Best Nick The Unbosser Podcasts (2023)

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Unbossers Podcast

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Self-organization is as old as time itself, Tom van der Lubbe - cofounder Viisi 1:06:19

9d ago1:06:19

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In this episode we learn from Viisi co-founder Tom van der Lubbe how they became Netherland's best employer 4 time in a row and one of the best places to work in Europe applying the ancient wisdom of self-organization. Viisi is an expert in housing and mortgage advice. They want to realize dreams in a sustainable financial world. They do so by inve…

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Unbossers Podcast

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The power of regrets, Daniel Pink - #1NYT Bestselling author 38:16

26d ago38:16

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In this episode I talk to New York Times–bestselling author Daniel Pink about the transforming power of our most misunderstood yet potentially most valuable emotion: regret. Or in other words, how looking backwards moves us forward.By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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Building real trust, Unbossers Toolbox 20:19

2M ago20:19

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This episode is an audio recording of our Unbossers Toolbox Youtube Show in which we dissect the Triangle of Trust. It's a super simple and effective tool to understand trust, to facilitate though conversations and help each other improve in acting out trusted relationships.By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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How war brings out social innovation in leaders, Steven Adjei founder of BlueCloud Health 50:04

2M ago50:04

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In this episode, I have a conversation with award-winning consulting pharmacist Steven Adjei who has worked with Britain’s NHS and several pharmacy multiples in England and Africa about WAR and how it can trigger radical social innovation.By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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In the eye of corporate transformation, Bruno Sirletti - Fujitsu VP Cloud & Digital Business 37:28

3M ago37:28

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In this episode, I talk with Bruno Sirletti, Fujitsu VP Cloud & Digital Business Western Europe. He's actually doing the radical transformation at Fujitsu and we discuss the day-to-day operational challenges and results that come with it. Learn more about Fujitsu's transformation and also listen to my conversation with Joao Domingos. He's Bruno's b…

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Unbossers Podcast

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Make better decisions, Unbossers Toolbox 30:18

4M ago30:18

30:18

We dissect the advice process, the most agile, inclusive, and collaborative decision-making process in business. This is the audio recording of the first episode of Unbossers Toolbox, our Youtube spin-off of this Unbossers Podcast.By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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What makes a great customer experience? Olga Potaptseva, global top-150 customer experience professional 42:15

4M ago42:15

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In this episode, we talk with Olga Potaptseva, named amongst the Top 150 CX Professionals globally she invented the Agile CX Implementation Toolkit and is the Founding Director of European Customer Consultancy. We talk about what exactly makes a great customer experience?By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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Is leadership overvalued? Jos de Blok, founder & CEO Buurtzorg 32:17

5M ago32:17

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In this episode we dissect whether leadership is overvalued? Are management schools and transformation consultants too much focused on the managers? Learn from Jos de Blok why this is a problem. It’s bad for for business, and for manager's themselves, he claims. Jos is the founder and CEO of Buurtzorg (neighborhood nursing), a Dutch organization wi…

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Unbossers Podcast

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Gandhi of the Carpet Industry, NK Chaudhary - founder & CEO Jaipur Rugs 45:20

5M ago45:20

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In this episode, we are blessed to talk with NK Chaudhary. Learn how he grew a business with two looms and nine artisans in 1978 to a global social enterprise exporting to over 60 countries while providing sustainable livelihood to 40,000 artisans in 600 remote villages across five states in India, out of which 80% of them are women.…

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Unbossers Podcast

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Tesla, Insiders view on extreme unbossing, Joe Justice 55:23

10M ago55:23

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Joe Justice "the guy who introduced Agile at Tesla". Learn from detailed insides into how Tesla is blowing away customers and competitors with unprecedented speed. Tesla is not just innovating cars. The transformed the he way they work. Still baffled by how extreme they are in their pursuit of their mission.…

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Unbossers Podcast

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CEO General Electric Appliances on large scale unbossing transformation 49:07

11M ago49:07

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Kevin Nolan is CEO at GE Appliances, a 100-year-old billion-dollar company, with close to 15.000 employees, present in more than 50% of US homes and acquired by Haier in 2016. We explore the company’s adoption of the Rendanheyi business philosophy with its challenges and the outstanding results it allowed General Electric Appliances to reach, with …

