In this episode Brian and Martin are in conversation with Bethany Jarroussié. Bethany is on the design leadership team at BP and her career as a design leader has seen her take on distinctly non-design type activities.
It's a conversation that covers, how, if we're honest about the nature of transformation, it can be very unpredictable, and with that comes a need to create psychological safety for teams. There are great examples of leaders who created the environments in which it's okay to learn while doing with the inevitable discomfort and at times crashes that can come with this.
You'll hear about Bethany's own journey into the world of work, which she describes as not traditional. She reflects on how that has had an impact on her as a leader and her leadership style, and her support for and the importance of social mobility. For those of you are following along with other episodes, you'll find a connection here between some of what Ola Gwozdz discusses, That the leaders that will be able to take us through the nature of the transformations that are ahead of us - will have had experiences themselves of having to deal with their own personal liminality.
You'll find that Bethany draws deeply on this in nuanced conversation with deeply personal perspective on leadership.
Bethany on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethanyjarroussie
Being Liminal
Is a podcast about the changing nature of Leadership in Business Transformation. Brian and Martin explore the mindset and skills currently missing in Business Leadership of Transformation that when present contribute to the 30% success rate of Large-Scale Business Transformation and Change.
The podcast explores Systems and Design Thinking as a necessary approach to leading through the Liminal State that is a Transformation programme. Each episode is either a research interview with a Guest Expert or a working discussion session between the hosts Martin Dowson and Brian Hoadley as they develop the content that will form their new book: Being Liminal . This podcast is your opportunity to eavesdrop on their research and writing process.
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Bethany Jarroussié - Navigating change as a leader while supporting transformation