Dr. Jim Taylor has long been a guiding force in helping individuals navigate their personal psychology, achieve their aspirations, and fortify their mental resilience.

His expertise has benefited a diverse group, from Olympic athletes to ambitious entrepreneurs and business magnates. In this episode, both Jim and Chris come to the table without a set agenda. Their goal? Delving deep into the psychology of performance, understanding how a turbulent world impacts our cognition, and uncovering the strategies Jim employs to maximise one's life potential.

Chris's acquaintance with Jim dates back 25 years to when he was a young ski racer in the picturesque Green Mountains of Vermont. Beyond his prowess as a psychologist, Jim boasts commendable athletic achievements. He once graced the US Alpine ski team and has recently been making waves in the triathlon circuit picking up a third place in the World Triathlon Championships in 2023 .

This podcast touches upon the pivotal challenges that today's entrepreneurs—and indeed, all of us—are grappling with in this tumultuous era. From understanding the evolution of our stress responses to unpacking emotional baggage, confronting self-imposed barriers, and comprehending the subsequent effects on our cognition, demeanor, and worldviews, this episode is a treasure trove of insights. Don't miss this one!

Find out more about Jim's work at https://www.drjimtaylor.com/4.0/

Jared is the director of Innovation at the Biomimicry Institute. An institute that sets itself the task of solving humanity's biggest challenges by using nature's proven solutions. As they describe it, 'we are the bridge between biology and design, advancing the adoption of nature-inspired strategies to help solve the most pressing problems of our time.'

In this fascinating and wide-reaching conversation, Jared brings to life what he see's going on in the world around him, both from his personal experience and from his position at the Biomimicry Institute. All in all, you will not only find the innovation going on fascinating - and perhaps even mind-blowing - but this episode really does leave you with a true sense of optimism for the future.

Find out more by heading over to the Biomimicry Institute website https://biomimicry.org/

"The transitional phase is super bumpy, but we must go through it."

In this episode I am joined by Gregg Guerin, a friend for a number of years - and the person I often find myself talking to about trends and megatrends in the wee hours at the end of conferences! Yes I am that obsessed with this topic!

In this episode our conversation covers a lot of ground, here are the main points:

- The very timely topic of AI implications and benefits of what we know so far

- Energy transition, the need for storage, and how this changes international energy trade

- How progress is fractious and disruptive in the short term, but extraordinarily positive in the long term

- Should the government have a role in transitional assistance?

- Job disruption and re-skilling: evidence from COVID when people switched.

- Coding in the world of AI and ChatGPT capabilities. Is it a game changer?

- Degrowth and it's economic flaws, and it as

- Why innovation and the pace of change is NOT linear, and how Doomsayers get this wrong

- Investment shift towards ESG, and some of the issues with a centralised process

- Human intentions are good, but conclusions and the applications that follow aren’t always that well thought through

- The invisible world is where the key drivers are, but few people look at this, and only look at surface events

- How innovation and economic progress is the facilitator of the Global Order, China and US tensions

- Regulation and the keys to a well function free-market

- Biases in early version of AI and search engines, and the link with centrally planned structures.

- We are not powerless to make change in the world, we have agency

Gregg referred to this article: https://hbr.org/2018/07/collaborative-intelligence-humans-and-ai-are-joining-forces