act of giving others permission to lead. The key highlights are: The five roles for tomorrow's leader and why each one requires a fundamen…

The Seven Principles of Regeneration In this episode with Rashmir Balasubramaniam of https://rashmir.net/ we discuss the framework at the heart of regenerative practice. Carol Sanford's seven principl…

The Seven Principles…

The Seven Principles of Regeneration In this episode with Rashmir Balasubramaniam of https://rashmir.net/ we discuss the framework at the heart of regenerative practice. Carol Sanford's seven principles of regeneration and what it actually looks like to apply them inside real organisations and systems. Rashmir walks us through each principle clearly and without jargon, grounds them in concrete examples, and then answers the question I most needed her to answer: has she actually seen any of this work yet? Her answer is more nuanced than a simple yes or no. The key highlights are: The seven pr…

Masculine, Feminine, and the Danger of Overfocus In this episode with Rashmir Balasubramaniam of https://rashmir.net/ we discuss the broken balance between masculine and feminine ways of operating. No…

Masculine, Feminine,…

Masculine, Feminine, and the Danger of Overfocus In this episode with Rashmir Balasubramaniam of https://rashmir.net/ we discuss the broken balance between masculine and feminine ways of operating. Not as opposites to set against each other, but as complementary forces we have allowed to fall dangerously out of alignment. Rashmir offers one of the most unexpected and clarifying metaphors I've encountered for understanding what our economic system has done to us: the biology of shortsightedness. And she lands at reversibility and genuine hope. The key highlights are: Why the problem isn't mas…

The Inner Work Nobody Talks About In this episode with Rashmir Balasubramaniam of https://rashmir.net/ we discuss what it actually takes to move from where most leaders are operating right now toward …

The Inner Work Nobod…

The Inner Work Nobody Talks About In this episode with Rashmir Balasubramaniam of https://rashmir.net/ we discuss what it actually takes to move from where most leaders are operating right now toward something genuinely different. And why the answer is not a strategy, a method, or a roadmap. Rashmir introduces a parallel framework for understanding how we relate to the world, from feeling like a victim of circumstances all the way through to allowing life to flow through us. And she makes the case that the inner work of leadership is not a detour from the work of change. It IS the work. The ke…

From Stewardship to Co-Creation In this episode with Rashmir Balasubramaniam of https://rashmir.net/ we discuss what it actually means to move from a force-based to a flow-based way of leading — and…

From Stewardship to …

From Stewardship to Co-Creation In this episode with Rashmir Balasubramaniam of https://rashmir.net/ we discuss what it actually means to move from a force-based to a flow-based way of leading — and why that shift matters more right now than any strategy, tool, or methodology. Rashmir introduces the distinction between stewardship and co-creation, unpacks two very different schools of thought on flow, and offers a four-level energy framework that maps the journey from functioning on automatic to operating at the level of genuine creativity. The key highlights are: Why the dominant model of…

How We Got Here; What We Can Do completes the series of You're Playing Someone Else's Game: The Operating System Underneath Business In this final episode, Simon Mont of Harmonize ends this series wit…

How We Got Here; Wha…

How We Got Here; What We Can Do completes the series of You're Playing Someone Else's Game: The Operating System Underneath Business In this final episode, Simon Mont of Harmonize ends this series with more provocative thinking. From monarchies to neoliberalism. And where the game actually changes. You can also find him on Instagram and YouTube. The key highlights are: -The straight line from medieval feudalism to Ronald Reagan to the Amazon driver who can't take a bathroom break -Why the populist uprising hired someone running the exact same operating system it was trying to fight -Where the …

Power. Belonging, Justice is the third episode in the series of You're Playing Someone Else's Game: The Operating System Underneath Business Simon Mont of Harmonize shares his take on the whys and how…

Power. Belonging, Ju…

Power. Belonging, Justice is the third episode in the series of You're Playing Someone Else's Game: The Operating System Underneath Business Simon Mont of Harmonize shares his take on the whys and hows business is.The three forces running every organisation — and how we lost track of all three. You can also find him on Instagram and YouTube. The key highlights are: The three forces running every organisation on earth — and why most leaders can't see them Why culture work, without addressing power and belonging, changes nothing How the 1980s quietly replaced an entire region's definition of…

The Field is the second of four episodes in You're Playing Someone Else's Game: The Operating System Underneath Business.  Simon Mont of Harmonize continues with his knack of provoking innovative thi…

The Field is the sec…

The Field is the second of four episodes in You're Playing Someone Else's Game: The Operating System Underneath Business.  Simon Mont of Harmonize continues with his knack of provoking innovative thinking.Why all the smart solutions are failing — and what they're all missing. You can also find him on Instagram and YouTube. The key highlights are: -Why good intentions keep producing the same broken outcomes -The one thing every organisational intervention is missing -Whether anyone has actually cracked this.  The answer is YES! Ready to benchmark your leadership impact? Take this 5-minute S…

The Puzzle kicks off the new series of You're Playing Someone Else's Game: The Operating System Underneath Business In this first episode, Simon Mont of Harmonize kicks off this series with some provo…

The Puzzle kicks off…

The Puzzle kicks off the new series of You're Playing Someone Else's Game: The Operating System Underneath Business In this first episode, Simon Mont of Harmonize kicks off this series with some provocative thinking. Why everything wrong with the world is a design problem.  You can also find him on Instagram and YouTube.   The key highlights are: Businesses are nothing more than operating systems. Operating systems can be dialled up, refurbished, replenished and even replaced  The million dollar question nobody asks: how we organize together determines everything we create.    Ready to be…

What Jobs Knew That Most Leaders Still Miss.  The final episode in a new six part series. The Rock Tumbler:  How Different Minds Create Breakthrough Thinking. With special guest Josh Harrison, of th…

What Jobs Knew That …

What Jobs Knew That Most Leaders Still Miss.  The final episode in a new six part series. The Rock Tumbler:  How Different Minds Create Breakthrough Thinking. With special guest Josh Harrison, of the Center for the Study of the Force Majeure  and Leaf Island. 5 KEY TAKEAWAYS: Steve Jobs: "Musicians, poets, artists, zoologists who happened to be computer scientists"—not despite diversity, because of it Rock Tumbler Theory: Sharp rocks + friction + grit = polished beauty Force majeure (knock-off effects of extraction) vs. counterforce (how we respond) "The harvest preserves the system"…

Why Your Children Can't Afford Your Life. The fifth episode in a new six part series. The Rock Tumbler:  How Different Minds Create Breakthrough Thinking. With special guest Josh Harrison, of the Cen…

Why Your Children Ca…

Why Your Children Can't Afford Your Life. The fifth episode in a new six part series. The Rock Tumbler:  How Different Minds Create Breakthrough Thinking. With special guest Josh Harrison, of the Center for the Study of the Force Majeure  and Leaf Island. Key Highlights -First generation where children can't expect parents' economic stability  -Bell Labs spent 30% on basic research—gave us transistors, rockets, modern tech  -Venture capital now demands 10x returns with no room for experimentation  -Michael Milken's LBOs destroyed bidirectional company-employee Relationships  -Quarterly…