Alliance for a Viable Future
60 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -What will it take to generate a critical mass of climate leaders in the Northeast bioregion who will do everything in their power to protect life for the future generations? We believe that change flows through relationships, at the speed of trust. Therefore, our mission at Alliance for a Viable Future is to facilitate climate leadership circles that build trust and inspire courageous, wise and intelligent action. On this podcast, we interview change-makers who are blazing new trails with paradigm-shifting solutions that restore justice to our organizations and communities. Together, we are making the impossible possible.
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58. Wellbeing Economy Alliance: Partnerships for Systems Change w/Scotland Director Jimmy Paul
June 03, 2022 00:51 - 46 minutes - 53.4 MBThe Wellbeing Economy Alliance believes that humanity should determine economics, not the other way around. In this episode, Jimmy Paul, Director at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance in Scotland - speaks of their work with partners to drive change by co-creating, testing & lobbying for alternative policies, practices & models, and will look to identify the cross-sectoral opportunities for fundamental systems change. Jimmy has worked in a range of leadership roles across health & social care fo...
57. Climate Leadership: How We Can Create a Viable Future
April 14, 2022 01:26 - 1 hour - 78.4 MBDo you feel an urgency to step up and face the climate crisis? At no other time in human history has our human species needed to wake up to the harrowing fact that our planet’s natural systems may not be able to support human life— within the coming generation—by 2050. Climate Leadership is a pathway forward that integrates personal & professional development work, for emerging and established leaders who feel compelled to face the reality and take a stand for the future of all life on our p...
56. Be Prepared: Homesteading Skills, Storing Supplies, Homescale Gardening & More - Jon Lee Rucker
March 24, 2022 22:11 - 1 hour - 83 MB“It’s better to have it and not need it, then to need it and not have it,'' says Jon Lee Rucker, founder of Wild Beauty Farm (wildbeautyfarm.com), PermaJam (permajam.com), and a dear friend of mine. This empowering conversation will bring awareness to the uneasy feeling about the instability all around us - conflict in the Ukraine, market and supply chain issues, and the environmental turbulence. We discuss our personal experience of how taking action generates a sense of confidence and cou...
55. Climate Resilience: The Secret of Healing Trauma in an Era of Crisis - Dr. Stephanie Mines
February 10, 2022 00:04 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBIt is clear that the climate crisis is not going to go away. How can individuals and families best prepare themselves to meet the health challenges that are inevitable? One of the keys is that “we need to harness the power of focus,” says Dr. Stephanie Mines, the author of five books that reflect over three decades of research as a neuroscientist. She has investigated shock and trauma as a survivor, a professional, a clinical researcher, and healthcare provider. Her nonprofit The TARA Approa...
54. Honoring Our Native Relatives on Thanksgiving - Lev Natan
November 24, 2021 15:31 - 32 minutes - 37.7 MBWhat do you say at your Thanksgiving dinner table to honor our Native American relatives? In this episode, host and Executive Director of Alliance for a Viable Future, Lev Natan, shares stories of the Haudenasaunee Confederacy, The PeaceMaker, the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohicans, and The Seven Generations teaching. Lev’s wish is that his words spark your ideas for what to say around the dinner table. Also, Lev gives an update about the Climate Leadership Initiative that AVF is laun...
53. Listening Deeply: INDIGENOUS VOICES PANEL DISCUSSION
November 02, 2021 00:52 - 2 hours - 110 MBWhat’s the purpose of Indigenous People’s Day? Where did it come from? Why does it matter? The purpose of this panel, “Listening Deeply: Indigenous Voices Panel Discussion,” was to educate our community in preparation for Indigenous Peoples’ Day. It happened on Friday, October 1st from 6:00-8:00pm at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting of South Berkshire in Housatonic. Our panelists were Shawn Stevens, Jake Singer, Bonney Hartley, from the Mohican Cultural Affairs Office, and Carol Dana, a...
52. Changing the World From the Inside Out - Rabbi David Jaffe
July 23, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 47 MBHow can you integrate spiritual wisdom, social justice, reconciliation and deep personal growth? Rabbi David Jaffe’s teaching, organizing, writing and consulting explore the intersection of moral-spiritual development and ethical action in the world. In our interview, he draws from his book, Changing the World from the Inside Out, where he speaks to the needs of change makers and spiritual leaders throughout the country.