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Unbossers Podcast

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The intellectual foundation for Unbossing with Andreas Holmer 54:08

12M ago54:08

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Find answers to the most fundamental questions about organizations: why do they exist? how do they function? how can they innovate? Andreas Holmer is a designer, reader, and writer. Occasional speaker. CEO at MAQE in Bangkok, Thailand.(http://www.maqe.com). He is just like myself a seeker of truth, mental models, and better ways of working. He's on…

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Unbossers Podcast

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Reinventing Giants with William Fisher 49:04

12M ago49:04

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An exclusive look into the amazing transformation journey of the Haier Corporation. Willian (Bill) Fisher and shows how managerial accountability and responsibility have been repositioned at every level of the organization, with the core value of market-centricity, while aligning strategy on each level of management. Bill is a Professor at IMD, in …

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Unbossers Podcast

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The open strategy episode with Kurt Matzler and Julia Hautz 42:29

1y ago42:29

42:29

Kurt and Julia, both Professor in Strategic Management, talk about how smart companies are opening up strategic initiatives to involve front-line employees, experts, suppliers, customers, entrepreneurs, and even competitors. In other words: strategy ideation, - formulation and - execution the unbossed way!…

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Unbossers Podcast

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Unbossing since 1983 with amazing results, Jean-Francois Zobrist, former CEO at FAVI 1:00:39

1y ago1:00:39

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Jean Francois Zobrist became managing director of FAVI, a metalworking company in Hallencourt, northern France, in 1983. He opted for a radically different approach with massive success. In this conversation we discuss the 4 main changes he made in the organization:1. Employees do not work by the hour, nor for a salary. They work for the love of th…

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Unbossers Podcast

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Unbossing Pilot Transformation at Fujitsu with João Domingos 32:58

1y ago32:58

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Fujitsu Europe is experimenting with the micro-enterprise concept in spring 2020 inspired by Haier's Rendanheyi Model. One year later, results look promising—employees are more engaged, customers more satisfied, and business results have skyrocketed. This conversation with Joao Domingos is one of the most practical how-to unboss episodes so far. Wh…

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Unbossers Podcast

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Unbossing in heavy regulated businesses with Nina Bufi 40:41

1y ago40:41

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Nina is a biomedical engineer currently working as eHealth projects director at the French Ministry of Health. She's also the driving source behind "Open Opal", the French community for Teal Organization. The three main topics we discuss are: concrete examples of unbossing in heavy regulated healthcare businesses. What is a company purpose, and is …

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Unbossers Podcast

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How to recruit and sustain an unbossed team with Maura Declercq 52:00

1y ago52:00

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Maura delivers us the perfect playbook on how to build - and sustain! - the Unbossed Team of the future. Maura is a force of nature and owner of international recruitment agency STAFF Europe Recruitment & Consulting specialized in Executive Search.By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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The Teal Transformation of the Vietnamese-French Officience supported by Frederic Laloux himself 1:05:56

1+ y ago1:05:56

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Learn from the transformation of the Vietnamese-French company Officience, guided by Frederic Laloux himself, from a typical command-and-control organization to an unbossed organization with clusters, self-organized salary processes and liquified internal communication. CEO Duc also explains in detail how he developed from a traditional CEO to an u…

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Unbossers Podcast

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The PowerForAll episode with Professor Julie Battilana 53:32

1+ y ago53:32

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Julie takes us on an insightful journey on what power is, how it’s gained and lost, and how it can be used for good. This episode will make you rethink some of our most basic assumptions about influence.By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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The passionate explorer with Professor John Hagel III 48:45

1+ y ago48:45

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Learn everything about the employee of the future: the passionate explorer. Those who want to have meaning-full impact in a specific area, those who see unexpected challenges as opportunities for having impact and those who connect with others to have more impact, faster. In John's study a staggering 86% of the US Workforce doesn't identify themsel…

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Unbossers Podcast

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CEO: Custodian of Entrepreneurship in the Organization with Nagarro CEO Dr. Manas Fuloria 1:00:52

