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) 2016Immunity to Change – 2009Change Leadership – A Practical Guide to Transforming our Schools(2005)How the Way we talk can change the world – 2002The 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 ideatist beliefs subsconsciously hold us back in our personal and professional lives

Show notes:

MindsAtWork.com

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