15 Dec 2023
🎙️ Des Penny
Let’s Go - Let’s Grow Podcast with Des Penny
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Living and Leading with Insight – Part 2
In Part 2 of the “Living and Leading with Insight” series on the Let’s Go – Let’s Grow Podcast, Des Penny delves into the characteristics of individuals who live and lead with insight. Building on the STOP model discussed in Part 1, which emphasised Caring, Listening, Watching, and Acting as essential factors for insight, Part 2 explores the practical aspects of incorporating insight into daily life.
Des introduces the concept that our neural networks exist not only in our head but also in our heart and gut, each contributing unique qualities to decision-making. Leaders are encouraged to integrate all three brains—Head for reasoning, Heart for emotions, and Gut for smarts, passion, and drive. Des emphasises the importance of listening to the initial gut instinct, noting that insight is gained when all three brains are in sync. Trusting the gut, often a reliable source of intuition, becomes a key element in developing insight.
The podcast highlights the significance of being aware and attuned to the entire body, moving beyond overanalysing by the head alone. Des contends that understanding one’s thinking, trusting decisions, and aligning the three brains are crucial steps toward breaking free from the “Wheel of Sameness.” Describing the Wheel of Sameness as the repetitive cycle of happiness, disappointment, excitement, and frustration, he identifies it as the daily grind where problems persist, band-aids are applied, and the same challenges reappear year after year.
Des Penny
Co-CEO - Founder / Director Innovation, Growth & Strategy / Director of North East Region - Proteus Leadership
