Encore Episode: CD038 Choose to be Distinctive with Roger Martin
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Release Date: 10/08/2019
CD063 Mastering Stress with David Krueger
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Dr. David Krueger joins me today to share how you can rewire your mind to manage stress more efficiently and explains the possible root causes of what can stress a person out. He describes the importance of mindful meditation, breathing techniques, and acknowledging that some stressors aren’t the cause, but the result of trauma. David also discusses his Four-Column Approach and how you can differentiate a mental detour from a mental distraction.
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CD062 Mental Health in Business with Hendrik Nieuwland
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Hendrik joins me today to discuss how mental health should be handled in a business. He shares his opinions on the current coronavirus outbreak and what employers can do to support their employees who are self-quarantining or working from home.
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CD061 Transforming Weaknesses to Strengths with Vanessa Vakharia
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Vanessa joins me today to discuss how she helps beat the stereotype threat around girls who enjoy math. She explains how she plans to innovate the classroom to make it more holistic and less rigid and describes what led her on this journey of becoming The Math Guru.
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CD060 Be Open to Opportunities with Natalie Prychitko
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CD059 Compassionate Leadership with Nancy Shaw
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Nancy joins me today to share her thoughts and ideas regarding gender diversity in executive positions. She describes her role and responsibilities as the CEO of the Greater Oshawa Chamber of Commerce.
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Discovering Your Niche Product with Jody Swain
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Jody joins me today to discuss what “Hire and Fire Your Kids” is and how it works. She explains how the app helps children build values and build a stronger bond with their parents.
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CD057 Eliminating Risk in Business with Hendrik Nieuwland
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Hendrik joins me today to share his thoughts on how current activist movements have shaped the way the court system works and treats work-related cases. He describes his specializations and the type of representation he provides.
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CD056 Love is a Universal Language
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Steve joins me today to share his thoughts on music and why music, just like love, is a universal language. He describes what his life was like before he became a professional singer.
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CD055 A Life Well Lived: Intro to Season 3
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In this season’s first episode, I discuss why I went with 21st Century Leadership as the theme of season 3. I share an interesting story about a previous guest and why she wasn’t worried about her legacy.
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Encore Episode: The Confidence Project with Carol Baxter
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Carol joins me today to share how her life changed when she started getting in touch with her inner self through mindful meditation and yoga. She describes what her life was like as a sensitive child and her coping mechanisms throughout adulthood. She explains how she was able to unlock her true potential and the drive that made her want to help others. Carol also discusses how the Confidence Project and Tribal Trance Flow can help empower you to the next level.
info_outlineRoger Martin is a world-renowned thinker, business strategist, author, and CEO adviser for big companies like Procter & Gamble, Verizon, and Lego. He serves as the Institute Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute, a company whose mission is to develop a better understanding of what it means to have shared and sustainable prosperity. He received his AB from Harvard College and his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1979 and 1981 respectively and from 1998 to 2013, he served as Dean of the Rotman School of Management.
On today’s episode, Roger discusses how he came to be one of the world’s greatest business thinkers and why he decided to pursue such a career. He shares his insight on the kind of leader the future needs and the abilities that today’s leaders must have to visualize the future. He explains different types of business models and shares examples of scenarios that make use of each model. He also describes what it means to always choose the path that is least comfortable and why leaders should always strive to make difficult choices.
“Majority of the spoils in business go to those who chose to be distinctive.” - Roger Martin
Today on the Creative Disruption Podcast:
- How leaders can create a future that doesn’t exist yet.
- The thought process leaders must grasp to visualize the future.
- What it means to have the ability to appreciate qualities in life.
- Why sometimes you must watch and interpret customers instead of asking them.
- What is integrative thinking?
- Scenarios that demonstrate Roger's principles and ideas.
- What it means to fall in love with two opposing models.
- The Diversity Paradox and why it's a double-edged sword.
- Why we should operate outside our comfort zone.
- The difference between a reliable process and valid process.
Key Takeaways:
- Making choices is not meant to be comfortable.
- One of the arts of understanding customers is not to ask them questions they can't answer, but asking them questions they can answer and feel comfortable answering.
- Consumers are not there to design products and services. Their job is to express frustrations and longing.
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