The Squid of Despair
Unscripted musings on business life, leadership, creativity, transformation and all the myriad of other work-life events that get in the way of a good night's sleep. The Squid of Despair is a conceptual summation of what can go wrong, and often does, with mind-mapping or other creative techniques. Born out of an idea for a book back in 2010, David and Peter have now made this mythical beast rise once again, phoenix like (from under the ocean waves, so a bit soggy probably), to explore all matters relating to 'business life, leadership, creativity, transformation and all the myriad of other work-life events that get in the way of a good night’s sleep' in the form of an unusual podcast
- Update frequency
- every 37 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 25
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Squid #4 - The Use of Fun in the Workplace
Exploring the complex world of fun and what makes people laugh
Its appropriate, and inappropriate, use in the workplace
And how it can be incredibly bonding in many situations but how it can be used in…
Squid #3 - The Art of Expectation Management
Beginning with the necessary addressing of the 'Squid in the Room'
Exploring why the Tooth Fairy is a great example of expectation management (or it can be)
All happiness is dictated by the reality com…
Squid #2 - The Value of a Great Question
Exploring the problem of 'DSAS' - Difficult Second Album Syndrome
Considering what is the 'Squid of the Day'
How formulating a really great question is critical to problem resolution and change
Seeing t…
Squid #1 - The History of the Squid of Despair
Meet David, DAS and Peter - the two podcast presenters
Learn more about cephalopods than you ever thought that you wanted to
Understand the ancient origins of 'The Squid of Despair' as we explore the w…
Introducing 'The Squid of Despair' Podcast
Squid, any of more than 300 species of 10-armed cephalopods can be found in both coastal and oceanic waters.
Squids have elongated tubular bodies and short compact heads. Two of the 10 arms have deve…