Guest OverviewRodney Durso is founder of ArtBridge, a New York a non-profit that empowers emerging artists to transform New York’s ubiquitous construction scaffolding into large scale art exhibits In part two we focus on Rodney’s second life, as an artist and social entrepreneur forming ArtBridge in 2009 to give emerging artists unprecedented exposure by exhibiting their work on construction scaffolding and fencing across the city. Rodney discusses his mission and the impact this innovative initiative has had on the lives of underrepresented artists and how serendipity led to its scaling internationally. We also discuss art as therapy, procrastination, curiosity and his process of creation. And much much more. I hope you enjoy the candor, generosity of spirit, and artistic social enterprise of Rodney Durso. What we discuss:His artistic mothers influence His father coming from the wrong side of the track Rodneys Landscaper father The influence of his older brother His love of music and being in rock band in his teens And his escape into music and art His ambition to be a rock star1/4th between an A and CInterest in abstraction The dark side of his upbringing and the emotional scarcity Having an antenna and the power of listening School life and mentor Growing up as a Italian in a Jewish Long Island culture Captain Quick food delivery and his early entrepreneurial venture His evolution through advertising and film production into design Having Chronic Fatigue syndrome and his Chinese Tea venturePlanet Organic Tea company and the lessons in business Setting up Storm house Partners Design Agency Burning out from the agency experienceMigrating to art as therapySeeking abstraction and dissonance in his work to create visceral work, working fast and messy Dealing with procrastination ArtBridge and getting work into a gallery Curating 26 artists and wrapping a building Working with Google and FacebookTaking the program to Italy post the Earthquake- Offsite Art Scaling the program How the program finds artists Serendipity and the Highline open studioRisk taking Monetizing Self Esteem - Facebook’s legacyAmy Brown Links to SocialWebsiteFacebook TwitterRodney’s Instagram Links in showArtbridgeCB radiosAdLab Emerson Lake and Palmer Yes Stormhouse Partners Three tarts in ChelseaUniversity of Rhode IslandMononucleosis Michael Hanchett Hanson Whitney Biennial Offsite Art  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest OverviewRodney Durso is founder of Artbridge, a New York a non-profit that empowers emerging artists to transform New York’s ubiquitous construction scaffolding into large scale art exhibits In part one of this two-parter, we cover growing up in Long Island to a creative and artistic mother and a father who came from the wrong side of the tracks, feeling materially abundant while living in a landscape of emotional scarcity.  We cover growing up as an Italian in a predominantly Jewish Long Island culture, his educational experiences, and his early entrepreneurial ventures. We discuss his musical influences and ambitions, transitioning his focus to advertising, film production before being drawn to design and learning from design icon Milton Glaser. Forming his design agency in NYC in 1999 with a holistic 360 approach before integration was a common term. In part two we focus on Rodney’s second life, as an artist and social entrepreneur forming Artbridge in 2009 to give emerging artists unprecedented exposure by exhibiting their work on construction scaffolding and fencing across the city. Rodney discusses his mission and the impact this innovative initiative has had on the lives of underrepresented artists and how serendipity led to its scaling internationally. We also discuss art as therapy, procrastination, curiosity and his process of creation. And much much more. I hope you enjoy the candor, generosity of spirit, and artistic social enterprise of Rodney Durso. What we discuss:His artistic mothers influence His father coming from the wrong side of the track Rodneys Landscaper father The influence of his older brother His love of music and being in rock band in his teens And his escape into music and art His ambition to be a rock star1/4th between an A and CInterest in abstraction The dark side of his upbringing and the emotional scarcity Having an antenna and the power of listening School life and mentor Growing up as a Italian in a Jewish Long Island culture Captain Quick food delivery and his early entrepreneurial venture His evolution through advertising and film production into design Having Chronic Fatigue syndrome and his Chinese Tea venturePlanet Organic Tea company and the lessons in business Setting up strom house Partners Design Agency Burning out from the agency experienceMigrating to art as therapySeeking abstraction and dissonance in his work to create visceral work, working fast and messy Dealing with procrastination Artbridge and getting work into a gallery Curating 26 artists and wrapping a building Working with Google and FacebookTaking the program to Italy post the Earthquake- Offsite Art Scaling the program How the program finds artists Serendipity and the Highline open studioRisk taking Monetizing Self Esteem - Facebook’s legacy Amy Brown Links to SocialWebsiteFacebook TwitterRodney’s Instagram Links in showArtbridgeCB radiosAdLab Emerson Lake and Palmer Yes Stormhouse Partners Three tarts in ChelseaUniversity