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In this episode, John R. Miles interviews Welch management consultant and researcher David "Dave" Snowden on applying complexity science to ignite your passion. They discuss complex adaptive systems theory and other scientific disciplines and their link to individual success. New Interviews with the World's GREATEST high achievers will be posted every Tuesday with a Momentum Friday inspirational message! Dave Snowden discusses his company being acquired by IBM and his seven years with the tech behemoth. He talks about one of the big benefits of IBM was that you could do some really serious work because you have that brand behind you. It allowed him to work with the CIA and many other global organizations and he discusses those experiences.  Dave discusses how he and his team are working with the U.S. government to determine the origins of COVID-19 using high obstruction metadata. John and Dave discuss leadership development and the cult of the individual leader. Specifically why this type of leadership is detrimental to the military and organizations. Snowden discusses the impact of bringing on his daughter into his company and her background in anthropology to create a new realm of science called anthro-complexity – complexity as experienced in human systems. We discuss leadership development and the cult of the individual leader. Specifically why this type of leadership is detrimental to the military and organizations. The importance of competence-induced failure and its impact on individual success and using Cynefin to unlock your passion. And, so much more. Enjoy!!! What You Will Learn About Applying Complexity Science to Ignite Your Passion

• The story of his company being acquired by IBM
• His work with the CIA and Admiral John Poindexter
• His unique data approach to analyzing the origins of COVID-19
• Applying complexity theory to leadership development
• His new publication on managing complexity in times of crisis
• The role of the leader in managing crisis
• Rapid application development and the Agile Manifesto
• The implication of ethics in the 4th Industrial Revolution
• Clayton Christenson and applying competence induced failure
• Wisdom of Crowds Approach
• Applying Cynefin to our personal lives
• Why the next generation needs to be engaged with the planet

Quotes From Dave Snowden "The role of the leader is coordination, not decision making. And people keep getting that wrong. A good leader never makes a decision, they coordinate people."   "These days nobody should be allowed into any engineering software role without training in ethics because the implications of what we're doing in technology are really scary. And I think the trouble with Facebook, I think less Apple with the Apple vs Facebook confrontation is really interesting. Facebook, has never been immoral, they're amoral. And that's actually far scarier because they're not concerned about the implications of what they're doing."   "Knowledge management is interesting, that moment is coming back into play. It is like knowledge management goes through this cycle of being fashionable."   "So this cult of the individual leader, I think is actually deeply worrying because what you get is either a rigid process or this inspirational leader. And that's actually really bad science because most of the time leadership can be distributed." "Facebook has never been immoral, they're amoral. And that's actually far scarier because they're not concerned about the implications of what they're doing."    --- Follow Dave Snowden here:   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-snowden-2a93b/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/snowded   Website: https://www.cognitive-edge.com/   Managing complexity in times of crisis Field Guide: https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC123629   --Follow Passion Struck on Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/passion_struck_podcast   -- Comba