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SHOW NOTES: On this show…we are freshening our viewpoint as we work to transform problems into possibilities. Problems are like puzzles, tricky but solvable. They're the hurdles that make life interesting! Possibilities, on the other hand, are the exciting paths that open up when we tackle these puzzles head-on. This show is about providing positive alternatives to some of life's little challenges. Why stay stuck if you can take an alternate path? As I've said before, it's all about perspective. Is the glass half-full or have you already enjoyed half of the concoction? Viewing a situation through the lens of possibilities can lead to a more positive and proactive approach to overcoming challenges and achieving success. So, let's flip our thinking and turn problems into fun challenges. Who knows what awesome opportunities might be waiting on the other side? I have a t-shirt that says “365 Possibilities”. I know, I know too early right? But why not approach each day by saying “What do you have in store for ME” vs “WHAT do you have in store for me”. Your internal inflection can completely alter the intent. I had an employer who gave me some seeds of wisdom early on, “Each day starts and ends with you.” That means you are in control. Doesn't that statement in itself give you some motivational fuel?  It's easy to fall into the rut of being led around by circumstance and operating on autopilot but wake up and take back the controls. Whether you fly high or swoop in for a loop and a better look, you're in the pilot seat.  With navigation on your mind, let's chart a course that has you identifying and taking advantage of all the possibilities along the way. On the last show, I mentioned The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander.  The book combines Zander's experience as the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra with Stone Zander's knowledge of psychology to offer practical tools and inspiring stories to help readers shift their perspective from scarcity to abundance. The book's 12 practices are designed to help you see new possibilities and bring them to life. We're going to explore these concepts and more! At Vishnu's Virtues, I found a breakdown of the 12 Lessons from The Art of Possibility On the THNK School of Leadership's YouTube channel, I found The Art of Possibility: Interview with Benjamin & Rosamund Zander On LinkedIn, Hacking HR gives us 6 Ways to Lead (When You Are Not In Charge!) Opening your mind to get a fresh viewpoint can be an invigorating process that leads to new ideas and personal growth. Here are some ways to do that: Travel: Visiting new places exposes you to different cultures, lifestyles, and perspectives. Read Widely: Books, articles, and blogs on various topics can introduce you to new ideas and ways of thinking. Talk to Diverse People: Engaging with people from different backgrounds and experiences can broaden your understanding. Practice Mindfulness: Meditation and mindfulness can help you see things more clearly and reduce mental clutter. Check out the Serenity App from Pau Bauer which helps you re-discover the "beacon of light" and stillness within you. Try New Hobbies: Learning something new, whether it's a language, instrument, or sport, can give you a fresh perspective. Challenge Your Beliefs: Question your assumptions and try to see things from different angles. Seek Feedback: Ask others for their opinions and be open to constructive criticism. Attend Workshops and Seminars: These can provide new insights and skills. Journal: Writing down your thoughts can help you process and see things in a new light. Limit Media Consumption: Sometimes, taking a break from the news and social media can help clear your mind. Practice Gratitude: Focusing on what you're thankful for can shift your mindset to a more positive and open one. Get Out in Nature: Spending time outdoors can refresh your mind and inspire new thoughts. Volunteer: Helping others can give you a different perspective on your own life. Learn from Failures: Reflecting on past mistakes can provide valuable lessons and new viewpoints. Stay Curious: Always be willing to ask questions and seek out new information. By trying out these approaches, you can gradually open your mind and gain a broader, more nuanced understanding of the world around you. CHALLENGE: See beyond the obstacles and embrace the endless opportunities life presents. By opening your mind and exploring new perspectives, you can transform challenges into gateways for growth. Take action today by engaging with diverse experiences and people, and watch your world expand in unexpected and wonderful ways. I Know YOU Can Do It!

Tayana Dantas é sócia e Diretora de Marca e Marketing de Produtos no G4 Educação.Tayana se especializou em Liderança Global pela THNK School of Creative Leadership, em Lisboa; em administração pelo Insper São Paulo e  Mestrado em segurança pública. Trabalhou nas áreas de Marketing e Gestão de Empresas como Azul, Shoppings Sá Cavalcante, UVV e Simplesmente.https://www.instagram.com/tay.ldantas/Estudo Científico de Brand Awareness e sua influência nos mercados e intenções de compra dos consumidores: https://www.ses.org.rs/uploads/bakator_et_al_200129_103716_618.pdf〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️SOBRE O EXCEPCIONAIS

Deze keer: vooraper (en duizendpoot) Robert WolfeRobert Wolfe is leiderschapscoach, storytelling trainer en innovatie facilitator bij de THNK School of Creative Leadership. Wolfe is geboren in Australië en opgeleid in Nederland (studeerde bedrijfskunde aan Nyenrode en Internationale politiek aan de UvA), woonde in Londen waar hij een boek over bedrijfsstrategie publiceerde, en werkte als managementtrainer in Sydney. Robert werd personal coach, schreef verschillende Nederlandstalige jeugdromans, doceerde improvisatie acteren en speelt cricket. Website Robert: http://robertwolfe.nlReuze dank aan Leqture, zij koppelden Robert aan Irene, want we geven allebei ‘leqtures' bij Leqture. Leqture cureert, produceert en faciliteert mooie, bijzondere live online inspiratie-sessies van max. 1 uur voor allerlei bedrijven. Hier de link naar hun website.Met MonkeyTalk wil ik graag je creativiteit opporren en aanwakkeren. Ieder mens is creatief en de wereld heeft, in deze transitie-fase, creativiteit hard nodig. Met MonkeyTalk deel ik mijn ervaring en netwerk, wil ik je inspireren en concrete tips geven. Ik hoop dat je hersenen even een ommetje maken als je de aflevering luistert. Om daarna weer fris, fruitig en creatief de wereld in te gaan. Met deze aangewakkerde creativiteit ben je dan zelf ook een inspirerende vooraper, zoals we dat bij The Zooooo noemen. Daar hoop ik op. En vraag ik je vooral te doen. Als je je abonneert op MonkeyTalk krijg je automatisch een melding als er een nieuwe aflevering is.Wie is Irene Koel?Gepokt en gemazeld toegepast, creatieve strateeg en Founder van The Zooooo. The Zooooo helpt bedrijven en organisaties bij ontwikkeling van duurzame (merk)strategie en innovatie. Relevante, duurzame ontwikkeling komt voort uit een sterke, authentieke merkidentiteit: woest aantrekkelijke concepten waar je trots van wordt en impact mee maakt. Per project stel ik een dapper team samen: strategische creatieven, social designers, culturele antropologen, wie nodig is, kortom: voorapers. Buitenwereld en binnenwereld komen zo bij elkaar. We gaan met een intern multidisciplinair team aan de gang volgens het proces van design thinking. Samen vormen we een klein Gallisch dorp. Zo kussen we ieders creativiteit wakker, vergroten we de veerkracht en het oplossend vermogen. Waardevolle groei ontstaat altijd van binnenuit.Ik geef daarnaast lezingen (over creativiteit en innovatie) en les. Ik doe vrijwilligerswerk in India om banen te creëren voor vrouwen via Women on Wings, ik investeer in sociale bedrijven en zit in een paar besturen of ‘Raden van Advies'. En ik ben voorzitter van de EFFIE-jury ‘impactvolle proposities'.Wil je meer weten over MonkeyTalk, MonkeyDo, ons innovatie-programma, over de voorapers, over Irene Koel? Kijk dan op www.thezooooo.com, daar vind je alles. Of volg Irene op LinkedIn.Met dank aan de heren van Diamond Podcasting voor geluid entechniek: https://www.diamond-podcasting.com

