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Modern Idealist

Valerie Leung and Meryn Willetts

Join us on a journey of discovery as we delve into the experiences of career-driven professionals striving to make an impact in today"s fast-paced professional world. Hosted by Valerie Leung and Meryn Zumbo Willetts, we share personal stories and explore topics such as impact in the workplace, trade-offs in doing good, life conundrums, work-life balance, entrepreneurship, and riding the larger social and climate impact movement. Hear from like-minded individuals who share a passion for creating

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00:40:16

EP 19: Time off, Life Updates, Relationships and...

Modern Idealist ·

2023/01/27

Happy 2023! We're finally back in O-Town in Norway! After a festive and restful holiday season, we feel energized and excited to share with you some reflections from our time off, relationship updates, where we went and who we spent time with Most importantly some big-bang intentions for this upcoming year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/modernidealist/message

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00:54:49

EP 18: Pioneering a New Vision on The Future Global...

Modern Idealist ·

2022/12/14

Welcome to Episode 18 on 'Reimagining the global workforce through diversity.' A couple of episodes ago, we dropped a hint about Meryn’s new venture, Umbrella, so we decided to bring in the founding team, Jyoti Sohal-David and Sabrina Zeng, to share what they’re doing, the dent they want to put in the world and how they’re tackling the challenges and opportunities when it comes to empowering a truly diverse and innovative workforce. We talk about how they got started, how they met, where the future

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EP 17: A World View of Hope with Daniel Roth on...

Modern Idealist ·

2022/11/17

Today we sit down for a heartfelt and unfeigned talk with Daniel Roth, founder of JumpScale, a company that focuses on sustainably scaling companies through the lens of well-being and mental health. Daniel shares his rich experience working with founders, his work as former Director for Sustainability at Cornell University and how Somatic Movement Therapy and reconnecting with the body has become a guiding force through his life's work. Daniel is also the producer of the storytelling podcast, Heal

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00:51:03

EP 16: ESG vs Sustainability and Our Own Positive...

Modern Idealist ·

2022/10/21

It’s been a wild ride for us in the past couple of months so we’re bringing you a double episode special over a glass of wine or two to give you the down low on all that's ensued. We’ve had the Diversify Nordics Summit, performed at The Annual Gala, ran events and spoke at Oslo Innovation Week on diversity, ESG and social impact. We both bought apartments, Meryn founded a new company and kicked off a collaboration with HerTech accelerator program, and Valerie spoke on a sustainability podcast which

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00:26:17

Ep 15: Diversity Talks, Social Impact, and Life Updates

Modern Idealist ·

2022/10/21

It’s been a wild ride for us in the past couple of months so we’re bringing you a double episode special over a glass of wine or two to give you the down low on all that's ensued. We’ve had the Diversify Nordics Summit, performed at The Annual Gala, ran events and spoke at Oslo Innovation Week on diversity, ESG and social impact. We both bought apartments, Meryn founded a new company and kicked off a collaboration with HerTech accelerator program and Valerie spoke on a sustainability podcast. In

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00:54:08

Ep 14: Deep Self-Care as a Secret Weapon for...

Modern Idealist ·

2022/09/02

Today's episode starts with a Mindful Arrival, facilitated by our wonderful guest speaker, Bonnie Coberly. The perfect start for those who are back in the daily grind after the holiday period. If you're still feeling overwhelmed or that your break was a band-aid approach to a general feeling of being overworked, riding burnout or simply feeling uninspired, then you might get a lot out of this one. And you're definitely not alone. We discuss Bonnie's accidental journey in social entrepreneurship,

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00:44:28

Ep 13: Aligning Personal And Organizational Values...

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2022/08/03

This week's guest Eivind Fliflet took a break from parental leave (when we recorded this episode in May 2022) to talk with us about what it's like working for the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, Norges Bank Investment Management. Owning 1.3% of the globe's listed companies, you need only take a quick look at their website to see the oil fund's market value going up by hundreds of millions of Norwegian krone before your very eyes. Eivind, who considers himself an idealistic pragmatist, heads

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00:45:08

Ep 12: Responsible Travelling Dilemmas In Our Modern...

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2022/07/20

Are you travelling this summer? Now that many countries have implemented workable solutions for tackling covid in all its variants, international travel has burst open again. It has given rise to an influx of tourism in certain countries across the globe, to the point where the airline industry has shaken under the weight of it all. So we thought it a timely occasion to take a closer look at the way we travel and its broader global impact for better and/or worse. This episode focuses on our social

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Ep 11: Emotions in the Workplace, Global Remote Work,...

Modern Idealist ·

2022/06/01

In this episode of MI, we take a look at some of the current trends, that some call idealistic, driving the future of work. A part of being a modern idealist is the balance between our ambition to create an impact in society whilst improving our own quality of life. Sometimes, that refers to financial security, but this time, it's about improving our quality of life. We challenge ourselves to use the LinkedIn Daily Rundown, one of our regular sources of news, to pick our top three up for

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00:48:44

Ep 10: What does it take to transition from a steady...

