In this episode of the Natural Genius podcast, Sam Bell speaks with Toni Finnimore, founder of The Social Society, about volunteering, community connection, and designing experiences that bring people together in meaningful ways.

Toni has spent more than two decades working in community development, advocacy, and social services across the UK. Through her work she repeatedly saw a pattern: local charities doing essential work while often lacking access to the skills, time, and support they needed.

The Social Society emerged as a response.

Through creative volunteering experiences, community gatherings, and festival-style team days, Toni and her team bring individuals, charities, and businesses together to collaborate, contribute, and reconnect.

In this conversation Toni shares the story behind building The Social Society, the importance of human connection in an increasingly disconnected world, and why volunteering experiences work best when they are designed around people rather than platforms.

The conversation also explores experience design, the joy of volunteering, and the quiet power of small moments that help people relax, reconnect, and contribute.

This episode explores:

• How Toni’s career in community services led to founding The Social Society
• Why local charities often need skills and people as much as funding
• Designing volunteering experiences that feel like shared adventures
• Why bringing people together in real life matters more than ever
• Festival-style volunteering events and “team days with purpose”
• The idea of volunteer hackathons that tackle real charity challenges
• Silent Book Club and creating space for quieter forms of connection
• Boundaries, wellbeing, and sustaining energy as a founder
• Toni’s vision for scaling hyper-local volunteering communities globally

Chapters:

01:18 Toni Finnimore and The Social Society
03:00 From community services to building a volunteer movement
05:28 Festival-style volunteering events and team days with purpose
06:33 Volunteering at the DO Lectures and experience design
09:06 Designing spaces that help people relax and connect
11:02 The power of simple community experiences
11:48 Silent Book Club and creating inclusive social spaces
14:25 Boundaries, wellbeing, and founder energy
17:01 Toni’s vision for global community volunteering
18:01 Inspiration from regenerative organisations
21:05 Advocacy and standing up for others
23:46 Life in Brighton and community culture
24:46 Visiting Australia and running volunteer hackathons to help charities solve real challenges

Guest Links:

Toni Finnimore: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toni-finnimore/
The Social Society: https://www.thesocialsociety.org.uk/
Silent Book Club (Hove): https://www.instagram.com/silentbookclub_hove?igsh=aW9tYzZvNDN3b2Jm&utm_source=qr 

About Natural Genius

The Natural Genius podcast explores how people discover and express their natural strengths, instincts, and contributions.

Through conversations with leaders, builders, creatives, and community organisers, the podcast explores the signals that guide meaningful work and the choices that shape a life.

More at https://naturalgenius.com.au

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Hosted by Samantha (Sam) Bell in Violet Town and Brighton, UK, 4 March, 2026
Produced at the Violet Town and Peregian Beach offices, 4 - 19 March, 2026

In this episode of the Natural Genius podcast, Sam Bell speaks with Sally Calder, CEO and Co-Founder of RespectX, about leadership, courage, and creating workplaces where people can genuinely thrive.

Sally has spent decades working across government, human services, consulting, and organisational culture. After many years as a partner at KPMG leading culture, diversity and inclusion work, she made a bold decision to leave and build a new technology platform aimed at addressing one of the most persistent challenges in workplaces: making it safe for people to speak up.

RespectX was born from that conviction.

In this conversation Sally reflects on the golden thread across her career, the importance of trusting instinct, and why leaders must learn to make complex challenges simple and compelling.

She also shares the design principles behind RespectX and the real-world impact the platform is already having in organisations across Australia.

This episode explores:

• Leadership courage, culture change, 
• How individuals and organisations create safe and respectful environments where people can do their best work
• Why trusting your instinct can shape a career
• The “golden thread” that only becomes visible when you look back
• Leaving a successful partnership to start a new venture
• Why respectful workplaces matter for performance and wellbeing
• The story behind founding RespectX
• Five design principles for safer workplace reporting
• Making the complex simple and the simple compelling
• The role of courage in culture change
• Why the next generation may finally shift workplace culture for the better

