'On the Balcony' with Simon Lamb
On the Balcony with Simon Lamb is a podcast about seeing yourself, your work, and your world more clearly. Most of the challenges we face in life and leadership aren't caused by a lack of effort or intelligence. They come from the invisible patterns we can't see when we're caught up in the middle of things. The show takes its name from a simple but powerful idea: stepping off the dance floor and up onto the balcony, where you can finally see what's really going on. Each week, Simon sits down with leaders, practitioners, and fellow travellers who help us examine the assumptions we mistake for facts, question the stories we tell about ourselves, and make intentional choices about who we want to become.
'On the Balcony' with Simon Lamb
Latest Episodes
Episode 6: On the Balcony with Megan Galloway | Executive Coach, Facilitator & Leadership Strategist
I came to this one having had a properly bad morning. A shower that exploded over me, a client meeting I turned up to soaking wet, and a few things weighing considerably heavier than that. Megan Galloway arrived on the other side of it, celebra...
Episode #5 – On the Balcony with Dr Nicole Cunningham-Snell | VP of Leadership Development, Shell
I have been waiting to have this conversation for a long time. Nicole Cunningham-Snell is Vice President of Leadership Development at Shell, and her work sits where human potential meets the systems we live and lead inside. She has also shaped ...
Episode #4 - Discovering Simon 2 | Reframe Coaching Session, Live
The tables turn again, and this time I am the client.All models are wrong and some are useful, and this one is only useful if you can watch it working on a real life. So rather than explain Reframe as a framework, I asked Jaroslav to coa...
Episode #3 – On the Balcony with Charlie Cannon | Leadership Coach & Resilience Specialist
This one is personal. Charlie Cannon is one of the best leadership coach and resilience specialist that I know, and I still remember the first time we met. I was interviewing him for a big culture change programme in a bank, and I asked him why...
Episode #2 – On the Balcony with Jo Whitfield | Non-Executive Director, ASDA
My first guest is my good friend Jo Whitfield, a retail executive I have worked with for nearly a decade and wanted on this podcast from the beginning.We start with the human reality behind the polished surface of senior leadership. The ...