In today's episode I chat with Amir Bozorgzadeh, a market researcher, games publisher, and tech writer, currently working at the intersection of frontier tech and social impact. He is also the Co-Founder & CEO of Virtuleap, a Lisbon-based organization that combines neuroscience and virtual reality to help increase attention levels, and address cognitive illnesses, disorders, and learning challenges. They've created a library of VR games designed by neuroscientists in order to test and train a range of cognitive abilities and make that data accessible through our enterprise platform. And they're working with leading institutions like Roche, the VA Health Care System and MIT to validate their solution as an effective diagnostic and treatment for attention deficit and cognitive decline.It's interesting stuff. And over the cause of nearly an hour, Amir and I geeked out on the applications and use cases for virtuleap's technology, what the organization has learned as a result of the pandemic, and how virtual reality may hold the key to improving brain health globally.It's always such a pleasure connecting with smart, purpose-minded leaders with Amir... and I hope you enjoy it.  Amir BozargzadehAmir is cofounder and CEO at Virtuleap, a VR startup that unlocks neuroscience in order to detect and delay the early onset of cognitive illnesses like Alzheimer's. Previous to Virtuleap, Amir founded Gameguise, a mobile games studio based in Dubai, and Time Dirham, the first social impact startup to introduce time banking to the Middle East. He is an alumni of York University and THNK School of Creative Leadership. Amir has previously contributed to tech blogs like VentureBeat and Tech Crunch on the topics of emerging tech, spatial computing, and startup ecosystems.LinkedInYouTubeThinking Inside the BoxConstraints drive innovation. We tackle the most complex issues related to work & culture. And if you enjoy the work we're doing here, consider giving us a 5-star rating, leaving a comment & subscribing. It ensures you get updated whenever we release new content & really helps amplify our message.LinkedInInstagramTwitterWebsiteApple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyStitcherPocket CastMatt BurnsMatt Burns is an award-winning executive, social entrepreneur and speaker. He believes in the power of community, simplicity & technology.LinkedInTwitter

For this episode, Pilar is joined by John Monks to talk about how to have a conversation with a client about whether your event or workshop should be in person or online. John is a facilitator, and partner of Curve. He coaches CEOs, and has digested his practice of many years into the book Closer Apart: How to Design and Facilitate Brilliant Workshops Online, which he's co-written with Lizzie Shupak.  https://www.closerapartbook.com/ John's always been passionate about helping people connect with each other in order to collaborate and solve problems, and this drives much of his work.  Through facilitation and training facilitators, he looks for “where the edges are” and new ways of helping people to collaborate. Using technology is part of looking at new ways of working.  John started as a consultant - freelancing and in a large firm, where there were many opportunities to develop his skills in how to run meetings and help people collaborate. In parallel, he trained as an exec coach, helping people to come up with new solutions.  His pivotal moment in his career was attending a course at the THNK School of Creative Leadership – www.thnk.org  The whole syllabus was delivered through workshops and coaching. It's the first time he realised that facilitation could be at the heart of a process and that there were ways in which you could become better at it. Following this, he trained as a team coach - helping individuals develop together as a team can be very powerful.  John founded Curve with Lizzie Shupak in 2017, to train people to facilitate - he found the right partner for the right need in marketing and advertising agencies, another sector John worked in.  Much of the coaching through Curve for the beginning was done online (e.g. via Skype) as they were working with global clients and teams. At the same time, they were observing the disruption and fatigue that having to travel across the world to attend workshops  caused individuals.  To investigate how to do this differently, they created the Remote Workshop in 2018, to help individuals and organisations save carbon and save money. Surely everyone would be ready to jump on it? Well, no. Nobody wanted it.  But by 2020, everybody wanted it. It was great to be able to show people what was possible in the online space.   The evolution of people's comfort with technology has changed a lot since 2019, and even those who said they were “tech dinosaurs” became very adaptable online. This has allowed John to try new things. He's also more aware that there is an expectation of having high production values when you are speaking online. And, he's curious to see what facilitation in true virtual reality will look like… Back to the present, now 2022, when in person workshops have come back. John finds that how much clients want to stay online varies  - due to company culture, individual preferences and the experience they've had online with workshops.  He's found that many people have kept their workshops online. John refers to the Fast Company article "This strategy can impact an entire organization" which highlights that Virtual training sessions seem to be more effective than in person workshops. https://www.fastcompany.com/90740874/this-strategy-can-impact-an-entire-organization-fast  John reckons this is to do with the attention you get when the workshop is online (and we're talking about well-designed courses), people feel more present. There could also be something around the flexibility of attending an online course, as there's no travel involved. (These are John's guesses, based on his experience - but do let us know if you have any other thoughts/facts about why this might be happening, and if this is your experience.) Why do we run workshops? John puts his answer in four buckets: We run workshops to (1) learn and to (2) create/build something new, and the online space gives us the benefit of accessing people from different locations. It's also easier to access digital tools to help with idea creation etc if you are behind a computer, than if you are in a room together. John believes human beings can be just as creative in the online space, if not more, because we can access more diversity.  John reckons that the reason why we hear so much that people are more creative when they are co-located points to the third bucket, which is to (3) build teams (building trust and connection). But John knows this can also be done online - “everything you can do in person, you can do online”. The assumption that there are some things you can only do in person comes from limiting beliefs that haven't been challenged, or because these are not things that have been experienced directly. But John is not discounting the joy that comes from being physically together with others. Which brings him to bucket (4) building human connections, which is easier to do in the colocated (physically together) space, which removes much of the friction.   We need to be specific about why we want to choose one medium over another - it's not all about being more “creative”, it could be about feeling physically closer to each other, and using all (or most of!) our five senses together.  22.10mins  When looking at team-away days, John's final question of the brief with a client is “What's the one thing you want to achieve through this workshop?” If the answer is “team cohesion”, then John suggests they do the work together online first, then get together physically and focus the sessions on trust building, empathy, etc. (He covers this in the book too!) With all the options available to clients now, John finds about 50% of people will prefer to run workshops online - even those where team members are in the same geographical location, as some now have different schedules - practically, it's becoming more difficult to get people together in the same physical space, at the same time. John suggests that training is done online, for co-creation, he suggests 1) online 2) in same physical space 3) hybrid.  John does most facilitation in real-time and uses asynchronous processes when there is benefit to having some work done ahead of the event. Now, why did John write a book?  During lockdown, his company was inundated with requests, as there are many professions where bringing people to create together is at the core of their work. The only way to help everyone who needed help was to write a book. Their main challenge was to make the book feel as much as a workshop as possible.  The team managed to come up with a format to the book which encourages people to go through the material, reflect and put it into action, as well as giving them supporting materials. John realises that his way of writing this book had nothing to do with all the writing methods he was coming across. He worked with a fantastic coach, who helped him and Lizzie to map out the journey of the reader. Then John locked himself away in a hotel room and wrote for a weekend. He did this three times.  There is now an online course available called Facilitating Workshops Online. It's a self-paced course for Facilitators, and anyone who needs to facilitate a workshop every now and then. We have a heavy discount for listeners! Please use the code facilitationstories with this link: https://curvecreative.thinkific.com/courses/facilitating-workshops-online  If you have any insights to share about running your own workshops, do get in touch with John through his website: https://www.curve.cc/ (and if you want to know what the .cc stands for, make sure you have a listen!)  You can find John on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmonkscurve/ And Pilar would love to connect with you on Twitter @PilarOrti You can follow the podcast through @Fac_Stories on Twitter. 

