Behind Greatness by Inspire North

We sit down with Riane Eisler, an accomplished researcher, author, professor and public speaker. Residing in Southern California, Riane briefly describes her experience as a Holocaust survivor as a little girl and her voyage to North America. In this discussion we break away from our tradition approach to conversation as we focus on Riane’s life’s work: ie. on Partnership systems. We discuss domination systems that have both women and men live and operate in a world that deprives them of their full humanity. We touch on consumerism and weapons of mass distraction. And most importantly, we learn about the characteristics of the original partnership societies where the cooperation of the feminine and the masculine produces a society where art and creativity are fundamental by-products. To DONATE to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: www.inspirenorth.com/podcast. Tax receipt issued to donors. Behind Greatness IG: @behindgreatnesspodcast & @inspire_north.   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/riane-eisler-11a3a4/ Website: www.rianeeisler.com Website: www.centerforpartnership.org New Book: Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future Behind Greatness website: www.inspirenorth.com/podcast Behind Greatness IG: @inspire_north & @behindgreatnesspodcast Behind Greatness TW: @inspire_north

Tim grew up in rural California where he attended the only non-accredited highschool in the state. But this didn’t dissuade him from pursuing an early goal to work in the Film Industry. Taking advice from a mentor to cut his academic teeth in an unrelated field of study in college before entering film school, Tim unknowingly entered the working world of film production with another acquired skill set. Realizing that he could create his own stories for the industry, he pivoted from the production side after he pounded the pavement for an opportunity to showcase his creative writing abilities. Three decades later, and with a slew of successful TV series under his belt, Tim muses with us about the source of his muse. We discuss tapping into the river realm of creation and the exhilaration of engaging the audience into the story creation process. We also discuss his socially-focused tech entrepreneurial ventures and what they mean for him. We learn about his excitement for the impact that today’s young leaders are poised to make as they become aware that they can create impact for many – and from wherever. To DONATE to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: www.inspirenorth.com/podcast. Tax receipt issued to donors. Behind Greatness IG: @behindgreatnesspodcast & @inspire_north.   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-kring-67548616/ Behind Greatness website: www.inspirenorth.com/podcast Behind Greatness IG: @inspire_north & @behindgreatnesspodcast Behind Greatness TW: @inspire_north

Tony joins us from Houston, Texas. He shares with us his upbringing in a family with musical pedigree where his parents taught him the value of using his imagination to build and to create. He was tasked to learn the violin as a young boy and he did - but he took exception to practising it. He learned soon thereafter that his curiosities instead lay with actually composing music. We follow Tony on his journey as a young man discovering his talents and passions and how he has applied them to his life’s journey as a composer, an author and a professor. We discuss the animal brain and exploration vs exploitation – and the mystery of the creative source and freewill. We learn about Tony’s take on the “search and rescue” nature of his own creative journeys and the realization of how far we can travel far beyond our immediate sensory world. We discuss how we often defeat ourselves when we are tied up by our veneration of great masters rather than by the encouragement offered by their works. An illuminating chat. To DONATE to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: www.inspirenorth.com/podcast. Tax receipt issued to donors. Behind Greatness IG: @behindgreatnesspodcast & @inspire_north.   LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-brandt-73570a1/ Website: anthonybrandt.net Book: www.runawayspecies.com Facebook: @anthonykbrandt Chamber Opera: “Kassandra” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2dzyDXgKc8&t=2397s The Netflix documentary “The Creative Brain”: https://www.netflix.com/title/81090128 Behind Greatness website: www.inspirenorth.com/podcast Behind Greatness IG: @inspire_north & @behindgreatnesspodcast Behind Greatness TW: @inspire_north

