In today’s episode, we’ll hear some clips from our recent mid-year conference. As we teach it, there are four vital components to consider when constructing the environments (or transactions) that do some heavy lifting for us. These elements are ideas, narratives, objects, and standards. Some transactional behavior archetypes are better suited to provide one of these elements than others. The conference included over 40 subject matter experts who addressed how they amplify their influence in transactions.

Big ideas often have small beginnings. The role of the Inventor Personality is to provide the ideas, frameworks, optimism, and certainty required for any transaction to be successful. Today we’ll hear from some of the top inventor minds within our ecology, and we invite you to listen to this episode from two different angles – you either are an Inventor or involved in exchanges with them. As you listen, what can you learn about yourself? What can you learn about transacting with others?

Show Notes

02:18 | Some of the biggest ideas that impact our lives today began with Inventors with Dr. Gary Ward
10:24 | Working on vs in the business and the interplay between the existing environment and moving at scale with Alex Bould
16:19 | Using frameworks as a model for decision making and how they shape the way we think, believe, and even work with Neil Calvert
21:28 | Personalities oriented towards revenue generation vs personalities oriented towards profit generation, and how big gaps require big ideas with Kirsty Reynolds
29:56 | What Optimism is NOT and how it can serve you with David Cottrell
34:55 | How to regroup, reinvent, redefine, and recover from substantial breakdowns with David Somerville
44:41 | Building certainty, and how to know what is so and where to look for it with Paul Adams
49:52 | A blueprint for certainty in uncertain times with John Baigent

Please Note

It should be noted that all of the clips included from this episode were from the Influence Ecology Mid-Year Conference 2020.  We’ve done our best to make this an evergreen piece of content, however, as you listen please be aware that sometimes you’ll hear the speakers reference their slides, other speakers, and talks from the conference. This particular conference took place on the Influence Ecology Virtual Campus and you may notice some message notification sounds and/or miscellaneous keyword clicks.

You’ll also see links at the bottom of this post where you can find more information on the people and ideas mentioned in the episode.

by John Patterson
Produced by: John Patterson & Tyson Crandall

The Influence Ecology Podcast is produced by Influence Ecology, LLC in Ventura, California. This episode was was produced by Tyson Crandall and John Patterson. You can find a transcript for this and other episodes at InfluenceEcology.com. This episode is made possible through the assistance of the Influence Ecology Faculty, Staff, Mentors, and Students around the world. Co-founder Kirkland Tibbels and our colleagues comprise an international collective of professionals who are active in the development of the philosophy of Transactionalism and the discipline of transactional competence. Kirkland is considered a leading philosopher and authority in the field and he has authored more than 500 papers on the subject, study, and discipline.

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Influence Ecology is the leading business education specializing in Transactional Competence, having published and contributed to the only comprehensive text on the subject, Transactionalism: An Historical and Interpretive Study by Trevor J. Phillips. Co-Founder Kirkland Tibbels has authored more than 500 papers on the subject, study, and discipline of transactional competence and is a sought-after lecturer at universities, major corporations, and civic organizations around the world. 

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