The Wisdom Of... with Simon Bowen

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The Wisdom Of... with Simon Bowen delves into the intricate issues of our time. Join Simon as he converses with the world's leading thinkers, entrepreneurs, and visionaries to uncover how they tackle complex problems, ignite innovation, and navigate significant projects. This podcast brings a Renaissance of Wisdom to your week, offering insights into leadership, ethics, global challenges, and cutting-edge ideas. Tune in to gain a deeper understanding of the decisions shaping our world and learn from the minds driving change. Get in touch and learn more at: https://thesimonbowen.com/show/

  1. Sep 20

    Chris Cooper: Elevation, not training: The architecture behind cultures that light the fire within

    In this episode of The Wisdom Of… Show, Simon Bowen speaks with Chris Cooper, leadership and business elevation strategist, speaker, author, and one of the world's most experienced broadcasters. Chris founded Business Elevation in 2006, inspired by the culture his father experienced in the Steelworks of Northern England. Since 2011, he has hosted The Business Elevation Show, which reached 630+ episodes and more than 3 million downloads by 2026, and was the most accessed business programme on Voice America's platform globally by 2019. He is co-author of The Power To Get Things Done (Penguin Random House New York) and founder of The Elevation Collective™: an international community of extraordinary individuals amplifying good in the world. Simon and Chris build a live visual model in the episode: the Elevation Architecture, mapping the layered system behind genuine elevation at the individual, leadership, team, culture, and organisational levels. Episode breakdown00:00 Welcome to The Wisdom Of… Show and introduction of Chris Cooper 02:30 The Steelworks of Northern England: Chris's father, the culture that diminished him, and the question that started everything 07:00 The procurement consultancy that reached £3M in three years, and why Chris walked away from it 11:00 "People are everything": the three words a retiring manager said to a young graduate, then walked away 15:00 Elevation is not training: the distinction that changes how leaders invest in their people 18:00 Culture is not a programme: why calling it one means you've already lost the room 20:00 LIVE MODEL BUILD: The Elevation Architecture 28:00 Individual, leadership, team, culture, organisation: the five levels and how they depend on each other 31:00 What 630 episodes and 3 million downloads teaches you about human nature, wisdom, and genuine conversation 33:30 The Elevation Collective™: how to curate a room of extraordinary people and what becomes possible when the right people are together 35:30 AI, human potential, and what sits above the line that technology cannot consume 37:00 "Is this the best thing for people?" The leadership question every business decision should begin with 38:00 Closing wisdom and farewell About Chris CooperChris Cooper is a leadership and business elevation strategist, speaker, broadcaster, and author with a career spanning over three decades across the UK and internationally. He founded Business Elevation in 2006 after a corporate career with Leyland DAF, Mars, United Biscuits, and the Punch and Spirit Pub Companies, spanning sales, marketing, training, procurement, logistics, and HR to board level. He co-founded a procurement consultancy that grew to £3 million turnover in three years before pivoting to follow his true purpose: helping people realise their potential. Since 2011, Chris has hosted The Business Elevation Show on Voice America, which reached 630+ episodes and 3 million+ downloads by 2026, and was the world's most accessed business programme on the platform by 2019. He is co-author of The Power To Get Things Done (Whether You Feel Like It Or Not) (Perigee/Penguin Random House New York), a contributor to the 2021 international bestseller Play The Game, and a contributor to Rumi: Power of Love (2024). He is the founder of The Elevation Collective™, an international community bringing together extraordinary individuals for the greater good. He is an Ambassador for Hopefull (providing 5,000+ free meals daily to the people of Ukraine) and for The Global Angels Foundation. Connect with Chris Cooper:Website: https://chriscooper.co.uk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisdcooper Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chrisdcooper The Elevation Collective™: https://chriscooper.co.uk/the-elevation-collective About Simon BowenSimon has spent over two decades working with influential leaders across complex industries. His focus is on elevating thinking in organisations, recognising that success is directly proportional to the quality of thinking and ideas within a business. Simon leads the renaissance of thinking through his work with global leaders and organisations. Connect with SimonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonbowen-mm/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialsimonbowen/ Website: https://thesimonbowen.com/ Get Simon Bowen's Personal Newsletter for Leaders, Thinkers, and Entrepreneurs! Sign Up Now: https://thesimonbowen.com/newsletter. Join Simon's Masterclass: Unlock your leadership potential with The Models Method. Learn to articulate your unique value and create scalable impact. Watch it now: https://thesimonbowen.com/masterclass.