"Working online is not the future; it's today."These words from John Monks, the co-founder of facilitation and coaching practice Curve, will resonate powerfully with many listeners of episode #39 of The Coach's Journey Podcast who, like John, have been bringing people together in an era of change.John, who along with Lizzie Shupak wrote Closer Apart, the definitive guide to running online workshops, wants the world to understand the problem-solving power of online facilitation, and to believe anything is possible in that setting.John's career has been driven by one question: how do people work together?That question led to the foundation of Curve, and an ambition to work with the most senior people in the largest organisations in the world.In our conversation, he describes how he and his co-founders achieved that ambition while still showing up as themselves, in order to truly connect with the people they encounter in their workshops. In this episode, we talk about:How to read the room when you're working onlineThe energy journey that workshop participants make, and how to manage itHow to ensure equal share of voice and unlock successful outcomes in workshopsThe power of team coaching to unlock blockages in communicationHow leaders can generate the feelings they need in order to lead effectivelyWe also talk about how to bring unusual ideas into large-scale organisations with confidence and clarity.To learn more about John, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmonkscurve/ For information about my wider work, my writing or to buy my books, visit www.robbieswale.com.Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQgTo support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/community. Things and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):- Robbie's new book, How to Keep Going When You Want to Give Up: https://geni.us/justdoit - The Coach's Journey episode #28 with Inga Umblija https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-28-inga-umblija-phil-bolton-abundance-formula - The Coach's Journey episode #32 with Mike Toller https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-32-mike-toller - The Coach's Journey episode #6 with Joel Monk https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-6-joel-monk-conversations-at-the-cutting-edge-of-coaching - Robbie's article about Kronos and Kairos https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sometimes-moment-arrives-when-does-question-we-ready-robbie-swale/ - THNK School of Creative Leadership https://www.thnk.org/ - PA Consulting https://www.paconsulting.com/ - The Academy of Executive Coaching https://www.aoec.com/ - Curve https://www.curve.cc/ - Peter Mandeno https://www.thnk.org/community/people/peter-mandeno/ - Lizzie Shupak https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizzieshupak - Closer Apart https://www.closerapartbook.com/ - Kate Carruth https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-carruth-7399bb17a/- Social Physics by Alex Pentland https://www.blinkist.com/en/books/social-physics-en- The Coach's Journey episode #34 with Anne Hathaway https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-34-anne-hathaway - The Coach's Journey episode #31 with Miles Downey https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-31-myles-downey- John's study about how leaders feel https://hbr.org/2021/08/leaders-dont-be-afraid-to-talk-about-your-fears-and-anxieties- Robbie's article entitled I Am What I Am https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-am-what-robbie-swale/- John's facilitation belt: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/s/belt-picture.jpeg and https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/s/belt-picture-2.jpeg

Michell Zappa is a technology futurist, information designer and founder of Envisioning, a technology foresight institute. His work aims to illustrate the implications of accelerating change and facilitate a higher level of awareness about our relationship to technology. He is a Singularity University expert in Emerging Technology & Human Behavior and is responsible for the technology thinking module at THNK School of Creative Leadership in Amsterdam.

