
The Salience Podcast
Salience is the state, quality or signal that stands out. It's the difference that makes the difference. Each fortnight in The Salience Podcast, we uncover patterns of sensemaking, thinking and acting from the frontiers of human performance, science and art to provide new and improved ways of acting in complex and uncertain times.
Episodes
49 episodes
Season 4 Episode 12 Helena Harnik
Today on the Salience podcast we’re diving deep into the complex world of health systems—and the concept of synergy. As demands on health systems grow, leaders are often caught in the tension between delivering day-to-day services and ...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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45:09

Season 4 Episode 11 Dr Jessica Turton
In this episode of The Salience Podcast, we dive into the complex world of nutrition—where even the basics of what we should eat are hotly debated. From carnivore to vegan, low-fat to keto, the conflicting advice can be overwh...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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52:50

Season 4 Episode 10 Dr Anita Shankar
In this episode of the Salience Podcast, we explore health and the relationships between personal agency and systems. As a society, we under-invest in preventative health in favor of big pharma and a medical model that focuses too much on...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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51:03

S4 E09 David Hesse
On this week’s Salience Podcast, we explore the benefits and pitfalls of role clarity through the lens of the Chief of Staff. A Chief of Staff is a relatively new addition to the C-Suite, with an express function to enable the rest of the C-sui...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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48:19

Season 4 Episode 8 Gareth Lock
On this week’s Salience Podcast, we explore safety through the intersection of human factors and systems.Our guest is Gareth Lock, founder of The Human Diver and bestselling author of the book Under Pressure: diving deeper with human fac...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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53:27

Season 4 Episode 7 Ian Macdonald
On todays episode, we will be discussing what it is like to support the transformation of a 100 year-old institution with close to 100,000 employees across different countries. With me today is my friend Ian Macdonald. On top of being an amazin...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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53:01

Season 4 Episode 6 Marco Valente
In this episode, we will be discussing what it means to facilitate strategic dialogue to work on intractable problems. With me today is practitioner of strategic dialogic methods, Marco Valente. Marco is currently a Consultant and m...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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58:37

Season 4 Episode 5 Ellie Snowden
On this week’s Salience Podcast, we explore anthropology, sensemaking and complexity.Our guest is Ellie Snowden. For those familiar with the Cynefin framework and its developer Dave Snowden, well Ellie is his daughter. Apart from an enor...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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57:58

Season 4 Episode 4 Dr Steven Shorrock
On this episode of the Salience Podcast, we turn our attention to the relationship between human factors, systems, and analysis of safety incidents and accidents. As you might imagine, a company with a name like Frontline Mind is intimately inv...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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57:59

Season 4 Episode 3 Ben Ford
On this episode of the Salience Podcast we return to cross-domain mapping, exploring how tactical leadership and decision-making taught in the military can be applied to start-up and scale-up challenges for business and as a way to accelerate c...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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53:04

Season 4 Episode 2 Ken Wylie
On This episode of the Salience Podcast, we explore risk and decision-making and consider what we can learn from fatal mistakes. In a number of our interviews, we have stressed the importance of safe to fail experimentation. This is of course t...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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54:38

Season 3 Episode 10 Lou Hayes Jr
On this episode of the Salience Podcast , we are exploring feedback and feedforward in the complex space of policing and investigations. We are joined in this episode by Lou Hayes, who is a 26-year veteran Police Officer & Detective for a s...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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57:11

Season 4 Episode 1 Sara Stone
On This episode of the Salience Podcast, we return to our origins unpacking the patterns of behaviour of extreme high performers, learning what we can to apply in everyday life work and the rest of life. We are joined by Sara Stone....
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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41:20

Season 3 Episode 9 Tom Kerwin
On This episode of the Salience Podcast, we explore feedback and feedforward in the context of design and innovation. We are joined today by Tom Kerwin. Tom has 25 years of experience as a leader in design, research and innovation. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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57:42

Season 3 Episode 8 Marcus Guest
On this episode of the Salient podcast, we journey into the world of mapping and explore the role of feedback and feedforward in navigating complexity. We are joined by Marcus Guest. Marcus is originally from the UK and is one of the small numb...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:06:31

Episode 7 Amanda Hewson-Beaver
On This episode of The Salience Podcast, we journey into the world of superyachts to continue our explorations of feedback and feedforward. We are joined by Amanda Hewson-Beaver. We met relatively recently after Amanda reached out t...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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48:04

Episode 6 Joe Byerly
On The Salience Podcast today, we continue our explorations of feedback and feedforward as a means of learning. Today I am joined by Joe Byerly. Joe has had a long career in the US Army, he’s an active duty Battalion Commander, he w...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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57:55

Episode 5: Milica Begovic
On the Salience Podcast today, we are exploring feedback and feedforward in the complex space of international development. Joining us in this episode is Milica Begovic, the Head of Strategic Innovation at the United Nations Development Prog...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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52:09

Episode 4: JP Castlin
On this episode of the salience podcast, we continue to explore feedback and feedforward. Feedback is the flow of information about past events. It is the opportunity to review and learn from decisions and actions. Feedforward...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:00:02

Season 3 Episode 3 Mike Weeks
On this episode of the salience podcast, we continue to explore feedback and feedforward. There are several different ways to create an effective feedback-feedforward loop, especially using different patterns of visualisation, with deliberate u...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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57:13

Season 3 Episode 2: Brady Turnage
On this episode of the salience podcast, we explore feedforward. A form of preemptive scenario testing and preparation to avoid events going wrong and to develop systemic resilience ahead of events going wrong. In a return to learni...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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50:13

Season 3 Episode 1: Murray Hopkins
Today, on The Salience Podcast we begin Season 3 with an in depth exploration of feedback and feedforward.Feedback is the flow of information about past events. It is the opportunity to review and learn from decisions and actions.Feedforwar...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:00:35

Episode 14: Annie Duke
On this episode of The Salience Podcast, we conclude Season 2 with a deep dive into quitting. Our guest today is Annie Duke. Annie is a former world champion poker player and the best-selling author of Thinking in Bets, How to Deci...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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49:07

Episode 13: Niven Postma
In today’s episode of The Salience Podcast, we explore more of the tough topics of surviving workplaces with a deep dive into office politics. Our guest is bestselling author Niven Postma. Niven is an expert in organisational politics and the a...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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41:37
