Positive change is what John Chambers is enabling through his life’s many aspects: start-ups; helping corporates innovate in a way that suits them best; working with people to help them grow; seeking ways to grow awareness and connection with Aboriginal Australians.
Subtle Disruptors
In many ways, this podcast series is about creating change in a way that is accessible to all of us, and which is aggregate has an amazing impact. This episode encapsulates this beautiful, both through the guest Athalia Zwartz, and the organisation she is part of, Initiatives of Change
There is something that we have forgotten. Something that came naturally to us when we were kids. Something that came naturally to our ancestors. Through carefully listening to ourselves and to others, we can find a way back to loving the earth again.
What happens when we slow down and write a letter? Not just to us in the act of writing it, but after posting it for the person who receives it? Melanie Knight creates settings where we can reconnect with analogue forms of communication, and rekindle our creativity.
Some of the best work I have ever done has been working in tandem with somebody I connect with, have values aligned with, and most of all have a lot of fun with. The two Adams have found this in each other, with it manifesting in an excellent podcast called ‘What you will learn’.
How much of the best thinking we have to offer, and that others have to offer, is being missed by the environments we create for our discussions? Candice Smith embodies what it means to tap into our collective best thinking.
New models of organisation are emerging, where things like self-direction, autonomy, and bringing your whole self to work are highly valued and shown to bring rewards. Back In Motion Health Group is one of these organisations.
“The performer is a member of the group, who is nominated by the group, to stand up on behalf of the group and say something of value.” Luke Hockley embodies these aspects of being a performer and curates moments that draw this out of others as well.
Conversations that gently help people have a realisation; sharing with others about your voting intentions; writing letters to local members of parliament: In themselves, they are not glamorous, they are not new, nor innovative. But they are the simple, difficult, actions that in aggregate can make a significant difference.
As he listens, Oscar enables the speaker to uncover meaning inside them they were previously unable to articulate. And he is on a mission to enable millions to interact in this way.