We find experts in future-building and kindness to mine their expertise on how we can all participate in building the future we want to live in, one kind act at a time. Along with great conversations, we also include kindness challenges each week, and current positive depictions of the future of humanity in art, literature, film, and media.
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Lead with Kindness Live with Purpose: John Neral on Owning Your Career Journey
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28:25Lead with Kindness Live with Purpose: John Neral on Owning Your Career Journey | #Career What if the kindest thing we can do in today’s fast-paced world is to simply pause? In this episode of Our Future is Kind, Michael welcomes John Neral—career coach, podcast host, and advocate for mid-career professionals navigating change. John shares powerful …
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Kindness at Work Isn't Fluff | Charlie Saffro on Leadership, Empathy, and Brave Culture
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36:05Kindness at Work Isn't Fluff | Charlie Saffro on Leadership, Empathy, and Brave Culture | #inspiration Join Michael as he sits down with Charlie Saffro—CEO of CS Recruiting, TEDx speaker, and leadership visionary—for a powerful conversation about building workplace cultures rooted in kindness, empathy, and authenticity. In this episode of Our Futur…
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Jeff Harmon: My Impossible Journey, Values-Based Leadership, and Building a Kinder Future
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43:09On this Our Future is Kind Podcast episode, guest Jeff Harmon speaks about his inspiring journey. Diagnosed with a neurological condition that has reshaped his life, Jeff has embraced his own "impossible" by using a wheelchair and setting out to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro—a testament to his message that what seems impossible is often the starting li…
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Kindness Is a Leadership Strength: Hardeep Kaur on Emotional Intelligence & Leading Change
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43:23In this episode of Our Future is Kind, Michael sits down with Hardeep Kaur, a global change manager, leadership expert, and communications strategist with over 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Hardeep shares transformative insights on how kindness, emotional intelligence, and cultural empathy are essential tools for leading or…
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From Fortune 500 to Kindness Summit: Kevin Huntting’s Vision for a Kinder Future
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50:44In this episode of Our Future is Kind® Podcast, host Michael G. Neece interviews Kevin Hunting, a transition expert with over 20 years of corporate marketing experience. Links below for the full podcast. Please visit our website to get more information: http://ourfutureiskind.com/ 💬 We dive deep into: ✔️ The importance of kindness as an intentional…
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Empathy is a Reliable Path to Profit and Success at Your Workplace, with Erin Herman
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35:13Empathy is a Reliable Path to Profit and Success at Your Workplace! #emotional | Speaker and Corporate Strategist Erin Herman Talks about Secrets of Building Strong Organizations through Mindful Leadership Practices Does your organization have command and control leadership that breaks trust, keeps colleagues siloed, and causes delays and poor outc…
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The Antidote to Bullying? Kindness! with Mark Melton
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52:35Combat Bullying with Kindness | Mark Melton's Expertise in the Corporate Space and as a Family Man #Bullying #kindness #Leadership Do your children face bullying at school? Have a friend who feels bullied at work? In this episode, we sit down with Mark Melton, pharmaceutical vice president and father of three boys, one with neurodiversity that has …
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How Martial Arts & Movies Break Barriers: Erik Neill on Kindness
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48:28Our Future is Kind Podcast guest Erik W. Neill is an actor, stuntman, producer, and playwrite, plus he's a 6th degree master of Taekwondo. On top of all of that, he incorporates meaningful stories in his movies, ones that touch on what it means to be kind, to be inclusive of those with differences, such as the autistic central characters in his upc…
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James Staton Saves Us From Hurricane Helene
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38:34Our Future is Kind Podcast guest James Staton rescued 19 of us (including himself and me!) from the Hurricane Helene disaster zone after two days. This is our story. He is originally from Charlotte, NC and currently lives in Orange County, NC. He graduated from West Charlotte High School and North Carolina A & T University. He enjoys spending time …
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Musician, actor, author, and lecturer Dr. Daryl Davis is often called The Rock'n'Roll Race Reconciliator. He's not white. He's not even light-skinned. Make no mistake about it, he's black. As a Black man he has come in closer contact with more members of the Ku Klux Klan than most White people and certainly most Blacks, short of being on the wrong …
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Mari Ribeiro: Protecting Brands, Building Bridges
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35:05In this episode we have guest Mari C. Ribeiro, Esq., Entrepreneur and Attorney Step into the vibrant world of Mari Ribeiro, the trailblazing intellectual property lawyer, speaker, author, and mindset coach. Catering specifically to entrepreneurs with a lifestyle business, Mari brings her innovative legal expertise in intellectual property while red…
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What *Should* Our Future Look like, Anyway?
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28:13Our Future is Kind Podcast is a podcast in search of a kinder future. Here, we interview futurists, artists, politicians, ethicists, corporate leaders, politicians, and others that our audience suggests so that we can Generate ideas about what the future should look like, and Learn how to exercise our kindness to help build that better, kinder futu…
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Building the Future with Natalie Siston's Help
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28:20Our Future is Kind Podcast is a podcast in search of a kinder future. Here, we interview futurists, artists, politicians, ethicists, corporate leaders, politicians, and others that our audience suggests so that we can Generate ideas about what the future should look like, and Learn how to exercise our kindness to help build that better, kinder futu…
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