Wendy Bittner's guest appearances

Wendy Bittner

Not Simple

Second Freedom Podcast

Jennifer Zach

Nicolai Tillisch

Marilyn Paul

Tracy McCubbin

Greg Thomas

Adam Kahane

Jennifer Garvey Berger

Ryan Gottfredson

Sally Helgesen

David Daniel

Beverly Kaye

Ryan Leech

William Walker

Kayt Sukel

Aftab Erfan

Brandon Williams

OwlTail

In this episode of Unlocking Mindset, Wendy and I take an insider's look at Jennifer Garvey Berger's book, Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps.

In this episode of Unlocking Mindset, Wendy and I take an insider's look at Jennifer Garvey Berger's book, Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps.

Wendy Bittner - Partner at Cultivating Leadership

“I’m thinking about this whole space the way poets think about a sonnet. There are specific constraints. Those constraints mean that most things are impossible, but an artist can figure out how to make great things happen inside the constraints.”  Guest host Keith Johnston has an “in house chat” with our normal host Wendy Bittner and Jennifer Garvey Berger about the challenge of helping leaders to learn in a virtual world. They explore what they have learned and the surprising discoveries that have surfaced over the past two months.

“I’m thinking about this whole space the way poets think about a sonnet. There are specific constraints. Those constraints mean that most things are impossible, but an artist can figure out how to make great things happen inside the constraints.” Guest host Keith Johnston has an “in house chat” with our normal host Wendy Bittner and Jennifer Garvey Berger about the challenge of helping leaders to learn in a virtual world. They explore what they have learned and the surprising discoveries that have surfaced over the past two months.

Wendy Bittner and Jennifer Garvey Berger, Teaching Leaders in a Virtual World

Wendy Bittner is a scientist, a former McKinsey &amp; Company consultant, a leader, a coach, a seeker, and an all-around wise person.  In this episode, we explore the concept of leading and living in a complex world, based on her own experience and through the academics and theories that are the foundation for her work.   Wendy first encountered complexity from the scientific side while getting her PhD in inorganic chemistry at Caltech.  From there, she became a consultant at McKinsey &amp; Company, where she ran head-first into the complexity of the business world…and the many ways in which we, as humans, are ill-equipped to handle it.  A move into leadership development at McKinsey and beyond brought her into contact with Jennifer Garvey Berger and, later, Keith Johnston, who helped her begin to adapt the learning from the science of complexity into the practical application of complexity to organizations.  Today, as a partner at Cultivating Leadership, Wendy serves a range of clients around the world from non-profits to commercial banking, from small startups to tech giants.  Her work is as wide-ranging as her clients, encompassing individual coaching, team-based interventions, leadership programs and keynotes to larger audiences, but always working at that critical intersection of complexity and  human capabilities, helping her clients to grow into and thrive as their biggest selves. In addition to her work with Cultivating Leadership, Wendy is a periodic guest lecturer at the Berkeley Haas School of Business and a certified MBTI, LVI and Leadership Circle practitioner.  When not following the nomadic lifestyle of a leadership development practitioner, Wendy has the good fortune to live in northern California wine country. Her passions outside of people development include cooking elaborate meals for friends, baseball (full disclosure, she is a Dodgers fan), games of all kinds, and wine. A few links to some of the topics covered in this interview: To read Wendy's bio and learn more about Cultivating Leadership: https://www.cultivatingleadership.co.nz/our-team/wendy-bittner To learn more about the Cynefin Framework: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7oz366X0-8 To learn about Robert Kegan's work on Adult Development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUOapqI3rzs

Wendy Bittner is a scientist, a former McKinsey &amp; Company consultant, a leader, a coach, a seeker, and an all-around wise person.  In this episode, we explore the concept of leading and living in a complex world, based on her own experience and through the academics and theories that are the foundation for her work.   Wendy first encountered complexity from the scientific side while getting her PhD in inorganic chemistry at Caltech.  From there, she became a consultant at McKinsey &amp; Company, where she ran head-first into the complexity of the business world…and the many ways in which we, as humans, are ill-equipped to handle it.  A move into leadership development at McKinsey and beyond brought her into contact with Jennifer Garvey Berger and, later, Keith Johnston, who helped her begin to adapt the learning from the science of complexity into the practical application of complexity to organizations.  Today, as a partner at Cultivating Leadership, Wendy serves a range of clients around the world from non-profits to commercial banking, from small startups to tech giants.  Her work is as wide-ranging as her clients, encompassing individual coaching, team-based interventions, leadership programs and keynotes to larger audiences, but always working at that critical intersection of complexity and  human capabilities, helping her clients to grow into and thrive as their biggest selves. In addition to her work with Cultivating Leadership, Wendy is a periodic guest lecturer at the Berkeley Haas School of Business and a certified MBTI, LVI and Leadership Circle practitioner.  When not following the nomadic lifestyle of a leadership development practitioner, Wendy has the good fortune to live in northern California wine country. Her passions outside of people development include cooking elaborate meals for friends, baseball (full disclosure, she is a Dodgers fan), games of all kinds, and wine. A few links to some of the topics covered in this interview: To read Wendy's bio and learn more about Cultivating Leadership: <a href="https://www.cultivatingleadership.co.nz/our-team/wendy-bittner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cultivatingleadership.co.nz/our-team/wendy-bittner</a> To learn more about the Cynefin Framework: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7oz366X0-8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7oz366X0-8</a> To learn about Robert Kegan's work on Adult Development: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUOapqI3rzs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUOapqI3rzs</a>

Episode 14: Learning to Live in a Complex World with Wendy Bittner