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Hyperthinking New Mindset (E-WORKSHOP)

With Phil Weiss

Improve your day-to-day learning & creativity

“Phil Weiss is a truly original thinker of our times” Nick Molden

Train your mind for success with the right thinking tools and habits.

The world is changing fast and just catching up isn’t enough to succeed. Successful people know how to stay ahead of changing circumstances. With the right thinking tools, you can adopt that mindset too. Just catching up isn’t enough to succeed. The people who are going to be most successful in the new environment we live in today are the ones who are capable of adapting themselves to their new world. Hyperthinking is a new mindset which includes a set of tools which can help you to manage the challenges you are facing everyday in a constantly changing environment. These tools can teach you how to see other people’s perspective better, to understand your clients, your workmates or your friends needs better; how to turn creativity into a habit both at work and at home; how to become a self-learner, so you are constantly improving your knowledge and your position; how to take advantage of your networks and how to make your ideas happen at digital speed.

HyperThinking helps you manage different challenges: from appreciating contradictory perspectives to managing conflicts, from increasing the quality of meetings to understanding your clients and co-workers. At the same time it supports your own learning process and increases your creative potential.

Regular use of HyperThinking tools equips you for working in and taking advantage of our new environment where change is the only constant and where ideas materialise at digital speed.

Phil wrote his book “HyperThinking,” defining the mindset needed to survive and thrive in the age of networks. The HyperThinking model is built upon the assumption that the most important skill required to help you and your organisation grow is your mindset.

Interested to read more about the book? See here.

WHAT YOU’LL GAIN FROM THIS WORKSHOP

Shift your own perspectives and get more positive results from your meetings
Be creative in a systematic way and bring more creativity to your work
Achieve success by making the right move at the right time
Develop a better understanding of different perspectives and improve your capacity for empathy
Learn how to find less obvious solutions and stay one step ahead of others
Increase your learning capacity and expand your knowledge resources

Please also see here for another TEDxTALK by Philip named Hyperthinking in TEDxGateway (India 2013)

PLEASE NOTE: There is only one version download of this workshop, so no separate HD/SD version.

Inspiration For Marketing

With Laurence Shorter

Inspiration – A Masterclass For Marketing Professionals

You work in brand and marketing because it’s about energy, creativity and communication – things that matter personally, that wake you up and make you feel engaged. You love it when you get a chance to bring new life to a brand or create a powerful idea to catalyse change. But all too often the inspiration goes missing in action, sidelined or forgotten in a rush to create something that is acceptable to the client, internally or externally. In this event Laurence – based on 20 years experience as a strategist, entrepreneur and author – will reconnect you with what really matters about marketing: the generation of inspiring energy that attracts and mobilises your community of customers and colleagues.

This workshop can be tailored either for individuals wishing to explore their career future or for teams working on a specific problem or looking to make inspiration a central principle of their work. It can be held in your offices or we can talk you on a Walkshop out into the Sussex countryside (thoroughly recommended) or in inspiring locations around London.

We will look at:

Managing a high-performing creative team
Getting to flow in discussions and decision-making
How to generate insights to unblock a problem
Where good ideas come from and how to generate them
Influence and power in marketing
How to be an ‘unthinker’

This workshop is for you if you are:

An innovator in a large organisation trying to drive adoption of new ideas or approaches
A marketeer looking to create employee engagement or to re-energise a brand
An agency creative / strategist team trying to come up with an ace idea to win a pitch for client business, or to execute on a client brief?
A lonely voice of reason crying in the wilderness for better thinking

Other relevant workshops you may be interested in are Effortless Creativity and Effortless Problem-Solving

Click here for a thoroughly enjoyable read from Laurence on how to find flow in a digital world.

Joy At Work (6 WK PROGRAMME)

With Lynn Hord

Our Joy@Work is a 6-week, online, group experience designed to boost productivity, performance and profits, by helping people tap into and increase their joy at work

Happy employees aren’t a nice thing to have, they’re the 21st-century competitive edge.

