Podcasts about sustainable transformation

The psychological effects of media consumption and keeping up with the 24-hour news cycle are vast. It can sometimes feel impossible to stay educated on current events without also feeling hopeless, disempowered, or even enraged. Worse, the incentives and structures of modern media outlets seem more and more geared towards capturing our attention at any cost… including our mental health, trust in one another, and even open societies themselves. Given this, is there a way to get back to a form of media and journalism that helps us feel empowered, and if so, how do we do it?  Today, Nate is joined by neuroscientist and best-selling author, Maren Urner, to discuss the critical role of journalism in democracy, the importance of rebuilding trust in media, and how neuroscience can inform our understanding of media consumption. Maren makes the case for constructive journalism – a more balanced and solutions-oriented approach to reporting – as a powerful antidote to the relentlessly negative tone of traditional media. She also highlights the urgent need for systemic change in the way journalism operates if we want to foster a more informed and empowered public. How do our deeply ingrained cognitive biases shape the way news is produced and consumed? Could journalism evolve to become a force for collective action and positive change, rather than just another profit-driven industry competing for our clicks? And in a world where our attention has become one of the most valuable – and contested – resources, how can we take greater ownership over the media we choose to engage with? (Conversation recorded on March 31st, 2025)   About Maren Urner: Maren Urner is a neuroscientist and, since September 2024, Professor for Sustainable Transformation at Münster University of Applied Sciences and Head of the new Master's program in Sustainable Transformation Design. In 2016, she co-founded "Perspective Daily," the first ad-free online magazine for constructive journalism. She led the editorial team as editor-in-chief and served as managing director until March 2019. After her time at Perspective Daily, she taught as a professor of media psychology at the Media University of Applied Sciences in Cologne until August 2024. Maren has been a columnist for the Frankfurter Rundschau since September 2020. Her three books, End the Daily Doomsday, Out of the Eternal Crisis, and Radically Emotional: How Feelings Make Politics are SPIEGEL bestsellers. She is the winner of the 2023 BAUM Environmental and Sustainability Award in the science category.   Show Notes and More Watch this video episode on YouTube   Want to learn the broad overview of The Great Simplification in 30 minutes? Watch our Animated Movie.   ---   Support The Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future Join our Substack newsletter Join our Discord channel and connect with other listeners  

Back in mid-October I received an email from long-time listener and spiritual development devotee Anne Ruel, sharing some thoughts and questionsep 49 had sparked for her as she considered questions of burnout, purpose anxiety, and integration in her own life and journey.I thought about responding in a solo episode but had a suspicion a real-time conversation between the two of us would be richer. So in early December, we sat down and chatted all things “integration”.Anne shared her story of starting with yoga and then moving further down the spiritual growth and development path through training after training (in yoga, energy healing modalities, life coaching, cacao ceremonies, etc)... and how she ended up feeling more burned out, alone, and lost than ever before. At the time, she hadn't heard of the idea of integration. And she admits that though she's beginning to suspect it was the missing piece for her, she feels mystified about what it actually is, how to know it's happening, and what signs might signal it's complete.So we get into it.Along the way, you'll hear us explore things like:the cultural rootlessness and lack of true mentors which leaves us with an immense inner hunger (and how capitalism wants us to feel that and why it can get us into trouble);reclaiming curiosity, depth, enoughness, our own power and self-responsibility, and the permission to do things differently;what wisdom actually is;the costs of coercive capitalism, prizing youth over older age, and punitive justice systems (and how those tie into integration, burn out, feeling lost and overwhelmed);setting boundaries (even with spirit guides and the things we love, partly as a way to maintain a sacred sense of connection);the relational dance of encountering Spirit and untangling ourselves over and over again;“peak experiences” as ruptures of our timeline;riding the “down wave” after a peak experience… (hopefully) without feeling like we're having a psychotic break;how we might find who we are and what our purpose is;and at what point in our spiritual development journey transformation actually happens (hint: it might not be what you're used to thinking it is)…and more.As you can probably tell from that list, this is a deep (and lengthy) conversation. This might be one you want to listen to in chunks. I listened in for if there was a good place to edit it into two episodes, but decided to leave it intact as one. I leave it to you to find your right pacing for listening.And I do hope you'll listen. And share if it resonates. From where I stand, integration is one of the key (often missing) pieces to navigating the spiritual and wellness world with more integrity - whether we're there to deepen our own journey, or as a guide/ teacher/ facilitator for others. We need more conversations like this.Join us around the fire? You're most welcome here.And thanks, Anne, for reaching out with your questions, sharing your story and hard-earned wisdom, and joining me in this conversation. (P.S. If you're a listener and find yourself with questions, musings, etc after an episode - feel free to reach out. Maybe we can have a conversation, too) ___________________________________You can find Kate:Website: www.wildsacredjourney.comEmail –kate@wildsacredjourney.comInstagram: @wildsacredjourney_kpAnd if you want to connect with Anne, feel free to pass a message through me by my email above.

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Hi beautiful human! In this episode, Michelle shares why you need to ditch the resolution mindset and how to create lasting change! Learn why traditional resolutions fail high-achieving women and discover a proven framework for sustainable transformation. If you're tired of the all-or-nothing cycle and ready for real results, this episode is your game-changer.Key points:Why resolutions don't work for ambitious womenCreating systems vs relying on willpowerQuarterly focus strategy for lasting changeHow to build flexibility into your success planIf you love this episode, take a screenshot and share this on your instagram and tag "@michelleestallings" to share with like-minded woman and so I can personally say hello and thank you for listening to the podcast! Go do the dang thing, girl - this is YOUR YEAR. 

SME จะเปลี่ยนแปลงธุรกิจอย่างไรไปสู่ความยั่งยืน? กรณีศึกษาของ บมจ. ไทยอีสเทิร์น กรุ๊ป โฮลดิ้งส์ (TEGH) คือคำตอบ THE SME HANDBOOK by UOB เอพิโสดสุดท้ายของซีซั่น 8 เฟิร์น-ศิรัถยา อิศรภักดี ชวน สินีนุช โกกนุทาภรณ์ กรรมการผู้จัดการ บมจ. ไทยอีสเทิร์น กรุ๊ป โฮลดิ้งส์ (TEGH) มาสะท้อนแนวคิดการทรานส์ฟอร์มธุรกิจสู่ความยั่งยืนซึ่งส่งผลดีทั้งประสิทธิภาพของผลลัพธ์จากการงานที่มากขึ้น รวมถึงการทรานส์ฟอร์มครั้งนี้ยังส่งผลให้เกิดธุรกิจใหม่ต่อมาในอนาคต

SME จะเปลี่ยนแปลงธุรกิจอย่างไรไปสู่ความยั่งยืน? กรณีศึกษาของ บมจ. ไทยอีสเทิร์น กรุ๊ป โฮลดิ้งส์ (TEGH) คือคำตอบ THE SME HANDBOOK by UOB เอพิโสดสุดท้ายของซีซั่น 8 เฟิร์น-ศิรัถยา อิศรภักดี ชวน สินีนุช โกกนุทาภรณ์ กรรมการผู้จัดการ บมจ. ไทยอีสเทิร์น กรุ๊ป โฮลดิ้งส์ (TEGH) มาสะท้อนแนวคิดการทรานส์ฟอร์มธุรกิจสู่ความยั่งยืนซึ่งส่งผลดีทั้งประสิทธิภาพของผลลัพธ์จากการงานที่มากขึ้น รวมถึงการทรานส์ฟอร์มครั้งนี้ยังส่งผลให้เกิดธุรกิจใหม่ต่อมาในอนาคต

