Earth was born from gas and dust more or less 4.5 billion years ago. Humans made the scene 4.899 billion years later; that’s 200,000 years back. We’ve celebrated annual harvests about 12,000 times, written for like 5,000 years, been wired since 1879. A lot’s gone down in a short time – shit was bound to go haywire.

Now’s the time to correct course, to transform every profession and organization to meet the challenges facing humanity. There’s no map, but there are promising paths.

Here we go…

WINTER 2019

Illustration by Abby Jame

The Beautiful Work Challenge

On Birth

The Beautiful Work Challenge premieres with birth because birth is where it all begins: you, me, those dogs over there, domination, empowerment, how we connect, the reasons our societies work and don’t work. Who knew?

Illustration by Christopher Serra

Dream Job

Fashion

Cajones and chutzpah – that’s what it takes to pursue a dream job. Fashion is center stage to kick off the show. Five young women from around the world are up against an industry spewing pollution and dazzled by its own legacy. These women are ready to make change.

Illustration by Marcela Szwarc

A Disruptive Revue

A Disruptive Revue introduces an insightful text, invites artists from around the world to interpret it through the medium of their choice then share it. Exciting!

Illustration by Xjfhbvd Dljfnvsejnb

In Contact Workshop

Sponsored by X

In Contact Workshop introduces virtuosi of emotion, behavior and human interaction who connect the dots between inner work, outer work and our potential for satisfying work.

Photo by Vera Miljkovic

Trimtabs

Sponsored by X

A trimtab is a little rudder on a big rudder that sets the course of a ginormous craft. Trimtabs is a way to meet people, start conversations, activate projects and find out about jobs that have an eye on transformation. Be the rudder.

MASTHEAD

Winter 2019

TheBWC

Presenters  Izzy Daviss, Caitlin Duffy

Audio Editor  Tim Kirby

Music  George Jennings

Sound Design  Rich Cutler

Additional Interviews  Nick Messitte

Writer/Producer  Niki Hatzidis

Writer/Executive Producer  Edward Goldberg

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Featuring  Zaida Adriana Goveo Balmaseda, Anne-Marthe Fossum, Karoline Hestnes, Yuri Man, Fizza Mir

Colorist  Paul Galati

Sound Design  David Swope, Fernando Arce, Pasquale Cangiano, Thomas Mil

Title Sequence  Stewart MacPherson

Composer  Thomas Mangano

Editors  Sibylle Meder, Liliya Anisimova, Gerry Cisneros, Olivia Prutz, Bing Wang, Amina Ouchater, Sarah Leitner, Kathleen Coles

Supervising Editor  Sibylle Meder

Producer  Edward Goldberg

Directors  Sibylle Meder & Edward Goldberg

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Social Media  Brenda Alston

Website Design  Valerie Hallier

Web Development  Green Frog IT Solutions

Editor & Founder  Edward Goldberg

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