Why? Because happy employees, among other things like being great to be around and being awesome team players, are also:

31% more productive
take 10X fewer sick days
make 37% more sales
and add 20% to your bottom line compared to your (unhappy) competitors

So, while many companies are still focusing on productivity measures, performance incentives, and other short-term solutions, those who truly get the power is in their people are investing where it counts – engagement.

Engaged employees feel more connected to their colleagues, are more invested in the company’s success and its goals, and are more willing to go the extra mile to make them happen.

They are more responsive to challenges, better problem-solvers, more resilient, and more able to manage stress (and avoid the all-too-prevalent burnout). Not to mention they’re more fun to be around and awesome team players.

With an average of 40+ hours a week at our ‘jobs’ and 40+ years in our working life, 21st-century workers are now wanting far more from their 9-to-5 than a paycheck. And if you employ Millennials – even more so.

If your company would benefit from:

More productive and efficient staff
Teams that are even more collaborative
Increased innovation and creativity
More positive and engaged employees
Better staff retention
New recruits choosing you over the competition
And an overall happier workplace

Then you’d hugely benefit from putting employees (or specific teams) through our innovative Joy@Work Programme. It’s a 6-week, online, group experience designed to boost productivity, performance and profits, by helping people tap into and increase their joy at work.

Positive emotion is a natural motivator, so when we incorporate activities that bring bursts of uplifting emotion or focus on long-term activities that bring satisfaction and fulfilment, we can’t help but become more effective and efficient – and produce better results.

IN THE THE JOY@WORK PROGRAMME YOU WILL DISCOVER:

The science behind happiness and why it fuels success
How to tap into motivation by finding meaning in your daily work (no matter what job you do)
The 5 foundations of wellbeing at work that are essential to sustainable performance
How to set yourself up for success by cultivating a positive (and joy-focused) mindset
Tools and techniques to boost resilience and reduce workplace stress
How to see change as an opportunity and approach it with more creativity – and less resistance

Worldwide, a whopping 87% of workers are disengaged (according to Gallup), which leads to people being unproductive, uninspired to do their best and just collecting a payslip. But what if, instead, they were able to tap into something that made an immediate difference to their positivity, their productivity and ultimately their performance? It just takes a simple, sustainable shift, and that’s something that Joy@Work creates.

ARE YOU UP FOR THE ADVENTURE?

Great. Here’s what you need to know.

Individuals are welcomed (set dates which we can give you) and teams are celebrated – engaging your whole team in this process creates an even more powerful culture change.
All of the learning modules are prerecorded videos and can be viewed at your convenience, so they are easy to fit in to your busy week.
The weekly group calls are all recorded, so if you can’t make it live, you can catch up when your schedule allows (we want the process, not just the learning to feel easy and fun!).
There will be an online forum where you can connect with the group, where you can go for inspiration, to ask questions, and share challenges or wins you’ve had between the live calls.
To make sure you get the support and attention you need to implement everything you will be learning, group size will be a maximum of 20 people.

NEXT STEPS

Joining as an individual to set dates on the online programme is £550 per person.

To enroll, simply email us for more info.

Or to run Joy@Work as a bespoke programme for your team, options are also available. Again just get in touch and we’ll set up a time to chat.

To find out more information about how Joy At Work could help you or your organisation, contact us and we’ll respond to you right away.

Leadership

With Phil Parker

The “caring” approach vs the “authoritative” approach – getting the balance right. How does one win the loyalty of one’s team? How much fear must you inspire – and how much love? How does one create a bond that runs so deep as to be almost sacred?

This workshop is available as part of a corporate subscription package. Contact us for details.

Leadership Awareness

With Samantha Clarke

This can be delivered as a talk or we can create fully bespoke workshops and training programs for your organisation, if you are looking to resolve a specific challenge.

It’s a fact that leaders who know themselves well and consistently hone their leadership abilities are more effective and memorable.

Have you taken the time to identify how you are perceived? What are your values, motivations and boundaries? Are they obvious to others? Leaders must take responsibility for how they are perceived and their presence. This can be delivered as a talk or more in-depth workshop and provides you with ideas, techniques and tools to assist you in your leadership development journey.

