Episode 80: Making transformation personal
Over the last 3 seasons of our podcast, we’ve explored 8 of the 9 Ps of the Insight Leader’s Playbook. In season 9, we looked at Purpose, Profile and People, in season 10 at Partners, Prioritisation and Products, and in this season at Processes and Performance.
I hope you agree that these are all critical aspects to consider if we want to lead or play a part in the transformation of our Insight teams. By documenting and developing our ideas for each, we can clarify our ambitions, sketch out our designs, consider helpful habits, who we will need to talk to, and how we are going to review progress.
But is that enough?
I think the truth is that every Insight leader or aspiring leader who wants to achieve sustainable transformation for their Insight team and its impact on their organisation will also need to work on themselves and how they can personally become more transformational leaders.
The 9th P of the Insight leader’s playbook is for Personal plan.
Please listen to find out more!
Topics Discussed
- Why do we need a personal plan? (0.43)
- Reading about personal effectiveness (3.29)
- Developing our ambition (6.56)
- Designing our week (8.47)
- Using the Insight leadership framework (13.31)
- Adopting helpful habits (18.43)
This is episode 80 of the Transforming Insight podcast.
If you have the ambition to transform your Insight team and the role it plays in your organisation, please tune in to future episodes. Not only will we explore the secrets of successful corporate Insight teams and their leaders, as outlined in James Wycherley’s books, Transforming Insight and The Insight Leader’s Playbook, we will also talk to senior corporate Insight leaders, delve into books that have inspired us, and discuss new best practice research carried out with the IMA’s corporate members.
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About James Wycherley, the author of Transforming Insight
James Wycherley was Director of Customer Insight and Analytics at Barclays Bank from 2005 to 2015 when he became Chief Executive of the Insight Management Academy (IMA).
He published his first book, Transforming Insight, in 2020, and his second, The Insight Leader’s Playbook, in 2025, and he hosts the Insight forums and the Transforming Insight podcast.
An entertaining keynote speaker, he has presented over 50 times at Quirk’s events, a global record, and has provided thought leadership in the UK, USA, Europe, Canada, Australia, India and the Middle East.
The Insight Management Academy is the world’s leading authority on transforming corporate Insight teams, and its vision is to inspire and support every Insight leader to transform the impact of Insight in their organisation.
Resources:
If you would like more information on any of the ideas discussed in this episode of the Transforming Insight podcast, please visit www.insight-management.org
Disclaimer
The Transforming Insight podcast is published by the Insight Management Academy and produced by Zorbiant.
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