On average, international events emit over 2,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases, which is the equivalent to what 270 UK citizens emit in a whole year.  The events industry has been under scrutiny for a number of years in regard to its sustainability, with many factors such as international and domestic travel and exhibition waste to consider, it's quite a beast to tackle! Back in 2012, to coincide with the London Olympics, a new Standard dedicated to Sustainable Events Management was launched. ISO 20121 provides a robust framework for those seeking to take actionable steps to tackle their sustainability, such as todays' guest FESPA.    In this episode Ian is joined by Graeme Richardson-Locke, Head of Associations & Technical Lead at FESPA, to discuss FESPA's journey towards achieving ISO 20121, the challenges faced along the way and benefits felt from certification. You'll learn ·      Who is Graeme Richardson-Locke? ·      Who are FESPA? ·      What was the main driver behind obtaining ISO 20121? ·      What was the biggest gap identified in the initial Gap Analysis? ·      What did FESPA learn from the experience of implementing ISO 20121? ·      What are the main benefits of ISO 20121 certification?   Resources ·      FESPA ·      FESPA Sustainability Spotlight ·      Isologyhub   In this episode, we talk about: [02:05] Episode Summary – We welcome today's guest, Graeme Richardson-Locke, Head of Associations & Technical Lead at FESPA, to discuss their journey towards achieving the best practice standard for Sustainable Event Management – ISO 20121. [02:40] Who is Graeme?: Graeme has spent 40 years in the print sector, from textiles to graphics to industrial printing. Starting from an apprenticeship in screen printing, which moved onto industrial printing and then finally into digital print. A little known fact about Graeme, he used to live on a goat farm on the Isle of Isla in the inner Hebrides. He speaks fondly of his time in a small community of just over 3,000 people, taking long walks and admiring the rich landscape. [06:00] Who are FESPA? – FESPA is the global Federation of National Specialty Print Trade Association. They work to support visual communication businesses in wide format and production of wide format products, so this includes things like garment decoration, interior décor, signage and industrial products. Their association have members across 37 countries with around 1400 businesses within their membership. They ultimately seek to reinvest their profits for the purpose of inspiring, educating and growing the industry. Their roots can be found in creativity, with some of their founding members coming from a background of screen printing. [09:55] What is the scope of FESPA's ISO 20121 certification? Currently it extends to their major European based exhibition – Global Print Expo, which also includes their European Sign Expo. They thought it best to roll out certification to the Standard against their largest event. Outside of the certification scope (so far) they do run events in Mexico, Brazil, Africa and the Middle East. It would be much too large of an undertaking trying to certify all their events initially, so they started with the European events with a view to expand their scope of certification at a later date. [11:05] What was the main driver for achieving ISO 20121? Their was a clear need for sustainability related materials to be made available to their members. So FESPA started to develop a guide on sustainability certification schemes, a glossary of terms and a calculating carbon guide. As a result, they set-up a feature on their website called Sustainability Spotlight, which highlights new sustainability produced materials coming to market. So it was clearly a topic of focus for their members. They also sought to increase the positive impact they can have within their community, reduce the negative impacts and further develop their overall value. [13:05] The ethical way forward – As an internal advocate, Graeme wanted to put forward a proposal for something that was really meaningful and not just a greenwashing exercise. This is something that seeking certification, which includes third-party verification, can provide. [13:35] How long did it take FESPA to achieve ISO 20121? – FESPA began looking into the Standard back in 2022, but it was mired with other turbulence that needed their focus. The pandemic, the war in Ukraine, supply disruption and inflation, there was a lot happening in a short space of time. They made a start on their journey in the Summer of 2022, but it was slow going as they were still building back from the pandemic. The slow burn picked up speed in 2023, with their certification being secured in May 2024. [15:45] What was the biggest Gap identified during the Gap Analysis? FESPA have a lot of talented members, with a lot of competence, but the experience of creating formalised policies, procedures and a Management System that had to meet the set requirements of the Standard was a learning curve. FESPA didn't have the benefit of other ISO certifications, and this was the first time they were implementing an audited Standard, so the whole process was very eye opening. [16:40] What impact did Implementing ISO 20121 have on FESPA? It provided a new perspective on their business, and has helped to develop a greater awareness of sustainable development opportunities. An example of this includes when they started to really dig deeper into how they build and run events, from stand materials to catering. They found that switching their stand build materials to fiber build materials reduced their carbon footprint by 90%! By simply thinking more carefully about what they were doing, they managed to make a massive carbon reduction, with an appetite to reduce this even further. They worked with a company called Quota to calculate their carbon emissions, as they didn't have that particular expertise in-house. With that massive reduction as a motivator, they are now looking at stand material lifecycle, with a view to use more recycled materials that can be reprocessed. [19:00] An eye opening experience -  Completing exercises like a SWOT and PESTLE and rolling out a risk register which is reviewed on a quarterly basis, allows them to really keep an eye on how things are changing and any available opportunities.   All of these feed into their objective setting for the next year, establishing a solid path of progression to drive the business forward. [20:10] Keeping up with an ever changing world: FESPA have molded their Management to suit the way they work, which is not linear. Venues change ever year, and it's critical that their management system assist in asking the right questions for new event locations. One of their recent events took place in The Rye in Amsterdam, and they had zero emissions relating to energy because the Rye had their own sustainability related policies and procedures in place.   [21:15] The event industry's collective effort: Many venues and other businesses involved in the events sector are large organisations with high energy consumption. Many will already fall under legislative requirements to address and reduce their energy consumption. So, everyone is working in step with each other for the most part. FESPA's own members are showing trends of steering more towards utilising more sustainable materials such as recycled fabrics, as these have less weight, less cost to ship and more opportunity for reprocessing. It's still very much a work in progress, but it's being driven in the right direction. [24:20] Graeme's Top Tip:  The power of systematic thinking, Implementing a Management System requires a new way of working. Graeme ran into trouble when first providing auditable evidence, as it was not something FESPA had ever done before. They encountered a minor non-conformance for F gas leakage in their head office air conditioning, and while they could confirm that their provider was F gas certified but they hadn't checked to make sure the certificate was in date. Little examples like this proved that they need a more systematic approach in all aspects of the business to ensure they complied with all relevant regulations, while also providing a solid framework for continual improvement. [26:15] Celebrating ISO Success: Graeme was fortunate to attend a Certificate ceremony, put on by their Certification Body, BSI. The acknowledgement of not only his effort, but others who had been through a similar experience made for a fantastic celebration of FESPA's achievements. [27:20] Graeme's book recommendation: Green Swans, The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism – By John Elkington [29:15] Chris's favourite quote: The biggest threat to this planet is the belief that someone else will save it – Robert Swan If you would like to learn more about FESPA, and their sustainability initiatives, visit their website. We'd love to hear your views and comments about the ISO Show, here's how: ●     Share the ISO Show on Twitter or Linkedin ●     Leave an honest review on iTunes or Soundcloud. Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one. Subscribe to keep up-to-date with our latest episodes: Stitcher | Spotify | YouTube |iTunes | Soundcloud | Mailing List

“People and organizations collectively can waste a lot of time being in denial and not facing reality, or explaining away why things are the way they are, rather than dealing with reality and taking action.”If you are leading change and transformation in any organization, today's conversation is full of tips and ideas on how to be sure you are doing it successfully. In this episode, I talk to Ian Ziskin, board member, former CHRO of a multi-billion dollar corporation, President of EXec EXcel Group LLC, and the lead author of the book, The Secret Sauce for Leading Transformational Change.You'll hear Ian talk about his experience leading change and transformation, including the biggest mistakes he sees leaders and organizations make during  change efforts,  and what to do instead for sustainable transformation.In this episode:Ian's leadership storyThe common problem that gets in the way of successful change efforts How to foster openness to change at different levels of an organizationWhat it takes to sustain change over timeHow good execution must accompany visionWhat a good change execution plan looks likeReconciliation of facts versus feelingsAnd more!Power Presence Academy | Leadership with Less Ego And More Soul is the go-to podcast for anyone who leads. Your host is Janet Ioli, leadership and human development expert, sought-after coach and advisor to global executives, and former executive with experience in four Fortune 100 companies. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose to lead with Less Ego and More Soul.Resource Links:Ian Ziskin has 40+ years of experience as a business leader, board advisor and member, coach, consultant, CHRO, entrepreneur, teacher, speaker, and author. His clients and corporate work span over 25 industries and include Fortune 1000, entrepreneurial, publicly traded, and privately held businesses. Ian is recognized as a trusted advisor to CEOs, C-level executives, operating and HR leaders, and board members.Get Ian's book The Secret Sauce for Leading Transformational ChangeConnect with today's guest on LinkedIn: Ian ZiskinConnect with Janet Ioli:Website: janetioli.comLinkedin: Janet IoliInstagram: @janetioliJanet is the founder of Power Presence Academy. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose and lead with Less Ego, More Soul.If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days. Check out Janet Ioli's book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think. Produced by Ideablossoms

In this episode we are looking at how AI is forcing us to rethink efficiency - and pushing us to do better.As the energy usage of our IT infrastructure - especially data centers - creeps ever higher, organizations are thinking more seriously about how to make the whole process more efficient, and get more out of the tech and resources we have - potentially making AI not only more sustainable, but also cheaper.And that's where today's guest comes in. Discussing the topic with us is Dr John Frey, Chief Technologist for Sustainable Transformation at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what we can learn from it. Do you have a question for the expert? Ask it here using this Google form: https://forms.gle/8vzFNnPa94awARHMA About this week's guest: Dr John Frey: https://sustainablebrands.com/is/john-frey Sources cited in this week's episode:World Economic Forum statistics on data center energy use: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/07/generative-ai-energy-emissions/Goldman Sachs report into growing AI energy demands: https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/AI-poised-to-drive-160-increase-in-power-demand Five levers for IT efficiency: https://www.hpe.com/h22228/video-gallery/us/en/Discover2023-26015/sustainable-it--a-strategic-approach-to-efficiency/video/?lang=en-USJapan's autonomous highway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0v0zAxu5Wo

In this episode we are looking at how AI is forcing us to rethink efficiency - and pushing us to do better.As the energy usage of our IT infrastructure - especially data centers - creeps ever higher, organizations are thinking more seriously about how to make the whole process more efficient, and get more out of the tech and resources we have - potentially making AI not only more sustainable, but also cheaper.And that's where today's guest comes in. Discussing the topic with us is Dr John Frey, Chief Technologist for Sustainable Transformation at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what we can learn from it. Do you have a question for the expert? Ask it here using this Google form: https://forms.gle/8vzFNnPa94awARHMA About this week's guest: Dr John Frey: https://sustainablebrands.com/is/john-frey Sources cited in this week's episode:World Economic Forum statistics on data center energy use: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/07/generative-ai-energy-emissions/Goldman Sachs report into growing AI energy demands: https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/AI-poised-to-drive-160-increase-in-power-demand Five levers for IT efficiency: https://www.hpe.com/h22228/video-gallery/us/en/Discover2023-26015/sustainable-it--a-strategic-approach-to-efficiency/video/?lang=en-USJapan's autonomous highway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0v0zAxu5Wo

In this episode we are looking at how AI is forcing us to rethink efficiency - and pushing us to do better.As the energy usage of our IT infrastructure - especially data centers - creeps ever higher, organizations are thinking more seriously about how to make the whole process more efficient, and get more out of the tech and resources we have - potentially making AI not only more sustainable, but also cheaper.And that's where today's guest comes in. Discussing the topic with us is Dr John Frey, Chief Technologist for Sustainable Transformation at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what we can learn from it. Do you have a question for the expert? Ask it here using this Google form: https://forms.gle/8vzFNnPa94awARHMA About this week's guest: Dr John Frey: https://sustainablebrands.com/is/john-frey Sources cited in this week's episode:World Economic Forum statistics on data center energy use: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/07/generative-ai-energy-emissions/Goldman Sachs report into growing AI energy demands: https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/AI-poised-to-drive-160-increase-in-power-demand Five levers for IT efficiency: https://www.hpe.com/h22228/video-gallery/us/en/Discover2023-26015/sustainable-it--a-strategic-approach-to-efficiency/video/?lang=en-USJapan's autonomous highway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0v0zAxu5Wo

Many strive for change, yet achieving and sustaining it is a complex journey. As people chase higher goals, often in career, personal growth, or relationships, the need to reevaluate approaches to sustainable transformation becomes apparent. Research suggests that nearly 80% of New Year's resolutions fail by mid-February, indicating a need for sustainable systems, not just strong intentions, to achieve personal and professional growth.What if there were a blueprint for transforming your life sustainably, rather than burning out on temporary changes?In this episode, Tuesdays with Morrissey brings on Alex Lee, an accomplished sales leader turned coach, to delve into a proven trifecta for change: strategy, execution, and reflection. Lee joins host Adam Morrisey, a passionate advocate for holistic growth, to explore how sustainable change emerges from goal-setting, consistent self-reflection, and realignment.Key Takeaways:The Trifecta for Change: Sustainable transformation is built upon three pillars—strategy, execution, and reflection. The strategy involves defining measurable, emotionally meaningful goals. Execution means taking these goals one step at a time. Reflection, often overlooked, is where the most growth occurs, allowing for necessary adjustments and pivots.The Authentic Blueprint: Alex Lee discusses the concept of "authentic blueprint"—the idea that each person has a unique purpose shaped by life experiences, challenges, and innate abilities. Finding this blueprint requires deep self-exploration, often leading individuals away from what society expects and toward their true selves.Importance of Reflection: Like sleep for physical fitness, reflection is essential for personal growth. Through reflection, individuals can assess what works and what doesn't, adapting their path to their evolving goals and authentic purpose.Alex Lee, a Certified Professional Coach with extensive corporate experience, specializes in guiding high-achieving professionals toward deeper fulfillment and authentic success. Previously holding leadership roles at tech giants like Google, MongoDB, and Rackspace, Alex combines his strategic acumen with a deep understanding of human behavior, helping clients unlock their full potential through tailored coaching methods. Leveraging over two decades in sales and personal transformation, Alex offers a unique perspective on achieving sustainable change, focusing on self-discovery, emotional insight, and breaking limiting patterns.

