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On this episode I share my interview with Bronwen Thornton, Chief Executive Officer of Walk21 an international charity dedicated to ensuring the right to walk...everybody does it, nobody thinks about it.
Bronwen and Jim (as you'll hear on this podcast) often smile when asked what it is they do. In short the answer is they promote walking. People want to work with Bronwen and Walk21 because they fundamentally believe in it and people pick up on her passion.
I was in Australia, working in the transport sector and a friend of mine mentioned the Walk21 conference that was coming to Perth in 2001.
Bronwen was initially surprised that there was a conference about walking but through talking more about decided that she really wanted to go. So they went together. Sat in the conference for 2 days, Bron felt that she had finally found her path.
In her words, she'd always admired people who had a singular passion.
This was more than transport;
Following on from Bron's epiphany she made 2 key decisions at that point;
Nobody was doing anything about walking in Australia at the time and so Bron looked at where walking was already established and happening. People were working on projects and ideas about it in London.
It's worth noting that the UK was leading this arena at the time as well.
The thing about walking is that it is for all of us.
Bron says;
It's greatest strength is also it's greatest weakness.
It's greatest strength is that it's intensely inclusive and it's all of us.
It's greatest weakness is that everybody does it, nobody thinks about it.
Ultimately it's enabling people to be part of their communities.
Finally if you would like to start a conversation with Bronwen, you can find her on;
Alternatively, find out more about Bronwen by reading the latest Ignite blog; Leading the walking movement
More details can be found about Walk21 on their website.
If you enjoyed this episode you can leave the show a rating and review on iTunes or the platform that you use to listen to podcasts.
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On this episode I share my interview with Bronwen Thornton, Chief Executive Officer of Walk21 an international charity dedicated to ensuring the right to walk...everybody does it, nobody thinks about it.
Bronwen and Jim (as you'll hear on this podcast) often smile when asked what it is they do. In short the answer is they promote walking. People want to work with Bronwen and Walk21 because they fundamentally believe in it and people pick up on her passion.
I was in Australia, working in the transport sector and a friend of mine mentioned the Walk21 conference that was coming to Perth in 2001.
Bronwen was initially surprised that there was a conference about walking but through talking more about decided that she really wanted to go. So they went together. Sat in the conference for 2 days, Bron felt that she had finally found her path.
In her words, she'd always admired people who had a singular passion.
This was more than transport;
Following on from Bron's epiphany she made 2 key decisions at that point;
Nobody was doing anything about walking in Australia at the time and so Bron looked at where walking was already established and happening. People were working on projects and ideas about it in London.
It's worth noting that the UK was leading this arena at the time as well.
The thing about walking is that it is for all of us.
Bron says;
It's greatest strength is also it's greatest weakness.
It's greatest strength is that it's intensely inclusive and it's all of us.
It's greatest weakness is that everybody does it, nobody thinks about it.
Ultimately it's enabling people to be part of their communities.
Finally if you would like to start a conversation with Bronwen, you can find her on;
Alternatively, find out more about Bronwen by reading the latest Ignite blog; Leading the walking movement
More details can be found about Walk21 on their website.
If you enjoyed this episode you can leave the show a rating and review on iTunes or the platform that you use to listen to podcasts.