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January 23, 2026 14 mins

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When life falls apart, slogans don’t help—tools do. We sit down with life coach and author Emma Barker to unpack a grounded approach to mindset that works on the days when energy is scarce and fear is loud. Instead of preaching “just stay positive,” Emma shows how to choose optimism with small, repeatable actions that hold up under real pressure.

Emma shares what thriving actually looks like in the middle of ...

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How do we transform raw data into actionable insights that drive meaningful change? Gallup's Managing Director Ilana Ron-Levy takes us on a fascinating journey through the evolving landscape of research and leadership.

Ron-Levy's path to data-driven leadership began with her natural talent for asking probing questions and seeking evidence-based conclusions. She shares how she discovered applied rese...

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What does it take to turn a school that feels unsafe into a place students can’t wait to enter each morning? Michael Bower, COO of UP Education Network, takes us inside a concrete model for K–8 transformation—one built on sharp priorities, family partnership, and immersive STEM experiences that connect classroom learning to real careers.

We unpack why UP moved from seven schools across Massachusetts to a deep...

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Big problems don’t yield to siloed effort. From the floor of the Idea Gen Global Summit in Athens, we sit down with future global leader Evangelia Safakis to unpack why cross-sector collaboration is the most reliable path to real, lasting impact—and how leaders can make it work without jargon or guesswork. We move beyond platitudes to lay out the mechanics: aligning incentives, sharing language across industries, and ...

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December 26, 2025 15 mins

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What does it take to lead through storms and build something that lasts? We sit down with Basilio Pekidis to explore how a childhood in Panama, years of volunteer leadership with AHEPA, and the gritty realities of energy infrastructure shaped a clear, actionable approach to leadership and impact. The conversation moves from hands-on philanthropy to the mechanics of LNG storage in Greece, linking human stories to the s...

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Leadership is more than a title; it’s a system that turns pressure into progress. We sit down in Athens with naval officer‑turned‑founder 2025 Global Impact Summit: Konstantinos Michanetzis to unpack how disciplined service, hard data, and startup speed can reshape everything from careers to crisis response. The story begins with a bold move: building Greece’s first structured career transition program for officers. B...

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What if the internet became a living world that learns with us, not a feed that extracts from us? We sit down with Constantino Roselli, founder and chief metaverse officer of NTZNS, to explore a metaverse that breathes: AI-native inhabitants, privacy-first design, and communities that co-write their future. This isn’t escapism—it’s a rehearsal studio for better systems.

We unpack how Netizens World blends sto...

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Some leaders chase the spotlight; others build trust, recover fast, and keep everyone moving toward a clear mission. From the Ideagen Global Impact Summit at ACS Athens, we sit down to unpack the traits that actually move teams: empathy that listens, humility that invites honest data, resilience that turns setbacks into systems, and mission focus that cuts through noise. Along the way, a future global leader brings a ...

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From Athens, we sit with George Sifakis to unpack a simple truth with big consequences: the world’s hardest problems yield when we bring unlikely partners to the same table. Government, business, nonprofits, and academia each carry their own language, incentives, and blind spots. When those worlds converge with respect and clear goals, stale roadblocks turn into shared wins—and listeners walk away with a blueprint to ...

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What does it take to stay credible when outrage travels faster than facts? We sit down with Alexandros Kostopoulos—Secretary General of the Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce and founder of Foresight—to unpack how leaders navigate toxic narratives, collapsing silos, and a digital sphere where deepfakes and polarization test every message. The conversation moves from first principles to practice: why truth beats spi...

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What does it take to build health systems that actually serve people where they work—and hold up under real pressure? We invited Dr. Charles Williams, Chief Medical Officer for Global Medical Services at Lockheed Martin, to unpack how corporate health, public service, and cutting-edge technology come together to protect and empower large workforces.

We start by redefining future-ready health leadership. Charl...

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November 24, 2025 6 mins

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Healthcare keeps calling for job-ready talent while classrooms graduate learners who still need months of ramp-up. In this episode, we sit down with Mona Morales, Founder & CEO of E2i Partners—a performance advisory and partnership brokerage helping education and industry co-create the future of work—to unpack what it really takes to close that gap. Drawing on 25 years across education and industry, including her ...

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October 20, 2025 9 mins

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Curious how today’s students can jump the gap from classroom learning to real healthcare impact? We sit down with Emily Todd, Senior Manager for Career Partnerships at Pearson, to unpack a practical blueprint: engage employers earlier, leverage AI and simulations to widen access, and build the soft skills that carry across every care setting. Emily explains why middle school is not too soon to spark career intent, how...

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The hardest part of a clinical trial often happens before it even begins: matching the right patient to the right protocol at the right time. This conversation unpacks why pre-screening has become the chief enrollment bottleneck—and how purpose-built AI, secure platforms, and real partnerships can turn that choke point into a fast lane for access to care.

Together with Hamza Hasan (CEO, Clinical AI; Co-Founder, VisionM...

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Most enterprise knowledge lives in chaos—PDFs, email threads, scans, recordings—and for years that chaos resisted automation. We sit down with Bernard Aceituno, Co-Founder of Stack AI, to unpack how generative models and agentic systems finally tackle the messy 90% of data and convert it into measurable actions.

Bernard draws a sharp line between keyword search and real understanding, showing how reasoning traces and t...

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Ever wondered how a passport stays secure, an EV gains range, or a phone camera keeps getting sharper without getting heavier? At the Ideagen Global Leadership Summit, we sat down with Daniel Kochik, Government Affairs Manager at Covestro LLC, to pull back the curtain on the materials that quietly make modern life possible—and what it takes to reinvent them for a lower-carbon future. From polyurethane foams in your ch...

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New York’s streets may be closed for UN Week, but the doors to a different kind of summit are wide open: a pastor and two clinicians speaking plainly about stigma, access, and the future of mental health care. From a rare disease and a near-fatal stroke to a 10,000-member congregation, we trace how one leader’s decision to seek therapy led to a free, community-powered clinic in Harlem—and why moving care outside the c...

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What if the missing piece in your biggest initiative isn’t budget or talent—but the story that carries it forward? We sat down with a true DC operator, a chief growth officer building sustainable tech, a global education leader, and a design author to map how courage, narrative, and community turn complex ideas into real outcomes.

From the Hill to the boardroom, we break down how to move beyond “policy will happen to u...

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Five subway stops shouldn’t cost a decade of life. That jarring image sets the stage for a fast-moving, solutions-focused conversation with leaders who are closing health gaps, reimagining summer learning as a college pipeline, and delivering school-based mental health at scale. Together, they connect the dots between business, philanthropy, nonprofits, and public systems—showing how collaboration becomes a real lever...

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Leadership lands differently when it’s lived, not laminated. This power panel of student leaders—Taylor Smith, George Sifakis II, Alexa Sifakis (Moderator), and Paul Christou—brings fresh, grounded stories about what it means to serve first, listen well, and turn influence into impact. From raising funds for cancer support to building a coding community that helps young women master AI and machine learning, these stud...

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