SummaryThe conversation explores the concept of mental resilience in weight loss journeys, emphasizing the importance of sustainable transformation and the impact of mindset on resilience. It delves into the pitfalls of restrictive diets, the significance of lifestyle changes, and the value of setting reasonable standards. The speakers share personal stories of overcoming challenges and highlight the need for a structural understanding of transformation beyond weight loss goals. The conversation delves into the mental resilience and emotional aspects of weight loss and transformation journeys. It emphasizes the importance of framing unfortunate situations in an empowering way, the emotional impact of the journey, and the significance of milestones and memories over arbitrary numbers. The discussion also covers the pitfalls of hyper-fixating on weight and the negative impact of self-talk. It concludes with a focus on personal growth and the importance of self-improvement.

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Anlässlich des zweiten TUM Sustainability Day am 12. Juni 2024 dreht sich in dieser Folge alles um Nachhaltigkeit. Unsere Gäste setzen sich mit ambitionierten Zielen in Forschung und Lehre, im Campusmanagement oder beim Bauen für eine nachhaltigere Universität ein: Mit Werner Lang sprechen wir über den Energiebedarf unseres Gebäudebestands, Wege zu CO2-Neutralität am Campus und eine nötige Transformation in der Lehre. Er ist der erste Vizepräsident für Nachhaltigkeit und Professor für effizientes und nachhaltiges Planen und Bauen. Inwiefern städtische Gärten von ihrer bebauten Umgebung beeinflusst werden, weiß Monika Egerer, Professorin für urbane produktive Ökosysteme. Klimaschutzmanager Jonathan Bauer stellt Projekte vor, mit denen wir als Universität schrittweise Treibhausgase reduzieren. Außerdem gibt Veronica Becker, Mitorganisatorin des Sustainability Day, einen Einblick in das vielfältige Angebot aus Workshops, Panels und über 140 Initiativen, die sich vorstellen. Das ganze Programm finden Sie hier: www.tum.de/sustainability-day-2024  Gäste in chronologischer Reihenfolge:  Prof. Dr. Werner Lang, Vice President Sustainable Transformation und Professor für energieeffizientes und nachhaltiges Planen und Bauen an der TUM School of Engineering and Design  Prof. Dr. Monika Egerer, Professorin für urbane produktive Ökosysteme an der TUM School of Life Sciences  Jonathan Bauer⁠, Klimaschutzmanager im TUM Sustainability Office  Veronica Becker, Nachhaltigkeitsmanagerin im TUM Sustainability Office 

The next BriefingsDirect expert interview podcast explores best practices for deploying artificial intelligence (AI) with a focus on sustainability and strategic business benefits. As AI rises as an imperative that impacts companies at nearly all levels, proper concern for efficiency around energy use and resources management has emerged as a key ingredient of success -- or failure.  It's becoming increasingly evident that AI deployments will demand vast resources -- energy, water, skills, and upgraded or wholly new data center and electrical grid infrastructures. Read a  full transcript or download a copy.  Stay tuned to learn why factoring the full and long-term benefits — accurately weighed against the actual costs — is essential to assuring the desired business outcomes from AI implementations. Only by calculating the true and total expected costs in the fullest sense can businesses predict the proper fit-for-purpose use for large deployments of AI systems. Here to share the latest findings and best planning practices for sustainable AI is John Frey, Director and Chief Technologist of Sustainable Transformation at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). The discussion is moderated by Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions. Subscribe to the podcast. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

05Carly Snider is the Executive Director of Pact Collective, a non-profit collective uniting the beauty industry to take responsibility for our package waste and work collaboratively toward more circular solutions for beauty. The collection occurs in various ways, including in store collection bins and mail back options as this waste is then upcycled, downcycled or considered for a mechanical recycling solution. Learn more here, in the show notes.  

In this episode, I want to delve into the challenge we all face in making sustainable changes in our lives. It's something I've grappled with personally, and I've learned that the key is to start small and stay consistent. I'll share some personal insights from a recent well-being challenge I embarked on, where I focused on increasing my daily walking steps. Through this experience, I'll show how making small adjustments and staying committed to consistency can yield significant results over time. Join me as we explore the power of incremental change and the journey toward lasting improvement. Join my FREE Masterclass "5 Steps to Master Your Metabolism and Lose Weight" https://drmarbas.lpages.co/mastermetabolism/ To work with me: https://www.drmarbas.com/ A Big Thank You To Our Sponsors: To work with the world's best plant-based coach, Maxime Sigouin visit his website: www.fitvegancoaching.com To learn plant-based cooking and get your medical questions answered join The Healing Kitchen taught by Brittany Jaroudi and me! Click here to learn more: https://www.drmarbas.com/the-healing-kitchen

Ever feel like you're on a never-ending treadmill when it comes to fitness, making strides only to lose your footing? Let me be your guide to breaking the start-stop cycle that's keeping you from seeing the results you crave. I will cut through the noise with a candid conversation on the power of consistency. Let me tackle your frustration head-on, exposing the truth behind the transformative journey from inner strength to a reshaped physique. With Laura's infectious enthusiasm, this episode is for anyone looking to turn their fitness aspirations into a sustainable reality.Dive deep into Laura's personal transformation from a "frumpy mom" to "fit and fabulous."Laura's advice goes beyond surface-level advice,  explore the internal changes that must occur before the mirror reflects your hard work. Laura's wisdom is a blueprint for empowerment, proving that with dedication and consistency to achieve their fitness goals. Join Laura for an episode that's as motivating as it is informative, where Laura London becomes your personal cheerleader in the quest for lasting health and fitness.I hope you enjoyed this episode of the Connected Body Podcast. LauraLondonFitness.comLauraLondonWellness.comInstagramYouTubeFacebook

Today, we are learning from Barbara Holzner. Barbara is CEO of iCONDU GmbH and supports companies, municipalities, and organizations with complex challenges such as sustainability and digitalization. As a consultant, she moderates participation and strategy processes and supports her clients with innovative methods for impact-oriented project development and management. As a trainer and facilitator, she trains skills for dealing with complexity and shaping sustainable transformation. Together with her team, she develops tools such as the systems thinking software simcision and the SDG simulation game Sustain2030. Barbara studied Digital Media at Ulm University of Applied Sciences. During her studies, she gained practical experience in the design and project management of complex applications. In her part-time Master's degree in Educational Media at the University of Duisburg-Essen, she is working on the didactic design of digital learning applications. In addition to the development of simulation games and the design of participation formats, her focus is on the moderation of strategy and decision-making processes. Since the beginning of 2016, she has enriched iCONDU with her enthusiasm for co-creative solutions. Let's get started... In this conversation with Barbara Holzner, I learned: 00:00 Intro 00:30 How Barbara and her team use the inner development goals in practice, with the IDG round table. Just 30 minutes, on Friday after lunch. 08:00 Growing, as a team, together. 10:00 The effect of working on inner development with the team weekly, inner and outer growth. 14:00 Complexity as a chance. Use it and don't have a fear of complexity. 14:45 The complexity of decision making. 17:30 Using systems thinking and simulations to support decisions. 23:45 Decision-making and Ai and data. 26:20 Opening up the black box of Ai for decision-making. 33:00 What we can do with the SDG simulation game, sustain2030. 46:00 Thinking about the hours you have left in your career and decide to make a difference and want to have more impact. 47:30 The decision to move away from the design career and focus on sustainability, complexity, and decision-making. 53:00 This is simcision and learning about complex systems. 54:10 All models are wrong, but some are useful - George Box 1:04:05 The importance of play for learning, and training is for inner development and achieving sustainable transformation. More about Barbara Holzner: linkedin.com/in/barbara-holzner http://www.icondu.de  https://sustain2030.de/  https://simcision.com Video of the conversation with Barbara Holzner https://youtu.be/juVEtlXV1Sw Watch here https://youtu.be/juVEtlXV1Sw

Seven powerful habits to establish a strong foundation for recovery from porn addiction, emphasizing long-term and sustainable transformation. These habits include self-love, seeking support, embracing discomfort, maintaining centering habits, exploring inner work, committing to the journey, and taking extreme ownership of one's life.-----------------------Interested in getting 1:1 coaching support? Learn about my Coaching Program and apply for a free discovery call: https://www.jeremylipkowitz.com/introGET NOTIFIED WHEN DOORS OPEN TO UNHOOKED RECOVERY: https://jeremylipkowitz.mykajabi.com/unhookedConnect with me on Social:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremylipkowitz/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremylipkowitz/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JeremyLipkowitzABOUT JEREMY LIPKOWTZJEREMY IS A MEDITATION TEACHER, LIFE COACH, AND DIGITAL HABITS EXPERT WHO WORKS WITH ENTREPRENEURS, EXECUTIVES, AND LEADERS.Jeremy overcame addiction, shame, self-judgement, and depression in his early twenties with the help of mindfulness meditation. Mindfulness not only helped him let go of destructive behaviors, it also allowed him to connect with deeper meaning and purpose in his life.For the past 10 years Jeremy has been teaching mindfulness and emotional intelligence practices at universities, recovery centers, and companies throughout Asia and the US. He holds a Bachelors and Master's degree in Genetics and Genomics, and spent several years at Duke University working towards a PhD in Genetics & Systems Biology before he turned full-time to teaching mindfulness.Jeremy is also an ICF certified Executive Coach. As a former scientist and academic, Jeremy has a great passion for bringing his EI based coaching skills into the corporate and professional world. He realizes how powerful & transformative these practices can be for skeptics and senior-level managers. He is known for his calm and grounded demeanor, his expertise in habits and high-performance, and his compassionate approach to transformation.Coaching Certifications* CPCC, Co-Active Training Institute* ICF Member* ACC International Coaching FederationJeremy is a Certified Teacher with the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence program initially developed at Google. He also spent time living and training as a fully-ordained Buddhist monk in Myanmar. He now combines his science-based expertise with a hunger for personal development to help others discipline their minds and achieve genuine inner- peace and fulfillment.  

