The Daily Reset: 365 Days of Wellbeing was published on 1st January and is available on Amazon. Join us on the wellbeing journey this year. Over the first 60 days of 2024 we'll share 5 nudges from each of the 12 themes in the book: Movement, Habits, Sleep, Energy, Mindfulness, Nutrition, Exercise, Purpose, Ways of Working, Resilience, Leadership and Community. More details at: www.dailyreset.me
I've ran this mindfulness meditation countless times over the years, in both face-to-face and online training sessions. Listen to it once in order to get to grips with mindfulness meditation, or play it each day to hone regular practice. It's up to you. Feel how time can stretch. Immerse yourself in those 55 seconds of silence.
In the sixth and final episode of our Spring/Summer season our guest is Founder and Managing Partner of Potential Project, Rasmus Hougaard. We talk all things mindfulness, the critical difference between empathy and compassion, doing hard things in a human way, and the importance of friendships at work. Check out the vodcast version on the show website at: www.dailyreset.me/cwo
In the penultimate episode of our Spring/Summer season our guest is Head of Resilience Channels for EMEA and APAC at Google, Aurelie Gautier. We discuss Google's approach to resilience training, how resilience and wellbeing fit within team experience, and how to ensure wellbeing when faced with heavy workload. Check out the vodcast version on the show website at: www.dailyreset.me/cwo
In the fourth episode of our Spring/Summer season our guest is Global Director of Culture, Engagement and Inclusive Diversity at Danone, Putri Realita. We discuss some of the D&I focus at Danone, how it fits with wellbeing, and the importance of resetting our relationships. Featuring a very special guest in the introduction ;) Check out the vodcast version on the show website at: www.dailyreset.me/cwo
In the third episode of our Spring/Summer season our guest is leading sleep expert Dr. Els van der Helm who shares her journey in sleep as a superpower as an academic, management consultant and entrepreneur, with key insights for sleep on a practical level as well as a conceptual view of the experience of wellbeing as a whole. In the introduction I take some time to reflect on my two Ukraine initiatives this year and what I've learned about my own experience of wellbeing. Check out the vodcast v...
We continue the Spring/Summer 2022 season in conversation with James Hewitt, a leading human performance scientist and speaker. We talk of James’s own journey in wellbeing, from his cycling racing in France to his time at Hintsa Performance and beyond. At the core of the conversation is the importance of measuring wellbeing, focused on James's framing of knowledge work as a cognitive endurance activity just as cycling (among other sports) is a physical endurance activity. The podcast is also now...
We're back with a Spring/Summer 2022 season and six leading thinkers contemplating how we come out of the restrictions of the pandemic and find a better way of working and living with wellbeing at the centre. I start the season in conversation with Steven D’Souza, Senior Partner at Korn Ferry and author of the award-winning 'Not Knowing' trilogy. We talk of Steven’s time in Romania during the pandemic and the importance of continual investment in our learning journeys as well as challenging conv...
The Daily Reset: 366 Nudges to Move Your Life Forward is published today, 6th December. All purchase links on a refreshed book website at: www.dailyreset.me. Episode 43 includes some more reflections on the final part of the journey, a look ahead to what's next and the first 15 days of nudges from The Daily Reset audiobook version.
In this first episode after the summer break Dr. Steven MacGregor introduces his new book, The Daily Reset: 366 Nudges to Move Your Life Forward, now available to pre-order at: www.dailyreset.me where you can also sign up to the mailing list for news and advance content ahead of publication on 6th December. In this episode Steven narrates the full introduction to the book before talking about the back story, from the writing and creative process to the marketing just begun.
Rounding off our first theme this year of "Thriving Business" we talk to the VP of Global Talent at ServiceNow EMEA, Sally Sourbron. We view a rapidly growing business that nonetheless holds health and wellbeing close to ensure sustainable growth. An authentic approach to wellbeing is enabled by leveraging the core competence of the business - experience - as a launchpad to the 'higher gifts' of wellbeing including purpose and belonging.
Closing out the "Starting Up" theme we talk to Vlad Gheorghiu, co-Founder and co-CEO of mental health start-up Kyan Health. Departing from his own upbringing of discussing the importance of mental health around the dinner table with Psychiatrist parents, we move to the vision for Kyan Health and how the way we work might change to better embrace recovery and energy which drives health and performance.
In a continuation of the "Starting Up" theme we talk to Oracle's Head of EMEA Strategy for Oracle Cloud HCM and 'Oracle for Startups' Ambassador Yazad Dalal. We cover the entrepreneurial response to the pandemic, internal and external cases of good practice, how entrepreneurs are looking to build a better world, and of course an answer to that question.
Kicking-off our Q2 theme of "Starting Up" we talk to Malte Krohn, a design and innovation expert and author of the forthcoming book, The Mindful Startup. After a brief introduction to the three episodes which comprise this theme, the conversation with Malte covers why entrepreneurs need to be more mindful, maintaining the balance between drive and taking care of yourself, the importance of social change-makers and the value of a daily handstand practice.
In a continuation of the "Thriving Business" theme we talk to Global Head of Learning & Development at L'Oréal BeautyTech Ronny Kelders. Starting with his own journey in L&D that has traversed Nike, Heineken and Uber we look forward with optimism to the new 'roaring 20s' - fuelled by science and technology, trust, and of course, wellbeing.
