Bennu Podcast
Bennu Community is where nonlinear journeys meet transformative conversations. Each episode dives into personal stories of becoming, migration, learning, and change โ tracing how individuals and communities shape their futures together. Powered by The Futures Hub, Bennu sits at the intersection of storytelling, reflection, and collective imagination. In collaboration with Agora ยท Flux Forward ยท Elewave ๐ Website: https://bennu.community ๐ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bennucommunity ๐ Instagram: https://instagram.com/bennucommunity ๐ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bennucommunity ๐ X (Twitter): https://www.x.com/bennucommunity ๐ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@bennucommunity ๐ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bennucommunity Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Breathing into Connection: The Power of Presence at Work
With Stacya Giverts, Director of Customer Success at Warm Space
In this episode, we sit down with Stacya Giverts, Director of Customer Success at Warm Space โ a platform built to help teams create real connection, trust, and psychological safety through simple, powerful daily practices.
Stacya shares her personal journey and the story behind Warm Space, exploring how breathi...
The Power of Progress Over Perfection
with Diana Enache โ Mindset Coach for Career Growth & L&D Consultant
What happens when we stop chasing perfection and start celebrating progress?
In this episode of the Bennu Podcast, we explore the mindset shifts that help high achievers move forward in work and life. From reframing imposter syndrome to embracing mistakes as fuel for growth, we dive into the tools and practices that m...
Who Am I and Where Do I Come From? Intercultural Leadership in Practice
with Irene Taroni
Lecturer & Trainer in Intercultural Communication, Leadership, and Facilitation (Hanze University)
What does it mean to belong everywhere and nowhere at the same time?
In this episode of the Bennu Podcast, Irene Taroni shares her journey as a Third Culture Kid and how it shaped her passion for intercultural communication and leadership. S...
Human-Centered AI: From Systems Thinking to Real Change
With Liisa-Maija Malinen, Founder of ILO Facilitation Oy | Certified professional facilitator | learning designer
In this episode of the Bennu Community Podcast, we sit down with Liisa-Maija Malinen โ founder of ILO Facilitation Oy, certified professional facilitator, and learning designer.
Liisa-Maija shares her journey from sustainability and transformational learning ...
Ecosystems, Urgency, and the Power of Connection
With Yeni Joseph, Head of Ecosystem Strategy at TNW | Board TEDxAmsterdam
What does it really take to build a thriving startup ecosystem?
In this episode of the Bennu Podcast, we sit down with Yeni Joseph โ Head of Ecosystem Strategy at TNW and Board Member at TEDxAmsterdam.
Yeni shares her journey across policy, tech, and community building, unpacking why โecosystemโ is more...
Trust the Process: What Starting Over Really Teaches You
With Varsha Prasad
What does it really mean to start over โ in a new country, a new role, and a new identity as a founder?
In this episode, we explore the personal and professional transformation of a product innovation strategist who left the corporate world to build her own path. From navigating cultural transitions and building community from scratch, to the messy re...
Slowing Down to Speed Up: Rehumanizing Work Through Facilitation
With Tzu-Yao (Jerry) LIN
In a world racing toward optimization and automation, what does it mean to slow down โ not as an escape, but as a path to deeper connection, clarity, and meaningful transformation?
In this episode of Bennu Podcast, we sit down with Tzu-Yao (Jerry) Lin, a multilingual organizational anthropologist and facilitator, whose work bridges global...
Dare to Imagine: Futures Literacy, Change, and Courageous Thinking
With Birgitte Velde, Consultant, futurist & Change Agent | Founder at Embli
In this episode of the Bennu Community Podcast, we sit down with Birgitte Velde โ a consultant, futurist, Change Agent, and Founder at Embli โ to explore what it truly means to dare to imagine.
From her early days on a strawberry farm to her current work helping organizations naviga...
Safe to Speak: How Psychological Safety Fuels Innovation and Trust
With Ania Hajdrowska, Founder of engaged.lab & psychological safety practitioner
In this episode of the Bennu Community Podcast, we sit down with Ania Hajdrowska โ Founder of engaged.lab and a certified psychological safety practitioner. Ania shares how psychological safety can transform teams, boost creativity, and build lasting trust โ especially in fast-cha...