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Bio   Victor is a Lean/AGILE Strategy and Transformation Consultant, helping organisations in emergent environments navigate the path to a successful future via "Agile Ways Of Working". This usually involves developing and implementing Lean/Agile Strategies for these organisations, coaching & mentoring Senior Leaders, Managers and Teams in attaining the Agile Mindset that allows them to achieve high performance. Experiencing this evolutionary journey with clients from traditional ways of working to successfully achieving full Agility is his career passion. With a career path spanning over 30 years, starting as an accountant and Business Analyst, Scrum Master to being an Agile Coach today. His best skill amongst many is as a motivator and his work ethic is all around making work fun. Other passion outside work include helping Africa as a whole achieve Agility – Victor is the creator of the A.P.I.A.M-R.A.T.S Agile Culture Model and also an amateur chef, gastronome and suffering Chelsea FC fan. Victor lives in England with his family, 3 dogs and 12 fish. Interview Highlights 01:40 & 08:00 Childhood bereavement 04:00 The importance of adapting 09:45 A.P.I.A.M-R.A.T.S model 14:50 Using local language 20:00 WakandAGILITY 22:25 Sustainable transformation 29:00 Transformation buzzword 32:15 The importance of timing   Social Media   ·         LinkedIn: Victor NWADU | LinkedIn ·         Email: victor@wakandagility.com ·         Medium: Victor Nwadu – Medium ·         Twitter: @wakandagility   Books & Resources ·         The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt: The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement: Goldratt, Eliyahu M ·         Turn the Ship Around! by L. David Marquet: Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders L. David Marquet ·         The Wisdom of the Crowds by James Surowiecki: The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations: James Surowiecki, Erik Singer ·         WakandAGILITY.com: Enabling Agility for Africa: Agile Training, Support and Networking | Wakandagility ·         The A.P.I.A.M. – R.A.T.S. MODEL | LinkedIn Episode Transcript Intro: Hello and welcome to the Agile Innovation Leaders podcast. I'm Ula Ojiaku. On this podcast I speak with world-class leaders and doers about themselves and a variety of topics spanning Agile, Lean Innovation, Business, Leadership and much more – with actionable takeaways for you the listener. Ula Ojiaku So I have with me here Victor Nwadu, who is an agility strategist, Agile coach, everything-in-between, maestro. Victor, it's an honour to have you on the Agile Innovation Leaders Podcast. Thank you so much. Victor Nwadu Thank you, Ula, thank you for having me. Thank you. Ula Ojiaku So let, just tell us, Victor, about your background. What are the things that you've experienced, that have shaped you into who you are today and how you've ended up to where you are professionally? Victor Nwadu I mean, just cutting to the flow, I'm from Nigeria. I'm also, like all Nigerians, educated in Nigeria and then for some, you know, reason found myself here in the UK. If I wanted to pick on anything that has, you know, brought me to where I am and what has driven me to who I am today, I think it's just, it's my childhood, right. I was born to working class parents that, you know, Catholic people that worked hard for everything they've got. And as a Nigerian, you are told, it's instilled in you from a very young age, what the benefit of hard work is. Unfortunately, I was traumatised at the age of 13 by the death of my mum. So, and yeah, left with five siblings and my dad was broken by the course of events, but, you know, at that young age getting to where I am, having to, you know, do what I had to do to get to school and all that and still have these five siblings with me as well. Ula Ojiaku Because you're the first. Victor Nwadu Yes, I'm the first. You know how it is, especially when you're Igbo, right, you're expected to be strong and do it. Ula Ojiaku Di-Okpara (First Born) Victor Nwadu Di-Okpara, you say, that kind of thing, you know, so, yeah. But thank God for today and I find myself here today talking to powerful people like yourself. And I mean, I think that that has made me stronger, and I miss my mum terribly, but if I look back, to be honest with you, the course of events in one's life really defines, helps one define one's destiny. And that's how, you know, so I believe that what I went through in life has made me stronger, you know? So, yeah. I came to the UK, became an accountant, funnily enough, I did what we need to do. Then I find myself being a BA then a, after systems accounting, because I loved computers and all that, you know, then find myself doing, I don't know if you know what SAP is, so I did that for a while. Met a chap, a BA guy that I was doing his invoice, I saw how much was earning and I said, what, Jesus, I mean, tell me what to do, man. I then became a BA from that, then became, at that time, luckily, Scrum was just coming into the industry and, you know, we, I found myself doing something called an Agile BA, that's how I got into Agile. Then became a Scrum Master, became an Agile coach, and the rest is history. So that's basically it in a nutshell. Ula Ojiaku That's interesting, that you started off as an accountant and now you're an agile coach. I mean, I'm not throwing stones. I started off as an Electronic Engineer and I'm an agile coach, but yeah, it's all about, what I'm trying to also tell young people, including my children, that what you start off with doesn't necessarily mean that that's the career you're going to have for your whole life, you know, there is a whole lot of options, but it's just about starting somewhere. Victor Nwadu Especially now, I say the same thing to my kids, especially my son. You need to be in a state of mind where you need to adapt. A lot of paradigm shifts are happening underneath us and, you know, you need to be ready, and you need to be ready to go and adapt to the present circumstances. Otherwise, you know, and this is why we do what we do. Ula Ojiaku Yeah, and I think it starts with a mindset as well, you know, just having that Agile mindset, not to flog it, but agility starts first with the mind. What's your take on it? Because things are changing to be able to adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing world. Victor Nwadu Exactly. I mean, so we are living in exciting times, like you know already, agility was born out of the times that we're living in. It all started with the internet and outsourcing and all that, the world becoming a small village and all that. Then, we then have this digital thing going on and the information age and that brought yourselves all sorts of fantastic things. Things are, because we are utilising and leveraging the power of technology, we find out that we don't need to do certain things. Unfortunately, some jobs have to go, but then new ones are coming in. So all these things started happening, and again, it's affecting generations right now. If you were Generation X like me, you would've seen at least three more generations in your time when these changes are happening. It's crazy. So we now have, how do we survive? You know, you survive by adapting. If you don't adapt, you become obsolete, extinct, and that has tailored it to the industry, and the way we work. And even now talking to you, I'm working from home, I have a home office, you know, and that makes it even more fantastic because I can work anywhere in the world. Right. So what it does now is that it creates a bigger competition, right, where anybody can apply for any job anywhere in the world. It also helps the earth, and I don't want to go into that working from home debate, but that's all these things that are happening are as the consequences of the various paradigm shifts that are happening. So we need to adapt, like you said, in the mind, our mind needs to be open to change. And we need to put ourself in a place where we leverage all the advantages of those changes for our own benefits and so yeah. Ula Ojiaku Well said Victor. I mean, I completely associate with what you've said so far and the changes that are happening, especially with technology. For example, the recent one that's making waves is like AI, you know, so we're now in, someone said we're in the knowledge, information age, but now it's something like augmented age. So it's not just about the information, but it's also about being able to leverage, you know, technology like AI to still do productive work. But it still ties back with being adaptable, being able to learn and unlearn, to remain creative because machines are not taking over anytime soon. Victor Nwadu They can't take over the creative aspect and we need to automate and become, the competitive edge now is about who does things quicker, who gets to the market quicker and who get to the customer quicker? Who satisfies the customer in terms of the value threshold. So yeah, that's what we are, you know, we're creative, but we'll still be the same, but if you don't have creative guys in your design and engineering design, or software design, you're still going to fall back into that obsolete group of people that don't change or are not changing as quickly as it should. So yeah, I agree totally with that. Yeah. Ula Ojiaku Thank you. I know we went off into a rabbit hole, but I did want to just take you a little bit back to what you said earlier when you were talking about the things that happened to you that shaped you into who you are. And you mentioned your mum's death at 13, you know, I'm really sorry about that, and I can't imagine how tough it would be because my son just turned 13 and I can't imagine the difficulty it must be, well, you did say it must have been for you. You said events in one's life defines one's destiny. Can I, so my twist would be, because the same thing could happen to two different people and you have two different outcomes. So could there be something about how they react to it as well? Victor Nwadu Yeah, obviously. I mean, the way people react is the key, right. Yeah. So one person could react, have reacted, okay, fine. You hit the ground, I mean, you fall and you cry, and you get traumatised. Then you kind of rebuild yourself and stand up and keep going. And some people, it's just like a tough man's thing, right? It's a storming it and all that. So people stay in that trough, they never, some teams just stay there, they never rise above, you know, so some people, not because it's their fault, maybe their environment, maybe because resources that are not there to guide them, to help them stand up, you know? Yeah. We're not the same. So, yeah, I just happened to be who I'm hopefully strong enough to have been able to lead myself from that trough. Ula Ojiaku Well, you inspire me and I know that you are an inspiration to many other people as well, so thank you for sharing your story. So you did put together this model, agile culture model A.P.I.A.M-R.A.T.S. Can you tell us a bit about that? Victor Nwadu Actually, I have a little of pause on that. So it's something that, you know, that's been on my mind, the pet project, purely because, you know, some people are saying, are you trying to create another agile, and no, it's not. It's just like a clarion call to people that are coming to Africa and the Middle East to engage in a transformation process. We're looking at the way Agile is, when the forefathers of agile went to Utah to dream up this fantastic thing. I'm sorry, they were not thinking about Africa, they were thinking from their own Western perspective, right. And then we Africans, Agilists and change leaders from Africa, we know that things we've learned from what the manifesto and the principles have taught us, are not that straightforward in from where we come from. So it manifests itself with many of my colleagues in the West that have gone to Africa and met these challenges and have complained. And I say, yes, it's because we are totally different, mindset is different, the Western mindset is totally different. So I've kind of modelled it more to Africa and the Middle East, and mainly to Nigeria and South Africa because that's where I got most of my data from. And it's A.P.I.A.M-R.A.T.S it's actually Agile Practice in Africa and the Middle East. Okay. And the R.A.T.S, I get lots of stick from my friends, the R.A.T.S is just when I kind of listed out the main things, main factors, some of them not that bad, some of them, the bad ones, it just, the best way I could figure it out to make, to create a soundbite was, it came out as R.A.T.S. So you have your religious intrusion, the R is religious intrusion, the A is an age respect paradox, and the T, obviously time. The other one is secrecy cults, and the fifth one, which I've added on later on was language, the leverage language and that kind of stuff, right? So the religious one is the effect of religion in the way we work. If you go to any African or if you go to Nigeria today now, you will see, say for example, people doing their standup. The standup, daily standup is, that's supposed to take an average of 15 minutes. They will give an average of five minutes for prayers and, you know, the way we pray, evangelistic sometimes things more than that. And imagine a Muslim guy in that scene. You know, imagine a Western guy, a Western agile coach and like woah, really? You know, so you have that aspect of it. You also have the age respect paradox. So it's a paradox because yes, while people in the West understand age and respect, in Africa and in the Middle East we take it up a notch or two. You know, where sometimes actually the negative aspect is that somebody that is older than you now thinks because he's older, you cannot allocate well as part of a member of the team, you feel, oh, it's an insult for you to tell them what to do, which is wrong and very crude, but it happens, it happens. So we have that and we also have the African Time, so it's not fair to call it African because the French do it. It's not labelled an such connotative when the French do it… Ula Ojiaku I've been to different countries. They do it. I'm not going to name it, name them. Victor Nwadu Yeah. So, exactly. So the way it's been made to feel as if some kind of, like we, Nigerians and Africans started it. I don't really like it, but, you know, that has become something that of note and something that has kind of embedded itself in our culture and our behaviours. Yes, the French do it, but is in social circles, however, we've kind of brought it into professional, our professional lives, where we lack that discipline for some reason of keeping exactly to time. And that itself, obviously as you and I know, has an effect on cost of delay and all that kind of stuff. Ula Ojiaku And morale as well. Victor Nwadu The fourth one is secrecy cult. For some reason, we don't share knowledge. And I'm happy, agile is, has brought the fact that we need, when we bring transformation into an organisation, part of it is making the organisation at the end of the day, a learning organisation, where we collaborate and collaboration means we have to share knowledge, we have to share, you know, for us to win. Okay? So, yes, so for some reason in Africa, that doesn't take place as much as we would love to see that. The last I've put there is language, so this one is very important for me because, and Sophie Oluwole that's one of the, she's late now, but she's one of the people that have kind of been evangelising the need for us Africans to get rid of the Western language, like English or French. We should start teaching our kids chemistry, maths and everything, the academic learning journeys should start with our local language. It's easier on the brain, it's less stressful, and they learn. Then we can learn English later on, or however, we shouldn't waste time to learn a foreign language, then start learning the basics of academia, right. So if you look at it, it's timeframe itself is a waste in terms of agile thinking, right? So for me, I brought it into an agile space because you find out that, I have worked across global teams, right? And when, as an agile coach, you give teams freedom to please, create and design within yourself with your local language. Only come to me when you, you know, when you need to, when you need me. And then you'll normally find a language champion that will do the translation or whatever. And so you find out that it's easy, the engagement is easier, and they're loving you for giving them that freedom. So I've been bringing it to Africa to be the way we work in Africa so that we as teams are, we don't become too stressed or thinking of how we sound when we speak English. When we are designing, we are talking about, and when we are in an agile space, we are talking about and discussing with our local language, we are free, and you find out the mind is less stressed. So these ideas just keep flowing, the brainstorming session is fantastic, lively, because you don't have to, oh, let me think of how I'm going to put, structure this, my idea in English before I have to speak, it just comes out, like it's easier. So I think we have more benefits if we trace ourselves back into our local language, especially if the team is regional and everybody there is speaking the same language. Ula Ojiaku I was going to get there, so it seemed like you read my mind. I was going to say, but what if the team, because in Nigeria there are over 200 languages or 200 ethnic groups, since we've started off with Nigeria, you know, what happens? Because you might still have to go to a shared common language. Victor Nwadu That's a very good question. So, but the thing is, like most African, especially in India, places like India and even in the Middle East, we have a kind of broken English, we have a local slang anyway, that's a kind of, it's mixed with English, like in Africa, Pidgin, we call it Pidgin, it's a mixture of Creole and Hausa, Wazobia, that kind of thing going on there with English, everybody already speaks that language. Why don't we use that? So that's a tie breaker anyway, that, why don't we use that, you know? So yeah. So, but basically, when you go to places like Enugu or Kaduna, you tend to be of that particular region. But if we have a thought person there that's from other place, let's use our local vernacular to break that ice in terms of the way we speak and communicate. So that's my answer to that. Ula Ojiaku Okay. And where you have someone, if there's only maybe one person who's not of the culture, not from that country, doesn't know it, where does inclusion come in here? Victor Nwadu It's highly unlikely, but however if it happens, because in the small village that we have now, the global village that we have, I normally would have a language champion, somebody that's, you know, you should be able to find some kind of, somebody within the, just like your Agile champion, the team. You find somebody that can translate, right? Otherwise, I've developed all sorts of apps right now, where you can use something as Google translates. So when you, when you want to give important meetings and you want to write, you just do the one in English, then translate it to their local language and just send it out. Everybody will understand and they'll come back to you. So, yeah. But it's very rare, very, very rare, to find a place where the English language and French has not touched on this planet, or Spanish. So when that happens, you just, we just use tools that, simple tools are available to us, Google translate, use an Agile champion to kind of leverage and that, kind of make that disability or handicap a non-existence or minimise the impact of it in the way we communicate. Ula Ojiaku On a slightly off tangent point in terms of languages, Mandarin is also like going up there,  you can't ignore that.  