You will learn how to harness the power of your life story and past experiences, understand your signature motivations and values, enhance your self-awareness and discover how to improve your leadership presence and effectiveness.

You can expect to:

Develop an understanding of your signature leadership values, principles and boundaries
Create an acute awareness of how leaders lose their way and presence during challenging times and how to overcome this
Gain insights on how to build the right support teams and resources to enhance your leadership
Create their your own Personal Leadership Plans to ensure you are consciously self-aware throughout your life and work

Prices and more details available once we know your requirements. Please contact us to discuss.

Leadership: What it really takes

With Dr Shomit Mitter

‘Leadership: What It Really Takes’ is a 5-session workshop that will give you the essence of what you need to do to in order to become a truly inspirational leader.

It will teach you:

How to deal with the type of stress that can be crippling – but which you feel you can’t confess to anyone within your organisation
What it means to be “visionary” and what it takes to see your vision through into practice.
How to inspire your team and lead them into uncharted waters, whilst also dealing with the doubters and the trouble-makers.
How to build a head of steam so that you have the momentum to ensure that your project delivers on its promises

In each session, Shomit introduces you to a principle and then guides you through a practical exercise which will hardwire each of the concepts into your thinking, so that they become effortless. After all, you want to become a leader, not just someone with interesting ideas on leadership.

“ Shomit is about delivering real, actionable solutions to both personal and business-related problems rather than seeking to endlessly dissect and analyse issues. Without doubt the most talented coach I have ever had the pleasure to meet. ” — Adam Akbar, Entrepreneur

“ Shomit started working with me at a time when I was disillusioned with my working life and had very little disposable income. It was always a dream of mine to start my own business but it seemed like an impossible feat. Shomit tackled the root of the problem and helped me believe in myself. Today I am in a position that I could not have imagined 5 years ago, selling to customers all around the world and have experienced excellent growth in the business. Shomit, I cannot thank you enough for all of your help. ” — Dave Rai, Business owner

Leading Through Uncertainty

With Jude Jennison

There are major challenges facing global leaders today. The current uncertainty in business requires a new approach to leadership.

The rapid advancement of technology has fuelled fast-paced change in business, creating a high performance culture that requires leaders to be resilient, agile and results-focused. The increased level of uncertainty and an ever-expanding workload create stress, overwhelm, fear and polarization, leading to disconnection. The world never stops and when people get caught in the same trap, they risk burning out.

Jude is an international speaker and leadership coach who has inspired people within some of the world’s leading organisations to create more human connection in high-performance cultures. In this talk she explains how increased uncertainty and an ever-expanding workload create stress and
overwhelm, fear and polarisation. She explores the challenges leaders face as human beings leading in a fast-paced technological world.

Jude shares the new habits and behaviours required to re-connect on a human to human basis and identifies the leadership qualities required to embrace differences and reduce emotional instability in a rapidly changing world.

“Jude provoked a stimulating discussion. She has a rare ability to clearly articulate complex information, often involving paradigms of both strategic context and emotional / behavioural content.” Vanessa Clarke, Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Birmingham City Business School

Please also see here for details on our Open Leadership with Horses 1 day workshop with Jude.

Learn To Breathe Workshops

With Alan Dolan

Why do you need to learn to breathe properly?

Have you ever watched a small child at play? Completely absorbed in the moment and totally unselfconscious. Perfect authenticity. No facades. Simply being. It’s a great reminder of our inherent ability to live this way. So when did we lose that ability and how do we get back there?

From a very early age we are taught how NOT to be authentic. Parents give children signals as to what is ‘ok’ and ‘not-ok’, and children adopt strategies in order to regain approval. For children, non-authentic behaviour has a short term gain. Over time however it becomes the norm, leading us further and further away from who we really are.

Our relationships with others, both inside and outside the workplace, are a direct reflection of the one we have with ourselves. You can’t hope to connect with others if we can’t connect to ourselves. If you’re looking for authenticity you need to be authentic with yourself. If you want respect from others at work, you need to be respectful with yourself. If you’d like to see through the facades of others you must get behind your own facade first.