51. From Native Roots, Sprout New Melodies - Janel Munoa
July 09, 2021 10:00 - 57 minutes - 65.4 MB“Indian girl use all your heart, or they’ll eat it raw, while singing la la la la”” Janel Munoa is a Native American Musician, who grew up on her Luiseño tribe’s reservation in Southern California. She moved to the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, where she has cultivated her professional musical career, while becoming active in in community organizing efforts for social and environmental issues. In our interview, she speaks eloquently about striking the balance between “leading and fo...
50. Women’s Leadership that Sustains Life - Catherine Ayotte
June 23, 2021 22:21 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBWomen are designed to sustain life. When supported to grow from healing into leadership, they naturally bring forth life-sustaining values such as love, compassion, joy and gratitude. In this interview, Catherine Ayotte shares her intimate experience of shifting from the ''victim'' to the ''leader'', using integrity, community and dignity as anchors in the process. She shares about her initiatory journey of stepping into women’s facilitation work. To learn more about her work, visit: www.thes...
49. Trees, Water & People: Climate Resilience in Rural Communities - Sebastian Africano
June 09, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 70.8 MB“We had to ask ourselves, if people are cutting down trees to cook their meals, then how can we help them reduce the amount of wood needed every time they cook.” These words from the co-founders point to their mission: to address the underlying causes of deforestation. For over twenty years, Trees, Water & People has been a leader in not only reforestation, but also in the design and distribution of clean cookstoves and other clean energy products which greatly reduce the use of natural res...
48. Indigenous People’s Day: Taking a Stand in Solidarity
May 26, 2021 10:00 - 58 minutes - 67.1 MBIndigenous People's Day is a new holiday that is being observed instead of Columbus Day around the United States and the World, as part of the movement to take down statues of confederate leaders and to tell a more accurate history. Here in the Berkshires, the non-profit organization, Alliance for a Viable Future is organizing an Indigenous People's Day Walk in Great Barrington, on October 11th, as well as organize a Climate Resilience Workshop Series with a coalition of organizations who ar...
48 - Indigenous People’s Day: Taking a Stand in Solidarity
May 26, 2021 10:00 - 58 minutes - 67.1 MBIndigenous People's Day is a new holiday that is being observed instead of Columbus Day around the United States and the World, as part of the movement to take down statues of confederate leaders and to tell a more accurate history. Here in the Berkshires, the non-profit organization, Alliance for a Viable Future is organizing an Indigenous People's Day Walk in Great Barrington, on October 11th, as well as organize a Climate Resilience Workshop Series with a coalition of organizations who ar...
47. Mother’s Day Episode: The Rites of Passage Project - Pooja Prema
May 08, 2021 22:21 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBIn our modern culture, there's virtually no acknowledgment of personal rites of passage for women or any human being. The Rites of Passage Project features a diverse collective of sixty-five women of color from around the country. The purpose is to reclaim and expand the concept of a “rite of passage” to recognize that every significant experience in a woman's life from birth to death - the beautiful and the ugly, the holy and profane - can be a liberatory initiation. Through live performan...
46. Plant Medicine as a Rite of Passage into Ecological Leadership - Shayna Gladstone & Lev Natan
April 26, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBPlant medicines have the power to be a rite of passage into a deeper commitment to social & ecological healing. This episode is a panel discussion, with Earth-rooted Leadership Coach, Shayna Gladstone and I, as part of the Mt. Tam Psychedelic Integration Online Conference. We explore the connection between the deeply personal experience of participating in a medicine ceremony and the practical work of stepping up as a climate leader in the movement for planetary healing for the sake of our ch...
45. Listen to Youth Speak Up for Climate Justice - JYCM
April 11, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutes - 57.1 MBYoung voices should not only be heard but recognized as having the power to make change. Jewish Youth Climate Movement (JYCM) is dedicated to empowering teens to mobilize intelligent responses to climate change. In this episode, we are joined by Yonah Sadeh, Alex Tananbaum and Eli Anderson, members of JYCM’s Executive Board about their motivation to create a more equitable and sustainable world for all. Their greater purpose is to be a resource for people of all ages and religions, spreading...
44. Healing Trauma with Creativity & Resilience - Julia Mayer
March 27, 2021 14:03 - 45 minutes - 51.9 MBAuthor Julia Mayer’s new book, Painting Resilience is a very personal exploration of the role Fred Terna’s art played in surviving four concentration camps, and living a creative life as a successful artist. In our interview, we spoke about what Fred’s capacity to be creative and resilient has to teach us about facing the convergent crises of our times. Fred himself says that living through it was luck but living with it takes skill. Julia wanted to discover and share what those skills are...
