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Solving the Fashion Supply Chain with Pawan Gupta

The son of a factory manager in a small town in India, Pawan Gupta knew how easy it was to fall through the cracks. He saw a hidden layer of people – small factory owners, textile and fashion designers, assembly…

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Troy Carter

Reforesting the Planet, with Troy Carter of Earthshot Labs

If Troy Carter gets his way, one day we’ll live in a world where “half or more of the planet is seen as sacred territories, where humans have only traditional uses for the land, and not industrial uses.” A world…

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Agnieszka Pilat and Spot

Humanizing Tech through Art, with Agnieszka Pilat

Agnieszka Pilat came of age during Poland’s communist era, a time when Soviet tanks would roll through the public squares under towering monuments to the past. Statues of military heroes, murals celebrating the workers in the factories and fields, these…

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Anne Cocquyt on her blueberry farm

Finding Your North Star, with Serial Entrepreneur Anne Cocquyt

Anne Cocquyt grew up in the heart of Germany’s peerless culture of order and engineering, in the automotive manufacturing hub of Baden-Württemberg, home to Mercedes and Porsche. Her family pushed Christian values, academic education, and community service – right down…

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