Welcome to week 12 of the Art and Science of Success podcast. Thank you for your involvement so far, the aim when we set up the podcast was to offer some free help and support for leaders coming out of the pandemic. Some of the conversations this week have been with friends and clients with the theme – “Great and what should/can I focus on right now?” so that is what we are going to focus on. In this 30 min podcast, I review some of the main points and share some questions we are helping...

Hello, well here we are at week 11 the penultimate podcast in this series. And in response to one of the main themes of the catch up calls and (as you’ll find in the podcast) data from the CDC in the USA [the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention- they play the same role as Sir Chris Whitty and colleagues in the USA] showing that fear and anxiety was the second biggest cause of hospitalisation and death when someone fell ill with COVID. In this podcast, we speak with Gavin Andrews, MD of...

Hello and welcome to the 10th podcast in our 12 podcast series. It’s been quite a journey so far reconnecting and connecting with the speakers and so many of you. Be sure to get in touch if you haven’t already. This week’s speaker is John Butler and comes courtesy of Shepheard Walwyn publishers, the ethical publisher I support. John Butler is an 84 year old YouTube sensation with his own channel with 200k subscribers. He had his first book published in his 60s but only really came to...

Hello and welcome back to week 9 of the 12-part podcast series. Thanks again for such a positive response. This week we have the second part of the podcast with Chet Richards, author of Certain to Win and long-term friend collaborator with philosopher, John Boyd. We continue reading Boyd backwards as this makes it easier to apply his ideas to normal levels of competition (i.e., non-violent but competitive). So, if you have yet to listen to part one, I suggest you go there first. In this...

This week (and next) we are speaking with long time friend and mentor, Chet Richards. Chet is the author of four books, the most famous (and relevant) is https://www.amazon.co.uk/Certain-Win-Strategy-Applied-Business/dp/1413453767/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1andkeywords=certain+to+winandqid=1631021788andsr=8-1 (Certain to Win: The Strategy of John Boyd, Applied to Business). As many of you will know, John Boyd is the military philosopher whose work ranging from how to win a war to how we can win in...

My guest today is business and sports coach, David Whitaker OBE. I was fortunate to be colleagues with David and Sir John Whitmore when I became a partner in Performance Consultants, one of Europe’s most important pioneers of coaching in business. David began his professional life in education. He combined that with a successful sporting career in men’s hockey, representing England and Great Britain over 100 times. On retirement from his playing care, he became England and GB men’s hockey...

Welcome to Episode 6 of "The Art and Science of Success." Today’s guest is Elizabet Sahtouris, evolutionary biologist and ecological campaigner. Elisabet combines an extraordinarily deep appreciation for the environment with practical ideas for forming a better relationship with it – i.e., one based on respect rather than plunder. This is particularly useful as we come to terms with the recently published IPCC report. She may seem to be a strange addition to talks run by a stress specialist...

Welcome to the fifth episode of "The Art and Science of Success." This is part two of our interview with retired Brig General Tom Kolditz, executive director of the https://doerr.rice.edu/ (Anne and John Doerr Institute for New Leaders) at Rice U in Houston, Texas. In this episode, Tom continues with his advice and experience for leading people out of lockdown. We start with Tom’s research on perhaps the biggest issue in leadership today - cowardice - caused by excessive self interest. He...

Welcome to the fourth episode of “The Art and Science of Success” My guest today is Tom Kolditz, one of the world’s top leader and coach developers. In his current role as Executive Director at the Anne and John Doerr institute for New Leaders, he now leads the world’s biggest coaching program. Before this Tom had a decorated career in the US Army beginning as a psychology Phd artilliary man eventually making it to US Military Academy, Westpoint where he led the biggest research project into...

Welcome to the third episode of “The Art and Science of Success” This is the part 2 of our interview with Professor Mike Matthews of the US Military Academy West Point. He is the most published military psychologist in the world, having written literally hundreds of academic papers. Collectively, his research interests center on Soldier performance in combat and other dangerous contexts. In this episode, we continue our discussion into character-based leadership. We look into what the...

Welcome to the second episode of “The Art and Science of Success” Today we're speaking with Professor Mike Matthews, a military psychologist who has been at the US Military Academy West Point for over two decades. He is, to my knowledge, the most published military psychologist in the world, having written literally hundreds of academic papers. I've been privileged to know Mike for over 10 years and his openness, patience and friendship has been of immense help to me, both as I recovered from...

Welcome to the first episode of “The Art and Science of Success” Today we're speaking with Fred Luskin. Fred has been a lecturer at Stanford University for over two decades, where he specialized in the research and practice of happiness. And most recently, and famously, forgiveness. Most particularly reassuring about Fred's work is his relationship with the Medical School of Stanford because there they apply his ideas and insights to accelerate recovery in patients. Fred Luskin talks about...