  2. Sep 6

    Jeffrey Feldberg: your business is either genuinely valuable or genuinely busy, and most founders don't know which until it's too late

    In this episode of The Wisdom Of … Show, Simon Bowen speaks with Jeffrey Feldberg, co-founder of Deep Wealth, host of The Deep Wealth Podcast with over 400 episodes, and creator of Deep Wealth Mastery. Jeffrey built his eLearning company, Embanet, from his parents' attic, turned down a 7-figure acquisition offer, and, 24 months later, secured a 9-figure exit. That experience became the foundation of Deep Wealth Mastery: a 90-day system for founders who want to build genuinely valuable businesses, with the freedom to keep them forever or sell them tomorrow. Simon and Jeffrey build a live visual model in the episode: the Deep Wealth Exit Readiness System, mapping the 9-step framework that separates founders who exit on their terms from those who find out too late what their business was actually worth. Episode breakdown00:00 Welcome to The Wisdom Of … Show and introduction of Jeffrey Feldberg 02:30 From the parents' attic to a 7-figure offer: the origin of Embanet and the decision that changed everything 07:00 "When you point a finger, all the others are pointing back at you": what Jeffrey learned about his own preparation from the offer he turned down 12:00 The 24 months between 7 figures and 9 figures: what changed and why 16:30 Growing vs genuinely valuable: the distinction most founders have never thought about 21:00 "I want to have a business I can keep forever or sell tomorrow": the philosophy of Deep Wealth 25:30 What buyers actually pay a premium for, and why it has nothing to do with the revenue line 30:00 LIVE MODEL BUILD: The Deep Wealth Exit Readiness System 42:00 Founder dependency: why most founders are convinced their business runs without them, and why due diligence reveals otherwise 47:00 The AI Mirage: why AI creates leverage only when it improves revenue, profit, cash flow, or customer experience 50:30 The AI line: what technology will and won't consume, and why compassion, conscience, and care remain the last human advantages 54:00 Resilience trumps resources: where the mantra comes from and what it actually means under pressure 56:30 Impostor syndrome, doubt, and what Jeffrey would tell his younger self About Jeffrey FeldbergJeffrey Feldberg is the co-founder of Deep Wealth and host of The Deep Wealth Podcast. He built his eLearning company, Embanet, from a startup in his parents' attic to a 9-figure exit, after first walking away from a 7-figure offer. Along the way, he learned what most founders only discover when it is too late. That experience became Deep Wealth Mastery: a 90-day system that helps founders grow profits, uncover hidden risks, and build stronger, more valuable businesses with more freedom and more options. His work is founder-to-founder, from the trenches, not theory. Connect with Jeffrey Feldberg: Website: https://www.deepwealth.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreyfeldberg X: https://x.com/JeffreyFeldberg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeffreyfeldberg About Simon BowenSimon has spent over two decades working with influential leaders across complex industries. His focus is on elevating thinking in organisations, recognising that success is directly proportional to the quality of thinking and ideas within a business. Simon leads the renaissance of thinking through his work with global leaders and organisations. Connect with SimonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonbowen-mm/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialsimonbowen/ Website: https://thesimonbowen.com/ Get Simon Bowen's Personal Newsletter for Leaders, Thinkers, and Entrepreneurs! Sign Up Now: https://thesimonbowen.com/newsletter Join Simon's Masterclass: Unlock your leadership potential with The Models Method. Learn to articulate your unique value and create scalable impact. Watch it now: https://thesimonbowen.com/masterclass

