Leadermorphosis Lisa Gill and Tuff Leadership Training

Bernadette Wesley’s work is all about bridging the world of inner development with the world of being in an organisation together. We talk about Deliberately Developmental Organisations (DDOs); self-organisation and why changing structures is not enough; the Inner Development Goals (IDGs); and three practices that Bernadette has found particularly powerful: Peer Learning Spaces, Immunity to Change Maps, and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Tapping.
Bernadette is an Associate Partner with Fraendi, and is the Coordinator for the Inner Development Goals (IDG) Hub in Porto, Portugal, centering on Adult Development in SDG oriented organisations.
Resources:
An overview of being a Deliberately Developmental Organisation (DDO)
Learn more about Peer Learning Spaces
Experiential Guide: Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Tapping
“Organizational Adaptability and Resilience: The Invisible Culture”, an article by Bernadette Wesley
Learn more about Fraendi

Jon Alexander is the author of the hugely popular 2022 book ‘Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us’. He talks to me about the people he interviewed and the stories he collected which show how it’s possible to go from what he calls a ‘Consumer’ mindset to a ‘Citizen’ mindset – like Taiwan’s innovative approach during the COVID pandemic. We also discuss the Three P’s of Participatory Organisations, what leadership would need to look like in a Citizen Future, and why we should try to create ‘safe uncertainty’.
Resources:
Jon’s website where you can order the book Citizens
Follow Jon on Twitter: @jonjalex
The book Jon mentions by Ece Temelkuran, Together: 10 Choices for a Better Now
Related Leadermorphosis episodes:
Ep. 83 with Imandeep Kaur, featured in the book Citizens
Ep. 64 with Bayo Akomolafe
 

What would it look like to reimagine the systems of a whole city? To really involve citizens in addressing the huge challenges we face today? Imandeep Kaur reflects on what she has learned in the last ten years from being part of an ecosystem of social entrepreneurs in Birmingham who are cultivating ‘radical reimagination’.
From TEDx Brum, to Impact Hub Birmingham, to Dark Matter Labs and finally as the director of CIVIC SQUARE, where she has been greatly influenced by Kate Raworth’s work on Doughnut Economics, Immy shares some deep insights and big questions from her journey about systems change and leadership.
Resources:
CIVIC SQUARE’s website
The Doughnut Economics website
Blogs and other resources related to Dark Matter Labs’ #BreakingTheRules project
More Dark Matter Labs provocations from their Medium blog
Indy Johar, one of Immy’s key influences, in a video conversation with Jordan Hall about the need for a new organisational theory and practice
Related Leadermorphosis episode:
One of my favourite conversations with friend of Immy, Meg Lightheart

Three authors of the book ‘Made Without Managers: One Company’s Journey to New Ways of Working’ join me to talk about what they have learned at Mayden, a cloud based health tech solutions organisation in the UK. Ruth Waterfield (developer and scrum master), Taryn Burden (product owner of Mayden’s new ways of working) and Philippa Kindon (coach) share how Mayden’s ways of working have evolved over the years, including what career progression looks like, the role of directors in a bossless organisation, and what have been their biggest challenges.
Resources:
Order the book ‘Made Without Managers: One Company’s Journey to New Ways of Working’ from Amazon here Read the blog about the Mayden book here

Erik is an executive advisor on transformation and the future of work, leadership, and collaboration, and the author of ‘Teal Dots in an Orange World.’ We talk about how this 'new ways of working' movement is evolving, and in particular a positive trend that Erik calls 'fragmented organisations' that's happening because it's hard to scale self-managed or 'teal' practices and principles in a uniform way. Erik shares what he has observed, particularly in larger organisations, including challenges like interfacing with the outside world when you are a progressive organisation. Finally, we explore leadership and 'futures literacy' as an important skill. I love Erik's articulate and thoughtful style and I think this was a great sense-making conversation.
Resources:
Erik’s book, ‘Teal Dots in an Orange World’ The HBR article ‘Managing the whitespace’ Bill Anderson talking about transformation at scale at Roche, on the Brave New Work podcast Related Leadermorphosis episodes: The episode with Peter Koenig about Source The episode with Tom Nixon about Source The books Erik mentioned: ‘Imaginable’ by Jane McGonical ‘Transforming the Future: Anticipation in the 21st Century’ by Riel Miller et al.

For the past year, the Municipality of Slagelse in Denmark has been experimenting with autonomous teams. Of the 8,000 employees, some 25-30 units so far have opted in to learn how to make decisions as a team using key principles of Sociocracy. Mette Aagaard, Head of Development, shares what they have been learning and why she thinks it is the responsibility of the public sector to develop societies, and workplaces, that are fit for humans.
Anyone wondering how to introduce self-managing teams in a large public sector organisation, this episode is for you!
Resources:
The video of Mette talking to Ted Rau at the Global Sociocracy Conference The Leadermorphosis episode with Ted Rau talking about Sociocracy