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A hybrid of laser-like practicality and cutting-edge visionary insight, Scott Schwenk has been catalyzing the inner evolution and leadership development of individuals, relationships, and larger groups and organizations for over 25 years.  His work and teaching is a blend of stillness, unexpected expansion, laughter, discovery and potent actionable insights revealing dynamic inner freedom and a thriving outer life. Leader-Whisperer, Master Coach, Meditation Teacher Having spent several years living and studying in a Hindu-Tantric monastery in his mid-twenties, Scott has cultivated a number of long apprenticeships in leadership development, tantric meditation/philosophy, spiritual awakening, vedic ritual, and facilitating later stage adult ego development.  In the private sector, the bulk of Scott’s work is private master coaching worldwide clients in waking up, growing up, cleaning up, and showing up.

As Only the Source creator, producer, writer, talent and CEO (Chief Emanation Officer), Stu wears many hats on his shaven head. A reformed hedge fund manager (BKP Partners 1991-96, Zimco Advisors 1997-2001), he has focused on wealth beyond money since 2001; his conscious media endeavors include co-authoring the "Inner Security and Infinite Wealth" book, hosting the nationally-syndicated "Inside Wealth" radio program, creating and producing the conscious business video series "Inner Espresso" and co-hosting the award-winning "Get Conscious Now!" television program. Through radio and TV, Stu has interviewed such diverse luminaries as Dr. Deepak Chopra, HOF Baseball Mgrs. Tony La Russa and Tommy Lasorda, Cellular Biologist Bruce Lipton, Political Activist Van Jones, Men's Wearhouse Founder George Zimmer and Best-Selling Authors Marianne Williamson and Byron Katie. He now hosts “RESET with Stu Zimmerman” - a video podcast series that explores the practical potential for a new golden era of humanity. Stu was recently honored as one of 40 Distinguished Classmates of Cornell University’s Class of 1979. His unique blend of loving presence and interest in science combined with his natural wit and light-hearted nature makes one think of the Dalai Lama, Albert Einstein and George Carlin all rolled into one... or so he likes to think.

Chia Jen Yang is the Principal at Saison Capital a fintech focused fund that invests globally and in any vertical, but especially in emerging markets. He is one of the co-creators of Shaper Impact Capital. It was founded by a team of experienced VCs who are also part of the Global Shaper Community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum, to create a young community of individuals around the world dedicated to having an impact. It is their goal to connect curated social impact investors, angels, and impact funds with curated social impact startups and social enterprises that are looking to further their impact, and for investors looking for an impact-driven market-competitive financial return. https://www.shaperimpactcapital.com/

Todays conversation is with Kyle Empringham with Together Victoria and I was curious about the topics of: 🇨🇦 Collaboration for communities to thrive 🇨🇦 Poverty & Income Inequality 🇨🇦 Providing love and care in the case of homelessness Kyle holds a masters in resource management, he is a graduate with over ten years experience in public engagement, facilitation, communications management and network-building. He has closely worked in building sustainable seafood and environmental education campaigns for the David Suzuki Foundation & is now co-creating a project called Together Victoria. > Together Victoria a conversation with Kyle Empringham on Social Inequality and possible solutions <

Justin is is the CEO and Co-Founder of Lucrative Luminary International a company that specializes in helping hundreds and hundreds of retreat and seminar leaders around the globe. He fosters social change with different impact entrepreneurs online and offline. 🔥 Conscious Leadership and how to understand what you want to build and experience 🔥 Honesty, Vulnerability and considering the impact of our actions on others 🔥 Roadblocks of entrepreneurship and how to overcome them by acting congruent with ones own words, plans and energy 🔥 to Justin happiness is: the feeling of being successful at a game, the game of life, the game of business... He is an absolute Expert in the art and science of ethical selling, marketing and conscious business building. In fact, he is the ‘go-to resource’ for the most successful Transformational Leaders and Conscious Business owners on the planet. A former MMA Fighter he’s dedicated to fighting for the underdog, and leveling the business playing field by helping heart based entrepreneurs create a successful, lucrative, sustainable business that actually reaches the people they’re meant to serve.

