Stas Schmiedt & Leander Roth, Co-Founders, Spring Up and Radha Ruparell, Head of Global Leadership Accelerator, Teach for All
In this sense-making session, we will explore how we grow conscious collaborative relationships and grounded teams using inner work for deep performing teams and collective action. How do we shift our relationship with power—from power over to power with? How do we see conflict not as a threat, but as a generative force? And how do we navigate our sense of safety in the context in which we are operating?
Through our broader map data, we will explore why organizations invest in inner work – in terms of their intentions and benefits to their organization. We will examine organizations that identify as mobilizers or organizers to understand common values and to see where the mechanisms of inner work towards larger movements might involve insights around collective work.
Zoom links will be emailed within 24 hours of registration. Please contact us at events@garrisoninstitute.org with questions.
HOSTS
Leander Roth & Stas Schmiedt, Co-Founders, Spring Up and Bluelight Academy of the Liberatory Arts: Stas (they/them) and Leander (he/they) have been blending mindfulness and social entrepreneurship for 15 years as partners and the co-founders of Spring Up and bluelight academy of the liberatory arts. Both diagnosed with PTSD as a result of campus violence, their journey began with pursuing personal and collective healing. They built their own cooperative social enterprise to bring together the tools of conscious social change, participatory action research, restorative justice, mindfulness, somatic experiencing, community education, and biomimicry. Now a national organization with 9 member owners, Spring Up has provided transformative online education and consulting in conflict and harm response, liberatory facilitation, and collective governance to hundreds of organizations and over 7000 alumni. Their book and podcast “Getting Free Together” shares their original tools and approach, grounded in Integral Theory and organizational alchemy.
Radha Ruparell, Head of Global Leadership Accelerator, Teach for All: Radha Ruparell is a global cross-sector expert in personal transformation and collective leadership, having worked with CEOs, Fortune 500 executives, social entrepreneurs, and grassroots leaders around the world. She heads the Global Leadership Accelerator at Teach For All, a growing movement spanning 60+ countries and tens of thousands of locally rooted, globally informed leaders committed to ensuring all children can fulfill their potential. Radha also serves as a Chief Learning Officer for the Global Institute for Shaping a Better Future where she focuses on inner leadership and system-wide change. Previously, Radha was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, advising CEOs and senior executives on growth strategy, organizational transformation, and innovation. Her work in global health included pioneering public-private partnerships that expanded access to essential medicines for millions of children across Asia and Africa. She is also the co-founder of Y2Y (Youth to Youth), the largest movement of young leaders bringing innovative ideas to the World Bank. Radha holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School. She sits on the Board of Directors of the Open Future Institute and has served on the Nationswell Council, a nationwide network of changemakers and thought leaders. Radha also hosts a monthly talk series with global leaders the People First Community, a cross-sector coalition advocating for a new paradigm of leadership to advance sustainable development. Radha is the author of Brave Now and co-editor of What Leadership We Need Now? Her ideas have been featured in publications such as Forbes, CEO World, OECD Forum, & Greater Good Science Center. She speaks frequently on topics of personal transformation, system change, collective leadership, healing & leading for a new future.