Dr. Dan talks to Paul Brillinger (CEO & Co-Founder OuiSi) about mindfulness and connection on today's episode. At OuiSi, Paul and his co-founders and team believe that making real connections is the ultimate contribution, and OuiSi is an expression of this calling.  Paul believes that life is a richer experience when we are curious about each other.  OuiSi blossomed as an idea in 2015, when Paul met co-founder Kaz Brecher at the THNK School of Creative Leadership. Both enjoyed exploring the world through the camera lens. The recurrence of patterns, colors and shapes in daily life and nature fascinated them. After years of development and design, in 2017 OuiSi came to life as an app. But the idea of creating a physical version of OuiSi was always in the back of their heads and in early 2019 Paul, Kaz, and Michael Bradley (the third Co-Founder) ran a successful Kickstarter campaign for OuiSi Games of Visual Connection.  Paul focuses on enabling co-creation, play, and mindfulness in our world.  Today's conversation between Dr. Dan and Paul about mindfulness, unplugging, social-emotional learning, creative expression, connecting and creating community is a way forward for us all. For more information follow playouisi on Instagram and visit OuiSi. Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode) Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (Twitter) Listen, subscribe, rate, review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you like to listen For more information  www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com For podcast merch   www.exactlyrightmedia.com/parent-footprint-shop See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stuart and Andie talk with Jason Silva, philosopher, futurist, and host of National Geographic's Brain Games, Shots of Awe, and the Flow Sessions podcast. Their talk is a wild ride through the nature of reality. It's a mind-melting mind-meld of meanings as burners and as earthlings. It's a hint on how to — as Larry Harvey said — “wash your own brain." They discuss life, death and how a bicycle can induce synchronicity and reverie.  They explore how psychedelics can induce pivotal mental states of suggestibility for brainwashing ourselves for the better, or succumbing to delusional thinking, or both. They discuss scheduling nowness and eternity. They try to control their ecstatic surrender, and if you listen closely, you may hear a love story hidden between all the philosophy quotations. Finally, they explore key ingredients to Burning Man's secret sauce that doesn't exist. But then again, does existence even exist? https://www.thisisjasonsilva.com/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYb9NpXnRemxYoWbcYANsAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzm6YkEw8NU

This episode's Community Champion Sponsor is Catalyst. To virtually tour Catalyst and claim your space on campus, or host an upcoming event: https://www.catalysthealthtech.com/ (CLICK HERE) --- With a storied career in the gaming and emerging technology industries, our next guest is leveraging his expertise and passion for creating game-changing virtual reality experiences to level up the fields of neuro and behavioral science.   Amir Bozorgzadeh, CEO of Virtuleap, joins us to discuss how his team is advancing virtual reality gaming and artificial intelligence to develop high-quality cognitive assessment and ability training to aid patients with specific brain health issues like Alzheimer's and beyond.  Additionally, Amir shares his story of becoming a startup founder, what the journey has been like, and the advice he has for others who are passionate about creating innovative technologies and solutions.     Join us for Amir's empowering story on how he is improving brain health with virtual reality as we continue to work together to move the health of our communities forward. Let's go! Episode Highlights: How Amir saw the potential of virtual reality beyond gaming and sought to apply it to fields such as education and healthcare The current state of VR alongside its reception and accessibility to the public Virtuleap working towards bringing their training technology into the hands of healthcare researchers and users The future evolution and applications for VR technology and the industry at large  About our Guest:  Amir is co-founder and CEO at Virtuleap, a VR startup that unlocks neuroscience in order to detect and delay the early onset of cognitive illnesses like Alzheimer's. Previous to Virtuleap, Amir founded Gameguise, a mobile games studio based in Dubai, and Time Dirham, the first social impact startup to introduce time banking to the Middle East. He is an alumni of York University and THNK School of Creative Leadership. Amir is a contributing writer to tech blogs like VentureBeat and Tech Crunch on the topics of emerging tech, spatial computing, and startup ecosystems. Links Supporting This Episode: Virtuleap website: https://virtuleap.com/ (CLICK HERE) Amir Bozorgzadeh LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirboz/ (CLICK HERE) Virtuleap Twitter page: https://twitter.com/Virtuleap (CLICK HERE) Clubhouse handle: @mikebiselli Mike Biselli LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikebiselli (CLICK HERE) Mike Biselli Twitter page: https://twitter.com/mikebiselli (CLICK HERE) Visit our website: https://www.passionatepioneers.com/ (CLICK HERE) Subscribe to newsletter: https://forms.gle/PLdcj7ujAGEtunsj6 (CLICK HERE) Guest nomination form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqk_H_a79gCRsBLynkGp7JbdtFRWynTvPVV9ntOdEpExjQIQ/viewform (CLICK HERE) Support this podcast

Amir Bozorgzadeh is co-founder and CEO at Virtuleap, a health and education startup that is taking cognitive assessment and training to the next level thanks to VR and AI. Their Enhance VR brain training app offers a daily cognitive workout of short, intense and fun mini-games designed to help increase attention and concentration levels. Previous to Virtuleap, Amir founded Gameguise, a mobile games studio based in Dubai, and Time Dirham, the first social impact startup to introduce time banking to the Middle East. He loves building value, growing communities, forming partnerships, fostering teams & believes that creativity and innovation can be conjured up in practically any circumstance and that frugality and a bias for action are the best starting points. Amir prefers organizations that encourage constant cross-collaboration and cross-pollination of skills and resources. Compartmentalization, over a long stretch of time, seems to breed a lot of smart idiots. Thrusting yourself into a new role every few years that demands adapting to new conditions ought to be made into a mandatory human right. He is an alumni of York University and THNK School of Creative Leadership. Since 2015, Amir has been a contributing writer to tech blogs like VentureBeat and Tech Crunch on the topics of emerging tech, spatial computing, and startup ecosystems. https://virtuleap.com/ https://pt.linkedin.com/in/amirboz https://twitter.com/whiteboxamir https://medium.com/@whiteboxamir #virtuleap #braintraining #virtualreality

Guest: Itai Talmi. Itai is helping leaders benefit from applied human-centered futures so they can discover and create futures worth aspiring for. He's been designing and choreographing Strategic Futures R&D and transformative Innovation initiatives for over 20 years: as an executive, a senior consultant & partner, and as an entrepreneur, all over the world. He's led projects for Fortune 500 companies, NGO'S, cities, countries, academy, and special projects for entrepreneurs. Born Partners is his company and he's the founding participant and ambassador of THNK School of creative leadership. We talk about human-centered futures, the power of empathy, how it is to be an entrepreneur in Israel, The New Sobriety movement, Protopian futures, The Quantified Self Movement and much more.

