I was impressed when I met him at a Starbucks near The Sage Group headquarters. He looked me in the eye and thanked me for carving out some time for him. He had been on a whirlwind trip through the United States from his home in Australia.
His education spanned such areas as Strategic Leadership, Disruptive Strategy, Integrated Risk Management, Technology, and Criminology.
He is highly recognized there. He is the creator of the concept of Presilience which enabled his business, Risk 2 Solutions, to be recognized as among Australia’s most innovative companies. He has conducted business in over 17 countries and provided a wide range of services for a very diverse client base. He is also acknowledged as a leading academic in his field and in his spare time serves as Director of the Post Graduate Psychology of Risk program at a Australian University..
He is known specifically for delivering innovative solutions in the Risk, Resilience, Cyber, Intelligence, Safety, Security, and Medical Emergency sectors.
He is also lifelong martial artist, holding several high grades including a 7th Degree Black Belt in Krav Maga and Jujitsu. This I used as a jumping off point for a Great Conversation. After all, Jujitsu is known as “The Gentle Art” because it wasn’t dependent on size, strength or effort, but on the proper application of leverage, balance, and body movement.
I start the podcast by painting a scene I am all too familiar with: A CEO convening their Executive Management Team. At the table are domain experts all with a different way of thinking and processing information as well as a language all their own. And each of them is responsible in their area for corporate governance, innovation, change, and performance… all while managing their own risk and opportunity.
And now I bend the conversation into an arc of leadership, performance, and care and Dr. Schneider and I have a Great Conversation around this baseline: How do I drive innovation and change through these people when we are increasingly faced with the velocity and complexity of modern technology, markets, and persistent disruptions?
Because if we can inculcate “Preresilience” into the working rhythms of these leaders and teams than it is a whole different ballgame we are playing - a ballgame where we have competitive advantage.
Enjoy this Great Conversation and feel the need for speed in transforming how you and your people are managing risk and opportunity.