SUMMARY OF SESSION

• Intro to thinking and discovery session. 0:11
  • Ideas for leaders, thinking and discovery session.
  • Good leadership is not intellectually complex.
  • Co-authors of the book.
  • How to get a print copy of my prison
• Introduction to the book. 3:37
  • Six people can’t write one book, yet they did.
  • The first element of the book.
  • Why Douglas, Beth and Fernando wrote the book.
  • Mindfulness in the context of leadership.
• What do we see what do we notice? 8:59
  • Exploring the four perspectives people can take.
  • Understanding the four realities.
  • Reality, whose reality as a leader.
  • The chapter for ross, the book.
  • Making sense of all the data points.
  • Staging and actionable steps.
• The importance of asking the right questions. 16:24
  • Importance of inquiry, investigation and inspire.
  • The importance of staging and staging.
  • How staging relates to reflecting, prototyping, testing and verifying.
  • The phrase better done than perfect.
  • The importance of taking the first step.
  • Coaching is only relevant if there is a transformation.
• Importance of acquiring habit and mindset. 23:34
  • Acquiring habit and mindset in prison letters.
  • Mindfulness and intentionality in the book.
  • Every one of us has a superpower.
  • The importance of creating a new way of being.
  • The seven elements of the my prison approach.
  • Using autopilot to be more intentional.
• How to develop a habit of being intentional about being aware. 30:05
  • A big radar screen with a beam of light.
  • Understanding the concept of autopilot.
  • The first step to expanding the space between stimulus and response.
  • Sergio asks a question.
  • 30 people in the room, 30 people complaining about Mike.
  • Three pages of flip-chart paper.
• How to generate surprising or unexpected questions? 36:38
  • How Douglas generates surprising or unexpected questions.
  • The first step to mindfulness is naming emotions.
  • Mindfully alert of external and internal conditions.
  • The fifth option, do nothing.
• The five c’s of courage. 41:32
  • The five c’s and the five human conditions.
  • The first c, c for curiosity.
  • Get away from the fight, flight or freeze response.
  • The epilogue is important.
  • How does autopilot serve you.
  • The importance of being aware of bias.
• How to switch off autopilot. 48:44
  • Autopilot fueled by past experience, not future option or possibility.
  • Fear and anxiety can cause autopilot.
  • Fernando and John chime in.
  • The utility of autopilot in the world.
• The management hierarchy and the management hierarchy. 54:54
  • The importance of working with the management hierarchy.
  • How to get a copy of MYPRISM
  • Closing remarks quoting Arnold Schwarzenegger, ‘no one ever made muscles by watching you workout’.