Interview series exploring ‘what can we do in these powerful times?’ A project of @davidbent
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@Powerful_Times has passed 2,000 downloads. Not bad for 15 episodes & no marketing. A recap:
Aim: ask some brilliant people 'what they are doing in these powerful times?'. All to inspire & enable people through stories grounded in experience.
Episodes:
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31 Aug 2022
1. Ed Gillespie (aka @frucool).
Priority: stretching people’s imaginations on what’s possible.
The world needs generalists. The ability to weave very different weft from your systemic understandings, which is absolutely critical.
Note: some swearing!
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21 May 2024
NEW EPISODE @GreenRupertRead, Co-Director of the Climate Majority Project @CMP_voice, on what can we do in these @Powerful_Times, w/ @davidbent.
Inspiring & vital insights on the need for creating a climate majority for urgent, proper action.
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13 May 2024
NEW EPISODE Erica Austin (a lady of many hats but no Twitter handle) on recovering from crises (Christchurch earthquake), neurodiversity, colonialism, creating learning ecosystems and much else besides.
I think one of the best episodes I've ever done.
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22 Apr 2024
NEW EPISODE @alexevansuk of @LargerUsNetwork on 'what can we do in these @Powerful_Times?' w/ @davidbent.
Flipping from breakdown to breakthrough by creating (& enacting) a larger us, incl acting for a positive-sum game world (not the usual zero-sum).
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18 Mar 2024
NEW EPISODE. Ella Saltmarshe @saltsea on 'what can we do in these @Powerful_Times?', w/ @davidbent.
Lots here on the role of narratives in systems change...
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18 Mar 2024
We recorded this interview on 31 October 2023, only a few weeks into the Isreal-Gaza conflict. A
nyone who follows Ella’s work will have seen her recent focus on that conflict. Here is one of the acknowledgements she developed for International Women's Day....
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18 Mar 2024
You can find the full interview here (or on Apple, Spotify or your podcast platform of choice):
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11 Mar 2024
NEW EPISODE @PolmanKim on 'what can we do in these Powerful Times?' w @davidbent.
Focus: creating a world based on the Golden Rule ('do unto others as you would have done unto you'), which is the world of @futurereboot.
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12 Feb 2024
NEW EPISODE. @jonathonporritt on what can we do in these @Powerful_Times, w/ @davidbent.
Reflects on 30 yrs of #sustainability, intergenerational justice, the need to feel anger, & being motivated by solutions.
Wherever you get your podcasts, or:
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13 Dec 2023
No such thing as a cognitive bias. I like that.
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NEW EPISODE. @snowded on 'what can we do in these @Powerful_Times? w/ @davidbent.
The founder of @TheCynefinCo talks to the importance of changing the connectins people have with other people, to open up new possibilities. And more.
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Fantastic to say that @Powerful_Times has reached 10,000 downloads from 40 episodes.
Thanks to everyone who has been listening!
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Apologies for the delay since the last episode, by the way. A series of family emergencies and urgent work. But should be back on a nearly-weekly track now.
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NEW EPISODE. @snowded on 'what can we do in these @Powerful_Times? w/ @davidbent.
The founder of @TheCynefinCo talks to the importance of changing the connectins people have with other people, to open up new possibilities. And more.
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NEW EPISODE @AmyTwiggerH on what can we do in these @Powerful_Times, w @davidbent.
Topics: how fashion is an expression of society & how participatory fiction expands our sense of possibility.
Apologies for sound issues at start & end.
Enjoy!
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17 Jul 2023
NEW EPISODE @JacquieMcGlade of @ucl @glo_pro & @SBSKenya on 'what can we do in these @Powerful_Times?' w/@davidbent.
Her priority: bringing the best science *&* indigenous knowledge so people can make brave decisions for #sustainability.
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12 Jun 2023
NEW EPISODE! @SDDecleve of @ClubOfRome on 'What can we do in these @powerful_times?', w/ @davidbent.
Lots on how can we transform during crisis, unpacking @Earth4All_ (50yr update of Limits to Growth).
Key: address inequality to progress on climate.
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26 May 2023
#highlight finished marking essays w @Will_McDowall for the ‘business, #innovation & #sustainability’ module in the @UCL_ISR Masters.
Some great answers on qs like:
-what criteria should a VC use for SDG7 fund?
-write as a historian in 2050 on 3 biggest innovations since 2020?
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2 May 2023
#highlight interviewing the very brilliant @JacquelineMcgl8 (Prof @ucl @glo_pro & @SBSKenya; ex-Chief Science Officer for @UN) for @Powerful_Times.
Amazing insights on using both Western science & indigenous knowledge for decision-making, & much more. Out soon!
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16 Apr 2023
Weekend #highlight Preparing for a talk on ‘what can we do in these @Powerful_Times?’ for @ecioxford on their 3-day Oxford Programme in #Sustainability Leadership.
Suitable as ~1 yr since started @Powerful_Times interview series.
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20 Mar 2023
NEW EPISODE @andreahartley of @SkatingPanda on 'what can we do in these @Powerful_Times?' w @davidbent.
Her 3 priorities:
1/Unlocking those ind & org impact journeys
2/Communicate big issues to have real impact
3/Shifting consulting to positive impact
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11 Mar 2023
NEW EPISODE @ProfTimJackson on 'what can we do in these @Powerful_Times?' w @davidbent.
We cover *a lot*. How Chernobyl dragged him to become an accidental economist. Being an outsider. Working for a society of relationships, not domination... Enjoy!
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