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Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement
by Wayne Visser
Join me, Prof Wayne Visser, for inspiring conversations with leaders in the breakthrough movement to regenerate nature, society and the economy. Thriving is about going beyond sustainability to a net positive agenda of innovation and regeneration. Each episode is a dialogue with thought leaders and pioneering practitioners, capturing their perspective on the six great transitions to thriving: how to go from degradation to restoration of ecosystems, from depletion to renewal of resources, from disparity to responsibility in communities and workplaces, from disease to revitalisation of health, from disconnection to rewiring through technology, and from disruption to resilience in infrastructure and institutions. We also explore what kind of leadership are needed to create a thriving future, and how organisations can take action to integrate thriving into their strategies, products and services. This is not about false hope or blind optimism, but we actively focus on innovative solutions
Episodes
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S3.E12: Hope is an Action Verb: A Final Call to Change the World
Episode 12 is based on "Witness" (Epilogue). Core Theme: Joining the global collective movement for socio-ecological regeneration. The Six Sixes Matrix: A final synthesis of the keys, breakthroughs, market opportunities, and leadership qualities of thriving [801, Table E.1]. Thriving as a...
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S3.E11: The Fantastic Four of Leadership: Finding Your Inner Superhero
Episode 11 is based on "Leadership" (Chapter 10) Core Theme: Nurturing the specific characteristics and archetypes required to guide systemic change. Thriving-Driven Qualities: A breakdown of the six core leader traits: being Systemic, Inclusive, Strategic, Caring, Innovative, and Courageous…
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S3.E10: The Return on Thriving: The 10-Rs of the Business Case for Regeneration
Episode 10 is based on "Integration" (Chapter 9). Core Theme: Embedding thriving and value creation into the core DNA of organizations. Watermelons to Biogas: Exploring Biogen's anaerobic digestion plant in Cambridge, which processes rotting municipal food waste into clean biogas and high-yield...
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S3.E9: The 5-D Strategy for Survival: Our Cheapest Climate Safeguards
Episode 9 is based on "Resilience" (Chapter 8). Core Theme: Preparing infrastructure, economies, and communities to bounce back from systemic shocks. Stories of Survival: Highlighting Fahrije Hoti and the widows of Krushe e Madhe in Kosovo, who overcame profound tragedy to build Krusha—a thriving...
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S3.E8: Demons, Digital Twins, and TrashBots: Teaching Technology to Serve the Planet
Episode 8 is based on "Rewiring" (Chapter 7). Core Theme: Aligning the Fourth Industrial Revolution to serve nature and society. M-Pesa and M-Kopa: Tracing the rise of the "Silicon Savanna" in Nairobi. M-Pesa's mobile text-based banking brought financial services to millions of previously…
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S3.E7: The "Hey, It's OK!" Movement: Tackling Workplace Burnout
Episode 7 is based on "Revitalization" (Chapter 6). Core Theme: Prioritizing health, vitality, and well-being as the ultimate measures of a successful society. The Miracle of Andi: A deeply personal story of Wayne Visser’s son, Andi, who suffered a severe heart valve infection and went into…
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S3.E6: Nownership: The Seismic Shift from Private Property to Shared Access
Episode 6 is based on "Responsibility" (Chapter 5). Core Theme: Turning disparity into responsibility by making the economy truly inclusive. The Access Economy: Challenging "global apartheid" by giving marginalized groups fair access to economic opportunities through shared services and…
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S3.E5: The Boom of Biofabrication: Growing Bricks, Clothes, and Meat
Episode 5 is based on "Renewal" (Chapter 4). Core Theme: Redesigning the economy to mimic nature’s zero-waste cycles. Borrow, Make, Use, Return: Shifting from the linear "take-make-use-lose" model to a circular economy where every output is a nutrient for another process. Bio-loops vs....
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S3.E4: Paying Nature's Invoice: Unlocking the $145 Trillion Ecoservices Economy
Episode 4 is based on "Restoration" (Chapter 3). Core Theme: Moving from the "crime of ecocide" to an economy that actively restores nature. The Ecoservices Economy: Valuing nature's "invisible" contributions—like water purification and pollination—which are estimated to be worth $125 to $145...
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S3.E3: Wicked or Entangled? Unravelling our Knotty Problems
Based on "Paradox" (Chapter 2) Core Theme: Recognizing the "forces of fragmentation" that act as triggers for systemic transformation. The Forces of fragmentation: A look at the six distinct ways our current systems are breaking down: Degradation of ecosystems, Depletion of resources, Disparity…
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S3.E2: Seeing the Forest for the Trees: The Power of Systems Thinking
Episode 2 is based on "Thriving" (Chapter 1). Core Theme: Using the science of systems thinking to create environments where all life can flourish. The Wood Wide Web: Shifting perspective from individual parts to the whole system. The author explains how trees use vast underground fungal networks...