Chapters

01:04 Sally’s career journey and the “golden thread”
05:18 Trusting instinct and saying yes to opportunities
09:02 Creating workplaces that enrich people
12:24 The story behind founding RespectX
18:16 Designing a safer reporting platform
23:27 Early adopters and building the RespectX movement
27:23 Measuring trust and workplace safety
31:10 Real examples of culture change in organisations
36:12 Channeling rage into constructive change
40:29 Leadership lessons: making the complex simple
44:10 The responsibility of leaders to set clear standards
47:00 RespectX as a movement for cultural change
49:23 Closing reflections

Guest links

Sally Calder: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sallycalder
RespectX: https://www.respectx.com.au/
Shey Newitt (RespectX Co-Founder): https://www.linkedin.com/in/shey-newitt-phd-70200b33/

About Natural Genius

The Natural Genius podcast explores how people discover and express their natural strengths, instincts, and contributions.

Through conversations with leaders, thinkers, builders, and practitioners across many fields, the podcast explores the signals that guide meaningful work and the choices that shape a life.

More at https://naturalgenius.com.au

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Hosted by Samantha (Sam) Bell in Violet Town and Melbourne, 4 March, 2026.
Produced at the Violet Town and Peregian Beach offices, 4 – 16 March, 2026.

In this episode of the Natural Genius podcast, Sam Bell speaks with Barbara Schacht Randall, the custodian and steward of the Kanyini wisdom teachings shared by Yankunytjatjara elder Uncle Bob Randall.

Barbara’s life bridges cultures, continents, and traditions. Raised in the United States within a unique community founded by her grandparents, she grew up immersed in a culture of care, inclusion, and connection with nature. Years later, her path brought her to Australia where she met and married Uncle Bob Randall, a traditional custodian of Uluru and a deeply respected Indigenous cultural educator and song man.

Before his passing, Uncle Bob entrusted Barbara with the responsibility of sharing the ancient teachings of Kanyini with the world. Kanyini expresses a philosophy of unconditional love, responsibility, and deep connection to all creation. It speaks to belonging, to caring for people and country, and to remembering the responsibilities we hold to each other and to future generations.

Barbara shares stories and reflections that offer a gentle invitation to reconsider how we live, relate, and care for the world around us.

In this conversation, Barbara reflects on her upbringing, her life with Uncle Bob in Mutitjulu beside Uluru, and what it means to carry forward wisdom traditions in a modern world.

This episode explores:

• The philosophy of Kanyini and what it teaches about belonging and responsibility
• Growing up in a multigenerational community rooted in care and inclusion
• Living beside Uluru and welcoming people from around the world to learn from Uncle Bob
• Carrying forward ancient wisdom teachings across cultures
• Why connection to land, people, and spirit remains essential for humanity’s future

Guest links:

Barbara Schacht Randall: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-randall/
Kanyini: https://kanyini.org/ https://www.instagram.com/kanyini.teachings/ & https://www.instagram.com/bob_randall_kanyini
Uncle Bob Randall’s autobiography https://kanyini.org/book/ 

Referenced in this conversation

Canva https://www.canva.com
St. Teresa of Avila, “Interior Castle”: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/interior-castle-9780385036436
Waterford Country School: https://www.waterfordcountryschool.org/celebrating/ 

Chapters:

03:12 Barbara’s upbringing at Waterford Country School and a childhood immersed in community
07:48 Growing up in a culture of care, inclusion, nature, and shared responsibility
12:36 The unexpected path that brought Barbara to Australia
16:44 Meeting Uncle Bob Randall and the beginning of a shared life journey
20:58 Living in Mutitjulu beside Uluru and welcoming visitors from around the world
26:17 Understanding Kanyini: belonging, responsibility, and unconditional love
31:40 The spiritual philosophy behind the world’s oldest continuing culture
37:22 Uncle Bob’s work sharing wisdom teachings internationally
42:18 Being entrusted with carrying the teachings after Uncle Bob’s passing
47:05 Ancient wisdom and the modern world: what humanity is remembering 
52:34 Why connection to land, community, and spirit matters for our collective future
58:41 Barbara’s reflections on responsibility, love, and continuing the work
01:03:20 Closing reflections

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In this episode, Sam Bell speaks with Tim Buzza about workforce planning technology, leading large contact centre operations, building technology startups, and designing a life that allows both meaningful work and freedom.

Tim has spent decades working in customer operations and workforce planning environments where thousands of daily interactions depend on well-designed systems and thoughtful leadership. Alongside his operational leadership experience, he has also built and supported technology ventures focused on improving how organisations plan, manage, and support their workforce.

