Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement
Join me, Prof Wayne Visser, for inspiring conversations with leaders in the breakthrough movement to regenerate nature, society and the economy. Thriving is about going beyond sustainability to a net positive agenda of innovation and regeneration. Each episode is a dialogue with thought leaders and pioneering practitioners, capturing their perspective on the six great transitions to thriving: how to go from degradation to restoration of ecosystems, from depletion to renewal of resources, from disparity to responsibility in communities and workplaces, from disease to revitalisation of health, from disconnection to rewiring through technology, and from disruption to resilience in infrastructure and institutions. We also explore what kind of leadership are needed to create a thriving future, and how organisations can take action to integrate thriving into their strategies, products and services. This is not about false hope or blind optimism, but we actively focus on innovative solutions and positive tipping points for change. The podcast builds on the foundations of my bestselling book "Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy." I look forward to having you join the movement for thriving and welcome your suggestions for who I should feature as invited guests on the podcast. Credits: Host: Wayne Visser. Podcast music: Amil Raja
Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement
23. Pessimism is a Luxury We Can No Longer Afford, with Kumi Naidoo
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Season 1
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Episode 23
My guest this week is Kumi Naidoo, Founding Chair at Africans Rising and former Secretary General at Amnesty International and Executive Director at Greenpeace. In this episode, he talks about why:
- Thriving requires a can-do attitude and intergenerational mentality that accepts that social and environmental justice is a struggle of a lifetime
- Framing climate change as an environmental issue was a strategic and tactical blunder of major proportions
- Environmental decline is not from lack of solutions, but rather lack of political will, appropriate economics and inclusive communication
- We need to get better at speaking to the heart, not only the head, including by turbo charging “artivism” and a culture of emergence
- The changes necessary will only happen when we scale societal movements that pressure business and politics to move further, faster
Key links
Kumi Naidoo (LinkedIn)
Africans Rising (website)
The Starfish and the Spider (book)
Thriving (book)
Africa Proud (poem)
Wayne Visser (website)
Wayne Visser (LinkedIn)