Leading Beyond Limits: Cultivating Creativity

• Leading Beyond Limits: Cultivating Creativity with guest Kerry Ann King

  On this episode of Leading Beyond Limits: Cultivating Creativity, my guest is Kerry Ann King. Kerry Ann is the founder and CEO of Eluminate Labs, a software development company dedicated to building solutions that decolonize tech, creating inclusive tools for human wellbeing. After more than a decade working inside the tech industry to promote human-centered approaches to engagement, wellbeing and inclusion, Kerry Ann felt strongly that it was necessary to break free from the exploitative foundations of big tech in order to build software and applications that put people and their wellbeing first. Eluminate Lab’s debut offering Fin - Positive Productivity is designed to help neurodivergent adults learn about their productivity style through data and coaching.2:53 Hear about the benefits of self-awareness as a method of data collection to help you better understand yourself and what will bring you contentment in your career and life.12:40 Learn what decolonizing tech means and how it differs from what you might expect.17:37 Hear about leveraging data to provide customers with better information (without taking an extractive approach) and how data can be balanced alongside other humanistic (rather than deterministic) approaches when managing employees. 24:18 Hear about the philosophy behind Eluminate Labs’ product and how it guides product development and the mission of providing value for neurodivergent individuals.27:00 Hear about how to build and foster creativity in problem-solving as a leader.Where can you find more?Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or using your favorite podcast app.You can also support the podcast with ratings, kind words, and by sharing with others.Find Shawn onSubstack,LinkedIn,Instagram andhere.Find Kerry Ann onLinkedIn, find Eluminate Labshere as well asLinkedIn,Facebook, andInstagram. 

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• Leading Beyond Limits: Cultivating Creativity with guest Consuelo Ruybal

  On this episode of Leading Beyond Limits: Cultivating Creativity, my guest is Consuelo Ruybal.  Consuelo has been a Product Design leader since 2001 and is known for supporting and nurturing each designer in successfully growing their career while positively impacting the company's business and clients. Consuelo builds teams from the ground up for agencies and start-ups, recruiting, hiring, and creating the operational environment for those teams through a mix of business strategy, product innovation, product design, design operations, and a focus on customer needs with a solid research and discovery practice. Consuelo is deeply inspired to create user experiences that deliver value to customers and generate results for clients and particularly loves working on large, complicated projects with diverse team members. 1:51 Learn about the different ways that creativity shows up in our lives. 3:15 Hear how Consuelo builds diverse design teams and the importance of different ideas to spark innovation for business success. 5:03 Hear about removing your ego in order to approach decision-making in design (and more broadly) when faced with the tension between artistic vision and practicality. 7:01 Hear about the fear that shows up when we begin in a new medium or domain and how to embrace the discomfort of “beginner mind” to foster empathy. 10:52 Hear about belonging and how to honor and embrace your own style of leadership, even through challenges like layoffs or harassment at work, rather than internalizing those systemic factors. 16:40 Hear about how to navigate and lead a team through transitions in the constantly evolving technologies, trends, and consumer needs by consistently evaluating the trifecta of process, tooling, and situations. 19:29 Hear about helping your teams grow and work together through feedback and how to be courageous and curious in providing it. 23:23 Hear about how side projects and pro bono work can keep your creative energy flowing. Where can you find more? -Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or using your favorite podcast app. -You can also support the podcast with ratings, kind words, and by sharing with others. -Find Shawn on Substack, LinkedIn, Instagram and explore their coaching here. -Find Consuelo at www.consuelo.com, Substack, and on LinkedIn. -Daring Greatly By Brene Brown

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• Leading Beyond Limits: Cultivating Creativity with guest Tanya Hallett

  On this episode of Leading Beyond Limits: Cultivating Creativity, my guest is Tanya Hallett. Please be aware that this episode includes descriptions of trauma and mentions of stillbirth. After spending more than 20 years working in education, Tanya founded TIPT (Trauma Informed Practice Training) to create psychologically safe, diverse, and inclusive schools and workplaces where everyone can thrive, not just survive. She has spent much of her career working with children, adolescents and adults who are neurodiverse, from CALD backgrounds or those who suffer from complex trauma and mental health challenges. Tanya is a passionate advocate for play and creativity in improving mental health and human connection, and trauma informed practice in schools and workplaces. She is a LEGO® Serious Play® facilitator.  She has lived experience of neurodiversity, PTSD, anxiety/depression and is a Mental Health First Aid Instructor. Tanya strongly believes the future of successful leadership and productivity will need to be trauma informed to meet the needs of our incoming Gen Z workforce. 3:10 You’ll hear about Tanya’s journey from teaching kids in schools to founding Trauma Informed Practice Training.  19:30 You’ll hear what trauma-informed leadership looks like in practice and why it's essential, especially when working with younger generations like Gen Z. 24:00 You’ll hear about using Lego Serious Play in team building. 27:30 You’ll hear about the responsibility individuals have in overcoming their own trauma and where that meets the responsibility that companies have for the psychological safety of their employees at work. 34:00 You’ll hear how leaders can shift their focus toward supporting the well-being and growth of their team members without compromising organizational goals. 36:30 You’ll hear ways that leaders can incorporate more play and creative thinking into their team’s daily work to produce better outcomes. Where can you find more? For more information about Shawn Carney Coaching, check out the website www.shawncarneycoaching.com  Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or using your favorite podcast app. You can also support the podcast with ratings, kind words, and by sharing with others. Find Shawn on Substack, LinkedIn or Instagram.  Find Tanya on her website TIPT.com.au or on LinkedIn.

