Why things go wrong in organizations | Christian Hunt

Brigadoon Monthly Call | August 2021

Speaker: Christian Hunt | Founder @ Human Risk

Christian has over 25 years of experience in Financial Services, working in Investment Banking, Asset Management, and a Family Office. He benefits from the unique perspective of having held senior roles as both a Regulator and Risk & Compliance Officer. He was Chief Operating Officer of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), a subsidiary of the Bank of England responsible for regulating financial services, and Head of Department International Banking Supervision at the PRA. He was also Global Head of Compliance & Operational Risk Control for UBS Asset Management.

Most recently, he was Managing Director & Head of Behavioural Science at UBS, a role created specifically for him. He is a Member of the Global Association of Applied Behavioural Scientists, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales, an ICAEW Business & Finance Professional, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He holds an MA from the University of Oxford.

Learn more @ human-risk.com.

The innoficiency problem: Why innovation + efficiency are opposable objectives | Blair Enns

Brigadoon Monthly Call | September 2021

Speaker: Blair Enns | Founder + CEO @ Win Without Pitching

Blair is on a mission to change the way creative services are bought and sold the world over.

He is the CEO of Win Without Pitching, the sales training and coaching program for creative professionals, and a 25-year veteran of the business side of the advertising and design professions.

He lectures throughout the world on how creative professionals can win more business at higher prices and lower cost of sale.

Blair is the author of The Win Without Pitching Manifesto and Pricing Creativity: A Guide to Profit Beyond the Billable Hour.

Blair also co-hosts, along with David C. Baker, the popular podcast 2Bobs: Conversations on the Art of Creative Entrepreneurship.

Follow Blair on Twitter here: @blairenns.

Do one thing well | David Hieatt

Brigadoon Monthly Call | October 2021

Speaker: David Hieatt is the Co-Founder of Hiut Denim Co and The Do Lectures

He is active in building them into influential global brands.

The quest for Hiut is to get 400 people their jobs back in a small town that used to have Britain's biggest jeans factory. To have the biggest impact on its community whilst seeking to have the lowest impact on the planet.

The Do Lectures is a network that exists to encourage people and their businesses to do amazing things.

The talks are given to the world for free. That is paid for by attendees at the Global Event and workshops throughout the world. It is advertising-free. The talks have been viewed over 150 million times. The Do Book Co publishes a series of books from speakers at The Do Lectures. They are available throughout the world.

David is a highly sought-after public speaker. He has spoken at Apple, Red Bull, Facebook, Google, John Lewis, Waitrose, etc.

Why nature makes us happier, healthier, and more creative | Florence Williams

Brigadoon Monthly Call | November 2021

Speaker: Florence Williams | Author of The Nature Fix

Florence Williams, who grew up in the heart of Manhattan, might seem at first glance like an unlikely outdoors advocate. But she spent every summer running rivers in the wilderness with her dad, living out of tents and their funky late-1970s Dodge van.

She started her journalism career in western Colorado, covering the environment at High Country News and then as a contributing editor for Outside Magazine.

Always interested in the hidden connections between people and nature, her books, podcasts, and articles focus on human health, emotional well-being, planetary health, and environmental justice, and the ways all those things intersect.

These days, from her base in Washington, DC, Florence is most passionate about connecting people, especially those who live in cities, to nature, in whatever forms that might take. Real people. Access. Nature everywhere.

Most recently the author of The Nature Fix: How Being in Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative, she is a fellow at the Center for Humans and Nature.

Train yourself to be more creative | Major Tom Gaines + Dr. Angus Fletcher

Brigadoon Monthly Call | December 2021

Speakers: Major Tom Gaines + Dr. Angus Fletcher

Major Tom Gaines is an officer currently assigned to Army Special Operations Command.

Dr. Angus Fletcher (PhD, Yale) is professor of story science at Ohio State’s Project Narrative.

Major Tom Gaines and Dr. Angus Fletcher spoke on how you can use narrative and creativity to help gain the initiative and maintain momentum throughout your endeavors.

Why be more creative?

Creativity is your brain's superpower to adapt to fast-changing, life-and-death environments, from overcoming emergent challenges to leveraging emergent opportunities.

It's what enabled our species to thrive in the chaotic and uncertain ecosystems of evolution by natural selection.

It makes us antifragile in situations where computer AI turns brittle, and it will allow you to outcompete and win in volatile, unstable domains.