Wanderful - Inspiration On The Go

With the World Wide Wander just weeks away, we've edited together just a few of our favourite guests from the Wanderful podcast - sharing what they love about taking their creativity for a walk.  If you would like to join us in exercising your imagination, take a wander to https://www.theworldwidewander.com and sign up for free Walkshops across the globe, special guests, inspiration, ideas and lau...

Hello wanderers… welcome to the finale of our fifth season of ‘Wanderful’". If you’ve listened to any of the previous episodes, you will know this is a podcast which has been designed to be walked to, providing you with some ‘inspiration on the go’ Every week we invite an inspiring guest to join us… somebody with a refreshing take on life and its various twists and turns. What you don’t know is th...

“Find what you’re best at and do that” Holly Cullen-Davies is a pianist, singer, choir leader, environmental campaigner and curator. Holly has been performing regularly since the age of six and working as a freelance musician for over fifteen years. She studied at the CNR de Lyon, France, The Royal Northern College of Music and The Guildhall School of Music and Drama studying with Kasia Borowiak,...

‘I think of each year of my life now, as a level… in a game.’ Carl Honoré is a bestselling author, broadcaster and two-time TED speaker. He is also the voice of the Slow Movement. After working with street children in Brazil, Carl covered Europe and South America for the Economist, Observer, Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle, National Post (Canada), Time and other publications. His first book, In Pr...

Satish Kumar ‘Goodbye, Rene Descartes!’ Peace-pilgrim, life-long activist, and former monk, Satish Kumar has been inspiring global change for over 50 years. Aged 9, Satish renounced the world and became a wandering Jain monk. Then in his 20s, he undertook a pilgrimage for peace, walking for two years without money from India to America for the cause of nuclear disarmament. Now in his 80s, Satish h...

Arne Gast, Senior Partner McKinsey & Co “We have to re-write all the rules.” The core of Arne’s work is creating organisations for the future and making change personal and systemic in high-stake transitions. As the global lead of McKinsey’s “Powering Performance Transformations” offering, Arne helps to create positive change – through shifts in culture, stronger leadership, new capabilities and l...

Philipp Blom “History is a mess of facts.” Philipp Blom (1970) is a historian and author of several novels, journalism, politics, and philosophy. He also works a radio presenter, documentary film maker and as a public lecturer. Philipp was born in Hamburg and grew up in Detmold, in northern Germany. After studying history, philosophy and Jewish studies in Vienna and Oxford, he gained a D.Phil. on...

Wanderful with Tom Morley “Irreverence, justified” Team Building is needed more than ever in 2023. Face to face onsite interaction. A reason to come together. 200 people drumming. A thousand people singing in harmony. Things we can't do on Zoom.   Tom Morley has a 40- year track record of doing this. Scritti Politti, David Bowie, Madness, Blue Chips everywhere and now you. Exactly where you are. T...

“I have exquisite wanderlust” Libby DeLana is an executive creative director, founder of This Morning Walk and co-host of the podcast This Morning Walk with Alex Elle. She spoke at the 2022 Do Lectures with Cheryl Strayed about the transformative power of a walk. Libby spent her career in advertising. She was the Director of Design at MullenLowe for 15 years, then went on to co-found the boutique...

“I sit for an hour and I get to know the neighbours - the more than human neighbours.” Paul Bulencea is an experience designer focused on the nature of the transformational experience. He has created many experience concepts globally and is currently focusing on collaborating with wilderness to spark and maintain a much needed shift in perception. He is the co-founder of the College of Extraordina...

"My purpose is to be a beacon for inspiration." Anuradha Chugh is the CEO of Pukka Herbs since July 2021. She firmly believes that businesses can – and should – tackle climate change and address inequality. Anu has over 25 years’ experience in the CPG industry, holding positions in values-led progressive businesses like Ben & Jerry’s as Managing Director- Europe, as well as in some of Unilever’s f...

‘What one mountain taught one Londoner about life …step…by wobbly step.”  This week’s episode is a little off the straight and narrow. But that’s what Wanderful is all about. Finding wonder in life’s side roads.  I reckon the planet needs us to be more creative.  So for World Nature Conservation Day, we decided to get improvising. Our producer Andrew Paine took some words that came into my mind as...

"My activism is just one tool in the activism tool kit." Sarah Corbett is an award-winning activist, author, Ashoka Fellow and founder of the global Craftivist Collective. She grew up in a low-income area of the UK into an activist family and has worked as a professional campaigner for over a decade, most recently with Oxfam GB. She started doing craftivism (craft + activism) in 2008 to add a diff...

