From Systems Thinking to Systems Feeling: Transforming Business with Donnie Maclurcan

Host Jeni Miles speaks with Alice Kalro, founder of arkH3 and lead author of "Leading Through the Polycollapse," about why traditional business strategies fail during systemic breakdown. Kalro introduces frameworks for systemic foresight, explains how multiple systems face simultaneous collapse, and argues that conventional sustainability approaches are "fairy tales" disconnected from reality. Her insights reveal how businesses must transform beyond incremental metrics toward essential needs provision.

Host Jeni Miles speaks with Joy Njeri, a systems change facilitator in Kenya, about breaking dependency cycles in African business development. They explore how indigenous wisdom and community-centred approaches create sustainable models that avoid perpetuating colonial patterns. Njeri highlights the problems with foreign funding dependencies, explains how to leverage traditional community assets, and advocates for redefining success beyond Western metrics. Discover how business can reconnect with living systems and community wellbeing.

In this uncompromising conversation, host Jeni Miles speaks with Siobhan Strode, advocacy consultant and founder of This Sister Speaks, about how our electoral system has been captured by corporate interests and what we can do about it.