The Orbital Perspective

Dr. Tony Kern is one of the world’s leading authorities on human performance.

We discuss a wide array of important topics including how we can all navigate the “Storm After the Storm”. Tony and I discuss how we can prepare now for the aftershocks of the COVID crisis.

Join us December 9th at 10AM PT for a conversation with Tony DiMatteo, CEO of Lottery.com

Tony is the co-founder and CEO of Lottery.com which enables consumers in multiple states to play state sanctioned lottery games directly from their mobile phones. Lottery.com is also the largest provider of lottery data in the world with clients including Google and Amazon. The company has worked with regulators and industry leaders to help establish lottery courier services in the United States. Tony is responsible for global initiatives and the development and execution of the company’s long-term strategy. He is also the Executive Director of the WinTogether trust and WinTogether.org, a charitable platform enabling causes to raise funds for global and local projects. He is a sought after thought leader, and his approach to social impact, entrepreneurship, blockchain, and the gaming industry has been covered in The Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Inc. and much more. Tony has also been a featured guest speaker at Tony Robbins’ Platinum Finance and Peter Diamandis’ A360 events speaking on the future of fundraising.

Join us for a conversation with Avery Bang, President and CEO of Bridges To Prosperity. We will discuss how to build bridges during divisive times.

As President and CEO of Bridges To Prosperity, Avery believes that every person has a right to safe access – and the innovative, scalable approach B2P embraces is built to act on that belief. Since joining B2P as a volunteer in 2006, Avery has worked alongside a growing team of leaders and game-changers who, in partnership with isolated communities around the world, provide safe year-round access to education, healthcare, and markets through pedestrian bridge-building. Together, they’re connecting the rural last mile.

Please join us for a conversation with Daria Musk, singer & founder of Unlabeled Studio.

Daria's story is the story of a girl whose voice launched a thousand lines of code. After a nearly overnight success, singing for a global audience of millions – through her first-of-a-kind live interactive online concerts – Daria Musk's influence and ideas have spilled over from songs into speaking engagements, talks, tours, and behind-the-scenes consulting for the world's biggest tech and entertainment companies. Now Daria is inspiring a generation of "artistpreneurs" like her, to make what they love what they do – and helping brands tell their own stories too – premium video content, music, campaigns and more through the launch of Unlabeled Studio – her own production house.

Please join us for a conversation with Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO of Acumen.

Jacqueline Novogratz is the New York Times best-selling author of The Blue Sweater. Her second book, Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World, was published in May 2020.

In 2001, Jacqueline founded Acumen with the idea of investing philanthropic patient capital in entrepreneurs seeking to solve the toughest issues of poverty. As a pioneer of impact investing, Acumen and its investments have brought critical services like healthcare, education and clean energy to hundreds of millions of low-income people.

After supporting hundreds of entrepreneurs, Jacqueline and her team recognized character as the crucial ingredient for success; in 2020, they launched Acumen Academy to instruct others in global social change. Under Jacqueline’s leadership, Acumen also has launched several for-profit impact funds designed to invest at the intersection of poverty and climate change, and has spun off 60 Decibels, founded on the principle that serving all stakeholders is as important as enriching shareholders.

Jacqueline has been named one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy, one of the 25 Smartest People of the Decade by the Daily Beast, and one of the world’s 100 Greatest Living Business Minds by Forbes, which also honored her with the Forbes 400 Lifetime Achievement Award for Social Entrepreneurship.

Join us as we discuss how to create "omniwins"

Jim was a Co-founder of GoodXChange Corporation, which was acquired by 5th, and was later named the company’s CEO. In that role, Jim has helped lead the firm’s strategy and operations as it has emerged as a global flagship brand for investors, donors, brand executives and NGO solution-makers who are working to align KPI-driven performance with SDG-aligned impact.

Please join us on October 28th for a conversation with Jill Ellis, former U.S. women’s national soccer coach. We'll discuss the unifying power of sports and leadership during challenging times.

Jill coached the United States women’s national soccer team for five years, beginning in 2014 leading the United States Women’s National Soccer Team to two World Cup wins in 2015 and 2019. She also won two FIFA Women’s World Cups with the USWNT and is the development director of the United States Soccer Federation, overseeing the national youth teams development program.

This week’s guest is author Frank White who coined the term “Overview Effect” to describe the shift in perspective some astronauts experience after seeing the Earth from space. We will discuss how taking a big picture perspective can keep us on the right path toward progress. We will also discuss the connection between the Overview Effect and the Orbital Perspective and humanity’s destiny among the stars. Please tune in live and bring your questions and comments.

This episode of the "Orbital Perspective" Podcast features former United States Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen (Ret) Dave Goldfein. We discussed a wide array of important topics including racial tension in the US, women in combat, the effects of COVID on military readiness, global warming, the establishment of a separate Space Force, and leadership during times of crisis.

General Dave Goldfein served as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training and equipping of 685,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. As members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Chief of Staff and other service chiefs function as military advisers to the Secretary of Defense, National Security Council and the President.

Please join us as we share a conversation with Dr. Leyla Acaroglu - UN Champion of the Earth & Sustainability Provocateur. Dr. Leyla Acaroglu challenges people to think differently about how the world works.

As an award winning designer, UNEP Champion of the Earth, sociologist, and entrepreneur, she developed the Disruptive Design Method and designs cerebrally activating experiences, gamified toolkits, and unique educational experiences that help people make the status quo obsolete. Her mainstage TED talk on sustainability has been viewed over a million times, and she leads presentations around the world on activating positive social change through creative interventions and systems thinking. Leyla is the founder of Disrupt Design, the UnSchool and the CO Project Farm in Portugal.