Do More Great Work - by Michael Bungay Stanier
Michael Bungay Stganier's Do More Great Work
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Kate Griggs

I’ve known many people who have had to wrestle with dyslexia. Family, friends, work colleagues… the struggle is not just in being wired a different way from what’s ‘normal’ but that it’s so easy to be given the label ‘failure’, ’stupid’ or ‘lazy’.

If you are, or know someone,who’s struggled with dyslexia, then let me introduce you to one of your champions – Kate Griggs. In the UK she’s unified and focused organizations that have supported dyslexia and created significant change in the way it’s seen and supported in schools. She engaged fellow dyslexics like Jamie Oliver, Orlando Bloom, Robbie Williams and Richard Branson in her cause. And she’s now looking out beyond the UK for what’s next…

In our conversation we talk about:

  • Just why a disproportional number of millionaires are dyslexic
  • The tipping point that got her involved in this movement
  • How she built her strategy step by step to be able to influence the UK government on the education policy
  • The role of courage and compassion in continuing on.

You can see and support Kate and Xtraordinary People’s terrific work at www.xtraordinarypeople.com

Listen to my interview with Kate Griggs

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Posted on May 4, 2010

Penelope Trunk

Penelope Trunk smallThe tag-line for Penelope Trunk’s blog is ‘advice at the intersection of life and work’. That’s good, but quite frankly it undersells what Penelope does. For one things, she’s the founder of Brazen Careerist, a social network which helps young people manage their careers. Second, her blog is a no-holds-barred, deeply personal and often provocative look at her life and what it takes to be successful in business today. It’s a compelling mix of research, personal revelation and wise advice.

Penelope’s piece in Do More Great Work is as thoughtful and as provocative as you’d expect having read her blog.

In this interview we look at:

  • The problem with our own ‘internal rules’ about how the world is run
  • How wisdom is often found in the ‘in between parts’ and the moments of transition
  • Why career advice is often best when it’s based on the ’stumbling around’ rather than the straight line
  • How the risk of being real is more than worth it

You can follow Penelope on Twitter at @PenelopeTrunk and on her blog.

Listen to my interview with Penelope Trunk

If you enjoyed this interview, you’ll also enjoy my conversations with

- Dan Pink, author of The Adventures of Johnny Bunko

- Barbara Coloroso, author of The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander

- Michael Neill, author of Supercoach

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Posted on February 10, 2010

Seth Godin

Seth Godin smallI don’t know for sure, but I’m guessing Seth’s blog is the most read in the world of business. In his blog, just as with his numerous and excellent books, (Linchpin, Tribes, Purple Cow etc.) Seth has an unparalleled capacity to offer up insights and ideas that challenge, provoke and support us all to do more Great Work. What does it mean to serve others? What does it mean to break the rules? What does it mean to do business in this changing world?

It is quite an honour that Seth has contributed an original piece to Do More Great Work.

In this interview we talk about:

  • Why the idea of the ‘individual hero’ is over-rated
  • One great way to deal with increasing responsibility
  • What the driving force behind workaholics
  • How you can be the best in the world, no matter where you are or what you do

You can follow Seth on his blog or on Twitter at @ThisIsSethsBlog

Listen to my interview with Seth Godin

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Posted on February 9, 2010

Hugh MacLeod

MacLeod_HThose who like Hugh MacLeod’s cartoons and writing like them a lot, and I’m one of those people. His cartoons are wise, abrasive and often cut to the heart of what it means to do Great Work, to find your own path and to stay human in the corporate world – or as he puts it in this interview, “figure out what’s really going on.” In fact, he often refers to this cartoons as ‘cubicle bombs’ – little explosions that disrupt Business As Usual. I’ve got this one hanging up in my house:

In our interview, we spend a good deal of the time exploring some of the 40 strategies for creativity he outlines in his book ‘Ignore Everybody‘ including:

  • What it really means to ’sing in your own voice’ (and how Hugh found his)
  • How Hugh manages to stay creative and fresh – and the answer is suprisingly undramatic
  • What, when it comes down to it, Hugh thinks is the secret to his and others’ success

You can follow Hugh on Twitter at @gapingvoid and see his cartoons and art at his blog, www.gapingvoid.com

Listen to my interview with Hugh MacLeod here.

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Posted on January 15, 2010
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