In this episode Bart interviews Sanjay Patil, a Consultant with The Humphrey Group about his life and professional journey. Sanjay is an experienced human rights lawyer whose globe-spanning career has been driven by a desire to help create spaces for others to be heard. In the course of his career, he has embraced self-awareness, mindfulness and a commitment to going slow as fundamental to leadership. He shares his insights with Bart, and talks about how these tools are particularly relevant for any leader who wishes to be intentionally inclusive. A powerful conversation for anyone wanting to better know themselves, manage their emotions and lead inclusively.
Welcome 00:49
About Sanjay 01:00
Why he's on the podcast 01:43
Career path 02:57
Finding clarity of purpose 05:30
Moral obligation to do Human Rights work 06:26
The commonality in all of humanity 08:01
Locus of control 09:21
3 big learnings that Sanjay has learned 10:35
The intention to create a space where people can be seen and heard 11:39
How can leaders create inclusive spaces? 12:29
Example of how to do it... 12:40
Resources available to do the work 13:30
How to proceed? 14:46
Not a box-ticking exercise 14:53
How do you implement these programs? 16:36
Example: Anti-Asian hatred 17:06
Inclusive leadership -- the shallow way 18:13
Metrics? 18:33
Require a profound shift in consciousness 19:04
Need to allow the messiness to happen 19:20
So many dimensions to inclusivity 20:18
Thinking holistically 20:29
The importance of slowing down 21:14
How to go slow? 22:31
Monkey mind 23:46
Meditation retreat 24:28
Make time for reflection 25:40
Guard your reflection time 26:13
Bart: hyperactive hive-mind 27:43
What do you have control over? A: your actions and reactions 29:54
Thank you 34:42
End of real-time interview 36:01
