As a young girl Lene wanted to become a singer and eventually she became an artist and released her own song. She has since embarked on achieving many new goals in her life and on her way both won dancing with the stars and now recently a powerlifting championship. On her journey through life she has had many ups and downs, but never lost her belief in that everything is possible. The most important thing that has given her this winner mentality, has been her closest ones who always believed in her and lifted her up. Today she works and lives for lifting others and some weights here and there. We can all learn a lot from inspiring Lene Alexandra on how to keep the believe in ourselves even when few others do. Wish you all a great watch or listen!

Every weekend I have some days off, I make sure to take time off to meditate a lot, rest more, move my body and be out in nature. This long weekend was not any different.  Every time I keep on getting reminded of what I need more of in my everyday life, and every time I get to take one small step at the time to a more meaningful way of living. In this weeks episode of A regenerative future I have invited Shani Persson who recently started her new company Wonder, which is aiming to create better human experiences and a lot of wonders. I just love all the great tips Shani is sharing here in combining business with harmoni in life. Im definitely inspired to include more elements of both harmony and wonder going forward. Hope you had a great long weekend of rest and hope you also get inspired by Shani to do some small changes in your life for better harmony. Wish you all a great listen and start on your week!

One year ago we in Future leaders global was set out to find two CEOs, that was before we met Tilmann Stolte. After a couple of rounds we realised we had found the perfect candidate to lead both the commercial and NGO part of the company, so we decided to merge both the organisations and the boards. It has now gone a year since we did our onboarding in a Sauna in Oslo and we talk about his main learnings after the first year, his tricks to keep in balance in a start-up in growth phase, how we feel about working together and how it is leading a Norwegian company from Copenhagen and being German himself. Till has previously worked in SingularityU and has been a professional drummer in Buck Roger & The Sidetrackers. He has the last year taken the organisation into a more regenerative and exciting direction. I encourage you to listen in to hear his thoughts about how we all can be part of the solution to create an even better future for all of us. I have personally found the Future leaders program so valuable that I have been part of the program three times, before I was asked to join the board. So hopefully you will get a sneak peak into what this amazing community of future leaders can offer you!

The room is packed with people and Im standing in the back. My heart starts to beat like crazy when the author starts to share the first story from her book “What leaders dont talk about”. It doesn't take many sentences before I realise that she decided to kick off her book launch with my story.In that moment Im back to being 29 again and the worst treatment I have ever experienced in my career. It hit me hard and it took me a while to get back on my feet again. I also learned how you should not treat people. Thinking about it still makes me anxious, and at first I was not sure if would dare to share my story.When Anita called me 6 months ago, she convinced me that it was worth it. Because noone should never be silenced in fear. If I wouldnt dare to speak up and share my story in this book, how can I then expect others to dare to speak up?Luckily most people I have met in my career , knows how to treat people respectfully. This weeks guest in A regenerative future Anita Sundby is one of them and her story is equally incredible.She is now on a mission to create a healthier worklife, where people dare to speak up and are treated with respect. Even in difficult situations. If you want to hear more about it, I suggest you listen or watch this weeks episode.Wish you all a happy easter and thanks for listening!

Aaron Kroon is adopted and came to Sweden 1978, as the first person of colour in a small Swedish village. His parents has always been his greatest allies and one of the main reasons for him being where he is today. Maybe against his odds. This weeks guest of A regenerative future, is ranked as top 3 in "Swedish Role Model of the Year” 2022, he is a Diversity Trailblazer and People Director at Schibsted Nordic Marketplaces. He today uses his platform to fight for equal rights for all and especially for the LGBTQIA+ community. We talk about the importance of a safe team of family, friends and colleagues around us, how to deal with hate, discrimination and racism thrown at you, about him being too cool for school, and how we all can use our voices for the greater good. Then we ask ourselves why strong voices suddenly go silent, addressing our moments of doubt, sharing the story of how we both got a job offer turned down in last minute because of being gay and sharing our key defining moments in life. Ending up with the importance of being humble about the privelleges we all have and that its a duty for us, to us it for the better of others who are less fortunate. Aarons advice to all of us out there is to dont apologise for who we are, use our voice for the better and lets be brave together!

