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Hosted by Bill Leckie & Ben Shelton · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 185 episodes
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What happens when common sense is common, but just not helpful? What happens when social standards and thought processes leave you stuck? It’s time for a new way of thinking… it’s time for Divergent Sense. Divergent means different, varying, or dissimilar. Divergent Sense is taking a different look at something to gain a fresh perspective and having viewpoints that are dissimilar to that which we know as “common”. This podcast was created to offer alternative opinions on topics ranging from life’s everyday challenges all the way through much more complex topics as well.
Bill Leckie & Ben Shelton hosts Divergent Sense, a society show with 185 episodes published.
Everyone sees the fruit, but few see the farmer. Everyone knows Jeff Bezos now, but who knew about him when he was selling used books out of his garage in 1994 on his website called Cadabra? Those were the mundane method
Pet projects are the leadership equivalent to sacred cows. Lead them to slaughter and enjoy the burgers. Kill them, get rid of them. If they are valuable only to you and not the mission, they utilize valuable resources t
Social stigma suggests that we shy away from acknowledging our mistakes and instead only focus on our good ideas and our wins. Celebrating wins is great, but uh-ohs can offer us great insight and growth opportunities bot
What do you do when you need to vent, but don't want someone to judge you? You need them to NOT perceive you. It's a funny way of asking for some space and not to be judged for the next little while.
One long-standing myth is that of "one size fits all." In this case, we aren't talking about a bathroom in a hotel room, though. Rather, we are talking about relating to and engaging with people of all personality types
Every lesson is an opportunity to grow. Don't run from the debrief, and leaders don't make it an opportunity for a beatdown. Learn, grow, repeat.
Leaders are human. Humans fail. Ergo, leaders will fail. Don't set yourself up for dissapointment by thinking leaders cannot or will not fail.
Everyone else is talking about it, so why not us? AI isimpacting everything, no, seriously, everything we do, but is it going to take over everything we do and ruin the world? Let's not be too hasty. In the 1980s, we tho
Change fatigue is a state of exhaustion that occurswhen an organization introduces too many consecutive or poorly managed transitions. To overcome it, leaders must effectively communicate and actively involve teams in th
Change no longer comes in seasons; change is now a constantwind that we must set our sails to and navigate accordingly. Leading in this "new" world is a challenge, and sure-footing is no longer a byproduct of experience.
What does it mean to affirm someone? What does it mean to do so authentically? A good leader will offer generic, broad-stroke compliments and say "great job" or “good work", but a great leader will call out a specific ti
What does it mean to affirm someone? What does it mean to do so authentically? A good leader will offer generic, broad-stroke compliments and say "great job" or “good work", but a great leader will call out a specific ti
We all want to work faster and smarter, but it’s easy to take efficiency too far and undermine our effectiveness in the process. The quickest way to sabotage any relationship is to take our communication and leadership i
We all want to work faster and smarter, but it’s easy to take efficiency too far and undermine our effectiveness in the process. In leadership, we must make sure that those we lead know where we are going and why.
We all want to work faster and smarter, but it’s easy to take efficiency too far and undermine our effectiveness in the process. In communication, we must be certain that what we intend to communicate is what is actually
We all want to work faster and smarter, but it’s easy to take efficiency too far and undermine our effectiveness in the process. So where does the magical balance lie? Well, depends on each unique scenario.
So you're a leader; big deal. If you are leading for today, you're not leading at all. Leaders must consider and prepare for those who will follow you, and depending on your position, you might even need to prepare for t
So you're a leader; big deal. If you are leading for today, you're not leading at all. Leaders must consider and prepare for those who will follow you, and depending on your position, you might even need to prepare for t
So you're a leader; big deal. If you are leading for today, you're not leading at all. Leaders must consider and prepare for those who will follow you, and depending on your position, you might even need to prepare for t
What happens after you deliver a big project? What happens after you close out the big contract? What happens after a huge software or protocol rollout? How do you recover? How do you allow yourself and your team to brea
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Divergent Sense is hosted by Bill Leckie & Ben Shelton. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 185 episodes.
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