E09: Colin Hunter, Potential Squared

Dave's guest on E09 is Colin Hunter, the CEO & Founder of
Potential Squared - a business created to inspire leaders to
think differently about how they engage and develop people. He's
also an author, with a new book called BE MORE WRONG - how
failure can make you an outstanding leader.


Innovation in sports is about finding new ways to unlocking
higher levels of human performance. Like the world of
sports, as the world of business continues to become more
competitive, leaders are looking to find marginal gains that give
them an edge wherever they can. Companies looking to improve
their ability to innovate often look to the world of sports for
insight and inspiration.


Colin's business was created to inspire leaders by disrupting the
way they engage and develop their people, pioneering the concept
of "creating playgrounds" to inspire new habits and ways of
thinking.


Dave and Colin explore the "executive athlete" archetype,
how vulnerability, openness, and emotional intelligence are
crucial traits for every leader, and why leaders who look to
drive peak performance without a high EQ not only won't succeed -
they will fail spectacularly. They also dig into Colin's new
book, Be More Wrong, and how it brings together the concepts of
the Hero's Journey, Design Thinking methodology, storytelling,
personal resilience, psychological safety, strategic presence,
and the blended skills of coaching and mentoring into a
leadership framework.