The Leadership Enigma

Auteur(s): Adam Pacifico
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  • For 30 years I've uncovered the best and worst of human behaviour and endeavour.Now it's time to truly understand what we mean by leadership in a chaotic world. I've delivered live events to over 60,000 around the world as a leadership expert, author, opinion columnist and barrister. Each week I'll explore the power and potential of the human being with global experts, academics, rising stars, ambitious upstarts and disruptors across sectors, disciplines and geographies as we explore 'The Leadership Enigma.'Whether you are an entrepreneur, business owner or seasoned corporate executive, this show will uncover the tools, techniques, strategies and lessons learned to catapult your leadership capabilities in preparation for success in a constantly changing landscape. The Leadership Enigma is an award winning globally ranked show powered by LaunchPod Studios. www.leadersenigma.comYouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@theleadersenigma Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • 214: Ai -vs- Humanity | Greg Orme

    214: Ai -vs- Humanity | Greg Orme
    Feb 9 2025
    Greg Orme is a global educator and author of Business Book of the Year, "The Human Edge." 'The Human Edge' focused on the fearful narrative that was and is growing around the use and development of AI. If we challenge AI on it's own ground we will certainly lose, Greg explains. Greg's book researched how leaders can differentiate themselves in this world of AI and digitisation. He constructed the 4C's Consciousness - which is finding meaning and vision and a sense of purpose in your work Curiosity - to ask better questions and change faster than the world is changing around you Creativity - the process of having good ideas that work in the world and Collaboration - how can you form collaborations with fellow human beings and AI too, to get your ideas into the world. The rate of change and development in this arena continues to increase. We only experienced the release of Chat GPT just over 800 days ago and now we have the announcement of 'Stargate' and the release of 'Deepseek'. Do leaders still think that AI is a fad and will dwindle over time? The strange answer is yes. The reality is very different and leaders have to grasp the importance of human centred leadership as a superpower. Greg explains we are at the bottom of the 'S' curve in the development of AI and what got us here is becoming exponential in growth especially with the introduction of quantum computing. Ai used properly can increase productivity by 40% giving us all more time. The question is what do we focus on in that time? This is where the human centric leadership skills play their part. Think of AI not as your auto-pilot but as your co-pilot. We must thrive in the knowledge that we can't stop AI. It will be more intelligent than humans possibly by 2027 and we will make mistakes along the way. No one can forecast where the destination is. Is super intelligence capable of consciousness? Will humans become the weakest link? Will AI consider the eradication of humans as the simplest answer to stop war, violence, global warming, exploitation and other human based issues? Connect on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregorme/ Greg’s website: https://gregorme.org/ To buy The Human Edge: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Greg-Orme/author/B00JH11WQ4?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true To read Greg’s latest thinking on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/gregorme/
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    48 min
  • 213: Space, the Final Frontier | Dan Hart

    213: Space, the Final Frontier | Dan Hart
    Jan 26 2025
    Dan Hart left his 34-year career at Boeing to embark on a new adventure as CEO of Virgin Orbit. Working for Richard Branson’s startup was the opportunity of a lifetime during the heyday of new space, and the company enjoyed a string of successes before the company filed for bankruptcy in April 2023. The 1969 moon landing had a big impact on Dan in his early years and he simply cold called NASA to see if he could get a job! To his luck, they answered and he found his way to Kennedy Space Centre. The Challenger accident occurred in January 1986 and it impacted all the individuals in the industry and halted the programme for a number of years. Dan himself watched the events unfold with his team and they were all reminded of the dangers of the work they were involved in. It was in 2016 that Dan was asked to take on the CEO role of Virgin Orbit. Dan had been following the recent space race developments and Virgin Orbit working along side Richard Branson was an appealing challenge. Note: Virgin Orbit was set up to launch satellites whereas Virgin Galactic was focused on space tourism. Virgin Orbit was trying to be the first to launch a liquid rocket off the wing of an aeroplane. The X1 and X15 many years ago had been liquid propelled but none had been orbital. A liquid rocket is a complicated machine with multiple variables and unknowns. The legacy of the space industry was the compelling reason Dan said yes to Virgin Orbit with high risk and high reward on the agenda. Why is space so compelling for iconic billionaires such as Branson, Musk and Bezos? Dan considers it to be the potential for limitless learning, legacy and impactful world changing technologies and scientific breakthroughs. Dan remains excited as to the developments in space science such as expeditions to Jupiter and Mars to enhance our ability to understand the universe. Dan explains moving from Boeing to Virgin felt liberating as he took charge of a small, agile start up with a mandate to reinvent from the go. Great technical talent met creativity so anything was now possible. I ask Dan what it was like working shoulder to shoulder with Richard Branson? Dan talks about Richard's, awareness, inquisitive nature and visionary qualities allowing others to flourish and thrive. As CEO Dan needed to be the positive drive for others to push for achieving the never achieved before but also mindful of the lessons of the past, such as Challenger. Dan was involved in projects where they were 'punching above their weight' due to the attractiveness of the space industry. Virgin Orbit was invited to the G7 Summit in 2021 and worked with Prime Minister Boris Johnson for the first launch ever from the UK. There was no 'playbook' for this type of event and adventure. Dan tells the story when he feared his team could be arrested by the police from continuing the project as the explosive charges of the rocket were being considered as manufacturing ordnance. Whilst these things slowed the project down, the team found the resilience to overcome all obstacles. Virgin Orbit launched successfully 4 times in a row which was a huge achievement for a new start up in the sector. They also experienced significant failures along the way as failure was inevitable. Dan remembers after one failure, Richard Branson immediately said to him, 'when's the next ride going to be ready?' A leader's ability to bounce back allowed for the whole team to move on to thinking about tomorrow and not just the failure of today. As the CEO Dan remembers the times when he was there to push and motivate the team and yet he also remembers those times when the team pushed and motivated him. When Virgin Orbit filed for bankruptcy in 2023 Dan reflected on the group of people who achieved so much in the knowledge that they changed space technology for the better. "Everything pulls us forward, even when the lights go out behind you."
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    52 min
  • 212: The Master of Disaster | Dr Thom Mayer

