Julie Diamond – Power in conversation

08/16/22 • 44 min

Julie Diamond is the founder of Diamond Leadership. She works as an executive coach and international leadership consultant, and she authored the book: “Power - A User’s Guide”. Her focus is on creating transformational learning and leadership solutions across sectors. In this episode, we talk with Julie Diamond about the power of power in conversations and how each of us can become better power users.

Key topics covered in this episode are:

Understanding the difference between social and personal power
Advice on how to be more inclusive as a person with high social power
Speaking up as a person with low social power
Addressing power when it comes to difficult conversations, for example conversations in a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion space

For references, links, and other episodes, visit the podcast homepage here.

Key topics covered in this episode are:

Understanding the difference between social and personal power
Advice on how to be more inclusive as a person with high social power
Speaking up as a person with low social power
Addressing power when it comes to difficult conversations, for example conversations in a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion space

For references, links, and other episodes, visit the podcast homepage here.

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Fred Dust – Committing to the conversation

Fred Dust is the founder of Dust&Co. He works as a designer and advisor to social and business leaders and he authored the book “Making Conversation”. Fred works at the intersection of business, society, and creativity where he tries to implement the craft of humancentric design. In this conversation, we talk with Fred Dust about the importance of committing to the conversation and thinking of conversation as a creative act.

Key topics covered in this episode are:

Building a space for creative conversations
Committing to the conversation first, the people second and your beliefs third
Making friends with the unknown
The importance of being a good listener

For references, links, and other episodes, visit the podcast homepage here.

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Gail Gallie - Changing a global conversation

Gail Gallie is the co-founder and creative leader of Project Everyone. Project Everyone is the organisation behind the campaign launch of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Previously, Gail has run marketing and advertising practices, but she is now focusing on how to drive solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. In this episode, we have invited Gail Gallie to talk about the conversations that led up to the big success that is the Global Goals and how it changed global conversations.

The key topics covered in this episode are:

The conversations that led up to the creation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The power of conversations, trusting your instinct, keeping it low-fi and listening
How visuals can help fuel a conversation
The importance of making things granular
How we can engage everyone in changing global conversations
How to enable a global ecosystem of changemakers

For references, links, and other episodes, visit the podcast homepage here.