The Illumify Game Changer

In this episode, Jonathan is prompted to answer the question by listening to his inner wisdom. Within mere seconds, he answers with a powerful declaration of what could be different. The conversation then veers into community, how it’s unified and fragmented, and explores unison and truth. It’s another big conversation. If you listen carefully, you’ll hear Moose, our beloved English corgi, settling in to listen at our feet.   00:00 Illuminate Question 5 02:07 “I know that we could live together better. We have to stand on new ground.” 07:03 While the vision itself must be entirely new, we need to take from our past what we know to be true. 22:30 Ritual gains strength over time. 28:00 More than tradition, there’s this wisdom. We know why it matters. 33:00 A community is unified through its shared memories of the local football club. 37:12 Nottingham City of Rebels: The story of a new vision emerging within the football stadium. 50:54 Concept of “necessary fragmentation” 54:00 Stumbling through life, we pursue wholeness and integrity and accept and understand our fragmentation. 56:00 The idea that we pursue wholeness and integrity 57:00 The moment of surrender when we cannot deny the truth that we now see, and realize that we have been going down the wrong path. 1:04:00 The necessary intolerance of “Never Again” came after surrender. 1:05:00 Unison: how does it fit into your vision? 1:08:40 Unison vs harmony, and the time when we need to silence the Parliament of voices and find unity within ourselves 1:11:58 “We can live differently together.” 1:16:00 “Where we live together as a community, the recognition of our diversity is clearly not enough. Unity is necessary as well. 1:19:00 Democracy’s own ambition makes it fragile. 1:20:44 European Union is trying to reconcile competing visions and ideas of the good life. 1:25:46 What’s on that new ground? 1:32:48 “We need unity around Truth. When we are united in a single vision of why truth matters, then we can pursue it in our own way.” 1:34:10 Final Answer Produced by NOVA [https://novapodcasting.com]

As a leader, igniting your vision of change isn’t just a “Wouldn’t it be nice if?”. In this minisode from Episode 5, Jonathan sees that for his vision to be true, it also has to be necessary.   Listen to the full episode here: 05. The Leader’s Integrity [https://the-illumify-game-changer.castos.com/episodes/05-the-leaders-integrity]    Produced by NOVA [https://novapodcasting.com]

In this episode, Jonathan answers the Illuminate question designed to reveal what is most meaningful to him. You could say his answer gets to the heart of the matter. Integrity plays a pivotal role in this conversation, and we see new dimensions of a leader’s vision.   00:58 Reference Card Reading 03:12 Illuminate Question 4 07:11 The heart as tool of discernment and ultimate filter 11:11 Accessing courage 15:53 Renewing our heart to connect, function and act 10:25 Integrity ( wholeness, facing yourself, accountability) 28:00 Necessity for visionary not to have tolerance for anything but the purest of integrity 30:50 Relationship between necessary and intolerable 33:18 The vision represents something new and whole versus woolly and vague 50:00 Great leaders make powerful declarations 55:18 All visions are declarations, painting the big picture of a world that does not exist yet 58:56 Empathy 1:03:56 Do we need to take on the feelings of others? 1:07:34 Final Answer to Illuminate Question 4   Produced by NOVA [https://novapodcasting.com]

To help identify what change would be meaningful to you, you can look to your heart to see what makes it ache. That’s what Jonathan does in this minisode from Episode 4. And it leads him to capturing it with words that are not usually part of his vocabulary.   Listen to the full episode here: 04. The Leader’s Heartache [https://the-illumify-game-changer.castos.com/episodes/04-the-leaders-heartache]   Produced by NOVA [https://novapodcasting.com]

This episode focuses on the heart to help point Jonathan to what he cares about that needs to change. He speaks of dignity, wholeness and heartache, all while experiencing a wide range of feelings coming from his heart.   00:58 Illuminate Question 3 05:07 What makes my heart ache is the suffering of children. 08:18 Dignity not always the word in the Constitutions but the digging takes us to sacred dignity. 10:10 In every newborn child, there is a dignity that doesn’t need to be earned. It’s inherent in the spirit, the soul, of the child. 13:22 The word “wholeness” is important here. We can borrow religious language into our secular life. 25:27 Our journey is one of repair. We are walking down that road to character, becoming the better version of ourselves. 31:32 The two ideas of dignity and brokenness can co-exist. I think there is a sanctity in the human soul. It lies below wholeness and sin and is inviolable. 42:40 Even just seeing it, the child suffering produces enough heartache for a lifetime. We carry it around with us. 44:44 The heart also aches because your own idea of the world, what you believe in, is being violated at the same time. 47:34 The book “1984” signals the extinction of humanity, that it could happen. 49:09 We have to understand the power of ideas to mobilize people. 54:08 What’s inspiring about the European Union is that it’s a constant, a permanent, attempt to reconcile all these competing voices. That’s what makes it heroic. Trying to reconcile competing visions of the good life. 59:06 I’ve got things to say and want to say them. What am I waiting for? 1:11:43 Digging together, you feel this is the only thing that matters because of the power of conversation. 1:19:45 Consciousness is the page. 1:27:17 Father Europe vs. Mother Europe 1:37:38 Revival or stagnation? 1:46:02 Final answer   Produced by NOVA [https://novapodcasting.com]