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The Human Performance Podcast

The Human Performance Podcast

By Virti

Helping your people learn, train and perform.
From technology to leadership, to culture, sales and sports, we discuss how organisations can maximise the performance of their teams. With a new guest from the world of leadership, training and technology each week, we talk about the latest trends and how to optimise training and human performance in your organisation through technology.

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#33 📟 Surgical Innovation and Training

The Human Performance PodcastOct 28, 2020

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How to Supercharge Your L&D with Immersive Learning ⚡️ Human Performance Bites

How to Supercharge Your L&D with Immersive Learning ⚡️ Human Performance Bites

The advent of the #metaverse has brought Immersive Learning and VR #training to the forefront of the L&D space in the past year.   But what exactly is immersive learning? 

How does it work? And what evidence is there to support this #technology's increasingly widespread use in #business training?  

May 26, 202208:20
How the MetaVerse could help your company redefine workplace culture in 2022 🌎 Human Performance Bites
May 19, 202207:01
Fear of Risk = Fear of Growth 🚀 The Human Performance Podcast feat. Paul Schempp
May 12, 202245:06
Leadership vs Being a Leader 🗣 The Human Performance Podcast feat. Neil Crofts
May 05, 202248:05
Humility and Learning in a Leader's Journey 👑 The Human Performance Podcast feat. Deb Calvert
Apr 28, 202238:07
Being an Inclusive Leader Starts at Home 👫 The Human Performance Podcast feat. Mita Mallick
Apr 21, 202231:41
Envisioning Your Future ⚽ The Human Performance Podcast feat. Paul McVeigh
Apr 14, 202239:57
How to Hire The Best, with EQ in Mind 💼 The Human Performance Podcast feat. Ginny Clarke
Apr 07, 202238:44
Getting Your People to Go Above and Beyond ✨ The Human Performance Podcast feat. Alan Hosking
Mar 31, 202246:46
The Power of Storytelling 📖 The Human Performance Podcast feat. Scott McArthur
Mar 24, 202245:23
"I Thrive On Feedback" ⛵ The Human Performance Podcast feat. Dee Caffari MBE
Mar 17, 202238:06
"Leadership is easy to understand, but difficult to put into play..." 👑 The Human Performance Podcast feat. Richard Rierson
Mar 10, 202242:25
"Get Clear on What You're Pushing Away From" 🏃‍♀️ The Human Performance Podcast feat. Jeffrey Shaw
Mar 03, 202236:39
"Ask them HUMAN Check-In Questions" 😌 The Human Performance Podcast feat. Jason Lauritsen
Feb 24, 202246:39
"Set small goals that are ACHIEVABLE!" 🎯 The Human Performance Podcast feat. Allistair McCaw
Feb 17, 202244:27
Successful Days Start With Productive Mornings ⏰ Human Performance Bites

Successful Days Start With Productive Mornings ⏰ Human Performance Bites

My mantra is: your #morning routine should be #SIMPLE. If you have to waste your whole morning getting your #coffee at the EXACT right time, then you're gonna feel stressed every morning. That's why, in today’s HPP Bite I run you through how I wake up every day, and give you a few strategies for getting the best out of your morning and making that #routine work for you.

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Feb 10, 202207:41
"My Life Is More Valuable Than This" 💪 The Human Performance Podcast feat. John Register
Feb 03, 202246:13
Journaling is The Secret to Growth 📖 Human Performance Bites

Journaling is The Secret to Growth 📖 Human Performance Bites

Picking up Journaling is a quick and easy way to structure your days and be more #productive. Whether you're a student in #exam season needing a way to break down your work, or a YouTuber needing to keep track of their production routine, #journaling is a great way to steal back your productivity and tackle the day, week or month head-on!

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virti.com/newsletter When you sign up, you'll receive a copy of our weekly 'Level Up' newsletter straight to your inbox every Thursday, with the latest Virti product and feature announcements, as well as tips, tricks and news about all things human performance.

