In this episode, Kate Ebner interviews medical expert and author Dr. Leana Wen. Their conversation touches on the fundamental importance of good public health, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the disparities in public health that have been laid bare by the virus. Dr. Wen offers wisdom about what we can do to help shape the future of public health. 

Dr. Leana Wen is an emergency physician, visiting professor of health policy and management at George Washington University, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. She is also a contributing columnist for The Washington Post and CNN medical analyst. Previously, she served as Baltimore's Health Commissioner, where she led the nation’s oldest continuously operating health department in the U.S. to fight the opioid epidemic, treat violence and racism as public health issues, and improve maternal and child health. Dr. Wen is the author of the recently released, Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health.

Join Host Kate Ebner and her guest Charlotte Kaiser, Managing Director at NatureVest, for an enlightening conversation about how climate change is affecting our global systems and what this means for the leaders of the future. Charlotte shares tips about what to do when feeling overwhelmed by the climate crisis and suggests actions we can take as participants in the system. Offering perspective from her excellent vantage point, Charlotte describes a future in which all sectors are affected by climate change and guides us in learning how to step bravely into new choices for the future.

Charlotte Kaiser leads NatureVest, The Nature Conservancy’s innovative conservation investing division. Charlotte started her career at The Nature Conservancy developing the Conservation Notes, which have raised more than $50M of debt capital for TNC from impact investors. A former community development banker, Charlotte holds a BA from Harvard University in Environmental Science & Public Policy, a Masters in Environmental Science from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.

Description: Host Kate Ebner is joined by Lee Rainie, the Director of Internet and Technology Research at Pew Research Center, for an insightful and timely conversation about the future of technology. Earlier this summer, Lee appeared as a panelist at the virtual learning event, Unprecedented! The Impact of Technology on Society as part of the Citizen Leadership in the 21st Century series hosted by The Nebo Company and Loyola University Maryland. In this episode of Leading the Emergence, Kate and Lee discuss the ethics of Artificial Intelligence, the increasing presence of technology in our everyday lives, and the future of the virtual workplace. 

Lee Rainie is a co-author of Networked: The new social operating system and five books about the future of the internet that are drawn from the Center’s research. He gives several dozen speeches a year to government officials, media leaders, scholars and students, technology executives, librarians, and nonprofit groups about the changing media ecosystem.

Host Kate Ebner reunites with Dr. Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead for a powerful conversation about issues of equity in the United States and what it means to dismantle racism. Dr. Whitehead recently appeared as the featured speaker at the virtual learning event Dismantling Racism: Where do I Begin? as part of the Citizen Leadership in the 21st Century series hosted by The Nebo Company and Loyola University Maryland in March 2021. In this episode of Leading the Emergence, Kate and Dr. Whitehead continue their dialogue about how we can work together in the post-pandemic world to bring about transformational changes related to race, equity, and justice, and what it means to “bend our privilege” in support of this change.

Quick links:

• Bio: Dr. Whitehead
• Karson Institute: https://www.loyola.edu/join-us/karson-institute
• Today with Dr. Whitehead: https://www.weaa.org/programs/today-dr-kaye#stream/0
• Awards: https://www.loyola.edu/news/2021/0506-edward-murrow-award, https://sc.loyola.edu/news/2021/0505-diversity-leaders-award

How do we make sense of what the world look like after the pandemic?  Join Host Kate Ebner and MIT professor Deborah Ancona for a fascinating conversation about how to think about and structure the unknown so that we can act in it. Uncertain times require new leadership capabilities, including the ability to make sense of an ever-changing context. Dr. Ancona shares three practical strategies for learning how to use sensemaking to gain confidence and direction in the pandemic era. 

Show links:

• Bio: Deborah Ancona 
• Book:  X-Teams: How to Build Teams That Lead, Innovate, and Succeed Harvard Business School Press

Kate Ebner interviews strategist, teacher and executive coach Neil Richardson who specializes in smart government advocacy and integral thinking. They discuss how leaders can read weak signals and proactively create the future as opposed to waiting for it. Their conversation covers the importance of dialog and trust in creating the new, why it's important for leaders to feel uncomfortable in times of uncertainty, and how we can emerge from our present crises as a more creative society.

Neil is the co-author of the recently released, Preparing For A World That Doesn’t Exist-Yet. He is an instructor and speaker in Georgetown University’s Institute for Transformational Leadership and George Washington University’s Center for Excellence in Public Leadership and he is Deputy Director at DC Appleseed, focusing on Workforce Development, Special Education, 0-3 Pre-K funding, Long-Term Care issues and managing operations.

Show links:

• Website: Emergent Action
• Book: Preparing for a World that Doesn't Exist Yet

The Nebo Company is proud to present Episode One of the Leading the Emergence podcast, with host Kate Ebner, CEO of The Nebo Company. Leading the Emergence is designed for leaders who wish to be part of shaping the emerging future. Kate will invite perspectives from futurists, analysts, innovators and visionaries whose insights and methods can illuminate useful strategies for all.

Listen to Kate describe what it means to lead the emergence in the first episode, and be sure to subscribe anywhere you stream podcasts!