Derek Gaunt on Why Thinking Like a Hostage Negotiator Can Help You Have Better Conversations
Newton Talks - The Management & Consultancy Podcast for Curious Minds
Release Date: 11/15/2021
That’s A Wrap, Season Four!
Newton Talks - The Management & Consultancy Podcast for Curious Minds
Newton Talks is back with an exclusive new episode after an enriching fourth season exploring what it takes to create and sustain an inclusive workplace how to bridge the gaps of an intergenerational workforce and the lessons businesses can learn from applying an anthropological lens to their office dynamics. For the first time, executive producers Michelle Bosa-Edwards and Kerry Harris take to the mic, joining host Brad Jennings to discuss their key takeaways from the latest season, and explore what each episode brought to the table as part of this wider conversation on workplace culture....
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Geffrye Parsons on A Culture of Care: Inclusion, Adjustments and Allyship
Newton Talks - The Management & Consultancy Podcast for Curious Minds
Meet Geffrye Parsons, Chief Empathy Officer at the Inclusion Imperative. Geffrye is redefining what it means to be a CEO in the twenty-first century, by explaining the benefits of leading from a place of empathy. Together, he and Kate Haddon, a People & Change Director at Newton, discuss how creating a culture of care can help you get the best out of your people, boosting performance, productivity, and engagement. Looking at the role of inclusion, psychological safety, adjustments and allyship, Geffrye and Kate unpack the many layers of a culture of care....
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Dr. Eliza Filby on the Intergenerational Workforce and Bridging the Age Divide
Newton Talks - The Management & Consultancy Podcast for Curious Minds
Meet , academic, author, podcast host and visiting lecturer at King’s College London. As a consultant and Doctor of British History, Eliza is a ‘historian of contemporary values and generational dynamics’ and specialises in ‘Generational Intelligence’. Her well-documented background on the history of generations and ageing has made her a sought after media commentator for BBC News, Sky News, and BBC Radio 4, as well as a keynote speaker. And in 2022 she was awarded the Europa Forum’s 2022 Millennial Leaders Award. In this episode, she sits down with , to discuss the...
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Mario Moussa on Business Anthropology and How it Shapes Workplace Culture
Newton Talks - The Management & Consultancy Podcast for Curious Minds
Meet Mario Moussa, a management consultant turned award-winning author. His latest book, The Culture Puzzle, represents the culmination of over 75 years worth of expertise on an anthropological approach to workplace culture. Mario has taught at the world's leading academic institutions, with work published in the Journal of Business Anthropology. With over a decade's experience applying anthropology to business contexts, Mario sits down with Brad Jennings, a People and Change Director at Newton, to tackle the question: What is anthropology, and why should we care about it in...
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Welcome to Season Four
Newton Talks - The Management & Consultancy Podcast for Curious Minds
We’re back for a fourth season and with a brand new host! Quench your curiosity as we explore the modern workplace culture, where no question is left unasked. We’ll be speaking with Mario Moussa on how we can use organisational anthropology to better understand and shape workplace cultures; Dr. Eliza Filby on the trials and tribulations of a multi-generational workforce; and Geffrye Parsons on the benefits of creating a culture of care. Newton is a recognised specialist in strategic delivery across highly complex environments, brimming with people who have a passion for...
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John Amaechi on adaptable leadership and what being a “team” really means
Newton Talks - The Management & Consultancy Podcast for Curious Minds
Professor John Amaechi OBE is a respected organisational psychologist, an award-winning, international (Sunday and New YorkTimes) best-selling author, a sought-after public speaker, an executive coach and the Founder of APS Intelligence Ltd. After a ground-breaking career in basketball (becoming the first Briton to have a career in the NBA), he has gone on to become one of HR’s most influential thinkers and founded APS Intelligence Ltd., an organisation of thought leaders in inclusive leadership that builds high performing teams. A LinkedIn Top Voice since 2020, Amaechi’s book, the...
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Ari Wallach on How To Longpath So That We Go Far and We Go Together
Newton Talks - The Management & Consultancy Podcast for Curious Minds
In this episode American futurist Ari Wallach introduces Longpath, an applied mindset he uses to cultivate future conscious thinking and behaviour and also the title of his new book, Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs – An Antidote for Short-Termism. During this conversation, Ari and Julie discuss this period of great change we’re in, what Ari calls the ‘intertidal’, and the opportunity this offers. Ari outlines the three pillars for cultivating a better tomorrow – telos (the ultimate aim), futures thinking, and transgenerational empathy – and urges...
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Professor Amanda Kirby on How We Are All Neurodiverse
Newton Talks - The Management & Consultancy Podcast for Curious Minds
Professor Amanda Kirby is an academic, professor, author, medical practitioner, and the CEO/ co-founder of Do-IT Solutions. Having authored nine books and published over one-hundred academic research papers, Professor Kirby is a leading expert in the field of neurodiversity. In this episode of Newton Talks, she sits down with Newton’s very own Ed Bailey, Business Manager across Local and Central Government and co-founder of Newton’s Disability Network, to unpack what neurodiversity really means. They discuss moving beyond the neurodivergent-neurotypical divide, to an...
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Mo Gawdat on Why We Must Raise AI As We Would Our Children
Newton Talks - The Management & Consultancy Podcast for Curious Minds
Mo Gawdat is an entrepreneur and best-selling author, most famously known for his books Solve for Happy and Scary Smart. After an illustrious career of nearly 30 years in tech, which included a stint as Chief Business Officer at GoogleX, Mo turned his focus to the business of happiness, not a business at all but a fundamental feature of human life. His extensive research and dedicated written work led Mo to embark on his most recent journey, One Billion Happy, which is not just the name of his foundation, but his guiding principle and mission. In this episode, Mo sits down with Justin...
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Welcome to Season Three
Newton Talks - The Management & Consultancy Podcast for Curious Minds
With four new guests and a new monthly release schedule, this season goes deep with some of the world’s most exciting thinkers and experts; Mo Gawdat, Amanda Kirby, Ari Wallach and John Amaechi Newton is an implementation-focussed consultancy with a difference, brimming with people who have a passion for cracking really knotty problems. Find out more about the way we work at or join the discussion with #NewtonTalks on LinkedIn.
info_outlineDerek Gaunt is a lecturer, author and trainer with over 20 years’ experience in law enforcement as a leader and commander of hostage negotiation teams in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. As a member of the Black Swan Group, he now works as a trainer and personal coach, instructing businesses on how to apply hostage negotiation practices and principles to their world.
In this episode, Newton’s Katie Quarmby talks with Derek to explore how effective negotiation is less about conversational hardball and in fact requires empathy, listening, and understanding
Together they discuss some of the negotiation tactics that can help you have better, more valuable, conversations as a leader; and how accusations audits and the five stages of listening can foster more candid conversations. Plus, why leading with curiosity and seeing the issue (not the person) as your adversary, can drive true resolution in the face of a challenging conversation.
Newton is an implementation-focussed consultancy with a difference, brimming with people who have a passion for cracking really knotty problems.
Find out more about the way we work at newtoneurope.com, or join the discussion with #NewtonTalks on LinkedIn.
Newton Talks is a Scenery Studios production, produced by Lina Prestwood, Phil Sansom and Kate McCall.
Executive Producers for Newton are Kerry Harris and Michelle Bosa-Edwards.
Original music composed by Tristan Cassel-Delavois and original artwork by YaYa Design.
Original concept by Fanclub PR.