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• Leading Beyond Limits: Cultivating Creativity with guest Jon Clemence

  In this episode of Leading Beyond Limits: Cultivating Creativity, Jon Clemence joins us to discuss SEO, how to increase readership and conversion using both your existing and new content, and valuable lessons about entrepreneurship. Jon is a professional proofreader, editor, and writer who’s in the top 2% of freelancers on Upwork. He’s the founder and owner of Cedar Press Proofreading, which helps businesses improve their written content to attract more people to their websites and convert them into new clients. Jon also helps people improve their blogs, newsletters, articles, books and more. He’s learned what it takes to craft compelling content and stand out in a sea of online content, and is here to share what he’s learned with us to help you create content that helps your business grow. 1:30 Learn some creative tips about how to transform stale blog content into a traffic magnet without writing a single new post. 6:13 Learn about how people are misusing AI and methods and tools that will get you better results in the long term. 10:43 Learn some ways to leverage your existing website/blog/email/newsletter content in order to see an increase in readership and conversion rates. 15:49 Hear some creative ways to promote your content even when you’re not an expert in Google SEO. 17:49 Hear how Jon left the corporate world during the pandemic to become an entrepreneur and some helpful lessons he learned along the way.  21:10 Learn about how Jon balances structure and experimentation with his team to foster innovation and creativity in a way that enables delegation so he can focus on the business instead of getting too caught up being in the business.  24:00 Hear how Jon intentionally creates space for creativity in his daily routine. Where can you find more? For more information about Shawn Carney Coaching, the podcast, and ways to support, check out the website www.shawncarneycoaching.com and subscribe on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, Amazon, or using your favorite RSS app. You can also support the podcast with ratings, kind words, and by sharing with others. Find Shawn on LinkedIn or Instagram.  Find Jon on his website CedarPressProofreading.com or on LinkedIn.

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• Leading Beyond Limits: Cultivating Creativity with guest Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie

  In this episode of Leading Beyond Limits: Cultivating Creativity, Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie joins us to discuss the use of play for serious purposes such as innovation, connection, and mental health among other benefits, leveraging LEGO® Serious Play® and SUPERCONNECT®. Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie is an internationally awarded human connection specialist, PhD trained business anthropologist, university lecturer, keynote speaker and strategic speaker coach. She is also the Co-Founder and Chief Connection Officer at The Up Next Company, and a passionate advocate for the power of curiosity and play for boosting connection, trust, mental health, communication, innovation and strategy.  2:10 You’ll hear about LEGO® Serious Play® and the value of using play for serious purposes. 6:09 You’ll hear about the benefits of play and curiosity at work and the growing body of research in this area. 8:15 You’ll hear about some common reasons that prevent us from being innovative and fearless at work, as well as how play can help foster psychological safety. 11:16 You’ll hear about how play can help with exploring metaphor and story in order to gain insights and create deeper connections. 14:30 You’ll hear about SUPERCONNECT®, an add on for LEGO Serious Play, created by Dr Kate, that optimizes for human connection, psychological safety, and better conversations about what really matters including the power of incorporating kindness and consent and how that fosters inclusion and belonging. 19:45 You’ll hear about the interdisciplinary approach of leveraging anthropology as a tool to help people lean into their professional curiosity to understand and meet their customer’s needs better.  23:34 You’ll hear about the ADHD superpower of being curious and creative, as well as tactics you can utilize in your own life to channel some of that power. 26:50 You’ll hear about the “I’m not creative” false narrative that many people believe about themselves and how to change that narrative for yourself and others. 31:24 You’ll learn about strategic speaking and how it can help to ensure you’re serving the purpose you’re aiming to serve with speaking. Where can you find more? For more information about Shawn Carney Coaching, the podcast, and ways to support, check out the website www.shawncarneycoaching.com and subscribe on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, or using your favorite RSS app. You can also support the podcast with ratings, kind words, and by sharing with others. Find Shawn on LinkedIn/in/shawncarney or Instagram @shawncarneycoaching  Find Dr Kate on her website kateraynesgoldie.com or at The Up Next Company website https://bio.site/theupnextcompany

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