The Global Shuffle

Jan joins this week's podcast from the Czech Republic for one of the most insightful podcasts I've had the privilege to host to date.

We talk about:

-His rise within Microsoft

-His period of depression

-How he approaches leadership and energy management

-His current work doing executive coaching, teaching, writing, speaking, advising tech companies and acting as the mental coach for the Czech Olympic Team

-His thoughts on the technologies with the highest potential (and risks) for humanity)

You can find out more about Jan at http://janmuhlfeit.com/

Michael joins The Global Shuffle from New York and tells his story of growing up in Australia, and how his upbringing shaped him to enter into advocacy and to dedicate himself to the fight against extreme poverty.

He details the founding of the Global Citizen movement (formerly known as The Global Poverty Project) and explains how their impact model works, how they measure success and how they gamify activism. Global Citizen today has engaged millions of people around the world as well as celebrities like Beyonce and Rihanna, and global figures like Michelle Obama, Malala, Bill Gates and Justin Trudeau.

If you’re wondering how you in your day to day actions can be a global citizen and fight for a better world, this is the episode for you.

Keep your eye out for the upcoming festivals later this year.

To check out more about Global Citizen check out globalcitizen.org or on Twitter at @GlblCtzn and @GlblCtznImpact

To connect with Michael, follow him on Twitter at @micksheldrick

Kevin joins The Global Shuffle from Amsterdam. He's a very thoughtful individual who after a successful corporate career, left it to begin freelancing and working with organizations and individuals on behavioural change.

He's extremely authentic and opens up about how he prepares and recovers from each engagement he does, how he came to develop an interest in poetry, his shift to focus on his personal well-being and what his TED talk would be on.

Akira Sakano is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Zero Waste Academy, the Co-Founder of RDND and the Curator of the Osaka Hub of the Global Shapers Community.

She provides a snapshot into the tremendous work being done to create zero waste cities and more integrated communities in Japan. She also comments on the big trends Japan is going through as a country, and how she believes impact begins at the local level.

Sue Gillespie joins The Global Shuffle to share the story of Pathways to Education's innovative approach to improving the graduation rate of high school students across Canada.

We talk about her path to Pathways, her leadership style, personal approach to learning, building in reflection to her day and why she is passionate about what she does. We also speak about how she leads and facilitates such a diverse group of stakeholders to move the organization forward

It's truly a deep dive into the mind of a great Canadian leader!

For more information on Pathways to Education go to: https://www.pathwaystoeducation.ca/

My good friend Arya joins The Global Shuffle, and he explains how he ended up working at one company and starting 2 on the side, all at the same time. We talk about flexible working arrangements, the future of work in the age of automation and historical parallels.

For more information on his companies please visit:

-Quantum Lead - http://qleadinc.com/

-First Touch Consulting - http://www.firsttouchco.com/

The most popular episode of the podcast to date.

Hadeer Shalaby calls in from Cairo to discuss how she tried to change people's mindsets when she lived in Europe about Muslim women, and her perspective on wearing the headscarf.

We then shift gears and discuss her start-up Taxi El Sa7el, her merger with Careem, a ride sharing application and look at her dreams for entrepreneurship in the Middle East

Monty joins the podcast following a great TechWaterloo Region talk that he did in February with me. Monty is an architect by trade, and has a fascinating perspective on urban design, building great cities and the future of transportation.

We talk about past projects he’s worked on (including a project in Rotterdam I recognize from my time there), his work on the Elon Musk Hyperloop competition, and his thesis on urban design.

On this week's episode I speak with an anonymous guest from Iran, in order to speak freely about the country today from the inside. We talk about the political system, the media, perception in Iran of other countries and 1 year into the the Iran Nuclear Deal.

It was a fascinating interview to understand an important country in today's geo-political environment from the inside!

Colleen Waterston joins The Global Shuffle following her trip around the world to ask 3 questions to 700 people from over 40 countries in the spirit of understanding what defines a good life to people and how they see the future evolving.

Colleen shares what led to her international bug for travelling, the learnings she had along the way and her return back to the USA. She also shares how she has handled the fact that her father voted for Trump and she voted for Hillary.

We ended up chatting for more than 90 mins, so this is an edit of some of the highlights from the conversation.

To find out more go to: www.bigsharedworld.com

Thanks Peter Gallivan for the introduction!