Breathwork is your ticket back to the remembrance of your authentic self, a journey which can open you further than you ever imagined possible. It’s the best 2hrs you will ever spend. Learning to breathe properly allows you to lighten up, and realise that you are already ok as you are. The facade you’ve spent years constructing will simply fall away as you begin to practice what you have learned in this session. You can disengage from the drama, find your centre, find joy – and consciously create a life you are happy to be a part of.

The Power of Breath

Humans have been aware of the healing power of their breath for millennia. Through the centuries we’ve developed a vast array of breathing practices, all designed to bring about physical and emotional wellbeing and connect with ourselves.

But in today’s society, we often neglect our bodies’ built-in capabilities. Imagine owning the highest specification TV in existence, keeping it plugged in on standby and then living with it for years and years without ever actually turning it on. The fact is, most of us live in ‘standby mode’ most of the time. The most powerful mechanism is literally right beneath our noses waiting to be explored, yet we rarely give it more than a passing thought.

Learning to breathe is a powerful and safe way to infuse the body with oxygen and energy, recharging our own (often depleted) systems to work to their healing capacity. And it facilitates openings in us which allow us to tap into our deeper resources and live better, easier, more joyful lives.

This breathwork session can help you back to optimum health, mental and emotional clarity and experience a better relationship with ourselves and the people we work alongside. It can facilitate the growth we need in order for us to transform into who we’re capable of becoming.

What you’ll gain from this session and further self-practice

Learn a technique which, if practised, will help you become the healthiest you’ve ever been
Feel completely energised
Experience deeply nourishing peace and relaxation
Move beyond whatever is standing between you and happiness
Become aware of emotions halting your personal growth
Let go of emotional baggage permanently and easily
Release anxiety and alleviate depression

The Technique

Alan Dolan’s work is based around years of exploring the most beneficial breathing techniques available to us. You’ll be taught how to use breathing effectively and be guided and supervised as you go along – paving the way for really transformative experiences.

What’s included

A 2-hr group breathwork session with an appropriate number of facilitators who will work alongside Alan to assist you.

Please get in touch with us directly to make a booking. We can accommodate up to 60 people in one session. Please contact us here.

Alan Dolan is one of the best breathworkers I’ve had the privilege to work with. His level of care for and intuitive understanding about the needs of his clients is second to none and I highly recommend him to any and everyone looking for a way to live a happier, healthier and more peaceful life”

Naomie Harris, Oscar, Bafta & Golden Globe nominee

Marketing Agency Series: Talk It Out

With Chris Barez-Brown

The fastest, simplest way to boost your mental wellbeing.

This world is getting better and better, worse and worse, faster and faster than ever before. Our mental well-being is under threat and unless we learn to master a brain that is not designed for today; we could all be in serious trouble.

One in four people around the globe will experience some form of mental illness every year. The cost to our planet hits the trillion mark annually and with around 450 million people currently suffering with mental health related conditions it is one of the leading burdens to our healthcare system. Yet, according to the World Health Organisation, nearly two thirds of people never seek help, as the stigma that still exists around the illness is very much alive and kicking.

There are many reasons for this epidemic taking grip but one that is deeply evident is the demise of face-to-face conversation and a lack of awareness or openness about the things that are most important to us.

Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers opens with the story of a community, the Rosetans of Roseto, Penn, that seem to be vastly healthier and happier than their neighbours. Studies revealed that what made them so healthy and happy wasn’t down to food, exercise or wealth. It was the quality of their social network. They talked to people in their community every day. It was part of their day to day living; they had better lives because they took the time to talk and to listen, building deeper and more meaningful relationships as a result.

Our individualistic and technology driven landscape, exciting as it is, means we don’t talk as often. Not to real people. And the lack of, is ultimately having a detrimental effect upon our mental wellbeing.

If we don’t talk, we are essentially alone and loneliness has been proven time and again to make us unhappy. At any given time, more than one in five Americans will report that they have feelings of loneliness. A recent Finnish study showed that people of working age who live alone increase their risk of depression by up to 80%. We have lost our shine.