Dr Dale Vince OBE With more than 25 years experience as a green entrepreneur,  Dale launched Ecotricity ( http://www.ecotricity.co.uk ), the world’s first green energy company back in 1995.  Today, it powers around  200,000 homes and businesses across the UK with renewable energy from the wind and sun. Dale also owns Devil’s Kitchen ( http://www.thedevilskitchen.co.uk ), which makes vegan school d...

“Trust Breeds Magic” Tina Roth Eisenberg is a Swiss born and trained graphic designer. Over the past 16 years, she has started side projects that have organically turned into businesses: Tattly, Creative Mornings, Teux Deux and FRIENDS. Tina believes in generosity and kindness. She considers creating a fulfilling, kind work environment and welcoming, safe communities as her way of having a positiv...

"The wolves represent ‘wildness’ and if you ever have the occasion to see them and walk in the same place where they live and share the same territory as them, it's a privilege." Paul Bulencea is an award-winning author, educator, entrepreneur and speaker inspiring forward-thinking Fortune 500 companies and governments to foster innovation and drive sustainable growth by shifting business models f...

“Despite all our best endeavours… we rely on six inches  of soil and the fact that it rains.” Discover more stories of hope with Johanna and other climate innovators on the newly released ‘The Green Room - What (On Earth’s) The Story’ film on You Tube. Full film: https://youtu.be/UWoO9UmWscM Trailer: https://youtu.be/zmQqj5WHSPM Johanna Gibbons is a Landscape Architect and Fellow of the Landscape...

“In 2018 we built the world’s first sailing boat, made from already used plastic.” Discover more stories of hope with Ben and other climate innovators on the newly released ‘The Green Room - What (On Earth’s) The Story’ film on You Tube. Full film: https://youtu.be/UWoO9UmWscM Trailer: https://youtu.be/zmQqj5WHSPM Ben Morison is CEO of Far & Wide Travel, and has worked in the Africa travel industr...

“What we need is soils that are resilient… that are sponges” Discover more stories of hope with Eliane and other climate innovators on the newly released ‘The Green Room - What (On Earth’s) The Story’ film on You Tube. Full film: https://youtu.be/UWoO9UmWscM Trailer: https://youtu.be/zmQqj5WHSPM Éliane Ubalijoro, PhD,  is the Executive Director of Sustainability in the Digital Age and the Future E...

‘I’m the murmuration meister… I should put that on my business card’ Nigel Topping is the UN’s High-Level Climate Action Champion, appointed by the UK Prime Minister in January 2020. Nigel works alongside the Chilean High-Level Climate Action Champion, Gonzalo Muñoz. The role of the high-level champions is to strengthen collaboration and drive action from businesses, investors, organisations, citi...

"I'm a woo-woo scientist" Gabrielle Walker, Founder and Director of Valence Solutions, is an expert strategist, speaker and moderator focused on unleashing capitalism on climate change. She works with global companies at boardroom-level, analysing emerging trends, challenging conventional thinking and driving meaningful action. Through its partnership with the UNFCCC High Level Champions for Clima...

“Hello wanderers… welcome to the finale of our second season of ‘Wanderful’". If you’ve listened to any of the previous episodes, you will know this is a podcast which has been designed to be walked to, providing you with some ‘inspiration on the go’ Every week we invite an inspiring guest to join us… somebody with a refreshing take on life and its various twists and turns. What you don’t know is...

Nmon Ford With multiple Grammy-winning albums to his credit, Nmon Ford began his musical journey at age three as a piano prodigy, moving quickly to the study of multiple other instruments and, ultimately, singing. He started the season as the composer and librettist (and title-role singer) of Orfeus, A House Music Opera, which was scheduled for its world premiere at London’s Young Vic Theatre (pos...

Kia Cannons “Can we slow down to the pace of nature?” Kia is the do what you love coach for creative women. Empowering women with the tools to figure out what they want to do with their life, Kia helps women shift from surviving to thriving.   Guiding people through essential self-discovery work to know what they want and tap into what they are called to do, Kia gets people unstuck so they can liv...

Oli Barrett MBE – Connector, Presenter and Co- Creator 'Great Ideas Start With Laughter' Described by WIRED magazine as "the most connected man in Britain", OIi Barrett is a serial co-founder who enjoys connecting people and ideas. He is a shareholder in several companies including Calm.com and Troubadour Theatres and co-founded the UK's largest schools enterprise competition, Tenner. He co-founde...