of Rhode IslandMononucleosis Michael Hanchett Hanson Whitney Biennial Offsite Art  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the frenzy of the Covid19 crisis engulfs us, we feel inspired, that everyone we talk to (on Zoom!) is each doing their bit to help alleviate the physical isolation, reduce suffering, or to offer support. Humanity is pulling together. We are going to stay focused on content related to the Virus. Podcast Everything You Need To Know For Antivirus & Immune System Enhancement: A Special One-Two Podcast Episode where Ben Greenfield interviews Drs. Matthew Cook and Matthew Dawson, real experts in the realms of functional and precision medicine, offer their advice when it comes to boosting immunity and fighting viruses. There is a lot more to this, but it's worth a listen in light of our reality. Posts and Articles Yuval Noah Harari's FT post last weekend has been shared a lot, so you might have read this one. If not, His op-ed reflects on how 'the choices we make today could change our lives for years to come' in particular given that the decisions and policies governments make during times of crisis tend to remain in place. He also makes the point that another key choice we must confront is between nationalist isolation and global solidarity. Global problems require global collaboration, but how things play out may not be what we expect. Harari's perspectives are thought-provoking.  So if now is the time for these debates to be had and not to wait and look back with regret, an article shared by our friend and award-winning journalist Dan McDougall from Foreign Policy on How the World Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic builds on Harari's post.Aside from the immediate loss of life, crashing markets, and policymaking indecision - this chapter of humanity will lead to permanent shifts in political and socio-economic power in ways that may not imagine.Foreign Policy asked 12 leading thinkers from around the world to weigh in with their predictions for the global order after the pandemic and to help make sense of the ground shifting beneath our feet as this crisis unfolds. Lots of food for thought herehttps://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/20/world-order-after-coroanvirus-pandemic/ Next, we want to share a moving, and beautifully written article by Dan McDougall called Finding purpose and perspective in a crisis - you will feel uplifted after reading this. I will end with some resources - we helped our client, Rennicke Associates, a psychotherapy practice here in Manhattan, create this dedicated Covid19 Resource Page on their site Rennicke & Associates. The page is full of mental health resources and support for those seeking and those willing to give nourishment. Courtney Rennicke, the founder, has also curated a wealth of resources for those needing to make their isolation time more productive and to offer parents and carers useful tool kits of activities. It is quiteUS /NY Centric, but many resources are useful regardless of geographic location.Stay strong everyone, and let's focus on helping build a better future.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest OverviewTina Kelley describes herself as a cheerful optimist with a morbid streak. She is the author of Abloom and Awry, Precise, and The Gospel of Galore, and co-authored Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope, and she reported for the New York Times for 10 years, sharing a staff Pulitzer Prize for 9/11 coverage.Tina Kelley grew up in New Jersey to caring loving adoptive parents, her early love poetry. Tina describes growing up in small-town America, the influence of her poetic father, developing her love of poetry, reading, and writing that set her on a path to Yale and beyond as a journalist, poet and author via a detour through the world of NGO’s and Think Tanks.Tina quotes Thomas Jefferson “If I had to choose between a well-functioning government and a well-functioning press I‘d choose the latter, sunshine is the best disinfectant” to frame her perspective on the decimation of local news media and print journalism, the impact of losing a generation of people asking hard questions of public officials or as she says leaving the pigs at the trough with no one watching.Tina discusses quality investigative journalism in the world of fake news and voting for optimism and the importance of the hyper-local journalistic model. We discuss the resurgence and importance of local communities, her mixed views of Facebook, and the innovation of the Clear Health Costs startup and how it is disrupting the inequities of the pricing in the US health system. We also discuss her process for finding inspiration in everyday life, her journaling process and the purpose and role of poetry in today's society Tina discusses her vision for a world-changing educational model in the 21st Century and she answers all our quick-fire questions. I hope you enjoy the artistic advice, poetic perspectives and journalistic principles of Tina Kelley.What we discuss:Growing up in as a single adoptive child in a loving home in New Jersey Her auditor father and home-keeping mother Discovering being adopted age three Her self belief and feeling special age eightDiscovering poetry age eight Being an extrovertThe influence of the Church on language and musicMixed diversity at School The impact of her music teachers and