1+ y ago1:00:52

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Dr. Manas Fuloria is the CEO of Nagarro, a global digital engineering leader. Nagarro has 10.000 people working in small two-pizza teams with hardly any hierarchy on top. We talk about: the why and how of their unique culture and structure. How does Manas see his role as CEO? How does this way of working fit into the specific regulations of stock e…

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Unbossers Podcast

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Unbossing a US Navy Nuclear Submarine with Captain David Marquet 58:17

1+ y ago58:17

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Find out what happened when Captain David Marquet, leader in the most regulated, risk- and innovation averse context imaginable - a US Navy Nuclear Submarine - trained for years by the US Army stopped giving orders.By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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People and mindset first at fast growing tech scale-up Jacando with CEO Dennis Teichmann 1:07:48

1+ y ago1:07:48

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How he deals with people who resist change? And how to keep the crucial employees? Dennis Teichmann, Chairman of Jacando, was nominated by Analytics Insight as one of the 40 Innovators of the Year 2019. His company Jacando is revolutionizing HR for SME's with digital solutions in the field of recruitment and talent management.…

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Unbossers Podcast

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Unleash trust with Frances Frei and Anne Morris 54:14

1+ y ago54:14

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Leadership isn't about you. It's about how effective you are at empowering other people and making sure this impact endures even in your absence. Frances and Anne argue that the popular leadership advice glosses over the most important thing you do as a leader is wrong.By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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The neuroscience of human emotion and the implications for organizations with Ravi Rao Md, Phd, Med 58:07

1+ y ago58:07

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Ravi Rao makes a scientific case for human connectedness to grow earnings and the economy. In a calm and almost soothing way Ravi helps us apply the latest insights in how the brain and human beings are wired onto work and organizations.By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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Unbossing Dutch Railways with Paul Van Schaik 37:18

2y ago37:18

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Paul Van Schaik explains how Dutch Railways managed to break through the performance ceiling in recent years with a completely new way of working. A holistic approach in which the employees are central and in which they found it was much less about the why of the change and more about the people who together bring about the change.…

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Unbossers Podcast

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Leading from not knowing with Absolem CEO Ank De Wilde 43:37

2y ago43:37

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Ank is the Co-Founder & CEO at Absolem. She embodies the vast richness and potential of femininity in business. Learn from here how to become a vulnerable and compassionate leader.By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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Unbossed department in a command-and-control organization with Florian Lesch 48:40

2y ago48:40

48:40

Florian Lesch, the former CIO of Lufthansa CityLine, explains you the why, how and what of transforming the ICT department into an Agile Island within the corporate Lufthansa. His story shows you do not need a mandate to start working in an unbossed way. Just do it.By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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Success = Strategy + Culture + Execution Arvesta CHRO Karin Van Roy 39:47

2y ago39:47

39:47

Karin Van Roy, Chief Human Ressources at the 120 year old Arvesta shares her experiences and best practices in strategy, culture and execution!By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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Humans are Agile by nature with Scrum Caretaker Gunther Verheyen 42:16

2y ago42:16

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For everyone who truly and for once and for all wants to understand what Agile and Scrum is actually all about. Who better to enlighten us than Scrum Caretaker Gunther Verheyen, a Belgium Scrum expert and former long time partner of Ken Schwaber, co-inventor of Scrum, at Scrum.org.By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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Masterclass humble and contextual leadership with former ETEX Group CEO Paul Van Oyen 51:59

2y ago51:59

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Paul's insights on self-awareness, purpose, decision-making and driving change in a 15.000 employee organization are pure gold. Paul Van Oyen became CEO of Etex on 1 January 2015, yet he prefers the term "becoming the ceo" referring to his infinite journey to becoming the best leader he can be. This is truly a masterclass in humble and contextual l…

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Unbossers Podcast

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Change your business with "YES AND..." with Pharmaceutical Executive Jennifer Cain Birkmose 47:16

2y ago47:16

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Jennifer is an executive on a mission to drive team cohesion, collaboration and performance. Learn from her how to use improv comedy techniques to accomplish amazing team success.By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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Crisis year 2020 review with an unbossing icon, Shoes TORFS CEO Wouter Torfs 35:22

