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Shaping corporate culture - how and why you can succeed.
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About the Pilot Impuls Podcast
Innovative and high-performing teams need far-sighted leaders. A corporate culture in which employees remain motivated and can and want to get involved needs to be carefully cultivated.
Pilot Impuls brings together interesting discussion partners from different areas. What they all have in common is that they are passionate about a learning culture. Whether you want to call this an error culture, a learning culture or a safety culture is up to you.
We at Pilot Impuls support you in becoming a leader. Because there's a subtle difference between managers and leaders - and you'll find it in the podcast.
Anchoring a learning culture in the company.
Improve psychological safety in the team.
Just Culture as a success multiplier.
Build a successful safety culture.
Pilot Impuls supports you as a leader. With exciting podcasts on these topics.
Meet the Host
Philippe Ammann is Swiss Air Lines Captain and Instructor with 30 years of experience in leadership, human factors and team performance.
As a committed expert for psychological safety in practical management culture, he built up the company Pilot Impuls.
Previous episodes
#6 Learning culture and psychological safety - Philippe Ammann & Georg Wolfgang
March 2, 2024
The sixth podcast episode is a highlight for Philippe Ammann - and hopefully for you too! Philippe is a guest on the Culturizer podcast hosted by Georg Wolfgang, who guides us through the conversation with a great deal of empathy and knowledge. Georg does a wonderful job of picking up on Philippe's topics, developing them further and adding to them. An exciting conversation about Philippe's path to becoming a pilot, his experiences in aviation and how these can be transferred to topics such as corporate culture, teamwork and leadership. Philippe shares his impressive career spanning over 30 years of experience, during which he has circumnavigated the globe more than 300 times, performed over 3000 soft landings and made (perhaps) only one pilot error. Philippe's career began in the military, where he started gliding before becoming a captain on long-haul flights with Swiss Airlines. He emphasizes the importance of Crew Resource Management (CRM) and Human Factors in aviation and how these concepts can help improve teamwork and leadership in other industries. Philippe also shares personal experiences and insights on how the culture in the military and at Swiss Airlines has shaped his view on leadership and teamwork. The focus of the conversation is on the transferability of aviation principles to corporate contexts, particularly with regard to safety, error culture and psychological safety in teams. Philippe explains how an open dialog and the involvement of all team members can contribute to error prevention and why it is important to learn from mistakes instead of punishing them. This episode offers deep insights into the parallels between aviation and the corporate world and emphasizes the importance of effective communication, teamwork and a positive error culture for success in both fields. All links to Philippe Ammann: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippeammann/ Company: https://www.swiss.com/se/en/homepage https://pilotimpuls.ch/ All links to Georg and the Culturizer: Georg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georg-wolfgang Culturizer: https://culturizer.app CULTiTALK: https://cultitalk.de
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#5 Leadership - What connects an airline captain with a ship's captain?
August 19, 2023
Leadership - What does an airline captain have in common with a ship's captain? Today we have a very special interview with two captains, recorded on the bridge of the Havila Castor on a voyage to the Norwegian Lofoten Islands. The interview is in English. You can also find it as a movie on the Youtube channel of Pilot Impuls. On the one hand, we have Captain Philippe Ammann, an experienced airline captain who has spent countless hours in the air. And on the other hand, we welcome Captain Björn Pedersen, who has many years of experience as a ship's captain in his backpack. Björn is the captain of the MS Havila Castor, which will only enter service in 2022 and sails the Norwegian coastal route. Together, they talk about topics that connect their professions - responsibility, leadership, the challenges they face every day and, of course, the incomparable joy they find in their jobs. Both captains have gained extensive experience in their jobs and are committed to excellent leadership and professionalism on a daily basis. For both of them, safety is the top priority, which they achieve through a people-centered management style. It is important to them that they are perceived as approachable. Both are convinced that teams in which employees dare to think openly and honestly are more motivated, more productive and safer. In this captivating conversation, we delve deeper into the parallels between the job of an airline captain and a ship captain. We learn how both captains deal with the responsibility that rests on their shoulders. They give us insights into how they inspire and lead their crews to overcome challenges that arise in their dynamic environments. And last but not least, they talk about what they enjoy most about their jobs. Enjoy the fascinating exchange of ideas between Captain Philippe Ammann and Captain Björn Pedersen. Philippe Ammann is the founder of Pilot Impuls www.pilotimpuls.ch Björn Pedersen is captain of the Havila Castor www.havilavoyages.com Pilot Impuls stands for high quality and individual team training, impulse presentations and workshops. For training that inspires! www.pilotimpuls.ch
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#4 Leadership - One Size Fits all?
June 1, 2023
Leadership - One Size Fits All? If I, as a leader, have found and apply (my) leadership style, does it always fit? Or should I adapt it to the situation, the team and the task? Rahel Kindermann, Goetz Giessler and Philippe Ammann discuss the leadership styles that they encounter time and again in their work. And how they adapt them dynamically and flexibly thanks to their extensive experience. Rahel Kindermann is Managing Director of FRZ Flughafenregion Zürich and follows her North Star at www.clearedtoland.ch - for your team too, by the way! Goetz Giessler is Director of Plastic Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery in Kassel and Zug and has over 20 years of professional experience in medicine. He contributes his expertise on medical topics to the Pilot Impuls team. Philippe Ammann is the founder of Pilot Impuls, Airline Captain and Human Factors Instructor / Trainer. Moderated by Sibylle Eberle, SRF presenter and Pilot Impuls expert for media relations. Pilot Impuls stands for high quality and individual team training, keynote speeches and workshops. As a pilot episode, this episode introduces a small series of further discussions between the three of them, where we will then address specific leadership challenges and provide tips. Pilot Impuls - Training that inspires! www.pilotimpuls.ch
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