A conversation with Nicky Hemmings

Season 2 Episode 8

What an absolute delight to spend some time chatting with Nicky Hemmings - lead psychologist at Soma Analytics. We discussed evidence based psychology in the workplace and the very new Evidence Based HR Forum set up by Nicky, MaddyScott, Craig Tindall and Professor Rob Briner.

Nicky talks us through the evolution of the Soma App - called Kelaa - how people interact with it - the data it can produce for organisations and the wider support they provide. What I particularly love is the story of how Soma came about through an experience with a friend of the co-founders Christopher Lorenz and Johann Huber.

We reflect on contributing to improvements to mental health at work and Nicky introduces the frog - which is used across the team at Soma - to help them get stuff done. Nicky also gives a glimpse of the research that Soma will be publishing soon - showing improvements across stress, sleep and well-being through use of the Kelaa app. 

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Soma analytics website

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You can also find Soma on Linkedin

And on faceboook!

Evidence based HR Forum

Founded by Nicky Hemmings, Maddy Scott, Craig Tindall and Professor Rob Briner (click on names for twitter links!)

Maddy Scott also co-hosts the brilliant - Freaking the F*uck Out Podcast with Kelsey Bennett.

Science For Work on twitter

Apply here - Soma Science Internship

My appearance on the Soma Analytics webinar

Daily Audio Values Diary

Have a listen as I have a go at reflecting on my values over a period of four days. This exercise is based upon an approach developed and described by Jonny Line in Episode 2 (Season 2). I was reminded about it by a tweet from Dr Sally Bradley who said she was using it with clients as part of their gratitude practice.

This episode also begins with a bumper crop of reviews, a bit of singing and finishes with a snippet of live flamenco guitar. 

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This episode is based upon a practice developed and described by Jonny Line in Season 2 Episode 2.

The hotel in Granada was called La Marquesa - it was fabulous!

A conversation with Dr Mike Sinclair

Dr Mike Sinclair is Clinical Director of the City Psychology Group, Consultant Counselling Psychologist, ACT practitioner and author.

We cover a lot of ground in this conversation including:

• Mike's journey into ACT - which included a bold trip to Nevada in the early days;
• How he uses ACT in his personal and professional life;
• How he uses ACT with high performers in the City.

He has also developed a takeaway especially for his appearance on People Soup and has a cracking, client generated metaphor which we could all use.

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City Psychology Group - this page also has the links to Mike's books that he mentioned in the show as well as some free chapters!! Get yourself over there!

Mike on Twitter

Noticing and the happy robots

Why do I talk about the skill of noticing so much? Listen on to hear why noticing is so important - both in terms of how we're showing up in the world through our behaviour and being aware of what our mind is producing in terms of thoughts, emotions, memories and urges.

I then move on to different ways that we can strengthen the skill of noticing. I also respond to a question from this week from a workshop participant who asked if I was trying to create a workplace full of happy robots!

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If you're interested in noticing check out these other episodes:

Season 1: Episode 1 - Autopilot and the wandering mind

Season 1: Episode 8 - Two gears of the mind

Season 1 : Episode 11 - Body and breath exercise

What are you two clucking about?

Season 2: Episode 4

Ross presents some evidence on gender differences in organisations. Amongst other findings he covers 'Think Manager Think Male' and the glass cliff (where women can be put in precarious leadership positions). Drawing upon a Harvard Business Review he agrees that the route to leadership for women and other minorities is more labyrinthine than a ceiling. He finishes with a paper that suggests it's time to introduce positive discrimination to accelerate gender equality. The take away is a clarion call - to flag micro-behaviours - both good and bad.

Below - the live studio audience for this episode. Seems appropriate that Fiona was on the top cushion!

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Think Crisis–Think Female: The Glass Cliff and Contextual Variation in the Think Manager–Think Male Stereotype

Journal of Applied Psychology 2011, Vol. 96, No. 3, 470 – 484

Michelle K. Ryan University of Exeter and University of Groningen

S. Alexander Haslam and Mette D. Hersby University of Exeter

Renata Bongiorno University of Queensland (2010)

Women and the Labyrinth of Leadership

Alice Eagley and Linda Carli 

Harvard Business Review (September 2007)

The shackled runner: time to rethink positive discrimination?

Work, employment and society (2010)

Vol 24(4): 728-739

Mike Noon - Queen Mary University of London

Are you OK? I'm here for you

Season 2: Episode 3
In this episode I talk about mental health at work - particularly in relation to men. I share some developments on the podcast and look at my wobble over this last week. I then focuses on one research paper. The research showed that when men experience psychological distress they are two times more likely to seek support if a friend or family member has shared their own experience of seeking help.

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The Matrix

(if you'd like this in a larger format please drop me a line and I'll send you a copy)

http://www.projecteightyfour.com/


https://www.samaritans.org/

David J. Disabato, Jerome L. Short, Diane M. Lameira, Karen D. Bagley & Stephanie J. Wong (2018): Predicting help-seeking behavior: The impact of knowing someone close who has sought help, Journal of American College Health, DOI:10.1080/07448481.2018.1440568

Link to article here.