So what have you been working on lately as you've talked about the A.P.I.A.M-R.A.T.S model, why you came up with it and how, in a little way, how it could be used, but what else have you been working on lately that you'd like to share with the world? Victor Nwadu Apart from work and all that, I give a lot to my people. I have tried to empower a lot of people, so I've created this WakandAGILITY group where we, it's a global support thing where we kind of give masterclasses to people that are coming into the industries from masters and Agile coaches already there, but want to, you know, so I kind of hold these master classes for free actually, because, I am looking at the scope of how we can kind of create, make sure that as Africa develops and becomes more hungry, resource hungry, we have the resources on the ground to accommodate those requests, right? Ula Ojiaku So skilled manpower, you mean? Victor Nwadu Exactly. We don't have it. So, and now to train up, agile training is expensive. So that's my own way of giving back. But apart from that, I've been working with people, great people, great change analysts, internationally based people like, I don't know if you know her, Mary Laniyan, she's based in the UK and we have a lovely woman that did African something sometime ago that invited me to Lagos Abiodun Osoba. We also, in fact, I think we have somebody, her name is Anu Gopal, she's even a powerhouse in agile affairs, I think one of those, yeah. I also have Etopa Suley from Canada. You know, all these guys who come together in the last Agile 20 something, we came off with the whole government manifesto for Nigeria. That was our presentation, it's fantastic, right? It is there on the internet right now, so yeah, so it's people like this I'm working with, we came up with the manifesto for good governance for Nigeria and many other projects like that. So yeah, that's what I spend my time doing behind the scenes, apart from work and spending time with my family. Ula Ojiaku That's really awesome, and I'm sure some of the listeners would want to know more about it. So we'll make sure the links are in the chat. Do you still do run these sessions? Victor Nwadu Yes, I do. It's keeping with the requests. I have a lot of requests, and you know. Ula Ojiaku So there is a question I have for you with respect to transformation, because as an Agile coach, I would expect that you've been involved in a number of transformation efforts with organisations in involving leaders and teams. Can there be a sustainable transformation without vision or strategy? Victor Nwadu So, it's possible for you to have a transformation, well a transformation, it's possible for that to just happen once, right? So it's like a rider, you know, you are told to ride through one end of the Serengeti to the other with dangerous animals and valleys and all that. With a horse, no compass. And you don't have a compass, you have a map or maybe don't have a map, you just know just face there, you get to the end, right? And you don't have a compass. You don't know the health of the horse and you just got on that horse. And yet, it is probable that you may be able to get to the end. But how sustainable is that? That is why the word sustainable that you use is very important. How sustainable is that for us to now create some kind of tourist pamphlet for other people to come behind us to use? It's exactly the same way. So it's probably, it's very, very probable for you to run this kind of transformation rather than just win with one team or whatever, then where's the playbook for those coming behind you, if you want to kind of multiply that, accelerate it within the organisation. So that's why sustainability is important. You know, how sustainable is that? How can we we create a model, or a playbook for us to use as an organisation for our own peculiar transformation, right? That's why it's important for us to have vision. I mean, you know, we need to have a strategy, you know, so the vision itself, first of all is the what and the why we are doing it, and all that kind of stuff. Then the strategy, the Agile strategy is very important. The Agile strategy itself is the vision plus how we're going to do it. Under it, in a timeframe, and how we're going to fulfil the objective required to actualise that vision, right? And with regard to the scope, timeline, course and the organisational culture. So that's the strategy. We need to have all that. When you have that and you place it, and you can start to kind of base it under the kind of, your playbook of entry, the change itself and the exit, then you have something to go with, you know? So, yeah, that's basically how it works. You cannot have a sustainable transformation without a clear vision, without a realistic strategy that kind of makes sure that all these aspects of the scope itself, the objective, the goals, and then taking into consideration the culture I dealt with, you know, you cannot have a, what is known as transformation, a sustainable one without having a transformation strategy. So that's it. Ula Ojiaku You may have touched on this, but I'll say, just going back to your Serengeti Crossing analogy. I mean if you are crossing, or the person has been assigned a horse cross, that it's important to say why are we crossing the Serengeti? Because it might be that if you evaluate the why it might be better for you to stay where you are and don't put yourself and other people in danger and waste resources crossing, just for crossing's sake. Victor Nwadu Yeah. I mean, all these things will come in when we are laying out the strategy and, you know, we will have the vision, somebody comes, you know. I have to say transformation is sexy nowadays. So the metaphor is dealing with the, the Serengeti itself is the transformation, what we assume to be all the wahala inside the transformation. Ula Ojiaku What is wahala? Beause not everyone understands what wahala is? Victor Nwadu Wahala means all the troubles in life, all the challenges you meet in everything. So we need to first of all understand that nowadays transformation is sexy. Where many organisations, I heard a rumour that many leaders engaged in these big companies engaged transformation purely for the benefit of their PE ratio in the stock exchange. It's a rumour, I haven't confirmed it, but I don't know how to confirm it, but I do know that it's very sexy to say your organisation is carrying out its transformation. Everybody wants to be a saviour, that's what we're doing. So that is part of the big problem and the challenges that we face as change leaders in the transformation, because the success of the transformation depends on the leaders and the person at the top. How committed they are to it. So the commitment of that leader is tasked from the top. If they don't have the buy in, if they're not convinced about it, they're just doing it for show, when push comes to shove, and it will happen, the challenges will come and hit you. Cultural challenges, personality challenges, the ego of leaders or middle managers, and you'll hit them as you already know. How committed is the leader at the top to come down and say guys, and create that space for us to be able to make this transformation happen? Because as the ultimate impediment remover, that person should be able to have the time, to have the commitment to come down to the team level, to the whatever program level, whatever, and be able to remove that impediment for that to happen. So if this leader or sets of leaders or whoever is given the mandate to commission a transformation doesn't have total commitment or is not bought in, is not doing it for some show or for some reason, it's not going to work. Ula Ojiaku Very true. Do you have any anonymised stories of your experience in guiding organisations in enterprise agility or transformation journey. Because one thing you've said, you know, transformation is sexy, it's really a buzzword. And if you ask two people, and they could be in the same leadership team, you know, C-suite team, what is transformation? And they'll give you different answers. It's just a buzzword, which means different things to different people. But do you have any story underpinning, you know, what you have said about leadership being key? Victor Nwadu If I give you all the stories, you're not going to leave here, right. However, I want to make a few things very, very clear that just standing in most organisations, that starts their transformation journey with a few teams, as you would expect. When they succeed in that they then call it an enterprise wide transformation. Where you take a few teams to delivering some funky, sexy, innovative products, that is not enterprise wide transformation, that's not business transformation or business agility, right. It is you showing that, and delivering a particular product as quickly to the customer, whatever works using agile ways of working. So there's that misconception there, that's the number one misconception that people think, oh, when we succeed with a few teams, yeah, we have, no, we haven't, because you still need to scale it, you know, to the entire enterprise, to non-IT enterprise to both upstream and downstream and all that. It is when your organisation as a whole, no matter how tall it is, can have a transparent view of where everything is, when an organisation can adapt to news in the market very quickly, when an organisation can innovate, it has the people they have been enabled to, to have a different idea, different mindset towards failure and seeing failure as a learning bridge, all those kind of mindset things, but happening in very large scale so that the organisation becomes a learning organisation, everybody's learning, we have a lot of COPs (Community of Practices), you know, that's when you say a transformation has been successful, that's when you can actually say the organisation has transisted from a traditional stoic, siloed set up to where we have open collaboration, and the cultures, mindsets and the culture have been changed in that the mindset of people that lead and those that make things happen is one, and they have this adaptive way of behaving. When something happens in the market, nothing shocks them. Even when it does, you have some, I understand some people even have an anti-disruptive, you know, when you come up with an idea in your organisation and you go back and you go out to the market and sell it, you become disruptive, you disrupt the market. However, some organisations as well are having anti-disruption strategies. If somebody else comes, how quickly can we respond? So those are the kind of things that shows that organisation has actually transisted from those traditional ways of working to an agile way of working. However, the other aspect I want to draw to our attention is about timing, when we are thinking of transformation. So for me, my advice is first of all, number one, to get the top person involved in it. Timing is very, very important. You need to have time for this transformation, to start this transformation. The time when you start transformation is very important. You don't want to start it when you have disruption in the market, things will not happen normal way, and it's better for you to do transformation in peace time, what I call peace time, before some major disruption, so that you can leverage what you've learned from that transformation in that, when that disruption happens. Timing is very important when you're carrying out a major transformation in your organisation, okay? You need to have committed leaders, leaders that are really committed to the cause, they're not just doing it for show and leaders should be able to come down and do Gemba walks, and see that what is actually happening in the kitchen is what their executive information system is relayed to them, right? There needs to be complete transparency from the top to bottom. So that we are sure that what the developers and the guys creating all our products are doing is exactly tied to the revision and objective of the executive. So that's part of it. And for me it's common sensical things that we already know. However, when we have transparency, this transparency increases trust. And it needs to start with the leader, he needs to show transparency by example, right? So it increases trust, and trust enables organisation-wide collaboration, right? So when teams start collaborating, teams that were locked in silos start collaborating, we start seeing silo breaking, and when you start breaking the silo, you start seeing aggregates, paradigm shifts happening. And that is when you now then see that almighty cultural change emerge. So it comes from, and transparency, it comes from transparency leading to trust, and trust leading to collaboration that breaks down silos. And when that thing happens, you start having all this shift because we now trust each other. There are no more silos, then the cultural shift that people say is hard to do, it is, however, if you follow this, if you allow this thing to flow the way I just listed, it'll flow in its normal cadence, right, without having to have unnecessary, you know It's not easy to have a cultural, don't get me wrong, when we are as change analysts and change agents, it's not easy for cultural change. No matter where we are in the world, people don't like change as a result. However, it starts with common sensical things like the leader taking the first step, the leader coming into, sometimes when you have a Gemba walk, you come into a meeting and you, like, for example, in some recent, not recent, about two years ago, where the leader came into a meeting or for an impediment that had been there, so kind of a Scrum of Scrum meeting, that had been a feature type impediment, and had been there for quite a while. And he came in and after they've had the conversation, he just raised his hand and everybody was surprised to see him and just said, what is it? And he kind of listed back to him, you know, this impediment that I've been there for roughly about almost a month was dealt with within two days. That is one of the major advantages where you have the leader there, and you need to ask yourself a question, what was causing the impediment delay? The verification of the impediments and the delay of the action of impediments before the leader came in. Middle management, also cultural things, bureaucracy, my space, your space, so the person at the top comes in and slashes through. If you have leaders that are prepared to do that, that have the time to do that, transformation will take its normal course without unfortunate circumstances happening. Ula Ojiaku You've said a lot of things in this time and space and they make sense to me, but is it possible, because you said transformation is ideal when done in peace time. How can you, it's almost like saying you time the markets. Because there are other people, many organisations that have admitted, for example, the Covid, the pandemic accelerated their transformation per se. Victor Nwadu Accelerated, but many of them died. You know, yes we have unforeseen circumstances that you cannot help that, right? Aliens landing on the planet and disrupting the world, you cannot help that, right? But I was saying that if you are given a time to select, so it's better for you to do it now before any, covid is part of it, but you also have market disruptions as well, right? So the best time would be when you think just kind of stability, because it starts from a small team, then expand. So you want to make sure that team is not distracted by bigger factors that may be beyond the help, the beyond the reach of the remediating powers of the leaders in the organisations, right. So that's given, if you are given, you know, if you can help it. If you can't help it, start it as quickly as possible, but you know, it's better to have it started in peace time. Ula Ojiaku Awesome, thanks Victor. I can see that you are quite passionate about what you are saying. So what books have you recommended to people about this topic or anything else and why? Victor Nwadu I have many books. The main book, that for me has kind of created powerful insights in the way I do my work, the way I even see life. One of them, the top one is The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt. Then the other one is Turn the…. Turn the Ship Around! by David Marquet. We'll put it in the links. You know, I use that a lot. And it's just leadership should be, you know, it should be about enabling, self-managing, self-organising team. I mean, in the way we work nowadays, you can't know everything. And that was what the point he was trying to say that as a captain, yeah, he's supposed to know how they work, but the details, there are experts that is within his reach, there are the guys that are the experts, so enable them to do the thing and you just deal with it. And the third one will be this one. I just read this book, it's called The Wisdom of the Crowds by James Surowiecki. He was saying that data shows that if you take, if you ask people to solve a problem and a group of people from just non-experts, and you get the experts to predict that same problem, the crowd will be, the answer will be closer to the reality than the experts themselves. Why, I don't know, maybe it aggregates knowledge of the crowd coming together rather than experts, and the other point he was making also, is how the HiPPO opinion (HiPPO: Highest Paid Personality), like when you have a team of engineers and the manager comes in that meeting and you ask a question of how do you think we can do this and he gives his opinion first, his opinion is going to skew the answers of everybody else. So this is why it's important, where you have a meeting and some HiPPOs are there, let them be still, let us hear the opinions of the team, the ordinary members of the team before if they need to give their opinion, right? Otherwise we just have a skewed opinion and that opinion will not be the best for that particular question. So that is another very good book. Ula Ojiaku Thank you. So there are three books. The Goal, Turn That Ship Around, The Wisdom of the Crowds. So how can the audience find you or contact you? Victor Nwadu You can get me at wakandagility.com, you can get me at victor@wakandagility.com. You can get me at LinkedIn, Victor Nwadu, you just type it there, you'll see m there. Ula Ojiaku Any ask for the audience, or any final words, Victor? Victor Nwadu Final last words, yes, Agile is real. Agile is here. And so be inspired, be prepared, be Agile. First of all, you be inspired to change, to have that mindset to adapt to your present circumstances. You know, be prepared for future disruptions, for anything, and be Agile, right? That's it. Then you will definitely succeed. You will definitely live longer. You will definitely transcend all the challenges, all the Covid 19 time, even aliens coming to this world or whatnot. Ula Ojiaku So can we hold you to, to account for it? Can we take it to the bank and say Victor said if we're inspired, prepared, and agile… Victor Nwadu It will help. I mean, from my experience in life, it'll help if you're inspired, you have to be inspired. People that are not driven cannot achieve much. You need to be passionate about what you do. And then you need to be prepared. You need to be prepared by having the skillset, challenge yourself to learn, constantly learning. Then be agile, all those things that we do, your mindset, the way you think, you know, having agile ways of doing things, you know, having a different mindset towards failure. When you fail, it doesn't mean you have, you know, you've done anything bad or the end of the world, failure is a sign that that option is not going to work and you've learned something new, you pivot and try a new one. So if we have that kind of mindset, we'll be innovating every year, every six months, every three months. If we have a different attitude towards failure, so be inspired, be prepared, be Agile. Ula Ojiaku Thank you so much, Victor. It's been a pleasure having this conversation Victor Nwadu It's been an absolute pleasure. Thank you so much, Ula. Ula Ojiaku The pleasure is mine. That's all we have for now. Thanks for listening. If you liked this show, do subscribe at www.agileinnovationleaders.com or your favourite podcast provider. Also share with friends and do leave a review on iTunes. This would help others find this show. I'd also love to hear from you, so please drop me an email at ula@agileinnovationleaders.com Take care and God bless!   