  3. Jun 28

    Maeve Ferguson: From Respected But Replaceable To Category Of One, The Authority Architecture Behind Scalable Thought Leadership

    In this episode of The Wisdom Of … Show, I speak with Maeve Ferguson, The Authority Architect, Founder and CEO of Maeve Ferguson Consulting, and Creator of The Client Engine™. With a background in Big Four accounting at Ernst & Young and private equity leadership, Maeve brings forensic data precision to the challenge of turning a thought leader's unstructured expertise into diagnostic infrastructure that qualifies, converts, and scales without them in the room. Her clients include Arthur Brooks, Jen Kem, Selena Soo, Mike Kim, and The Hyatts. Her assessments rival Myers-Briggs and StrengthsFinder in sophistication. After a virus left her bedridden for four years, she rebuilt her entire business around systems that work without her presence, and now runs her global practice from a working horse farm in Northern Ireland while raising two young children. Maeve and I build a live visual model in this episode - The Authority Architecture, mapping the three-stage journey from Invisible Genius to Category of One. Episode breakdown00:00 Welcome to The Wisdom Of … Show and introduction of Maeve Ferguson 02:30 Equine science, Ernst & Young, and private equity: the unlikely path to diagnostic architecture 07:00 The virus, four years bedridden, and the principle that rebuilt everything: systems that work without you 12:00 "Respected but replaceable": what that phrase means for even the most recognised thought leaders 16:30 Tetris Brain: how Maeve extracts unstructured IP into diagnostic frameworks in real time 22:00 The difference between a quiz funnel and genuine diagnostic authority: sophistication, data, and what the market can now smell 28:00 LIVE MODEL BUILD: The Authority Architecture: Invisible Genius → Structured IP → Diagnostic Authority 38:00 The three types of diagnostic infrastructure: quiz funnel, score-based assessment, multi-dimensional diagnostic 43:00 AI, real IP, and why the market is about to separate those with genuine depth from those who only appear to have it 46:30 92 AI agents, KPI dashboards, and how Maeve has applied her own methodology to her own business 49:00 The IP to PD transition: intellectual property becoming proprietary data, and why that changes the value conversation 52:00 Closing lesson: "Be ready" 54:30 What most people don't know about Maeve Ferguson: foaling season on a horse farm in Northern Ireland About Maeve FergusonMaeve Ferguson is The Authority Architect, founder and CEO of Maeve Ferguson Consulting, and creator of The Client Engine™. Her methodology transforms established thought leaders from "respected but replaceable" to Category of One by turning their unstructured intellectual property into diagnostic infrastructure that qualifies, converts, and scales without them in the room. With a background in Big Four accounting (Ernst & Young) and private equity leadership, Maeve brings data-driven precision to an industry long dominated by tactics. Her signature "Tetris Brain" capability allows her to extract a thought leader's unstructured IP into measurable diagnostic frameworks in real time. She has built 10,000 hours of diagnostic architecture across dozens of verticals. Her assessments rival Myers-Briggs and StrengthsFinder in sophistication. Her clients include Arthur Brooks, Jen Kem, Selena Soo, Mike Kim, and The Hyatts. After a virus left her bedridden for four years, Maeve rebuilt her practice on a single principle: systems that work whether she's in the room or not. She now runs her global consulting firm from a working horse farm in Northern Ireland while raising two young children. Connect with Maeve Ferguson:Website: https://www.maevefergusonconsulting.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maeveferguson/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammaeveferguson/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@maeveferguson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammaeveferguson/ About Simon BowenSimon has spent over two decades working with influential leaders across complex industries. His focus is on elevating thinking in organisations, recognising that success is directly proportional to the quality of thinking and ideas within a business. Simon leads the renaissance of thinking through his work with global leaders and organisations. Connect with SimonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonbowen-mm/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialsimonbowen/ Website: https://thesimonbowen.com/ Get Simon Bowen's Personal Newsletter for Leaders, Thinkers, and Entrepreneurs! Sign Up Now: https://thesimonbowen.com/newsletter. Join Simon's Masterclass: Unlock your leadership potential with The Models Method. Learn to articulate your unique value and create scalable impact. Watch it Now: https://thesimonbowen.com/masterclass.

