S2 E26 - How Leaders Can Use Simulations To Foster High Performance With Matt Confer

09/30/20 • 33 min

In today's episode of the Inspire Podcast, Bart interviews Matthew Confer. Matt is VP, Strategy and Business Development at Abilitie. Abilitie develops award-winning corporate leadership development and mini-MBA programs for rising leaders and executives around the world. Their team-based business competitions involve aspiring leaders in an active, learn-by-doing environment. Matt and Bart discuss how simulations can build leadership skills, and what leaders can do to create simulations of their own to foster better team performance. Here are some moments from their conversation: Abilitie- 04:04.6 What is experiential learning?- 05:31.0 Simulations- 06:05.4 Competitive component- 07:29.2 The relationship between experience/practice and learning- 08:34.1 Study on student engagement- 08:47.6 How to manage and develop talent- 11:58.5 Rethinking 'coaching'- 12:26.4 Objections to simulations- 13:59.8 How to get the most out of role plays- 15:38.5 How to do experiential learning in a team context- 17:00.4 Common learning themes- 19:07.4 Look to replicate in-class training experiences like coffee breaks etc.- 20:21.4 How to do leadership in a virtual work world- 21:45.4 Bias towards thinking that our choices will succeed- 23:29.6 Role play worst-case scenarios-24:55.7 Mistakes to avoid- 28:00.2 Where to go for more- 30:52.4 Link to Matt's TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/matthew_confer_before_you_decide_3_steps_to_better_decision_making

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S2 E25 - Opportunities And Challenges Of Inspiring In A Virtual World With Rick Davidson

At The Humphrey Group we have been hard at work to develop programs that will help our clients communicate inspirationally. Right now we are focused on helping our clients answer the question, “how can we amplify our leadership in today’s digital world?” The norms are changing, the opportunities are changing and so communication must change too. To delve into these changes on the Inspire Podcast, Bart interviews Rick Davidson. Rick is a Senior Vice President - Banking and Financial Services at CGI. CGI is amongst the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world. Listen in to learn about what CGI has done to better engage with their employees in this new world of remote work, and the opportunities and challenges remote work possesses. This conversation will definitely help you inspire in your virtual communication. Here are some moments from the conversation: About CGI -02:25.9 COVID challenges -06:34.2 Wakeup call -07:12.8 Stressful transitions -07:29.8 CGI challenges -08:09.7 Investment in tech tools to work from home -08:36.3 How to deal with loss of connection -10:31.9 How to support members -11:05.3 Health and wellness focus -11:44.1 Making it fun -12:39.6 More about the people -14:22.1 Mistakes made at first? -14:54.1 More work than normal -15:10.5 Handling childcare -16:52.3 What causes people doing more work -18:08.0 Untold demands on leaders -22:31.9 What paradigm of leadership works in COVID times... -22:42.6 Business world needs more compassion -24:37.5 Make it fun -25:16.6 What do you want to keep from the COVID times? -30:26.1 Keep the humanity -31:31.1

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S2 E27 - The Power & Art Of Storytelling With Renae Morriseau

In todays episode of the Inspire Podcast, Bart interviews Renae Morriseau. Renae's journey has been in working creatively with Indigenous people. She's a writer, theatre director & musician who helps people find their voice through effective storytelling. Here are some moments from the conversation: How did you get to do what you do? -04:23.2 Agusta Buel -05:08.1 Phil Fontane's experience -05:29.2 What was it about Phil's story? -06:33.4 Storytelling to decolonize -08:28.2 Truth and reconciliation commission -11:59.4 Resilience art -12:12.4 Downtown east side of Vancouver -12:47.7 Self care -13:21.3 Reconciling with their own families -14:31.9 What's your approach to working with people on storytelling -16:18.8 Collective stories -21:33.0 Growing global awareness of systemic racism -24:15.1 How do non-indigenous people listen? -25:18.6 Hungry listening = Dylan Robinson -25:58.6 Decolonize our listening -26:16.4 How do you open up to listening -30:48.2 Difficulties in connecting with stories that challenge us -31:25.5 Not knowing what to say is the greatest gift to someone -32:03.1 Silence can be OK -32:23.3 Align mind, heart, gut -33:34.5 Resources? where to go from here? -34:37.0 Renae's Work: THEATRE -Here’s a project called, Home, Homelessness & the Culture In-Between. There is a 5 minute video on this link http://urbanink.ca/sro/ -This is a play she helped to write call Weaving Reconciliation: Our Way. This is about ‘reconciliation’ within Indigenous communities as a family mends their relationship back together because of the impact of Residential School. http://weaving-reconciliation-our-way.ca DIRECTING PROFESSIONAL THEATRE -This is a play White Noise by Taran Kootenayhoo that she will be directing for its Vancouver premiere at the firehall theatre. Here is a little write-up about it. https://www.newwestrecord.ca/entertainment/this-new-west-theatre-production-explores-internalized-racism-1.23630503 HER MUSIC with M’GIRL -Here is an article written about M’Girl Music - A group of Indigenous Women singing hand-drum songs. What’s unique about what they do is that they harmonize to their traditional Cree, Saulteaux, Anishnaabe songs. https://www.straight.com/music/1315931/mgirl-infuses-indigenous-themes-western-vocal-harmonies DIRECTING A TELEVISION SERIES -And finally her film work, she directed 6 episodes of the 12 created for the 3rd Season of Quest Our West - for APTN. This will come out this fall. This link is about Season 1 and 2. https://www.aptn.ca/questoutwest/