Choosing to Matter

🎙️ Choosing to Matter: Cocktails with Chris Navigating Complexity and Community with David Harding Episode 17 In this episode, Chris sits down with David Harding - submariner, strategist, and change-maker. From a young man determined to join the British Navy to a career spent beneath the ocean, David's path has carried him from military service to leading major infrastructure projects, and now to...

🎙️ Choosing to Matter: Cocktails with Chris The Stories We Dance with Cathy Marston Episode 16 In this episode, Chris sits down with Cathy Marston, choreographer, artistic director of the Ballett Zürich, and a masterful storyteller through dance. Cathy's path began with ballet training in Cambridge and continued at the Royal Ballet School before unfolding into a distinguished international career....

🎙️ Choosing to Matter: Cocktails with Chris Rethinking Value and Building Regenerative Worlds with Gil Friend Episode 15 In this episode, Chris sits down with Gil Friend, strategist, translator, and sustainability pioneer. From a curious, science-minded kid in New York to working alongside Buckminster Fuller on the World Game, Gil's path has always intertwined curiosity with contribution. He went...

🎙️ Choosing to Matter: Cocktails with Chris From Scramjets to Sustainable Design with Anne Kovachevich Episode 14 In this episode, Chris sits down with Anne Kovachevich, engineer, futurist, and sustainability pioneer. From her early fascination with physics and scramjets to her current role shaping the cities of tomorrow, Anne's path has been guided by curiosity and resilience. A formative trip to...

🎙️ Choosing to Matter: Cocktails with Chris Crafting Hospitality and Clarity with Andreas Stöckli Episode 13 In this episode, Chris sits down with Andreas Stöckli, hotelier, chef-turned-general manager, and steward of one of Zurich's landmark hotels. From cutting his fingers as a teenage apprentice in the kitchen to guiding a historic property through its transformation into a five-star destinatio...

🎙️ Choosing to Matter: Cocktails with Chris Turning Capital into Positive Energy with Christin ter Braak-Forstinger Episode 12 In this episode, Chris sits down with Christin ter Braak-Forstinger, impact investor, author, and co-founder of Chi Impact Capital. From growing up in a small baroque Austrian town to leading one of Europe's pioneering circular investment firms, Christin's journey has been...

🎙️ Choosing to Matter: Cocktails with Chris Poetic Trails with Darco Cazin Episode 11 In this episode, Chris meets with Darco Cazin, child of the Alps, entrepreneur, and founder of Allegra. From a Swiss mountain village to building an international movement for sustainable mountain biking, his path is shaped by the clarity of alpine life and a curiosity for the wider world. His story interlaces bu...

🎙️ Choosing to Matter: Cocktails with Chris Shaping Philanthropy's Next Chapter with Sarah Howard Episode 10 In this episode, Chris sits down with Sarah Howard, connector, storyteller, and Managing Director of the Global Philanthropy Forum. From her beginnings in California as a filmmaker capturing human stories across South Sudan, Honduras, and small island states, Sarah has woven together a care...

🎙️ Choosing to Matter: Cocktails with Chris Physics, Serendipity, and the Future of Journalism with Felix Graf Episode 9 In this episode, Chris sits down with Felix Graf, physicist turned media leader, lifelong learner, and jazz enthusiast. From a youth steeped in music and philosophy to his PhD in quantum optics; he is now CEO of Switzerland's biggest newspaper. Felix's path has been anything but...

🎙️ Choosing to Matter: Cocktails with Chris Narratives that Move the World with Ana Rold Episode 8 In this episode, Chris sits down with Ana Rold, media entrepreneur, futurist, and founder of Diplomatic Courier and World in 2050. Ana was a child refugee who learned to adapt to new surroundings and gained a unique perspective on how other cultures and societies live. Years later, after moving to th...

🎙️ Choosing to Matter: Cocktails with Chris Coffee, Resilience, and Supply Chains with Ramon Schalch Episode 7   In this episode, Chris sits down with Ramon Schalch, CEO of Vi Collective, hiker, cyclist, and lifelong adventurer. From early dreams of becoming a professional ice hockey player to rebuilding his path after a career-ending injury, Ramon found a new calling in coffee. What began as chil...

🎙️ Choosing to Matter: Cocktails with Chris The Serendipity of Science with Zina Cinker Episode 6 In this episode, Chris sits down with Dr. Zina Cinker, physicist, global platform creator, and Director General of MATTER. From a childhood shaped by both art and science, to a chance discovery of graphene, to launching PuzzleX and Xpanse as platforms that translate deep science into human stories and...

🎙️ Choosing to Matter: Cocktails with Chris Nature, Cities, and Endurance with Russell Galt Episode 5 In this episode, Chris sits down with Russell Galt, ecologist, strategist, and lifelong advocate for the natural world. From growing up in the Scottish Highlands to tracking hyenas in South Africa, cycling across Continents, and now working at the intersection of conservation, cities, and carbon m...

Climate Extremes and Urgent Choices with Sonia Seneviratne Episode 4 In this episode, Chris sits down with Sonia Seneviratne, climate scientist, professor at ETH Zurich, and a leading voice in climate extremes. From her early fascination with astrophysics and childhood astronomy books to pivotal moments in the Amazon rainforest and now shaping global climate assessments, Sonia's journey is one of...

🎙️  Choosing to Matter : Cocktails with Chris From Snowy Slopes to Climate Science with Reto Knutti Episode 3   In this episode, Chris sits down with Dr. Reto Knutti, climate scientist, professor at ETH Zurich, and a trusted voice on climate science in Switzerland. Here we explore Reto's personal journey from a ski village in the Bernese Alps to becoming a leading figure in global climate modeling...

🎙️  Choosing to Matter : Cocktails with Chris Workforce Innovation and Equity with Cynthia Hansen Episode 2   In this episode, Chris sits down with Cynthia Hansen - Managing Director of the Innovation Foundation empowered by the Adecco Group, and a change-maker in global workforce inclusion. Together, they explore Cynthia's journey from her first job at a veterinary office to teaching in Japan, le...

🎙️  Choosing to Matter : Cocktails with Chris Ocean Swells and Systems Thinking with George Orbelian Episode 1 In this episode, Chris sits down with George Orbelian - surfer, innovator, and philosopher inspired by nature and Buckminster Fuller's principle of doing more with less. They dive deep into George's journey from catching ocean waves to becoming a systems thinker who embraces complexity, a...

What shapes a life? Sometimes it is the bold decisions. More often, it is the quiet ones, the everyday choices that open doors, shift directions, or help us become who we are meant to be. Choosing to Matter digs into those moments: both the seen and unseen decisions that shape someone's life, work, and way of being in the world. Hosted by Chris Luebkeman and brought to you by @Your2040, each episo...