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Time for something a little different in this episode! Join us as we head to Copenhagen to meet Julie Hjort, Director of Sustainable Transformation at the Danish Design Center. From her office in the Danish capital, Julie reflects on how design is key to creating new pathways towards a circular economy, and how she works with her multi-disciplinary team to find solutions to tricky problems.  Learn more about the Danish Design Center

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De Trends Impact Podcasts nemen u mee op een spannende reis door de milieu- en maatschappelijke prestaties van bedrijven die een positieve impact hebben op onze planeet. 10 afleveringen lang krijgen winnaars en genomineerden van de Trends Impact Awards 2022 het woord. Host is Britt Buseyne, Trends-columnist en oprichter van de podcast Sustainababbels. Telkens geeft een expert van Antwerp Management School analyse en achtergrond. In deze aflevering gaat Britt Buseyne in gesprek Catherine Bals van Proximus en Kathleen Vangronsvelt van Antwerp Management School. In 2020 lanceerde Proximus zijn bedrijfsstrategie #inspire2022. Daarin definieerde de telecommarktleider enkele prioriteiten om zowel het bedrijf als de samenleving rondom weerbaarder te maken. Dat het bedrijf veel in zijn mars heeft om dat waar te maken, bewees Proximus al tijdens de corona-pandemie. Toen onze (werk)wereld gedwongen werd gedigitaliseerd, zorgde Proximus voor een stabiel netwerk en betaalbare connectiviteit. Die missie wil het bedrijf in de toekomst verder zetten, met de nadruk op digitalisatie én duurzaamheid.De Trends Impact Podcast is een initiatief van Trends en Antwerp Management School. De Trends Impact Awards zijn een initiatief van Trends en PWC, in samenwerking met Antwerp Management School.Meer info op www.trendsimpactawards.be.Meer info over de masterclasses die Antwerp Management School aanbiedt over sustainability op Sustainable Transformation (antwerpmanagementschool.be).