We make a return for 2021 and a new theme of "Thriving Business." First up is Claus Flensborg, Global L&D Director at Arla Foods. may have had a sectoral advantage during the pandemic but have navigated problems around the supply chain to post a record year and build a stronger workforce, taking advantage of the new reality to move towards a new strategy that combines employee wellbeing and Corporate Social Responsibility.
We finish the year with our final reflections on community with Standing on Giants co-Founder Robbie Hearn. Discussing cases from Airbnb to giffgaff we consider how community engagement can strengthen the business in times of adversity, helping organisations embrace vulnerability and better align with their core values. See you in 2021!
In episode 34 we talk to the Head of Sustainability Operations at O2 Will Kirkpatrick on how a view of community might add value to a business. From considering the corporate case for O2 and specifically how digital and mobile help connect people, to small business and their place in the local community, we examine the space where the business case meets the moral case.
Kicking off our Q4 focus on community we talk to Elissa Goldenberg, COO at The Wellbeing Project and Founder of EG Coaching & Consulting. We discuss the work of The Wellbeing Project and how they support social entrepreneurs to understand the importance of individual wellbeing and how, through giving and receiving from their community, may help mobilise the change the world needs. The video introduction for this episode can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/KKDjFN-QLDM
In the third and final episode of our Travel theme for Q3 we talk to Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Hilton UK & Ireland Stephen Cassidy. Framed around his leadership response in one of the travel sector's most badly hit industries we find messages of hope in stories regarding care for NHS workers and the positive legacy that may remain post-pandemic regarding a new way of working.
In the second of three episodes based on Travel for Q3 we talk to McKinsey Partner Melissa Dalrymple about her recent article, "Make it better, not just safer: The opportunity to reinvent travel" including the current pain points for travellers in a "friction-laden experience" and how we might get back to the golden era of travel when romance and excitement, not stress and inconvenience, were features of the travel experience. How travel companies might pivot in their ways of working and custome...
We're back! Kicking off the Q3 theme of Travel we talk to Matthew Wilson, Associate General Counsel EMEA and APAC at Uber about the company's response to the COVID-19 crisis, discussing the nature of pivoting, dealing with uncertainty, catering for changing customer needs, the wellbeing of younger staff, and many more topics which show how one of the world's most famous disruptors dealt themselves with the disruption of the pandemic.
In this special joint episode which closes the Q2 theme of Wellbeing in the Built Environment we talk to experts in Facilities Management and Occupational Health and Safety. With Steve, the Wellbeing Lead for Accenture at ISS, we discuss a future vision of facilities which breaks people out of silos and advances the wellbeing agenda. With Elyse, a specialist at Healthy Workers and Founder of ElyseCare we discuss customising the work environment for different needs and how much the employer needs...
We continue our look at wellbeing in the built environment with Akka Architects CEO Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes. Coinciding with the launch of The Recovery Summit (www.therecoverysummit.com) which ran from 15-19th June we discuss Stephanie's progressive view of architecture and the need for participatory design to customise workspaces that keep us safe and help drive trust and performance. Check out Stephanies's talk and over 70 other sessions on replay on the summit website.
Kicking off our Q2 theme of "Wellbeing in the Built Environment" we talk to senior vice president of research at the International Well Building Institute, Dr. Whitney Austin Gray. Covering areas such as workplace diversity and inclusion, the power of design to create our post-crisis future, the emotional effects of COVID-19, and even bottlenecks for skyscraper occupancy, a broadly positive vision of an empowered future is discussed where greater flexibility and harmony between work and life mig...
In the last of 3 episodes on the theme of wellbeing in professional services we talk to Katherine Semler, Head of Leadership Development Iberia at Korn Ferry. The rapidly accelerating COVID-19 crisis provides the context for discussing leading through a crisis and the role that wellbeing is increasingly playing in leadership development.
In the second part of our look at wellbeing in professional services we talk to EY Seren CEO Michael Von der Geest on his mission to build an empathic corporate institution. We discuss the reasons behind wellbeing moving to the mainstream in professional services, what deploying empathy means and reflect on a post-like world where technology has the human being at the centre.
In our opening episode of 2020 we talk to Arti Kashyap-Aynsley, Wellbeing Leader at Deloitte Consulting UK on her efforts to build a culture of wellbeing at the company. This also kicks-off our new thematic focus each quarter. Q1 2020's theme of "wellbeing in professional services" will include 3 episodes with a summary article and video coming at the end of March. Arti talks to Steven about the different perspectives on wellbeing, including senior leadership, young talent, and clients, and the ...
A 'back to the roots' episode recorded in the childhood home in Motherwell, Scotland as Dr. MacGregor reflects on the seven episodes of the re-booted podcast this year as well as the phase 1 journey from November 2017 before looking ahead to 2020.
On the eve of the biennial World Innovation Summit on Education (WISE) we had the privilege to interview CEO Stavros Yiannouka, talking of the evolution of the "Davos of Education", his personal journey, and how learning and wellbeing are closely connected. Check out the 1000 word article and 1 minute video on The European Business Review at: https://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/learning-and-wellbeing-a-visit-to-the-world-innovation-summit-on-education-wise/