  4. Jun 14

    Jennifer Hill: the CEO of your own life, conscious leadership, and the algorithm for human alignment

    In this episode of The Wisdom Of … Show, Simon Bowen speaks with Jennifer Hill, CEO and co-founder of OptiMatch, co-founder of MetaBizics LLC, founder of The Jen Hill Tribe, and one of the most interesting thinkers on the question of self-leadership as the foundation for business leadership. Jennifer sold her first company in 2018, has spoken to over 100,000 people from a single stage, hosts the podcast Regarding Consciousness with guests including Bruce Lipton and Gregg Braden, and is building an alignment algorithm at OptiMatch that makes the traditionally unmeasurable work of human connection systematic. Jennifer and Simon build a live visual model in the episode - the CEO of Your Own Life Framework, a three-pillar architecture of Clarity, Courage, and Connection built on the foundation of a regulated nervous system. Episode breakdown00:00 Welcome to The Wisdom Of … Show and introduction of Jennifer Hill 03:00 The 2018 exit: what the success moment actually felt like, and what it taught her about building 07:30 The lesson about key relationships during acquisition: what she'd do differently 12:00 "Who you are as a leader shapes everything you build": the premise behind all of Jennifer's work 16:00 Clarity, Courage, Connection: the three pillars of the CEO of Your Own Life philosophy 21:30 Creating from a regulated nervous system: what it actually means to build from groundedness 27:00 Speaking to 100,000 people from a single stage: what scale teaches you about human transformation 31:30 LIVE MODEL BUILD: The CEO of Your Own Life Framework 42:00 OptiMatch: building a proprietary alignment algorithm and why human connection can be made systematic 47:30 The mismatch of coherence: how misaligned relationships drain energy that could go toward the work 51:00 Motivation matching: what OptiMatch measures and why it changes how teams are built 54:00 Closing wisdom: "You already have a miraculous life. You've just forgotten how to look for it." 56:00 The busyness etymology: what the Old English root reveals about how most leaders are actually operating 58:30 The miracle practice: writing down moments of awe, synchronicity, wonder, and miracles every day About Jennifer HillJennifer Hill is a keynote speaker, executive coach, community builder, and technology founder whose work centres on a single premise - who you are as a leader shapes everything you build. In 2018, she sold her first company to a subsidiary of Marcum LLP. Over the past decade she has spoken on hundreds of stages worldwide, including to audiences of over 100,000 people in India. She hosts Regarding Consciousness, a podcast featuring thinkers including Bruce Lipton and Gregg Braden, and founded The Jen Hill Tribe, a global community of entrepreneurs, leaders, creatives, and philanthropists. She is currently co-founding OptiMatch, a platform powered by a proprietary algorithm designed to systematically improve alignment in businesses and communities, supporting stronger relationships, healthier teams, and greater psychological safety. She is a member of Evolutionary Leaders and has helped build two schools. Connect with Jennifer Hill:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferkhill/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenhillspeaker/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GetYourselftheJob Website: https://jenniferkhill.com/ About Simon BowenSimon has spent over two decades working with influential leaders across complex industries. His focus is on elevating thinking in organisations, recognising that success is directly proportional to the quality of thinking and ideas within a business. Simon leads the renaissance of thinking through his work with global leaders and organisations. Connect with Simon:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonbowen-mm/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialsimonbowen/ Website: https://thesimonbowen.com/ Get Simon Bowen's personal newsletter for leaders, thinkers, and entrepreneurs: Sign up now: https://thesimonbowen.com/newsletter Join Simon's Masterclass: Apply The Models Method in your own organisation. Make your thinking visible, make your value undeniable. Watch it now: https://thesimonbowen.com/masterclass

