Lisa Bodell is the CEO of Future Think award wining author and one of the world s Top 50 Keynote speakers on issues such as creating simplicity and killing complexity This episode was filmed in World during the Future of Everything Festival Lisa always thought of herself as a helper and was naturally creative from an early age She grew up in Michigan studied business and wanted to go into marketing and advertising However she wanted to find a path where her ideas would be heard and mattered At this point the entrepreneur emerged and Lisa decided to do her own thing start her own business and create a platform for ideas and collaboration Lisa s books became a global calling card for her thought leadership and ability to help others learn and master new skills and capabilities Time is a non renewable resource that we never get back and this became the catalyst for Lisa s focus on simplification In a society fixated with more Lisa is intent we also see the value in less This requires focus and an ability to get rid of things What will you stop doing is a wonderfully powerful question for all leaders although fear is something that holds all of us back Stopping and saying no is a critical ingredient for innovation Simplicity is not about being more productive its the front end of innovation and gives people the space to do what matters It s also not about getting rid of everything it s about getting rid of unnecessary complexity the invisible waste the work without the benefits This is all about getting to the work that matters and not being more productive As a leader are you defining what meaningful work is Grooves and ruts look and feel the same Grooves are productive ruts are a waste of time Lisa speaks all over the world and I asked her in this episode what she wanted to talk about that she doesn t usually talk about in order to make this episode truly memorable She decided to connect simplicity to wellbeing so we can feel that we are doing what we were born to do Lisa explains that much of our daily workload is based around meetings and emails therefore within our control to change yet most will not As Lisa says during her keynotes many of us survive another meeting that should have been an email Technology has amplified the issue of complexity and the ease to create meeting after meeting If you could kill off any 2 rules at work what would they be Many of the answers she hears are not even rules they are just historical methods of working Lisa s top tips include 1 for leaders to mandate the right for people to get rid of things that they feel are unnecessary and 2 model the behaviour All businesses fear becoming irrelevant especially during great technological change To be relevant we must change we must innovate and people need time to think People want to leave a legacy not shareholder value Simplicity is not a productivity exercise it s a about helping people to get to the work that they were hired to do in the first place and be their best self Simplicity is also a foundation for a high performing culture In an age of Generative AI time is something to harness and allow people to think more As Lisa explains thinking is a daring act Perhaps now we have more time to be human which is actually the basis of our leadership capability www futurethink com Hosted on Acast See acast com privacy for more information Click here to visit this podcast episode
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