17. Making Meaningful Progress with Dr. Jason Fox

Season 7 Episode 17

We talk a lot about the importance of emergence—of being more comfortable with being uncomfortable. However, it’s hard to practice what you preach… especially for a podcast with a tight schedule. Normally, when one of two hosts is out of commission, you don’t record. But when this recently happened to us, we asked “How might we?” and took a big ol’ step into the unknown.

We’re glad we did, because this week’s guest is Dr. Jason Fox, a self-proclaimed wizard-philosopher, best-selling author, and senior leadership advisor to Fortune 500 companies around the world. In classic wizard-philosopher fashion, he and Sam throw out the script for a far-reaching conversation about the importance of rituals, the roles we play when we’re at work, and how embracing uncertainty is where the magic truly happens.

Learn more about Jason:

On his website
On LinkedIn
Read How to Lead A Quest or The Game Changer

Got an idea for future episodes or a thorny workplace question you need answered? Shoot us a message to podcast@theready.com.

Mentioned references:

Game Frame, book by Aaron Dignan
Brave New Work, book by Aaron Dignan
James Carse, author of Finite and Infinite Games
Rodney's "I am CEO vs I hold the role of CEO": AWWTR Ep. 14
Lands of Lorecraft, series of articles by Venkatesh Rao
Jevons Paradox
"rivalrous dynamics"
"multipolar traps"
"operating rhythm": BNW Ep. 118
Creativity, Inc., book by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace
basilisk
"GTD": BNW Ep. 39 with David Allen
John Keats and "negative capability"
Antifragile, book by Nassim Taleb
"Metacrisis"
The Ministry for the Future, book by Kim Stanley Robinson
Children of Time, series by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Expanse, series by James S.A. Corey
The Culture, series by Iain M. Banks

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17. Making Meaningful Progress with Dr. Jason Fox