The Femme Futurists Society is where we showcase and amplify the thinking + work of an extraordinary group of women you need to know. Trailblazers, activists, creators, thought leaders, innovators, change makers and more-our Femmes turn vision into action. They are not simply disruptors, they are reconstructors, leading by example with a deep belief in our human potential to shape a better world. Endlessly curious and champions of possibility, they inspire all of us to dive in and co-create ...
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By 2050 there will be more plastics in the ocean than fish. How two women are changing that headline. with Kritika Tyagi
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52:07“By 2050 there will be more plastics in the ocean than fish”. That headline and more were what spurred Nuha Siddiqui & Kritika Tyagi to tackle what they saw as a massive opportunity: to reimagine the building blocks of plastic by pioneering new regenerative biomaterials that are now revolutionizing the plastics industry. This is not a new story - o…
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In this call to courage, what happens when you commit to being even 20 percent braver? with Robyn O'Brien
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58:51We’re honored to introduce you to the beautiful, smart and deeply heart-centered Robyn O’Brien. Whether you know it or not, you’ve probably been impacted by her work transforming the food industry, after her life changed irrevocably when her daughter had a life-threatening reaction to food, that then turned into a movement, that then changed the en…
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How do we create a more human internet and what does that even mean? with Mary Camacho
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1:04:41Everything we do digitally is controlled or facilitated by third parties who then aggregate and monetize our data and interactions without any benefit to us. How then, do we build something that gives the person using it complete control? How do we create a more human internet? Mary Camacho is CEO for Holo + Holochain, championing the integration a…
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How can new technologies deepen and enhance the creative process and allow all humans to more fully realize their creative visions? with Brooke Hopper
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38:37In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast series with extraordinary women, we explore the role of new technologies in creativity with Brooke Hopper. Brooke Hopper is Principal Designer for Machine Intelligence and Emerging Technologies at Adobe, working to deepen and enhance the creative process and allow all humans to more fully realize their creative v…
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What’s possible when we combine technology with human expertise and creativity to craft cutting-edge, innovative environments? with Ila Colombo
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1:06:28Ila Colombo has always pushed boundaries. Whether her younger self as a medal-winning gymnast or member of the National Italian swimming team, to her current roles as global citizen and cutting-edge design innovator, she is a next-level, multi-tasking powerhouse, somehow managing to juggle the demands of a new practice, a new life in Dubai, her own…
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A Good Life Is An Inside Job. Exploring Deep Self Design with Sun (Kagami) Brown
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50:04In this episode, we sit down with Sun (Kagami) Brown for a wide-ranging conversation on the art of Deep Self Design — exploring everything from the Doodle Revolution and gamestorming to collaboration literacy, inner engineering, juicy messiness, and the practice of becoming your own best friend. One of our favorite ideas Sunni shares is shoshaku ju…
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Protopian vs Utopian Futures. What's the difference? with Monika Bielskyte
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57:38Most of us are likely very familiar with the ideas of dystopia and utopia as framing for what the future might look like, but Monika Bielskyte would submit they are still two sides of the same coin. Instead, she wants us to consider the in-between space that embodies all of the living world and consciousness—nature and human—where a different narra…
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Liminal Leadership: A Deeper Way To Navigate Uncertainty with Ewa Pasternak
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58:19How do we lead, live, and learn—when nothing feels certain, but everything is possible? In this deeply insightful conversation, we sit down with Ewa Pasternak, systems thinker and transformation guide, working at the intersection of systems thinking, quantum perspectives and emergent leadership to help individuals and organizations navigate liminal…
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Kenyan-born storyteller and global thought leader Wakanyi Hoffman explores the role of ubuntu, indigenous wisdom, and inner development in shaping a future that is more connected and compassionate - the embodiment of what it is to be human.By femmefuturists
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The Human-AI Frontier (ft. Erica Orange, EVP and COO of The Future Hunters)
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47:02Erica Orange is EVP and COO of The Future Hunters, who in her new book AI + the New Human Frontier, is reimagining the future of time, trust, and truth in the Femme Futurists extraordinary women podcast series.By femmefuturists
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Afrofutures (ft. Ingrid LaFleur, founder of The Afrofuture Strategies Institute)
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24:04INGRID LaFLEUR is founder of The Afrofuture Strategies Institute (TASI), merging foresight methodologies with the cultural movement of Afrofuturism to cultivate Afrofuture consciousness and inspire transformative action toward a just and harmonious future.By femmefuturists
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Learning Innovation: Elizabeth Strickler, Georgia State University
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58:44As the Founding Director of the Creative Industries Blockchain Lab and Director of Media Entrepreneurship at Georgia State University, Elizabeth is helping shape the future of media innovation, teaching students how to harness the power of technology, digital transformation, and the metaverse to tell immersive stories and launch successful business…
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Architecting The Future (ft. Ila Colombo, DEOND)
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1:06:28Co-Founded by Ila Colombo and her partner, world-renowned product designer Ross Lovegrove, DEOND, an AI & 3DPA practice in Dubai, are revolutionizing what’s possible in design and architecture by combining technology with human expertise and creativity to craft cutting-edge, innovative environments and advanced designs that are not only functional …
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The Bioplastics Revolution (ft. Kritika Tyagi, erthos)
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52:07“By 2050 there will be more plastics in the ocean than fish”. That headline and more were what spurred Nuha Siddiqui & Kritika Tyagi to tackle what they saw as a massive opportunity: to reimagine the building blocks of plastic by pioneering new regenerative biomaterials that are now revolutionizing the plastics industry. This is not a new story - o…
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Assembling Tomorrow with Carissa Carter.