43. Making Connections: Men’s Health, Racism & Creative Expression - Edson Sean
February 26, 2021 11:00 - 52 minutes - 60.6 MBEdson Sean is the kind of guy, you want to get to know. And, once you know him, you want to learn more. He is one of those unique artists who inspires us to be better human beings; he is a musician, emcee and producer, who gets real. In our conversation, we went deep and made significant connections: what it’s like to be a man in today’s world - a black man, and a white man - the importance of Love, and how art & music opens the healing journey. He has a heart of gold that welcomes you to r...
42. Sing Truth to Power - Arin Maya
January 27, 2021 23:18 - 52 minutes - 59.9 MBArin Maya opens new dimensions of possibility - a singer/songwriter on the rise, bringing political consciousness deeply rooted in soul lineage. She is, quite simply, a breath of fresh air. In our interview, we riff on her amazing new music video, Dancing a Red Line (watch here: https://youtu.be/-ALv3nBgKfQ), which inspires new vision for the more beautiful world that we all know is possible. She brings the Love, while catalyzing social awareness, racial justice and conscious activism.
41. Remembering Our History with a Native American Veteran - Jake Singer
January 11, 2021 18:21 - 26 minutes - 29.8 MBThe riot on the Capitol last week, led by far-right, white supremacists, has revealed the depths of this deeply vulnerable moment in our nation. Let’s focus on a unifying message from Jake Singer - a Sundance Chief, traditional Navajo Medicine Man, decorated Vietnam Veteran, and founder of the organization Walk with the Warriors, with the mission of honoring Native American Veterans for their service to the United States military. In our interview, he spoke to the federal government, sayin...
40. Community Councils: Healing the Divide in 2021
December 28, 2020 17:29 - 47 minutes - 54.1 MBWhile the election is over, it has revealed a stark fracture in our communities. In 2021, how might we stay grounded in a vision that addresses the most poignant issues of our time - racial justice, climate change, and equity, while charting a sensible path that diffuses the brittle conflicts that have boiled over? As cultural healers, changemakers, and leaders committed to a viable future, how can we hold the spectrum of polarity in a way that fosters healing and understanding? Community ...
39. How Sound Will Connect You to an Inspiring Vision for 2021 - Lev Natan
December 15, 2020 02:04 - 14 minutes - 17 MBSound healing is a mysterious portal into the sacred space of vision. Research shows that humming and toning boosts the immune system, enhances mental clarity, reduces stress, and increases "the trust hormone." In this powerful time of the winter solstice, we have an opportunity to utilize sound as a doorway into our deeper reservoirs of energy, vitality and vision. As we approach the winter solstice, it is a powerful time to slow down, rest, dream, gather your thoughts, prayers and intenti...
38. Lineage, Initiation and Commitment - Lev Natan
November 30, 2020 20:58 - 33 minutes - 38.5 MBWhat gives you the courage to keep going? What do you do to remember the source of your care? How do you renew your commitment when you feel run down? When I reconnect to my lineage, and remember the long-line of mentors and teachers who inspire me, I find my center, once again. When I remember the initiations that I’ve endured, I find my commitment, once again. In this episode, I present the three stories of lineage, initiation & commitment: “Mogli” in the disney film, a book called Com...
37. Post-Election Reflections: How to Stay Grounded and Focused - Lev Natan
November 11, 2020 02:52 - 35 minutes - 40.4 MB“What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher? What is a bad man but a good man’s job?” These provocative, yet clarifying questions from the courageous wisdom of Lao Tzu and his masterpiece, the Tao Te Ching, a classic work of leadership, has much to offer in the wake of the intensity of the election. Yes, this dark moment in American is shifting. And, yet, we must still address the very real fact that 70,000 million people chose to vote for a man who is openly racist, womanizing, etc.. There...
36. Grandmother Wisdom: Indigenous Elder Speaks on Climate & Nature’s Intelligence - Carol Dana
October 20, 2020 21:20 - 30 minutes - 34.3 MBWhen I asked her how she wanted to be introduced, Carol Dana told me she is a mother and a grandmother - “that’s what really matters, not the credentials.” Carol is from the Penobscot tribe in Northern Maine. “The Wabanaki Confederacy (Wabenaki, translated to "People of the Dawn") are a First Nations confederation of four principal Eastern Algonquian tribes: the Miꞌkmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot.” In our conversation, she shares what her grandfather told her when she was young...
