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210: Getting Sh*t Done with Harini Gokul
01:30 - Harini’s Superpower: Getting Sh*t Done
04:19 - Putting Technology to Use For Those Who Need it the Most
- Co-Creation and Co-Shaping
- Public & Private Partnerships
- Breaking Barriers to Entry
14:04 - Crisis Management and Rethinking Blueprints
- Life After COVID / Reframing Crisis As Opportunity
- Creating Space / Amplifying Others
- Leadership Perspective
39:45 - Duality: Humans As Interconnected Systems
- Solidarity and Humanity
- Facade Breaking
- Rationality
- Empathetic Leadership
48:16 - What do we do now (to get sh*t done)?
- Storytelling
- D&I (Diversity & Inclusion)
- Futureproofing Education and Skilling
Reflections:
Amy: If we end up back where we were pre-pandemic, shame on us.
Rein: To make changes effectively, we need to go to the people we’re trying to help and figure out from their perspective what they need.
Arty: Getting shit done on the huge, grand, level of looking at the crisis we’re currently in and how to move forward to build the future we want as humans.
Harini: The sense of urgency of highlighting the problem and how we need to come together to co-create systemic, sustainable solutions that set in place new fundamentals and new structures for the world that lies ahead.
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Special Guest: Harini Gokul.