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1:00:15Episode #39. Design is not just about products and things; it applies to systems, to life, it is human. As Carissa Carter, Stanford d-school Academic Director says, “if you care about what you put out there into the world you are a designer. Everyone has the capacity to create positive change”. A former geo-scientist, Carissa teaches courses on the…
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Protopian World Building (ft. Monika Bielskyte)
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57:38Most of us are likely very familiar with the ideas of dystopia and utopia as framing for what the future might look like, but Monika Bielskyte would submit they are still two sides of the same coin. Instead, she wants us to consider the in-between space that embodies all of the living world and consciousness—nature and human—where a different narra…
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A More Human Internet (ft. Mary Camacho)
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1:04:41Everything we do digitally is controlled or facilitated by third parties who then aggregate and monetize our data and interactions without any benefit to us. How then, do we build something that gives the person using it complete control? How do we create a more human internet? Mary Camacho is CEO for Holo + Holochain, championing the integration a…
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Sustainable Housing for Earth and BEYOND (ft. Melodie Yashar)
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39:14Episode #36: What if we told you that it’s possible to 3D print a house for around $7K and in the space of 24hrs - and not only is it possible - but entire communities are being built this way? You’d think it was pretty mind-blowing, right? That’s exactly what Melodie Yashar and her team at ICON are focused on. Engineering and visioning sustainable…
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From Wall-Street to Tackling BIG FOOD and Imposter Syndrome (ft. Robyn O'Brien)
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58:51Episode #35 has landed and we’re honored to introduce you to the beautiful, smart and deeply heart-centered Robyn O’Brien. Whether you know it or not, you’ve probably been impacted by her work transforming the food industry, after her life changed irrevocably when her daughter had a life-threatening reaction to food, that then turned into a movemen…
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Radical Maternal Care. Anytime. Anywhere. with Astercare (ft.Lailah Kara-Newton + Fifi Kara)
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57:11Welcome to Episode #34. It is 100% unacceptable that globally, black women face a nine times higher risk of maternal death than their white counterparts, regardless of wealth. And that the United States is the most dangerous and expensive high-income country for childbirth, especially for Black and Indigenous women. 💫 Lailah Kara Newton, an MD with…
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Employing 1 Billion Farmers to Solve a Planet-Wide Problem (ft. Drea Burbank)
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55:55Episode #33: In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast series with extraordinary women, we explore how we can better develop high-tech for low resource environments to improve global health with Drea Burbank. Drea Burbank, is the CEO of Savimbo as an MD-Technologist & Serial Entrepreneur with her work ranging in things like Web3 to stem-cells. Learn more…
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Future-Fit Decision Making (ft. Joana Lenkova)
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29:34In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast series with extraordinary women, we discuss the future of childhood and future fit design with Joana Lenkova. Joana Lenkova is the Futurology Director for the Lego Group and founder of Futures Forward, a strategy and innovation consultancy focused on building impactful, resilient business models to help shape and…
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Deep Self Design (ft. Sun (Kagami) Brown)
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50:04Episode #31 in our Femme Futurists video podcast series with Sun (Kagami) Brown, where we talk about: Deep Self Design. The Doodle revolution. Inner engineering. Gamestorming. Collaboration Literacy. Juicy messiness. Being a best friend to yourself. And my favorite: shoshaku jushaku (which in Zen Buddhism means; one continuous mistake). It would be…
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Designing Creativity of the Future (ft. Brooke Hopper)
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38:37Episode #30: In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast series with extraordinary women, we explore the role of new technologies in creativity with Brooke Hopper. Brooke Hopper is Principal Designer for Machine Intelligence and Emerging Technologies at Adobe, working to deepen and enhance the creative process and allow all humans to more fully realize the…
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Feeding 65 Million People Per Day (ft. Joanna Lepore)
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43:04Episode #28: In our our Femme Futurist Video Podcast series with extraordinary women, we discuss future proofing one of the world’s best known brands with Joanna Lepore. Joanna Lepore is the Global Foresight Director for McDonald’s, leading the exploration of new capabilities globally by putting humans and sustainability at the center of their futu…
