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In this episode we delve into an exciting convergence of technology and philanthropy with Endaoment, an innovative platform harnessing the power of Web 3.0 tools to redefine charitable giving. Discover a world where blockchain technology transcends being a mere digital ledger to become a catalyst for democratizing access, enhancing transparency, and reshaping the landscape of nonprofit initiatives...

In a rush of Q4 madness, we’re stepping back and taking a deep dive into something a little different, something that pulses with life itself – the Heart Economy. This movement isn’t just a whisper in the cacophony of leadership strategies; it’s a call to action, beckoning leaders to sync with a rhythm that’s been overlooked by many—a rhythm that thrums in the chests of each of us. In this episode...

The world is moving at breakneck speed, and as you’ve probably become aware….our lives are more and more relying on our data. We rely on this data, but have little ability to utilize them in the manner we use our physical possessions (loaning, renting, upgrading, etc.) Digital ownership is an important field to understand as more and more of our lives go online. In this episode, we talk with Shira...

Given the pace of development over the last century, and the amount of investment in carbon-based economy, flipping the switch to renewables over night is, unfortunately, not realistic. In this episode, we connect with Hitesh Juneja, a globally recognized innovator who is applying his business acumen, and activating his network to evolve antiquated energy technologies while simultaneously increasi...

Our governance structures and processes are stuck in the 1960s. If we don’t act in short order to upgrade our operating systems, we are going to find ourselves in the dustbin of history. Innovators like Myron Ragsdale & Lynn Roosevelt Wiggins join us today to share the tools and their creativity applied to improving our democratic processes. ** Around the 3min mark, Lynn revised the stat, he revis...

In recent years, we have seen an influx of innovative and bold experiments in redistributing the wealth accumulated by various institutions, organizations and entrepreneurs. These experiments fly under different flags - universal basic income, corporate social responsibility - social impact bonds, unrestricted granting, stimulus checks, gifts, social impact, etc. Some of these are making big impac...

In this conversation, we connect with Aviv Shalgi, founder of Solar Simplified, an exciting example of win-win-win thinking applied to the energy industry. By matching renters, homeowners, and small businesses who care about the environment and want to save money on their electricity bill with local solar farms through an easy and transparent signup process, Solar Simplified is making renewable en...

As we race into the greater recession, or depression, and the rules and tools we have taken as constant disintegrate, we are presented with an amazing opportunity - to invent systems that are stronger, more just - to shift our understanding of what value is and how it is transferred and to reimagine what governance means in a global, and digital context. Today’s guest lives on the vanguard of comm...

By intentionally designing our processes and systems to reward the behaviors we want, we can more quickly create the outcomes we seek. Times are changing, and the time is ripe to re-establish, reinvent and rejigger the processes we rely on to move the world forward. Today we connect with Pool Together, a decentralized finance protocol that is creating healthy savings habits, and breaking bad fisca...

When it comes to housing, the challenge we face is not an imbalance of housing supply and demand, but a gross misallocation of our housing resources. How many homes do you have? How many empty rooms are in your home(s)? On your street? In your city? Map this fact on top of a growing elderly population, with low to high needs for support - everything from grocery shopping, to companionship, to home...

Before we were mandated to stay isolated, many of us struggled with a lack a connection - to self, our culture, our families, our friends, our purpose and environments. This lack of connection is at the root of many of our mental health challenges, that present as anxiety, cutting, bullying, school shootings, depression, obsession, addiction, suicide and the myriad of other mental health challenge...

At the root of many social problems communities face the world over, at any scale, lay finances. Our financial services are inefficient, obfuscated and inaccessible. To respond to the pains and constraints we face regarding accessing and using money, a growing cohort of social innovators are building more accessible, fair and transparent financial services. Today, we learn about a completely decen...

What does ownership mean in a digital age? As our lives move more virtual, answering this question becomes very important. Questions of authenticity, of history, and of piracy. Blockchain technologies inherent transparency, veracity, and decentralized, baked into the infrastructure, make it uniquely applicable to the facilitation of managing, transferring and interacting with your digital possessi...

Great work places inspire hope, foment change and are fertile grounds for creative thinking. Great work places and organizations are too far and few in between. Enspiral is changing that by ensuring their clients and partners are practicing effective patterns of collaboration. As we start this next decade, societies around the world seem to be at an inflection point, and new solutions are needed t...

There is a rising suit of tools that allow people the world over to begin doing things with their money that has previously been impossible. As blockchain tools begin to grow up, we are seeing a creative explosion of possibilities as people begin to program money. One tools that we have mentioned a few times in recent episodes is DAI. D.A.I. DAI is a tool from the company, Maker. DAI is a dollar b...

The economy is rapidly evolving - we just had the highest highs, followed by unprecedented volatility. This combined with the fact that we enjoy a global workforce, interconnected by interdependent central banking systems, makes all of us vulnerable to the ebbs and flows of economic whims, worries and wonders. In this new economy, workers are more mobile, transitory, have more options and incur mo...

Marshall McLuhan once wrote, "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” Consider how the internet has shaped reality in less than a quarter century. While human’s are great at creating tools, we have a shockingly poor ability to understand the implication of our tools when the world takes hold of them. I share all this as context as we enter the unknown and race to build tools to solv...

Sustaining the important work of non-profits is vital to solving the challenges society faces that the "free market" is not incentivized to solve. Innovative solutions that lower the threshold for who can be a philanthropist, and that provide a dependable source of funding for our non-profit partners can fundamentally change how non-profits operate and help them focus on impact, increase their ris...

In the face of this, a new bread of entrepreneur is emerging with the aims of decentralizing financial services and increasing the transparency, autonomy and validity of economic systems. The movement goes by the name, DeFi (as in decentralized finance). To realize this vision of decentralizing central banks and their bevvy of obfuscated services, a new relationship with data is required. The new...

Media has always played a pivotal role in shifting the patterns we seek to change. New stories help cultures shift behaviors, patterns and potentially bring about long-sought-after changes. So how can we shift the narratives around some of our most entrenched social ills? Two innovators are working on that. In this episode, we meet Eric Ortiz, a journalist, and Chaumtoli Huq, a lawyer and much mor...

Over 80% of our health outcomes are determined by things doctors can't fix. In this episode, we meet a doctor has dedicated his life to to addressing the health needs of some of our most in need and vulnerable by taking a unique approach to healthcare. Through his journey, this doctor has improved health outcomes for his patients, and many more, by securing funding and implemented much of SF’s hou...

Communities around the globe are experiencing unprecedented challenges in housing their residents, and social innovators are applying their creativity to solving the challenge. In this episode, we explore one potential solution that is elegant and complex: community land trusts. Helping us unpack CLT's is Cassandra Ferrera, a radical real estate professional who is applying her passion and prowess...

John McAfee is a visionary, mogul, fugitive, presidential candidate, entrepreneur, a true one of a kind. In this episode John and I discuss why he is running for President of the USA in 2020, love, literature, arrest records and more. Twitter: https://twitter.com/officialmcafee

Cell phone ubiquity is inhibiting us all from communicating and connecting in the ways we strive to be with one another. It has reached a fever pitch and I am more aware of their negative effects now more than ever. Leaving aside the impact of these devices on our youth (e.g. cyber bullying), our cultural addiction to these devices is getting in the way of our ability to have our basic needs met -...

In a world of increasing decentralization (think Social Media, WikiPedia, AirBnB, Lyft, #MeToo) one arena has not yet been decentralized - finance. That being said, citizens the world over are all too aware of the negative impact of the current financial system, driven by centralize banks. Thus, social innovators the world over are working furiously to build a better built financial system - one i...