Jan 27, 202204:39
How Cognitive Learning Theory Can Revolutionise Your L&D 🧠 Human Performance Bites

How Cognitive Learning Theory Can Revolutionise Your L&D 🧠 Human Performance Bites

Think back to the last time you learned something. Was there a concept or subject that just clicked for you? You understood it clearly, and it made sense. Now, think about a time at #school when you couldn’t understand a concept or subject no matter how hard you tried. Well in today's video I dive into some learning theory to help you to understand how we #process information and how different ways of teaching and learning can impact how quickly and effectively you #learn.

Learn more at virti.com/alex

Jan 20, 202208:43
"Action Management: How do you store, organise and prioritise?" 🗄️ The Human Performance Podcast feat. Maura Thomas
Jan 13, 202241:49
"Get these systems in place, and the company starts running itself!" 🚀 The Human Performance Podcast feat. Marie Leslie
Jan 06, 202231:56
Scaling Culture in an Age of Remote Working 👥 Human Performance Bites
Dec 30, 202108:19
"The Human Side is Everything" 🤗 The Human Performance Podcast feat. Frank Wander
Dec 23, 202149:21
"Don't Judge a Fish by its Ability to Climb a Tree" 🐟 The Human Performance Podcast feat. Pandit Dasa
Dec 16, 202138:54
"This is the Age of Learning" 📚 The Human Performance Podcast feat. Nigel Paine

"This is the Age of Learning" 📚 The Human Performance Podcast feat. Nigel Paine

My guest on the podcast this week is Nigel Paine. Nigel is a change focus leader with a worldwide reputation and a unique grasp of media learning and development in the public, private and academic sectors. He's written three books in the learning technology space and and while at the BBC headed up their learning development operation, developing leaders and a brand new onboarding experience to ramp up all of their staff. He speaks regularly at conferences around the world and teaches in a doctoral program at the University of Pennsylvania. We discuss onboarding systems, his unique insight into learning development, how it's progressed over the last 20 years, and we also look at how new technology is emerging to empower the workforce and how you can implement change at your organization right now.



Dec 09, 202136:53
"If you want people to be more innovative... what are you asking them?" 🤝 The Human Performance Podcast feat. Karin Hurt

"If you want people to be more innovative... what are you asking them?" 🤝 The Human Performance Podcast feat. Karin Hurt

In todays episode, we talk to Karin Hurt, CEO of Let's Grow Leaders, and an experienced executive, speaker and writer. Karin was named of one the Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trusted Business Behavior by Trust Across America and Multiplier of the Year by the Wiseman Group.

We talk about getting the most out of your new hires, nurturing an innovative company culture and allowing every single employee to have a voice.

Dec 03, 202143:06
How Does Our Memory Work? 🧠 Human Performance Bites
Nov 25, 202106:58
"Keep Finding Ways to Be Wrong" 🏉 The Human Performance Podcast feat. James Parkes

"Keep Finding Ways to Be Wrong" 🏉 The Human Performance Podcast feat. James Parkes

On the Podcast this week is former premiership rugby player and coach James Parkes. Following his time in rugby, James has gone on to found Evexia Health International Limited, an employee wellness and wellbeing app. In terms of human performance, James is extremely well versed in getting the best out of his team and people, and has some great tips on how to constantly be your best and stay motivated.

Nov 18, 202101:00:54
"Your Vision Is Their Vision" 🚀 The Human Performance Podcast feat. Joan Koerber-Walker

"Your Vision Is Their Vision" 🚀 The Human Performance Podcast feat. Joan Koerber-Walker

On the Podcast this week is the legendary author, speaker and entrepreneur Joan Koerber-Walker. Joan is President and CEO of the Arizona BioIndustry Association and founder of CorePurpose, Inc. and in this weeks podcast discusses how to grow your company, the most important aspects of company culture and how to get the most out of yourself and your people as your business scales.

