Leonind Donos is a project manager, chief expert on strengthening participatory decision-making projects, and a consultant on participatory budgeting, citizen participation in municipal budgeting, and youth involvement. He is also a specialist in participatory urban planning and strategic spatial planning. Leonid uses nonviolent communication and dialogue methods in his group facilitation work.
The UN’s fourth Sustainable Development Goal is about access to quality education and life-long learning – both essential to bringing positive change into the world.
We are living in times of constant, rapid and profound change, triggered by climate change and digital transformation. To find the right answers to new questions we need to learn more, and maybe differently. Curiosity, creativity and critical thinking are as important as maths, IT, languages skills, etc... We need to be innovative and ingenious to build a just, peaceful and sustainable world for us and our children.
Learning needs well-run education systems, but it comes from inside the human being. It’s fun, but sometimes it’s painful. In preparation for the upcoming Ethical Leadership in Business event in June 2020, we have invited diverse people from around the world to share stories of their learning journeys. These stories offer inspiring insights and invite us to reflect on our education and life-long learning.
‘My Learning Story’ hopes to become a global learning experience, connecting people around the world as they share their stories of what we all do every day: learning to build a brighter future.
Rainer, where does your inner motivation for learning come from?
I am genuinely curious and want to know “why” and “how”… I also just enjoy picking up new things and feel it is part of growth and life in general.
What do you want to learn but you haven’t dared yet?
Another language, maybe Portuguese or Norwegian.
What are you going to learn next?
Looking forward to reading the book “the secret life of trees” would also like to learn more about gardening.
What would you recommend to those struggling to restart learning?
To start with something fun. Our schooling often got in the way of our learning as it was “forced” and often un-interesting…. Try to make a game out of it or ask yourself what you would enjoy to know more about.
What did life teach you?
Patience.
What did you learn during your last stay at the Caux Forum?
That with good preparation and a great support team, you can do things you never thought you would do…. Like moderate a panel on a topic I previously knew very little about.
On 25 October 2024, the Caux Round Table (CRT) - Japan hosted the 13th Business and Human Rights Conference in Tokyo with 225 corporate leaders, executives and experts from several Asian countries par...
Annika Hartmann de Meuron, Managing Director of Ethical Leadership in Business (ELB), looks back on four exciting years of developing ethical leadership in business in Switzerland. ELB aimed to increa...
The Co-founder of Zimba Women, Peace Kuteesa, is passionate about providing women with the tools and resources to participate in their economies and develop their communities. She spoke at last year's...
A year ago, video conferencing became the new normal in our work lives. It was the safest place for us to meet and collaborate. It seemed so easy: just invite someone to join the call and continue as...
Global Entrepreneurship Week in November 2020 included e-space, a three-day hybrid event, which offered a range of master classes and conferences. Rainer Gude, Co-Director General of Initiatives of Ch...
During Global Entrepreneurship Week in November 2020, Initiatives of Change Switzerland took part in e-space, a three-day hybrid event, which offered a range of master classes and conferences. Annika ...
Initiatives of Change Switzerland held a one-hour online workshop on 3 November 2020 on the topic of soft digital skills....
The Ethical Leadership in Business conference, on 25 and 26 June 2020, kicked off the first Caux Forum Online. It offered a diversified experience with panels livestreamed from the Caux Palace, networ...
Nazrene Mannie is the Executive Director of the Global Apprenticeship Network (GAN) and talks about her learning experiences. Our interview series 'My Learning Story’ hopes to become a global learning...
Our interview series ‘My Learning Story’ hopes to become a global learning experience, connecting people around the world as they share their stories of what we all do every day: learning to build a b...
Mulham Soufi is a student of computer programming at Ecole 42 in Lyon. This university works differently because the students all learn from each other. What is its strength? Our interview series ‘My ...
Discover our interview with Christine Beerli, President of the IofC Switzerland foundation, as part of our series ‘My Learning Story’....
‘My Learning Story’ hopes to become a global learning experience, connecting people around the world as they share their stories of what we all do every day: learning to build a brighter future. Disco...
Discover our interview with Jowan Oesterlund, Founder & CEO at Biohax International, as part of our series ‘My Learning Story’....
Our new feature ‘My Learning Story’ hopes to become a global learning experience, connecting people around the world as they share their stories of what we all do every day: learning to build a bright...
Born in Syria and raised in France, I am studying computer science at School 42, as I am convinced that technology holds solutions to global issues. In the light of child protection and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, I believe that platforms for exchange and sharing like the one that exists at Caux are essential.
I am a youth advocate and socio-economic activist in Zimbabwe. I co-founded the Youth Advocacy for Reform and Democracy, which seeks to unite polarized young people in Zimbabwe. I have attended the CPLP twice, and ascribe the change in my relationships at home and at work to the lessons and experiences I gained there.
Rachel Howden is currently living in Utah in the United States having completed her BA in Intercultural Peacebuilding and Anthropology from Brigham Young University in Oahu, Hawaii. Rachel is passionate about young people having the space and education to develop critical thinking skills and emotional literacy for building sustainable peace. She is honoured to participate in the Creative Leadership Conference and excited to collaborate with others to listen and learn under the IofC values.
Sidra Raslan is a young Syrian determined to take part in making the world and her country a better place. She believes in the power of youth and the gift of diversity, and that when combined together with personal stories and an openness to share, provides a space that inspires leadership and a cascade of change. We are calling that space the Creative Leadership conference.
I am an MS candidate in International Studies and Public Policy at North Carolina State University and a visiting student at Duke University under the Fulbright Programme. I have served as a community developer at Open Startup Tunisia and was the lead in the organization's first fundraising round. I have also worked as a Venture Capital trainee at Africinvest, which specializes in investments in Africa. I first came to Caux in 2016 as a trainee, and later became a member of the CPLP team.
Daniel Clements is Welsh and has a passion for working with young people. He volunteered for many years with the Air Training Core, and has ambitions to engage in educational reform. He sees the challenges people face today as deeply spiritual, and has a desire to enable people to overcome inner darkness and live lives of truth and compassion.
My name is Siya Myeza and I work with marginalized communities in Cape Town on social and environmental justice issues and specifically on access to clean, equitable and affordable water. My work with the Environmental Monitoring Group focuses on creating space for ordinary citizens to engage with and influence decision makers. I knew about Caux before I got there. It was explained as a peaceful and majestic place. The feelings I felt when I was in Caux were a huge sense of peace, tranquility and freedom. To me leadership is the way a person lives his/her life.
Born in Syria and raised in France, Mulham Soufi is currently studying computer science at School 42 in Lyon, France. He is convinced that technology can provide the solutions to world challenges and that in the light of child protection and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it is necessary to create safe platforms for exchange like the one that exists at Caux.
