LIMINAL

Moderator:  John Damon: CEO, Canopy Children’s Solutions; Aspen Health Innovators Fellow Panelists: Mpadi Busisiwe Makgalo: Co-Founder and CEO, HEAL-SA; Africa Leadership Initiative - South Africa Fellow Michelle Culver: Founder, The Rithm Project; Pahara Fellow Related Resources: This conversation was held at the 2024 Resnick Aspen Action Forum.  Explore other conversations from the Action Forum...

Related Resources: Book: “The Executive’s Compass: Business and the Good Society” by James O’Toole This conversation was held at the 2024 Resnick Aspen Action Forum. Explore other conversations from the Action Forum on leading through uncertainty, collaboration across difference, and more.  *Currently in a discovery phase, the Technology Leaders fellowship is a values-driven leadership initiative...

How do we listen even when we are the most hurt? How do we disagree without disappearing? At the Resnick Aspen Action Forum , changemakers explored what it means — and what it takes — to stay at the table during the most difficult moments. This conversation turns toward clues in history, reminding us that the institutions of today were once the result of creative innovation.  Taking inspiration fr...

To live in our world today is to sit with the heaviness of the many contexts of oppression, violence and injustice that exist. It can feel overwhelming and even disempowering, especially for those who want to drive change. How can we see the light during such painful times? How can we take pause amidst chaos and hurt to stay curious? Who can we turn to and where can we go to find our common humani...

Suzanne Biegel (Catto Fellow), a beloved member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network was diagnosed with incurable lung cancer in 2022. In confronting the end of her life, Suzanne has found a clarified vision around how to spend her time, live into her purpose, and speak truth. It's with gratitude that Suzanne joins us on LIMINAL to explore how we might all allow the shortness of life to shape ho...

How many times have you heard the cliche “the children are our future.'' If you consider it seriously, it’s actually a profound statement. If we were to truly center children - and the people that raise them - how would our systems, structures and cultures change?   At first blush, childcare seems to only be relevant if you need it for your family, but it’s actually foundational to a functioning s...

Massive transformation is underway in the way we work and our relationship to work. Many people felt this shift when we left our offices to indefinitely work from home in 2020. The change continues, with exponential technology and AI reshaping how we define work altogether.  The United States is also experiencing an economic downturn, with labor shortage being one of the biggest drivers, particula...

Climate change poses one of the most existential threats of our time. It is a complex and overwhelming problem that requires a diverse set of solutions. We also know that at its core, this crisis, like many, is a moral challenge, rather than a technical one. In this episode of LIMINAL, we invite you to think  less about the “what” of climate work and more about the “who” and “who” we need to be in...

The Groundwater Institute helps people make sense of our society is organized by race - and how that organization causes racial inequity. On the premiere of LIMINAL, Dar Vanderbeck is in conversation with the Groundwater team on their analysis and how they work with leaders to propel their anti-racism journeys. Who you’ll hear from: Deena Hayes-Greene is a partner at Impactive and the founder and...

 In 2020, there were 600 mass shootings across the U.S., up from 461 in 2019. Every day it seems our phones buzz with a new report of a gun-related incident or death. What is it going to take to prevent gun violence in the United States? On this episode of the Value of Leadership, hear from two leaders, Arne Duncan (Henry Crown Fellow) and Megan Ranney (Health Innovators Fellow) who are bringing u...

Disrupters. Weavers. Visionaries. Caregivers. Storytellers.  These are just a few of the roles that make up the " Social Change Ecosystem Map" - a tool that took social media by storm last summer as more people found their way into the racial justice movement. On this episode of the Value of Leadership, we’ll hear from the designer of the map: Deepa Iyer .  Deepa is a writer, activist, and movemen...

A 2019 study by the Pew Research Center, surveyed Americans’ attitudes across 30 political values such as guns, race, climate, immigration, and foreign policy. The average gap between Democrats and Republicans on these hot button issues was 39 percentage points. And things don’t seem to be getting any better when it comes to finding common ground. In the summer of 2020, another study by Pew report...

As the new Executive Director of the Aspen Institute’s Finance Leaders Fellowship, Kara Gustafson is mobilizing a global community of finance industry leaders for a journey that ignites their passion and directs their skills and talents toward solving some of society’s most complex challenges. Fellows include people like the CEO of S&P Dow Jones Indices, CFO of General Mills, a Managing Director a...

The racial wealth gap in the United States is a wide and persistent gap between the median household income of different races – most greatly visible between Black and white households. The country’s history of systemic racism has weakened Black Americans’ ability to achieve economic security. With financial services systems and policies built to keep communities of color out, four Aspen Global Le...

Many are now asking: what will it take to bring the country together? The Civil Society Fellowship - a partnership of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Aspen Institute - answers that question by engaging the next generation of community and civic leaders, activists, and problem-solvers across these divisions to build deeper relationships with one another and tackle pressing issues head-on. ...

Many are now asking: what will it take to bring the country together? The Civil Society Fellowship - a partnership of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Aspen Institute - answers that question by engaging the next generation of community and civic leaders, activists, and problem-solvers across these divisions to build deeper relationships with one another and tackle pressing issues head-on. ...

A tragic explosion. Economic collapse. COVID-19. A revolution. Some of the latest challenges in Lebanon – a country wracked by decades of them – serve as a poignant reminder that we each have a role to play to ensure our leaders lead well, that our citizens stay engaged, and that we don’t get too comfortable in our own leadership while our world is falling apart.  In this episode, listen in on a d...

In the height of the 2020 U.S. election cycle, election security has been dominating the headlines. Our public institutions are being put to the test, trust in the voting process has waivered. This begs the question… how do we make elections free and fair, and in the midst of a pandemic, safe? And who are the types of leaders we need guiding our voting system. In this episode we talk with Central...