Nov 11, 202148:09
8 Top Tips for Reading More Books 📚 Human Performance Bites

8 Top Tips for Reading More Books 📚 Human Performance Bites

Want to be a better reader? Bill Gates the former CEO of Microsoft and one of the richest men in the world said that he reads about 50 #books a year. Here are eight productivity #tips that I find helpful for #reading more effectively and consistently.   For me reading has been a super power. I've been able to learn from mentors who I've never met by reading autobiographies, taught myself how to scale every element of a business and grown as a person by applying what I've learned from books. I routinely read 2-3 books each week and did so during my time working as a surgeon and now as the CEO of a tech business.

Nov 04, 202110:05
Get More Done by Delegating Like A CEO 👉 Human Performance Bites

Get More Done by Delegating Like A CEO 👉 Human Performance Bites

Whether you are a YouTube creator, startup CEO or a doctor, being able to delegate effectively is one of the most important skills to free up your time and scale your work. However lots of people struggle with delegating things as they lack a repeatable process and sometimes find that relaying information to others is more time consuming than actually doing a task themselves.  FREE DELEGATION TOOL https://bit.ly/AYdelegate

Oct 27, 202105:13
The Best Technique to Simplify Your Pitches and Focus Your Teaching 🧐 Human Performance Bites
Oct 20, 202105:03
A Complete Guide to OKRs: How To Set Your Goals Like Google 🎯 Human Performance Bites
Oct 14, 202111:42
The Virti Journey: The Road to Series A 🚀 Human Performance Bites

The Virti Journey: The Road to Series A 🚀 Human Performance Bites

In todays episode, I discuss the Virti Journey, from our company's roots, to our growth to our Series A funding round of $10 Million Dollars. 


We announced a Series A round of $10m for Virti led by IQ Capital with participation from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Fundraising is considered by some founders to be the hardest part of scaling a technology company. For me, this round was the opportunity to accelerate our mission to improve human performance by fundamentally changing how people learn, train and perform.

Oct 07, 202105:51
Spaced Repetition: How Studying Less Can Help You Learn More ♻️ Human Performance Bites

Spaced Repetition: How Studying Less Can Help You Learn More ♻️ Human Performance Bites

Despite having graduated from medical school in 2009 I can still remember a ton of medical facts and anatomical knowledge in a huge amount of detail because I learned it over a long period of time. Whether you're studying for an exam or learning a new language you want to ensure that you are maximising your time and learning as efficiently as possible to get the maximum benefit from your learning.

Sep 30, 202103:56
Hit All Your Goals with this Productivity Process 🎯 Human Performance Bites

Hit All Your Goals with this Productivity Process 🎯 Human Performance Bites

Being productive is all about having a process that predictably achieves your goals. Whether studying for an exam, launching a product or building muscle you need to have a process that reliably and efficiently helps you to succeed.

Having a reliable process that predictably helps me to complete tasks quickly is the cornerstone of my productivity. I've used this process for scaling companies, generating passive income, staying fit and developing pretty much everything that I do and I honed it down over time.

The 5 phases: planning, research, prototype, implementation and reflection can be applied to literally anything and I'm going to break each down for you below.

Sep 27, 202106:19
#53 🥋 The Challenges of MMA Fighting and How Coaching Can Boost Your Game feat. Nad Narimani

#53 🥋 The Challenges of MMA Fighting and How Coaching Can Boost Your Game feat. Nad Narimani

My guest on the podcast this week is Nad Narimani. Nad is an English mixed martial artist and UFC star, who started his professional MMA career in 2011. Nad won the Cage Warriors Fighting Championship Featherweight Championship against Paddy Pimblett in April 2017.

With a record of 10 to 2, he competes in the featherweight division of the UFC. Nad is a lifelong learner and coaches both children and athletes in mixed martial arts to help them get the very best out of themselves.

We talk MMA training, what it's like to fight in front of a crowd and how learning and coaching can change your life.



Sep 23, 202137:33
Game Design for Learning? 🕹️ Human Performance Bites
Sep 20, 202107:17
#52 😵 Can Hypnosis Make You Perform Better? feat. Wendi Friesen

#52 😵 Can Hypnosis Make You Perform Better? feat. Wendi Friesen

My guest on the podcast this week is Wendi Friesen. Wendi is a worldwide leader in creating rapid change for life's difficult problems. Since 1994 her site at Wendi.com has influenced the lives of millions worldwide and brought insight, wisdom and spiritual growth to people in need.