  5. May 31

    Tracey Spicer AM: AI integrity, bias by design, and the leadership responsibility we can't afford to ignore

    In this episode of The Wisdom Of … Show, host Simon Bowen speaks with Tracey Spicer AM - journalist, broadcaster, author, and one of Australia's clearest voices on the intersection of technology, equity, and the future of responsible business. A multiple Walkley Award winner, Order of Australia recipient, Sydney Peace Prize recipient alongside Tarana Burke, and author of Man Made (winner, Australian Business Book Awards Social Responsibility category), Tracey has spent three decades in Australia's public life, and the last several years investigating the most significant design flaw in our emerging technological future … the bias being quietly written into the systems that will shape it. Simon builds a live visual model in the episode, the AI Integrity Model, mapping the three-part framework for moving AI systems from bias to equity across data sets, algorithms, and machine learning. Episode breakdown00:00 Welcome to The Wisdom Of … Show and introduction of Tracey Spicer AM 03:00 Growing up on the outskirts of Brisbane: what social justice looks like as a lived value 08:30 "Give it a go. What's the worst that could happen?" The philosophy behind a 30-year career 11:45 The Lady Stripped Bare: the TEDx talk, 7 million views, the trolling, and what it actually meant 17:00 MeToo in Australia: listening as leadership, and how to open a conversation in a room that doesn't want to have it 22:00 The price of bias: widening inequality, the talent excluded from pipelines, and the cost of machine bias 26:00 Man Made: how an 11-year-old asking for a robot slave launched a forensic investigation into bias by design 32:00 The difference between performative and effective: what organisations doing AI governance well actually do differently 34:00 LIVE MODEL BUILD: The AI Integrity Model 44:00 Data sets, from bias to equity: clean, intentional, curated 47:00 Algorithms, from bias to equity: designer diversity, bias consciousness, continuous testing 50:00 Machine learning: human in the loop, agentic AI, and why the Amazon hiring tool story matters 55:00 What does the world look like in 14 years if we do this right? A toast to future generations 58:00 Personal philosophy: the leadership power of pause About Tracey Spicer AMTracey Spicer AM is a multiple Walkley Award-winning journalist, broadcaster, author, and advocate with 30 years across Australia's major media networks, including the ABC, Network 10, and Sky News. She is the inaugural national convenor of Women in Media Australia, a Sydney Peace Prize recipient alongside Tarana Burke for her leadership of the MeToo movement in Australia, and an Order of Australia recipient. Her book Man Made, a rigorously researched investigation into how historical bias is being embedded into AI and technology systems, won the Social Responsibility category at the Australian Business Book Awards. Her TEDx talk, "The Lady Stripped Bare," has 7 million views globally. Connect with Tracey Spicer AM:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceyspicer/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TraceySpicer/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/traceyspicerjournalist/ Website: https://traceyspicer.com.au/ About Simon BowenSimon has spent over two decades working with influential leaders across complex industries. His focus is on elevating thinking in organisations, recognising that success is directly proportional to the quality of thinking and ideas within a business. Simon leads the renaissance of thinking through his work with global leaders and organisations. Connect with SimonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonbowen-mm/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialsimonbowen/ Website: https://thesimonbowen.com/ Get Simon Bowen's Personal Newsletter for Leaders, Thinkers, and Entrepreneurs! Sign Up Now: https://thesimonbowen.com/newsletter. Join Simon's Masterclass: Unlock your leadership potential with The Models Method. Learn to articulate your unique value and create scalable impact. Watch it Now: https://thesimonbowen.com/masterclass.

