Unprofessionalism
Professional performance is exhausting. Maintaining the mask. Editing ourselves. Pretending we know when we don't.
This podcast is about people who dropped the performance. And what happened next.
Each episode features someone who broke professional conventions and found something better on the other side: the executive who disclosed grief in a corporate setting and found it opened new ways of relating; the coach who realised her authority came from integrity, not compliance; the designer who ignored the 'approved tools' and saved thousands of hours.
Conversations circle around three questions:
- What does it cost us to perform professionalism instead of showing up as ourselves?
- How do we create spaces where people can bring their full attention and humanity to work?
- When is the “unprofessional” move actually the most responsible one?
If you feel the tension between who you are and who you're expected to be at work, this podcast shows you what happens when people stop managing that tension and just stop performing.
Hosted by Dr Myriam Hadnes—behavioural economist and founder of workshops.work. New episode every week.
Unprofessionalism
290 - Facilitating Through Structure: From Gamestorming to Community Building with Dave Gray
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How can you create the life of your dreams, where your work not only pays the bills, but brings you daily joy, creative fulfilment and purpose?
Possibilitarian, artist and author Dave Gray joins me in this episode to introduce us to the art of the possible. He generously shares his life’s lessons in business and creativity; from building his $10 million agency, to becoming an accidental author of 3 books, and his creative community brainchild, the School of the Possible.
A rich, expansive conversation, filled with inspiration, with lots to savour and apply in your own business!
Find out about:
- What becomes possible when you take away the label of facilitation
- The pitfalls of not having an external meeting facilitator
- The structures and rules needed to fulfill meeting roles
- How to apply standardised practices while still allowing room for emergence
- Why empathy maps can act as your north star
- The constraints you should put in place for starting a business
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