2y ago35:22

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We look back with top CEO Wouter Torfs on the strange year 2020. He talks openly about dealing with the pandemic, what they did good and what they could have done better. Wouter is famous for his entrepreneurial and people vision which resulted in this unique corporate culture. The family-owned Schoenen Torfs chain was voted Best Employer in Belgiu…

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Unbossers Podcast

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The curiosity episode with Stefaan Van Hooydonck, founder Global Curiosity Institute 43:11

2y ago43:11

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Learn how to cultivate curiosity in your organization from the founder of the Global Curiosity Institute and former celebrated global Chief Learning Officer at Cognizant.By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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The role of technology in unbossed organizations with Jacob Botter 37:29

2y ago37:29

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Learn from Jacob how the future technology landscape in unbossed organizations will look like. Jacob Botter is the co-author of the book UNBOSS, released in 2014 and one of the triggers for this podcast.By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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Re-imagine Human Ressources with Huapii co-founder Bruce Feycher-Lippens 39:31

2y ago39:31

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Get inspired by Bruce's vision on how we can (1) re-imagine our workplace and people ecosystem, (2) reinvent how we collaborate, innovate, make decisions, develop ourselves and colleagues and (3) make change and transition more fun & light.By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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Corporate unbossing par excellence at Novartis with former Chief People Steven Baert 57:45

2y ago57:45

57:45

Steven Baert, former Chief People Officer Novartis Group, shares with us inspiring insights and based practices into the fascinating global unbossing journey of Novartis.By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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The Amazon Experience with former Amazon executive Peter Vermeulen 38:04

2+ y ago38:04

38:04

How is it to work as an Executive at Amazon? Peter explains the magic of the Amazon Leadership principles and how Amazon drives innovation.By The Unbossing Podcast

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Unbossers Podcast

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Brilliantly escaping the commodity trap with DADDY KATE CEO Thijs Claes 37:59

2+ y ago37:59

37:59

Thijs explains how their customer centric strategy is delivering huge success in a commodity market and why an unbossed organisation is the only way to make this strategy work.By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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Why Millennials run away from Corporate life with instagram influencer Laura Haleydt 44:15

2+ y ago44:15

44:15

Everyone wanting to attract and keep top talent should listen to Laura Haleydt’s story! She left a promising corporate career to build a successful social media consulting business in record time. Which factors are giving her the energy and joy to achieve these stunning results?By Nick the Unbosser

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Unbossers Podcast

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Humanocracy Part 2 with co-author Michele Zanini 49:53

2+ y ago49:53

49:53

Michele talks about whether most CEOs "get Humanocracy", the biggest pitfalls and where and how to start the journey. Michele Zanini is a cofounder of the Management Lab, where he helps large organizations become more adaptable, innovative and engaging places to work. Zanini is an alumnus of McKinsey & Company and the RAND Corporation, and holds de…

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Unbossers Podcast

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Humanocracy Part 1 with Professor Gary Hamel 50:23

2+ y ago50:23

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Professor Gary Hamel shares his thoughts on innovation, scaling creativity and so much more. Gary Hamel is on the faculty of the London Business School and is a cofounder of the Management Lab, an organization that builds technology and tools to support breakthrough management innovation. He's hailed by the Wall Street Journal as the world's most i…

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Unbossers Podcast

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Building an award winning Siemens factory the unbossed way with Robert Harms 44:31

2+ y ago44:31

44:31

You have organized your project state -of-the-art, all lights are on green, and still nothing moves forward? Listen to the fascinating story of Robert Harms, who experienced this situation building a new production plant at Siemens and solved it brilliantly: by giving back freedom and motivation to his team! Robert is co-founder of NextGenerationWo…

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Unbossers Podcast

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Authentic Leadership based on authentic values with Filip De Pooter, country manager at LHH 32:14

2+ y ago32:14

32:14

Your target is to establish trustful open-feedback culture within your team? Listen to Filip De Pooter, who’s achieving this by being true to himself and using smart tools.By Nick the Unbosser

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