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Ep. 107: Anna Glover and Bryan Huneycutt – Uncertainty and Risk in Live Performances

This episode was put together as a bit of an experiment – and a very successful one at that. This was our first live recording with an audience and it took place in Louisville, Kentucky at the USITT 2019 conference. USITT is the US Institute for Theatre Technology – and it aims to advance the…

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Long-form conversations with me and a guest (they go anywhere from 1 to well over 2 hours, but the time flies by!)

Ep. 107: Anna Glover and Bryan Huneycutt – Uncertainty and Risk in Live Performances

This episode was put together as a bit of an experiment – and a very successful one at that. This was our first live recording with an audience and it took place in Louisville, Kentucky at the USITT 2019 conference. USITT is the US Institute for Theatre Technology – and it aims to advance the…

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Ep. 106: Usman and Adeela Omar – Curiosity, Culture, Travel and TriPakistan

For the last few episodes, we have had “big picture” conversations (which BTW I love). However, as much as I enjoy those types of conversations, and as much as we like to frame them in positive terms, when we think about the state of our politics, divisiveness, intolerance and the closed-minded we often see around…

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Ep. 105: Sam Wilkin – History Repeating: Why Populists Rise and Governments Fall

Today, we have a big picture conversation about populism – that thing that seems to be taking over the world, whether we are talking about Donald Trump, Brexit, Bolsonaro in Brazil or Duterte in the Philippines. But, what is populism? Why do people vote for populists? Besides unhelpful explanations that are unhelpful (like everyone is…

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Ep. 104: Ed Dowding – It’s Time (for our Democracies and Institutions) to Get With the Times

At the time of writing and editing this episode, the United Kingdom was a few days away from crashing out of the European Union without a deal on its future relationship with the EU – something that would be economically catastrophic. If you are in the UK and whether you voted Remain like I did,…

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Ep. 103: Nadia Finer – Little Voice, Big Business, and a Bit of Boxing

Have you ever hid behind anything – perhaps something that held you back? Are you still hiding behind something – is it paralysing you? I want you to meet Nadia Finer. Our conversation with Nadia in the latest episode of the podcast is both fun and powerful. It is about not hiding, and becoming bigger…

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Mini-episodes

Not quite as long as a full episode and not quite as short as an in-betweenisode (more than 20 minutes but less than 1 hour).

In-betweenisodes

Shorter episodes (about 10 to 20 minutes) with only me speaking into the microphone. They are punchier but stay very much within the themes of the show.

In-betweenisode 16: Decide Like a Human Being

We aren’t robots. Why make decisions like one? Some thoughts on what it means, and how, to make decisions “like a human being”. Show notes: Bruce Lee’s 1971 interview with Pierre Berton; Ruth Chang’s TED talk on how to make hard choices; The microbiome its links to neurobehaviours; Cardiovascular exercise and the brain; The benefits of…

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Inbetweenisode 14 – The Power of “Maybe”

In this short inbetweenisode, I discuss how to use the power of “maybe” to set meaningful objectives, and then what how to approach risks to those objectives. I bring a powerful analogy from the world of cycling into the mix.   Show notes: Chris Boardman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Boardman Chris Boardman 1994 Tour de France Prologue Time Trial:…

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In-betweenisode 13: Introversion, Extroversion and Risk-Taking

Introversion and extroversion are misunderstood.  What is introversion and how does it relate to risk-taking? I offer some thoughts in this latest in-betweenisode. Show notes: Introversion-Extroversion test: https://www.psychologytoday.com/tests/personality/extroversion-introversion-test Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/ Susan Cain’s TED talk “The Power of Introverts”: https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts ________ Did you like what you heard? Subscribe to the All Things Risk podcast, leave a rating…

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