playing Sax Her path to journalism Journalism and learning for a livingProblem-solving through journalism  Her perspective on the decimation of journalism  Her Optimism The future of local journalism and the power of communityWe discuss Covenant House and her work as a staff writer and the life transformation work for adoptive kids Her process for capturing ideas Future of Education PTech Pathways in Technology, Early College and High school Corp, Schools and Community colleges   Links to SocialTina’s blogLinkedin TwitterLinks in showYale Clear health costsIBM Covenant House Almost Home book Abloom and AwryGospel of Galore Thomas Jefferson Bill Gates MindFraud The Game James Agee  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi everyone We are late with this week’s digest but it’s been a week of rapid changes as we witness the accelerated spread of the Covid19 virus. Today in New York the reported infections reached over 5000. So as we all start to inhabit the virtual world, I attended the Singularity University’s Covid19 virtual summit. Rather than follow our usual format I thought it best to share some of the great insights, information and future visions. Links to the videos are in show notes. Here are some key takeaways from the key speakers: Christina Gerakiteys From her talk - How you can take action during times of uncertainty‘Our best work comes when the values of humanity intersect with the value of technology’‘Humanivate - consider Humanity first in the process of innovation’ This was a truly inspiring and uplifting presentation. A more sobering and immediate talk was The Coronavirus Pandemic and the New Normal  with Jamie Metzl“We are seeing the convergence of the world of science and biology with the world of geopolitics. And as this plays out geopolitical implications are going to be much greater and reflect deeply on the nature of this moment.This is not a 2001 moment, this is a 1941 moment! “ James uses the seismic geopolitical changes from the past to make the case of why we are at a pivotal moment where we must collectively decide how the world will playout over the rest of the century. To frame his talk he Quotes 1930’s Italian political theorist Antonio Gramsci“The old world is dying, and the new world has not yet emerged; and in the twilight rise up monsters”I think we can all sense this. This next talk was more about the steps we can all take to remain safe. Nell Watson’s talk How to stay healthy during Covid19 is full of useful tips and tools. As she says “Today the world is united against a common foe. We need to show up and do our bit” - Nell Watson As the future unfolds we need to rethink where and how we live. James Ehrlich in his talk The Future of Safe Living in Self-Reliant Neighborhoods Sets out a sustainable vision “There is a master plan that enables a software stack to create the neighborhoods of the future around clean food, clean water, and clean energy and circular waste to resource systems. This kind of decentralized living is what we used to have up to 1950 when most of the planet lived in small self sustaining regenerative communities, having agency and access to your own food supply, grown at your doorstep.  We would argue that farming practices of Bio organic regenerative farming allows for greater bioavailability of nutrition and absolute food security” Watch this and feel uplifted. And finally checkout Why Authoritarianism is Bad for Public Health with Alex Gladstein Alex covers how different nations have used power and authority to deal with this virusBased on two axis - the openness of a society and the other axis - the competency of the government. Citing examples of incompetence to competency and their levels societal openness by countries - US ( Incompetent / Closed), Singapore China ( Competent / Closed) and Iran (Incompetent / Closed) and Taiwan ( Competent /Open) He also discusses why keeping a free press and free expression is paramount and retaining control of our privacy and remaining vigilant as governments will use opportunities to slip in new legislation to create laws that undermine and erode privacy. As Alex says "Don't let them take your privacy and rights away from you. It's not necessary. You don't need a police state to fight the virus. "All the Summits Videos are available here on the Singularity University YouTube ChannelStay safe everyone. And Please share anything you find that you would like us to share. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest OverviewBorn in South Africa in the age of Apartheid, her education, parental guidance, curiosity, and worldly ambitions set her on the path to a stellar career in international business and marketing and finally leading Danone to become the first billion-dollar entity to become a public benefit corporation - welcome this week’s guest Lorna Davis. Lorna Davis is a transformational thinker, leader, and visionary for why and how organizations can combine social, and environmental priorities with their financial imperatives to deliver improved business performance. As a highly respected coach, international speaker Lorna also serves on a number of boards to help them embrace meaning and purpose.In Part One of this two-parter, we cover Lorna’s early life in South Africa, her parent’s influence, how her education and her Pollyanna-ish optimistic view of the world helped carve a successful career. We discuss Lorna’s social purpose epiphany when working in China in 2006. Lorna explains how she left China changed, and ultimately returned to Danone with a mission to help them become a purpose-driven company. Lorna recounts the practical realities of Danone’s evolution to a BCorp under her leadership in the US as Chief Manifesto Catalyst.  