Marie and husband Jim spent 10 years developing an award winning curriculum. Ten months after opening their company, Jim died unexpectedly. One breakdown and one revolution later, Marie found that being human first was the path to building a world-renowned business.
DetailsAs changemakers in the world even as we drive our businesses we are often working with volunteers or corralling support around our ideas. Being able to receive feedback is critical on the road to shining as your authentic self. Listen to the interview from The Suggestion Box: Navigating Feedback The Good, The Bad, and the Say Whaattt? with Nicole Smith.
DetailsSome hobbies are small and contained. Others involve big trucks and pulley’s and airplanes! Intercultural Spark caught up with Taras Lyssenko of A & T Recovery–which specializes in recovering WWII aircraft from the bottom of Lake Michigan.
DetailsInternships are the essence of two-way, intergenerational exchange, with leadership, technology and more. Lynn Hazan of Lynn Hazan & Associates is joined by two of her current interns, Fiona Noonan and Lily Lowndes, on the transformative nature of the LH&A internship program. Sid Khaitan, former intern at Intercultural Talk and now a digital content creator, also joins.
DetailsWhat’s the secret to meaningful networking? Tanjia Coleman, Tom Martin, and Lucky Church share how do they do it and how can you network in a meaningful way in our new social reality.
DetailsAffectionately called a Doctor without a Border, Dr. Wendy Sternberg has created and produced a body of inquiry-based salon programs on the intersection of human rights, human development and the role of the arts to help shape and inform a humanistic society and transform conflict.
DetailsFormer inmate Juan (now exonerated for a crime he didn’t commit) and his corrections officer Bobby chat about their unexpected bond and how they’re helping young people build a career with Legacy Barber College.
DetailsMichael Warr is an award winning poet who creates across disciplines and languages. Gwendolyn Brooks said he “has a sharp eye and a sanity that refuses to make compromises.” Warr is a multi-media collaborator driving creativity removing barriers across languages and disciplines with his words and projects.
DetailsScarlett Lewis speaks with compassion about Adam Lanza, the person who murdered her six-year-old son Jesse, along with 25 others at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Her formula, COURAGE + GRATITUDE + FORGIVENESS + COMPASSION (IN ACTION) = CHOOSING LOVE is what drives the Choose Love Movement she founded after the tragedy.
DetailsAmy Wu, Award-winning journalist and director of the documentary film From Farms to Incubators is joined by students from the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences to talk about the future of Agricultural Technology and how women and BIPOC are inspiring change.
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