Experiential Spark - the Podcast

Are you a first-time leader, looking to learn this new skill called leadership? Or are you a seasoned leader, wanting to be inspired and try something new and improve your leadership skills? This book is a must-read and actually a must-do. In this episode we'll discuss The Leaderlab by Tania Luna and LeeAnn Renninger (co-founders of LifeLabs Learning). They refer to this book as 'the Swiss Army Knife of skills' and we can only agre...

Do you feel like you have lost your spark? That your usual, energetic self is struggling to get going? Well us too! Many of us have felt this slump thanks to the pandemic changing our ways of working, but many more of us have felt this before. In this episode, we share tips we have learnt about to re-energise and re-ignite your spark!

We would love to hear from you on how you keep the spark.

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Do you want to know more about when your mind stops being your best friend, but starts becoming your own worst enemy? Then you need the Saboteurs! This is work from Shirzad Chamine and in this episode, we explore some of our own Saboteurs and how they show up. This can be easily applied to either a professional or personal setting, both at the individual and at a team level.

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How we communicate and collaborate is incredibly important, for example when you are implementing organisational change or would like to understand how communication flows through your organisation. Yet, often these patterns are very invisible and hard to measure. We might have the solution for you! We're joined by Lisa to discuss Organisational Network Analysis (ONA). What it is, how it can be applied and the way the analysis is d...

Do you wish you could fail fast without actually failing? Or encourage positive dissent and build better plans? Well, you can by the Pre-Mortem tool, created by Gary Klein. In this Spark Episode (think short and practical), Claire and Marlouke share what the pre-mortem is, step by step guide on how to do it and insights into their experiments with it.

If you want to find out more, then check out these resources:

https://www.proje...

Do you work in a multicultural organisation, work with partners from different countries or moved to another country? Have you ever found yourself wondering why your view of time or great communication seems different to others? Would you like to strengthen those international relationships? In this episode we explore The Culture Map by Erin Meyer, must read for anyone working/living in a global environment. This book explores how ...

Do you lead a business, are you an HR professional or just interested in transformation? Have you ever worked on creating a powerful culture? Implemented a new strategy that required new behavior from everyone? Creating a future-proof, agile and resilient culture is what makes the difference in performance in a constantly changing environment. However, change is hard. Culture Renovation by Kevin Oakes offers a practical playbook to...

Do you get energized by a culture of learning and high performance? Have you ever wondered what your mindset is with regards to failure and making mistakes? Are you looking to consciously experiment (more)? Then Black Box Thinking might just be the spark for you!

In this episode, we share our takeaways and reflections from Matthew Syed’s Black Box Thinking. The book explores through multiple examples, where organisations have creat...

In this first episode EVER of Experiential Spark The Podcast, we spend some time sharing a little bit about ourselves, how we came to work together and why we are so passionate about this podcast.

So this is a "get to know us" episode and we would love to get to know you and your thoughts on the topics we should be covering.

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Email: experientialspark@gmail.com

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