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Changing Conversations

by Implement Consulting Group · English · Business

Change happens and manifests in Conversations, both for us as humans and for organisations. As leaders and employees we are never not in conversation. Conversations are elemental in making things happen, but it is still a blind spot with a huge potential for many of us. Conversations might be the sm

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Typical length: 38 min
Latest: 5 Oct 2026
Language: English

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5 Oct 2026 · 41 min

Phil Le-Brun – How organisations thrive in continuous transformation

What if most transformations fail because we're using rigid, top-down methods to build organisations that are supposed to be adaptable and alive? And what would it take to become less ‘Tin Man’ and more ‘octopus’? These are the key questions we discuss in this episode of Changing Conversations with Phil Le-Brun. Phil is an enterprise strategist at Amazon Web Services, former Corporate VP and International CIO at McDonald’s, speaker, and author. In his current role at AWS, he is a trusted advi...

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S3 · E5 · 7 Sep 2026 · 36 min
Yves Doz – How strategic agility creates lasting competitive advantage
Why do great companies rarely fail by doing something foolish, but far more often by doing the same smart thing for too long? And in a world of constant disruption, what does it take to change direction without losing momentum? These are the key questions we discuss in this episode of Changing Conversations with Yves Doz. Yves is a leading expert on strategic management, agility, and innovation, Professor at INSEAD, and an experienced leader and advisor to companies around the world. In this ...
S3 · E4 · 7 Jul 2026 · 52 min
Linda Hill – How to lead innovation by inviting co-creation
What if leading innovation isn't about pushing your vision onto others, but inviting them to co-create the future with you? And how do leaders create the conditions where individual slices of genius become collective genius? These are the key questions we discuss in this episode of Changing Conversations with Linda Hill. Linda is a leading expert on leadership, collaboration, and innovation. She teaches these topics at Harvard Business School, where she is an award-winning Professor and Facul...
S3 · E3 · 8 Jun 2026 · 46 min
Julian Birkinshaw – How established companies thrive in an age of digital transformation
Are large, established organisations really doomed dinosaurs in the face of digital transformation? Or can they become ‘dancing elephants’ that adapt and thrive? These are the key questions we discuss in this episode of Changing Conversations with Julian Birkinshaw. Julian is a leading expert on strategic agility, innovation, and digital transformation. He taught these topics as a professor at London Business School and now serves as Dean at Ivey Business School. Julian is also a trusted advi...
S3 · E2 · 5 May 2026 · 37 min
Deborah Rowland - Making friends with disturbance to lead change
Why is disturbance necessary for real change to happen? And how do leaders learn to welcome it rather than avoid it – both within themselves and in their organisations? These are the key questions we discuss with Deborah Rowland in this episode of Changing Conversations. Deborah is a pioneering expert on organisational change and change leadership. She is the best-selling author of numerous books, including Still Moving, and her latest book, From Ought to Is, which is piping hot off the...
S3 · E1 · 24 Mar 2026 · 45 min
Jeremy Utley - How to work with AI as a teammate, not a tool
Why does working with AI as a teammate unlock exponentially better results than treating it as a search engine? And how do you actually build that collaborative relationship? These are the key questions we discuss in this episode of Changing Conversations with Jeremy Utley. Jeremy is a leading thinker and speaker within innovation, creativity, and collaboration with AI. He teaches these topics as an Adjunct Professor at Stanford and advises CEOs and leadership teams. Jeremy also s...
S2 · E11 · 23 Dec 2025 · 44 min
Megan Reitz - Why you need to be more spacious as a leader
Why spaciousness matters for leading in speed—and how to create it These are the key questions we discuss in this episode of Changing Conversations with Megan Reitz. Megan Reitz is Associate Professor at Saïd Business School, Oxford, and Professor of Leadership and Dialogue at Hult-Ashridge Executive Education. A leading voice on leadership, speaking up and organisational dialogue, her latest research explores spaciousness: a quality of attention that reveals relationships, interdependencies ...
S2 · E10 · 24 Jul 2025 · 49 min
Lisa Doig - How to expand your consciousness
Why is consciousness important for leading in complexity? And how do you grow your consciousness? These are the key questions that we discuss in this episode of Changing Conversations with Lisa Doig. Lisa Doig is a pioneer in the field of values and consciousness, designing, facilitating and training practitioners in profoundly transformational leadership development programs that are accessible to business leaders. Lisa founded Corporate Evolution in 2002 and her background includes 20 years...
S2 · E9 · 18 Jun 2025 · 43 min
Amy Gallo - How healthy conflict can bring you better business results
To what degree do you lean into conflict at work? If you’re like most of us, it’s not always the most natural tendency – but there are business results to be gained for getting the balance right. In this episode we are joined by Amy Gallo. Amy is a workplace expert who writes and speaks about effective communication, interpersonal dynamics, gender, difficult conversations, and feedback. She is the best-selling author of Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People) and the HB...