In this conversation, Tim shares practical insights from operating in complex service environments while also experimenting with entrepreneurship, remote work, and international travel.

Together, they explore the intersection between operational leadership, workforce technology, startup experimentation, and life design.

This episode explores:

• The realities of leading large contact centre and customer operations environments
• Workforce planning technology and the systems behind large service organisations
• Building and experimenting with technology startups
• Operational leadership and decision-making at scale
• Designing work that supports both performance and personal freedom
• Digital nomadding and creating flexibility in how and where work happens
• Entrepreneurial thinking inside and outside corporate environments

Guest links

Tim Buzza: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timbuzza/

Chapters

00:00 Tim’s background in contact centre operations
03:41 The hidden complexity behind large contact centres
07:56 Workforce planning technology and forecasting systems
12:44 The operational realities of managing large service teams
17:32 Entrepreneurship and building technology startups
23:18 Lessons from building products for workforce management
29:11 Technology, automation, and the future of contact centres
34:22 Leadership decisions that shape operational culture
40:14 Designing a life that allows travel and digital nomad work
46:05 Working internationally and experimenting with lifestyle design
51:38 Reflections on leadership, work, and future possibilities
56:40 Closing thoughts and thanks

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Hosted by Samantha (Sam) Bell in Peregian Beach and Abruzzo, Italy, 25 February, 2026
Produced at the Violet Town and Peregian Beach offices, 25 February - 13 March, 2026
Natural Genius Podcast https://naturalgenius.com.au

In this episode, Sam Bell speaks with Dr. Annie Faulkner about why many organisational change programs struggle to deliver their promised outcomes, and what leaders can do instead.

Annie has spent over two decades working in organisational transformation across Europe, Australia, and South Africa. After leading large-scale change programs for global organisations, she began questioning why many traditional approaches repeatedly fail. This curiosity led her into complexity thinking and ultimately to completing a doctorate exploring how organisations attempt change and what is really happening beneath the surface.

Now working as an executive coach and leadership advisor in Berlin, Annie supports senior leaders transitioning into board and executive roles. Her work focuses on helping leaders navigate complexity, power dynamics, and uncertainty while staying grounded in their humanity.

This conversation explores the realities of organisational change, the courage required to stay in difficult conversations, and how leaders can remain balanced while carrying significant responsibility.

This episode explores:
• Why many traditional change programs struggle to achieve lasting impact
• Complexity thinking and questioning the assumptions behind transformation programs
• The transition from expert to executive when stepping into board-level leadership
• Staying in difficult conversations rather than resolving conflict too quickly
• Power, politics, and whose voices are missing in leadership decisions
• Grounded leadership: taking the work seriously without taking yourself too seriously
• The role of coaching in helping leaders navigate uncertainty and complexity
• Work, life, and balance: recognising that leadership choices shape the whole system

Guest Links
• Dr Annie Faulkner https://www.linkedin.com/in/anniefaulkner/
• The Transitionists https://www.the-transitionists.de

Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Annie’s journey from Australia to Berlin
05:18 Why many organisational change programs fail
09:01 Complexity thinking and questioning traditional change models
10:03 Coaching leaders transitioning to board-level roles
11:06 Staying in difficult conversations instead of resolving conflict too quickly
16:00 Experimenting with relational conversations with AI
21:41 Bringing overlooked voices and perspectives into leadership decisions
29:42 What grounded leadership really looks like
33:14 Why “work–life balance” doesn’t exist
34:12 Training the body and mind as a leadership practice

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Hosted by Samantha (Sam) Bell in North Melbourne and Berlin, 11 February, 2026
Produced at the Violet Town, Benalla and Peregian Beach offices, 11 February - 10 March, 2026
Natural Genius Podcast https://naturalgenius.com.au

What happens when you are suddenly made redundant and need to rebuild confidence, momentum, and direction?

In this episode, Sam Bell speaks with Via Tendon about redundancy, rebuilding confidence, and the generosity that can unite and support people during uncertain career moments.

After being made redundant, Via began openly sharing her job-search journey on LinkedIn. What started as a simple act of honesty quickly resonated with many people navigating similar experiences. Her posts became a way to reduce isolation, share practical insights, and help others regain momentum in their careers.

