STEVEN D’SOUZA is an executive educator, coach, and keynote speaker. He has authored or co-authored five books: Made in Britain, Brilliant Networking, Not Knowing, Not Doing and Not Being. Steven has been recognized by Thinkers50 on its RADAR list and was included in HR Magazine’s ‘Most Influential’ list. His work has been featured in national and international media, including Harvard Business Review, the BBC, The Independent, The Guardian, and The Sunday Times. He can be contacted at http://www.stevendsouza.com/. KHUYEN BUI is an author, speaker and sought-after facilitator who guides individuals and organizations to uncover the goodness that is already here. Graduated cum laude from Tufts University, where he studied Computer Science and Philosophy, he thrives on bringing analytical rigor into his inquiries of human messiness. Khuyen enjoys writing and storytelling and has won several awards, notably the Peter Drucker Challenge Essay Award and The Moth Boston StorySLAM Award. He can be contacted at www.khuyenbui.com. For too long, we have bought into the myth of separation; the story that we each win or lose through the relentless pursuit of self-improvement, achieving personal and organizational goals and increasing consumerism. This has led us to being more lonely, exhausted, and disconnected than ever, with a devastating impact on our personal lives, families, communities, organizations, and the planet. Not Being invites us to be curious about a different way of life, where we are interconnected, interdependent with each other and our environment; no longer fragmented but whole. It invites us to transition from a selfie culture to a selfless one that is radically inclusive of the other. We need to relinquish narrow ideas about who we are, to discover and embrace a wider identity. We are part of something much bigger than any of us.

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247: The art of self-transformation with Steven D'Souza and Khuyen Bui

ERLIJN SIE has 15 years of experience working with multi- nationals and an equivalent number of years leading and growing social ventures. She is the co-founder of Micro-credits for Mothers and Credits for Communities and was managing director of the Banking with the Poor Network and HandsOn Microfinance. Currently, she works at Ashoka – the world’s largest international network of social entrepreneurs – with blue chip companies to transform business into a force for good through collaboration with social innovators. Erlijn has devoted her career to contributing to a more just and inclusive economy. Erlijn holds two Masters degrees in Management Sciences and Asian Studies.  To live in today’s world, you need money; yet the majority of people do not have access to it. Reimagining Financial Inclusion features 13 game changers from around the world who are challenging the status-quo and paving new pathways to financially include low-income families. Through an in-depth study of their thought-provoking strategies, a framework for inclusion is distilled, centring around five levers to tackle the flaws of our formal financial system. If you are curious about how to get involved with changing the future of finance, this book is for you.  

246: Tackling the flaws in our formal financial system with Erlijn Sie

 LUKAS MICHEL is the owner of Agility Insights AG, based in Switzerland, and CEO of the AGILITYINSIGHTS.NET, a global network of experienced business mentors. Over the course of his 40- year career, he has worked with executive teams around the world, focusing on management and agility for a diverse range of local, national, and global organizations. Lukas is the author of The Performance Triangle, Management Design, People-Centric Management and Diagnostic Mentoring.   If you have not yet experienced the benefits of agile but don’t want to miss the trend, then Agile by Choice offers a gentle introduction into the core concept and the prerequisite of people-centric management. This book offers a new way to think about how you lead people, how you use your own resources, and how you personally perform at your peak.  In line with his previous books, Lukas Michel presents a diagnostic self- mentoring approach with 21 exercises for leaders to learn about agile and people centric. This book initiates the shift to strategic agility with your team to establish leadership everywhere.  Agile by Choice - book information 

245: How to be agile by choice: a workbook for leaders by Lukas Michel

DAN WHITE is a marketing and insights innovator. His frameworks and visualizations have influenced generations  of marketers via the methodologies they have informed, including the world’s leading brand measurement, media  evaluation and copy - testing systems. This unique blend of expertise ensures that every piece of advice offered in The Smart Marketing Book and The Soft Skills Book is based on robust evidence and a wealth of practical experience.  In this practical and savvy guide, Dan White describes the soft skills that anyone in today’s world of work needs to  learn, absorb, and demonstrate if they are to progress in their career. Uniquely illustrated and presented, the author  explains each soft skill clearly, why it is relevant and important, and how to apply that skill to your working life. In  short, the book provides the missing link to ensuring your job and career is successful and fulfilling. Dan White's LinkedIn Dan White's Website The Soft Skills Book The Smart Marketing Book 

242: How to choose the right managerial approach for you and build a great team with Dan White

240: How to leverage soft skills to become highly effective and valued with Dan White

 RICHARD BENJAMINS is an author and Chief AI & Data Strategist at Telefonica. He was named one of the 100 most influential people in data-driven business (DataIQ 100,2018). He is also co-founder and Vice President of the Spanish Observatory for Ethical and Social Impacts of AI (OdiselA). He is an expert to the European Parliament’s AI Observatory, a frequent speaker at AI events, and strategic advisor to several start-ups. He was also a member of the European Commission’s B2G data-sharing Expert Group and founder of Telefonica’s Big Data for Social Good department.  About his book A Data-Driven Company: Are you planning to start working with big data, analytics or AI, but don’t know where to begin or what to expect? Have you started your data journey and are wondering how to get to the next level? Want to know how to fun your data journey, organize your data team, measure the results and scale? Don’t worry, you are not alone. Many organizations are struggling with the same question.  In this book you will learn about: the different stages of the data journey: typical organizational, technological, business, people, and ethical decisions that organization encounter on the journey; and different options available, along with the corresponding pros and cons. We’ll also present practical examples of options available, and decisions taken; and the perspectives of 20 experts and professionals from organizations like AXA, BBVA, ENGIE, EY, KPMG, MTN, O2, the ODI, OdiselA, Find out more about the book Richard Benjamins' LinkedIn 

