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OutsideVoices with Mark Bidwell

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In OutsideVoices Mark Bidwell talks to remarkable and compelling leaders from the worlds of business, exploration, anthropology, arts, sports, and academia. In these conversations he explores topics of fundamental importance to many of us today, both in work and in life, topics ranging from leadership and performance to creativity and growth. OutsideVoices has a clear purpose: to bring fresh and diverse perspectives that help listeners navigate the world we live in.

In OutsideVoices Mark Bidwell talks to remarkable and compelling leaders from the worlds of business, exploration, anthropology, arts, sports, and academia. In these conversations he explores topics of fundamental importance to many of us today, both in work and in life, topics ranging from leadership and performance to creativity and growth. OutsideVoices has a clear purpose: to bring fresh and diverse perspectives that help listeners navigate the world we live in.

Location:

Switzerland

Description:

In OutsideVoices Mark Bidwell talks to remarkable and compelling leaders from the worlds of business, exploration, anthropology, arts, sports, and academia. In these conversations he explores topics of fundamental importance to many of us today, both in work and in life, topics ranging from leadership and performance to creativity and growth. OutsideVoices has a clear purpose: to bring fresh and diverse perspectives that help listeners navigate the world we live in.

Twitter:

@markehb

Language:

English

Contact:

+41 79 818 10 17

Episodes

12 - Rob Swan: Leadership Lessons From 40 Years of Polar Exploration

8/20/2019
On some of my previous podcasts I have talked to people about how to survive and thrive in hostile and high consequence environments. This episode’s guest Rob Swan took his 23 year old son with him on his latest expedition to The South Pole. Early on in the trip, he knows he has a problem when the silence of Antarctica is broken by the sound of his hip grinding against bone. Turning back and leaving the team to continue without him was the hardest thing Rob has ever had to do, and as it...

Duration:00:40:22

11 - Nicholas Thomas - The Return Of Curiosity: Encounters With The Unknown

8/6/2019
The word “curiosity” seems to be appearing increasingly frequently in the world of business. Someone with a very distinctive perspective on the topic is Professor Nick Thomas, author of a recent book entitled "The Return of Curiosity," an anthropologist and historian who has been Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge since 2006. In my conversation with Nick, we explore why a visit to a museum is unique and different from other cultural activities. As leaders,...

Duration:00:37:43

10 - Chip Conley - Airbnb, Modern Elders, Navigating the Midlife Crisis

7/22/2019
I find stories of leaders who have successfully reinvented themselves mid-career both compelling and informative. This is mainly because I have been on this journey for the past 4 years and am always on the look out for guides. Chip Conley has successfully made this transition, and is now helping many others take the same journey. Rather than being a “sage from the stage”, Chip describes himself as a “guide from the side”. His story of going from founder and CEO of the leading chain of...

Duration:00:42:51

09 - Benedict Allen - Exploring Cultures

7/9/2019
Benedict Allen is described by a British newspaper as one of the top 10 British explorers of all time. Benedict is also an environmentalist, film-maker and author of a number of books, including “Mad White Giant”, “Into The Crocodile Nest” and “Hunting the Gugu.” In our conversation we cover a number of topics which are very relevant for leaders: how to adapt to changing circumstances; how to manage risk and uncertainty; the mindset required for surviving and indeed thriving in high...

Duration:00:49:36

08 - David Kesby: Herding Cats - Unconventional Team Leadership

6/25/2019
Dave Kesby is an organizational coach and author of the book “Extra-Dependent Teams: Realising the Power of Similarity”, in which he challenges much of the conventional wisdom of teams. As he writes in his introduction, “through the lens of convention a lot of the features of Extra-Dependent Teams are misdiagnosed as faults: working apart is seen as working in silos, lack of interdependency is seen as uncollaborative, and working only towards their individual goal is seen as not being a...

Duration:00:39:12

07 - Safi Bachall: Loonshots - Innovation Through the Lens of a Physicist

6/11/2019
Safi Bahcall is a second generation physicist and entrepreneur, whose first book, Loonshots, has been described as a cross between Freakonomics and the da Vinci Code. At the heart of the book is a philosophy which is foundational for everything we do at OutsideLens: that you can learn a great deal by applying the tools and techniques from one world, in this case the world of physics and to a lesser extent psychology, to the world of innovation in business. In this episode, there are...

Duration:01:01:06

06 - Jennifer Berger - Thriving in Complexity

5/28/2019
We all wish that our lives were a little less complex: as Jennifer Berger explains in her latest book on the subject, while humans are brilliantly designed for operating in a less connected, more predictable world, we all run the risk of falling victim to 5 “mindtraps” that can significantly hinder our growth, agility and effectiveness when faced with complexity. The good news: she offers several approaches for escaping from these unproductive patterns of behavior, enablers leaders to take...

Duration:00:42:26

05 - Chris Rainier and Olivia McKendrick - The Race to Save Cultural And Intellectual Diversity

5/14/2019
Diversity in all its forms is key to solving many of the most significant challenges we face today, and if we fail to address these challenges, future generations will inherit the consequences. Preserving cultural and intellectual diversity is the purpose of the Cultural Sanctuaries Foundation, and enables us to take advantage of useful wisdom hiding in plain sight. Learn more in my conversation with the founders Chris Rainier and Olivia McKendrick. Show notes:...

Duration:00:48:25

04 - Vas Narasimhan, CEO of Novartis: Transforming the Organization

4/11/2019
Vas Narasimhan is not your typical CEO, having started his career in public health, where he became passionate about how to impact health on a large scale. Now, many years later and a little over a year into his role as CEO of Novartis, his passion remains undiminished. The impact the company is having on patients is remarkable, be it with “miraculous” treatments that cure children of deadly diseases with one pill, or with the Novartis Access program. In the second half of my interview...

Duration:00:27:23

03 - Efosa Ojomo: See the World Through New Lenses

4/11/2019
So reads the title of a chapter in the keenly awaited new book by Professor Clay Christensen, Efosa Ojomo and Karen Dillon, The Prosperity Paradox. The concept of looking at markets from different perspectives is at the heart of this optimistic yet practical book, in which the authors apply robust management theories to help leaders uncover and capture opportunities in developing markets.

Duration:00:41:50

02 - Vas Narasimhan, CEO of Novartis: Transforming Standards of Patient Care

4/10/2019
Vas Narasimhan is not your typical CEO, having started his career in public health, where he became passionate about how to impact health on a large scale. Now, many years later and a little over a year into his role as CEO of Novartis, his passion remains undiminished. The impact the company is having on patients is remarkable, be it with “miraculous” treatments that cure children of deadly diseases with one pill, or with the Novartis Access program. In the first half of my interview...

Duration:00:23:40

01 - Welcome to OutsideVoices!

3/30/2019
This is OutsideVoices with Mark Bidwell, bringing you fresh and diverse perspectives that help you navigate the world we live in.

Duration:00:04:54