The Illumify Game Changer

Igniting a big vision of change takes real leadership. You have to be able to engage, align and mobilize all those who can help. But if your change doesn’t matter to them, they won’t listen or act. So how do you ensure they care about it? First, as Jonathan discovers in this episode, you have to know who they are.

01:04 Amplify Question 25: To whom does this matter?

02:52 Why do you say it’s not your job to make it matter?

06:30 “Part of my job is to make it matter.”

07:08 It’s not about salesmanship.

09:00 My vision goes beyond a political one to the idea of nesting.

11:22 We move through culture to values to a political system and then ultimately out of it.

14:31 What does it mean to be human goes beyond politics.

19:06 Moving around is not normal. The human need to stay at home is strong.

23:31 I do believe that a lot of people today are feeling uprooted, disoriented, dislocated and fragmented, not feeling they’re a part of anything. We lack a common sense of purpose.

28:19 I think you can be someone who has lived in the same town for 20 years and feel equally uprooted and lonely.

32:04 Nomad definition: “A member of a people who have no permanent home but move according to the season.”

35:33 Is it about inspiring them to help you ignite your vision?

36:50 At some point in the future, I would want the political system to respond to this.

42:30 The moral legitimacy of taking my vision into Denmark where some of these values already exist.

44:51 You can live in a place that’s in tune with your values and still have a sharp sense of things needing to change.

47:33 Is there a European ideal of a shared home?

48:47 This question is designed to identify who you need to engage? Put a face on it.

55:55 How can you begin to identify the vehicle if you don’t know who you need to reach?

56:47 Final Answer

In this brief minisode from Episode 20, Marianne shares how leadership emerges and what makes it credible. And Jonathan speaks to the power of the possible.

Listen to the full episode here: https://www.illumifyinstitute.com/podcast-the-illumify-game-changer/season1-20

There are lots of things in our lives that are important to us. But “important” is all relative. Something can be important to us right now but be easily replaced by something else tomorrow. Our willingness to keep it or protect it when it’s threatened is a measure of its importance to us. And that’s for things that exist already. When you instead have a vision of what doesn’t yet exist, there’s another measure. Why does it matter? And not just to you but to those who could help you realize it. If it doesn’t matter enough to both you and them, a leader has no chance of igniting it. Jonathan’s big vision rests in large part on his answer to this next question.

01:35 Reference Cards: Illumify Definition; Enleaven; Guidelines

03:25 Amplify Question 18

05:56 We have to tell a story of ourselves which is truthful.

09:54 Why does my vision matter? Because, at the heart of it, in what it’s trying to repair.

13:44 1984 and a personal story illustrating the power of mother and memory.

18:22 Why it matters is the loss of dignity in the world where we need to break with the past.

21:50 The loss of dignity both inside and outside the house, and the need to be willing to defend it from those who seek to destroy it.

32:26 Is this leadership that is meaningfully challenging or meaningfully resisting challenges?

37:44 We can build an economy nourished by trust and respect for each other.

41:28 If we sign up to this vision today, it’s important that we declare and celebrate victory as it happens

42:13 How leadership emerges through words and actions.

46:34 Final Answer.

To help identify what change would be meaningful to you, you can look to your heart to see what makes it ache. That’s what Jonathan does in this minisode from Episode 4. And it leads him to capturing it with words that are not usually part of his vocabulary.

Listen to the full episode here: https://www.illumifyinstitute.com/podcast-the-illumify-game-changer/season1-004

Jonathan has spent a lot of his professional life in the political realm. Perhaps as a result, he sees beyond what politics is now to what it could and should be. In this minisode from Episode 3, he shares his perspective on politics, and discovers that it’s part of what makes him and his leadership distinct.

Listen to the full episode here: https://www.illumifyinstitute.com/podcast-the-illumify-game-changer/season1-003