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S3.E1: Surviving the Global Riptide: - From Panic to Purpose
Season 3 is an experiment. It features an AI-generated dialogue that deep dives into each chapter of the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy. Let me know what you think! Episode 1 is based on "Hope" (The Prologue). Core Theme: Moving from panic…
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45. A Systems View of Life, with Fritjof Capra
My guest this week is Fritjof Capra, living systems theorist and bestselling author of The Systems View of Life. He discusses how: Systems thinking represents a shift from a mechanistic to an organic or network worldview Complexity theory brought a breakthrough in our understanding of living...
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44. Stories of Life, Land and a Farming Revolution, with Sarah Langford
My guest this week is Sarah Langford, author of Rooted: Stories of Life, Land and a Farming Revolution. She discusses how: The UK’s policy of “public money for public good” is helping farmers to reclaim their role as stewards of the land We can learn lessons for transforming the food sector from...
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43. The Purpose of Capital and the Nature of Value, with Jed Emerson
My guest this week is Jed Emerson, Chief Impact Officer, AlTi Tiedemann Global and author of The Purpose of Capital. He discusses how: Impact investing, social return on investment, venture philanthropy, and blended value are related, reinforcing concepts and practices ESG investing is not a new...
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42. Women Creating Social Impact for a Better World, with Robbin Jorgensen
My guest this week is Robbin Jorgensen, Founder and CEO of Women Igniting Change. She discusses how: “Listening tours” in Rwanda reveal inspiring women with resilience, innovation and creativity We need to work with men and change societal norms to create the opportunities for women Changing...
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41. Doughnut Economics for Business, with Erinch Sahan
My guest this week is Erinch Sahan, Business & Enterprise Lead at Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL). In this episode, he discusses how: Incentives in business are working against planetary boundaries and social foundations Growth as a core driver of business is incompatible with doughnut...
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40. For the Love of Soil, with Nicole Masters
My guest this week is Nicole Masters, Director of Integrity Soils and author of For the Love of Soil. In this episode, she discusses how: Farmers feel connected to the land, yet are destroying the living soil “Feeding the world” is a distribution problem, not a production problem Regenerative...
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39. How Regeneration Shifts us from being Apart From Nature to being A Part Of Nature, with David Harland
My guest this week is David Harland, until recently the CEO (International) of the Eden Project, with its two biomes with a million plants and the world’s largest indoor rainforest. In this episode, he discusses how: The Eden Project shows “the art of the possible” in turning ecosystem…
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38. Invoking the Spirit of the Salmon to Tackle Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, with Tamara Makoni
My guest this week is Tamara Makoni, Founder and CEO of Kazuri Consulting. In this episode, she discusses how: Equality and equity are different – and why equity is more important for creating fair outcomes Discrimination often emerges unconsciously, for example through “micro-aggressions”...
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37. Regenerative Agriculture Doesn’t Work Without Mutual Accountability, with Aneel Kumar Ambavaram
My guest this week is Aneel Kumar Ambavaram is the Founder Director of the Raddis (Radically Disruptive) Cotton Program. In this episode, he discusses how: He made the transition from selling agricultural chemicals to leading regenerative agriculture Regenerative agriculture increases the...
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36. Giving Diverse People a Seat at the Table is Not Enough, with Hanan Challouki
My guest this week is Hanan Challouki, the Founder of Inclusified. In this episode, she discusses why: Inclusion goes beyond having the right processes to having the right culture Listening is as important as giving people a seat at the table Diverse teams are more productive and more creative...
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35. A Better Everyday Life for the Many People, with Ludvig Liljekvist
My guest this week is Ludvig Liljekvist, Global Strategy, Development & Innovation Insight and Foresight leader for Ingka Group (largest IKEA retailer). In this episode, he discusses: What “positive” means in IKEA’s People and Planet Positive strategy Why circularity remains challenging for a...
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34. Making Sustainability and Diversity Business-as-usual, with Audrey-Flore Ngomsik
My guest this week is Audrey-Flore Ngomsik, CEO & Co-Founder of Trianon Scientific Communication and President of The Brussels Binder. In this episode, she discusses how: A more complex and dynamic world makes diversity more necessary to survive and thrive Incorporating diversity into targets and...