Drawing on over a decade leading brand and content teams across global agencies and in-house organisations, Via reflects on the emotional realities of job searching, the value of community support, and the importance of developing personal agency when navigating change.

This is a conversation about kindness, professional courage, and how people can develop their career agency.

This episode explores
• Redundancy and the psychological impact of unexpected career disruption
• Why honesty during a job search can create connection and community
• Developing personal agency when navigating career uncertainty
• Practical approaches to networking, learning, and rebuilding momentum
• Paying forward the generosity of mentors, peers, and communities

Guest links
• Via Tendon
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vtendon/ “I'm here to support early to mid-career people navigate their careers, especially post-redundancy. My four resources and network for careers:”
• Amelia Schubach (Via’s Career Coach)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amelia-schubach/
• Gaurav Valani
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gauravvalani/
• Hilary Gridley - Be a Supermanager (with AI)
https://maven.com/hilary-gridley/ai-powered-people-management
• Wes Kao – Executive Communication and Influence
https://maven.com/wes-kao/executive-communication-influence
• Via's Metta Play
https://www.instagram.com/mettaplay
• A great job-hunting video Sam has shared a lot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L02GcDC76I&list=FLD0D7bPli784tcwmLIaYbQg&index=20

Chapters
00:00 What Happens When You’re Made Redundant
02:55 Why Via Shared Her Job Hunt Publicly on LinkedIn
06:40 The Community Support That Changed Everything
10:30 Rebuilding Confidence After Losing a Job
16:40 Networking and Learning During a Job Search
22:00 Developing Career Agency During Uncertainty
28:30 Paying Forward Help to Others Navigating Redundancy

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Hosted by Samantha (Sam) Bell in Peregian Beach and Melbourne, 27 February 2026
Produced at the Violet Town and Peregian Beach offices, 27 February - 10 March 2026
Natural Genius Podcast https://naturalgenius.com.au 

In this episode, Sam Bell speaks with Pete Williams about action, experimentation, and creating constant progress.

Pete Williams has spent more than three decades working at the intersection of technology, innovation, and business transformation. He began working with internet technologies in 1993 and founded Deloitte Australia’s eBusiness Consulting group in 1996, which later evolved into Deloitte Digital. Today he is Chief Edge Officer at Deloitte’s Centre for the Edge, where he explores how emerging technologies and societal shifts are shaping the future of business and institutions. Alongside his work with large organisations, Pete has co-founded and supported a number of startups including Packform, and has contributed extensively to community initiatives including bushfire recovery efforts across Australia and education initiatives in Papua New Guinea.

This conversation moves through Pete’s philosophy of action, the importance of simply picking up the phone when something needs to happen, and the idea of paying forward knowledge and help across communities. Pete also shares why he believes AI represents a profound shift in how humans access and use knowledge, comparing its impact to the early internet, and potentially far beyond.

This is a practical conversation about leadership, technology, community responsibility, and getting meaningful things done quickly.

This episode explores:
• The simple leadership habit: just pick up the phone
• Action over words and stepping forward when nobody knows what to do
• The “pay it forward” mindset in disaster recovery and community leadership
• Why prototypes matter more than PowerPoints
• Experimenting through doing rather than endless planning
• Lessons from rebuilding communities after Black Saturday
• Building startups that focus on real problems and real customers
• AI as a profound shift in knowledge access and human capability
• Why the biggest risk with AI may simply be laziness
• Kindness, responsibility, and leadership in uncertain times

Guest links:
• Pete Williams: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rexster/ 
• Lifetimes: https://lifetimes.co/
• Packform: https://www.packform.com/ 
• Jack Growden, Founder of LiteHaus International (education initiative in Papua New Guinea) https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-growden-355542161/ and https://litehausinternational.org/
• From Pete “This article might be useful for people struggling with approaching Ai. It was co author with Peter Evans-Greenwood and Kellie Nuttall” https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/topics/talent/rethinking-future-of-work-models-to-predict-the-unpredictable.html 

