What’s mine to do? Launching our third global 24 hour conversation with Tom Rivett-Carnac and Jo Confino
Tom Rivett-Carnac was the chief political strategist for the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change, adopted by 195 countries in 2015, serving alongside former UN Climate Chief, Christiana Figueres. Today the two are co-founders of political and communications strategists, Global Optimism, a mission driven organisation dedicated to actualising the aims of the agreement they worked so hard to deliver. They co-present a lively weekly podcast called Outrage + Optimism and they co-authored a best-selling book, The Future We Choose, an empowering guide that sets out how each of us can play our part in tackling the climate crisis.
Tom will join us on March 3rd to launch our 24 hour conversation, “What’s Mine To Do”, with his own coach, Jo Confino, a leading sustainability activist, journalist and Zen mindfulness practitioner. They will explore how leaders can increase their agency, recognise that climate change is an ‘everyone everywhere’ opportunity to build a new world that we can only create together.
They will shine a light on the role of coaches to challenge and support leaders in this most consequential time in human history.
When we asked Tom to join with us, he took no time at all to see the opportunity of turning the tables on Jo and to really explore with Jo what the role of coaches might be both professionally and personally as we face into this most consequential time for our species.
We invite them to share from their own experience and to really challenge us to imagine what might be possible.
We are so excited to have Tom and Jo join us and we hope you are too. And of course, we hope that Tom and Jo have such a great time, that this might just be the first of many conversations to come.
Josie introduces our launch event beautifully: https://vimeo.com/514606185
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Event Timezone Reference - UK
Presenter Bio
Tom Rivett-Carnac was the chief political strategist for the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change, adopted by 195 countries in 2015, serving alongside former UN Climate Chief, Christiana Figueres. Today the two are co-founders of political and communications strategists, Global Optimism, a mission driven organisation dedicated to actualising the aims of the agreement they worked so hard to deliver. They co-present a lively weekly podcast called Outrage + Optimism and they co-authored a best-selling book, The Future We Choose, an empowering guide that sets out how each of us can play our part in tackling the climate crisis.
Event Language - English
Posted By - Stuart Pickles
Email - stuart@aimhigherleadership.com
Spare Field - Not in use - Jo Confino is an executive coach, facilitator, journalist, sustainability expert and Zen mindfulness practitioner. He works at the intersection of personal transformation and systems change; working with several organizations including Leaders’ Quest, Future Stewards and the United Nations Development Programme. He is on the board of advisors for The Climate School and Force of Nature, a youth climate activist organization. He is also a trustee of Theatre for a Change, whose purpose is the empowerment of women and girls, particularly in their sexual and reproductive health. Jo has worked closely for the past 14 years with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and his monastic community in Plum Village, France and is chair of the board of Parallax Press, which publishes books on mindfulness in daily life. Besides chairing and facilitating events and conferences all over the world for the past 20 years, he also runs smaller workshops and roundtables. Until recently, he was executive editor, Impact & Innovation and Editorial Director of What’s Working at the HuffPost in New York. During his five years there, he developed long-term editorial projects based on social, environmental and economic justice and was a member of the senior leadership team. Before joining HuffPost, he was an executive editor of the Guardian and chairman and editorial director of the Guardian Sustainable Business website. During his 23 years at the Guardian, he set up and managed a unique multi-stakeholder development project in the Ugandan village of Katine, and helped create the Guardian’s environment and global development websites. Jo also created and managed the sustainability vision and strategy for the Guardian and its parent company Guardian Media Group. He is a fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce and completed an MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice at the University of Bath.
Spare Field - Not in use - Stuart Pickles – Stuart is passionate about seeking solutions for climate justice and social justice, and increasing the agency and influence of the coaching profession to help leaders and organisations accelerate the shift towards a regenerative future. Ex-CFO, Stuart spent 25 years in the food/drinks industry with Unilever, Kraft Foods and Foster’s, and was converted by his own transformational experience of coaching to become a professional coach in 2012. MD of coaching consultancy, Aim Higher Leadership Ltd (www.aimhigherleadership.com), and Consultant Partner at LSP Leadership (Leading Sustainable Performance) www.lspleadership.com. He is also an associate with Sarsen (www.sarsen.com), Leaders Quest (www.leadersquest.org), and is a member of the CCA.