Continuing our special 4 part series on race, we continue the exploration and exposing of our vulnerabilities by sharing our stories of growing up, black, brown and white, exposing how that has shaped our identity and normative beliefs on race. Over the series we also describe what we can all do, as individuals, companies and at a societal level to move the needle. This episode moves to “White” - through the lens of Vicki, a South African, lived in Switzerland, UK and now in California, USA.
Read MoreContinuing our special 4 part series on race, we continue the exploration and exposing of our vulnerabilities by sharing our stories of growing up, black, brown and white, exposing how that has shaped our identity and normative beliefs on race. Over the series we also describe what we can all do, as individuals, companies and at a societal level to move the needle. This episode moves to “Brown” - through the lens of Vips, an Indian Brit, growing up in London.
Read MoreIn June 2020, we had Dr. Francesca Fajimni, from UCLA join us for the ThinqShift Solidarity Hour sharing how she was processing Black Lives Matter. We were touched, moved and inspired to do a special 4 part series on race. We decided to treat it as an opportunity to expose our own vulnerabilities by sharing our stories of growing up, black, brown and white, exposing how that has shaped our identity and normative beliefs on race.
Read MoreThe first in a 3-part series our ‘‘why behind the why” for Vicki and I to do what we do. We help develop fabulous people to reinvent our work, and the world because we believe that deeply that you can be successful, kind, compassionate, high-performance and lead meaningful & happy lives. We start with the “The Fabulous Vicki”
Read MoreIn the third and final part series on thinking in levels, we take the Thinking Levels framework from the previous podcasts and explore how we can listen and adapt to thinking levels in conversations, meetings and zooms, both synchronously and asynchronously.
Read MoreThe second in a 3-part series our ‘‘why behind the why” for Vicki and I to do what we do. We help develop fabulous people to reinvent our work, and the world because we believe that deeply that you can be successful, kind, compassionate, high-performance and lead meaningful & happy lives. We started with “The Fabulous Vicki”. Now we move on on yours truly.
Read MoreIn the second part series on thinking in levels, we take the Thinking Levels framework from the previous podcast and run some real examples through them that you will face in your day-to-day professional lives. Our hope is that as you learn to think in levels habitually, you will get better at handling complex situations.
Read MoreWe start a 2 part series on thinking in levels, a key skill for Fabulous People starting with an exploration on what it means to be ‘strategic’, why professionals seem to be so attracted to it, while so often showing unintentional behaviors to the executives that they don’t get it! Thinking levels to the rescue!
Read MoreWe complete our journey to understanding the 4Ds, the most important traits to nurture as a Fabulous Person - the “DNA” if you will, required for success. This episode zooms in on the 4th ‘D’ - Seeking Discovery. This attribute helps you a be lifelong open-minded (and hopefully wise) learner.
Read MoreWe continue our journey to understanding the 4Ds, the most important traits to nurture as a Fabulous Person - the “DNA” if you will, required for success. This episode zooms in on the 3rd ‘D’ - Being Dynamic. Dynamic in this sense is building comfort for high levels of fluidity to deal with increasing ambiguity and complexity.
Read MoreWe continue our journey to understanding the 4Ds, the most important traits to nurture as a Fabulous Person - the “DNA” if you will, required for success. This episode zooms in on the 2nd ‘D’ - being Deliberate. This is possibly the hardest and most multilayered, but perhaps the most critical, of the 4Ds.
Read MoreLast time we introduced the concept of a ‘Fabulous Person’ that we expect you aspire to, otherwise you wouldn’t be listening! In this episode we introduce the most important traits - the “DNA” if you will - that Fabulous People nurture throughout their careers and life.
Read MoreWelcome to Be Fabulous with Vips and Vicki our podcast for fabulous people everywhere. Join us each week as we dive into what it means to be a fabulous person on the journey to being a Fabulous Leader. We do all this with our trademark blend of humor, challenge, safety and yet no-nonsense approach.
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