S2 · E8 · 6 Feb 2025 · 38 min
Susan David - Why you should embrace emotions at work
How do you find comfort in the discomfort of uncertainty? In this episode we are joined by Susan David, PHD, and will bring her research and perspective to life on this topic. Susan David (link: https://www.susandavid.com/) is a renowned psychologist and the author of the best-selling book "Emotional Agility". (link: https://www.susandavid.com/book/) Susan is a co-founder of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, and a frequent contributor to ...
S2 · E7 · 30 Dec 2024 · 35 min
Charles Duhigg - How to build stronger connections
How can you build a stronger connection with others during conversation? In this episode, we are joined by guest Charles Duhigg to explore this question and share several practical examples of things you can do to build a deeper connection with the people around you. Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and best-selling author of the books The Power of Habit, Smarter Faster Better, and, most recently, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection. In this ...
S2 · E6 · 23 Dec 2024 · 36 min
Adam Hede – Shaping a more courageous AI conversation
Adam Hede is an AI specialist at Implement Consulting Group. He helps organisations leverage artificial intelligence to improve operations and solve business problems. With expertise in machine learning and data analytics, Adam delivers practical AI solutions tailored to client needs. His mission is to encourage business leaders to dare to push the boundaries of the conversations we have about AI. This conversation covers: How to shape a bigger conversation – one that highlights t...
S2 · E5 · 3 Oct 2024 · 32 min
Professor Brian Cox - What leaders can learn from scientists about facing the unknown
Professor Brian Cox is a physicist, musician, and a professor of particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester, and The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. In this conversation, we talk with Brian Cox about what the scientific community can teach us about dealing with the unknown, and how business leaders can learn to embrace complexity to successfully navigate an ever-evolving business landscape. The key topics covered in ...
S2 · E4 · 5 Jan 2024 · 29 min
Zafer Achi - How to lead in complexity
Zafer Achi is an executive coach, a team coach and a designer and facilitator of leadership development interventions. He has 34 years of consulting experience, including 27 years as a partner with McKinsey & Company. We have invited Zafer Achi to talk to us about complexity. He will help us create a language on the different types of challenges we face to enable us to apply the right tools. The key topics covered in this episode are: The difference between technical and adaptive ch...
13 Dec 2023 · 31 min
Jennifer Garvey Berger – Five ways your brain is stopping you from embracing complexity
Jennifer Garvey Berger is the co-founder and CEO of Cultivating Leadership. She holds a master’s degree and a doctorate from Harvard University and is a former associate professor at George Mason University. Jennifer believes that leadership is one of the single most important tools in these times of uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. We have invited Jennifer to introduce us to mindtraps and how they can hinder us when dealing with complexity. The key topics covered in this ep...
S2 · E2 · 15 Sep 2023 · 30 min
Laura Sicola – Speaking to influence
Dr Laura Sicola is a leadership communication and influence expert and the author of “Speaking to Influence: Mastering Your Leadership Voice”. We have invited Laura to talk to us about how you can establish your vocal executive presence through the three C’s: command, connect and close the deal. She also addresses how to remain invitational in conversations even if there is an experience of competing priorities and how to unlock the potential of seemingly opposing views. The key ...
S2 · E1 · 25 Aug 2023 · 32 min
Eli Buren - How you can practice presence in every meeting
Eli Buren is an expert in embodied presence. Eli has taught workshops and retreats and has worked with clients internationally since 2005, working with thousands of people across the US, Europe and Asia. We have invited Eli to talk about how we can be more present in our conversations by working with embodiment. The key topics covered in this episode are: How to bring presence to your conversations How to practise presence How to honour the creation cycleGiving spa...
S1 · E12 · 3 Jan 2023 · 45 min
Michele Zanini - How conversations change when we cut bureaucracy
Michele Zanini is the co-founder of the management lab and the co-author of the book “Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them”. Michele helps organisations become more resilient, creative and engaging places to work by inventing new management practices. We have invited Michele to talk about how we can unleash people’s potential by introducing a more humanocratic organisational model. The key topics covered in this episode are: How organisations c...
S1 · E11 · 24 Nov 2022 · 51 min
Wendy Smith – How to create value from competing demands
Wendy Smith is a professor of management at the Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics, co-founder of the Women’s Leadership Initiative and author of the book Both/And Thinking. She is an advocate for bold leadership, and much of her work focuses on helping leaders and teams navigate paradoxes. We have invited Wendy Smith to talk about how we can get better at embracing paradoxes and go from either/or to both/and thinking. The key topics covered in this episode are: How we ...
S1 · E10 · 1 Nov 2022 · 42 min
Sheila Heen – Feedback and why you’re not getting the most out of it
