Better Beings

Ayan Said is a truly inspiring force of nature, gender equality expert and founder of the international advocacy firm Voicing Voices. In this fun and enlightening conversation we discuss intersectionality and the leadership values of the future - plus the origin of "stakeholders".

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Surviving inequalities as an intersectional woman
• Exploring tools for empowerment & sustainable, systemic change
• “Driving intentional design for the people by the people”
• Aligning to identity, passion & purpose 
• How to be relentless in humanising our systems 
• Decolonising the tech industry

QUOTES & SNIPPETS:

“There is beauty in my diversity. I don’t feel like an outsider anymore, because I’ve been in spaces where all of me was accepted.”

“Empathy can feel like a curse - you feel too much”

“Treat this world as if you’re a traveler - serve, serve, serve, - and impart as much as you can with the time that you have” 

“Art is a revolution, it's our way of pushing back on the structures”

“Leaders of the future pair value with value”

“Our systems are driving violence” 

“Shame prevents action”

REFERENCES:

Voicing Voices

Duke Corporate Education

ESG

Cambodia Civil War 

United Nations Youth Declaration

Tower Hamlets 

The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron

Qatar Foundation

Sheikha Moza

Sam Cook (Musician) 

CONNECT WITH AYAN:

LinkedIn

Ayan’s Poetry

FOLLOW VOICING VOICES:

Website

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Artist and change-agent Robi Walters has found flow from adversity. In this moving and uplifting episode he shares the techniques and ideas that inspire his creative genius.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE:

• How trauma and adversity shaped Robi’s artistic process
• How to create an optimum routine, build discipline, and push boundaries
• How to live ‘on-purpose’
• How to reflect your inner world into the outer world and create spaces for healing

QUOTES & SNIPPETS:

“I tried to find the beauty in the thing that was not loved. I tried to work on myself”

“Accumulated small steps create big things” 

“There is something special inside of every single person on the planet. Are you doing it, or are you resisting it?”

“Sometimes all you need to do is hear someone say: I took a risk”

“We are in a negative, destructive, sick world. But I don’t buy into it. I’m trying to make it better.”

REFERENCES:

The Wim Hof Method

Michelle La Grand - La Grand Jazz ft. Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Miles Evans

Chat GPT

CONNECT WITH ROBI:

robiwalters.com

Instagram

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Leadership guru and resilience expert Aidan Morrison shares unique wisdom for living and leadership success.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Building resilience and high performance 
• Guardianship, stewardship and fatherhoood
• Learnings from living in the Amazon Basin with an indigenous Tribe
• Re-establishing our connection with nature

QUOTES & SNIPPETS:

“The person who has the lowest centre of energy, holds the space”

“Gratitude is the best antidote to fear”

“What do you actually want and what’s stopping you from getting there?”

“How can we emotionally and creatively connect with ourselves to solve problems, and think divergently?”

REFERENCES:

The Huli People

David Attenborough, Our Planet

Transcendental Meditation

Aikido

Kat Williams

The Four Agreements, Don Miguel

The Relationship Handbook

CONNECT WITH AIDAN:

LinkedIn

FOLLOW BLUEPRINT 101:

Blueprint180.com

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Victoria Johnson, founder of The Museum of Happiness discusses gratitude, connection and purpose.

"Hate cannot drive out hate - only love can do that."

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE:

• The habits of happiness
• How to cultivate inner peace - and be the change we want to see in the world
• Insights into spirituality, mindfulness, meditation & self-compassion
• The science and art of authentic sustainable happiness

QUOTES & SNIPPETS:

“Authentic, sustainable happiness is having a balance of Pleasure, Purpose & Peace”

“It takes community to maintain consistency”

“The way out is in”

REFERENCES:

Positive Psychology

The Vagina Museum 

Insight Timer App 

Dr Kristin Neff, pioneer of self-compassion

Women’s Aid

Vipassana Silent Retreat

The Dalai Lama 

Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh

International Plum Village Community

Fred Rogers

Martin Luther King 

Post Traumatic Growth

Kintsugi

The Well Bean Co 

Soil, Soul, Society

Toni Jones

CONNECT WITH VICKY:

LinkedIn

FOLLOW THE MUSEUM OF HAPPINESS:

www.museumofhappiness.org

Instagram

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