Episode #46: Building an Everyone Culture with Robert Kegan

Bob Kegan is a psychologist who teaches, researches, writes, and consults about adult development, adult learning, and professional development. He is co-founder of Minds at Work, a consulting group that works with senior leaders and teams in corporations, government and non-profits. 

He is also the William and Miriam Meehan Professor of Adult Learning and Professional Development at Harvard University where he codirects the Change Leadership Group and the Harvard-Macy Institute for the Reform of Medical Education.

He has contributed to many articles and books on psychological development and he has published seven books, including the critically acclaimed:

• An Everyone Culture - becoming a deliberately developmental organization (co written with Lisa Lahey) 2016
• Immunity to Change - 2009
• Change Leadership - A Practical Guide to Transforming our Schools (2005)
• How the Way we talk can change the world - 2002
• The Evolving Self: Problem and Process in Human Development (1982)
• How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation (with Lisa Lahey, 2001)
• In Over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Life (1994)

Topics Discussed:

• How to build an everyone culture
• The problem with brainstorming
• Why individual beliefs and collective mindsets hold back change
• How to become a deliberately developmental organisation (DDO)
• How to create a culture of experimentation that celebrates smart failures
• How to overcome ego in the workplace to foster stronger communication and innovation
• What some of the world’s most progressive companies are doing to transform their culture
• How self deatist beliefs siubsconsciously hold us back in our personal and professional lives

Show Notes:

MindsAtWork.com

Get their books:

• Immunity to Change: https://amzn.to/2xJJGKD
• An Everyone Culture: https://amzn.to/2xLJ5Z8
• How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: https://amzn.to/2OJLtqx
• The Evolving Self: https://amzn.to/2QQsLPj
• Change Leadership: https://amzn.to/2xw0J3o

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