Community is our Leadership Lifeline - with Joanna Kerr

Get ready to be inspired by a truly remarkable woman! This episode of the World Beyond Resilience features Joanna Kerr, a dynamic force for social and environmental change. With an extraordinary 25-year career leading organizations like Greenpeace Canada and ActionAid International, and now launching NutHatch Leadership to mentor future change-makers, Joanna brings a wealth of experience and a fresh perspective on what it truly means to be beyond resilient. Joanna shares how her childhood in Tanzania shaped her views on community and interdependence, challenging the often rigid, mechanistic view of organizations. She advocates for a "living systems" approach, where leadership is akin to nurturing a garden, focusing on interconnectedness and fostering growth. The conversation also sensitively touches upon navigating trauma, underscoring that our capacity to heal and transform is central to building true resilience, and highlights the vital role of community over material possessions for genuine security.Ultimately, this podcast powerfully reinforces that community is our lifeline and that going beyond resilience comes from interconnectedness, not coping alone. By embracing vulnerability and fostering deep connections, we can move beyond outdated individualistic notions to collectively thrive.Joanna shows us how!https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanna-kerr-bb011b71/