Move Fast. Break Shit. Burn Out.

Join us for an interview with Jennifer Cotie Kangas, a Catalyst with an interesting Hero's journey. In 2020 an accident gave her the gift of a beginners mindset. She had to relearn everything - how to talk, to how to walk, and how the world worked. Her mentor helped her see that she had lost her design bias when she fell. Without the guardrails gleaned from her past experiences she could connect the dots in ways other people couldn’t. The beginners mindset was forced upon her and taught her that everyone should bring beginners mindset to problems, no matter how long they've been looking at it. What different lenses can be brought in? How can you simplify the problem to explain it to someone that has no knowledge? Original music by Lynz Floren.

Join us for an interview with Justin Lokitz, who is a Catalyst, Entrepreneur, Advisor, Author and Professor. In this episode, Justin shares how he has learned to ask for help to drive success. When he reflects back on things he wished he had known earlier in his journey, he says asking for help would have minimized failures and accelerated wins. As he manages a ton of catalytic projects today, he still has to stop himself and either ask friends for help or hire people to compliment his skillset and interest areas. It's never too late to ask for help! Original music by Lynz Floren.

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.