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Carin Ism and Nancy Giordano discuss the future of governance... We see example after example of how exponential technologies are changing everything, yet our systems of governance are not keeping pace. Cross-pollination between the digital realm and governance design is long overdue, and that's exactly where our latest Femme Futurists Society inte…
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The Need for Divergent Thinking and Polymaths (ft. Zahara Chetty)
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42:32Zahara Chetty and Nancy Giordano discuss the need for divergent thinking and polymaths... Zahara Chetty and Nancy Giordano discuss the need for divergent thinking thinking, polymaths and multi-potentialities in this heartfelt conversation around her life growing up in Apartheid South Africa. As an Educationist, Writer, Facilitator, Fashion Designer…
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Anthropology of the Future (ft. Lisa Galarneau)
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45:22Lisa Galarneau and Nancy Giordano discuss anthropology of the future... A curiosity-led, polymath and anthropologist, Dr. Lisa Galarneau uses the past to shape the future. Firmly believing that we have the ability right now to shape a thriving existence for all (including the planet), in this conversation with Nancy Giordano she wonders what's stop…
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Intelligent Cities Rather Than Smart Cities (ft. Geci Karuri-Sebina)
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1:04:51Geci Karuri-Sebina and Nancy Giordano discuss the importance of intelligent cities rather than smart cities... In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast with extraordinary women, we discuss intelligent cities not just smart cities with Geci Karuri-Sebina. GECI KARURI-SEBINA is a Johannesburg-based scholar-practitioner who works on urban planning and gove…
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Cultivating Consciousness and Altruism (ft. Dana Klisanin)
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38:25Dana Klisanin and Nancy Giordano discuss cultivating consciousness... In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast with extraordinary women, we discuss how to "rewild the mind” with Dana Klisanin. DR DANA KLISANIN is CEO at Evolutionary Guidance Media R&D, Inc. and Co-Founder at ReWilding: Lab, a new venture to "rewild the mind" and expand the way we learn,…
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Connectional Intelligence and Digital Body Language (ft. Erica Dhawan)
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44:03Erica Dhawan and Nancy Giordano discuss connectional intelligence and digital body language... How can you break through overwhelm and make big things happen? While we have all talked about collaboration for years, our need for one another has become vitally important these days. Sheltering in our homes all these months (and we're not out of the wo…
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Self-Discovery With Empathy AI (ft. Ivy Mahsciao)
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1:17:54Ivy Mahsciao and Nancy Giordano discuss self-discovery through empathy AI... In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast with extraordinary women, we discuss mindtech using voice + emotion AI to help youth. IVY MAHSCIAO is founder + CEO of Evrmore, the first mindtech startup using voice + emotion AI to provide an inclusive betterment platform for young peo…
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What Constellations Can Teach Us About Complex Problem Solving (ft. Samar Hechaime)
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59:14Samar Hechaime and Nancy Giordano discuss what constellations and systems can teach us about complex problem solving... Samar Héchaimé is focused on enabling leaders to achieve strategic transformation through multidisciplinary, humancentric disruption that considers systems as constellations. As Co-founder/Director of Agora Visioning, she has work…
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Elatia Abate and Nancy Giordano discuss the future of work and working... In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast with extraordinary women, we discuss the Future of Work with Elatia Abate. ELATIA ABATE is the Founder of Future of Now and Futurist in Residence for Paylocity, whose mission is to revolutionize the way trailblazing leaders understand, trai…
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Lisa Bodell and Nancy Giordano discuss simplifying complexity in business, life, and more... There were many things Lisa Bodell talked about in our conversation that grabbed our attention: "thinking is a daring act", "we need guardrails not handcuffs", "soft skills are the new power skills", "say yes with intention and no with purpose" and we need …
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April Rinne and Nancy Giordano discuss a world in flux... In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast with extraordinary women, we discuss how leaders + teams improve tolerance for uncertainty in a world in flux with April Rinne. APRIL RINNE has spent her 25+ year career across 100+ countries with a wide range of companies, cultures, business models, and l…
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The Need to Be Curious About Curiosity (ft. Sarah DaVanzo)
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1:00:32Sarah DaVanzo and Nancy Giordano discuss the need to be curious about curiosity... We're excited to introduce you to Sarah DaVanzo, VP of Consumer & Market Insight for L'Oreal, in conversation with Nancy Giordano! Sarah is a fervent curiosity seeker + practitioner who believes we need to not just "be" curious, but "do" curious. A self-described Exp…
