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Alan is the CEO of Complete, a leadership development consultancy that specialises in developing exceptional leaders, the author of 8 books, and a 5 time TEDx speaker, whose talks have more than 7 million views.

In this lively and wide ranging discussion, we explore:

→ Why Alan transitioned out of his career as a medical doctor into executive coaching

→ Why the reduction of human suffering can provide a meaningful trajectory to build your working life around

→ The 4 characteristics to look for in mentors

→ The work of Joseph Campbell, and how having a meta frame around the change process can help you navigate the major transitions in life

→ The benefits of existing in a perpetual state of “beginner’s mind”

And more.

You can learn more about Alan’s work by going to: www.complete-coherence.com

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Dr Alan Watkins is the CEO and Founder of Complete, a consultancy specialising in developing exceptional leadership through individual and team development. Alan is unusual in that he advises completely different businesses in totally different market sectors, in different geographies, and works with many different types of businesses from innovative start-ups to FTSE 100 giants. He is the author of several successful books including Innovation Sucks! co-authored with Simon May, and HR (R)Evolution: Change the Workplace, Change the World, co-authored with Nick Dalton.

Interview Links:

— Step Change: The Leader’s Journey: https://amzn.to/3zCLVjN 

— Coherence: The Science of Exceptional Leadership and Performance: https://amzn.to/3zK6MBH 

— The Complete App: https://bit.ly/3Wp6slL

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The Science of Effective Change - Dr Alan Watkins, PhD

On selections from the Enneads (270 C.E.), as presented by Elmer O'Brien as the first four essays in The Essential Plotinus: "Beauty," "The Intelligence, Ideas and Being," "The Descent of the Soul," and "The Good or The One." Featuring Mark, Wes, Dylan, Seth, and guest . Get more at . Visit  to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion. If you like our show, check out the . Learn about our new book at  (which Chris edited).

Ep. 343: Plotinus the Neo-Platonist (Part One)

Continuing with guest Chris Sunami, mostly discussing "The Good or The One," though we start off by completing "The Descent of the Soul" about why there is something rather than nothing, given that materiality is so undesirable compared to The One. Get more at . Visit  to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion, including a supporter-exclusive part three coming out this week. Sponsor: Check out the Subtitle podcast at . Learn about our new book at .

Ep. 343: Plotinus the Neo-Platonist (Part Two)

On "Universality and Truth" and "Pan-Relationalism," which are lectures 3-5 in Richard Rorty's Pragmatism As Anti-Authoritarianism. How do we justify democracy? Rorty says we don't have to refer to transcendent Truth or Good to do this. He also denies the disinction between essential and accidental properties, and in fact between substance and property: Everything is just described in terms of its relations to other things, and which relations are important are not intrinsic to the thing, but a matter of a speaker's purposes. Get more at . Visit  to get ad-free episodes and bonus content. If you like our podcast, try the .

Ep. 350: Rorty on Justification and Essentialism (Part One)

Concluding on "Universality and Truth" from Richard Rorty's Pragmatism As Anti-Authoritarianism. It it coherent to simply not have a theory of truth? Rorty claims that he's not a relativist; he's just avoiding some useless parts of philosophy that just cause problems, including inculcating the respect for a non-human absolute, and this attitude undermines democracy. Get more at . Visit  to get ad-free episodes and bonus content. Sponsor: Check out the .

Ep. 350: Rorty on Justification and Essentialism (Part Two)

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Holding Boundaries While Keeping Connection (Q&A) - Ep 627

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Holding Boundaries While Keeping Connection (Q&A) - Ep 627

Finding You: with Dr. Brad Reedy