    212: The Master of Disaster | Dr Thom Mayer
    Jan 13 2025
    Doctor Thom Mayer has been a leader in times of crisis for over 25 years, navigating some of the most significant challenges imaginable. He is the Medical Director for the NFL Players Association, as well as an emergency physician-sports medicine leader of international renown. He served as the Command Physician at the Pentagon Rescue/Recovery Operation on 9/11, Incident Commander for the inhalational anthrax outbreak in Washington, DC that same year, and led a Team Rubicon Mobile Emergency Team in Ukraine following the outbreak of war. He is among the most widely respected leaders in times of crisis and is a highly sought after speaker and consultant across many businesses and industries. He was recently nominated to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio and is a member of the Indiana Football Hall of Fame and the Hanover College Athletic Hall of Fame. USA Today named him one of the “100 Most Important People in the NFL.” Thom has built his career by building relationships as opposed to merely his resume. He was a football player in his youth and loved the game. He studied theology for two years but was convinced by his professor to try medicine instead. Once a qualified physician, Thom was always drawn to treating the sickest and most needy and crisis medicine was an environment that Thom thrived in. An extreme example was when Thom was the Command Physician for the Pentagon emergency response during 9/11 and actually attended the scene. Thom tells the story of the iconic red phone that is only connected to the Secret Service that rang for the first time in his memory informing him that Dulles Tower had a plane missing and it was imminently going to crash, which it did, into The Pentagon. This event tested Thom's training to breaking point as chaos reigned and the incident became one of the world's deadliest terrorist attacks. The power of a leader to pause can't be overstated. Thom's mantra is to 'Pause - Reflect - Reconsider'. Thom's standout lesson from 9/11 was 'stop sucking up, start sucking down'. Thom's focus as a leader in a crisis environment is to always take time and listen to those closest to the issue and not necessarily the most senior in attendance. 'Don't worry about the C-Suite, worry about the We-Suite.' Thom also describes the anthrax outbreak at Washington which was the first bio-terrorism attack on US soil and how his team saved the lives of a number of postal workers who were contaminated. Many incidents have required Thom to lead a new team, thrown together in response to an emerging crisis. His success is based on his unrelenting focus on building relationships quickly with humility and gratitude. As the leader, Thom wants everyone in his team to understand how important they are. Thom became the NFL Players Association Medical Director in 2001 after the inconceivable death of a football player from heat stroke that year. Thom went on to create the original concussion guidelines for the NFL, creating mandated response plans which to this very day are still being used to minimise injuries and long term results on players and their families. To this day, every concussion injury is studied by specialists to increase understanding and iterate the science and protocols. Thom has taken all of his experiences to write the book 'Leadership is worthless, but leading is priceless.' Thom is an advocate for action over words and contends that everyone is a leader regardless of rank, role, tenure and expertise. 'It's not the words on the wall, it's the happenings in the hall.' Thom's last advice to me was for all of us to discover our individual deep joy with the deep needs of our environment. Connect with Thom: thommayermd@gmail.com www.thommayermd.com Get his book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leadership-Worthless-But-Leading-Priceless/dp/1523006153
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    58 min

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