The Profit PodQuest

Nayeli Pereznegrón, a mother of three from Mexico who transformed her pain into a source of love and compassion for others. Nayeli is the president of Luchando Por Ángeles Pequeños, a foundation that helps kids with cancer in Mexico, a women's institute advisor in the Mexican government, an author, and a speaker. Nayeli had to take care of her sick son who was in the hospital for almost two years, and this experience led her to see a world of suffering and change her way of thinking and acting. Her son eventually passed away, and Nayeli decided to close her business and help other families and children. Through her foundation, Nayeli wrote two books as a way to document her experience and provide therapy. In this episode, Nayeli shares valuable insights into how to deal with grief and suffering, including the importance of asking for help, surrounding yourself with important people, and finding a mentor to guide you. She also talks about how painful experiences can lead to the discovery of new superpowers, and how vulnerability is what makes us human. Nayeli's experiences have taught her that the most important thing is to keep learning and growing. She encourages people to embrace learning and not be afraid to change careers if they are not fulfilled. Join us to hear Nayeli's inspiring story of transformation, hope, and resilience. Connect with Nayeli LinkedIn Instagram Facebook Website of the foundation foundation

Francesco Mondora is an impact investor and servant leader of mondora srl sb. He envisions a world where people can serve the common good while working. He is a radical thinker who loves collaborating with people and businesses in building and adapting self-organized companies and focusing on the self-fulfillment of people. He is one of the first movers within the B Corp movement in Italy. Francesco is often found speaking about these topics at conferences and events throughout Europe. Once retired, he sees himself teaching at a primary school. Connect with Francesco: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francescomondora/ https://www.mondora.com/

Marcia intro Marcia King works at Derco Peru, a company selling cars, accessories and machines, as Deputy Sustainability Manager: a role created by her request and hard work in this field. With a Master's Degree in Corporate Governance from Escuela de Dirección de la Universidad de Piura, in Peru, Marcia King is a young changemaker who makes a difference in her daily life. Marcia says that she found her vocation through the concrete experience of working with children in the parish. Connect with Marcia: https://www.avvenire.it/economia/pagine/marcia-king-peruviana-assisi-papa-francesco https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcia-king-2a804342/ https://undec.org.pe/quienes-somos/

Father Jorge Obregón is the author of “Solid Ideas for a Fluid World”, a book that invites us to answer some very important questions related to discovering our personal purposes. Fr. Jorge Obregón is a member of the Legionaries of Christ - a Roman Catholic religious congregation of priests and seminarians living in communities who make vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience - and has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration in the Tecnológico de Monterrey, in Mexico. He is also founder of two social projects, especially focused on young people. First is the Search Retreat, whose mission is to meet people wherever they are and elevate them to a new understanding of their value and purpose, providing young adults with a transformative weekend. This project started in Colombia and has since grown to 9 countries and 19 cities across the globe. The second project is the “New Fire” platform, a website that shares Catholic content for young people from Latin America, together with the support of highly competent laypeople. Connect with Fr. Jorge: Search New Fire

Have you ever thought about the role of family in modern economy worldwide? What could be the influence of this basic social unit on today's economy? In this episode, Adam Zych, Founder and CEO from Poland, will be sharing his experience about this topic. Adam also has a masters degree in international Economic Relations at the Cracow University of Economics.  And another one in International Business Economics at the University of Applied Sciences in Kiel, he uses this educational background to give active support and to be involve in numerous social initiatives, including church ones. Adam is also a co-owner of a sportswear company named Raven, owner of solar covers broker and founder and CEO of Projekt PL Foundation - where he’s personally involved in all its projects. Connect with Adam on LinkedIn.  

Nash Billimoria’s purpose is to equip entrepreneurs to be the best version of themselves, building thriving companies that solve humanity's greatest challenges. Nash is committed to helping drive a new paradigm of growing, thriving and socially valuable businesses for the 21st century. Focused on tech start-ups, he wants to unleash human potential in business, based on leadership and management systems that scale people, impact and profit. Nash who’s also an avid ski mountaineer in his spare time - is a frequent guest speaker and panelist. He authored numerous articles on purpose, scaling up high performance teams and curated an interview series with thought leaders called “The Value of Purpose”. He is also founder and executive coach consultant at Nash Billimoria Consultancy, and professor of Leadership and Management at the Barcelona Technology School, where he leads a programme called “My Digital Impact”, designed to help students find their Ikigai - the Japanese concept meaning "reason for being" or “purpose”. Connect with Nash https://www.linkedin.com/in/nash-billimoria/ https://www.nashbillimoria.com/

Adriana Gómez Chico Spamer has used the question "How can we all live well?" as a guide for her choices, education and professional development. She has worked in different fields including social and private business, academic and research, encouraging collaboration between civil society, private and social enterprises, and government, searching for ways to reduce poverty and inequality and improve the life of people. Currently, she coordinates a research and net building project regarding inclusive and solidarity based economy and teaches different subjects related with economy and development at a private university. She studied economics, master in socioeconomic evaluation of projects and master in management of social economy enterprises. Connect with Adriana: [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriana-gomez-chico-spamer