Chapters:
02:30 Indigenous art, heritage, and community connection
06:00 Black Saturday and entering disaster recovery work
11:30 “Just pick up the phone” — lessons from Greensburg, Kansas
17:00 Action over words and stepping forward when nobody knows what to do
24:00 Building startups: prototypes not PowerPoints
30:00 Packform and redesigning the packaging supply chain
36:00 AI as a new knowledge superpower
45:00 The biggest risk of AI: laziness
52:00 Social media, technology cycles, and what actually matters
58:00 Kindness, leadership, and paying it forward

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Hosted by Samantha (Sam) Bell in Violet Town and North of Melbourne, Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung lands, 4 March, 2026
Produced at the Violet Town and Benalla offices, 4 - 8 March, 2026
Natural Genius Podcast https://naturalgenius.com.au

In this episode, Sam Bell speaks with Gina Rembe about testing what works, pragmatic systems and process design, and creating structural change that holds.

Gina is Head of Human & Organisational Development at ProjectTogether in Berlin, leading complex, cross-sector transformation initiatives. Her career spans Associate Director of Human-Centered Design at PwC New Zealand, systems-intervention leadership at Lifehack, and deep involvement with Enspiral’s global network. She has led youth mental health innovation, circular futures initiatives, large-scale stakeholder processes, and experience design across government, construction, and social impact sectors.

Drawing on more than a decade of systems work across Europe, Australia, and Aotearoa New Zealand, Gina reflects on what actually creates durable impact: testing and iterating, designing strong containers, shaping pragmatic next steps, and building relationships that outlast projects.

This is a conversation about structural ambition grounded in practice, community resilience in uncertain times, and why scrappy prototypes can become lasting systems.

This episode explores:

• Process design as craft: shaping invitations, containers, and stakeholder journeys 
• Pragmatism in complex systems: test, iterate, build on what resonates
• Prototypes, stories, and output as communication tools
• Youth wellbeing innovation and open-source resources that continue to ripple years later
• Scrappy prototypes and communication to provide vision, structural ambition, and learning through “loose” systems
• Enspiral’s networked model and long-term community development
• Experience design and adding delight to serious work
• Impossible projects, limited budgets, and making them real
• Geopolitics, civic responsibility, and strengthening local community ties
• Relationships first: lessons from New Zealand about connection before agenda

Guest links

• Gina Rembe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gina-rembe-3a607014/
• Enspiral: https://www.enspiral.com/
• The youth wellbeing innovation initiative – Lifehack: https://lifehackhq.co
• Dan Burgess and Good for Nothing: https://goodfornothing.co
• Maggie Doyne @ the DO Lectures: https://thedolectures.com/speakers/maggie-doyne/

Chapters

03:08 Choosing mission-driven challenges and structural change
07:42 Testing, building prototypes and using stories as communication tools
11:38 DO Lectures Wales and life-changing moments
14:26 Family lineage, craft, and mediation
16:47 Slowing down and ‘relationships-first’ in New Zealand
24:19 Building community intentionally in Berlin
27:23 Long-term networked impact with Enspiral and Lifehack (youth mental health), and open-source innovation
33:30 Scrappy systems, governance tensions, and learning by doing
40:24 Experience design, adding delight to retreats and spaces of care
48:28 Impossible projects and doing more with less
51:14 Digital lightness vs real-world weight
52:30 Neighbours, local resilience, and small acts of community

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Hosted by Samantha (Sam) Bell in Violet Town and Berlin, 1 February, 2026
Produced at the Violet Town and Peregian Beach offices, 1 February - 3 March, 2026
Natural Genius Podcast https://naturalgenius.com.au

In this episode, Sam Bell speaks with Vasu (Vasudevan) Sreenidhi about building meaningful success in high-pressure environments, aligning growth with integrity, and creating education systems that serve students, families, and partners with dignity.

Vasu leads the B2B India business and global MBBS vertical at MetaApply, working with thousands of recruitment agencies, universities, and institutional partners to make international education more aligned, transparent, and effective. With over a decade across training, operations, strategic partnerships, and overseas education platforms including AcadFly and Adventus, he brings a practitioner’s lens to scale, trust, and decision-making in complex systems.

This is a practical, grounded conversation about bringing heart to work, being aware of the impact on others and having integrity, while creating business success.

