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In this episode, Hal Gregersen, senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, former executive director of the MIT Leadership Center, and ranked as one of the world's 50 most influential management thinkers by Thinkers 50, discusses the importance of rethinking assumptions and approaches in a complex and rapidly changing world.

In this interview with ELEVATION BARN founder and CEO, Will Travis, Hal emphasizes the need for leaders to have long-term intent and to embrace exponential technologies. He also highlights the significance of truth-seeking mechanisms and the ability to see deeply and think deeply.

Gregersen encourages leaders to ask better questions, challenge the status quo, and engage in collaborative problem-solving. He emphasizes the importance of navigating uncertainty and embracing the unexpected.

Overall, the episode emphasizes the need for leaders to rethink their mindset and strategies to navigate the challenges of the future.

In this episode, Anne Mullen, Chief Creative Strategy Officer of Meow Wolf, discusses the immersive art and storytelling experiences created by the company. 

Meow Wolf offers large-scale, permanent installations that invite participants to explore and interact with unique and transcendent worlds. The experiences are characterized by their mind-bending art, captivating storytelling, and interactivity. Anne emphasizes the importance of embracing new technologies and diverse artistic talents to create transformative experiences. She also highlights the need for businesses to challenge the status quo and create experiences that empower individuals and ignite their creativity. 

Meow Wolf aims to open portals of possibility and inspire people to see the world differently.

This illuminating conversation between EY Global Accounts Committee Assurance Lead Jeanne Boillet and Elevate Host, Will Travis, explores the complex and interconnected challenges faced by businesses in today's rapidly changing world. It emphasizes the need for leaders to rethink assumptions, challenge established practices, and adapt to the pace of change. 

The discussion covers the impact of disruptive trends, the importance of addressing emerging risks – including privacy, transparency, and discrimination -- and the role of AI in organizations. It also delves into the decline of trust and the need to rebuild it through transparency and communication. 

The conversation concludes with a focus on climate risks and the opportunities for businesses to generate long-term value while addressing sustainability.

With more than 150 patents under his belt, including the Segway, portable energy and water purification devices, and even a prosthetic arm for a maimed soldier, Dean Kamen is respected as one of the most innovative creators of our time.

Revolutionizing attitudes toward a better quality of life for all, his team at DEKA Research and Development has brought portable dialysis machines, a vascular stent, and the iBOT, a motorized wheelchair that climbs stairs, to fruition. Yet, this hasn’t been enough for the college dropout. A huge believer in education, he established "FIRST" (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a nonprofit uniting 191 countries to inspire teenagers to pursue careers in science.

Join us as we discuss the power of youth, turning dreams into action, and how Dean's passion to ignite the creator in all of us can elevate our planetary solutions for the greater good.

In 2017, Candice Mama was honored with the Human Beacon of Dignity Award in New York (Columbia University), presented by Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Evelin Lindner, for her significant contribution to forgiveness and reconciliation.
Understanding that love and hate cannot coexist in the same space, Candice's story encompasses the forgiveness of Eugene de Kock, a former South African Police colonel, torturer, and assassin, who operated under the apartheid government. De Kock, nicknamed 'Prime Evil,' was sentenced to 212 years in prison on 89 charges, including the murder of Candice's father, Glenack Masilo Mama.

Join us as we delve into her journey, the power of forgiveness, and the introspection required to close chapters and embrace new beginnings.

Delivering market-based approaches that create positive outcomes at scale—for conservation, for economies, and for people—is a dream NGOs worldwide aspire to achieve. Terratai, Asia’s first venture builder for nature, has cracked the code.

Protecting nature and building resilient communities while delivering economic outcomes to address and reverse the systemic challenges of the food system that drive ecosystem and biodiversity loss.

Join author, CEO, and devoted nature conservationist Matt Leggett as we discuss insights from successes in the world’s remote tropical regions and their implications for international climate policy.