The Scott Poynton Podcast Scott Poynton

Nadene Canning is a facilitator, learning designer, coach, mentor and a very fine human being. She cares about others and has deep experience supporting people to travel their journeys. I had the privilege of meeting Nadene online in January 2024 and in person a month or so later. We got along like a house on fire.
We're both fascinated by this notion of regeneration; yes, of soils and Nature, but in our case, most particularly the regeneration of the human spirit. We have committed to exploring the topic in a series of short (around 10 min) podcasts.
This is our first episode and we look forward to diving deeper into this exploration with you. If you have comments or questions, do post them and we'll aim to explore as many as we can in future episodes.

Gretha Oost is inspiring. An inventor, an entrepreneur, a community member and a true believer that together, we can make the world a better place. Gretha has built a beautiful initiative called "1million mini missions" to help people to come together to do what they each can do. All on their own, these mini missions are beautiful, but together, they represent a catalyst to inspire social change from the ground up, by focusing on what's possible, that which binds us together, not what divides us. https://www.1mmm.org/

Mark Bjornsgaard is the Founder and CEO of Deep Green which decarbonises commercial and domestic heating. He invests in projects that help make the world a better place. Mark shares some of the lessons he's learned along the way to help new social entrepreneurs make their impact.

Andrew Reeves is Commercial Director of WhatIF Foods. WhatIF Foods is a 'planet-based' food company and a Pond Foundation member. Andrew discusses the development of WhatIF Foods as a company, centred around solving the world's 'Nutritional Paradox', where global food systems are far too reliant on very few crops, and food inequality is extremely widespread.

Abdulai Abdul-Razak (Razak) is the Kasima Ghana Operations Manager for the regenerative Bambara bean agricultural project in the Northern Region of Ghana. Razak shares the story of his humble upbringing and his journey to his current position, and shares how a regenerative agricultural project can unfold for the project and the people involved.

Elizabeth Bashiru (Lizzy) leads Pond Foundation’s Hilary’s Kids initiative in northern Ghana which supports communities and particularly children with learning materials, safe drinking water, community health equipment and opportunities for women entrepreneurship. Lizzy discusses her family, background, and experience which led to her journey to this position.