Creative complex collective leadership - Femke Bartels, THNK, Greenpeace

From being a changemaker at a very early age, through 17 years at Greenpeace, Femke walks through the modern day tensions of leadership, and makes the case for this new type of leadership - a creative, complex, and collective leadership. THE IMPACT. Femke Bartels: Is Managing Director of THNK School for Creative Leadership, a purpose-driven social enterprise with transformative programs to develop leaders to solve the world’s greatest challenges Worked for Greenpeace for 17 years in many roles, including Campaign Director, Global Forest Network Director, Global Director of Strategy and Planning, and Executive Director of Greenpeace Mexico Served as a policy advisor to the European Parliament and the Dutch Ministry of Environment Studied Political Sciences and International Relations at the University of Amsterdam, and has a Master of Public Administration at the University of Twente THE JOURNEY. In our conversation, we explore: Origins as a changemaker: “chicken is chicken?” Joining Greenpeace as a campaigner: “they were looking for me” Societal change: “what are your motivators?” Collective leadership: “ordinary people doing extraordinary things”, “connection over polarization” Complex leadership: “comfortable not knowing”, “courage is not the absence of fear”