Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley

Sam Van Aken is my guest on Episode 64 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Sam is a contemporary artist who works beyond traditional modes of art-making, crossing artistic genres and disciplines to develop new perspectives on such themes as agriculture, botany, climatology, memory, and the ever-increasing impact of technology. Sam works in the natural and public realm are seen as metaphors that ser...

Prof. Shalanda H. Baker is my guest on Episode 63 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Now Deputy Director of the US Department of Energy for Biden Kamala Administration. Shalanda is a professor of law, public policy, and urban affairs at Northeastern University. She has spent more than a decade conducting research on the equity dimensions of the global transition away from fossil fuel energy to cle...

Mark Dorfman is my guest on Episode 62 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Mark is a New York City-based Senior Principal and lead chemist at Biomimicry 3.8, where his work is centered on the premise that living organisms, by necessity, have developed sophisticated, highly effective, life-friendly chemistries that could inspire provocative, high-performing, sustainable technology for modern society...

Melisa Arnautovic is my guest on Episode 61 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley.  Future of Work & Education - Transforming our World Melisa is a Thought leader, international speaker, experienced trainer, entrepreneur, educator, transformation coach, CEO & Founder of LIV.In Training and a human being. Her purpose is to positively impact the world by empowering people and organisations...

Stuart Scott is my guest on Episode 60 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Stuart refers to himself as an eco-social strategist. After working a conventional career with assignments for IBM, Merrill Lynch, and several universities, in 2008 he gave up working for money and since has devoted himself through a series of volunteer staffed initiatives, to awakening humanity to the ecological and climate...

Dr. Prof. Vanina Farber & Dr. Peter Wuffli are my guests on Episode 59 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley.   Vanina Farber, PhD, is an economist and political scientist with twenty years of teaching, researching, and consultancy experience. She holds the elea Chair for Social Innovation at IMD. Previously, Vanina was Dean of the Graduate School of Business and Associate Professor at Univer...

Michal Ziso is my guest on Episode 58 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley.  Michal is the founder of ZISO, a studio working at the intersection of architecture, innovation, space, and human equality. She is also a Space Architect focused on human experience, a trailblazer by dealing with social and psychological diversity aspects; and an active member of WiSpace - Israeli Professional Women in...

Kim Polman is my guest on Episode 57 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley.  Kim has been recently promoting a modern version of the Golden Rule: “Treat others and the planet as you wish to be treated” She co-authored, Imaginal Cells - Visions of Transformation on this very philosophy, a collection of essays from thought leaders addressing the most pressing issues of our time. Kim co-founded Rebo...

Serge de Gheldere  is my guest on Episode 56 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley.  Serge is CEO and co-founder at  Futureproofed , a company driven by the belief that a sustainable, fossil-free future is a better, more attractive future. Serge believes that it’s within our power to reverse the climate crisis and build a fossil-free, circular economy. Taking action represents the bigge...

Rich Sheridan is my guest on Episode 55 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Rich is CEO and Chief Storyteller at Menlo Innovations, is a successful entrepreneur and author of two best-selling books—Joy Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love and Chief Joy Officer: How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear. Rich’s passion for inspiring organizations to create their own j...

Olga Grönvall Lund is my guest on Episode 54 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Olga is a Swedish entrepreneur who has worked with food-related projects her whole professional career. She has mainly been active in Stockholm and Berlin but has also hosted events, catered, and done productions in other parts of the world such as Hong Kong, London, Bologna, Copenhagen, and Paris to name a few. In 201...

Patrick Holden is my guest on Episode 53 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Patrick is the Founding Director and Chief Executive of the Sustainable Food Trust. After studying biodynamic agriculture at Emerson College, he established a mixed community farm in Wales in 1973, producing at various times: wheat for flour production sold locally, carrots, and milk from an 85 cow Ayrshire dairy herd, now...

Bart de Witte is my guest on Episode 52 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Bart is one of Europe's leading and awarded experts on the digital transformation of healthcare, and one of the most progressive forward thinkers focuses on finding alternative European strategies for the current postmodern world to create a more desirable future with greater social benefits. He is the initiator of the HIPP...

Doris Naisbitt is my guest on Episode 51 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Doris Naisbitt is an observer of global social, economic and political trends. She is Director of the Naisbitt China Institute, author and co-author of bestselling books, and columnist in German, Chinese and Nepalese media. In addition to her research on future global developments Doris Naisbitt is dedicated to foster pers...

Prof. Dr. Matthias Glaubrecht is Marc's guest on Episode 50 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley.   The End of Evolution the nature of life and Biodiversity One of the most famous German evolutionary biologists Matthias sees the greatest loss of species since the dinosaurs became extinct as a worldwide biological tragedy. The greatest threat to the existence of all living beings is definite...

Stephen is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning educator, author of best-selling book,  The Power Of A Plant  and Founder of  Green Bronx Machine . Known as America's favorite teacher, Stephen is responsible for creating the first edible classroom in the world. He and his students have grown more than 100,000 pounds of vegetables in the South Bronx, have been celebr...

Majbritt Kristensen is my guest on this episode of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Majbritt’s Scandinavian & Mediterranean upbringing triggered her passion for Circularity.  Her interest and understanding of circularity led to past and current experiences with startups in Silicon Valley, WEF Davos, local NGOs and private projects.  Serious childhood health issues led her to explore l...

Jennie is the Director of the  School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs  and the Dean’s Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy at  Northeastern University  in Boston, Massachusetts.  She is also the Director for Strategic Research Collaborations at Northeastern University’s  Global Resilience Institute,  and is affiliated with the  Women’s, G...

Felix Dodds has been a leading thinker in the area of global governance for thirty years. Now an Adjunct Professor at the University of North Carolina where he is the Principal Investigator for the Belmont Forum funded project Governance of Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience for Sustainable Development. At UNC he co-directed the 2014 and 2018 Nexus Conferences on Water-Food-Energy and Climate....

Victor E. Friedberg is my guests on this episode of Inside Ideas. Victor has been at the forefront of innovation, investment and sustainability for over 20 years. As Co-Founder of S2G Ventures he was a principal force in developing the S2G mission, culture, strategy and team. Through his work at S2G, he pioneered  system investing  as a strategy for investing into food and agriculture an...

Dr. Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario based strategic advisory firm. Parag has been honored as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and has served on the WEF’s Global Future Council on Mobility, Global Agenda Council on Geoeconomics, and advisory board of it...

Simon is an entrepreneur, angel investor, mentor, podcast host, founder and Chief Purpose Officer at The Purposeful Project.  He has started 17 companies, invested in over 60+ startups and has mentored hundreds of founders. Having sold his award-winning branding and digital agency, Fluid, to PwC, Simon now focuses on inspiring, motivating and guiding both budding and experienced entrepreneurs...

Jeff DeGraff is my guest on this episode of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Jeff is both an advisor to Fortune 500 companies and a professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. His simultaneously creative and pragmatic approach to making innovation happen has led clients and colleagues to dub him the “Dean of Innovation.” He has written several books, including Leading In...

Dr. Anika Molesworth is my guest on this episode of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley.  It was the decade-long Millennium drought on Anika's family's farm that spurred her interest in climate change, and to ask "How are we going to feed a rapidly growing global population well, in a climate challenged world?" With a passion for rural communities and healthy ecosystems, she is committed to help c...

Prof. Dr. Thomas Juli  is the founder, managing director and curator of Motivate2B. He is a  human business architect  and coach for agile company and project transformation with more than 25 years of experience in various industries and organizations. His vision is to help human business establish itself as the new global normal within ten years. He is currently acco...