Donnie Maclurcan (LinkedIn) the Director of Strategy at the Post Growth Institute visited the podcast this week. We have an in-depth conversation about what the core of the matter with capitalism in. We speak bout money, post-growth economics, the needed shift towards circularity. Why he can definitively say that we already know after having run more than 10.000 experiments over the past decade or so. This conversation is such an important primer for getting into these topics and it's not intellectual and difficult it's actually grounded, embodied and compassionate. For more info: How on Earth. Enjoy! For extended shownotes (Substack)

In this episode Amit takes a moment to reflection what is happening. A short list of deep topics. He speaks of integration - being an integrated human being that through his or her complexity was born to live into this humanity. He speaks of the collapse, how it is already here but also that which is beyond. That is already here. There is an innovation and provocation to live sensful rather than meaningful life. Is it so that meaning is a consequence of meaning? Amit speaks of Relationality, self determination and of course Ada - you already got it! Thanks for coming along in 2024. Looking forward to what 2025 has to bring. Some episodes mentioned in the podcast: Navid Zargham EP250, Thekla Teunis EP243, Sam Hinds EP241, Giles Hutchins EP240, Vanessa Andreotti EP238, Grace Ramanchy EP235, Nora Bateson EP213 and EP202, Indra Adnan EP114.

Navid Zargham of Simran Meditation (instagram) came on and we took on one of the most central topics of this shift we're in: separation. Navid is a practitioner and guide for people to find what is sometimes referred to as 'non-duality', or as he says himself "a way of looking behind the scenes, behind the culture and behind the programming" . This is a beautiful conversation, we touch on separation, belonging, the sense of freedom and love most of us want. Why non-duality will not make you less efficient nor will necessarily make you stop doing anything. We speak of detachment and most of all we invite us all to simply stop, ground yourself and check. Enjoy!

Dr. Claudine Perlet (LinkedIn, webpage) stepped out from her top tier corporate job for a large insurance company in 2017 and began exploring alternatives. She landed on Regenerative Economics as her frame for the work she is doing now. This conversation speaks of the regenerative business transformation and we address, head on, some of the things that will no longer be working as we move deeper into ecosystems collapse. We speak of what it takes to afford to contribute to the transition, why community and conviviality is so important and why it, sooner than we might hope, will be important to remember that you cannot eat money. Enjoy! Additional resources from the show: Paradigm Changer Program - https://claudineperlet.com/program/ System Change Investing - https://www.systemchangeinvesting.com/ 30 Min Zoom Meeting - https://calendly.com/businessreinvented/30-minutes-meeting

Renee Lertzman (LinkedIn, webpage) climate psychologist that's worked for more than 3 decades with large corporations and instituations (google included) dropped in for a deep conversations on the conditions conducive to change. We spoke of the importance of questions, how agency is one of the most important aspects of our humanity and how robbing those we try to change of it is counter productive. Renee introduces her framework on cheerleading, educating or 'righting' your way vs the potentially more conducive guiding stance. This is a dive into the world of change making through artful questioning. Also: Project Insideout. Enjoy!

In this intriguing conversation, John Mack, an author and founder of the non-profit Life Calling, dives into the impact of technology on humanity. He discusses the need for 'return on humanity' in a digital age, urging a reflective relationship with tech. John explores how technology can both distract us and offer profound opportunities for growth. He also touches on his transformative journey as a photographer and shares insights on cultivating authenticity and presence amidst modern distractions, encouraging listeners to reconnect with their deeper selves.

Nessie Reid is the director of the Global Diversity Foundation, (linktr.ee) the creator of the Miking Parlour lives with her husband on an organic farm in Wales. We deep dive into food and why food sovereignty and food security are such fundamental topics. Why it is that not more of us care about food. We speak of convenience and price as two important parameters to understand, we speak of environmental justice, the patchwork of belonging, grief work, how to deal with fire without burning out and the importance of humor. Enjoy!

Anna Gyllenklev (LinkedIn) founder of Untra Studio visited the podcast. We spoke about what our environments do to us, we spoke about health and the relational nature of our world. What are the dependencies that structure our thinking? What do we have to do to think outside our brain? What are you cultivating? What do we nurture? What does it do to us when we attend to things that are not living and how can we redesign our lives? Enjoy!

Servane Mouazan (⁠LinkedIn⁠, ⁠webpage⁠) visited the podcast and we spoke of things like collective intelligence, what happens when we invite the organisation as the living entity and inquire into it into the room, we spoke of trust and how capital is not just financial capital but rather many things. We spoke of change, and resistance to change, the invitation to listen deeply to our assumptions. How assumptions drive behavior, the crucial importance of imagination for this moment and how we have an obligation to pay attention. Enjoy this circular or perhaps spiral conversation.

Thekla Teunis (⁠LinkedIn⁠) is the founder of ⁠Grounded⁠ aiming to bring agriculture back into balance. Thekla shares her journey from Shell and McKinsey to her current work of transforming agriculture bottom up from the core. We speak of being with the consequences of what one is doing, what it takes to see and what it takes to take risk. The importance of having a team willing to go the distance and having the courage to act to right something that is fundamentally wrong. And how that, even though it is sometimes hard, is what affords a meaningful existence.