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Messy with Daniel Atlin

Messy with Daniel Atlin

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 Make Sense of the Mess of Leadership. Today’s leaders are facing unprecedented challenges. It’s a messy, complex world that requires a different approach and mindset to get things done. This is where you'll find conversations on how leaders in complex organizations navigate and make sense of the mess they find themselves in.Solid Gold Podcasts and Audiobooks マネジメント マネジメント・リーダーシップ 社会科学 経済学
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  • A foot in two different worlds | Daniel Sharaiha

    A foot in two different worlds | Daniel Sharaiha
    2025/10/29
    Balancing heart and mind.

    This “Messy” conversation is a bit of a departure from previous episodes as I talk to a bank executive in the Middle East who also works with NGOs and charities.

    Daniel Sharaiha grew up and lives in Jordan with one foot in business and the other in the NGO world. That tension, he says, keeps him humble: his head and heart never quite fit neatly into either sector, and that’s exactly why he sees complexity and the mess of leadership clearly.

    From welcoming millions of refugees in a water-scarce country to championing women’s participation in the workforce, Daniel frames leadership as service rooted in empathy, justice, and hope. He argues that empathy isn’t “soft” but rather it’s a strategic requirement that fuels organisations. His empathy stems from his identity as being an outsider, which provides a unique vantage point. He views influence and trust as the essential commodity for leadership in any organisation.

    In a world where “the unusual is now the usual,” Daniel leans on humour, improvisation, and resilience. He believes that we are in a world that requires generalists, and the ability to cross-train and build complementary skills the way a runner swims to become a better runner. He’s candid about failures (including a teenage hair-tonic misadventure that left him bald) and why leaders must bridge what seems as polar opposites: head and heart, profit and purpose, certainty and curiosity.

    Underpinning Daniel’s leadership is “hope”, and a desire to make the world a better place: building tables (sometimes literally) where people can gather, argue, laugh, and keep going together.

    Key lessons:
    • Empathy as an edge: it strengthens your leadership impact
    • Humour lowers defences: laughter opens the “window”
    • Improv is survival: change is “business as usual”
    • Cross-train your strengths
    • Dialogue over monologue: making meaning together Daniel Sharaiha's LinkedIn profile · Daniel Sharaiha's Convocation speech at HEC Paris · Website · Connect with Daniel on LinkedIn
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    34 分
  • Lead with purpose, not position | Dr Diana Beech

    Lead with purpose, not position | Dr Diana Beech
    2025/10/15
    Navigating the mess to find opportunities.

    In a messy world, leadership doesn’t come with a roadmap — it comes with questions, courage, and relentless purpose.

    In this rich and reflective conversation, Dr. Diana Beech, inaugural Director of the Finsbury Institute at City St George’s, University of London, explores her unconventional career path across academia, government, and policy and what it teaches about leading in complex, purpose-driven organisations.
    Her story is one of adaptability, curiosity, and moral purpose, offering a grounded view of what leadership really looks like in the “mess” of public life and higher education.

    Our conversation touches on:
    • Her winding journey from academia to policy and back, taking a combination of serendipity, risk-taking, drive and hard work
    • The challenge of building something new, the Finsbury Institute, from the ground up
    • Why universities are struggling not just financially, but in public legitimacy
    • Lessons from failure, resilience, and self-belief and recognizing there is no shame in failing and the need to share our failure stories too.
    • Her guiding leadership principle: “Lead with purpose, not position”

    This conversation is for anyone trying to lead in messy systems — especially in higher education, government, or public service.

    She also shares her appreciation of an opportunity to talk about the mess of leadership and making sense of complex institutions. The Finsbury Institute at City St. Georges, University of London · Dr. Diana Beech on LinkedIn · Link to the HEPI report: Unboxing Higher Education · Website · Connect with Daniel on LinkedIn
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    34 分
  • Leading Through Healing | Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon

    Leading Through Healing | Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon
    2025/10/06
    Know yourself: surrender to the mess.

    What does it really mean to lead with authenticity? And how does healing your own wounds shape the way you show up as a leader?

    In this powerful episode of MESSY, host Daniel Atlin sits down with Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon, President and Vice Chancellor of the University of British Columbia.

    Dr. Bacon’s story and journey is anything but ordinary. He opens up about his unexpected rise from teaching psychology at Bishop’s University to leading one of the top universities in the world.

    Along the way, he has faced and overcome deep personal challenges, including a traumatic childhood, years of substance use, and the difficult journey toward recovery. He shares how his healing has not only transformed his life, but also his leadership.

    What makes this conversation so compelling is Dr. Bacon’s honesty. He speaks candidly about fear, shame, and the hidden “family ghosts” that shape us, and contrasts the exhausting “path of control and fear” with the liberating “path of compassion and love.” Drawing from Hindu, Buddhist, and Christian wisdom, he reminds us that the true work of leadership is not just about strategy, budgets, or outcomes, it’s about cultivating inner peace and leading from a place of respect, compassion, and authenticity.

    His message is clear: “The first responsibility of a leader is to heal themselves.”

    This episode is for anyone navigating leadership, change, or personal growth. If you’ve ever wondered how to balance ambition with wellbeing, or how to show up more authentically in your own life, you won’t want to miss this conversation. Link to Benoit-Antoine Bacon at UBC · Link to DJA Sensemaking and a text of the full podcast · Website · Connect with Daniel on LinkedIn
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    35 分
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