  6. Apr 5

    Jim Kwik: The Limitless Mind. Brain Performance, Elite Learning, and the Owner's Manual Every Leader Needs

    In this episode of The Wisdom Of … Show, host Simon Bowen speaks with Jim Kwik, the world's #1 brain coach, New York Times bestselling author of Limitless, and Founder of Kwik Learning. Jim's reach spans 60 million podcast downloads across 195 countries, 200,000+ annual live attendees, and three decades of elite coaching with clients including Will Smith, Oprah, Hugh Jackman, Elon Musk's SpaceX team, the X-Men cast, and executives from Google, Virgin, Nike, and the United Nations. After a childhood brain injury at age five left him labelled "the boy with the broken brain," Jim spent the next 30 years developing the methodology that would become the Limitless framework: a complete system for upgrading the mind through Mindset, Motivation, and Methods. His mission: no brain left behind. Simon builds a live visual model in the episode, 'The Limitless Learning System,' mapping the precise framework behind how Jim coaches elite performers from every domain to unlock cognitive performance they didn't know was available to them. Episode Breakdown00:00 Welcome to The Wisdom Of … Show and introduction of Jim Kwik 03:30 The childhood brain injury and what it's like growing up labelled "the boy with the broken brain" 11:00 How X-Men comics saved Jim's life and taught him to read when conventional education couldn't 18:30 The 18-year-old moment - a mentor's two questions that changed everything 33:45 The Limitless Framework - Mindset, Motivation, and Methods 42:10 Mindset deep dive - the difference between positive thinking and genuinely transforming a limiting belief 50:30 Motivation -where passion, purpose, and energy intersect, and how to access it when it's not there 58:15 Methods - the FASTER system, B.E.F.A.S.T. memory architecture, and speed reading protocols 01:06:00 LIVE MODEL BUILD - The Limitless Learning System 01:14:30 What Will Smith, Oprah, and the SpaceX team have in common in how they use their minds 01:22:00 The X-Men full-circle story - coached by comics, then coaching the cast 01:29:45 AI, human intelligence, and why learning becomes more important, not less, in an age of machines 01:36:00 No brain left behind - the mission, Alzheimer's research, and building schools globally 01:42:30 Closing wisdom - the one capability every leader should prioritise right now About Jim KwikJim Kwik is the world's #1 brain coach, founder of Kwik Learning and the Kwik Brain Universe, and New York Times #1 bestselling author of Limitless (expanded edition 2024). After a childhood head injury at age five left him struggling in school for years, he developed the learning methodologies that now reach students in 195 countries, achieving 60+ million podcast downloads and serving 200,000+ people annually in live settings. Jim has coached Hollywood's most celebrated performers, Fortune 500 executives, elite athletes, and tech innovators. His clients include Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Hugh Jackman, Elon Musk's SpaceX team, and the X-Men cast. He has taught his learning techniques at Harvard, CalTech, Singularity University, NYU, and Stanford, and in organisations including Google, Virgin, Nike, GE, and the United Nations. His mission … no brain left behind. Connect with Jim Kwik: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jimkwikofficial LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimkwik/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jimkwik Instagram: @jimkwik YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JimKwik Website: www.JimKwik.com About Simon BowenSimon has spent over two decades working with influential leaders across complex industries. His focus is on elevating thinking in organisations, recognising that success is directly proportional to the quality of thinking and ideas within a business. Simon leads the renaissance of thinking through his work with global leaders and organisations. Connect with SimonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonbowen-mm/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialsimonbowen/ Website: https://thesimonbowen.com/ Get Simon Bowen's Personal Newsletter for Leaders, Thinkers, and Entrepreneurs! Sign Up Now: https://thesimonbowen.com/newsletter. Join Simon's Masterclass: Unlock your leadership potential with The Models Method. Learn to articulate your unique value and create scalable impact. Watch it Now: https://thesimonbowen.com/masterclass.

