S3 E9 Lessons From A Life Of Persuasion with David Miller

The Inspire Podcast

In this episode Bart welcomes David Miller, former Mayor of Toronto, head of the World Wildlife Foundation and now Director of International Diplomacy for C40 Cities. David shares his life's journey and how from a young age he has been driven to address inequity and bring about positive change in the world. Along the way he has developed a set of principles for communicating his ideas in a focused, authentic way. He shares these principles with Bart illustrating them with examples from his rich career. The conversation is invaluable for anyone who wishes to communicate their ideas with confidence and authenticity. 00:50 Welcome to the podcast 01:00 Intro to David's Career by Bart 02:11 Miller's story 02:23 Early years in England 03:04 Class differences 05:21 Driving question: Why are there inequalities? 06:43 Mother's experience of class 07:50 Knowing who you are and what you stand for... 08:11 Drive change 09:09 Clarifying what you stand for 10:18 How to get across "who you are" to people 10:51 Write down what you're trying to achieve 14:17 Avoiding cheap talking points 16:24 Bart's anecdote about academia 16:36 How to use that clarity of thinking. 17:50 Environmental Work Example 22:17 Successful leaders use language that is real and use examples 22:48 Bart's book on Jargon 23:27 Biden's strength as a communicator 24:46 Corporate communications 26:03 Executive communications 27:44 Knocked on 275,000 doors! 28:59 New importance of communication in today's world 29:13 Examples of good corporate communications 30:50 Lightening round 31:09 Greta Thunberg 31:22 Al Gore 31:40 Best mayors... 35:11 Running on a campaign of RAISING taxes! 37:41 Barts closing thoughts about hope 38:31 Outro 39:07 Next episode teaser For more information about David Miller follow him on Twitter @iamdavidmiller and his book “Solved: how the great cities of the world are fixing the climate crisis” can be found here: https://utorontopress.com/9781487506827/solved/