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Welcome! This is a series of conversations about magic. But not just rabbits in hats magic - the magic of people and organisations✨ Each week, we’re joined by someone that brings their own magic to the world. Together we explore topics like wonder, curiosity, freedom, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, wellbeing and leadership. Plus, we guarantee some actual magic... 🎩🐇🐇🐇 Check out past and future guests: https://abracademy.com/theworldneedsmagic.
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Kis Jakobsen shares her experience on education, online learning and how to develop holistic people.
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Julian March on digital leadership and burnout
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Enjoy a conversation with consultant and former CEO / MD / SVP, Julian March. He talks about his experience of professional burnout, digital leadership and how he "loves helping vibrant organisations do amazing things!" 🔥
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Eleanor Ford is the Academy Director at Zinc VC. The Academy is the education arm of Zinc, focused on accelerating the impact of mission-driven individuals. As an innovation specialist focused on making ideas happen, Eleanor builds networks and brings people together around opportunities, and change. In this conversation Eleanor speaks about innova…
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Victoire Mbala on mentoring and knocking down barriers
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We are lucky enough to call Victoire a client and she was also an absolutely wonderful guest for this podcast. Victoire talked about her passion for mentoring others, having benefitted from it herself early in her career: "It was the first time someone dedicated their time to empower me to know better". She spoke about her early role models - a fig…
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Karen Rivoire - another wonderful webinar guest of 2020. Karen is Competence Flow Leader at the Inter Ikea Group: "Not sure I know what my title means! It's purposefully ambiguous... But I love the notion of flow. We all battle with challenges and capabilities, at work or elsewhere. Flow is the balance between them." Rubens and Karen's conversation…
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Alessandra Lariu on the power of communities
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Alessandra Lariu is a brand and experience consultant, co-founder of SheSays, and a SheEO activator. She's a woman helping the next generation of creative female leaders. We spoke with Ale in October 2020, with Coronavirus still very much making its presence known throughout the world. "It’s been both horrible and exhilarating" she says of 2020! Ou…
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Jen Emery is truly multi-disciplinary. She's an author (Leading for Organisational Change), leader, thinker, speaker and last, but not least, a parent too. Rubens and Jen talked about how change needs storytelling and rituals, just like magic does. If you give people the right tools and support to navigate change, it can actually be quite magical! …
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How do you start to feel more worthy? We had an amazing chat with Jax Quinn on how we can rewire and rewrite our narrative to feel proud of who we are. Jax is founder of The Worth Place - empowerment coaching and career support. She's an inspiration, helping people achieve their dreams with integrity, lightness and power. In our conversation Jax ta…
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Victoria Stoyanova: on how to build wonderful communities.
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Victoria Stoyanova is the Founder and CEO of Hito Labs, a company exploring the future of community systems. She is Strategic Partnerships Manager for Facebook’s Community Partnerships team. And she recently created the Institute of Belonging, a newsletter that talks about the practice of connection. In this episode Victoria and Rubens talk about w…
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Patricia is an Executive Board member, Global Chief Marketing and Digital Officer at Bayer Consumer Health /NED – so we talked about leadership with her. Particularly her own style of leadership. We asked Patricia: If you had a magic wand, what would you change? “I’d make sure all children enjoy a childhood. One where they don’t worry about food, s…
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Elisabeth is founder and CEO of Rock Your Life! They're one of Germany’s largest mentoring networks dedicated to fostering positive social change . RYL's mission is to empower young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Elisabeth believes that change starts with individuals. She’s committed to uncovering people’s true potential. We talked to Elisa…
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Satish Kumar: the power of believing in magic
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Satish Kumar is a former monk, a peace and environmental activist, and co-founder of Schumacher College - a place for ecological and and social change. Satish once walked 8,000 miles to meet Martin Luther King. He talks with Rubens about cultivating a different society – one where peoples’ hearts are as educated as their minds. And the transformati…
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Kevin Braddock: the magic of asking for help
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Kevin Braddock is a writer, storyteller and mental health advocate. His book, Everything Begins With Asking For Help, is a must for anyone wanting to deepen their understanding of mental health. This episode celebrates World Mental Health Day 2020. Together with Kevin, we talk about the best magic in the world - the magic of the human mind! We expl…
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Tim Leberecht: beauty and magic in the workplace
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Tim Leberecht is a magical human indeed. He's an author, entrepreneur and visionary. He is co-founder and co-CEO of The Business Romantic Society; co-founder and curator of the House of Beautiful Business - a global think tank / community. Their annual gathering brings together eclectic leaders and change makers. Their mission? To humanise business…
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Geoff McDonald: the wonders of talking about mental health
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Geoff McDonald is an advocate, campaigner and consultant for all things mental health. He's passionate about addressing the stigma of mental ill-health at work. Until his own experience of mental ill-health, he was Global VP of Human Resources at Unilever. He's now involved with Minds at Work - a movement for mental wellbeing at work. Geoff talks a…
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Liam Forde: a potion for great organisational culture!
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Liam Forde wants to make organisations more human. He believes that high performing culture, game changing innovation and winning strategies are unlocked by organisations that balance people, profit, potential, performance and planet. Rubens and Liam talked about professional burnout and what matters most for people, and organisations. This podcast…
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Sarah Gregersen is Program Director and Learning Designer at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. She also runs a company called Genius of Life. Inspired by solutions that nature has evolved over 3.8 billion years, they bring sustainability strategies to life. Sarah talks about a circular economy and how nature can - and should! - inspire us. Leaders a…
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Dr Matt Pritchard: how to cultivate wonder and curiosity
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Dr Matt Pritchard is an actual Doctor of Wonder! He's a scientist and magician fascinated by the elusive feeling we call wonder. What is it? How is it related to curiosity? How do we cultivate it? How can it help us cope with 2020 and the pandemic? How can we bring more wonder to the workplace? So many questions for Matt to answer! Matt curates a b…
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Long time Abracademy friend and collaborator, Gustav Kuhn is a Reader in Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is also president of the Science of Magic Association (SOMA) and a member of the Experimental Psychology Society (EPS), and the Magic Circle (MMC). As well as all that, he is director of Magic Lab - a magic research lab, liter…
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Nathalie Trutmann: the magic of learning organisations
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Nathalie Trutman has spent over 20 years transforming and redefining learning experiences. She wants to create healthier, more innovative working and learning environments. She is ex CEO of Hyper Island. Nathalie talks about the magic of learning organisations. What does it actually mean to be a learning organisation? How can we cultivate habits th…
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