T1 Leadership Insights 🧠

Matteo Grosso & T1 Growth Academy

How do Behavioral Science, Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Neuroscience unlock Leadership, Mastery, Effective Communication, Peak Performance and Transformation? 🚀 Welcome to T1 Leadership Insights, where we explore intriguing concepts that help us break through, become better leaders and entrepreneurs, and live a more fulfilling life. Once a month, we also host a special guest for The SmarTalks Show. Everyone has a story to share; thanks to this podcast, we have a platform where we give a voice to people with meaningful perspectives, so that we can build a more inclusive and understanding world, one conversation at a time. 🌍 Read more at www.t1growthacademy.com and book a free-of-charge clarity call if you would like to know more about our programs. Enjoy the podcast! 🎧 ©2026 by T1 Growth Academy. All rights reserved.

  1. Oct 20

    Are You a Strategic or a Systems Thinker? (Most Leaders Get This Wrong)

    Are You a Strategic or a Systems Thinker? (Most Leaders Get This Wrong) When you face a problem, do you ask “What should we do?” or “What is actually happening here?” In this episode of T1 Leadership Insights, I share why I’ve never been the best strategic thinker in the room, and how being a systems thinker got me the fastest promotion in the history of EMEA at a big multinational corporation in Dublin. We look at what Gallup’s CliftonStrengths and DISC reveal about how you think, why a 1975 paper on incentives explains most office politics, why the fastest executive teams actually use more information, not less, and the famous cobra story that turns out to be a myth. Then I share the Think-Act Matrix: are you a Spectator, a Sprinter, a Cartographer or a Systemic Strategist? Plus one action you can take on Monday. After working with 370 clients in 33 countries across 4 continents, I’ve learned this: the danger isn’t having a strategy. It’s having a strategy that doesn’t understand the system it’s trying to change. Subscribe to the Thursday newsletter: https://t1-leadership-insights.beehiiv.com/subscribe Work with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matteo-grosso/ Join the T1 community on Circle (free with the promo code LEGACY): https://t1growthacademy.com/leadership-hub 0:00 Strategic Thinker or Systems Thinker? 0:46 Two questions 2:56 My story in Dublin 6:43 The system rewards what it rewards 8:27 The cobra myth 9:54 The downside: speed 11:43 Fast deciders don’t know less 15:19 The Think-Act Matrix 17:08 Gallup and DISC 22:11 A client who saw the system 24:05 Your Monday action

    Are You a Strategic or a Systems Thinker? (Most Leaders Get This Wrong)
  2. 03/22/2022

    Graham Brown on "The Power and Psychology of Storytelling" - The SmarTalks Show

    Welcome to another episode of The SmarTalks Show! On March 16th, I had a wonderful birthday gift: “flying” to Singapore and recording the special edition of the podcast with Graham Brown, Human Storyteller, Author of “The Human Communication Playbook”, and Entrepreneur. In this SmarTalk, Graham shared invaluable insights on “The Power and Psychology of Storytelling”. Tune in to discover: - What Storytelling really is - Ready, Fire, Aim - The Mindset behind Storytelling - The right way of sharing our Story - The Evolutionary Psychology of Storytelling - Phenotypic Evolution - How companies use Storytelling - Neuropsychological research: logical vs emotional decision-making - Why are we scared of telling stories? - Imposter syndrome and naïve realism - Advice for aspiring Storytellers - How Leaders have used Storytelling to Influence humankind I hope that with our reflections and our stories we plant some seeds and we inspire and influence some listeners to put yourselves out there and tell your stories! Water these seeds, watch them grow and blossom. Take the first step and improve along the way. We have a role to get our stories out there because we do not know who is listening and who needs them! Have a look at my Company website --> www.t1growthacademy.com Follow me on LinkedIn & Instagram here --> https://linktr.ee/MatteoGrosso ©2021 by T1 Growth Academy. All rights reserved.

    Graham Brown on "The Power and Psychology of Storytelling" - The SmarTalks Show

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How do Behavioral Science, Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Neuroscience unlock Leadership, Mastery, Effective Communication, Peak Performance and Transformation? 🚀 Welcome to T1 Leadership Insights, where we explore intriguing concepts that help us break through, become better leaders and entrepreneurs, and live a more fulfilling life. Once a month, we also host a special guest for The SmarTalks Show. Everyone has a story to share; thanks to this podcast, we have a platform where we give a voice to people with meaningful perspectives, so that we can build a more inclusive and understanding world, one conversation at a time. 🌍 Read more at www.t1growthacademy.com and book a free-of-charge clarity call if you would like to know more about our programs. Enjoy the podcast! 🎧 ©2026 by T1 Growth Academy. All rights reserved.