E119 | The Cognitive Athlete with Clint Rahe

You can't out-hack evolution, says cognitive performance specialist Clint Rahe. Business leaders who try to operate at peak intensity all year are setting themselves up for burnout instead of sustainable results.  A former Royal Air Force physical training instructor, Clint has since worked with b…

E118 | Have you outgrown your business operating system?

The right business operating system isn’t the one with the best software or the most passionate followers. It’s the one that helps your people consistently execute, adapt and achieve what the business needs at its current stage.  I’m joined by Evolution Partners leadership coaches Andreas Zylberbe…

E117 | The Founder Effect with Lawrence Lam

Lawrence Lam has spent his career studying why founder-led companies consistently outperform, and his answer comes down to three traits: bold judgment, aligned incentives, and public influence. Founders with real skin in the game make decisions salaried executives rarely can.  Lawrence is Founder …

E116 | Take Breaks, Work Better with John Briggs

Working longer hours doesn't necessarily lead to better results. According to accountant and author John Briggs, the key to higher productivity is working in focused blocks, taking genuine recovery breaks, and measuring outcomes instead of time at a desk.  A CPA with a master's degree in tax, John…

E115 | Is your ego the bottleneck in your business?

The biggest obstacle to growing your business may not be your strategy, your market or your team. It could be your own ego. In this roundtable discussion, the Evolution Partners coaching team explores how founders and CEOs can unknowingly become the bottleneck by shutting down ideas, limiting auton…

E114 | Pause, Leading Brilliant Work in a Busy World with Shawn Vanderhoven

The biggest threat to your team's focus isn't distraction from outside the business. It could be you. Shawn Vanderhoven, partner at the Wiseman Group, says driven leaders often unintentionally create the very chaos their teams are trying to escape.  Shawn helped grow his family software company 30…

E113 | Building trust without sacrificing accountability with Errol Amerasekera

Under pressure, capable people don't lose their skills — they lose access to them, as fear shuts down the brain's decision-making centre. That's according to leadership advisor and psychotherapist Errol Amerasakara, owner of Bluestone Edge, who has spent almost two decades working with executive te…

E112 | Red Brick Thinking with Donna McGeorge

The biggest productivity gains rarely come from adding more—they come from removing what no longer serves you. Productivity expert Donna McGeorge calls this “red brick thinking”: identifying what can be removed to create space for better decisions, clearer priorities and more meaningful work.  Don…

E111 | AI is changing the Operating System of Work with Dave Hadju

The central challenge of AI is not learning new tools. It’s learning to organise information, redesign workflows and lead change. Dave Hajdu argues that businesses focusing only on AI are solving the wrong problem.  Dave Hajdu is an entrepreneur, technology leader and founder whose career began at…

E110 | Critical Thinking in the Age of AI with Beth Winn

The biggest risk of AI isn’t that it will replace us. It’s that we’ll stop exercising the critical thinking, judgment and curiosity that make us human. Speaker and facilitator Bethan Winn helps leaders and teams strengthen critical thinking, communication and decision making through her work at Hum…