Jorge Solís is an industrial engineer who, in addition to providing comprehensive consulting and business training solutions at Lago y Sarmiento, also works as a financial and executive coach. He is certified in executive, team, and innovation & entrepreneurship coaching at The International School of Coaching in Spain and has given more than 1,200 one-to-one accompaniment sessions in personal finance! Jorge is also a professor of Family Economics at the Juan Pablo II University in Costa Rica and for the past 5 years, he has been the host of a program on Radio María about personal finance from a biblical perspective. He gives talks and workshops in alliance with Cash Flow Chile and coordinates - along with his wife - the Costarican YouTube channel of the International Ministry Compass Catholic. Connect with Jorge on LinkedIn Jorge's Facebook Lago y Sarmiento's Facebook YouTube

Myrna Hoed is a creative and skilled coach and trainer, impacting gracefully. She started her career studying Law and Theatre dramaturgy. After setting up different theatre festivals, she felt the calling to work in education to train people's skills and develop organisations that aim to impact society and culture in a positive way. She was co-founder of the Academy of the City, Founder of the No Bullshit Academy, and Founder of Innovaness, a training company for innovation and interventions that matter. Her favourite themes to work on are: the Human factor (starting with the individual), embodied & emotional learning (how to use our emotions & body), attitude change (changing habits), integrity, and responsibility (as part of co-creation). She loves to design new programmes, create surprising and innovative solutions and she loves to dance Brazilian Forró. Myrna Hoed joined the team for EoF village Vocation & Profit in November 2019, to contribute to a new economy where the social impact is of higher value than the financial reward. And to share her skills in co-creating, design, embodied learning, creating connections, and motivating others to their full potential.

Mateusz Ciasnocha from Poland, a third-generation farmer operating a 700ha regenerative agricultural business in northern Poland on a mission of transitioning agriculture from convention to regenerative with farmers at the centre at the pace and scale required to unleash the world’s greatest carbon capture and storage pool: healthy and living agricultural soil. Connect with Mateusz at: www.facebook.com/EuropeanCarbonFarmers

Sister Helen Alford studied Manufacturing Engineering at Cambridge, and worked in various manufacturing companies including Michelin Tyre. After finishing a PhD thesis on “human-centred technology,” she joined the Dominicans and as a result was sent to teach at the Dominican University in Rome, the Pontifical University of St Thomas (Angelicum). She is now an Ordinary Professor of Economics and Ethics and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, as well as Vice Rector in the same university. Her research mostly looks at the role and impact of ethics and Christian social thought in the field of management, sustainability and, increasingly, artificial intelligence. She is an Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, a Consultor to the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development and Senior Adviser to the “Blueprint for Better Business” based in the UK.

Pieter Spinder is trying to take fear away from people, teams and organizations, and bring back love, to create a different future. And the starting point of all this? The people themselves. He is the founder of Knowmads Creative Business School Amsterdam, where he empowers and enables people to discover that they are good enough the way they are, and encourages them to answer the question: “what do you bring as a contribution to the world?” He also organizes and participates in events around the world to inspire people to find their inner call, acting, for example, as a keynote speaker around different topics in several countries worldwide, such as the USA, Argentina, South Korea, England, Singapore, Germany, Colombia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Italy, Israel and the Netherlands. One of these themes is “how to start a project or business, driven by the freedom to be.” In the field of consultancy, he facilitates Innovation & Change Journeys. Gearbulk, Electrolux, VF International and Decathlon are a few examples of companies he has helped along the way. Learn more about Pieter at www.pieterspinder.com

Helena Pham is a Partner at Consulus Global and also Managing Director at Consulus Vietnam. The firm specialises in helping companies transform their business models, to increase  the value chain through business and brand experience design. She has been the lead consultant for corporate strategy for major global brands such as Sony, and also for local Vietnamese brands and governments. Helena is a featured Columnist on Innovation Culture for Asian businesses and also a TEDx speaker for regional conferences in Vietnam and Singapore. She has been trained to be a global coach and has worked with experts such as Tony Robbins, Robert Kiyosaki and Blair Singer. Connect with Helena on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hangptt/

What does Vocation and Profit mean to you? In this episode, Loughlin Hickey shared with us some thoughtful and practical perspectives on vocation. Loughlin Hickey is one of the founding Trustees of Blueprint for Better Business and is also a Senior Adviser to Blueprint, which is a charity that exists to help businesses to be inspired and guided by a purpose that serves society. He is also, a co-founding member of UK21 which is a forum to help create an economy that works better for people and planet; In the corporate world, he is a former tax specialist at KPMG, Global Head of Tax and member of the Global Executive Team in that same company; As if it was not enough, his superpowers extent to Serving on the Prince of Wales' Charities Council as adviser on strategic projects; And currently is a member of the Archbishop of Westminster's Development Council. FB  |  Instagram