Seth Kahan’s Podcast
Grand Challenges represent the wicked problems that society faces—complex, persistent, and difficult to solve due to incomplete, contradictory, and ever-changing demands. Yet, addressing them is essential for humanity and life on Earth to survive and thrive. My work is dedicated to confronting these monumental issues.
These challenges are too vast for any single mind to fully comprehend or solve. They are multi-dimensional, with deep systemic roots that are reflected in legislation, policies, social behavior, and even individual thoughts and mindsets. These factors limit our ability to effectively address them.
However, there are models and frameworks I’ve developed to help organizations and activists collaborate in making tangible progress. These stem from my experience at the World Bank, where I’ve witnessed both the successes and failures of multinational efforts, and from my work with Grand Challenges in sectors that include maternal health in Kenya, earth science, finance, nursing, and mental health.
Seth Kahan’s Podcast
How Andrew Kutt Built a School That Teaches Children to Lead With Peace and Character
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In this episode, I sit down with my longtime friend and collaborator Andrew Kutt, founder and Board Chair of Oneness-Family Montessori School in Chevy Chase, MD—a school that mattered deeply to my family during my kids’ early years.
Andrew shares how his path from world literature and meditation to Montessori training led him to open the school in 1988 with just seven students, and how it’s grown into a multi-generational community with alumni around the world.
We unpack the school’s three-part model—Academy, Self-Discovery, and Manifestation—and how Oneness is responding to today’s “polycrisis” world with new upper-grade initiatives, including courses on the history of capitalism and Being Human in the age of AI, plus a push to build an endowment for long-term sustainability.
Learn more: onenessfamily.org
Contact Andrew: andrew@onenessfamily.org
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