In Part Two we discuss Lorna’s transition to a BCorp Evangelist. She unpacks the steps companies should take to start their journey to becoming BCorp certified, the importance of having visionary CEO, engaging and empowering youthful activists to lead the transformation process, and bypassing senior and mid-management We talk about the practical leverage of bottom-up, and outside-in methodologies, inviting an inclusive range of expert advisors and investors to accelerate the process of change, to overcoming short-termism, achieving triple bottom line, and the role of big banksWe cover the need to connect with our humanity, embrace ambiguity as Lorna explains her perspective on life being a dance of love and power. Lorna also discusses the UN New SDG Action Navigator tool to help businesses measure progress against the SDG’s and projects forward the future structure of corporate boards that cover ESG’s.Finally, we discuss serendipity, education, diversity, divine intelligence, the joy of being human and how she uses curiosity as an antidote to pain, and her perspective on how humanity works. I hope you’re inspired by the leadership values, heart, the humanity of Lorna Davis. What We Discuss Her parental impact We discuss her upbringing in apartheid South Africa Lorna’s sense of abundance the opportunity the world offered Her single-sex high school Her sports focusLearning routine discipline and order working for her at schoolStudying psychology and anthropology Breaking into Unilever Her social purpose epiphany in China Understanding that she could not continue to walk away from her responsibilities as a leaderBeing lured back to DanoneComing to the US Taking on the BCorp Challenge Managing shareholder expectationsBecoming a BCorp Evangelist Lorna’s pragmatic perspective on our ability to address climate challengesWhere to spend our time and energy - wherever your heart breaks are where you spend your time and energy Managing change - Inside and down vs Outside and Bottom-up thinking Driving Supply-side changeNeed to make Meetings inclusive and diverse Role for investorsThe dance between short term and long termThe separation of self in business and discomfort with ambiguity  Power and Love RAM Das Quote How Lorna creates systems change The power of listeningSocial Links LinkedinWebsite Email - lornadavisuk@yahoo.comTwitterLinks In The ShowEster PerelTo Thine Own Self be true Martin Luther King QuoteChristiana FigueresGlenen Doyle  RamdasLorna’s TED TalkGeography of Thought Erin Myer&n... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest OverviewBorn in South Africa in the age of Apartheid, her education, parental guidance, curiosity, and worldly ambitions set her on the path to a stellar career in international business and marketing and finally leading Danone to become the first billion-dollar entity to become a public benefit corporation - welcome this week’s guest Lorna Davis. Lorna Davis is a transformational thinker, leader, and visionary for why and how organizations can combine social, and environmental priorities with their financial imperatives to deliver improved business performance. As a highly respected coach, international speaker Lorna also serves on a number of boards to help them embrace meaning and purpose.In Part One of this two-parter, we cover Lorna’s early life in South Africa, her parent’s influence, how her education and her Pollyanna-ish optimistic view of the world helped carve a successful career. We discuss Lorna’s social purpose epiphany when working in China in 2006. Lorna explains how she left China changed, and ultimately returned to Danone with a mission to help them become a purpose-driven company. Lorna recounts the practical realities of Danone’s evolution to a B Corp under her leadership in the US as Chief Manifesto Catalyst.  We also discuss how Lorna became an evangelist for the B Corp movement, the tools available for all businesses and her advisory role with organizations on their sustainability strategies. I hope you’re inspired by the leadership values and vision of Lorna Davis. What We Discuss Her parental impact We discuss her upbringing in apartheid South Africa Lorna’s sense of abundance the opportunity the world offered Her single-sex high school Her sports focusLearning routine discipline and order working for her at schoolStudying psychology and anthropology Breaking into Unilever Her social purpose epiphany in China Understanding that she could not continue to walk away from her responsibilities as a leaderBeing lured back to DanoneComing to the US Taking on the B Corp Challenge Managing shareholder expectationsSocial Links LinkedinWebsite Email - lornadavisuk@yahoo.comTwitterLinks In The ShowPatagoniaBuckminster Fuller Anand Giridharadas DanoneApartheid B CorpB Lab B Impact Assessment White WaveEmmanuel Faber  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In light of the severity and global impact of Covid19, we thought that this week we should share information that could provide you with additional useful information as well as to take some pause for reflection and refuel your optimism.    