Organizationally and individually it’s becoming mainstream in large parts of the world to have a purpose, a deeper meaning with existing. When done correctly, purpose can create motivation, productivity, creativity, innovation and a shared North Star, a sense of belonging and deep contentment at work and in life. But if you have taken a stab at working with purpose, you know it’s not so easy to actually do. Why is this? I’ll explore in this short video why that is, and what it takes to work with meaningfulness.   You can learn more about us at www.ThePassionInstitute.com If you wish to work more with purpose and your transformation as a leader, join me and a top tuned group of change-making… Read more »

“If everyone had to think outside the box, maybe it was the box that needed fixing” – Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw Holacracy is a new management system for a rapidly changing world, where power is re-destributed, each member on a team has autonomy and can contribute and bring value to the organization based on a new organizational model. Currently more than 500+ organizations run with Holacracy including Zappos, Pantheon Enterprises and Socialsquare is the first Danish company to adopt Holacracy. Holacracy began with a question: What gets in the way of people working together as effectively as possible? In the most efficient way possible? It completely replaces the conventional management hierarchy with a tested, customizable self-management practice that empowers… Read more »

It is a huge privilege to sit down with Steve to interview this legendary pioneer in the business as a force for good movement about his perspective on good business practises and right livelihood principles in action.

PassionTalkTV with Sandja featuring successful business woman, Inez Van Oord, founder of Europe’s largest mindstyle magazine, Happinez

Mark Nepo is a New York Times best selling author, poet and spiritual teacher. He has been featured in Super Soul Sunday with Oprah, and he is the featured poet and spiritual teacher in the film The Power of the Heart, currently on world tour. Mark’s new book Inside the Miracle: Enduring Suffering, Approaching Wholeness was just published. You might think, what does a poet and spiritual teacher have to do with conscious leadership and success in business? So let me explain just briefly how this connects for me. Our inner journey of being broken open, so we can learn to sink into our own real, humble, authentic, feeling selves is the very same journey we need to master in… Read more »

PassionTalkTV with Sandja is an initiative through The Passion Institute, interviewing some of the world’s thought- and business leaders on authentic leadership, sustainable and social-good business, conscious capitalism, leadership as service and doing business and living life from passion and purpose – and as a force for good. I had the pleasure of interviewing Joshua Onysko in his Rocky Mountains Colorado home as the sun was going down and his cats were vocalizing their opinions in the background. Joshua is a long time friend of mine, and he never ceases to inspire me. He shares his thoughts on honesty, continued growth in leadership, finding his passion and purpose in life, and creating a company that allows for others to blossom in… Read more »

  I had the great pleasure of having Baptist de Pape on PassionTalk TV to share some of his wisdom and findings on the power of the heart, and living and doing business from this place. Baptist de Pape is the creator of the film, The Power of the Heart and a book by the same title now available in 80 countries. His personal journey of disconnection, yet by all modern standards, a successful attorney career in Amsterdam, to finding his purpose and becoming a film maker about the heart collaborating with an amazing star cast of thought- and spiritual leaders like Paulo Coelho, Dr. Maya Angelou, Jane Goodall, Deepak Chopra, Isabel Allende, John Grey, Marci Shimoff, Gary Zukav, Dr…. Read more »