  7. Mar 22

    Michael Clark: The Accounting Problem, Collaborative Intelligence, and the Meta Decision-Making Model

    In this episode of The Wisdom Of … Show, host Simon Bowen speaks with Michael Clark, author of Our Moment, Next Economy Strategist, and the former Mastercard leader who built the company's first open banking product. Operating from Dubai at the crossroads of emerging markets and global innovation, Michael has spent his career building the systems of tomorrow. He has advised C-suite executives worldwide on data, AI and the future of money, and is known as the voice decision-makers trust when it's time to lead, not follow. This is a conversation about structural gaps - in accounting, in education, in how leaders make decisions - and why this specific moment in history is the window that matters. Michael reframes the entire AI conversation - the customer is no longer human, data is not undervalued but mispriced, AI is not artificial intelligence but collaborative intelligence and the biggest debate of 2026, fresh from Davos, is the role of humanity alongside the machine. Simon builds a live visual model with Michael, the Meta Decision Making Model, structured around three Cs - Context, Concept, and Consequence. A framework built for leaders who want to stop making narrow decisions and start thinking at the level of second and third order consequence. Ready to elevate your strategic thinking? Join Simon's exclusive Masterclass on The Models Method and learn how to think systemically about complex business challenges and turn insight into leverage: https://thesimonbowen.com/masterclass Episode Breakdown00:00 Introduction: Our Moment and the urgency behind the title 05:15 Why the digital economy was never actually a new economy 11:40 The accounting problem - why data and people can't appear on the balance sheet 17:30 Data as an asset - "it's not that it's not valued, it's just mispriced" 22:00 Data ownership - what you actually own, and the question of who owns your prompts 28:10 Your customer is no longer human - what this demands of every business leader 33:50 Collaborative intelligence - why Michael refuses to use the term "artificial intelligence" 38:00 AI is exposing educational gaps that should have been addressed decades ago 42:15 Abilities-based learning - the three buckets every person and organisation needs 44:30 The 100-day CEO plan and why most leaders never make decisions that outlive their tenure 49:00 Live model build: the Meta Decision Making Model - Context, Concept, Consequence 58:00 "Clarity before consequences" and why most AI failures happen in execution, not strategy 01:02:00 There is only one strategy in any business 01:05:30 The unexpected consequence - what Michael still asks himself every day 01:08:00 The biggest debate of 2026 - the role of humanity alongside AI About Michael ClarkMichael Clark is pioneering the next economy, where data becomes an asset, intelligence is shared, and new models of value and education emerge. A former Mastercard leader who built the company's first open banking product and advised C-suite executives worldwide on data, AI and the future of money, Michael is a builder shaping the systems of tomorrow, not just talking about them. He is the author of Our Moment, a groundbreaking modern fable redefining how data, AI and human potential can reshape how we learn, work and lead. He helped write data regulation in Dubai, developed a school's AI curriculum, and works globally with leaders and organisations at the frontier of next economy transformation. Known for his ability to join the dots across industries, he is the voice decision-makers trust when it's time to lead, not follow. Connect with Michael ClarkLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/futureofmichael/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michael.clarkjr/ Twitter: @futureofmichael About Simon BowenSimon has spent over two decades working with influential leaders across complex industries. His focus is on elevating thinking in organisations, recognising that success is directly proportional to the quality of thinking and ideas within a business. Simon leads the renaissance of thinking through his work with global leaders and organisations. Connect with SimonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonbowen-mm/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialsimonbowen/ Website: https://thesimonbowen.com/ Get Simon Bowen's Personal Newsletter for Leaders, Thinkers, and Entrepreneurs! Sign Up Now: https://thesimonbowen.com/newsletter. Join Simon's Masterclass: Unlock your leadership potential with The Models Method. Learn to articulate your unique value and create scalable impact. Watch it Now: https://thesimonbowen.com/masterclass.