35. WALK for a Viable Future | Northeast Virtual Gathering
October 09, 2020 12:28 - 1 hour - 89.9 MBWhile indigenous people make up less than 5% of the world’s population, they steward 80% of the Earth’s biodiversity. The connection between indigenous rights and climate justice is clear. Yet, generations of colonialism, conquest and exploitation leave our collective psyche scarred by shame and guilt for the unthinkable abuses of our ancestors and current policies that still attack native communities. This week’s episode opens a pathway of solidarity, healing and positive action in the face...
34. How to Contend with Doubt: Realize that this is for real. It’s not a fire drill.
September 24, 2020 22:40 - 33 minutes - 38.1 MBIt says in the I-Ching, “In a very real sense the progress of the world depends upon your thoughts as an individual now.” In moments when doubt enters your mind, and your body feels the lethargy of hopelessness, we need you to catch yourself. In these most turbulent of times, we need all hands on deck, which means that we need your unique contribution, your daily efforts and heartfelt strivings towards a viable future. Together, we are unity in motion. And yet, doubt about your capacity, imp...
33. What will you say when they ask you? How will you respond? - Lev Natan
September 17, 2020 23:29 - 34 minutes - 38.9 MBWith the fires blazing on the West Coast of the United States and the political climate as polarized as ever, the world is looking more and more like biblical descriptions of apocalyptic times. And yet, life remains simple. The question always remains: how will you respond? Who will you be in the midst of the collapse and breakdown of our conventional human systems. As your children grow up and become more and more aware of the unthinkably insane world that they are inheriting, they will exam...
32. Pursue Desire or Be Content...that is the question?
September 09, 2020 22:45 - 34 minutes - 38.9 MBYou are someone who is called to lead a life of commitment in a complex world. To make a difference takes courage, wisdom and an ever evolving state of conscious awareness. This state exists in the sweet spot between pursuing desire and being content. In this episode, you will reconnect with the power of gratitude as a fundamental, and ancient, leadership principle for excellence, precision and mastery. It is our human tendency to pursue our desires, on the one hand, while telling ourselv...
32. Pursue Desire or Be Content...that is the question? - Lev Natan
September 09, 2020 22:45 - 34 minutes - 38.9 MBYou are someone who is called to lead a life of commitment in a complex world. To make a difference takes courage, wisdom and an ever evolving state of conscious awareness. This state exists in the sweet spot between pursuing desire and being content. In this episode, you will reconnect with the power of gratitude as a fundamental, and ancient, leadership principle for excellence, precision and mastery. It is our human tendency to pursue our desires, on the one hand, while telling ourselv...
31. Remembering: Taking Time for Work Retreats - Lev Natan
September 03, 2020 22:41 - 37 minutes - 43 MBOnce upon a time there were three brickmasons. When asked what they were doing, the first said, “I’m laying brick,” the second replied, “I’m building a wall,” and the third declared, “I’m building a cathedral.” Which one are you? What are you doing when you go to work? When you take time to remember the deeper purpose of the work that you do, you connect to your guiding principles, commitments and values. You remember why you give it your all - why you play all out. It is from this deep...
30. Warm Data, Emergence and Living Systems - Lev Natan
August 26, 2020 23:45 - 25 minutes - 28.6 MBOur world’s problems are complex. They can’t be “solved” with simple 1+1 kind of equations. Warm data, developed by Nora Bateston, founder of the International Bateson Institute, is a way to gather contextual information that studies the interdependent relationships, interactions, and interconnections between diverse sectors of our society. In other words, it allows us to affirm our intuitive understanding that whole-systems awareness is deeply valuable in responding intelligently to the c...
29. Touching the Roots of Our Collective Crisis & Choosing to Stand for the Dignity of Life - Lev Natan
August 20, 2020 02:15 - 25 minutes - 29.7 MBIn this episode, we explore the connections between genocide, systemic racism and ecosystem destruction, and imagine a future where we each take more responsibility to uphold the protection, regeneration and the dignity of Life in our world. We reference the stories of three documentary films: (1) Watchers of the Sky, the story of Raphael Lemkin’s dedication to making genocide a crime in the international courts, (2) I Am Not Your Negro, about James Baldwin eloquent telling of Dr. MLK, Malco...
28. Initiation & Stages of Leadership - Lev Natan
August 13, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutes - 38.3 MBWhat is the connection between initiation and our capacity to step up as the leaders we need to be in these critical times? In this episode, Lev shares his personal experience participating in the Sundance ceremony as a means to his own growth as an organizational leader and his capacity to stand in his commitment to a viable future for the generations to come. He relates his journey to the five stages of leadership - ego, socialized, visionary, integral and unitive - as outlined in book Mast...
