Join us for an interview with Carina Wong, who is the former Deputy Director at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She talks about how stepping out of a managerial leadership position into a Senior Advisor position helped her realize the importance of her role as the only woman of color in senior leadership. She not only started focusing on supporting women of color claim their power, she also thought deeply about exploring a Catalyst succession plan and considering who would take on the mantel of change when she moved on. Since then, she's been on a journey exploring what it means to drive inclusive leadership and is sharing her thoughts here. Original music by Lynz Floren.

Join us for an interview with Dr. Dawnté Early, who is President & CEO of United Way California Capital Region. She is tackling systemic poverty through a data-driven ecosystem approach. She shares about the importance of starting small, focusing on data, and bringing other's along on the journey. Original music by Lynz Floren.

Join us for an interview with Chris Librie, who is a Director of ESG at Applied Materials. He shares about his journey driving sustainability into some of the world's largest companies. Chris shares about the challenges and opportunities of helping his org drive to net zero carbon impact. One of his key learnings is about the importance of listening and patience as a Catalyst, which can unlock understanding of the shared wins for key stakeholder that you need to bring on the journey as you create massive systemic change in global organizations. Chris' book recommendation: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Original music by Lynz Floren.

Join us for an interview with Bernhard Kowatsch, who is the Head of the Innovation Accelerator at United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). We discuss creating large scale change through building a growth mindset organization. He believes that failure isn't what we want, but we want to learn quickly. Bernhard co-founded the award-winning ShareTheMeal app that crowdsources funding for WFP. This leading innovation has raised over 150 million meals for hungry children worldwide, and was named as an App of the Year for 2020 by both Apple and Google. Original music by Lynz Floren.

Join us for an interview with Dr. Jane Craig who led global leadership development at Mars Inc. as she talks about the importance of Catalysts working on themselves to support their external change work. There is a path of personal development that supports our professional path! Check out Jane's company website at otherkind.co.uk. Original music by Lynz Floren.

Join us for an interview with Jacci Johnson. She shares about the role psychological safety has in allowing teams to be creative and innovative, what it feels like to be on both a safe and unsafe team, and how each impacts us as Catalysts. There are 4 levels of psychological safety, and an importance in using intuition for all leaders. A safe environment can allow us each to be in touch with our intuition! Original music by Lynz Floren.

Join us for an interview with Mai Vang, who is a City Council Member for the City of Sacramento. Mai identifies the biggest challenges to be solved and catalyzes the community to make big changes happen. She was the eldest of 16 kids and learned young the power of enlisting others to distribute work. In her work as a councilwoman she tackles the biggest issues by identifying the right groups & organizations to be part of creating the solution. Often there are misunderstandings between those groups, so she has to take the time to help them see the bigger landscape. As a Catalyst that moves "hella fast" she knows it is important to keep the purpose of what needs to be achieved at the forefront so she doesn't lose people. Her call to action: self-care, because we need every single one of you!! Original music by Lynz Floren.

Join us for an interview with Guido Jouret, who is the Former Chief Development Officer at Plume. Dr. Guido Jouret has had an incredible journey leading change in some of the world's largest organizations. In our conversation, Guido shares about the power of having a "T-career" as a Catalyst; developing deep domain experience in one area early in your career which then sets you up to be able to connect dots across disciplines. He encourages younger Catalysts to lean into your strengths instead of focusing on your weaknesses, to set yourself up to be able to create the impact you dream of. Original music by Lynz Floren.

Join us for an interview with Tyrome Smith, who has spent almost 20 years honing his skills in enterprise strategy and value clarification. Providing trusted advisorship to senior leadership to assist in organizing problem-solving resources to clarify their thinking and execution. Developing and facilitating learning experiences for organizations to assist promote human development, organizational growth, and customer value and loyalty. Original music by Lynz Floren.

Join us for an interview with Trent Cotton, who is the Senior Global Director of Talent Acquisition and Retention at Hatchworks. He is passionate about leading, innovating and engaging the recruiting industry to change how both large and small businesses value the Talent Acquisition discipline.  He is the author of the book "Sprint Recruiting: Innovate, Iterate, Accelerate". His blog Sprintrecruiting.com reaches thousands of readers and provides unique insights on a range of recruiting topics, check it out!   Original music by Lynz Floren.