THRIVE IN A HIGHLY UNCERTAIN WORLD
Chris Marshall
Behavioural Scientist & Futurist Founder of PPM Method
- How to thrive in times of rapid change, disruption and uncertainty
- Build your emotional intelligence, helping you cultivate more creativity, insights and breakthroughs
- Master the secret of world-class leaders who 'keep their heads while all those around them lose theirs' even in the toughest of environments
- Understand how to cultivate and use playfulness with your work and life to scale faster and build more resilient teams
- Find clarity in your thinking and decision-making, stepping away from the 'always on mind' and endless rumination.
- How to become a world-class decision-maker and leader
- A blueprint for pushing your life and business forward faster without burnout and overload.
Uncertainty, disruption and stress wreak havoc on our decision-making without the proper training and skills. The issue? The world is becoming more disruptive and uncertain, and these skills aren't taught in business school.
95% of entrepreneurs report being unable to achieve a healthy work-life balance. Many also comment that being an entrepreneur is one of the most stressful experiences. 45% of entrepreneurs say being stressed, and data shows that entrepreneurs are, on average, 2.5x more likely to develop depression. Burnout, overload, and fatigue are often considered 'part of the game'.
The PPM Method stands for Pause, Play, Move Method. When we learn this, we navigate the world differently. We show up differently. Think with clarity and swiftness. Build more resilient teams. Cultivate curiosity and creativity. Push our businesses forward and scale faster while at the same time avoiding overload and burnout that trap so many entrepreneurs.
The PPM method is based on over 10 years of my research into resiliency, stress, and decision making, plus drawing on other researchers finding across the fields of stress, neuroscience, brain science, playfulness, and emotional intelligence.
How to use this course
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Before we begin
Intro: best vs worst thinking
2.1 Why we burnout
2.2 Stressed or Clam?
2.3 Short and long term effects
2.4 Acute Stress
2.5 Deep Listening Exercise
Where do you have your best and worst thinking?
Mildly Stressed Memory
Sensation of Relaxed and Calm Memory
Managing Emotional Intensity
Intro: Pausing is power
3.1 The Micro Pause
3.2 The Pause Cycle
3.3 Step One: Checking In
3.4 Step Two: Resourcing Self
3.5 Step Three: Sit, Name, Observe
3.6 Step Four: Deepest Knowing
3.7 Step Five: What's Behind It?
3.8 Guided Pause Cycle Meditation
Intro: We've got emotions wrong
4.1 Emotions
4.2 How we talk about emotions
4.3 Anger
4.4 Proud
4.5 Secure
4.6 Sad
4.7 Happy
4.8 Fear
4.9 Guilt
4.10 Grateful
4.11 Emotions
Intro: Playfulness
5.1 What is Playfulness?
5.2 Play vs Playfulness?
5.3 Playfulness Styles
5.4 Light-Hearted and Whimsical
5.5 Other-directed and Intellectual
5.6 Discovering our playfulness style
Chris’s research delves into the latest understandings from the fields of neuroscience, brain science, and psychology, focusing on the link between stress, emotions, and decision-making. In his view, businesses and entrepreneurs have spent too long focusing on business efficiency, effectiveness and academic skills – overlooking the fact that the secret to success lies in making better decisions than your competitors.
The PPM Method aims to develop world-class decision-makers for a world on the move.
“What Chris has put together in the PPM Method is a powerful, refreshing course. It has changed the way I approach problems, and the energy with which I have to build solutions.”
J R
“The main takeaway for me from this course was the feeling of finding space and time to think. Before I was always rushing. Always striving - but not actually achieving much. The whole process is transformational. ”
S L
In his TEDx talk delivered in Cowes in 2023, Chris talks about how his childhood influenced his obsession with navigating turbulent times, and how we can learn valuable lessons from explorers and adventures who have embraced playfulness to discover new lands, and survive the toughest of life’s challenges.
