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Start with why

Great companies inspire customers to come to them. As Dawna discusses in this month's interview with Simon Sinek, they can do this because they started with "why".

Adaptability: Max McKeown

Dawna talks to Max Mckeown about his new book, "Adaptability". They discuss how, by being creatively adaptive, even apparently hopeless situations can be transformed into radical change and explore the value of adaptability for today's businesses.

Energy resiliency: when demand exceeds supply

Our demand for energy will soon exceed supply. Dawna Jones discusses how we can meet this insatiable appetite with Dr John MacDonald, CEO of Day4Energy, who argues that the time to prepare for an interruption to the supply is now.

Creating resilient companies

Dawna Jones talks to Dov Seidman about what it takes for business to become resilient in a world where the Occupy movement raises fundamental questions about the role of business in society.

Skills for navigating uncertainty

In this program, Dawna Jones outlines the five inner skills that equip leaders to navigate uncertainty with greater ease, to unleash real human potential and to use uncertainty to their advantage.

A new attitude to change

Join Dawna Jones in the second half of the interview with scientist Dr Carl Calleman who explains how a new mindset is emerging from a series of invisible changes to how we experience the world.

A sideways look at the financial crisis

As the global markets suffer further jitters, Dawna Jones talks to Dr Carl Calleman about how the role of money as the sole purpose for business and enterprise appears to be changing as VUCA - volatility, uncertainly complexity and ambiguity - becomes the "New Normal".

Reinventing the financial system

In this special episode of the Evolutionary Provocateur, Dawna Jones talks to Bernard Lietaer, former central-banker and author of "The Future of Money", about the root causes of financial instability and what practical steps businesses can take to insure against it.

Acting local, thinking global

In part two of her interview with ecopreneur Kemp Edwards, Dawna Jones explores whether using sustainability as a strategy is about being ethical or a recognition that nature's principles apply to business.

The power of eco-preneurism

Kemp Edwards, Canadian Gen X eco-entrepreneur, shares with Dawna Jones how his inspiration to merge his business interests with his desire to create a world he wanted to live in and leave to his two kids led to the founding of two eco enterprises.

The C-suite and sustainability

In part two of Dawna's interview with Chris Laszlo, they explore how to engage the C-suite in sustainability initiatives and how to get the stewardship of ecological capital imbued at the heart of the organization.

The Competitive Advantage of Sustainability

Dawna talks to Chris Laszlo, author of "The Sustainable Company" and "Embedded Sustainability", about the changing reality of sustainability and its gradualy emergence in the corporate mainstream.

Evolution, self-leadership and cultural change

The second half of Dawna's discussion with Richard Barrett continues with an exploration of the practice of personal transformation and how we can master our inner world.

The new leadership paradigm

A new type of leadership is appearing that parallels the emergence of organizations that operate as a living system focussed on life-creating value rather than simply on profit. Find out how and why in this episode of the Evolutionary Provocateur.

21 reasons for optimism

Granted, staying positive in the midst of personal and global upheaval isn't easy. But we can create a fresh future out of the ashes of our mistakes. Here are twenty-one reasons how and why.

Leadership in a Wiki World

This month, Dawna talks to Rod Collins, the former CEO of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program, about wiki-management - or how to leverage the rich reservoir of your organization's collective knowledge to create a high performing company.

The Simplicity of Complexity

Dawna talks to Dr Carol Mase about adaptive change in a time of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. They explore why we resist change, preferring to wait until destabilizing external forces beyond our control impose change upon us.

Seizing control of your health

When the emotional charge of a stressful event remains unaddressed the long term consequences can be serious. Find out how this impacts the workplace in part 2 of Dawna' interview with Dr. Nelie Johnson

The purpose of stress-related disease

Stress originates when the external environment or your internal belief system provides instructions to cells that work against your well-being. But what can we do to mitigate the effects? Listen on to find out.

When great ideas collide with systemic beliefs

We talk a lot about leadership and organizational agility. But as Dawna finds out this month, unless there is an understanding of how to detect the underlying beliefs of the cultural 'immune system', progressive successes can fail to be integrated.

How to deliver phenomenal results

How can organisations expect their people to deliver phenomenal results in the current climate? And what must embody as a leader to support the high functioning of those around you? Listen on to find out.

Learning from jazz

Sometimes metaphors offer a wonderful way to see ourselves from a new perspective. So for this show, Dawna talks to Dr Brian Fraser, lead provocateur of JazzThink, a company which uses the workings and wisdom of jazz to promote leadership and teamwork.

The Power of Innovative Learning

The thinking that got us into the situation we are in now is definitely not the kind of thinking that will get us out. We need to leave our comfort zones and explore new possibilities. We need innovative learning.

Energetic blueprints and organizational change

There is an energy field that creates a blueprint which holds things in place. It is created by the unmanaged and unmonitored emotional relationships between levels of power and authority and it directly predicts the success of an organization.

Energetic sensitivity and corporate culture

Have you ever walked into an office and instantly felt comfortable – or completely the opposite? That "vibe" is all about energy – or rather, your sensitivity to that energy. But how can you make this energy work for you?

Why Corporate Cultures Fail to Adapt

While companies aspire to engage their employees, use crisis to innovate or accelerate their speed to market, many simply fail to implement the changes necessary to achieve their goals. Why?

Leading to a Future with Hope

In this last of a series of interviews with Jay Bragdon, we look at South West Airlines culture as an example of an eco-risk company who has successfully organized themselves to be in alignment with stewardship in good times and in bad.

Adapt or die

In this third part of a four part interview with Jay Bragdon, author of Profit for Life, we explore why companies who manage by Living Asset Stewardship aren't the ones running for bailouts.

Doing Things Differently

In the second part of their discussion about Living Asset Stewardship, Dawna Jones and Jay Bragdon examine some examples of companies that do things differently and whose goals encompass more than a narrow focus on the bottom line.

Recreating capitalism

Have we reached a point at which the total cost of industrial capitalism has outweighed its benefits? Jay Bragdon, investment advisor and author of "Profit for Life", thinks we have, and advocates a very different way of doing business.

Seeing the World Through the Eyes of Gen Y- Part 2

For companies waiting for the tough times to get going, now is the perfect time to reflect on the cultural beliefs that engage Gen Y, especially those empowered by passion and a sense of purpose to tackle the larger global issues.
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