Marcus Druen interviews Gerald Mitterer originally published at leadingaudaciouschange.buzzsprout.com
1 hour 7 minutes 54 seconds
In this episode I am speaking with Gerald Mitterer. Gerald is a founding member of dwarfs and Giants, an innovative organization design and strategy partner for the 21st century. He is also member of the extended board at Welser Profile, a pioneer in steel profiles and tubes with 2,500 employees.
If I ever had a platonic crush on a fellow practitioner, it would be Gerald – I am sure you’ll appreciate his clarity and precision when talking about Wholeness at the Level of Organisations (our third systemic level in this season).
You will hopefully also feel inspired to follow my Call to Action (CTA) which comes right after the conversation with Gerald at the end of this episode (you can check the chapter notes in your app for precise time stamps – if you want a re-listen to take notes).
Change starts with you, in the here-and now. So start by starting…
Chapter Markers
Geralds opening nugget, podcast, season and episode intros
Conversation starts with our standard questions on leadership, audacity and change – and Gerald’s personal responses
Gerald’s definition of Wholeness at an individual and organisational level; how dwarfs & Giants separats what is in the realm of individual and organisational responsibility
How dG uses supervision within the process of Wholeness – and his advice to our persona Michael to establish a safe container for his team
The power of ‘Clear the air’ Meetings as advice to our next level persona Michaela on how to solve conflict between two people in front of the whole team; plus return on invest of this practice at dG
Gerald on purpose in business, and why the need to transcend the either/or: purpose versus shareholder value – including a recap on how dG navigated this balance in pandemic-stricken 2020
Gerald’s purpose work at Welser Profile: holding purpose quests for different kind of knowingincl. specific explanations about set-up and process
Why ancient and intuition-based wisdom traditions are actually not esoteric but core to Amazon’s success: intuition is a birth right!
Gerald’ advice to executive teams on how to make change start with yourself, not below the chin-line, to transcend the often prevailing parent-child cultures, drama triangles created by the unintentional ‘business theatre’
Link between Level of Organisations to Level of Economy and Society; how to adapt our institutions to meet today’s needs, or replacing those by entirely new ones
Gerald’s billboard message on Wholeness: look into your mirror…
Marcus’ call-to-action for you: google specific images as explained and see your organisation as if it was a brain and a Political Institution, instead of the prevailing Machine view
Outlook next episode, episode Outro and where you can connect, give people and rate my podcast.
Republished with permission.
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