De Trends Impact Podcasts nemen u mee op een spannende reis door de milieu- en maatschappelijke prestaties van bedrijven die een positieve impact hebben op onze planeet. 10 afleveringen lang krijgen winnaars en genomineerden van de Trends Impact Awards 2022 het woord. Host is Britt Buseyne, Trends-columnist en oprichter van de podcast Sustainababbels. Telkens geeft een expert van Antwerp Management School analyse en achtergrond.In deze aflevering gaat Britt Buseyne in gesprek met Stijn Roovers van PermaFungi en Ewald Van den Auwelant van Antwerp Management School. In de natuur bestaat er geen afval. Vanuit die visie gebruikt PermaFungi koffiegruis als voedingsbodem om oesterzwammen op te kweken. De compost ('champost') die daarbij wordt geproduceerd, gebruikt PermaFungi bovendien om biologisch afbreekbaar materiaal te maken dat plastic kan vervangen. Met een Europese subsidie van 2 miljoen euro, willen ze de productie van zogeheten 'mycomateriaal' de komende jaren opschalen en vermarkten.De Trends Impact Podcast is een initiatief van Trends en Antwerp Management School. De Trends Impact Awards zijn een initiatief van Trends en PWC, in samenwerking met Antwerp Management School.Meer info op www.trendsimpactawards.be. Meer info over de masterclasses die Antwerp Management School aanbiedt over sustainability op Sustainable Transformation (antwerpmanagementschool.be)

De Trends Impact Podcasts nemen u mee op een spannende reis door de milieu- en maatschappelijke prestaties van bedrijven die een positieve impact hebben op onze planeet. 10 afleveringen lang krijgen winnaars en genomineerden van de Trends Impact Awards 2022 het woord. Host is Britt Buseyne, Trends-columnist en oprichter van de podcast Sustainababbels. Telkens geeft een expert van Antwerp Management School analyse en achtergrond.In deze aflevering gaat Britt Buseyne in gesprek met Klaas Vanhee van Biolectric en Ewald Van den Auwelant van Antwerp Management School. Met hun biogasinstallaties of pocketvergisters, maakt Biolectric het varkens- en melkveeboeren gemakkelijker om duurzaam te ondernemen. Vorig jaar breidden ze hun technologie uit met een stikstofstripper die het voor boeren mogelijk maakt om bedrijfseigen mest om te zetten in groene energie en kunstmestverganger. Een belangrijke hefboom voor het klimaat- en stikstofprobleem, maar ook een extra inkomstenbron voor een industrie onder druk.De Trends Impact Podcast is een initiatief van Trends en Antwerp Management School. De Trends Impact Awards zijn een initiatief van Trends en PWC, in samenwerking met Antwerp Management School.Meer info op www.trendsimpactawards.be. Meer info over de masterclasses die Antwerp Management School aanbiedt over sustainability op Sustainable Transformation (antwerpmanagementschool.be)

This week on the podcast, Brent sits down with Laura Merling, Chief Transformation and Operations Officer at Arvest Bank. They start the discussion with a review of Laura's background leading transformations at companies like Ford, AT&T and Google. Laura then goes on to share the multi-year process underway to transform Arvest Bank into a technology-enabled community bank of the future. Laura outlines her 90-day framework for transformation, focusing on understanding customers, assessing technology and defining metrics. She highlights successes like the me at Arvest program and cloud migration. Gain insight into Arvest's new Centers of Excellence and how customer-centric innovation is driving momentum in the evolving financial services industry.

De Trends Impact Podcasts nemen u mee op een spannende reis door de milieu- en maatschappelijke prestaties van bedrijven die een positieve impact hebben op onze planeet. 10 afleveringen lang krijgen winnaars en genomineerden van de Trends Impact Awards 2022 het woord. Host is Britt Buseyne, Trends-columnist en oprichter van de podcast Sustainababbels. Telkens geeft een expert van Antwerp Management School analyse en achtergrond.In deze aflevering gaat Britt Buseyne in gesprek met Christophe Dedoncker van Castaar en Kathleen Vangronsvelt van Antwerp Management School. Als rebelse reclamemakers, weten ze bij creative agency Castaar dat kleine dingen grote impact kunnen hebben. Dat hun bedrijfskledij ook in de smaak viel bij mensen die er zelf niet werkten, bracht hen op een idee. Onder de naam Castaar Foundation produceert en verkoopt Castaar limited edition merchandising waarvan de opbrengst gebruikt wordt om goede doelen en projecten met maatschappelijke impact te steunen.De Trends Impact Podcast is een initiatief van Trends en Antwerp Management School. De Trends Impact Awards zijn een initiatief van Trends en PWC, in samenwerking met Antwerp Management School.Meer info op www.trendsimpactawards.be. Meer info over de masterclasses die Antwerp Management School aanbiedt over sustainability op Sustainable Transformation (antwerpmanagementschool.be)

The world's energy supply is in a state of flux. Australian coal is being bought up by China faster than it can be mined, Europe is coming to terms with Russian gas being shut off, and the US is grappling with how to produce more energy whilst meeting green targets and keeping people in mining areas employed.   It's a tough balancing act. In the last episode we looked at how to produce more energy. But how do we make the most of the energy we already have? This time, we'll be talking to experts and organizations using tech to reduce our consumption and get us all a little greener without resorting to drastic societal change - and save our organizations money at the same time. The focus, for this episode, is on how we transform the IT industry, and how we transform domestic usage.  We start off by meeting HPE's John Frey, Chief Technologist for Sustainable Transformation. He explains that, in terms of the IT industry, there's sometimes a disconnect or lack of awareness from customers around the power-saving technologies that are put into the devices we use, from laptops to servers. There's a habit in large organizations of overriding or deleting manufacturer-built controls which could save tens of thousands of kilowatt-hours per year, and the first step in transforming our energy usage as an industry is simply to turn them back on. He also argues that the way we code could be a game changer - with more efficient languages and processes drastically reducing the amount of compute required to run them - by up to 90% in some cases.  Joe Baguely agrees. He's the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Europe, the Middle Eastern Africa at VMware, a provider of (among other things) virtualisation solutions (in a siilar manner to HPE Greenlake) which allow for far more data and functionality to be run on less hardware, drastically increasing energy efficiency. VMWare is also leading the charge in local power generation and sourcing their electricity from renewable or green suppliers.  Joe and John also argue that it's imperative that IT departments actually understand the cost of their energy usage, which has traditionally been the responsibility of buildings management or operations teams. Only with the advent of Cloud computing have IT departments become responsible for their own budgets, and that has drastically improved awareness of just how energy-intensive our organizations' IT infrastructure can be.  Finally, on the domestic side, we meet Devrim Celal, CEO of KrakenFlex, part of the Octopus Energy Group. Devrim points out that in a world of renewables, it's becoming increasingly difficult to make energy when we want it, so a new era of smart co-operation is needed to balance the grid and avoid wasting energy – or causing shortages at peak times. They are pioneering smart technology which pairs our energy-intensive devices, generators, and storage facilities (think electric vehicles and wind turbines) to ensure that the hungriest consumers aren't using electricity at the most inefficient time, spreading the load through the day by telling the EV, for example, when to charge.They are also pioneering ‘gamifying' our energy use, to encourage consumers to care about how much they use, and their role in the wider, national picture. 

Professor Vian Ahmed joins us on the Morning Majlis to discuss her latest research on eco-friendly buildings. She joined American University of Sharjah as Professor in Industrial Engineering in August 2018 with a long track record of research supervision, publications and income generation. Listen to #Pulse95Radio in the UAE by tuning in on your radio (95.00 FM) or online on our website: www.pulse95radio.com ************************ Follow us on Social. www.facebook.com/pulse95radio www.twitter.com/pulse95radio www.instagram.com/pulse95radio www.youtube.com/pulse95radio

In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I am joining forces with Rainer Sternfeld and Tomosaku Sohara, the powerhouse Managing Partners of NordicNinja. This unique joint venture between Japan and Estonia is at the forefront of cultivating an international, collaborative tech environment, and we can't wait to dig into this fascinating partnership. Rainer Sternfeld, a seasoned founder turned investor, has spent the last 20 years building tech businesses across continents. As the co-founder of Planet OS, a climate tech company acquired by Intertrust, Rainer has established a solid foothold in the intersection of tech and sustainability. With his extensive experience and unique perspective, he is a crucial link between Japan, Europe, and the U.S., strengthening ties and fostering a harmonious tech ecosystem. Our second guest, Tomosaku Sohara, brings his profound knowledge in investment and clean technologies to the table. As a former leader of investments at JBIC IG Partners and having financed cleantech and mobility projects across the globe, Tomosaku is deeply embedded in the tech sector, focusing on climatetech, energy, and blockchain applications. In this conversation, we'll explore the fascinating synergy between Japan and Europe, the unique opportunities and advantages of founder-led venture capital firms, and the imperative digital and sustainable transformations happening in our world today. The collaboration of Rainer and Tomosaku exemplifies the power of cross-continental teamwork in creating a sustainable future. Through the innovative work of NordicNinja VC, we'll delve into how technology can bridge the gaps between nations and propel us towards a future that is both digitally advanced and ecologically responsible. So, gear up for this eye-opening episode as we delve into the tech world's cutting-edge innovations and the transformative power of global collaboration. From Japan to Estonia, from AI to climate tech, and everything in between, this is one episode of Tech Talks Daily you won't want to miss!