At the moment Lars Rinnan is in Kairo and is soon going to talk to 12 000 people at the "Rise up summit" about how AI will save the world, with one of the worlds greatest wonders the pyramids, as the backdrop. We where lucky enough to catch him before he flew of to Egypt. In this weeks episode of A regenerative future, you get to hear more about the world he dreams of in 2029. Lars is a true futurist who works to change the world for the better with technology. He is the CEO of Amesto Nextbridge, which aim to be the innovator in data driven sustainabilty and insight. We talk about the silly title futurist, the world in 2029, how tech will save the world, the old trend of language tech, how he did a career shift from trying to become a pilot to become an expert in AI, how we use ChatGPT in our daily work and our beloved private virtual assistants. Then we both agree that we with more technology, theres a need for us to double down on empathy. We adresse some of the dark sides of AI and how we need to stop using it for addiction and profit, and start using it for the greater good. We share some of the concrete solutions that give us hope, lets not let fear or governments stop us in making it happen. This episode really makes me hopeful that we can use AI for the greater good. So we can finally live more meaningful lives and let robots do what they are good at. It may happen sooner than 2029!

Siri Abrahamsen is on a mission to bring more empathy and joy to the world, through her company Gleding. She is a founder, a bestselling author and a dear friend which I have had many fruitful conversations with. Even when we disagree, which we do alot, we do that it with love. In this weeks episode of A regenerative future we talk about why we need to stop talking about anti-bullying, the ambition of bringing a new word to the world, the importance of micromeetings, of having cureagous conversations, about cruel optimism and how we all have adapted a bodylanguage of fear. We both agree that watching naked people on an Island or endless scrolling doesn't feed our souls, meeting eyes and smiles does. We say a big fuck off to constant being on screens and sharing some of the great alternatives. If your not amongst those who think making a difference in the world is done by flying private jets to Davos and take a selfie, you would probably be better of listening to this episode. Its time to fill the world with less plastic influencers and more people like Siri who wants to create a better world for all of us!

The first time I met Sirine Fodstad was when we where both going to speak at a global HR conference. She was the host and I was speaking. At the speakers dinner the day before, we ended up next to each other, and since then we have developed a great friendship. Serine is a true people person with International background with 17 years abroad in 7 different countries, she has been global HR Director in the central bank of Norway and CEO in Grieg group. Today she is one of the few selected female partners in BCG, leading their people and organisation practise. We talk about our OCDs, our burning passion to create value for our people, the difference of leading with head, hands and hearts, the big need to train leaders more in social skills and how efforts to include often ends up being excluding. We continue on talking about how we need to stop excusing ourselves, lets not wait for more data to do good, why she finds me and people who just see problems annoying, the shitty average and why its important to act with the end in mind. Thank you all so much for listening and for your contribution to create a more thriving world for all of us!

Todays guest Kjersti Rinde Omsted is a full time ecological og regenerative farmer, she is passionate about food as medicine and has personally recovered from ME. Now she is moving into the field of therapy and using her own knowledge and experience to help others to live better lives. We talk about her personal health journey recovering from severe ME, through clean eating, meditation, breath work and connecting back with nature. We ask ourselves why do most of us need to hit rock bottom, before we understand the importance of balance between rest and activity? Kjersti teaches her kids meditation and all the healthy habits, I wish every child on the planet could grow up with. She advocates for the importance of relearning how to live and that if we could fix the society, we would not need to fix ourselves at all. We talk about her regenerative farm, the importance of keeping the dirt in the ground healthy, why we should look for nutrition density in our food, what social regeneration is, how everyone play a crucial part in the diverse ecosystem and how you can find your personal farmer. We should maybe stop striving to fix ourselves to endure living in a broken world, but rather fix the world we live in, so we would neither have to endure or fix ourselves?

The first time I met this lady, I knew that I had met a true friend and a HR rebell in crime. She is known for being the queen of radical flexibility. She believes in life balance and work being an integrated part of it. Heidi Nygjelten is the Chief People and Culture Officer at Amesto Tech House and is this weeks guest of “A regenerative future”. Together with her dog off course. In this episode we talked and barked about what made us the rebells we are, the importance of supportive mothers, how the hardships of life has made us stronger, the fallen heros of our lives and how we deal with sorrow differently. We talk about the path to finding ourselves and our dream jobs infused with a higher purpose, why we bring our personal problems to work, how work can be part of our healing process, why the workplace needs more love and why making people feel safe is an essential ingredient in the world today. Wish you all a rebellious listen!