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33. Impact Investing, Hip Hop and the Black Opportunity, with Tino Chebebe
My guest this week is Tino Chibebe, author of The Black Opportunity, Founders’ Associate at Azteq and Investment Committee member at Impact Shakers Microfund. In this episode, he discusses how: Impact investing can make a critical difference in tackling social and environmental challenges…
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32. What Trees Can Tell Us About a Changing Climate, with Valérie Trouet
My guest this week is Valérie Trouet, a palaeoclimatologist, Professor of Dendrochronology at the University of Arizona and Scientific Director of the Belgian Climate Centre. In this episode, she discusses how: Studying tree rings can give insights into climate change over the past 2,000 years...
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31. Breakthroughs in Safe and Sustainable Data Storage, with Bhupinder Bhullar
My guest this week is Bhupinder Bhullar, CEO and Co-Founder of Swiss Vault. In this episode, he discusses how: Data storage represents around 4% of global carbon emissions and $66 billion of e-waste Energy footprints and cybersecurity risk are especially high for genetic data storage Innovation…
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30. Developing the Heartset of Femininity, Family and Flexibility, with Nuria Chinchilla
My guest this week is Nuria Chinchilla, the IESE Business School Professor of Leadership and Head of the IESE Chair on Women in Leadership. In this episode, she discusses how: Waste and pollution occur not only in the natural environment, but also in society Values are different from value, help…
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29. Navigating the Nature Agenda, with Jason Walters
My guest this week is Jason Walters, Director of GlobeScan, who has overseen research among 11,000 people from 11 countries on biodiversity and business. In this episode he talks about: Why action on biodiversity is so far behind action on climate change – yet starting to gain traction in the…
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28. Don't Be Mean to the Holocene, with Lucy Siegle
My guest this week is Lucy Siegle, a British journalist, broadcaster and author of books on ethical living, including most recently Be the Ultimate Friend of the Earth. In this episode, she talks about: What the role of the media is in educating people on social and environmental issues – and how...
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27. Regeneration: Putting Life at the Centre of Everything, with Paul Hawken
My guest this week is Paul Hawken, environmentalist, entrepreneur, activist and author of the bestselling books The Ecology of Commerce, Drawdown and Regeneration. In this episode, he talks about: Why sustainability has become a “weasel word” and limited practice that we may be better off…
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26. The Yin and Yang of Inclusion and Innovation, with Francoise Chombar
My guest week is Francoise Chombar, Chairwoman at MELEXIS and STEM Platform, and board member at AMS and Umicore. In this episode, she talks about: How technology can be a force for positive impact, but only if it is inclusive – and how inclusion is a driver for innovation Why diversity, equity…
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25. The Factory as a Forest, with Jon Khoo
My guest week is Jon Khoo, Head of Sustainability (EAAA) at Interface. In this episode, he talks about: Why doing “less bad” is no longer a credible option and what becoming a restorative enterprise means in practice, in terms of ambitious strategy and regenerative design How Interface is…
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24. What’s Broken in our Food System, and How to Fix It, with Claudia Lee
My guest week is Claudia Lee, a journalist and podcaster on sustainable food systems. In this episode, she talks about: How the food system needs to navigate the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, plastic and chemical pollution and food security Why tackling food waste is critical,...
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23. Pessimism is a Luxury We Can No Longer Afford, with Kumi Naidoo
My guest this week is Kumi Naidoo, Founding Chair at Africans Rising and former Secretary General at Amnesty International and Executive Director at Greenpeace. In this episode, he talks about why: Thriving requires a can-do attitude and intergenerational mentality that accepts that social and...
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22. Exercising the Muscles of Sustainability, with Peggy Van Casteren
My guest this week is Peggy Van Casteren, Head of SDG & Community Impact at J&J Benelux. In this episode, she talks about how: Sustainability is like a set of muscles in business, which need to be connected, exercised and strengthened The healthcare industry is evolving from a focus on curing...
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21. Making Net Positive the New Norm, with Andrew Winston
My guest this week is Andrew Winston, co-author of Net Positive (with Paul Polman) and a globally recognized expert on megatrends and how to build companies that thrive by serving the world. How net positive – which means thriving by solving the world’s problems, not causing them – is different...
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20. The Secret Revolution in Agriculture is Nitrogen, with Kelly Price
My guest this week is Kelly Price, who is Co-Founder and CEO of Agreed Earth. Kelly talks about how: Our current economic model looks a lot like cancer – and why systems thinking is a way to change our metabolism as a species Food security is a challenge of distribution rather than production –…
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S1.E19: Enabling Environments for Peak Performance in Work and Life, with Eddy Annys
My guest this week is Eddy Annys, who is Managing Director of Randstad Belgium and a former Olympic athlete. Listen to Eddy talk about: His experience as a world class high jumper, and how peak performance by world class athletes is only possible by having an enabling system Why ensuring that...