Guest: Itai Talmi. Itai is helping leaders benefit from applied human-centered futures so they can discover and create futures worth aspiring for. He's been designing and choreographing Strategic Futures R&D and transformative Innovation initiatives for over 20 years: as an executive, a senior consultant & partner, and as an entrepreneur, all over the world. He's led projects for Fortune 500 companies, NGO'S, cities, countries, academy, and special projects for entrepreneurs. Born Partners is his company and he's the founding participant and ambassador of THNK School of creative leadership. We talk about human-centered futures, the power of empathy, how it is to be an entrepreneur in Israel, The New Sobriety movement, Protopian futures, The Quantified Self Movement and much more.

EPISODE 18, SEASON 2: Mark Vernooij joins us this week to speak about the ‘Future of Leadership'. As a speaker, writer, advisory board member and Partner at THNK School of Creative Leadership based in the Netherlands, Mark shares his perspective on the most important qualities for leaders of the future. Among the standout ideas? Mindfulness, humility, and upgrading our operating systems. Have a listen here to learn more.ABOUT THE SERIES: Future of XYZ is a weekly interview series dedicated to fostering forward-thinking discussions about where we are as a world and where we're going.FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit future-of.xyz and follow on social media... IG: @futureofxyz | LinkedIn: @lisagralnek, @lvg-co-strategy | Twitter: @lgralnek

Bio: Amir Borzorgzaday is cofounder and CEO at Virtuleap, a VR startup that unlocks neuroscience with virtual reality to help pharmaceutical companies accelerate the approval of drugs designed to treat cognitive illnesses like Alzheimer's disease. Previous to Virtuleap, Amir founded Gameguise, a mobile games studio based in Dubai, and Time Dirham, the first social impact startup to introduce time banking to the Middle East. He is an alumni of York University and THNK School of Creative Leadership. Amir is a contributing writer to tech blogs like VentureBeat and Tech Crunch on the topics of emerging tech, spatial computing, and startup ecosystems.

In today's show we've talked with Amir Bozorgzadeh about Virtuleap and the benefits of virtual reality for the healthcare industry. We've also discussed leadership and what Portugal can offer to startups' founders who want to establish here. Amir Bozorgzadeh is cofounder and CEO at Virtuleap, a VR startup that unlocks neuroscience with virtual reality to help pharmaceutical companies accelerate the approval of drugs designed to treat cognitive illnesses like Alzheimer's disease. Previous to Virtuleap, Amir founded Gameguise, a mobile games studio based in Dubai, and Time Dirham, the first social impact startup to introduce time banking to the Middle East. He is an alumni of York University and THNK School of Creative Leadership. Amir is a contributing writer to tech blogs like VentureBeat and Tech Crunch on the topics of emerging tech, spatial computing, and startup ecosystems. Outras referências feitas no episódio: Virtuleap Contactos: CruzamentoPodcast.comcruzamentopodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @cruzamentofm

THE IMPACT. Femke Bartels:Is Managing Director of THNK School for Creative Leadership, a purpose-driven social enterprise with transformative programs to develop leaders to solve the world’s greatest challengesWorked for Greenpeace for 17 years in many roles, including Campaign Director, Global Forest Network Director, Global Director of Strategy and Planning, and Executive Director of Greenpeace MexicoServed as a policy advisor to the European Parliament and the Dutch Ministry of EnvironmentStudied Political Sciences and International Relations at the University of Amsterdam, and has a Master of Public Administration at the University of TwenteTHE JOURNEY. In our conversation, we explore:Origins as a changemaker: “chicken is chicken?”Joining Greenpeace as a campaigner: “they were looking for me”Societal change: “what are your motivators?”Collective leadership: “ordinary people doing extraordinary things”, “connection over polarization”Complex leadership: “comfortable not knowing”, “courage is not the absence of fear”

www.redemadi.com.br Apoio Taltking City, Futurar e Homa . Apresentação das participantes desta edição: Sound Designer - Rosângela Araújo, mestre em gestão ambiental e designer, estudou Concept Design na Köln International School of Design. professora desde 2012 em cursos superiores de Design pelo Brasil, investigadora em 11 países, comunicadora há 20 anos. Atualmente é presidente da ProDesign>pr e criadora do Podcast @Sustentacto. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sustentacto Anfitriã e roteirista - Juliana Bach, service designer e Innovation Strategy Lead. Seu foco de atuação é em Inovação Organizacional e Cultura de Inovação centrada na humanidade. Fundadora da DMA, uma consultoria em Design Mindset como abordagem de gestão. dmainovacao@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianabach/ Participante - Clarissa Biolchini, especialista em processos de inovação guiados pelo design com foco na experiência do usuário. Com experiência profissional de anos 10 anos na Europa e na Ásia, Clarissa é designer e fundadora da consultoria Archipelago. Mestre pela Berlin School of Creative Leadership, Clarissa é também professora no curso de graduação em Design, coordenadora do curso de pós-graduação em Design de Serviço da PUC-Rio, professora na FGV, na Fundação Dom Cabral e na THNK School of Creative Leadership, de Amsterdã. clarissa@archipelago.how https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarissa-biolchini-a7361a23/ Participante - Carla Cipolla, professora na Coppe/UFRJ atua no Rio DESIS Lab, um laboratório de pesquisa e projetos que utiliza o design para contribuir em iniciativas para melhorar a vida na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Tem também atuado como coordenadora da rede DESIS (Design para Inovação Social e Sustentabilidade). carla.cipolla@ufrj.br https://www.linkedin.com/in/carla-cipolla/ Participante - Rosana Vasques, é designer (UFPR) e doutora em Design pela Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo (FAUUSP), com período sanduíche na Aalto University School of Business (Finlândia). Professora na ESPM, PUC-Campinas e do Departamento de Projeto da FAUUSP, Pesquisadora Associada no InovaUSP e visiting scholar no Institute for Design Innovation - Loughborough University London, onde trabalha com pesquisa sobre ecossistemas de serviços para inovação e empreendedorismo. Também atua com pesquisa sobre jovens em vulnerabilidade social no projeto SEEYouth. rosana.vasques@usp.br https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosanavasques/ #mulherespodcasters, #design, #redemadi Links e referências http://bit.ly/autorasMADI

Hoe kunnen we onze huidige uitdagingen, zoals de ecologische crisis en de kloof tussen rijk en arm, benaderen vanuit een perspectief van overvloed? Kunnen we een omslag maken van nemen naar geven? In aflevering 11 van de ISVW podcast spreken we met Karim Benammar. Hij is een filosoof gespecialiseerd in transformerend denken. Hij is verbonden aan THNK School of Creative Leadership en The School of Life Amsterdam, heeft gedoceerd aan de Universiteit van Kobe en was lector aan de Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Hij is auteur van onder meer Overvloed (Veen, 2005) en Denken over geld en waarde (Parresia, 2013). Deze zomer geeft hij aan de ISVW de summerschool Leven in overvloed.

