Living Your Best Life with Gav Thompson

Michael created the concept of “Cradle to Cradle” as a young chemist and, in 2002, with his American friend Bill McDonough, the bestseller 'Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things' was published.

He founded the chemistry division of Greenpeace. His first-class science mind leaves him sceptical about many popular environmental solutions.

Braungart is constantly explaining how much we need to know if we are to make the world a better place. And how much detail we already do know but which we sometimes stubbornly ignore.

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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2008.

Watch Michael's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/michael-braungart-why-less-bad-isnt-better

How would we behave differently if our culture mimicked that of nature? Imagine a world where the companies, cities and nature were functionally indistinguishable?

As CEO of the fascinating Biomimicry 3.8 group (or as they like to say…a cast of nature circus performers), Chris reveals a new set of principles that are reshaping how we design, behave and flourish.

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Recorded live at the global event in California, USA in 2011.

Watch Chris' full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/chris-allen-nature-as-a-mentor

How my life and the stories of those I’ve documented have taught me that our darkest time can bear the greatest rewards. That whilst we often avoid change, it is change that enables us to grow.

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Recorded live as part of our online Live Lecture Series in 2020.

Watch Giles' full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/giles-duley-change-growth-and-resilience

Liz is the Director at Mittagundi, an outdoor education centre established with the belief that young people, mountains, purposeful work and challenges are natural partners. Mittagundi is situated on a 400-acre property near the old gold mining town of Glen Valley, on the Upper Mitta Mitta River, north of Omeo, in Victoria, Australia.

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Recorded live at the global event in Victoria, Australia in 2015.

Watch Liz's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/liz-leyshan-the-importance-of-perserverance

International consultant in creativity and innovation in education. Kate's expertise lies in raising the profile of inspiring initiatives, with a particular focus on startups and building strong partnerships with a social purpose. Her passion lies in engaging youth voice, and through this work has been awarded for Outstanding Contribution to Education Empowerment.

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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2017.

Watch Kate's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/kate-robinson-labelled-hopeless

Alistair Smith has been described as “the UK’s leading trainer in modern learning methods” training educators, parents and developers in the UK and abroad.

As Chair of Alite, he helps design and delivers their extensive training and development support programmes for schools. This includes the acclaimed, ‘Going to Outstanding and Beyond.’ Alistair’s highly respected and award-winning Accelerated Learning model has been used in classrooms as a means of raising pupil motivation and achievement.

Alistair also has a dual career in professional sport. He is the designated learning consultant to the English Football Association where, on behalf of their 50,000 students, he helps modernise training and coaching provision.

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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2011.

Watch Alistair's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/alistair-smith-why-we-need-to-change-how-we-learn

Neil Denny is a collaborative lawyer, trainer and author. He is the author of Conversational Riffs and The Collaborative Law Companion.

His third book, Grudgeology is currently being written. He is the Director of Learning and Development for allLD Ltd.

Neil has dedicated his work to equipping people to understand this thing called conflict, how it leads us to act and how we might be more effective in the face of it. The goal? To transform families, communities and organisations. Neil speaks frequently across England, Wales and North America.

He lives in Bath with his wife, two children. And their guinea pigs.

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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2011.

Watch Neil's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/neil-denny-how-to-enable-conflict

Brian Robertson is an experienced entrepreneur, CEO, and organisational pioneer best known for his work developing Holacracy, an organisational operating system that concretely embodies the agile, transparent capacities called for in today’s turbulent times.

First incubated at an award-winning fast-growth software company Brian launched at age 23 and led for seven years, Holacracy continues to develop and spread under the stewardship of HolacracyOne, which Brian co-founded to help other change agents bring this purpose-driven evolutionary operating system to organizations across the globe.

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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2012.

Watch Brian's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/brian-robertson-imagine-a-company-without-a-boss

Andy was appointed Director of Shopping Centre Management of Scentre Group in June 2014. Prior to the establishment of Scentre Group, he was the Director of Shopping Centre Management for Westfield Australia, since joining in October 2007. Andy was previously with FMCG company, Reckitt Benckiser for 20 years in various management roles in Canada and the UK, and as Senior Vice President and Regional Director for ANZ region.

A wise executive with a keen interest and focus on Leadership, Andy is active across Social Media, evangelising great business practices. He also generously provides support, guidance and time for others, strengthening communities and connecting relevant people to enhance their work and lives.

Andy is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.

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Recorded live at the global event in Victoria, Australia in 2015.

Watch Andy's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/andy-hedges-journeys-of-leadership

Taylor Davidson helps entrepreneurs build innovative ideas into remarkable companies, working with consumer and enterprise businesses in digital media, imagery, mobile, and more. He has invested and advised a number of early-stage startups throughout his career as a venture capitalist, consultant, advisor, and mentor.

Taylor was formerly an early-stage venture capitalist at a US-based advertising agency, where in addition to investing in startups he co-created an internal educational program about venture capital and entrepreneurship and co-curated the book Creative Entrepreneurship to share this educational goal with anyone in the world. Over 12,000 entrepreneurs have downloaded one of his template financial models for startups.

He is also a professional photographer (@tdavidson on Instagram), focusing on business and event photography for clients like Clinton Global Initiative, The Economist, CNN, The Rockefeller Foundation, and many others.

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Recorded live at the global event in Victoria, Australia in 2015.

Watch Taylor's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/taylor-davidson-acknowledge-process