27. How to Electrify Your Work Culture with Vital Energy - Lev Natan
August 05, 2020 10:00 - 31 minutes - 36 MBThe research shows that when we bring prayer, meditation and conscious intention in our organizations and movements for change, we increase capacity, amplify impact and establish greater efficacy. Learn the why, what and how, in this episode.
26. Getting Your Priorities Straight - Lev Natan
July 30, 2020 13:34 - 29 minutes - 33.9 MBWhat is most important to you? Do your actions reflect that? In this part-two episode focused on the Walk for a Viable Future, we explore this unique opportunity for you to "walk your talk" and align your thoughts, words and actions; your values with your choices, at home and in the office. The time is NOW for us to get our priorities straight, and gather the courage to make the necessary changes to follow through on what we know must be done. Recorded July 2020
25. Why WALK for a Viable Future? - Lev Natan
July 22, 2020 20:57 - 27 minutes - 31.2 MBCeremony is transformative. Courage is needed. Now is an opportune historical moment to galvanize the momentum for change. The Black Lives Matter movement is establishing connections with awareness of Indigenous rights, as colonial statues are being called into question and taken down. Movements are ripe to collaborate. The WALK is an opportunity for all people to take a stand and declare their wholehearted solidarity with all Black Indigenous People of Color. We are walking to build a multir...
24. The Green Amendment: Securing Our Right to a Healthy Environment - Maya K. van Rossum
July 17, 2020 00:08 - 57 minutes - 65.6 MB“For decades, activists have relied on federal and state legislation to fight for a cleaner environment. And for decades, they’ve been fighting a losing battle. The sad truth is, our laws are designed to accommodate pollution rather than prevent it. It’s no wonder people feel powerless when it comes to preserving the quality of their water, air, public parks, and special natural spaces. But there is a solution, argues veteran environmentalist Maya K. van Rossum: bypass the laws and turn to th...
23. How to Steady Your Focus Amidst Chaos: Climate Leadership & Whole Systems Paradigm Shift - Lev Natan
July 08, 2020 15:45 - 33 minutes - 37.8 MBWhat might we do to withstand the turbulence of social discord, climate change, and the breakdown of our degenerative systems? When hurricanes sweep through forests, trees stay standing because their roots are connected. They hold onto each other. We can do the same. And, when we do, our nervous systems shift from fight, flight or freeze to connect, bond and collaborate. In this episode, Lev reflects on the core practices of climate leadership: self mastery, team resonance and alliance culti...
22. Rights of Nature (Part Two): Giving Ecosystems a Voice in Court - Mari Margil
July 03, 2020 12:23 - 48 minutes - 55.4 MB“Mari Margil serves as the Executive Director of Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights (www.centerforenvironmentalrights.org) and program manager for CDER’s International Center for the Rights of Nature. In 2008, she served as a consultant to Ecuador’s national Constituent Assembly, helping to draft the world’s first Rights of Nature constitutional provisions. Margil is widely viewed as one of the leading global voices for the recognition of legally enforceable rights of ecosystems a...
21. Principles of Living Systems Catalyze Paradigm Shift - Marshall Lefferts
June 24, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBMarshall Lefferts brings a perspective that inspires hope and intelligent action, in dark times, this interview weaves connections between physics, mathematics and music that underlie key principles in how to cultivate the conditions for living systems to thrive. "Throughout nature we can see patterns, structures, processes and systems that reflect an underlying order of energy dynamics that literally in-forms the observable universe across all scales" www.cosmemetry.com (Recorded December...
20. Legal Rights for Nature: A Global Movement Whose Time Has Come - Thomas Linzey
June 17, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBThomas Linzey has worked with the first places in the world to establish legal rights of nature - from a small town in Pennsylvania to the national constitution of Ecuador. His organization, Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights (www.centerforenvironmentalrights.org) works with grassroots, tribal, and NGO partners and governments across the globe to develop, implement, and enforce Rights of Nature laws. Following in the footsteps of the civil rights and women’s rights movements, it i...
19. How Healing Happens in Groups: MatrixWorks for Circle Facilitation - Mukara Meredith
June 10, 2020 20:40 - 49 minutes - 56.7 MB"MatrixWorks is a revolutionary group process that utilizes principles of New Science, Whole Systems Thinking, Hakomi Psychotherapy, Spirituality, and Contemporary Psychology. It fosters leadership that supports the growth and development of healthy functioning teams and groups. It supports the transformative emergence of ‘Group Genius’ where relationships become collaborative, and mutuality and cooperation become new norms that promote wellbeing.” (From matrixworkslivingsystems.com | Inter...
