Consider three ‘edge of the envelope’ scenarios: A Black Swan, A Perfect Storm and A Lethal Jackpot. A Black Swan is an unpredictable event that unleashes severe consequences. A Perfect Storm occurs when a rare combination of circumstances drastically and negatively aggravates an event. What is a Lethal Jackpot? It’s a convergence pattern of several conditions and irregularities that together develop into an inescapable, devastating consequence. In this episode, Aviv opens up about this surprising discovery and how it became a game-changer that saved his life on several occasions. Aviv provides best practices for identifying these Lethal Jackpot scenarios, both in life and business, in order to actively step in to stop these patterns of irregularities and risk.

• 00:45 – Aviv introduces today’s topic, The Lethal Jackpot Updated, and recalls two tragic events from his time as a fighter pilot in the Air Force
• 06:28 – Aviv speaks to a meta-pattern he discovered and the realization he gleaned from this pattern
• 09:02 – Aviv provides best practices for avoiding the Lethal Jackpot by intercepting irregular factors
• 11:42 – Aviv applies the Lethal Jackpot insight to business and life
• 16:33 – Now it’s your turn, identify where a Lethal Jackpot may be emerging in your life or business, remember that most situations you have the power and responsibility to interrupt, intercept and avoid irrecoverable disasters

Full show notes: http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf103

Personal and organizational resilience and anti-fragile readiness have been a feature of many of Aviv’s senior leadership strategy workshops over the last decade. In this episode, Aviv outlines the five elements and capacities of resilient self-authorship. Aviv reflects on the concept of personal sovereignty as well as the reasons that organizations encourage and, in some cases, even require their members to have high levels of personal resilience. Finally, Aviv provides an evaluation tool you can utilize to reflect on your own personal resilient self-authorship.

• 00:57 – Aviv introduces today’s topic, Resilient Self-Authorship: A Master Meta-Skill
• 03:37 – Aviv speaks to the characteristics of resilient organizations
• 05:23 – Aviv analyzes five elements and capacities that outline resilient self-authorship
• 09:33 – Aviv provides an evaluation tool that listeners can use to reflect on their own resilient self-authorship
• 12:17 – Now it’s your turn, build your sense of resilient self-authoring by cultivating these five capacities, encourage open dialogue and make yourself a coaching source for others

Full show notes: http://www.avivconsulting.com/cnf102