‘Talk It Out’ is a super simple, fun, fast, human exercise Chris created a number of years ago. He is not a mental health professional. He has simply learnt what works through the experience of training many people across many brands and agencies around the world. We also don’t claim it to be the finite answer to the complex mental health problem. What we do know is that it can help our mental wellbeing in agency life. A lot.

Why Talk it Out?

We know how to look after our bodies by eating well and exercising, yet very few of us invest in looking after our minds. Our brain is a muscle, like any others in our body, that needs to be taken care of. Talk it Out gives us the space to do just that. It is the fastest way to process complex situations and gain clarity, energy and inspiration and release our bottled-up emotions.

When we walk and talk, we access more of our subconscious and therefore much of our unseen challenges, frustrations and untapped passions come out into the light of day from the shadows of our more unconscious processing. For every opportunity that we have, we have a story. The story is our take on a situation, the one we keep coming back to time and time again. The one that keeps us stuck in today.

Just by sharing in a stream of consciousness we can change our whole relationship with what has literally been “on our minds”

Chris has run this technique with tens of thousands of people in agencies and brands (and beyond) and has researched it with Bristol University in the UK where they found that 85% of people felt better after Talk it Out.

Chris is passionate about using the technique to help people in agencies process complex situations they face on a daily basis and gain clarity, energy and inspiration through the power of authentic conversations.

Give it a try and see how you feel after this incredible session …

What they say about Chris

So much big talk about transformation… Chris actually delivers it. Time and again. Part art, part gift, part crazy man. He works his magic every time!

MARIA EITEL, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE NIKE FOUNDATION

Chris Baréz-Browns’ interactive, energetic and playful style works every time at every level. What he demonstrates is a totally human approach to living our lives, inspiring teams to think differently and creating great impact, who wouldn’t want that?

DEREK KENT, CHIEF MARKE TING OFFICER CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMIT TEE

Chris Baréz-Brown is a modern-day prophet. He has a gift…an uncanny ability to inspire change agents in my organization. Everything he touches turns to gold and shines ever so brightly.

KEITH WILMOT, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY

Apart from the very insightful content and great techniques I thought the delivery was the best I’ve ever seen – very human and hilarious (and I have high comedy standards ;-))

OLIVIA DIAMOND, COMMERCIAL PROGAMME MANAGER, DIAGEO

See Chris in action delivering a Ted Talk here.

Menopause Empowerment

With Akcelina Cvijetic

This masterclass is designed for women who are interested in discovering how to transform their current experience of perimenopause and menopause into greater personal and professional power.

Menopause is a transformative part of a woman’s life that can lead to greater awareness and empowerment, both in and out of the workplace. It is one of the most commonly neglected and yet crucial areas of overall female wellbeing that needs to be addressed.

Session Outline

Menopause is marked by complex hormonal changes that have a serious impact on our female body as well as our mental and emotional health. It is characterised by multiple symptoms: hot flushes, weight gain, fatigue, insomnia, memory loss, mood swings and low libido, to mention but a few.

In this session, we will unravel not just the most debilitating aspects, but also the ones that cause a silent yet deep suffering. We shall explore the importance of a hormonal balance, as well as nutritional support and management of our mental-emotional needs. One of the most commonly neglected and yet crucial areas of overall wellness are the emotions that arise around the time of menopause. The main ones include: anger, resentment, frustration, feeling devalued, sad and out of control. Menopause brings a sense of loss with regards to our youth, femininity, beauty, the “empty nest” syndrome, divorce or even death of our partner. As a result, we can experience deep grief and depression during this time.

In this interactive session, which can be delivered in anything from a 1 or 2 hour masterclass, to half a day or whole day workshop, you will come away with an uplifting perspective and effective solutions on how to feel better and sail through this transformative time.

