Kindness Think Tank

This week, I'm heading  to Amsterdam to talk with the fabulous Kerrie Finch: Founding Partner of Future Factor, Country Representative for the Cannes-Lions International Festival of Creativity, Founder of SheSays Amsterdam, Advisory Member of Include NOW and Candid and the "mum" of two Grecian, curtain climbing kittens-Hector and Troy.

As the mischievous kittens roam the apartment, Kerrie talks with me about her long standing impression of kindness and her epiphany as the episode continues. We talk about her work in helping brands align authentically to their purpose,  her efforts to bring inclusion and equity to the creative world, elevating women through community and the impact kindness can have on the world's brand narrative.

Kerrie has worked with major brands such Nike, Heineken and Coca-Cola. She and her team at Future Factor have partnered with clients like Air BnB, General Mills and Chuck Studios to help them share their voice with the world- powerfully and purposefully.

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Learn more about Kerrie's work with Future Factor
Join the She Says community
Follow Kerrie on Twitter @kerriefinch 
Follow Future Factor on Twitter and Instagram @_futurefactor

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This week, I'm heading out West to Colorado  to talk with the creative, cool, jam packed with realness, Ethan Beute: Chief Evangelist at BombBomb, TedX speaker, co-author of Re-Humanize Your Business and host of The Customer Experience podcast.

Ethan talks with me about a personal curiosity that led him to interview legendary C- level brand evangelists from companies like Apple and Amazon and ultimately define his own role at BombBomb.  We talk about why evangelism is critical to innovation, how he and his company are bridging technology with humanity to create deep relationships and kindness' role in re-humanizing business.

Visit the BombBomb website
Visit Ethan's website
Order Ethan's book
Check out his TEDx talk The Flight Back to the Face

Want to learn more about kindness? Visit my website
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This week, I'm trekking up to Hoboken, New Jersey to visit with Andrea Rizvi: Founder  and CEO of Boomerang Bites, a woman of many talents and one of the kindest Aussies you could ever hope to meet. 

Andrea shares good vibes as she talks with me about her Australian roots and the unexpected journey that took her from her work in International Affairs to becoming an entrepreneur baking up delectable "slices".  Her mission is simple:"be good, do good." Every detail of her business is delectable, human and super kind. Boomerang Bites has initiated an ecosystem of kindness giving back 20% of their profits to local causes- leaving everyone and everything in her surrounding community a little better.

Order delicious "slices" from Boomerang Bites
Follow them on Instagram @boomerangbites


To learn more about my work with kindness, visit my website

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This week, I'm traveling to Amsterdam to hang out with the infectious Craig Lovelidge: Founder of Craigology , Chief Marketing and Partnerships Officer at CHALK and a man who mines the beautiful stories from everyday life.

Craig talks with me about his odd childhood fascination with Dale Carnegie,  people watching, perspective and his pursuit of bringing truth, connection and kindness into branding to uncover the most authentic parts of people and the work we do.

Connect with Craig on LinkedIn
On Twitter @_craigology
Visit the Craigology website

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This week's episode unfolds in Traverse City Michigan where I spent a little time with Bill Palladino: passionate old house rehabber and former corporate exec turned happiness guru recognized as an expert for putting positive psychology to work inside of companies and communities.

Bill talks with me about the science of happiness, rest stop pamphlets turned major movement, the leader who told him to stop smiling,  kindness Judo and surprise inspiration from Star Trek.

Bill is a Founder, Keynote Speaker and Economic Development Director. His company, Krios Consulting, offers programs in positive psychology (Grateful Logic™) and business ethics (Ethical Logic™). Through his partnership with ITLN, Bill also provides training and coaching for Shawn Anchor's Happiness Advantage - Orange Frog Workshop™.  His client list includes Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, community groups and governmental agencies.


Connect with Bill:
Twitter @kriosconsulting
On LinkedIn
Visit the Krios Consulting website

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This week, I'm traveling to the tiny country of Luxembourg to spend a little time with the very wise and soulful Omozua Isiramen:  High Performance Brain & NeuroAgility™ consultant and speaker.

"Omo" talks with me about her Nigerian roots and the "Granny Wisdom" that shaped her life, why being real can help combat COVID loneliness,  her "super secret, secret coat",  why emotional mastery changes how we experience the world, her work that helps people be nakedly human and of course kindness. 

Connect with Omo on LinkedIn
Follow her Tweets @OmoBraintrainer
Learn more about her work on her website


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This week, I'm traveling north to Maine to spend some time with Zoe Weil: President, The Institute for Humane Education, frequent TEDx speaker, author, all around inspiring human and one of my long time kindness heroines. Zoe has dedicated her life's work to creating a new education model for the world's children and she poses this question:  What would happen if we educated young people to become  "solutionaries" ?

Zoe and I talk about our biggest global challenges, navigating the world with a sense of wonder, reverence and love for all, why her work has the power to transform education and the planet and the message she has for Dr. Jill Biden.   


Website
Zoe's TEDx talk
Check out all of Zoe's TEDx talks here
Connect with Zoe on LinkedIn
Purchase The World Becomes What We Teach on Bookshop

This week, I'm traveling down to the Peach tree State of Georgia to talk with Kevin Foster:  CEO of Business Ethics Advisors and motivational keynote speaker.

Kevin talks with me about the circumstances that forced him to trade the life he knew for 37 months in federal prison. We talk about the choice  he made that saved his life during the grueling 28 days he spent in solitary confinement, the injustices of the prison system in America and how the humanity and kindness he discovered in unexpected places shaped him and the life he lives today.

As the CEO of Business Ethics Advisors, Kevin speaks nationally on ethics and compliance in Corporate America. He uses his E.T.H.I.C.S. tools to provide ethics awareness and solutions so that others will be prepared to identify the personal characteristics and circumstances leading to unethical behavior.

Connect with Kevin on LinkedIn
Visit BEA's website to learn more about Kevin's ethics work

This week, I'm traveling to Copenhagen to spend a little time with Google's one and only Claus Raasted: Radical human, innovation mastermind, Director at The College of Extraordinary Experiences, Coach at McKinsey, Founding Partner at The Global Institute For Thought Leadership and the author of 31 books- so far...

Claus and I cover a lot of ground as we talk about divorce, castles, abortion, experience design, the influence of kindness on radical innovation and why he believes playing more has the power to change our world. 

Note: When we recorded, Claus was 53 days into his personal challenge of creating 100 innovation keynotes in 100 days. I'm tickled pink to share that he completed his 100th on 9th July 2021.  Rock on Claus. Rock on.

Get to know Claus
Connect on LinkedIn
Visit his website
Learn more about The College of Extraordinary Experiences
Check out his "sizzle reel"
(or you can just Google him...)

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This week, I'm sharing a conversation with the amazing David Pearl that took place in London, back in Winter 2021. 

The author, artist and Founder of Street Wisdom talks with me about guilty pleasure, kinship, "now-ness" and the Chitty, Chitty Bang Bang  influence he’s trying to undo through his work. He shares the thing that "knocked him sideways" and when he does, he blazes new ground here on Kindness Think Tank.

*Note:  I am so deeply grateful to have the opportunity to talk with so many incredibly inspiring people from around the world. Every episode touches my heart but this one hit me on a different level. I hope you are fortunate enough to experience something similar.

Connect with David on LinkedIn and Twitter @davidpearlhere
Take a walk with Street Wisdom 
Read Wanderful
Listen to the Wanderful podcast
Tune into his livestream show, Green Room

Other books mentioned during the episode:
Human Kind by Rutger Bregman
Breath by James Nestor

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