Sheila Heen is the founder of Triad Consulting Group, a lecturer on law at Harvard Law School and Co-Author of “Thanks for the Feedback” and “Difficult Conversations”. She is consulting with companies ranging from Pixar, Hugo Boss to the NBA around difficult conversations, negotiation and sound decision-making. We have invited Sheila Heen to talk about the conversations around feedback and specifically how we can each be better feedback receivers. The key topics covered in this ...
S1 · E9 · 27 Sep 2022 · 40 min
Gail Gallie - Changing a global conversation
Gail Gallie is the co-founder and creative leader of Project Everyone. Project Everyone is the organisation behind the campaign launch of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Previously, Gail has run marketing and advertising practices, but she is now focusing on how to drive solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. In this episode, we have invited Gail Gallie to talk about the conversations that led up to the big success that is the Global Goals and how it changed global conversatio...
S1 · E8 · 16 Aug 2022 · 45 min
Julie Diamond – How to increase your personal power
Julie Diamond is the founder of Diamond Leadership. She works as an executive coach and international leadership consultant, and she authored the book: “Power - A User’s Guide”. Her focus is on creating transformational learning and leadership solutions across sectors. In this episode, we talk with Julie Diamond about the power of power in conversations and how each of us can become better power users. Key topics covered in this episode are: Understanding the difference b...
S1 · E7 · 25 May 2022 · 46 min
Fred Dust – Committing to the conversation
Fred Dust is the founder of Dust&Co. He works as a designer and advisor to social and business leaders and he authored the book “Making Conversation”. Fred works at the intersection of business, society, and creativity where he tries to implement the craft of humancentric design. In this conversation, we talk with Fred Dust about the importance of committing to the conversation and thinking of conversation as a creative act. Key topics covered in this episode are: Building a space for cre...
S1 · E6 · 22 Mar 2022 · 34 min
David Whyte - Courageous conversations
David Whyte is a philosopher and poet. He explores the conversational nature of reality, focusing on the relationship of human beings to their world, to creation, to others, and to the end of life itself. In this conversation, David challenges us to think of conversations not as an exchange of words but rather as a lens through which you can look at your life and way of being. Key topics covered in this episode are: Being in conversation with the things that are other than usThe concept...
S1 · E5 · 8 Feb 2022 · 36 min
Elizabeth Stokoe - Effective conversations
Elizabeth Stokoe British is a scientist and Professor of Social Interaction at Loughborough University where she studies conversation analysis. In this conversation, we explore how Elizabeth’s research and experience could be applied to better understand and change conversations. The key topics covered in this episode are: Our ability to predict the way a conversation is going to goThe way that one word can change an entire conversationMapping conversations to better unders...
S1 · E4 · 11 Jan 2022 · 46 min
Priya Parker - Gatherings that Change Us
In this episode we meet with conflict resolution facilitator and author, Priya Parker. We discuss takeaways from her book, “The Art of Gathering” and how to make a gathering meaningful, effective and engaging. In the pursuit of designing more transformational conversations and meetings, Priya encourages us to address the deepest need of the moment in our gatherings, to name a meeting according to its purpose, and to think about when a conversation or a meeting should take place in the c...
S1 · E3 · 14 Dec 2021 · 33 min
Roger Martin - Changing conversations in strategy
Hosts Katrina and Stig are joined by renowned strategy advisor and author Professor Roger Martin. Roger Martin is former Dean and Institute Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto in Canada. In this episode, we discuss Roger Martin’s 5 strategy questions laid out in his book “Playing to Win”. We talk about a case example from the book through the lens of changing conversations: how strategic conversations might have be...
S1 · E2 · 15 Nov 2021 · 26 min
Mads Nipper - Leaders in conversation
In this episode, hosts Katrina and Stig are joined by former CEO of Ørsted Mads Nipper. The episode explores how leaders are never not in conversation and Mads’ perspective on how he engages in those hundreds of touchpoints each day. In conversation, Mads lives by three principles that we can takeaway from the conversation: Leave people with more energyBe presentStrive for balance. For references, links, and other episodes, visit the podcast homepage here.
S1 · E1 · 15 Nov 2021 · 22 min
Stig Albertsen and Katrina Marshall Dyrting - Change is changing conversations
In this introductory episode, hosts Stig Albertsen and Katrina Marshall Dyrting discuss Changing Conversations in organisations and lay out the foundation for this podcast series: why focus on conversations, what could be possible if we do and who we will meet in the coming episodes? The key topics covered in this episode are: Organisations are conversationsIf you want real change, change the conversationThat conversations are the smallest biggest thing we can play with when it co...

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Changing Conversations is a English business podcast from Implement Consulting Group. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.

Publisher: Implement Consulting Group
Language: English
Category: Business
New episodes: Now and then
Typical length: 38 min
Latest episode: 5 Oct 2026
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