18. Black Lives Matter: Truth, Solidarity & Reparations - Lev Natan
June 03, 2020 20:01 - 31 minutes - 35.5 MBIn the wake of the unspeakable actions of the threatened who hunted down and murdered Breonna Taylor, Nina Pop, Sean Reed, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd, Alliance for a Viable Future stands in solidarity with all Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC). We stand for racial justice and reparations for all people of color. Racial Justice and Climate Justice are deeply connected. In fact, they are one in the same. We will have a viable future only when we have both. In this podcast, we refere...
17. How to Generate a Ripple Effect of Engagement and Participation - Lev Natan
May 26, 2020 13:15 - 23 minutes - 26.7 MBHow might we inspire our organizations to go beyond their bottom-line, and even beyond their social impact mission, and join a larger movement for change and ingenuity? How might we inspire a coordinated response to our collective dilemmas? In this episode, Lev reflects on his conversation with Dave Ford, CEO of Ocean Plastics Leadership Network (episode #16), and highlights the key principles that are essential for building impactful coalitions, networks and alliances that are able to transf...
16. Ocean Plastics Leadership Network - Dave Ford, CEO
May 19, 2020 13:58 - 46 minutes - 53.5 MB(Recorded January 2020) How do you get companies like Pepsi and Dow Chemicals to sit with Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund? Ask Dave Ford, founder of the Ocean Plastics Leadership Network - a membership community that runs experiential summits in ocean plastics hotspots around the globe that drive accelerated, collaborative action. This network is an inspiring example of what the Collective Impact Framework (episode #11) looks like, when it’s put into practice. More than ever before, ...
15. How Deep Listening & Silence Lead to Breakthrough - Al Bhatt
May 12, 2020 17:58 - 46 minutes - 52.6 MB"There is a space between cause and effect, between stimulus and habitual response. It is in this space that a full human life is possible.” Al Bhatt, breakthrough organizational consultant and professor of Organizational Leadership, has committed his life to the idea that silence is like the pot that a plant needs to grow. In a world of busyness, we need mentors who hold an empowering space for deep listening. This principle has allowed him to guide corporate executives, social impact entrep...
14. Kogi Elders on Qualities of Leadership
May 04, 2020 22:31 - 33 minutes - 38.3 MBThe Sierra Nevada mountains on the northern tip of the Andes in Colombia are home to four separate but related peoples: the Arhuaco (or Ika), Wiwa, Kogi, and Kankuamo. Together they number more than 30,000. In 1990, they emerged as a global indigenous voice with a BBC documentary in which they warned of the need to change course. In 2012, they made another film called Aluna, which you can find online. They refer to themselves as elder brothers and express concern that non-indigenous outside...
13. Wisdom in Leadership (Part Two): How Questions Clarify Where You Stand and Why That Matters - Mel Toomey
April 29, 2020 14:07 - 49 minutes - 56.4 MBThe old scripts of “posturing and pretending” are becoming more and more played out in a world that is in dire need for real people to guide us forward into the unknown. Knowing where you stand orients you to how to be a genuine, natural, authentic leader. The root of the word question is quest: What have you known, that you have always known? What do you see, that you have always seen? What do you sense, that you have always sensed? Where do you stand and what do you stand for? These are a f...
12. Wisdom in Leadership (Part One): The Power to Language - Mel Toomey
April 29, 2020 14:04 - 52 minutes - 59.7 MBHow we speak about our world makes a huge difference for how others respond to our leadership. Language is the key creative element in shaping our non-physical reality. Your capacity to bring consciousness to every word that you think and speak takes mindful communication to a realm of self-responsibility that is absolutely necessary in these critical moments of navigating the COVID-19 pandemic and global climate change. Mel Toomey began mentoring me when I joined the one-of-a-kind Master’s i...
11. Collective Impact, Whole Systems Change & Paradigm Shift - Mark Kramer, John Kania, and Jennifer Juster
April 20, 2020 15:59 - 49 minutes - 56.7 MBIn this special interview, I had the rare opportunity to speak with both of the founders of the Collective Impact Framework, Mark Kramer and John Kania, as well as the Executive Director of the Collective Impact Forum, Jennifer Juster. These pioneering thought leaders work closely together to foster cross-sector dialogue through an international network of social impact organizations who are addressing systemic issues that can only be effectively engaged through collaboration, coalition build...