As a flat broke single mother of two, with no resources, money, help or partners, Wendi created a transformation business for devoted followers who seek real change. Her work caught the attention of the media and she quickly became an authority on how to make rapid and massive change in people's mind, body and spiritual life.

Wendi.com grew to experience millions in sales in a short time, reaching the hearts and minds of people who understood how her sincerity and passion could transform their lives.

We discuss creating courage and focus to be more creative, breaking through your limitations and greatly improving your skills with powerful mental hypnotic practice and how does hypnosis affect your wealth and success and can anyone do it?

Sep 16, 202152:29
Active Recall 🧠 Human Performance Bites
Sep 13, 202104:39
#51 🎉 Boosting Your Energy to Win the Day feat. Liz Lewinson

#51 🎉 Boosting Your Energy to Win the Day feat. Liz Lewinson

My guest on the podcast this week Liz Lewinson. Liz is the award-winning author of “American Buddhist Rebel,” “Women, Meditation, and Power,” and “The Power of the Loving Man.” A long-time practitioner and teacher of meditation and mindfulness, she enjoys up-ending traditional, repressive views of power, women, and men. Her executive career spans public relations, Wall Street technology, and non-profit management. A constant learner, she enjoys being taken on long walks by her two terriers.

We discuss how to practice meditation to boost you over pandemic, how raising your internal energy gives you a new approach to your daily performance and Liz provides some practical tips for gaining energy.

Sep 09, 202148:50
#50 💐 Grief and Trauma Support feat. Alison Pena

#50 💐 Grief and Trauma Support feat. Alison Pena

My guest on the podcast this week is Alison Pena aka Bad Widow.

Alison supports clients to tap into their innate resilience and take back their lives after loss with stories, insights and strategies. After losing her husband to pancreatic cancer in 2016, Alison designed new ways to re-engage, reinvent, and rebuild back to life, work and even love.

We discuss how to deal with grief, how companies can support employees through difficult times and how people can reclaim their lives and identities after major trauma.

Sep 02, 202151:53
#49 🧘 Meditation and Energy feat. Lisa Erickson

#49 🧘 Meditation and Energy feat. Lisa Erickson

My guest on the podcast this week is Lisa Erickson. Lisa is an energy worker specializing in women's energetics, sexual trauma healing, chakra manifestation, and kundalini awakening. She is the author of Chakra Empowerment for Women and The Art and Science of Meditation both published by Llewellyn Worldwide. She aids individuals through major life transits and trauma healing, with a particular focus on women’s sexual trauma. Lisa is certified in mindfulness meditation instruction and trauma sensitivity, and has trained in a variety of kundalini and energy healing modalities.

We discuss the impact of meditation on human performance and how to get started with energy work to improve your own performance.

Aug 26, 202145:41
#48 ⚡ The Power of Routine feat. Randy Gage

#48 ⚡ The Power of Routine feat. Randy Gage

My guest on the podcast this week is Randy Gage. Randy is a thought-provoking critical thinker who will make you approach your business — and your life — in a whole new way. Randy is the author of 14 books translated into 25 languages, including his recent worldwide best seller, Radical Rebirth.

He has spoken to more than 2 million people across more than 50 countries and is a member of both the Speakers Hall of Fame and the Direct Selling Hall of Fame. When he is not prowling the podium or locked in his lonely writer’s garret, you’ll probably find him playing 3rd base for a softball team somewhere.

We discuss the role of health in performance, the power of routines and the mental side of performance in reaching peak state

Aug 19, 202151:60
#47 ⛰️ Mindset & Mt. Kilimanjaro feat. Simone Knego

#47 ⛰️ Mindset & Mt. Kilimanjaro feat. Simone Knego

On the podcast this week is Simone Knego. Simone is the best-selling author of The Extraordinary UnOrdinary You, she is also a speaker, entrepreneur, and mother to six multicultural children. Sharing her journey of adopting three of her six children in foreign countries, her climb of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise cancer awareness, and all of the funny, scary, and inspiring stories that came along the way, Simone instills in her audience the powerful lesson that what you do matters. And it’s the little things we do each day that make the most difference.