Often we fail to change because we don't really understand WHY we do what we do. In this episode we tackle the pressing issue of making change that lasts. We understand the struggles you face in your attempts to break free from unwanted habits and routines.Join us as we dive into the importance of understanding the why behind our behaviors and adopting a more long-term perspective. The truth is, we can't change without changing. We can't stay the same and have a better life. Today we unlock the secret to changing your life and making it stick!EPISODE HIGHLIGHTSCreating lasting changeThe What and the WhyGetting to the root of the problemReplace it with something betterUnderstanding why we do what we do?Adopting a long-term mindsetThe behavior is just the tip of the icebergWhy dieting doesn't workDriven by the futureCuriosity and CompassionACTION STEP FROM THE EPISODE:Consider any negative habit or action you want to change. Get curious about what want or desire that action seems to fill in the short-term. There's a reason you keep going back to it. Next  think of what positive action or behavior could replace the negative action—now using your long-term vision of who you want to be and commit to why it will serve you better. The real key is to move beyond the immediate satisfaction to a more purposeful goal. RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODEDownload your Free Habit Tracker to build habits around your 10X goalsLaunch your week with our FREE MAGIC MONDAY NEWSLETTER CREATE YOUR BETTER FUTURE WITH OUR 7 DAY HABIT MASTERY COURSEMaster the fundamentals of habit building and start living your best life now!>>CHECK OUT THE COURSE

It's a crazy world out there! So much information, opinions, fears and division, I understand why some people are not coping. I also worry about the kids.That's why I have today's guest Debbie Craig on the show who says clearly that all of us have the power to choose our reality and our personality. Today we dive deep into transformation and change with Debbie. She is the founder of Catalyst Consulting, and holds a degree in Business Communication, an MBA and is a qualified NLP practitioner, process facilitator, game ranger, reflexologist and Reiki Master.Join us as we explore:The eight core critical capabilities you want to adopt to navigate an unpredictable and constantly changing world.The power of changing the subconscious mind.Why it takes courage to confront what's going on inside of us. Why you need to synchronize your heart and brain, and aim for “heart coherence”.The power of personal choice and awareness.Amazing facts about meditation, brain waves, brain wave states and how resetting and creating new brain grooves creates change. How to consider marriage in the modern world and why a joint vision within a marriage can be so potent..Contact:Catalyst Website: www.catalystconsulting.globalPowerUp8 Resilience Potential Survey (8 capabilities): https://catalystconsulting.co.za/survey/Catalyst Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057388272640Debbie Craig LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debbie-craig-people-strategist-and-catalyst-3127493/PowerUp8 book ordering, quotes, e-vouchers and volume discounts:South Africa: order@catalystconsulting.co.zaGlobal Amazon order: https://www.amazon.com/POWER-UP8-Discover-critical-capabilities-unpredictable/dp/186922874XMentions:Research links: https://innerscienceresearch.org/research/Support the showSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I'd be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308.

Changes to the cost of an abstraction licence to run a hydropower scheme to generate renewable electricity on your land, amount to a 'tax on renewable energy' - according to the British Hydropower Association. Anyone taking more than 20,000 litres of water per day from a stream, river or canal in England needs an abstraction licence from the Environment Agency - but in April, application charges were increased. The COP27 Egyptian presidency has launched a new initiative called 'Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation' or FAST - run by the United Nations - to provide funding to transform agriculture and food systems to be more sustainable by 2030. But has food and farming been high enough on the agenda at the climate conference? It's often said that environmentally sound local food production is the way to combat for climate change - but we hear from the New Zealand Agricultural Minister, Damien O'Connor, who believes global food trade done in the right way could contribute to reducing emissions. And the Government has ambitious plans to treble tree planting rates in England during this Parliament, but it's identified a shortage of skilled foresters. We meet students studying for the newly created forestry apprenticeship scheme. Presented by Anna Hill Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons

Farmers are at the core of sustainable commodities production; however too often, they are not given a seat at the table. Ahead of our Sustainable Landscapes and Commodities conference in November, our online panel of farmers from across the globe discussed: • The challenges they have faced this year and are likely to face in the year ahead. • Their priorities for the future of their farms and families. • What they need from food companies to secure their livelihoods, and future sustainable food production. • Practical examples of specific initiatives that have benefited farming communities and driven a positive impact of the ground. Join our panel of farmers: • Stephen Lansana, palm oil farmer and inaugural secretary, Ngoyai Gbaayegie Farmers Group, Sierra Leone • Kule Francis Baita, coffee and fruit farmer and board secretary, Bukonzo Organic Cooperative Union, Uganda • Jorge Bianciotto, crop farmer and board, Sociedad Rural de Pergamino, Argentina • Ashirafu Kihongosi, sunflower and soybean farmer and project training lead, Clinton Development Initiative, Tanzania This webinar was moderated by Ian Welsh, publishing director, Innovation Forum.

Description. A cross-industry must listen to understand deep transformation for leaders and their teams. Most transformation initiatives in business and at a personal level, fizzle away. Iris Welten sat in the hot seat at the C-suite and CEO level and shares with us her insights from her personal deep transformation and how she helps leaders at the top of businesses and their teams to deeply transform. We are talking at the Neural Patterns level, the infrastructure level. Iris Maria Welten https://www.linkedin.com/in/iris-welten-4274772b/ is Chair and Board member of several companies as well as co-founder of the consulting firm Welten & Welten AG in Switzerland. She is a Responsible Leadership coach focused on transforming life patterns for a happier and more successful life. Further, she teaches at the University of Applied Sciences Bern Corporate Governance. Her profound experience includes international capital markets, leadership of 8 country representatives, broad industry experience (6 industries) and the management of 9 units. In addition, she is well connected economically as well as politically (communal, state and federal level). She worked in Munich, Miami, Hong Kong and New York for large stock exchange listed companies in leading Group Corporate functions as well as CEO. Dr. Efi Pylarinou is the No.1 Global Woman Influencer in Finance & the Data conversation by Refinitiv, a Top Thought Leader by Onalytica, and a Top Digital Futurist, Linkedin and Twitter Voice, by Engatica. A seasoned Wall Street professional & a recognized technology thought leader on innovation topics. Founder of Efi Pylarinou Advisory servicing Big Tech, Financial Services and Fintech clients. She strongly believes in building bridges between the old and the new economy. She shares her passion of content creation with her 190,000+ followers on Linkedin and 18,000+ on Twitter. Join her on the social platforms https://linktr.ee/Efiglobal

IMPAQ's Founder and CEO, Mark Samuel, joins Coruzant Technologies for the Digital Executive podcast. He shares his incredible journey through the years of building an amazing company by helping others. He is inspired by coming up with real meaningful solutions for people and organizations that sustain long term, while accomplishing good, effective results in rapid time beyond what they expected.  It's all about delighting your customer - satisfying customers in a way that changes their success without burdening them with a to-do list.

Therapy has been helping Boko Haram survivors and street youth in Liberia turn their lives around. In northern Nigeria, a programme called Counselling on Wheels is offering mobile mental health services in remote and dangerous areas. They've been giving Boko Haram survivors and others affected by conflict a safe space to talk about the horrific violence and trauma they have been exposed to. In Liberia, a project called Sustainable Transformation of Youth in Liberia has been using cognitive behavioural therapy and a cash reward to turn young men away from crime. A new study has shown the scheme is working. Presenter: Myra Anubi Producer/reporter: Lucy Burns Liberia producer: Massa Kanneh Production Co-ordinator: Ibtisam Zein Sound mix: Hal Haines Executive producer: Tom Colls Editor: Penny Murphy Image: Counselling on Wheels (Credit: Neem Foundation)

Sustainable transformation and overall net climate impact are in focus for Rainer Sternfeld, managing partner at a 100 million euro fund Japanese investment Nordic Ninja when he seeks investment opportunities among Nordic and Baltic startups.Sternfeld was the founder of climate data startup PlanetOS, bought by Intertrust in 2017.**A few key takeaways from Rainer Sternfeld:**"I am still very optimistic that Europe is still the best place for cleantech, Europe is still the best place to talk about clean energy, and we can figure it out rather easily. We don't have that many disagreements as maybe in other sectors, and we can afford it."**"You have a massive amount of energy going towards moving atoms, as we say, at Nordic Ninja. That 'moving atoms' means moving people, moving goods. And so when you move atoms, we have, by the way, I think about 40% of the capital allocated in our fund so far into reducing the amount of energy that is spent moving atoms or, or getting rid of moving atoms altogether, like in the case of Veriff, which is an exception." **"I don't eat meat, but I know that obviously, a lot of people eat meat, and they will be eating meat in the next decades to come, even though that is going to be reduced, reducing in terms of percentage share, they still will do that. So if we are going to have people eating meat, it should be done as efficiently as possible. Like, what if there was a way to reduce methane emission of cows, like 80%?Of course, I would support doing that even though I don't eat meat, right? It's still a net impact."**

This episode is the third out of six on the mini-series: A Blueprint for Sustainable Transformation and Optimal Wellbeing. If you haven't listened to either of the previous episodes, I highly encourage you to go back and listen to them first. I have a passion for creating change in not only people's suffering but in systemic issues that really don't have great outcomes. If the outcomes of mental health, addiction, and trauma were better, I wouldn't be here speaking today. Simple as that. So with that in mind, we're going to be exploring systemic issues in traditional healthcare and medicine.   >>> Connect with me on IG @theholisticrecoveryspecialst & @the_recovery_concierge   >>> You can find Naturally High's Podcast Transcripts here: https://therecoverycon.wpengine.com/?page_id=744