S3 E11 - ’Nurturing Possibility’ with Josie Gibson

Our guest in this episode of Moments of Clarity is Josie Gibson.    Josie is co-founder and director of The Catalyst Network, a membership community of accomplished changemakers and a mentorship program for graduates and creative entrepreneurs. She is also the founder and director of CatalystFX, which she created to address the urgent need for different thinking and responses to complex business, social, and environmental issues.   Josie is active in national and international initiatives exploring new work, community and economic models. She is an advisor with multiple leading organisations in different industries and is also a Senior Industry Fellow at FORWARD, RMIT's new Centre for Future Skills and Workforce Transformation.   Josie's incredibly rich professional history is matched by her personal life and experiences which we discuss today.    In today's episode we talk about the expectations of a working-class Irish Catholic family, a trip to Japan, a man named Ed, individualism vs collectivism, the need for mutual contribution and respect, reciprocity, connection, urbanisation and Richard Florida, networks, self-organisation vs hierarchy and a moment of clarity.    Links https://www.catalyst-fx.com/ https://www.catalyst-fx.com/the-catalyst-network/ https://about.me/josie.gibson https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/get-involved/join-our-corporate-membership-program/meet-our-corporate-members-josie-gibson-catalyst www.linkedin.com/in/josiegibson https://twitter.com/josiejosieg https://medium.com/rmit-forward https://soundcloud.com/rmit-forward/rmit-forward-skillscast-s1e03-josie-gibson-culture-conversations   Time Stamps 0:00 - 19:50 Introduction with Matt and Toby 19:51 - 44:07 Part 1 with Josie Gibson 44:08 - 69:00 Part 2 with Josie Gibson 69:01 - 70:13 Outro   Thank you to the team at Ex-Zero for our branding and design work and to Christian Prochilo for our music and sound editing.   Thank you so much for listening to Moments of Clarity. Remember to subscribe, review and share episodes with your friends and family.   You can also check out our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/momentsofclaritypodcast/ or our website at www.moc-pod.com.