Ryan joins us from rural New Brunswick, in Atlantic Canada. Coming from a line of hard-working potato farmers, a very young Ryan thought about how he could continue the family business, but doing it his own way. Bringing home the point to us that the journey is what matters, we hear about 100lb Christmas tree shearing machines, sleeping in a truck travelling across the US to bring back contracts, exploding chip bags on highways and doctoring conference floor badges to meet key buyers. Not unrelated, we learn how he started his enterprise while hearing “no” all the time, how he built a factory from scratch to help him compete with billion dollar competitors, how he Corolla’d 90,000 miles a year without a paycheck for several years and how he hired people to join him in executing a vision that he so relentlessly pursued. Now 40 years old, we clearly learn that what’s always been important is his devotion to the land he’s from and to the people who have helped him get where he finds himself journeying now. To DONATE to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: www.inspirenorth.com/podcast. Tax receipt issued to donors. Behind Greatness IG: @behindgreatnesspodcast & @inspire_north.   LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-albright-560a8022/ IG: @cb_chips  FB: Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company TW: CBchips Behind Greatness website: www.inspirenorth.com/podcast Behind Greatness IG: @inspire_north & @behindgreatnesspodcast Behind Greatness TW: @inspire_north

Valentino joins us from Manchester, England where he acts as a Curator and Lecturer at of one of Europe’s leading edge Schools of future storytelling: the School of Digital Arts (SODA). Originally from Rome, Valentino lost himself in his formative years after the sudden death of his father, until he started to consume what he left for him: his movie collection. Convinced as a teenager that he wanted to be a cinematographer, he slowing shifted his focus during his studies to art and art-history and its intersection with technology. After completing his PhD and feeling somewhat stuck in academia, Valentino invented and forged his own career projection. He worked his way, entrepreneurially, to become a leader in creating Fairs & Festivals in Europe to facilitate proactive dialogue between Artists/Art and Tech-focused businesses leaders at Google, Sony, etc. We discuss the growing awareness amongst business and science leaders of the importance of art practised without constraints. Valentino explains how the practice of art frees us to inspire ourselves and others – and to literally enable us to see new worlds. Literally. We discuss how our view of art is slowly shifting away from its “zooification” to the understanding that it truly is a seismograph of human culture. So. Much. Fun. To DONATE to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: www.inspirenorth.com/podcast. Tax receipt issued to donors. Behind Greatness IG: @behindgreatnesspodcast & @inspire_north.   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentino-catrical%C3%A0-ph-d-3140b794/ TW: @valcatric IG: @valcatri Website: https://www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk/ Behind Greatness website: www.inspirenorth.com/podcast Behind Greatness IG: inspire_north Behind Greatness TW: inspire_north

Born and bred in Southern California, Troy gives us a glimpse of growing up in a musical family. His father and uncle who formed the duo the “Brothers Johnson” had profound influence on music in the 70s and 80s. Born in the 1980s, Troy also took to musical creation immediately, preferring to spend time even as a small child and pre-teen in a music studio above all. His world took a turn while he was still in his teens with his parents’ separation, the death of his best friend and his mother’s illness & eventual passing. But Troy’s undying desire to create music kept him in growth mode. Believing at his core that this is what he was always meant to do, he discusses how being the “oddball ideas” guy in the room is also one of his calling cards. Letting himself go where the fluidity of life’s winding river and where his creations take him, Troy stresses the importance of self-belief and openness to different ideas as his real superpowers. Add in real examples of mind-blowing UFO sightings and a harrowing story around Area-51 and we start to understand that Troy is not afraid to ponder the large questions to better make sense of his role in the creation process. This conversation is definitely to be continued… To DONATE to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: www.inspirenorth.com/podcast. Tax receipt issued to donors. Behind Greatness IG: @behindgreatnesspodcast & @inspire_north.   IG/TW: r8dio Behind Greatness website Behind Greatness IG: inspire_north Behind Greatness TW: inspire_north

