19 episodes

What’s your vision for the future? For yourself, your community, and humanity? The leaders interviewed on the This is Candor podcast come from all backgrounds, including entrepreneurs, investors, adventurers, researchers, mindfulness experts, and more. Their stories and the wisdom they impart may just inspire you to contemplate and take action on your vision.

This is Candor Megan Doepker

    • Business

What’s your vision for the future? For yourself, your community, and humanity? The leaders interviewed on the This is Candor podcast come from all backgrounds, including entrepreneurs, investors, adventurers, researchers, mindfulness experts, and more. Their stories and the wisdom they impart may just inspire you to contemplate and take action on your vision.

    Recapturing our attention, building resilience, and bringing compassion into the workplace with Lori Schwanbeck, Mindfulness based emotional intelligence consultant

    Recapturing our attention, building resilience, and bringing compassion into the workplace with Lori Schwanbeck, Mindfulness based emotional intelligence consultant

    Today’s episode features Lori Schwanbeck. Lori is a passionate advocate for creating lives of meaning and engagement in both personal and professional realms. In this conversation we hear about her journey from marketing, to psychology and mindfulness, how we can start to recapture our attention so we can live fully, bringing compassion and gratitude practices into the workplace, and the potential benefits of wider adoption of nature-based mindfulness.Lori Schwanbeck’s Bio:With a backgro...

    • 1 hr 8 min
    Sustainable and social good investing with Zécca Lehn, General Partner of Responsibly Ventures

    Sustainable and social good investing with Zécca Lehn, General Partner of Responsibly Ventures

    On today’s episode I’m joined by Zécca Lehn. He’s the General Partner of Responsibly Ventures, backing U.S. PreSeed startups in both Social and Sustainable Tech. Zécca shares how his upbringing in an off grid house on San Juan island laid the early foundations for caring about sustainability and how he achieved a 20 year goal to be investing in sustainable companies. His diverse portfolio of investments has a strong track record and you’ll hear about his process and what is perhaps an u...

    • 1 hr 31 min
    Learn impact measurement strategies with Laura Budzyna, Associate Director for Innovation Practice at MIT D-Lab

    Learn impact measurement strategies with Laura Budzyna, Associate Director for Innovation Practice at MIT D-Lab

    On today’s episode, I’m joined by Laura Budzyna. She’s the Associate Director for Innovation Practice at MIT D-Lab. We chat about MIT D-LABs unique design mindset approach to development, different impact measurement strategies, and how you can make data more fun. Laura Budzyna’s Bio:Laura Budzyna is a global development practitioner and evaluator committed to participatory, flexible, and learning-focused measurement for the social impact sector. Specializing in the evaluation of innovat...

    • 1 hr 25 min
    Changing the narrative around Muslim Women and supporting girl’s education with Jana Amin, Egyptian-American Advocate

    Changing the narrative around Muslim Women and supporting girl’s education with Jana Amin, Egyptian-American Advocate

    On today’s episode I’m joined by Jana Amin. Jana is a 17-year-old Egyptian-American advocate for changing the narrative around Muslim Women and gender parity.In this episode Jana discusses:Hosting 17 speakers, ranging from Suzanne Ehlers, CEO of the Malala Fund to Nibras Khudaida, Refugee and Human Rights Activist, on her 17th birthday to bring awareness to the millions of girls that are estimated to have dropped out of school and will not return because of the pandemic. How she organize...

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Bringing the science-based benefits of mindfulness to schools and businesses with Curtis Smith, Founder of Moment of Mindfulness

    Bringing the science-based benefits of mindfulness to schools and businesses with Curtis Smith, Founder of Moment of Mindfulness

    On today’s episode I’m joined by Curtis Smith. Curtis is the founder of Moment of Mindfulness where he empowers corporate and educational communities to activate their best intentions through culturally responsive and evidence-based mindfulness tools.In this episode Curtis discusses:Co-founding a school and leading the character development curriculum.How he expanded mindfulness programs to 1000’s of scholars in 33 NYC public schools and design workshops for Barack Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper...

    • 1 hr 7 min
    Building a rewarding career with Paolo Gallo, Author of The Compass and The Radar

    Building a rewarding career with Paolo Gallo, Author of The Compass and The Radar

    On today’s episode I’m joined by Paolo Gallo. He’s the author of “The Compass & The Radar: the art of building a rewarding career while remaining true to yourself” and the founder of Compass Consulting. Previously he served as Chief HR Officer at the World Economic Forum and Chief Learning Officer at the World Bank. In the conversation, Paolo discusses some of the essential tools for a successful career, helpful exercises that he uses as a career coach, leadership traits needed...

    • 41 min

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