  8. Mar 9

    Dr Naba Alfayadh: The Architecture of Change — Love, Cultural Safety, and the Science of Behaviour Transformation

    In this episode of The Wisdom Of ... Show, host Simon Bowen speaks with Dr Naba Alfayadh, emergency medicine doctor, social entrepreneur, Stanford-trained innovator, and Founder and CEO of Rahma Health. Naba's organisation has reached over 3 million Arabic-speaking families globally, achieved 95% parent behaviour change in under 10 minutes, and in 2025 won three simultaneous national Telstra awards, including Business of the Year. A former Iraqi refugee who fled war at age 10, Naba has built a life and an organisation at the intersection of medicine, technology, and the most foundational force she's identified in human development … love. Simon builds a live visual model, ‘The Rahma Health Behaviour Change Pathway’, capturing the precise framework behind how cultural safety becomes the gateway to real, measurable transformation. Ready to apply systematic frameworks like this in your own business? Join Simon's Masterclass on The Models Method: https://thesimonbowen.com/masterclass. Episode Breakdown00:00 Welcome to The Wisdom Of ... Show and introduction of Dr Naba Alfayadh 04:15 From Iraq to Australia, the refugee journey that shaped everything 10:30 Founding Happy Brain Education at 22: what a student sees that institutions miss 17:45 The genesis of Rahma Health and why COVID turned out to be the moment 24:10 What "culturally safe" actually means and why it's a performance variable, not a value statement 31:55 The behaviour change data: how 5–10 minutes produces 95% change and doubled health literacy 38:20 LIVE MODEL BUILD: The Rahma Health Behaviour Change Pathway 47:00 Intergenerational trauma, the precise mechanism by which conditional love becomes a survival programme 55:30 Unconditional love as leadership: what the research shows and why it's not soft 01:03:15 The three principles for leading across cultures: listening, respect, and love 01:10:40 Kookaburra Kindness, writing a children's book with her daughter in response to the Bondi tragedy 01:17:00 What it means to build something. Not to become a billionaire, but because there are things to be done. 01:17:53 Closing reflections and the green line About Dr Naba AlfayadhDr Naba Alfayadh is a General Practice Registrar, emergency medicine doctor, public health leader, and serial social entrepreneur whose work has supported more than three million people globally. She is the Founder and CEO of Rahma Health, an award-winning Australian charity creating culturally and psychologically safe health and parenting resources for Arabic-speaking families worldwide. Born in Iraq, Dr Alfayadh fled to Australia in 2003 at age 10 during the Iraq War, after her school was bombed. She graduated from Monash University with MBBS/BMedSci degrees on a Merit and Equity Scholarship, and later studied Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Stanford University. She co-founded Happy Brain Education at age 22, growing it to serve 2,000+ students with 50 staff across two states, before founding Rahma Health in 2021. Under her leadership, Rahma Health has reached over 3 million users globally, partnered with 50 international organisations, and published research with the Murdoch Children's Research Institute demonstrating that health literacy more than doubled after just 5–10 minutes of platform use, with 95% of parents reporting behaviour change. She currently serves on the Governance Committee, updating Maternity and Neonatal Handbooks for Safer Care Victoria. In 2025, Dr Alfayadh was named Telstra Business of the Year, Telstra Championing Health, and Telstra Accelerating Women - three simultaneous national awards. She also received the Women's Health Medal of Distinction Australasia 2025 and the Monash Emerging Leaders Alumni Award. She is a Westpac Social Change Fellow and a Women's Agenda Leadership Awards Finalist. Connect with Dr Naba Alfayadh: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nmalfayadh/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myrahmahealth/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/myrahmahealth/ Website: https://rahma.health/about-rahma-health/ About Simon BowenSimon has spent over two decades working with influential leaders across complex industries. His focus is on elevating thinking in organisations, recognising that success is directly proportional to the quality of thinking and ideas within a business. Simon leads the renaissance of thinking through his work with global leaders and organisations. Connect with SimonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonbowen-mm/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialsimonbowen/ Website: https://thesimonbowen.com/ Get Simon Bowen's Personal Newsletter for Leaders, Thinkers, and Entrepreneurs! Sign Up Now: https://thesimonbowen.com/newsletter. Join Simon's Masterclass: Unlock your leadership potential with The Models Method. Learn to articulate your unique value and create scalable impact. Watch it Now: https://thesimonbowen.com/masterclass.

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