Interview: John Body

In this broadcast, Paul Mitchell speaks to John Body, Founding Partner of ThinkPlace. Commencing in 2005, the ThinkPlace vision is to create public value through innovation and design. John, along with the leadership team, apply the principles of design thinking to “wicked problems” which they define as problems which are persistent, not linear in nature and involve multiple stakeholders. John’s particular expertise is in strategy, where he works with CEOs, boards, senior executive teams and across organisations. John facilitates and engages leaders to stretch their views of the world, imagine possible business futures and design strategic responses. In this interview John reveals some absolute leadership pearls through his philosophies on leadership, business and organisational culture. He discusses the power of collaboration and co-design, the dangers of entitlement, the balance we walk between humility and nobility, that great people need to be treated as volunteers not just employees, and many more leadership gems. If you or your organisation have a “wicked problem” contact John and the team at ThinkPlace: w: www.thinkplaceglobal.com p: +61 2 6282 8852