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Why Everyone Should Practice Foresight (ft. Yvette Montero Salvatico)
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46:58Yvette Montero Salvatico and Nancy Giordano discuss why everyone should practice foresight... Yvette Montero Salvatico is on a passionate mission: democratize foresight. Having started out in finance at The Walt Disney Company many years ago, Yvette was tapped to establish and lead the internal Future Workforce Insights division. The goal was to id…
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Holding Tight to Purpose and Playing Loose With Tactics (ft. Cecily Sommers)
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39:05Cecily Sommers and Nancy Giordano discuss holding tight to purpose and playing loose with tactics... In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast with extraordinary women, we discuss holding tight to purpose + playing loose with tactics with Cecily Sommers. CECILY SOMMERS is a globally renowned futurist, showing how a winning strategy is one that applies fo…
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Creating Change By Design (ft. Leyla Acaroglu)
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48:46Leyla Acaroglu and Nancy Giordano discuss creating change by design... In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast with extraordinary women, Leyla Acaraglu challenges us to think differently about how the world works. DR LEYLA ACARAGLU is a circular economy and sustainability provocateur who founded the UnSchool of Disruptive Design who is an award-winning…
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Thriving in Complexity: How Do the Birds and the Bees Really Do it? (ft. Tamsin Woolley-Barker)
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49:45Tamsin Woolley-Barker and Nancy Giordano discuss thriving in complexity... What can we really learn from the birds and the bees? Evolutionary biologist, corporate strategist and author of TEEMING, Tamsin Woolley-Barker, PhD, helps leaders understand and apply the lessons in adaptivity that nature has honed over millions of years of experimentation;…
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The Adaptation Advantage (ft. Heather McGowan)
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50:39Heather McGowan and Nancy Giordano discuss the adaptation advantage in "the new normal"... In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast with extraordinary women, we discuss intelligent cities not just smart cities with Geci Karuri-Sebina. GECI KARURI-SEBINA is a Johannesburg-based scholar-practitioner who works on urban planning and governance issues to ens…
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F*ck the Bucket List, Discover the Wonder in You (ft. Ayelet Baron)
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52:18In our Femme Futurist Video Podcast with extraordinary women, we discuss fresh perspectives on 21st century leadership with Ayelet Baron. AYELET BARON a reformed corporate strategist who was Global VP of Strategy, Innovation and Transformation at Cisco for 15+ years, leaving to cultivate a fresh perspective on 21st-century business that creates aut…
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Spatial Computing and the Augmented Workforce (ft. Cathy Hackl)
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45:39Cathy Hackl and Nancy Giordano discuss spatial computing and the augmented workforce... Recognized as one of the top 10 Tech Voices on Linkedin and author of the upcoming book, "The Augmented Workforce: How AI, AR, and 5G Will Impact Every Dollar You Make", next in our Femme Futurists series is Cathy Hackl discussing spatial computing, AR/VR and th…
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The Needed Shift from Domination to Partnership Systems (ft. Riane Eisler)
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58:31Riane Eisler and Nancy Giordano discuss the needed shift from power over to power with... In our Femme Futurists Video Podcast with extraordinary women, showcases 60+ years of Riane Eisler tirelessly championing a more caring economics. RIANE EISLER is a cultural historian, systems scientist and president of the Center for Partnership Systems, ofte…
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Embodying the Future You Want (ft. Tessa Finlev)
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39:05Tessa Finlev and Nancy Giordano discuss embodying the future you want... From her early start traveling the world with the Peace Corps to becoming Head Foresight Strategist for Dolby Labs, Tessa Finlev’s mission has been to gather a deep understanding of what it means to be human through multiple contexts and experiences. Her global insights, futur…
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The Need to Change the Way We Change (ft. Guillermina Benavides)
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46:21Guillermina Benavides and Nancy Giordano discuss the need to change the way we change... Guillermina Benavides Rincón is a Professor with a master’s degree in strategic foresight at the School of Government and Public Transformation at Tecnológico de Monterrey, and a PhD from the University of Texas at Arlington. Beyond the accomplishments though, …
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Karen Sands and Nancy Giordano discuss the Ageless Way... An early feminist who has been active in the women's rights movement for decades, Karen Sands is a visionary leadership expert and gerofuturist, now on a mission to inspire the older generation to rock their age, while at the same time showing younger generations the value of not just their …
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