In this masterclass/workshop you will find out learn:

Well-known and less-known symptoms – the impact on our mind, body and spirit and how to deal with it
Shift from “others-focus” to “self-focus”
Hormonal (im)balance – the best tests and remedies to balance your hormones, moods and emotions
Nutritional implications and advice – dietary enemies to avoid and nutritional friends to include as well as helpful supplements
The emotional rollercoaster and its management – understanding a myriad of emotions that arise at this time and how to process them in a healthy way
Menopause redefinition can be a powerful tool to redefine our midlife as a golden bridge to our golden age – to expand our definition of ourselves and our world for a more fulfilling life
Effective solutions for greater menopause experience and empowerment

Menopause’s ultimate invitation is not to be defined by who we no longer are, but who we are and to make the rest of our life the best of our life. It is our rite of passage and a journey of personal alchemy and authenticity.

If you’d like to book this session for the women in your organisation click here and we’ll get right back to you.

Mindfulness in the Workplace

With Dr Shomit Mitter

What does the businessman and woman have to learn from the world of meditation? What is mindfulness and how can it be used to achieve business success?

This workshop is available as part of a corporate subscription package. Contact us for details.

Mindfulness in the Workplace

With Rohan Narse

Following this bite-sized programme in being mindful by Rohan Narse will take you on the path of least resistance to produce results. You’ll find this an experiential quest into mindfulness where you can try a few things out for yourself and return to again and again whenever you feel the need. Just watching and listening to Rohan infuses a sense of calmness and serenity; so whether you’re at your desk or on the commute home, you’ll leave with a newfound sense of stillness in an altogether better state of mind.

This is particularly the case with the meditations which are split into short (3 mins), a bit longer (12 mins), and in-depth (20 mins) so you can choose a length to suit you.

So what exactly is it?

This is an experiential programme, focused on enabling many a moment of freedom from the discursive nature of the mind and engaging in conscious action from that state. It is artfully structured using a number of eastern and western methods of meditation.

What can you expect?

Working through these meditations you can expect to experience a beneficial slowing down, a freshness to your life, clarity in your thinking and a state of ease with yourself and others. You can also expect to know the science behind the methods used after the experience.

Who is it for?

It is for everyone. You may be a leader within your organisation looking for ways to to reduce your stress levels, or perhaps be more resilient, cohesive and produce results in innovative ways. You may be a senior city professional, or perhaps an entrepreneur, someone who leads a busy life and is looking to take conscious time out for a moment of calm and deep clarity. Whoever you are, whatever your role or status, you’ll find powerful yet subtle ways to make profound changes to yourself and to your relationships at home and with colleagues.

Presenter Phil Weiss

Whilst studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford, Philip Weiss launched two college magazines, started the first student radio station on a full FM licence in the UK, and received the Young Achievers Award from HM the Queen. In Brussels he set up ZN Consulting, a leading eCommunications agency, working with companies and political institutions such as the European Commission on how to use the internet to integrate and transform communication. He works with household brands such as Toyota, Microsoft, Sony, Sanofi Pasteur, UCB and various industry associations. His Hyperthinking model was developed to enable the ZN team and their clients manage rapid change and innovation to adapt their strategies and structures to the age of networks. Philip also helped to co-found TEDxBrussels. He is now Chairman of IABC Europe (International Association of Business Communicators).

What’s included

On-demand access to 22 videos
Bonus workshop material

Price £19.00

Hyperthinking New Mindset (E-WORKSHOP)

Inspiration For Marketing

Inspiration – A Masterclass For Marketing Professionals

We will look at:

This workshop is for you if you are:

Joy At Work (6 WK PROGRAMME)

Our Joy@Work is a 6-week, online, group experience designed to boost productivity, performance and profits, by helping people tap into and increase their joy at work

IN THE THE JOY@WORK PROGRAMME YOU WILL DISCOVER:

ARE YOU UP FOR THE ADVENTURE?

NEXT STEPS

Leadership

Leadership Awareness

Leadership: What it really takes

Leading Through Uncertainty

Learn To Breathe Workshops

Why do you need to learn to breathe properly?

The Power of Breath

What you’ll gain from this session and further self-practice

The Technique

What’s included

Marketing Agency Series: Talk It Out

Why Talk it Out?

Menopause Empowerment

Session Outline

In this masterclass/workshop you will find out learn:

Mindfulness in the Workplace

Mindfulness in the Workplace

Workshop Chapters Day 1