The Global Shuffle

Emily Jones joins this week's episode from Australia. We speak about her journey living in countries all over the world, her experience working in different nonprofit organizations worldwide, her take on the top Australian issues of the day, and how her identity has evolved living in different countries over the years.

Giancarlo Ostuni joins The Global Shuffle from Italy to help everyone make sense of what the Italian referendum was all about, why it happened and what it means for Italy, Europe and the World.

Have you ever had questions about what impact investing is all about and where this trend has come from? Have you considered aligning your investment portfolio with your values?

CoPower's Co-Founder and CEO David Berliner and I discuss these items and more in this week's episode.

You can follow David at @davebeliner and CoPower at @CoPowerInc

For more information check out:

-David's blog on divesting: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-im-divesting-how-you-can-too-david-berliner?trk=mp-reader-card

-Morgan Stanley's 2015 report on the viability of sustainable investments - http://www.morganstanley.com/sustainableinvesting/pdf/sustainable-reality.pdf

-The Global Impact Investing Network's benchmark reports - https://www.cambridgeassociates.com/our-insights/research/introducing-the-impact-investing-benchmark/

This episode is onsite with MP Raj Saini of the Kitchener Center Riding in Canada. Raj opens up about his journey to politics and first year in the role including transitioning to MP life, how he divides his time and Canada's role in foreign affairs and international development.

He also reflects on what he is most proud of one year in, his definition for success for year 2, how young people can best get engaged in politics and what it means to him to build community.

Raj was gracious enough to open up and share his story - it gives a great perspective into his life and to the life of public servants today.

You can follow Raj on twitter at @RajSainiMP

Loksan Harley joins The Global Shuffle for this week’s episode. We originally met at McGill during our undergrad and since then he has done incredible work around the world in the area of policy and technical assistance. He now works as a freelancer and shares his experience pursuing this path.

He stares stories related to his time working in Burkina Faso, working with female entrepreneurs in North Korea and details the lessons he’s learned working as part of the foreign aid ecosystem.

Lucas joins the podcast amidst a surge of interest in Colombia across the world. The Netflix drama “Narcos” has brought renewed attention to the drug cartels and the era of Pablo Escobar. Lucas grew up in Medellin during this time, and provides a more well-rounded perspective on that part of Colombia’s history.

In addition Colombia has been working towards a peace deal with the FARC over the past few years, which was recently voted down in a referendum. Lucas explains some of the factors that led to this as well as his hopes for the future consultations.

Finally Lucas provides his thoughts on what he wants you to know about Colombia today.

Ben Thomson joins The Global Shuffle Podcast back in Ottawa, after a few years in Thailand where he founded his startup CLUB 3.

Ben previously had a successful career in consulting across North America, and a few years ago finally decided to pursue his dream, and start his own initiative.

Ben shares his story, as well as providing advice to people who may consider a similar path.

He closes with a question: If you were to design a scalable tech company that doesn’t perpetuate inequality, how would you do it?

Share your thoughts on Facebook with us!

To check out more about CLUB 3, visit www.club3.co

On Twitter Ben is @BenFrankThomson and CLUB 3 is @CLUB3co

Our guest this week Leo is originally from Brazil, and joins the podcast from Portugal. After several years leading Brazilian youth Leo set out on a path to analyze and improve the way higher education works today.

He provides his perspectives on how universities support employability, the role private institutions play and how universities may do a better job in providing access to individuals coming from a low-income background. He also details other areas of his lifestyle design including his work in executive and life coaching.

To connect with Leo you can find him on LinkedIn, Facebook or at [email protected]

This week’s podcast includes perspectives from Nikita Singh from India, Christian Moroy from Germany, Fiona MacKenzie from New Zealand, Andreas Sung Unstad from Norway and Emily Jones from Australia on what the international reception has been to Justin Trudeau over his first year.

The Global Shuffle’s “Chief Political Correspondent” Peter Gallivan and I then provide some historical perspective on what led to Trudeau’s elections and some key drivers of his global popularity.

We speak about how this translates to Canada’s image and explore what role political figures can play in shifting global dialogue and perceptions of their respective countries. We also explore risks and pitfalls that may arise from the high expectations created in Trudeau’s first year.

Chris Kutarna joins the podcast on the heels of an extensive worldwide book tour as a part of the release of his book “Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance”. The book highlights the connections and learnings we can take from the past to make sense of the shocking world we live in today.

Chris provides an excellent perspective on what we can learn from history for today, and provides some examples such as what history can tell us about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

The book has received rave reviews from the likes of Sir Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington and Reid Hoffman.

You can follow Chris on Twitter at @chriskutarna, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ourageofdiscovery or join his newsletter at www.kutarna.net.

His book is on sale everywhere, including Amazon: http://amzn.com/1250085098