Podcast worth a listen In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Amesh Adalja from John Hopkins University, about the spreading coronavirus pandemic. They discuss the contagiousness of the virus and the severity of the resultant illness, the mortality rate, and risk factors, vectors of transmission, how long coronavirus can live on surfaces, the importance of social distancing, possible anti-viral treatments, the timeline for a vaccine, the importance of pandemic preparedness, and other topics.Recommended to Us As events change daily and with the US just declaring a National Emergency due to Coronavirus, there still seems to be a gulf in opinions on how bad this will get and how we should act individually and collectively. Should you wait for more information? Do something today? What else?In this article by Tomas Pueyo you’ll find well-sourced charts, data, and models that provide unambiguous information on the impact, scale, and speed of this virus. It provides individuals, parents, community leaders or business leaders with the data and confidence to prevent this, if we have the responsibility to act. We read this on What’s App I was recently invited to join an extraordinary What’s App group called Difference Makers. Humbling to be part of a group of thinkers and do-ers that inspire me daily. Today, I quote one member Graham Boyd.“This is my perspective: For decades it's been sufficiently clear that climate change, pollution impacts, 17SDG will impact everyone, and worst case could lead to the death of over 90% of humans. Today the global reactions to those threats are insipid vs. the Covid reactions. The two big differences I see are: Covid might kill me, and now; whereas the climate emergency kills in 10, 50, 100 years time - and someone else. I wish we had a way of creating the feeling now for a threat that materializes in the future.” Wise words indeed. Mulling on thisWhen we face existential events, whether viral or climate-based, we should not forget that we all have agency, the power to choose what we imagine, to desire, believe and act toward the future seek. In times when the media makes us feel powerless, it’s worth remembering how powerful we are, as mediums of change. Last Week’s PodcastSocial impact gaming entrepreneur and Co-Founder of One Earth Rising has a mission to harvest and harness the power of philanthropy through interactive experiences, providing a playful path to social impact.Jan Roessner was born in Germany to a creative father and a loving but disciplinarian mother. After a fifteen-year career in the German military leading operations in a helicopter squadron and as a drone pilot in Afghanistan, Jan transitioned to the creative industry opening a marketing firm, sagency in Berlin in 2012. Serendipity led him to New York, where he met his current business partner and pivoted to social impact gaming and launching One Earth Rising.In Part One of this two-parter, Jan discussed his childhood, his education, his early influences, and desiring a life of impact. We cover what set him on a path to the military, discuss his experiences of serving in Afghanistan, before transitioning through education to political lobbying and finally taking the entrepreneurial way and opening his agency in Berlin.In Part Two we dive deep into Jan’s journey to social impact gaming, examples of his early successes with Animal Rights Organization PETA, the power of game-based storytelling to educate people on social issues, the philanthropic value of gaming to NGO’s, and the benefits open to brands and the market potential.Jan discusses the business model, the evolution of the sector, and the impa... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest OverviewBorn in SF, adopted and raised in NYC, by an author and illustrator mother and an ethical Wall Street banker, father, James (Jim) Clark grew up with abundance and privilege and a deep sense of love. Jim’s mother would wake him each day with an exercise that conditioned him to consider every day as a blank sheet of paper. In Part One of this two-parter, Jim discusses growing up in a highly creative home, developing a love of the environment, embracing academic challenges, managing his procrastination and always believing in his own agency. Jim recounts the serendipity and a life-affirming experience of meeting Buckminster Fuller, that set him on this path to his first entrepreneurial venture at University by leveraging the power of networks and subsequently building a second networking venture in 94’ that partnered with a little known start-up called AOL. In Part Two Jim discusses how he envisioned the future value of technology in the 21st century and forming the World technology network - a global community of peer vetted technology experts and visionaries and an annual awards series under the banner of encouraging serendipity. Jim also discusses his perspective on the power and value of curiosity and serendipity. How he looks for patterns in history and why remaining open to the fluidity of outcomes, creates better outcomes. We discuss his new initiative the world congress for a new civilization, the existential challenges we face and why he’s creating a new global representation of all humanity. And there is much much more. I hope you enjoy the expansive thinking, inspirational insights and fluid life analysis of