Welcome to the Conscious Consulting Podcast. My name is Julia Culen and this episode explores the power of Impact networks. My Guest today is Yingzhao Liu: when I meet Ying the first time in 2016 she was a Director for User Experience Design at LinkedIn and lived in a Buddhist Community. Her Keynote on „Integration“ she gave at a huge San Francisco conference impressed me deeply and since that times we are friends. 

Today Ying lives in Seattle she is a Leadership Lecturer at Stanford University, artist, mother, Designer and Strategist at Converge and Advisor at CCG. 

One of her key work focus is to consult impact networks: Ying is convinced, networks are the future of work and organizations. In this podcast we are exploring deeper in questions such as:

• What is an impact network
• And how to cultivate a network mindset
• What are key success factors to grow and sustain impact networks?
• what we can learn from nature
• could networks replace hierarchies for good? 

To make it easier for you we created chapters, you can find the structure in the shownotes and go directly to a topic that interests you most. Or simply listen to the whole thing it is worthwhile. Enjoy!

1:30 - What is an impact network?

• Structure
• Leadership
• Governance 

9:00’:  What is the difference between and impact networks and other types of networks? 

• Purpose of Networks
• Collaboration 
• Emergence 
• Examples of Impact Networks
• Systemic Change
• Relationship
• Complexity

18’ - Network Mindset

• Personal Purpose - why are we here? 
• Distribution of power
• Living Systems Worldviews
• Mental Model of Complexes
• Millenials and younger generations
• Networks and emerging technologies like blockchain, DAOs.. 

23’ traditional organizations vs network 

• relationship vs. task orientation
• trust
• consent based decision making model 

29’ Diversity & Inclusion 

• Human and Group Dynamics 
• Tools how make different perspectives visible 
• Dealing with human emotions.. 

33’ Key Challenges and key success factors to keep it going

• Commitment, Frustration 
• Relationship & Friendship
• People & Purpose 
• Intentional weaving of relationships

38’ Yings personal journey

• Experiences in her personal and professional life that draws her towards networks
• Showing up as a whole and full person
• Creating cultures of connection and trust 
• making the intangible tangible 
• people demanding meaningful worksplaces
• The network way of working 

46’ : Taking inspiration from nature

• our brain is a network and the forests are networks very
• intelligent networks
• recognizing nature’s organization
• nested hierarchies 

To Connect with Ying: 

www.linkedin.com/in/yingzhao/

https://www.original-mind-residency.com/

Another CCG Podcast with Ying: How to integrate wisdom with business and life

To learn more about impact networks: 

https://www.converge.net/film

https://www.converge.net/trainings--Ying will co-lead the Network Essentials workshop on April 8, 2022

https://www.converge.net/trainings#toolkit--free resources for your work