The Evolving Leader

By: Jean Gomes and Scott Allender
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  • The Evolving Leader Podcast is a show set in the context of the world’s ‘great transition’ – technological, environmental and societal upheaval – that requires deeper, more committed leadership to confront the world’s biggest challenges. Hosts, Jean Gomes (a New York Times best selling author) and Scott Allender (an award winning leadership development specialist working in the creative industries) approach complex topics with an urgency that matches the speed of change. This show will give insights about how today’s leaders can grow their capacity for leading tomorrow’s rapidly evolving world. With accomplished guests from business, neuroscience, psychology, and more, the Evolving Leader Podcast is a call to action for deep personal reflection, and conscious evolution. The world is evolving, are you?

    A little more about the hosts:

    New York Times best selling author, Jean Gomes, has more than 30 years experience working with leaders and their teams to help them face their organisation’s most challenging issues. His clients span industries and include Google, BMW, Toyota, eBay, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Warner Music, Sony Electronics, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, the UK Olympic system and many others.

    Award winning leadership development specialist, Scott Allender has over 20 years experience working with leaders across various businesses, including his current role heading up global leadership development at Warner Music. An expert practitioner in emotional intelligence and psychometric tools, Scott has worked to help teams around the world develop radical self-awareness and build high performing cultures.



    The Evolving Leader podcast is produced by Phil Kerby at Outside © 2024
    The Evolving Leader music is a Ron Robinson composition, © 2022
    © 2025 The Evolving Leader
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Episodes
  • The Next Breakthrough in Self Awareness with Caroline Williams

    The Next Breakthrough in Self Awareness with Caroline Williams
    Apr 23 2025

    This week on The Evolving Leader is a double celebration – after more than 4 years and 190 episodes, we are thrilled to release our first in-person episode where co-hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender (usually sat thousands of miles apart) were together with guest, the renowned science writer Caroline Williams. Long term listeners will remember that we spoke to Caroline way back in season 2, and we are so pleased that Caroline agreed to come back and talk to us again, this time about her work around the science of interoception and her new book Inner Sense.


    Reading from Caroline Williams:

    Inner Sense: How the New Science of Interoception Can Transform Your Health

    Move: How the New Science of Body Movement Can Set Your Mind Free


    Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:

    Leading In A Non-Linear World (J Gomes, 2023)

    The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence (S Allender, 2023)



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    The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • ‘Normalising Human Leadership’ with Nicky Lowe

    ‘Normalising Human Leadership’ with Nicky Lowe
    Apr 9 2025

    In this episode of The Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender talk to Nicky Lowe.

    Nicky started her career working for a Silicon Valley tech company during the lead up to Y2K, where the financial rewards were great but for many their own wellbeing was secondary. After having her first child Nicky experienced burnout on her return to work, as she says ‘underestimating the psychosocial factors that impact women - especially mothers in the workplace’. Nicky became extremely curious as to what had happened and as a result reimagined her approach to her career and motherhood - learning what it takes to thrive both as a leader, mother and woman and for the last 20 years, Nicky has been an executive coach specialising in helping her clients achieve success in their lives without sacrificing their health or wellbeing.

    Referenced during this episode:

    https://luminate-group.co.uk/


    Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
    Leading In A Non-Linear World (J Gomes, 2023)

    The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence (S Allender, 2023)


    Social:

    Instagram @evolvingleader

    LinkedIn The Evolving Leader Podcast

    Twitter @Evolving_Leader

    Bluesky @evolvingleader.bsky.social

    YouTube @evolvingleader

    The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

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    54 mins
  • ‘Fake News and Why We Fall For It’ with Sander van der Linden

    ‘Fake News and Why We Fall For It’ with Sander van der Linden
    Mar 26 2025

    During this episode of The Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender discuss the pervasive issue of misinformation and its implications for society with Professor Sander van der Linden. Sander is Professor of Social Psychology in Society in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab and has also held posts at Princeton and Yale University. His research interests centre around the psychology of human judgment and decision-making and in particular he is interested in the social influence and persuasion process and how people are influenced by (mis)information and how they can gain resistance to persuasion through psychological inoculation.

    Sander is also interested in the psychology of conspiracy theories, extremism and radicalization, (digital) media effects, social networks, polarization, and the emergence of social norms, reasoning about evidence, and public understanding of risk and uncertainty. He has published around 175 papers and is ranked among the top 1% of all social scientists worldwide.

    In 2023, Sander’s book ‘FOOLPROOF: Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity’ was published.


    Referenced during this episode:

    https://foolproofbook.com

    https://inoculation.science/

    Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
    Leading In A Non-Linear World (J Gomes, 2023)

    The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence (S Allender, 2023)

    Social:

    Instagram @evolvingleader

    LinkedIn The Evolving Leader Podcast

    Twitter @Evolving_Leader

    Bluesky @evolvingleader.bsky.social

    YouTube @evolvingleader

    The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
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