"The state that we're in environmentally, economically; we have come to this place because businesses of the past have focused solely on growth. When you take a social impact lens in your business, you ensure longevity for your business and for us as a species." Episode #61 of Season 2 of The Social Impactors Podcast features #SocialImpactor Laurel Dault, Social Innovation Manager of Hollyhock. As Social Innovation Manager at Hollyhock, Laurel Dault produces and co-facilitates Social Venture Institute, a series of conferences for mission-driven leaders and social entrepreneurs. Laurel is passionate about leveraging business to do good and impact investing, all with a curiosity around how these systems themselves maintain the status quo. Laurel's work in leadership and innovation has brought her from the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, to THNK School of Creative Leadership in Amsterdam, to Female Funders in Vancouver. Laurel holds an MSc in Developmental Psychology from Queen's University, has trained as a Coach with CTI, and (most formatively) spent many years performing as a comedic improviser. Laurel and I talk in more detail about her work in building social impact, how her journey led her to manage and coordinate one of the longest running conferences that focus on impact in the world, and why she believes businesses of the future will all be driven by building a better social impact in the world. Leave a #iTunes review to help new people find it! Link: https://apple.co/2WI5Ckn Email me if you have a special guest in mind that you want me to host on the podcast! Link: thesocialimpactors@gmail.com #SocialImpactEverywhere --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theimpactorspodcast/support

Joel Monk is a coach whose work transforms leaders beyond the limits of conventional success, and the Co-Founder of Coaches Rising, a community of over 19,000 coaches dedicated to having the biggest impact they can. Working as a community artist - and after a difficult period in his life - he moved into a Bhuddist house. There he met a coach, his soul spoke to him and he set off on a journey which has led him to coaching bank CEOs, TV personalities and… well… me!Alongside that, Joel and his Co-Founder Laurens Van Aarle created Coaches Rising, a pioneering training organisation bringing together thought-leaders from across the world and empowering coaches to create ever-better results. Coaches Rising brings together tens of thousands of coaches, has an amazing podcast (hosted by Joel), and runs some of the best (and best value) coach trainings available.All this means that Joel has spent time with many (if not most) of the most forward-thinking people in the world of coaching, which gives him perspectives on everything from enrolling clients to myriad coaching techniques to the newest and most advanced ideas at the cutting edge of what makes great coaching.In this episode, we talk about:- How problem solving and goal-setting can be traps that coaches fall into and what to do instead.- How he ended up living out of his jar of loose change and how being broke helped him change his story about money.- The roles serendipity and a tantric sex retreat played in him getting his most rewarding coaching gig ever.- His three pieces of advice for those new to coaching, and why he has faith that sincerity, dedication to the craft and putting the time in can make amazing things possible in anyone's life.Plus, we have a conversation about the role coaching has to play in the strange, complex and sometimes-unsettling modern world.For more information about Joel, visit his website: http://joel-monk.com/ or Coaches Rising: https://www.coachesrising.com/For information about Robbie's wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswalecoaching.com.Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQgThings and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):~8: Robbie's colleague Jo Hunter's TEDx Talk about Creativity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eun2mJMs1DM and her everyday creativity company, 64 Million Artists: https://64millionartists.com/~12: Rivca Rubin: http://www.rivcarubin.com/~13: Fred Kofman (https://fredkofman.org/), Integral Naked and Ken Wilber (https://integrallife.com/who-is-ken-wilber/)~20: Robbie's Twelve-Minute Writing Practice. You can browse all the pieces here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbieswale/detail/recent-activity/posts/ Or this one gives a description of the practice and its origins: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/creativity-fear-freedom-robbie-swale/~20: Steven Pressfield and The War of Art: (https://stevenpressfield.com/)~25: Rich Litvin: https://richlitvin.com/~30: THNK (School of Creative Leadership): https://www.thnk.org/~35: Tim Ferriss: https://tim.blog/~37: Jamie Wheal and his book, Stealing Fire: https://www.flowgenomeproject.com/team/jamie-wheal~37: The mouse study Robbie mentions (thanks Peter): https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2018/05/scientists-find-fear-courage-switches-in-brain.html~54: Laurens Van Aarle (https://www.coachesrising.com/about/), Ewan Townhead (https://www.ewantownhead.com/) & Coaches Rising (https://www.coachesrising.com)~55: Coaches Rising Podcast: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/~56: The two Coaches Rising programmes I have been on: Become a Transformative Presence (https://www.coachesrising.com/becomeatransformativepresence/) & The Art of Developmental Coaching (https://www.coachesrising.com/artofdevelopmentalcoaching/)~57: Coaches Rising Podcast with Richard Boyatzis about the neuroscience of goal setting: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/how-to-access-optimum-growth-states-in-coaching/~66: Peter Levine on polyvagal theory - this is the video that I watched, which I mention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiIm9NTC2JU. You might want to start from the first part of the series, though!~67: Jim Dethmer: https://conscious.is/team/jim-dethmer~68: Doug Silsbee and Presence-Based Coaching: https://presencebasedcoaching.com/~69: Steve March and Aletheia Coaching: https://integralunfoldment.com/~70: Circling: https://www.circlingeurope.com/~72: Rich Litvin: https://richlitvin.com/~72: Thomas Hübl: https://thomashuebl.com/~73: Jennifer Garvey Berger and her book, Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps: https://www.cultivatingleadership.co.nz/our-team/jennifer-garvey-berger~77: Steven Pinker: https://stevenpinker.com/publications/enlightenment-now-case-reason-science-humanism-and-progress~78: Daniel Schmachtenberger, Jordan Hall, Jamie Wheal (again), Rebel Wisdom, A good introduction to these thinkers is via the Rebel Wisdom YouTube Channel website (https://www.rebelwisdom.co.uk/) or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFQ6Gptuq-sLflbJ4YY3Umw~78: Thomas Hübl (again), Circling (again).~79: Dave Snowden: https://cognitive-edge.com/. His framework, Cynefin, gives incredibly useful distinctions between complicated and complex. This is a great introductory video to Cynefin, with Jennifer Garvey Berger: https://conversational-leadership.net/video/video-an-introduction-to-cynefin/~81: Martin Heidegger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Heidegger~82: Guy Sengstock: https://guysengstock.wordpress.com/~84: Margaret Wheatley - here's Joel's conversation with Margaret Wheatley on the Coaches Rising podcast: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/coaching-from-deep-service-in-times-of-collapse/~95: Jim Dethmer: https://conscious.is/team/jim-dethmer~100: THNK (again): https://www.thnk.org/~102: Joel's website. He hasn't had one for most of the time I've known him. http://joel-monk.com/~106: Angela Duckworth: https://angeladuckworth.com/~111: Minor Arias and The Coach's Journey Podcast Episode #03, with him, which I mention: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-3-minor-arias-living-by-design-glz56~111: Rich Litvin (https://richlitvin.com/), Steve Chandler (https://www.stevechandler.com/), Kari Granger (https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/how-to-enrol-clients-and-create-amazing-proposals/)