Sue was born and bred in Buffalo, New York. She developed a desire for a career in healthcare and pursued studies in NY and North Carolina and when her life took a turn, so did she. Off to Arizona for no reason at all and very little money to her name, she started a journey with a little bit of Billy Joel and whole lot of hustle. After volunteering quite a bit of time at a clinic, her employer and her patients started to take note of her work ethic and her authentic efforts to help heal others. Fast forward a bit, she was hired as the Head Athletic Trainer for the LA Dodgers. The first woman to hold this position in any of the 4 major professional sports leagues she also credits mentors along the way to helping her learn, develop – and deal with her baby-giraffe. She set a course where today she has worked with all major professional leagues, in addition a stint with the men’s US National Soccer Team. Today, as an entrepreneur and pioneer in her field she is able to reflect with us on what is really important for her in life … including the exploration of Music-Sue. To DONATE to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: www.inspirenorth.com/podcast. Tax receipt issued to donors. Behind Greatness IG: @behindgreatnesspodcast & @inspire_north.     Website: www.suefalsone.com IG/TW: @suefalsone FB/IG/LI: @structureandfunction TW: @sfdryneedling Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sue-falsone-b0b9969/   Behind Greatness website: www.inspirenorth.com/podcast Behind Greatness IG: inspire_north Behind Greatness TW: inspire_north

Growing up in Ontario, Canada, Kelly attended 10 different schools as a child until settling in Welland (Niagara region) for highschool. She lived in a chaotic household but lived it the best way she could – with a heightened sense of responsibility, “buttoned-downness” and an acute need for high-achievement in school and sports. Breaking out to get an education in another part of the country, she found her freedom to explore. As her professional life took shape, she found a seemingly natural fit with the corporate environment and her innate desire to achieve. After years of successfully transforming businesses and organizations in the not for profit space, Kelly decided to step back – twice. We discuss belief in self, integrity, humility (lessons from her dad that she holds dear) and the need for “authentic passion”. We also discuss the importance of a soul content and her continued exploration of the power of just being. To DONATE to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: www.inspirenorth.com/podcast. Tax receipt issued to donors. Behind Greatness IG: @behindgreatnesspodcast & @inspire_north.   Behind Greatness website: www.inspirenorth.com/podcast Behind Greatness IG: inspire_north Behind Greatness TW: inspire_north  

As a youngster growing up just outside of Toronto, Anthony lived in an entrepreneurial environment. His father, an inventor, instilled in him the importance of being curious, asking questions and breaking through. With authority never sitting right with him as a boy, he chose to explore his own path as a young man after a brief stint in the family business. His path was not short of probing, stumbling, succeeding, learning, and resetting. And, in 2011/2012, he found that the emerging crypto-space spoke dearly to his natural inclinations and talent. And he dove right in. Being one of the pioneers in the field he learned first hand what the world really needed – and that he could be at the forefront of real change and (compounding) impact. We learn how he is currently forging ahead and we get a small glimpse of how he plans to serve others – something that ultimately matters to him above all else. To DONATE to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: www.inspirenorth.com/podcast. Tax receipt issued to donors. Behind Greatness IG: @behindgreatnesspodcast & @inspire_north.   Website: www.decentral.ca TW: @diiorioanthony Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonydiiorio1/ Behind Greatness website: www.inspirenorth.com/podcast Behind Greatness IG: inspire_north Behind Greatness TW: inspire_north

Marjorie joins us from Sedona, Arizona. She grew up in a family where the wonder of music, art and literature defined much of her existence as a young girl. Armed with a natural intellectual curiosity and a profound admiration of both musical expression and scientific exploration, Marjorie embarked on both early on in her studies. As a young scientist she was inculcated by the materialist dogma of her field, until she became open to a specific experience. From that point on things changed for her – forever. We discuss self-affirming loops, mind-wandering networks and meditation, non-linear perspectives, the mystical realm, the mystery of dreaming and the near death experience. We examine the significance of having the courage to push through and explore what is new or defined as unpopular by conventional standards. A conversation with an accomplished scientist who also leads a movement in the advancement of post-materialist science … sooo much fun. To DONATE to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: www.inspirenorth.com/podcast. Tax receipt issued to donors. Behind Greatness IG: @behindgreatnesspodcast & @inspire_north.   Website: https://marjoriewoollacott.com Website: Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences (www.AAPSglobal.com) Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjorie-woollacott-a5407a30/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marjorie.woollacott Behind Greatness website: www.inspirenorth.com/podcast Behind Greatness IG: inspire_north Behind Greatness TW: inspire_north