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S1.E18: Helping Farmers to Kick their Chemical Drug Addiction, with Charlie Curtis
My guest this week is Charlie Curtis, who is Founder and Director of Progressive Agriculture Services and Head of Agriculture and Environment for the Cool Agriculture Alliance. Listen to Charlie talk about: How in developing countries offer many lessons on regenerative farming practices that can...
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S1.E17: Regenerative Agriculture as an Investment Opportunity, with Antony Yousefian
My guest this week is Antony Yousefian, who is the Founding Partner of ReFi Ventures and Advisor to Tech Nation. Listen to Antony talk about how: Conventional intensive agriculture is extractive, while regenerative agriculture is better for food security, resilience and health Innovation through...
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S1.E16: Innovation to Help Customers Become Net Positive, with Virginie Helias
My guest this week is Virginie Helias, who is Chief Sustainability Officer at Procter & Gamble. Listen to Virginie talk about: Why the goal of thriving must be thriving for all people, not only for the few – and how innovation and collaboration are the key How licensing technology – such as…
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S1.E15: Grassroots Solutions to the Biodiversity Crisis, with Douglas Tallamy
My guest this week is Douglas Tallamy, who is the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture at the University of Delaware, where he has authored over 100 research publications and has taught insect-related courses for more than 40 years. His bestselling books include book Bringing Nature Home, The...
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S1.E14: Thriving in an Age of Disruption, with Micaela Patron
My guest his week is Micaela Rizo Patrón, who is general manager of Perú Sostenible, a network of over 80 companies, which represents the World Business Council for Sustainable Development in Peru. Listen to Micaela speak about: What the more chaotic conditions and informal systems of developing...
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S1.E13: To Shared Value and Beyond, with Mark Kramer
My guest this week is Mark Kramer, a Harvard lecturer and leading researcher, writer, speaker and consultant on strategies for social impact. He is best known as the co-author of seminal articles on creating shared value, collective impact, and catalytic philanthropy. Listen to Mark speak about:...
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S1.E12: Think Big, Act Small, Start Now, with Claire Maxwell, John North and Anders Aspling
My guests this week are Claire Maxwell, John North and Anders Aspling, who make up the leadership team of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI). They speak about: The critical importance of building trust and holding courageous conversations that help us navigate the liminal space...
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S1.E11: Changing the System From Within, with Steven De Haes
My guest this week is Prof. dr Steven De Haes, Dean of Antwerp Management School. Listen to Steven talk about: Why shareholder-oriented business education can fairly be blamed for our previous global financial crises How self-awareness, global perspectives and societal consciousness are three...
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S1.E10: Turning Food Waste into Value with Frankie Fox
My guest this week is Frankie Fox, CEO and Co-founder of foodsquared.earth, and a founder on Cohort 2 of Carbon13’s Venture Builder for the climate crisis. Listen to Frankie talk about: How waste from industrial processes is a massive business opportunity for social and eco-entrepreneurs Why...
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S1.E9: One Life, One Mind, with David Lorimer
My guest this week is David Lorimer, an educator and philosopher, program director of the Scientific and Medical Network and author of A Quest for Wisdom: Inspiring Purpose on the Path of Life. Listen to David talk about: How we can reframe education as “drawing out” rather than “stuffing in” –…
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S1.E8: Remaking Fashion by Regenerating Cotton with Niccy Kol
My guest this week is Niccy Kol, Brand and Impact Catalyst for Raddis Cotton, which is building the world’s first regenerative cotton value chain, and Ambassador for Waste2Wear. Listen to Niccy talk about: Why promoting recycled and recyclable textiles in a circular economy do not go far enough –...
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Join me, Prof Wayne Visser, for inspiring conversations with leaders in the breakthrough movement to regenerate nature, society and the economy. Thriving is about going beyond sustainability to a net positive agenda of innovation and regeneration. Each episode is a dialogue with thought leaders and pioneering practitioners, capturing their perspective on the six great transitions to thriving: how to go from degradation to restoration of ecosystems, from depletion to renewal of resources, from disparity to responsibility in communities and workplaces, from disease to revitalisation of health, from disconnection to rewiring through technology, and from disruption to resilience in infrastructure and institutions. We also explore what kind of leadership are needed to create a thriving future, and how organisations can take action to integrate thriving into their strategies, products and services. This is not about false hope or blind optimism, but we actively focus on innovative solutions
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