Beau is an  engineering-minded entrepreneur who is driven by impact and uses business as the conduit to change the world for the better. East Africa’s energy crisis requires a scalable solution that can be implement now – and that’s what they have focused on with Kijani Forestry. In this episode we speak about: > KIJANI FORESTRY, INNOVATIVE FARMING TECHNIQUES > Climate Entrepreneurship, COMBATING DEFORESTATION IN EAST AFRICA > The Positives and Challenges of operating a business in Uganda and Africa at large > Following the social impact and passion to contribute to the world at large Uganda sees 500,000 acres deforested every year with the majority of it going to the charcoal industry, which is an industry riddled with waste and inefficiencies and is ripe for disruption. By implementing cost-effective efficient kiln technology, they are able to increase yields by 4x traditional methods meaning that ¼ of the trees are needed for the same amount of charcoal. Also they designed a Nursery Hub model that empowers local communities to be trained in agroforestry planting of biodiverse tree species on a large scale, helping grow the future supply of Uganda’s energy. They are a for-profit social enterprise looking to expand our impact through a profitable business model while reversing the trend of deforestation in East Africa through sustainable jobs and disrupting an industry that’s doing massive environmental harm.

Garrett Adkins is the founder of Impact Media a viral marketing agency. He is also a partner at Superhero Academy empowering and encouraging individuals to spread their unique gifts into the world. He is the logistical and marketing mastermind behind the scenes for several massive online success stories. He has worked with Marc Angelo Coppola, @Brendan Kane @Prince Ea VaynerMedia and others... Chances are content he had his hands on, showed up on your timeline. We talk about: 🔥Garretts story and how serendipidy led him to Costa Rica, to connect with Superhero Academy 🔥Mindful use of psylocibin mushrooms 🔥Impact Storytelling - Why storytelling matters and the positive ripple we can create with it

Todays conversation is with Federico Rivas Co-Founder & President, Estadio Ventures, an innovation Lab in El Salvador committed to technological solutions to societal challenges; especially around violence prevention, women empowerment and sustainability. We talk about: 🇸🇻 The state of the world through the lense of El Salvador 🇸🇻 Social Impact in troubled and neglected communities 🇸🇻 The beauty of El Salvador He is also the Co-Chair, Elections Committee, Advisory Councils, Global Shapers Community in which we met a few years ago. The Global Shapers are a youth leadership movement and community within the World Economic Forum. He is also the Co-Founder, Singularity University San Salvador Chapter, and co-chair of global dignity in El Salvador.

Colette Grosscurt & Holly Syrett, are sustainability and impact professionals. Her background is in social and environmental impact assessments for companies and financial institutions. Together they have co-initiated projects that further the Sustainable Development Goals agenda and realize a more sustainable fashion supply chain. A Global Shaper project SHAPING FASHION. Holly has a background with the Sustainable Apparel Coalition,  aiming to increase transparency throughout the apparel value chain, to identify and act upon opportunities for improvement and to empower consumers/citizens to make informed purchasing decisions on basis of trusted sustainability information. Shaping Fashion is a global initiative to scale sustainable transformations in the fashion industry through the Global Shapers network. Every year during Fashion Revolution Week in April hubs collaborate with local teams of industry experts to organize events, workshops, clothes swaps and film screenings to push for change in their communities. Beyond that, hubs co-create longer term projects with lasting positive impact on the sustainability of the fashion industry. In 2019 >30 hubs participated in Shaping Fashion: Amsterdam, Bangalore, Bangkok, Bilbao, Beijing, Cambridge, Chicago, Cordoba, Cuernavaca, Dallas, Davao, Dusseldorf, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Iloilo, Istanbul, Jaipur, Johannesburg, Joinville, Kano, Los Angeles, London, Lugano, Lusaka, Mexico City, Milan, Minneapolis, Mumbai, Oranjestad, Paramaribo, Peshawar, Raleigh, Rome, Skopje, Yerevan, Yokohama. Resources: https://www.fashionrevolution.org/ https://www.globalshapers.org/impact/shaping-fashion

I just had the great privilege to host another interview with Phillip Moore founder of Trimtab and educational steward for five decades in the making. Today we talked about: 📚 Buckminster Fuller and the Bucky-phile people of their time... and how Phil is clearly one of them 📚CONTEXT and the role context plays in the learning paradigm — — PHILLIP MOORE CO-FOUNDER OF UPLAND HILLS SCHOOL (1971) AND UPLAND HILLS ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS CENTER (1974) FOUNDER OF TRIMTAB (2015)