We discuss Being a mom of six and the importance of self-care, Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mindset and the importance of believing in ourselves.

Aug 12, 202133:33
#46 🦸 Beating Adversity feat. Susan De Lorenzo

#46 🦸 Beating Adversity feat. Susan De Lorenzo

On the podcast this week is Susan De Lorenzo. Susan is a life coach who focuses on helping people who are emerging from life-altering adversities and guides them to evaluate the insights and wisdom that such times hold. She believes our “dark nights of the soul” contain amazing gems which we can use to construct an elevated platform that supports a joy-filled and authentic life and honours the journey and great being within. As a survivor of invasive breast cancer whose marriage dissolved as treatment ended, Susan draws upon her personal journey as well as her training as a life coach to give clients, readers and listeners the mindsets and tools to rebuild their lives in alignment with their deepest desires.

We discuss overcoming adversity, staying positive and what is essential in order to transform an adversity into a win.

Aug 05, 202140:50
#45 🥗 Nutrition and Fitness for Busy Humans feat. Nate Palmer

#45 🥗 Nutrition and Fitness for Busy Humans feat. Nate Palmer

On the podcast this week is Nate Palmer. Nate is a fitness and nutrition expert, coach, speaker, and writer who believes that being in incredible shape gives a massive advantage in business, focus, and relationships.

He also happens to be a dad, husband, and the #1 bestselling author of The Million Dollar Body Method and Passport Fitness. Nate helps business owners and entrepreneurs improve their physique, finances, and family time using fitness and nutrition as force multipliers.

We discuss nutrition, fitness, mindset and setting habits and goals when improving human performance.

Jul 29, 202154:58
#44 👀 Visualizing Success & Shaping Our Thoughts feat. David Richards

#44 👀 Visualizing Success & Shaping Our Thoughts feat. David Richards

On the podcast this week is David Richards. David is an international best-selling author, life strategist, and yoga instructor. He spent his early childhood living in various parts of the United States and three years living on the island of Okinawa, Japan. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in English, he was commissioned as an officer in the Marines. He earned two Masters degrees while on active duty and was part of the initial landing force in Somalia in support of Operation RESTORE HOPE.

David and I discuss Visualizing success, the power of meditation, and shaping our thoughts.

Jul 22, 202154:35
#43 💪 Redefining 'Badass' - Embracing Vulnerability feat. Mike Cameron

#43 💪 Redefining 'Badass' - Embracing Vulnerability feat. Mike Cameron

My guest on the podcast this week is Mike Cameron. Mike is a Canadian author, speaker, performance coach and advocate against Gender Based Violence. As a sales and leadership authority Mike has studied the impact that emotion has on human behaviour for over 2 decades. He has designed programs to assist individuals to tap into their emotions in a real and authentic way in order to become exceptional leaders and businessmen. His 2017 Tedx “The way men think of strong is wrong”, urges society to help redefine what it means to be a badass.  Mike coaches men to use his S.O.A.R framework to reconnect with their passions and purpose in life. His 2018 CBC Op-Ed “Dear Men” has been shared over 125,000 times and his keynotes addressing the importance of emotional intelligence have been heard all across North America. We discuss Mike's life-changing backstory, dealing with traumatic events and the impact emotion has on human behaviour.

Jul 15, 202152:22
#42 💡 Balancing Technology and Humanity in Medicine

#42 💡 Balancing Technology and Humanity in Medicine

In this episode, Rafael Grossman discusses the ever-fusing worlds of technology and medicine, and how we can use XR to drive great change in healthcare.


Rafael is a Surgeon, Educator, Speaker, Patient Advocate, Healthcare Futurist, and Immigrant - originally from Caracas, Venezuela. Throughout his career, he has focused on tapping the paradoxical power of technology to coexist with better, more humane medical care.

Jul 15, 202145:59