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2022/05/20

On today’s episode of Modern Idealist, we have a conversation with climate evangelist Gala Anania. After a successful career as a translator and interpreter, Gala took a leap into sustainability consulting, embarked on a zero-waste life, and found her own way of balancing the ever-present trade-offs between how she makes a difference in her personal life and through her work where she helps companies decarbonize. Gala is currently working at The Carbon Trust, a global sustainability consultancy, and

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01:05:53

Ep 9: What our listeners said about us// Revisiting...

Modern Idealist ·

2022/05/03

A little ‘woohoo’ for us! Perhaps it’s a little preemptive to get excited about reaching our 9th episode, but we’re doing it anyway! After almost a year of plugging away at our passion project, we’re pretty proud of what we’ve achieved so far. We have listeners from 27 different countries and we’re pumped to see how many like-minded people there are across the globe who care about this topic and want to create a positive impact and live responsibility whilst still existing in today’s modern world

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00:59:35

Ep 8: International Women’s Day Edition w/ Guest...

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2022/03/08

Today marks the 109th International Women’s Day. During this month, we want to celebrate and highlight women from all walks of life, we will be talking about equality, the progression so far, and the work ahead to do even better to reach full inclusivity and equity. Throughout the last 200 years, we've seen the progression of gender equality and a rise of feminism, but this progress is unfortunately still too far from full gender equality. Research shows the gender gap will take an estimated 135

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00:44:50

Episode 7: The Career Portfolio vs The Career Path

Modern Idealist ·

2022/02/25

For many of us who've been on the chase of a purpose-driven job or jobs that create a positive impact on our communities and society, we are often met with the dilemmas of finding an interesting job and balancing other needs in our life such as our own financial security, self-growth, and other opportunities to better ourselves while creating impact. It is no news that we once lived in a generation where we were forced to pick sides such as working in for-profit vs non-profit sectors, but we now

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00:37:47

Episode 6: A Call for Accountability And Action - How...

Modern Idealist ·

2022/02/08

This episode is part II of the last episode, episode 5. We continue our discussion about the millennials and gen z workforce asking for accountability and making a collective call for action. For many of us, COVID has either exacerbated or created mental health issues and stress levels that we hadn’t had or noticed before. There is a stigma around mental health problems especially in the relationship between employees and employers given it is often a place of work performance. This calls for more

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00:33:28

Episode 5: Cancel Culture and a Call for...

Modern Idealist ·

2022/02/08

Over the past weeks and months, we’ve been traveling around to meet old friends around the world. Valerie has been in the US, UK, Canada, and Norway while Meryn has been in Norway and Australia. We reflect on our encounters and conversations we have with our friends of different perspectives and share the contrasting movements across countries and continents. From those encounters, we are reminded of how difficult it can be for many of our peers, who are busy building a life (as one does in their

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00:51:04

Episode 4: Finding Synergy Between Your Passion,...

Modern Idealist ·

2022/01/03

Many of us dream of the perfect job. For many modern idealists, it is often a job that brings a positive impact and progression to society, it requires our talent and skills, and it rewards us with competitive pay and career growth potential. Is it too good to be true? We explore Ikigai, a Japanese concept known as the synergy between doing what you love, what the world needs, what you are good at, and what can you be paid for. This way of life encompasses "your reason of being" and the collective

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00:57:04

Episode 3: Millions Reevaluate and Reconsider their...

Modern Idealist ·

2022/01/03

Valerie and Meryn have been separated by the Atlantic and travels to London, but it's not just for leisure. Pandemic lockdowns and social restrictions have limited many people's exposure to different ways of life and cultures from themselves. Meryn and Valerie are reminded of the contracting lives they live in during COVID-19. The trip makes us reflect on our surroundings that influence our social bubble and profession. We talk about our desire to stay connected with the evolving betterment of

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00:35:02

Episode 2: Social Impact Startup Nearly Led Us to...

Modern Idealist ·

2022/01/03

Meryn and Valerie are both co-founders of two different social impact startups. We first connected over our passion for social innovation startups. Triple bottom-line concepts (aka businesses for people, planet, and profit) have been on the rise in recent years. They give innovative ideas beyond technology alone challenging the way we measure success in a business. This both gave us energy and sometimes despair when challenged with the additional measures of success and additional challenges to the

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00:31:07

Episode 1: What's In The Title

Modern Idealist ·

2021/11/02

Welcome to the first episode of the Modern Idealist, a podcast for career-driven professionals who are looking to make an impact. We're kicking off the podcast with an introduction of ourselves, our interpretation of a modern idealist, and a taste of our topics. Co-hosted with Meryn Willetts. *SUBSCRIBE TO US!* ✅ @Modern Idealist on Spotify / Apple Podcast / Google Podcast ✅ Instagram: ModernIdealistPodcast *CONNECT WITH US!* Tell us what you enjoyed and what you want to hear more of! ✨

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00:01:02

Modern Idealist (Trailer)

Modern Idealist ·

2021/11/01

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