How do you stand-out in a consulting market crowded with global experts and world-class solutions? With a story. But not just any story. One that demonstrates that you understand your clients' unique challenges and aspirations, and have a vision of a shared journey to create success on their terms. That's what Maryn Wallace and her colleagues of Deloitte – one of the world's top consulting firms – are doing for clients across Canada, with surprising results. Not only are they building trust and relationships with their customers, but they're also shifting their own work culture to become more collaborative, creative and client-centric.In this episode, Maryn shares her discovery of story design at the THNK School of Creative Leadership, and walks us through her process to bring it into her customer development work at Deloitte. Along the way, she describes the story template she uses (introduced to her by Deloitte Partner Stephen Brown), and highlights the transformational impact this seemingly simple shift in workflow has had on both customer outcomes, and the performance of teams across the organization. Maryn also shares her advice for those who want to bring story design into their own workplaces – and wraps up the episode with a tease for her next big story project.

Helen is oprichter van Company Coaching Cafe, de sterke formule om coaching toegankelijk te maken voor bedrijven. Conscious Leadership development is haar andere kwaliteit. Hoe ze daarbij gekomen is is een aangrijpend en diep verhaal van uitdagingen die velen onder ons geheel of gedeeltelijk zullen herkennen. Luister naar de Podcast. More about Helen: Helping organisations to create a positive impact on employee experience, well-being and engagement in the workplace. The Company Coaching Café, I empower individuals and organisations to take actions to increase their well-being and employee experience, through short and powerful coaching conversations for immediate results and sustainable impact. Benefits after a 30 minute ‘shot’ of coaching include: Less stress and more balance Increased clarity and improved creative thinking More empowerment and confidence Strategies for better communication and collaboration Boost of energy and inspiration Greater focus, engagement and performance on the job With Step2Coaching, I provide executive coaching, conscious leadership and personal transformation programmes which support awareness development. This is applied to various initiatives such as culture improvement, diversity, inclusion and belonging, unconscious bias, improved manager communications and team collaboration. I apply conscious principles, integral theory and neuroscience to support awareness creation, motivation and responsible steps forward. I bridge the gap between formal organisational structures and the human need for connection, purpose, meaning and inspiration in work and daily life. Over 23 years prior experience in business consulting in Learning and Leadership development with global organisations such as Deloitte, Philips, Pfizer, Porsche, BMW, DSM, Danone, TomTom, Wrigley, Bayer, BASF and more. Inspired by (human) nature, art and innovation, I am ever curious to find new solutions to perceived problems. Everything is possible - Just take the next step! Founder of Step2Coaching and The Company Coaching Cafe Service Line Director at THNK School of Creative Leadership Associate Facilitator for Centre of Creative Leadership Creative Consciousness Inc. Facilitator of personal transformation programmes Interim Talent & Leadership Development Consultant ICF Accredited Consciousness and Brain Based Coach.

Madeleine Shaw is a Vancouver-based social entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Lunapads, a multiple award-winning green ecommerce venture. She is the founder and Board Chair of United Girls of the World Society, the registered charity that produces G Day. Her latest project is Nestworks, a family-friendly shared workplace. She has received numerous distinctions for her work, including the 2017 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Special Citation for Social Entrepreneurship, the 2016 BMO Celebrating Women Innovation & Global Growth Award and the 2015 Vancouver Board of Trade Wendy MacDonald Award for Entrepreneurial Innovation. She is a graduate of Queen’s University, BCIT and the THNK School of Creative Leadership and blogs about her experiences and insights at www.lunagals.com. This is Madeleine's second time joining Lucca and Rebecca on the show, and her work and life has evolved considerably since her first visit! Join in to learn about her latest projects!

In this episode, I speak with Romas Stukenberg, a graduate of the prestigious THNK school for creative leadership and founder of Artistic Intelligence, a creative consulting agency that helps leaders to tackle strategic challenges through artistic means. We talk about the difference between being creative and artistic. Our conversation dives deep into the topic of self-leadership and the role of individual courage for successful workshops.    Don't miss Romas' practical advice on how facilitators can drive groups from creative exploration back to the strategic application. Romas' artistic approach will inspire you to deliver workshops that work. Click here to download the free 1-page summaryDon't miss the next show: Subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.Feeling inspired by the conversation in this episode? We can have our own - take a seat at my virtual table as part of a Mastermind Group.Questions and Answers[00:56] If you were a hashtag. What would you be? [02:09] According to you, what is the biggest misconception about design and art?[03:33] According to you, what is the true value of a designer in the business world? [05:16] You started a project that you call “artistic intelligence” – AI. What is your story behind this project? [07:19] How difficult is it to get business people to answer “big existential questions” by using art as a tool? [08:35] The concept of “AI” addresses strategic questions with open ends - What are good examples?[09:18] What is the difference between artistic and creative?[10:55] To what extent does artistic intelligence differ from Design Thinking?[11:57] Is AI then about slowing down?[13:45] In your AI workshops, is it the mindset and philosophy of art you apply or do participants also get their “hands dirty”?[15:17] To what extent are business leaders ready for this jump?[18:08 How do you converge the group towards results after the artistic exploration?[22:17] What is the impact of the physical workshop space on the dynamics? [23:09] What do the artists who facilitate your sessions differently compared to facilitators from the usual business environment?  [24:49] In a review of one of your workshops I read that you ask participants to explore their fears. What can we find in our fears that would reveal our strengths? [29:30] How do you make sure to those who might judge themselves as not being creative enough?[32:28] What would be for you a “meaningful closure” of a workshop? [34:46] What can you do to avoid a “biased” group check-out? [36:07] What would be the transformation for a team due to artistic intelligence? [37:31] What makes a workshop work? [38:54] What can a facilitator do to assure that the quality of space is maintained? [41:30] What is the nutshell you would like the audience to take home?[42:04] How do you encourage courage? Related links you may want to check out:Romas' business page: www.artisticintelligence.de and www.namename.eu (German only)THNK School of Creative Leadership: https://www.thnk.org/  Our sponsor Session Lab  Connect to Romas:LinkedIn 