239: Lessons for large organizations to create value from AI

DON SIMBORG is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and former faculty member at both the Johns Hopkins and University of California San Francisco schools of medicine. He is the founder of two electronic medical records companies and is a founding member of the American College of Medical Informatics. He served on the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Academics of Science. He and his wife, Madeleine, have two children and four grandchildren and live in California. His book website can be found here. A new human species will soon come to co-exist with us. This new species, ‘Homo nouveau’, will be created using artificial intelligence and genetic engineering; both important tools which are in their infancy. Not only are the science and technology relatively new, but their implications in the mind of the general public are also only just beginning to enter our collective consciousness. This book expands on the research done for the author’s pervious book, What Comes After Homo Sapiens? Written by a medical professional and independent consultant to healthcare IT companies, The Fourth Great Transformation explores the questions of what this new species will look like, how we as humans will get along with them, and the potential threats and opportunities that will come along with genetically modified humans. 

238: Creating a new species with AI and genetic engineering with Don Simobrg

 ALAN WILLIAMS coaches progressive leaders of service sector organizations, internationally and in the UK, to deliver values-driven service for sustained performance. He is a published author and speaker whose projects have delivered measurable business results across a balanced scorecard and been recognized with industry awards. He is also co-author of The Values Economy. In the book, the authors explain how the three primary influencers of Choice, Communication and Control have created a new paradigm that they refer to as the ‘Values Economy’. Leaders of organizations can survive and thrive in this brave new world by implementing a tried and tested, detailed methodology which can be applied in any setting. The core principle is alignment, with a specific focus on the areas of brand identity, employee engagement and customer experience. This helps to establish a sense of shared values with all stakeholders and equips the organization with the agility needed to deliver sustained performance in a dynamic business environment where disruption is the new normal. The authors’ combined Baby Boomer and Gen Z perspective provides a compelling, irresistible blend of sharp insight, operational know how and pragmatic hopefulness, bringing the theory to life with a range of case studies from different sectors, sizes and stages of maturity. Alan Williams LinkedIn The Values Economy book 

237: Why organisations need to disrupt from the inside with Alan Williams

236: How workplace plays a more important role in supporting the core business than you might think by Alan Williams

ABIGAIL DIXON has over 20 years of commercial marketing experience. She is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) where she is a course director. She is a marketing and capability consultant, a trainer and an ICF qualified coach. As marketing roles continue to evolve, expand and embrace the complexities of the  modern  world  of  business, marketers  are  under  increasing  pressure  to  perform  as  individuals  and teams. The Whole Marketer argues that now is the time to take stock of technical skills required, examine the latest  thinking,  identify  capability gaps, and  discover  how  to  be  fulfilled  in  a  professional  context  and  as  a human. Abigail Dixon looks at the functions of a marketing team through a lens of personal development. Her rich  experience comes from leading marketing teams and training hundreds of marketers at varied stages of their  career to achieve formal qualifications.

235: How to become a successful and fulfilled marketer with Abigail Dixon

 Sabirul Islam is world-renowned motivational speaker, author of Build Your Confidence On Stage, facilitator and coach. Sabirul has inspired millions of people in 31 countries across the globe. He also developed the business board game, ‘Teen-Trepreneur’, educating youth on financial literacy in developing nations. Every aspiring speaker has one task, to master their communication and performance on stage. Through 14 years of experience and application, Sabirul Islam has crafted the brand Build Your Confidence on Stage – a four-step process providing you with the tools and techniques to improve your passion and make money while doing so. His book: https://lidpublishing.com/book/build-your-confidence-on-stage/ His LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabirulislam His website: https://www.buildyourconfidenceonstage.com/ 

234: How to instantly grab the audience's attention as a speaker

 ALAN WILLIAMS coaches progressive leaders of service sector organizations, internationally and in the UK, to deliver values-driven service for sustained performance. He is a published author and speaker whose projects have delivered measurable business results across a balanced scorecard and been recognized with industry awards. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanservicebrandglobal SAM WILLIAMS’ works across the change management life cycle to deliver people and technology-led business change. He is passionate about identifying the need for change, mapping out the path to benefit realization, and helping organizations to move from the outlined as-is state to an improved and more mature to-be state that improves efficiency and quality. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-williams-944bb6146 The exponential rate of change and disruption in the world mean that the traditional organization-structure led approach is no longer fit for purpose. In this book, The Values Economy, the authors explain how the three primary influencers of Choice, Communication and Control have created a new paradigm that they refer to as the ‘Values Economy’. Leaders of organizations can survive and thrive in this brave new world by implementing a tried and tested, detailed methodology which can be applied in any setting.  The core principle is alignment, with a specific focus on the areas of brand identity, employee engagement and customer experience. This helps to establish a sense of shared values with all stakeholders and equips the organization with the agility needed to deliver sustained performance in a dynamic business environment where disruption is the new normal. The authors’ combined Baby Boomer and Gen Z perspective provides a compelling, irresistible blend of sharp insight, operational know how and pragmatic hopefulness, bringing the theory to life with a range of case studies from different sectors, sizes and stages of maturity. The Values Economy: https://lidpublishing.com/book/the-values-economy/Host | Francesca Stainer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesca-stainer-13a302b2 

228: How to deliver purpose-driven service sustained performance with Alan and Sam Williams

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