Abigail Washburn: Building U.S. – China Relations by Banjo

Abigail Washburn wanted to be a lawyer improving US – China relations until she picked up a banjo. She tells a moving story of the remarkable connections she’s formed touring across the United States and China while playing that banjo and singing in Chinese.

Brenda Brathwaite: Gaming for Understanding

It’s never easy to get across the magnitude of complex tragedies so when Brenda Brathwite’s daughter came home from school asking about slavery, she did what she does for a living, she designed a game. She describes the surprising effectiveness of this game, and others, in helping the player really understand the story.

Frank Warren: Half a Million Secrets

Secrets can take many forms. They can be shocking, or silly, or soulful. Frank Warren, the founder of PostSecret.com shares some of the half-million secrets that strangers have mailed him on postcards.

Barbara Kuhr: Wood, Rocks, Cats

Hers is a personal look at architecture and the purpose of design, as seen through the lens of lessons that Barbara Kuhr learned while growing up in the mid-century modern house that her father designed and built in 1958. 

Jens Mueller: Associate Professor at Waikato Management School, Company Director

Jens Mueller provides professional services to leaders, entities and Governments worldwide. He specialises in governance and entrepreneurship strategies to develop the performance of organisations. A large part of his work is to effectively connect entities to their stakeholders, and to focus on outcomes rather than outputs. ABOUT Jens Mueller He had the chance to run […]

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