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Life Beyond The Numbers

Susan Ni Chriodain

What really makes work-life fulfilling?Through stories, reflections and insights from leaders, thinkers and creatives, we shine a light on the invisible forces that shape our work lives — what it means to be human. This isn’t just something to tune into — it’s something to attune to. Hosted by award-winning author Susan Ní Chríodáin, Life Beyond the Numbers is for people who care about people. Because while numbers matter — people matter more.

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#73 Meaningfully Unique - Philip Pozzo di Borgo-Oliver

Life Beyond The Numbers ·

2022/01/25

"Innovation …. it's going to be meaningfully unique .... new and different. And new and different means people are going to be getting ‘that sounds crazy’, ‘that sounds mad’, ‘we can't do that’.… How we attend to this question of fear … how we encourage learning, how we fuel collaboration these are jobs of the leader and a leader that has humility. And …. this is in the deep tissue of leading. It's the fabric of leadership. It's what makes a leader really a leader in my view, at least in the context

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#72 Element of Surprise - Ella Clark

Life Beyond The Numbers ·

2022/01/18

"I kept reading about languishing and it occurred to me that we were missing the element of surprise..... surprise adds that sort of element of surprise, but it does more than that. It takes your brain on a little journey .... it fires you up." Ella Clark Ella Clark and I talk about the element of surprise and how life can present us with many surprises, some are a delight and some might be unwanted. We speak about ways of reframing some of those unwanted surprises - being made redundant as an

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45:40

#71 Your True Self - Jonathan de Potter

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2022/01/11

"This is a tool to amplify your sensitivity to some of those lower-level energies that might be keeping you away from your true self." Jonathan de Potter Jonathan de Potter is the founder of Behold Retreats and in this episode we talk about the benefits of unpacking and exploring our inner world in a way that begins to give us a very different perspective in the relationship between self and the outer world. Jonathan and I chat about psychedelics or plant medicine. Psychedelics he says is an

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44:54

#70 Hidden Gems from 2021

Life Beyond The Numbers ·

2022/01/04

Happy New Year. Welcome to 2022 and episode 70 of Life Beyond the Numbers - a compilation episode from some of the least downloaded episodes of 2021 ... or the hidden gems from 2021 Lisa LLoyd introduces us to the difference between Imagination and Thinking (minute 4) Alison Jones talks about thinking, deep thinking and reflective thinking (minute 6) Lisa LLoyd covers our brain and pattern recognition (minute 13) Glin Bayley illustrates pattern recognition and writing from the heart (minute

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45:22

#69 What Works for You - Alyn Mitlyng

Life Beyond The Numbers ·

2021/12/21

"Figure out what works for you. Whether it be, your physical health, your nutritional health, your financial health, figure out what works for you." Alyn Mitlyng Alyn Mitlyng has two rules in life 'Modification and Moderation'. And we talk about her approach to figuring out how to define and achieve personal goals by modifying conventional rules and approaches to fit your personal preferences and motivation style. Alyn wrote a book, Dirty Goals, to fully explore personal goals. She explains her

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#68 Extreme Experiences - Anna Haslock

Life Beyond The Numbers ·

2021/12/14

"I think part of his personality and a lot of our riders' personalities is they need to test themselves like this. They need to push their boundaries. And try these extreme experiences and the rewards that they get very important to them, life affirming to them." Anna Haslock Content Warning: Topics discussed in this episode include a fatal road collision and rape (c. min 22-29). Some listeners might find the content disturbing. If anything does impact you while listening to this episode please

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#67 Better Understanding - Matt Phelan

Life Beyond The Numbers ·

2021/12/07

"If you can measure it, you can manage it. I used to say that for years. And now I say if you can measure it, you can better understand it. If you can better understand it, you can make better decisions." Matt Phelan. Matt Phelan, co-founder of the Happiness Index, and I talk about how The Happiness Index provides organisations with an index of people's emotions. Emotions are data points that give you a better understanding of how your people feel so you can make better decisions. Matt says

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#66 Lift the Lid - Amantha King

Life Beyond The Numbers ·

2021/11/30

"So that's what I wanted to do. I wanted to lift the lid on it. It's not just me, it's my friends. I want it for our daughters. That's what I want it for more than anything." Amantha King. Amantha King and I talk about menopause. Every woman deserves the right to a fulfilling life and she says hands down we know the number one thing that improves menopause is actually women's awareness going into it. Amantha talks us through the phases of menopause from peri to post. We talk about some of the

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#65 Leadership Reinvented - Special

Life Beyond The Numbers ·

2021/11/23

The theme of International Leadership Week (#ILW21) is Leadership Reinvented. What does reinvented leadership look like? Many guests on this podcast share their views on leadership and their experiences of leadership. This week I've compiled some excerpts from different episodes, including an intro about what reinvented leadership might mean. The estimated start times for each of the segments is: 8:30 Helen Joy on workplace engagement from Episode 6, Learning How to Manage 9:40 Gib Bulloch on

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#64 Being Yourself - Eamon FitzGerald