Jim Clark  What we discuss:In Part One His upbringing in a home of abundance and affluence.His ethical Wall Street Banking Father.His free-spirited, creative book writing Mother and her morning exercise to instill creativity in him The creative environment in which he grew up. How life felt like an adventure.Jim reflects on creativity and technology in children’s upbringing today and in past generations.Hypocrisy filters in today/s youth.Tidal pools and developing a love for the environment.School life.Attending Wesleyan University and Cambridge, The turning point of Discovering nonprofit organizations at a young age.And starting his first nonprofit at University. His rationale and logic for carving his path in life.Arriving at leveraging the power of networks. Meeting Buckminster Fuller and life affirmation.The power of trim tabs.Forming Access Networking in the Public interest to find a clearinghouse for Non Profit jobs.Working on Clinton’s presidential campaign.Witnessing the emergence of the Internet, he recognized the potential of the internet to have a social and economic impact.Forming Access point in 93 to help nonprofits access the internet he partnered with a small but fast-growing startup called AOL. Building a reputation of one of the early leaders in what at the time was called “New Media”.Moving to London in 1997. In Part Two Creating the World Technology NetworkForming The World Technology Network Awards to create a vetting mechanismWhy he adopted the moniker Encouraging SerendipityLooking for patterns in historySerendipity in historic invention Time, change and evolutionOpenness to change and outcomes Fluidly surfing waves of possibility and the tension of avoiding failureImpact eliminating risk and ambiguityShame, tribalism and not being your true self Jim discusses his key existential questions-   - ‘What do I believe it right?’ asked with an open heart - ‘What do I think it necessary?’ - ‘The answer is what you should do.’ Being open to new experience Jim explains why he considers civilization as unsustainable and morally indefensible being a consequence of us all not asking the above questionsGetting to a courageous... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest OverviewBorn in SF, adopted and raised in NYC, by an author and illustrator mother and an ethical Wall Street banker, father, James (Jim) Clark grew up with abundance and privilege and a deep sense of love. Jim’s mother would wake him each day with an exercise that conditioned him to consider every day as a blank sheet of paper. In Part One of this two-parter, Jim discusses growing up in a highly creative home, developing a love of the environment, embracing academic challenges, managing his procrastination and always believing in his own agency. Jim recounts the serendipity and a life-affirming experience of meeting Buckminster Fuller, that set him on this path to his first entrepreneurial venture at University by leveraging the power of networks and subsequently building a second networking venture in 94’ that partnered with a little known start-up called AOL. In Part Two Jim discusses how he envisioned the future value of technology in the 21st century and forming the World technology network - a global community of peer vetted technology experts and visionaries and an annual awards series under the banner of encouraging serendipity. Jim also discusses his perspective on the power and value of curiosity and serendipity. How he looks for patterns in history and why remaining open to the fluidity of outcomes, creates better outcomes. We discuss his new initiative the world congress for a new civilization, the existential challenges we face and why he’s creating a new global representation of all humanity. And there is much much more. I hope you enjoy the expansive thinking, inspirational insights and fluid life analysis of Jim Clark What we discuss:His upbringing in a home of abundance and affluence.His ethical Wall Street Banking Father.His free-spirited, creative book writing Mother and her morning exercise to instill creativity in him The creative environment in which he grew up. How life felt like an adventure.Jim reflects on creativity and technology in children’s upbringing today and in past generations.Hypocrisy filters in today/s youth.Tidal pools and developing a love for the environment.School life.Attending Wesleyan University and Cambridge, The turning point of Discovering nonprofit organizations at a young age.And starting his first nonprofit at University. His rationale and logic for carving his path in life.Arriving at leveraging the power of networks. Meeting Buckminster Fuller and life affirmation.The power of trim tabs.Forming Access Networking in the Public interest to find a clearinghouse for Non Profit jobs.Working on Clinton’s presidential campaign.Witnessing the emergence of the Internet, he recognized the potential of the internet to have a social and economic impact.Forming Access point in 93 to help nonprofits access the internet he partnered with a small but fast-growing startup called AOL. Building a reputation of one of the early leaders in what at the time was called “New Media”.Moving to London in 1997.Links to Social LinkedInFacebookLinks in showThe Maggie B bookJohn Lilly Dolphin Researcher Altered States  Buckminster Fuller ArpaNetAl Gore AOL Bill Clinton  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.