Engineering Your Inner Circle for High Stakes Growth with Mike Maddock

Often, our biggest barriers don’t come from a lack of effort, but from a lack of perspective.It’s easy to get trapped by our own blind spots, making it really difficult at times to see the disruptive possibilities that are right in front of us.Today’s guest, Mike Maddock, is a serial entrepreneur who has launched seven successful companies.For years, he’s been an internationally recognized innovation consultant for many Fortune 100 companies, is a best-selling author and the founder of Flourish Advisory Boards.In this conversation, Mike explains in great detail how to build a peer group that really challenges you.We walk through the exact framework for choosing the right people to surround yourself with and the radical shift from simply giving advice to sharing real, world experience.In This Episode, You Will Learn:Why expertise can become a trap that prevents you from seeing disruptive possibilities.The “Gestalt methodology” of sharing experience instead of giving advice.How to engineer a peer group with different “lenses” to help you see around corners.The specific questions you need to ask to get to the core of any business or personal issue.Why being more human and authentic is becoming the ultimate competitive advantage in an AI, driven world.What We Discuss:0:00:00 – Episode Opener and Introduction to the Podcast – Mike Maddock0:00:58 – Podcast and Guest Intro0:02:13 – Why Peer Groups Matter0:04:24 – Engineering Great Groups0:05:24 – Uncompromising Friends0:07:22 – Advice Versus Experience0:09:03 – Accountability Done Right0:12:44 – Challenging Someone Must Be Earned0:17:19 – Building Trust Equity0:19:31 – Curiosity Question Framework0:23:27 – Framing Safe Conversations0:30:04 – Avoiding Echo Chambers0:31:55 – Finding The Right Mix0:33:51 – Peer Group Mirror Moment0:35:58 – Origins And Early Career0:40:57 – Loss, Grief And Gratitude0:43:47 – Wealth Is Being Present0:44:51 – Look For Strawberries0:46:59 – Distraction At Universal0:49:28 – Quiet Time For Ideas0:52:23 – Hopeful Tech Signals0:59:26 – Peer Groups Versus AI1:03:01 – Training The Brain Trust1:05:23 – Wisdom Beats Intelligence1:18:14 – Humanity As Advantage1:22:34 – Authenticity In Peer Groups1:25:01 – Build The Right Peer Group1:27:11 – Rapid Fire And Wrap UpFollow Mike: Mike's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gmichaelmaddock/Your Seat At The Table LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/your-seat-at-the-table-podcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mikemaddockFlourish Advisory Boards Website: https://flourishadvisoryboards.comMike Maddock's Website: http://www.mike-maddock.com/Follow Cameron:Instagram: https://instagram.com/cameronatlasYouTube: https://youtube.com/cameronatlasFacebook: https://facebook.com/cameronatlasLinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/cameronatlas Newsletter Sign Up: https://cameronatlas.com/newsletterBook Cameron to Speak: https://cameronatlas.com/speaking