Life Beyond The Numbers ·

2021/11/09

"As it turns out being authentically me means more sales when it comes to marketing and everything. So that was the big lesson I learned early on. It took a very tough learning experience. But that sense of being yourself for all its flaws and all its good things as well that was a huge learning for me." Eamon FitzGerald. Eamon FitzGerald and I talk about wine. Eamon has a passion for connecting great wine makers with people who appreciate their wine and loves to share the winemaker's stories

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#63 A Quest - Spyros Gousetis

Life Beyond The Numbers ·

2021/11/02

"We are both in a quest. We are partners in this quest, both the coach and the coachee, and when we have this quest it is something that unites us." Spyros Gousetis. Spyros Gousetis and I talk about becoming the best version of ourselves. Becoming the best human being that we can be - personally and professionally. Spyros compares this journey to a virtual computer game - as we learn we go up a level. We learn skills and competencies but we also have to learn about ourselves, our inner world. One

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#62 Acceptance - Sarah Wells

Life Beyond The Numbers ·

2021/10/26

"And I think acceptance, real acceptance, for me is like: today, where am I? In a week or a month it may be better or worse, but today, how am I am?" Sarah Wells. Sarah Wells became a master at putting her head down, getting on with things and assuming everything would be ok. This worked until it didn't. After her first child was born Sarah received a diagnosis of a rare and chronic condition. On her return to work her coping mechanisms no longer served her. She left work, had another child and

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#61 Imagination - Lisa LLoyd

Life Beyond The Numbers ·

2021/10/19

"So when we use our imagination well the possibilities are endless." Lisa LLoyd Lisa LLoyd believes our imagination is our most misused resource, an innate resource that is so important for us. We delve into all things imagination and Lisa explains how our imagination can help to inform thinking or can be a barrier to that thinking depending on the state of our emotional arousal. Lisa talks us through what goes on in our brains when we enter a state of high emotional arousal and introduces us to

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#60 Leadership - Caroline Mabon

Life Beyond The Numbers ·

2021/10/12

"...it's that balance of being really clear with your purpose and having this people centric style that actually brings out the best in the people around you." Caroline Mabon Caroline Mabon and I talk about leadership. Caroline has been inspired by Bob Chapman who describes leadership "as the stewardship of lives entrusted to you." And we probe this a little covering how we need to have the skills and self-understanding to know that leadership isn't just something that you fall into because you're

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#59 Weird & Wonderful - Lisa Milnor

Life Beyond The Numbers ·

2021/10/05

"I love uncertainty. But most people don't. There's this kind of innate thing about humans that we want to be in control. We like to think we're in control. We like certainty. And if nothing else the pandemic has shown us that life is totally unpredictable and uncertain. And it is moment by moment." Lisa Milnor Lisa Milnor began her career immersed in numbers. She talks about how at age 40 she began to wonder what else was out there. She left her FD role and ran a ski chalet for three years at

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#58 Making Connections - Alison Jones

Life Beyond The Numbers ·

2021/09/21

"So yeah, that sense of making connections, which your brain does all the time. And writing enables you to capture that." Alison Jones Alison Jones and I talk about writing as a way to think. Thinking might seem like a luxury that many of us don't have time to do but Alison makes a case for lightweight, affordable and accessible writing as a thinking tool - all you need is six minutes and a big scruffy A4 pad. Alison shares some techniques such as free-writing and mind-mapping and we chat about

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#57 Beyond the Numbers - Susan Ni Chriodain

Life Beyond The Numbers ·

2021/09/14

"And my vision is that that 80 percent number can reduce and more people are engaged in the workplace and enjoy what they do." Susan Ni Chriodain Life Beyond the Numbers was launched in Sept 2020. And for my 1st anniversary someone special, my Dad, interviewed me! I spent a week in Dingle, my home town in Ireland, in late August 2021 and we talked lots about my work, past and present as well as my future vision - so we thought, why not record an episode! Here it is. I hope you enjoy it. Curious

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#56 Gut Health - Caroline Peyton

Life Beyond The Numbers ·

2021/09/07

"Many of us are beginning to learn today just how important it is to know what is going on in our gut. And that gut health is important to our overall health." Caroline Peyton Caroline Peyton has an holistic approach to health and wellbeing. In this episode we start out chatting about how our gut is invisible and we tend to ignore it unless there is a problem. However, making sure that what goes into our gut, how it survives and thrives in there or doesn't and the impact of that on our lives -

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#55 Focus on Play - Pauline McNulty

Life Beyond The Numbers ·

2021/08/10

"as adults we've put play and work in opposition and that's another myth." Pauline McNulty Pauline McNulty prioritised career progression above everything else in her life until about 18 months into a role as Chief Risk Officer. The role was meaningful and important but something wasn't working for her. She got really curious about what was motivating for her and came across an article about three primary intrinsic motivators - potential, purpose and play. And she says the way they talked about

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#54 You're Not Alone - Louise McMilan

Life Beyond The Numbers ·

2021/08/03

"If someone can take one thing away from what I've said that's going to help them then I'm happy whether that's the mental health side or cancer side." Louise McMilan. Louise McMilan took a career break to beat cancer. Her story is raw and she shares it openly and honestly. But there is more. As she says her cancer is the thing that really changed her own viewpoint on herself. For many years she thought she was wired wrong. She didn't want anybody else to feel what she felt about herself - the

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