Art of Dynamic Competence: Creating Success in Changing Times

Whether you are feeling overwhelmed or absolutely ready to seize the moment, the Art of Dynamic Competence shows us how best align ourselves with whatever situation we find ourselves in, creating success in changing times. At its core, Dynamic Competence describes how we consciously understand the situations in which we find ourselves, allowing us to create equitable and balanced solutions for all concerned.  Dynamic Competence is not static; it allows us to see our situation clearer, make better decisions, positively affect others, and feel a sense of accomplishment and happiness in our lives. Without a doubt, Dynamic Competence helps us through the hard stuff.   This podcast will explore how Dynamic Competence arises in a wide range of disciplines. From business transformations to environmental issues, Dynamic Competence can help us describe success and manifest this success in our own lives. Managers, leaders, artists, coaches, trainers… all have stories that illustrate how the Art of Dynamic Competence works. We welcome you to explore these possibilities with us. 

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Habitat Annihilation

July 27, 2026 • Will Roger • Season 4 • Episode 45

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Will Roger returns to the show to talk about his new book, Habitat Annihilation: Humans Have Changed the Earth, and Now the Earth Will Change Humans. This book is a collection of twelve essays, curated and framed by Will, that looks at the climate crisis not as a policy problem but as a crisis of perception.

We talk about the overview effect and what astronauts see when the borders disappear. We talk about colonial capitalism as a kind of collective hallucination, and what it might take to wake up from it. We talk about rematriation, flow states, ritual, and the strange realization Will had about his own vocabulary: that the more precise his words got, the further they sometimes took him from what was actually true.

This is a conversation about the gap between belief and fact, between who we think we are and who we actually are, and about what it might take to see our home planet clearly again, before it changes us on its own terms.