Beautiful Mess

E06: Minola Jac “...a journalist by trade and a change practitioner by choice…”

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Minola Jac has written the most exceptional book “Everyday Inspiration for Change” (or “my baby doorstopper”!!) …

We chat about the book initially before diving into Minola’s incredible journey through her work and life.

Minola has a way of articulating moments that will stay with you for many weeks after hearing this conversation.

A journalist by trade and a change practitioner by choice…Minola has the beautifully messy offers throughout this conversation.

I can only hope you love this as much as I did.

Power Takeaways:

  • Creating a book that didn’t start out as a book.
  • Writing being a sanity practice and mindfulness practice.
  • Minola’s journey with ‘Syngenta’ alongside her journey with writing.
  • Doing change work as a practitioner at heart.
  • An obsession with post its!!
  • How her teams allow the space and grace for her to try out different approaches at Syngenta and how she loves her work.
  • How journalism is still today her “most intense dream” in her life.
  • A comment from her teacher aged 11 …”you could really make a life with writing”...
  • How her grandfather reading newspapers inspired Minola to become a newspaper journalist.
  • Minola’s studying experiences in America and Bucharest.
  • “Once a journalist, always a journalist”...it builds such incredible life reflexes.
  • When I need to process my reflex is to write an article up in my mind.
  • Writing without adjectives…and how that affects our perception in every moment.
  • Enjoy everything to the fullest!
  • “Words are events…they do things…they change things …they transform both speaker and hearer…” (Ursula K LeGuin)

    • Resources Mentioned:

    Everyday Inspiration for Change

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