Creativity Is Not Art: On Confidence, Change, and the Courage to Do Things Differently
With David Chislett
In this episode of the Bennu Community Podcast, we explore the deeper layers of creativity โ beyond art, beyond talent, and into the heart of how we deal with change. Our guest, David Chislett, is a seasoned creativity coach and Foursight Mindset facilitator who has spent decades helping individuals and teams unlock their cr...
Undoing What We Know
A Systems Approach to Learning, Leading, and Letting Go
With Carla Traini
In this episode of the Bennu Community Podcast, we explore how to think beyond the obvious โ and why unlearning is just as important as learning.
Our guest, Carla Traini, is a systemic thinker, cross-functional educator, and mentor with a background spanning design, anthropology, psychology, and education. From leading global cre...
Narrative Isnโt About Today: Storytelling as a Future-Building Tool
with Megan Davis, Lead Storyteller of Spendlove and Lamb
What if storytelling wasnโt just about reflecting the past โ but about designing the future?
In this episode, we sit down with Megan Davis, a narrative strategist and lead storyteller, to explore how stories can shape culture, drive transformation, and build clarity in moments of change. From co-designing st...
Futures Thinking Is a Team Sport: Anticipatory Leadership and the Art of Plasticity
In this episode, weโre joined by Erik Korsvik รstergaard โ author, advisor, and futures thinker โ to explore how organizations can move from abstract foresight to practical transformation. We talk about anticipatory leadership, the hidden role of plasticity in decision-making, and why futures thinking should never...
Beyond Buzzwords: Futures Literacy as a Way of Being
With Martin Calnan โ UNESCO Chair for Futures Literacy in Finance
In this thought-provoking episode, we explore what it truly means to be futures literate โ not as a framework or buzzword, but as a way of being in the world. Martin Calnan shares his personal journey from marketing and consulting to pioneering futures literacy in finance, and invites us to rethink how we define ...
What Comes After the LMS? Learning in the Flow of Life
With Toby Newman
In this episode, Ben sits down with Toby Newman โ Senior L&D Consultant, TEDx speaker, and self-described โNever-ending Learnerโ โ to explore the future of learning in the workplace.
Together, they dive into:
- Why traditional LMS systems are becoming obsolete
- The shift toward personalized, in-the-flow learning
- How AI tools like chatbots and digital coa...
New Country, New Questions: Finding Your Voice in the Dutch Job Market
With Yingqing (Qing) Gong
โ Career Coach, Trainer, and Founder of Thrive Coaching & Consulting
Moving to a new country can bring big opportunitiesโbut also big questions.
In this episode, we sit down with Yingqing (Qing) Gong, an experienced career coach and founder of Thrive Coaching & Consulting, to explore what it really takes to build a meaningful ca...
Flying with Two Wings: Futures Literacy, Imagination & Emergence
With Riel Miller
In this inspiring episode of the Bennu Community Podcast, we sit down with Riel Miller, one of the worldโs pioneers in Futures Literacy and former Head of Foresight at UNESCO. With over four decades of experience helping people rethink the future, Riel shares why our ability to imagine what doesnโt yet exist is not just a skillโbut a key to navi...
Holding Space for Change: Leadership, Learning, and Futures in Practice
With Miranda Lewis
In episode 22 of the Bennu Community Podcast, we sit down with Miranda Lewis, Director and Partner at m2 real change consultants. Together, we explore what it really means to hold space for change โ from leadership and learning to futures thinking and facilitation. Miranda shares her personal journey, insights from her work with purpose-dri...
From Struggles to Solutions: How Two Students Built FormuLearn to Fix Math Learning
With Nicholas Roy and Jelle Langen
In this episode of the Bennu Community Podcast, we sit down with Nicholas Roy and Jelle Langen, co-founders of FormuLearn โ an edtech startup born out of their own struggles with learning math.
Nick and Jelle share how they turned frustration into innovation, building a platform that helps students navigate co...
Learning by Moving: From Code to Community, From Friction to Flow
With Majid Ramezanpour
In this episode of the Bennu Community Podcast, Ben sits down with his co-founder Majid Ramezanpour, a seasoned tech entrepreneur and the visionary behind EleWave. From his early coding days in Iran to leading engineering teams in Europe and co-founding two purpose-driven ventures, Majid shares his journey of learning through movementโboth ge...
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