Kate Sutherland is founding faculty and executive coach with Simon Fraser University’s Certificate in Social Innovation, SFU's new certificate on Evaluation for Social Impact and Transformational Learning, and THNK School of Creative Leadership. An author, Kate’s third book is We Can Do This! 10 Tools to Unleash Our Collective Genius. Kate has 30+ years experience in organizational and community development and on issues as diverse as food systems, recovery from substance abuse, local currencies, and newcomer settlement. Increasingly her primary focus has become capacity building for leaders and change makers, sharing what has been most helpful in her own work, and especially inner work approaches based in intention, perception, intuition and consciousness. In this capacity building work, Kate is encouraging people from all walks of life to step up and out as "Facilitators for the Shift". This phrase is inspired by David Korten's naming of The Great Turning: how we are in the midst of a huge shift from an industrial growth society to a life sustaining civilization. She recently made digital copies of her latest book available for free as part of work to unleash our collective intelligence, collective wisdom and collective capacity. Lucca and Rebecca check in with Kate to unpack what the "Shift" is, and how Kate's past rolls in to how she is engaging with the world today.

On Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 the international African Tech Roundup LIVE Tour launched with a live event in The Netherlands dubbed #VillageDiariesAmsterdam. For the first part of the evening's programme, hosts Andile Masuku and Musa Kalenga were joined by headline guest, Nigerian Partner and CEO of HYBR, Charles Ojei. Prior to founding HYBR, Charles was Director of Enterprise Business at Samsung Electronics West Africa and earned nearly two decades of sales, business development, strategy and technology professional experience while embedded at Procter & Gamble, General Electric, Samsung, and DuPont. He implemented projects in Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe across multiple industries such as retail, healthcare, food, agriculture, technology, education, hospitality and financial services. Charles has completed the Executive Leadership Program at THNK School of Creative Leadership in Amsterdam and holds a B.Sc in Industrial Relations & Personnel Management from the University of Lagos, as well as a Masters in Social Entrepreneurship (with Distinction) from Hult International Business School in San Francisco and Boston. He currently serves as a faculty member at the Enterprise Development Centre at the Pan-African University in Lagos, Nigeria. In this candid chat with Andile, Musa and the #VillageDiariesAmsterdam live audience (which has been edited for listenability), Charles shares practical insights into the necessary mindset and relevant approaches required to do business in Africa.

Lee Feldman is founder and partner of the THNK School of Creative Leadership in Vancouver. Prior to this, he founded CycleSpace; co-founded and served as Chief Experience Officer of the digital agency Blast Radius (which went multinational 10 years after its beginnings in his apartment); mentored with Rockstart; was CMO of FITMO; and was a design sales consultant for IKEA Business. The ideas that give Lee the biggest charge are atypical—not solely about communication, but about the power of corporations to drive and benefit from positive social change: “I really do believe that brands, society, individuals, and the environment can all win. It’s possible. But to see and act on that possibility, you’ve got to do some unlearning, orchestrate a blank slate, and start from the beginning again. That’s the purpose of THNK.” Lee has been recognized with gold and silver Clios and mentions in Communication Arts Design Annuals and Marketing Magazine’s Top 100, and has contributed to numerous global design and awards panels. His mission: Think and do things different and better

Time to THNK   Introducing Sarah Dickinson and The THNK School of Creative Leadership We live in an era of new challenges where antiquated leadership and business models will not produce the solutions we all seek. The leaders of the next generation still need to be smart and thoughtful, but they also need to pull back on their ego and be creative solution finders. Sarah Dickinson is one of these new creative leaders. Sarah spent most of her working career in the digital communication and marketing world. The job left her wanting more as often the fruits of her labour were often months after she completed her work and she often felt removed from their human impacts. Her life was forever changed when she was offered the opportunity to travel to Amsterdam and partake in a new program called The THNK school of Creative Leadership. The experience changed her life and prompted her to bring THNK across the ocean to Vancouver where she is now the co-founder and executive director of THNK's Vancouver location. To hear more about THNK and how it can help the idea you are incubating or the business you are trying to scale, check out this week's episode of the Boiling Point.   In this episode Future podcaster Jessie audits a BP session to learn from Dave and Greg. We hear what prompted Sarah to go to Amsterdam and why she thought it was a program that Canada needed. She tells us why she believes for a period of time Canada was “resting on its laurels” and how programs like THNK's can change the trend. We hear how she was taken out of her comfort-zone during the first day of THNK in Amsterdam and how it set the tone for battling humanity's challenges. Sarah tells us why the “I” was dropped from THNK's name and how it relates to the future of leadership. Sarah tells us that the ideal THNK candidate is a committed and active entrepreneur or intrepreneur that is incubating or scaling a venture that will have a positive social impact. Jessie is interested in the notion that in the past decade Canada wasn't living up to its identity and is impressed with how the podcast conversation would feel just as appropriate in a coffee shop. Greg notes the importance of programs like THNK because people are not learning this stuff in school and often not in their business lives either. Dave likes the idea of THNK building resiliency in their patrons so that they can make an even bigger impact on the world.   Links - THNK Vancouver - THNK on Twitter - THNK on Facebook - THNK on Youtube - Sarah Dickinson on Linkedin     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices