This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we ask our six questions to Jacqueline Lim. A strategist and certified coach focused on advancing equity and a regenerative future for all. Jacq is currently an Associate with the Finance Innovation Lab and has recently worked with clients such as Natwest Bank, Partners for a New Economy and A Blueprint for Better Business."I found myself in 2019 really immersed in so many questions about self and about my work. Questions like, 'What really is a systems...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we ask our six questions to Vlad Glaveanu who is a Professor in the School of Psychology at Dublin City University. He is also the Founder and President of the Possibility Studies Network which brings together academics, researchers and practitioners dedicated to the study of human possibility. Topics include creativity, imagination, innovation and of course wonder which is the title of one of Vlad’s books.“What motivates me is this fascination with the...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast, we ask our six questions to Jacky Youldon, the Founder and Director of RunningSpace, whose mission is to champion life and combat suicide, one step at a time. Jacky struggled with suicidal thoughts following a lifetime of self-harm and eventually attempted to take her own life. From this experience, RunningSpace was born, and in 2019, Jacky was awarded the BBC Unsung Sporting Hero award for her life-saving running groups."A friend said to me, 'When you...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we welcome Joey Cuthbert. Joey is currently Head of Engagement for Impact Dance who are an art for social change organisation empowering young people through dance training, mentoring and national and international performances. Joey is also the chair of the board at SportCheer England which is the national governing body for cheerleading in England, one of the fastest-growing sports in the UK with nearly 90.000 participants.“The thread of everything I’ve...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we ask our six questions to Dr Julian Abel. Julian is a retired palliative care physician and the Director of Compassionate Communities UK whose vision is to see a world where people's natural gifts of compassion, togetherness and equity are more powerful than medicine alone. Julian hosts a podcast called Survival of the Kindest and was nominated by a previous guest on Wonderspace Jennifer Nadel from Compassion in Politics.“Good social relationships are...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with Joyce Kamande in Kenya. Joyce is a social entrepreneur passionate about improving food security and livelihoods of small-scale farmers across Africa. She is a co-founder of Safi Organics, a company that converts farmers’ crop waste to high-yielding organic fertilizers, breathing vitality back into African soils and transforming people's livelihoods in the process. An amazing person and business nominated by a previous guest on Wonderspace...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with musician Eliza Marshall. A flautist working with some of the biggest names in global music. She has performed with orchestras, on film soundtracks and numerous albums, and also curates new music, documentaries and artwork with her company Freedom to roam.More info: www.elizamarshall.com + https://www.freedomtoroam.earth/ To view the episode page with a summary of the interview, links to social media and projects mentioned, go to...

This week on Wonderspace we orbit with Chris Duffy. In 2002, Chris started Duffy London, a design studio devoted to combining art and function. They concept and create unique innovative furniture, lighting, and interiors using fully sustainable and recycled materials and packaging. His work has been exhibited around the world and is also part of the permanent National Collection at The Louve in Paris. In this episode Chris talks about his latest bamboo water taxi venture.More info:...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with Piers Linney. Piers is an entrepreneur and investor with experience across a range of sectors including technology, media, and communications. He is co-founder of Atherton Bikes, and the co-founder of Implement AI​ which is focused on intelligent business transformation through the power of artificial intelligence. Piers is a champion of entrepreneurship and is known as a former Dragon investor on BBC’s Dragons’ Den. "Another thing I'm very...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we are going to dive into nature-inspired innovation also known as Biomimicry. A practice that mimics the strategies found in nature to solve human design challenges.Our guest this week is the Founder and Creative Director of the Biomimicry Innovation Lab, Richard James MacCowan who works with innovators and designers to develop future possibilities inspired by nature. With a focus on the future of cities, agriculture and manufacturing, the Lab's mission...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with adventurer, expedition leader and speaker Oli France.He is a specialist in leading groups through the world's wildest places such as Iraq, Somalia, Congo and Siberia. In this Wonderspace orbit Oli talks about his latest multi year project The ultimate seven, a world first quest to journey from the lowest point in each continent to the highest entirely by human power"I will be travelling entirely by human power on foot, by bike, rowing and on...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with Edwina Kulego in New York who is the Vice President of International and Business Development at Informa Markets Fashion. Edwina is also on the board of the Vegan Fashion Week based out of Los Angeles and was nominated by the founder of Style House Files and Lagos Fashion Week, Omoyemi Akerele who you can hear in EP 60."I got the opportunity to travel to Portugal to meet with the brand and to see how the shoes were actually made because I...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with two entrepreneurs Joey Li and Thuta Khin. After meeting at business school Joey and Thuta founded Leiho with a mission to help improve the quality of life for people experiencing homelessness through the Leiho eco-consious store. Joey and Thuta were nominated by Joshua Coombes who was featured in Episode 79 on Wonderspace"We formulated a business model around socks that give back to local vulnerable communities, we do whatever it takes to...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with Anthea Stephenson who transitioned from a career in the corporate world and Michelin-starred kitchens and is now pioneering regenerative agricultural solutions, reshaping the narrative on food security, tech and climate resilience."We're developing tools and technologies for cross-sector collaboration and co-investment in regenerative and restorative activities. We're working to put farmers, the stewards at the heart of the solution with...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with Vanessa Norwood. Vanessa is a curator and cultural strategist for the built environment. Her work focuses on the central role materials play in building a more sustainable and equitable world.“The built environment is responsible for almost 40% of the Earth's carbon emissions. So it's a really interesting and important time to be part of this journey”Vanessa was nominated by architect and author Marwa Al-Sabouni who engaged with our six...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with Julia Lynch who is the Founder and CEO of Global Girl Project. Global Girl Project works in 13 countries mobilising the most marginalised girls throughout the global south to become agents of social change through community development and social action initiatives. Julia was nominated by Brita Fernandez Shmidt who is a transformational coach and an ambassador for Women for Women International. Her Wonderspace episode is number #67 More...

For the first Wonderspace of our fourth year, we orbit with Carwyn Hill who is the co-founder of Hope Health Action, an NGO building long-term partnerships with local communities and health systems in countries such as Haiti, Sudan and Uganda. Carwyn also sits on the board of End Poverty 2030 and was awarded an MBE this year for services to international healthcare.Carwyn was nominated by Ben Solanky from Empathy Action who you can hear on EP 58More information: www.hopehealthaction.org To...

For our last Wonderspace Podcast before a summer break we orbit with Dr Renee Lertzman who is based in San Francsico. Renee is an internationally recognized researcher, educator, thought leader and adviser, who uses psychological insights to unlock action on global climate and environmental crises.She works with organisations around the world and has a real passion for the upstream work of supporting conveners and facilitators.Find out more: www.reneelertzman.com Renee's TED Talk:...

This week on Wonderspace we orbit with Oliver Pelling in Melbourne. Ollie is the Editor in chief at Adventure.com and is the Founder and Director of Good and Proper who provide comms and content to purpose driven organisations helping them move their audiences towards action for people and planet. Ollie was nominated by Tamsin Jones (EP36)"I'd already worked with purpose driven organisations, but that really became the line in the sand for me to decide that I only only wanted to work with...

This week on Wonderspace we orbit with Mark Haviland who after many years in the corporate world, founded Conscious Careers, inspiring young people to start a career with the world in mind. Mark is also the Vice-chair of the Marine Conservation Society and advisor to Train my generation in Kenya.“I went into schools and realised that the awareness of what's going on in the world today was pretty minimal and what awareness there was, was pretty fearful. The relevance of the classroom to the...

This week's Wonderspace comes from a conference in Madrid where last week over 220 people came together around the issue of statelessness organised by the European Network on Statelessness in collaboration with Fundación Cepaim.Statelessness is an issue that impacts over half a million people in Europe and many millions globally which you can hear more about in our 100th Wonderspace episode with the amazing Christiana Bukalo from Statefree.Someone described this issue of statelessness as the...

This week on Wonderspace we orbit with Kemo Camara. For the past 20 years, Kemo has lived, studied, and worked in cities across Africa, North America and Europe. He has founded startups, built non-profits and played various leadership roles in community organisations.In 2019 he founded Omek whose mission is to amplify the talent, voices and energy of biculturals of African descent through programs and access to a diverse talent pool. This has led to partnerships with some of the world's...

If you were forced to live on the streets what would you do with your belongings and important documents?This week on Wonderspace we orbit with Rachel Woolf who is the founder and Director of an award-winning charity Street Storage which provides free accessible and safe storage for hundreds of people experiencing homelessness."I said to Islington Council, where I lived at the time, 'If you give me a building, I think I can fill it in about three weeks', I filled it in three days and so I...