May 10, 2021
John talks to Lior (Christine) Locher, a learning consultant,
coach, author, and a director of the elearning network. Lior's
experience spans journalism, practitioner L&D roles for
companies such as McKinsey, Deloitte and the Boston Consulting
Group as well as creative work and beer blogging. She has lived and
worked on 4 continents. She knows 22 languages and speaks seven to
intermediate level. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
and the Learning and Performance Institute.
They discuss the dangers of binary thinking and techniques
Lior has developed to overcome it. Lior identifies as gender
non-binary, and the theme has a personal dimension too, touching on
her own struggle to define herself appropriately in a world that
all too often wants to put people in boxes.
02:56 - Lifecoaching in the pandemic
04:50 - How can we avoid binary thinking?
08:15 - How does binary thinking show up in her
coaching/consulting work?
14:34 - Is creative thinking less binary?
18:13 - How did she get into L&D?
24:44 - Binaries and gender
31:53 - How well does business culture cope with change?
35:58 - Bring on the Roaring 20s – or a lasting change?
Mentioned in the discussion
Tetralemma: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetralemma
Website https://liorlocher.me/
Contact Lior
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christinelocher
Twitter: @christineLocher
Facebook: facebook.com/ChristineLocherLeadership/
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Twitter: @johnhelmer
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/
Website: http://johnhelmerconsulting.com/
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