Leading by Nature

In this special one-off end-of-year episode, Giles Hutchins brings together the worlds of business & nature to illuminate how we cultivate future-fit leadership & organisational development, to enable our organisations to thrive amid rising complexity. As Giles notes, 'Those organisations best able to thrive amid rising complexity will be tomorrow's success stories, those that don't will be yesterday's news.' It's time to 'adapt or die', by learning to work the way nature works.

In the final episode of 2024 season three of Leading by Nature, Giles Hutchins is joined by Dr. Carolyn Eddleston, Founder of Cycles of Change. Carolyn discusses her passion for helping people find their inner physician, and to open up into flowing with life rather than struggling against it. Also Carolyn discusses how head-based intellect can act as a disadvantage when learning to thrive, and feel/intuit, and the influence of Daoism and Traditional Chinese Medicine in her career so far.For more information on Leading by Nature, you can follow Giles Hutchins on LinkedIn, or visit gileshutchins.com for free downloads of tools and practices for regenerative leadership and future fit business.Also, watch out for his book, Leading by Nature: The Process of Becoming a Regenerative Leader.

In the fourteenth and penultimate episode of this series of Leading by Nature, Giles Hutchins is joined by Thami Schweichler, Co-Founder & CEO, and Paul Kerssens, Co-Founder & COO of United Repair Centre. They discuss how the organisation aims to grow the perception of human value and sustainability within the fashion industry, the importance of remaining resolute in your values while growing an organization, and the unique benefits of having immersions at Springwood for the founders to reflect and grow amid challenging times.For more information on Leading by Nature, you can follow Giles Hutchins on LinkedIn, or visit gileshutchins.com for free downloads of tools and practices for regenerative leadership and future fit business.Also, watch out for his book, Leading by Nature: The Process of Becoming a Regenerative Leader.

In episode twelve of Leading by Nature, Giles Hutchins welcomes Chairman of World Benchmarking Alliance and Founding Trustee of A4S, Paul Druckman. In this episode, Giles and Paul discuss the role of finance and audit in sustainability, the significant part business plays in social change, and the importance of inspiring, and serving within leadership.For more information on Leading by Nature, you can follow Giles Hutchins on LinkedIn, or visit gileshutchins.com for free downloads of tools and practices for regenerative leadership and future fit business.Also, watch out for his latest book, Leading by Nature: The Process of Becoming a Regenerative Leader.

Episode eleven in this series of Leading by Nature, sees Giles Hutchins joined by educator, activist and author, Dr. Daniel Christian Wahl. In this fascinating conversation, the pair discuss regeneration as the essence of life’s capacity to self organise, the need to shift from control/manage to sense/respond and working with the future potential of the present moment.For more information on Leading by Nature, you can follow Giles Hutchins on LinkedIn, or visit gileshutchins.com for free downloads of tools and practices for regenerative leadership and future fit business.Also, watch out for his book, Leading by Nature: The Process of Becoming a Regenerative Leader.

Episode ten of the Leading by Nature podcast welcomes Louisa Hogarty, Group HR Director of Noble Foods. In this episode, Giles and Louisa discuss the challenges of changing the culture in a volatile agrifood sector, the importance of time and patience when transitioning from parent-child leading to adult-adult leading and why Louisa is passionate about ensuring the future fitness of the organisation.For more information on Leading by Nature, you can follow Giles Hutchins on LinkedIn, or visit gileshutchins.com for free downloads of tools and practices for regenerative leadership and future fit business.Also, watch out for his book, Leading by Nature: The Process of Becoming a Regenerative Leader.

In this episode of Leading by Nature, Giles Hutchins is joined by Alison Payne, People Director at COOK. Giles and Alison discuss the benefits of adopting a people first culture, how COOK uses their kitchen to create connectivity in the organisation and how to thrive amidst complexity rather than simply coping with complexity.For more information on Leading by Nature, you can follow Giles Hutchins on LinkedIn, or visit gileshutchins.com for free downloads of tools and practices for regenerative leadership and future fit business.Also, watch out for his book, Leading by Nature: The Process of Becoming a Regenerative Leader.

Episode eight welcomes Claudine Blamey, Chief Sustainability Officer of Aviva, to the Leading by Nature podcast with Giles Hutchins. In this episode, Claudine explores why sustainability and Aviva go hand in hand, how an insurance company can actively accelerate transformation in the community and the opportunities that organisations can expect when adopting sustainability as a business strategy.For more information on Leading by Nature, you can follow Giles Hutchins on LinkedIn, or visit gileshutchins.com for free downloads of tools and practices for regenerative leadership and future fit business.Also, watch out for his book, Leading by Nature: The Process of Becoming a Regenerative Leader.