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142 episodes
since Nov. 9, 2020
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Part one with David Dorward, founder of the GO Centre (now the Saville Community Sports Centre) in Edmonton. A 2002 teacher strike crystallizes the real pinch point for youth basketball — gyms, not coaches — and David begins a nine-year quest to assemble three governments, a university partner, and…

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Back from the TOC Innovation Summit in Manchester, Derek Hudson and Bryn Griffiths open Season 6 with the season's central question: how do you see the system? The episode walks through Moneyball as a live demonstration of the Essential Dynamics kernel, tracing how Billy Beane's reinvention of the …
  Derek recaps his speech at the TOC Innovation Summit, "You Can't See the System From Inside the System" and concludes Season 5.  Derek is at Unconstrained. Full show notes on the Essential Dynamics Wiki.
Derek releases Essential Dynamics as open-source (Creative Commons) and explains the Essential Dynamics Kernel, a 150-word distillation modeled on Linus Torvalds' Linux kernel. He previews his TED-style talk at the TOC Innovation Summit (Manchester, Sept 2–4) on "You Can't See the System from Insid…
Derek goes on location to Magrath, Alberta — the first place in Canada where his Canadian ancestors settled. From his ancestral Canadian home, and near the graves of his parents and pioneer ancestors, he reflects on “O Canada” through the lens of Essential Dynamics. The Canadian national anthem bec…
Leaders cannot improve a system while they are inside it. You have to step out to see it, and you have to see it to improve it. Drawing from backpacking, missionary service, church leadership, and business experience, Derek shows why hard things become meaningful when they are part of a quest. The …
Jason Daniels returns to explore why attention is so hard to direct, especially toward the work that matters most. Derek applies Jason’s psychology insights to Essential Dynamics: leaders create movement when they help people see the leverage point, believe success is possible, and feel that the va…
Jason Daniels joins Derek to talk about why hard things still matter. Digital tools make it easier than ever to avoid boredom, discomfort, hard thinking, and awkward social moments. But those are often the moments that help us grow. Derek connects Jason’s work to Essential Dynamics and the idea of …
Brand is not what you say, it is how your system is experienced. Rocky Pedden and Derek Hudson explore how leaders define what they stand for, align their teams, and build systems that consistently deliver value. Brand, culture, and customer experience converge when the system is aligned and consis…
Search is shifting from browsers to AI generative engines. Rocky Pedden introduces Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), how organizations show up inside AI-driven conversations, through clear understanding of their customer, their questions, and content structured to be found and used. Rocky is at…
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