E244 | Simplifying How We Work To Drive Innovation And Growth with Lisa Bodell

How would you define meaningful work? And your team? If you're struggling to find the right words, our guest on The Melting Pot this week has various ideas to help you. How can you expect your team to do meaningful work if you can't define it? Here's a hint: it might not be about what you need to do, but what you should stop doing.    This week we learned from Lisa Bodell. Lisa is a best-selling author and, CEO and founder of FutureThink, a business focused on helping companies simplify how they work to make space for driving growth and innovation. This has been Lisa's passion for over twenty years, and she is all about taking a provocative approach to challenge our assumptions every day.  In this episode, Lisa and Dominic talk about how to get people to do more of the right things, building culture –specifically, how to cut the crap and stop stupid rules. She also asks what makes meaningful work, which she often finds leaders can't articulate clearly. Lisa shares a few of the 'killing' exercises she uses with leaders to help them start investing their time and drive innovation.  Download and listen to learn more.

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Do you want to dive deep into the minds of those who dare? With an insatiable appetite for knowledge and a disdain for mediocrity, ‘Curious Leadership with Dominic Monkhouse’, is your fortnightly look into the mindsets of some of the world’s most trailblazing leaders. From seasoned strategists and investors to pioneering entrepreneurs and experts, I’ll explore their personal journeys, unorthodox decisions, and the lessons they've learned while shaping the future. About Dominic - Dominic Monkhouse is the founder of Monkhouse & Company. He scaled two UK tech firms from zero to £30 million in five years, coached 10 founders to successful exits, and published two books to keep others from making the same mistakes. He works with the 1% of founders committed to scaling—building elite teams, navigating the messy middle, and growing without drowning in chaos or losing control. His mission is to see 200 founder-led firms scale from 50 to 250+ employees, creating 300,000 jobs and £52 billion in revenue and reshaping the UK’s business landscape.