Tag: Flow

Leadership, Podcast

The Play Advantage – Why Fun is the New Frontier of High Performance Leadership

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/The_Play_Advantage_-_Why_Fun_is_the_New_Frontier_of_High_Performance_Leadership.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSSPremise For decades, the standard leadership playbook has been built upon an ironclad, yet increasingly fragile, triad: vision, strategy, and execution. While these pillars are foundational, they are no longer sufficient to navigate the complexities of the modern knowledge economy. A significant, transformative chapter is missing from the manual—one that addresses the human engine of performance. We have been conditioned to believe that leadership is exclusively “serious work” and that joy is a frivolous activity, which is at best emerges as after work activities and at worst considered a liability to […]

Leadership

Accessing FLOW State for Optimal Performance

This post shares strategies and recommendations for leaders to enable their teams to accesss the state of FLOW and therefore deliver optimal performance and be happier at the same time.

Leadership, Podcast

PBTO: Asking the Right Questions and Questioning the right things with Dr. Alan Barnard

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/76_PBTO__Asking_the_Right_Questions_and_Questioning_the_right_things_with_Dr._Alan_Barnard.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSSIn this conversation with @DrAlanBarnard, we explore how the principles of the Theory of Constraints (originally created by Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt) can be used to not only drive significant business results but also to help us make high stake decisions as leaders. In this freewheeling conversation, we explore Dr Barnard’s story about how he met with Dr. Goldratt and his famous motto. We explore who is a true expert. He shares how he got into an argument with Dr. Goldratt and how he then formed a life long connection with Dr. […]

Leadership

Unhurried Productivity with Digby Scott

One of the things that absolutely fascinates me is our obsession with productivity. And this obsession almost always leads us to feel guilty about not being busy all the time. I have written about being happily busy (another way to say unhurried productivity, but unhurried productivity sounds much better) here. Digby Scott has created a model that simplifies an important and complex idea is a very simple way. I highly recommend that you read the post by Digby on his blog here. You can read more about his experiment here and what he hopes to learn from it. He has […]