Disruptive Conversations

In this podcast, Christian asks the provocative question will there be a need for a building called "the school" in the future? As a partner in an educational design studio called Wonder, we hear the thoughts of someone who has thought about and worked on reimaging the learning spaces of the future. Christain brings a refreshing take on being bold with our agenda's as people working to design the future.

This podcast was recorded on Skype.
Music provided by Clint Harewood you contact him via email, Facebook or LinkedIn.

In this podcast, we explore the challenges of trying to disrupt the food system. Diane points out that although we have made some of the gains, there is still a lot of work to do on improving the food system.

Follow Diane's work at www.changefood.org. Sign up for their mailing list, follow them on Twitter and Instagram.

During the podcast, we talked about Vertical Farms from MIT. Here is the link for those of you who want to know more: http://openag.media.mit.edu/

This podcast was recorded on Skype.
Music provided by Clint Harewood you contact him via email, Facebook or LinkedIn.

Brendan is a Program Manager and Startup Coach at Green House incubator. Green House is a startup incubator at the University of Waterloo. At Green House, Brendan works to help students bring their ideas to life. In this podcast, we discuss a range of topics like procurement, sustainability, coaching, and most importantly disruption. If you like this podcast share it, like it or comment on it.

In this podcast, Anjuli Solanki and I discuss how she and her organization use public art as a source of innovation at the city-level. Anjuli uses some very practical examples to explain how public art can be used to transform or build communities.

Anjuli works for the for the STEPS initiative a public art organization. STEPS biggest project to date has been their St. Clair Project. In the podcast, she mentioned PATCH - the public art on construction hoarding, and she also mentions the Pangea Sea project link

This podcast was recorded on Skype.
Music provided by Clint Harewood you contact him via email, Facebook or LinkedIn.

Akhtar Mohammed makes a case for a financial system in which the social good of society is seen as a basic requirement for the financial sector. His understanding of the financial sector, if taken seriously, could disrupt a trillion dollar industry. He wrote an article on Open Democracy that provides a gist of the content for his upcoming book on Islamic Finance.

Akhtar Mohammed graduated from the University of British Columbia in 2011 with a B.A. majoring in Political Science and minoring in History. Upon graduation he lived in Singapore for a year where he completed the CIMA Diploma in Islamic Finance and continued his research in Islamic finance, banking, trade, and economics. He graduated with a Law degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; and is currently pursuing an LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School.

This podcast was recorded on Skype.
Music provided by Clint Harewood you contact him via email, Facebook or LinkedIn.

In this podcast I chat with Ashley Good from FailFoward. Ashley works with organizations to help turn failure into success. In this conversation we explore that challenges of personal failure and how we are not used to confronting failure.

Maybe just my website - https://failforward.org/
and if you want another, then twitter - https://twitter.com/FailForward

In this podcast, I chat with Sheryl Winarick. Sheryl is an immigration lawyer and argues that immigrants are creating more job for americans than taking jobs. She also argues that immigrants actually make america safer. Listen to how she is attempting to disrupt America's approach to immigration.

In this podcast, Jennifer MacRae and I talk about how education can help foster the next generation of problem-solvers.

In this podcast I discuss profit for purpose with Marketing expert Phillp Haid. Phillp is the cofounder for Public Inc a Marketing company that helps organizations merge profit and purpose