Sam Spurlin explores how to cultivate magic and meaning in the workplace with guest Dr. Jason Fox.

#atworkwiththeready #futureofwork #organizationdesign #rituals #theready #leadershipdevelopment #futureplanning

We talk a lot about the importance of emergence—of being more comfortable with being uncomfortable. However, it’s hard to practice what you preach… especially for a podcast with a tight schedule. Normally, when one of two hosts is out of commission, you don’t record. But when this recently happened to us, we asked “How might we?” and took a big ol’ step into the unknown.

We’re glad we did, because this week’s guest is Dr. Jason Fox, a self-proclaimed wizard-philosopher, best-selling author, and senior leadership advisor to Fortune 500 companies around the world. In classic wizard-philosopher fashion, he and Sam throw out the script for a far-reaching conversation about the importance of rituals, the roles we play when we’re at work, and how embracing uncertainty is where the magic truly happens.

Learn more about Jason:

–On his website: https://www.drjasonfox.com
–On LinkedIn:   / drjasonfox  
–Read How to Lead a Quest or The Game Changer: https://www.drjasonfox.com/books
–On Youtube: ‪@DrFoxTV‬

Mentioned References:
–Game Frame, book by Aaron Dignan: https://www.simonandschuster.com/book...
–Brave New Work, book by Aaron Dignan: https://www.bravenewwork.com/
–James Carse, author of Finite and Infinite Games: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_P...
–Rodney’s “I am CEO vs I hold role of CEO”:    • 14. Surviving the Summertime Slump | ...  
–Venkatesh Rao’s Lands of Lorecraft: https://studio.ribbonfarm.com/p/on-lore
–Jevons Paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_...
–Rivalrous dynamics: https://stephenreid.net/k/daniel/term... dynamics
–multipolar traps: https://conversational-leadership.net...
–Aikido: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aikido
–”operating rhythm”:    • 118. Finding Your Operating Rhythm | ...  
–Creativity, Inc., book by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace: https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Inc...
–basilisk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilisk
–GTD:    • 39. Getting Things Done with David Allen  
–John Keats and negative capability: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negativ...
–Antifragile, book by Nassim Taleb: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifra...)
–Metacrisis:    • Daniel Schmachtenberger l An introduc...  
–The Ministry for the Future, book by Kim Stanley Robinson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Min...
–Children of Time, series by Adrian Tchaikovsky: https://www.adriantchaikovsky.com/chi...
–The Expanse, series by James S. A. Corey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exp...)
–The Culture, series by Iain M. Banks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture...

00:00 Rodney & Sam Intro
02:27 Intro + Check In: What’s your favorite form of chocolate?
08:01 The magic found in doing systems work in complexity
13:51 Roles we play at work, and the teacher mindset
17:15 World building in organizations
22:01 Shifts in the landscape of change work over the last decade
33:51 Emerging trends in the coming years
39:34 What’s missing in most leadership teams
44:02 Engaging with complexity in day to day life, and importance of rituals
47:45 Learning from science fiction and cultivating the imagination
51:57 The counterintuitive experiment companies should be trying right now
54:20 Wrap up: Leave us a review and share the show with your friends!

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Season 7 - Episode 17
This episode originally aired on July 22nd 2024.