This episode explores:

• Choosing family over prestige, including turning down a top-tier US business school offer
 • The Indian “pressure cooker” and how comparison becomes a treadmill
 • Detachment from outcomes and staying devoted to effort
 • Building scalable international education systems grounded in trust and clarity
 • Aligning students, universities, and recruitment partners without losing human judgment
 • Clarity for students, teams, and families when stakes feel high
 • Parenting, perspective, and the dignity of everyday work
 • Appreciation as fuel: reducing burnout and reinforcing what matters
 • Faith across traditions and the practice of being human
 • A question worth returning to: are you building something impressive or something meaningful?

Guest links

• Vasu (Vasudevan) Sreenidhi: https://in.linkedin.com/in/sreenidhi-vasudevan

Chapters

02:40 Ambition and peace, putting family first and the comparison treadmill
06:09 Parenting as a teacher: life is lived while you figure it out
10:39 Detachment from outcomes, devotion to effort, and “upgrade time”
12:49 Building international education systems with dignity, trust, and access
18:09 The reality of global education sales, sector change, and increasing student confusion
27:35 India: delivery riders, teachers, wealth, and perspective
30:46 Faith across traditions and the practice of being human
35:18 Appreciation: invisibility, uncertainty, fatigue, and ambition with gratitude

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Hosted by Samantha (Sam) Bell in Terang and Telangana, India, 1 February, 2026
Produced at the Violet Town and Peregian Beach offices, 1 February – 2 March, 2026
Natural Genius Podcast https://naturalgenius.com.au

In this episode, Sam Bell speaks with leadership practitioner, systems designer, and PhD candidate Em Roblin about thriving as vitality and learning, and flourishing as something we build together across an ecosystem.

Em works at moments of transition, when something new is emerging. She has over two decades of experience across thirty countries and has designed and facilitated transformational leadership programs for multinationals, venture capital firms, startup ecosystems, and business schools. Her work spans inclusive leadership, cross-cultural collaboration, thriving cultures in frontier environments, and learning ecosystems designed for adaptive capacity.

Em is also a PhD candidate in Transformative Studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies and a Fellow of the International Humanistic Management Association, bridging rigorous transdisciplinary research with co-creative practice.

In this conversation, Em shares what she is learning through deep work, research, and facilitation, including what it looks like to design playful, low-risk spaces where people can practise leadership in complexity, sense what is needed, and learn in real time.

Together, they explore the new "Flourishing Lab", the “hold the inquiry” stance, cultural unicorns who lift communities, and how we can shift from envy into celebration as part of building healthy cultures.

This episode explores:
• Thriving as vitality and learning
• Why achievement can still feel like stagnation
• Flourishing in an ecosystem: “If you’re not alright, can I be alright?”
• Deep work as a habit in family and client ecosystems
• The Flourishing Lab: leadership simulation practice, reflection, and integration
• “What is this situation asking of me now?”
• Flourishing in complexity: uncertainty, paradox, and staying human
• Cultural unicorns: people who see, hear, and lift others in ways that build health
• Turning envy into celebration and path-trust, as a leadership capacity

Guest links:
• Em Roblin (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/emroblin/
• Em Roblin (Website): https://www.emroblin.com/
• Em's news: https://emroblin.substack.com/
• Flourishing Lab (2-day workshop): https://luma.com/zamnd95h
• Dawn’s Cultural Unicorns X Post: https://x.com/dawninthewild/status/2024007977402069436?s=46
• Learn your Principles You archetype: https://principlesyou.com/ 

Chapters:
01:19 Thriving vs flourishing: vitality, learning, and the ecosystem lens
06:10 Deep work as a habit, and the real constraints of family and clients
10:24 Designing conditions to flourish at Network School with PrinciplesYou
18:08 Playful simulations, change, and reflection as a learning engine
21:10 Leaving day one “unfinished”, and why integration takes time
27:13 Holding the inquiry, dancing the edge of growth without getting hurt
29:10 Otto Scharmer, transforming business education, and humanistic leadership
34:33 Cultural unicorns: seeing, hearing, and lifting others as community currency
40:39 Crafting your own conditions for thriving in chaotic times

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Hosted by Samantha (Sam) Bell in Peregian Beach and Bali, 19 February, 2026
Produced at the Peregian Beach and Sunshine Motorway offices, 19 February - 1 March, 2026
Natural Genius Podcast https://naturalgenius.com.au