This episode lifts up the voice and expertise of Dr. Donna Hicks, one of the remarkable thought leaders based here in Boston who is helping to shape the IDG framework. She is an internationally renowned expert on the concept of dignity. She began her career in the field of conflict resolution, where she came to realize that dignity played an powerful but overlooked role in healing or perpetuating conflict. She went on to develop a model of dignity that is both theoretically rigorous and highly practical, and her work has grown to have a global impact.

In this conversation, she discusses her remarkable journey to developing her approach to dignity, what impact it has had in the world, and how it relates to the inner development goals.

For those looking for more information, here are a few links:

⁠Harvard Kennedy School Website⁠

⁠Dignity: It's Essential Role is Resolving Conflict⁠

⁠Leading with Dignity: How to Create a Culture that Brings out the Best in People⁠

⁠Facing the Truth Episode #1 one Youtube⁠

Inner Development Goals

This podcast is a project of the Boston IDG Hub. In this episode, you'll meet the three individuals leading this hub:

Dr. Max Klau is a leadership consultant, coach, author, and speaker who has spent his career bringing a focus on inner transformation to organizations seeking to address pressing public problems. Learn more about him at ⁠www.maxklau.com.⁠

Brad Piearce is a leadership consultant and coach, and is the founder of Regenerative Change Lab, a consulting practice that helps organizations integrate practices and principles of regenerative leadership into their work. He's also the host of another podcast, the Sustainability Mindset shift, that explores issues of sustainability. Learn more about Brad here:

⁠LinkedIn⁠

⁠Regenerative Change Lab⁠

⁠Sustainability Mindset Shift⁠

Toby Chaudhuri has spent his life working at the intersection of democracy and journalism. He’s been a Communications Director for a progressive political non-profit, a chief strategist for political campaigns, and a Strategic Communications Consultant for White House Race-Based initiatives during the Obama administration. He’s also served as the Vice President of Strategic Communications and National Partnerships for the Public Broadcasting Service. Learn more about Toby here:

⁠LinkedIn⁠

To learn more about the Inner Development Goals,⁠ click here. ⁠

This brief episode provides a high-level overview of the initiative at the heart of this podcast series. What are the IDGs? Where did they come from and what are they trying to achieve? And what are the key concepts that inform this model? In just over 12 minutes, this episodes explains it all.

For more information about the inner development goals, visit https://innerdevelopmentgoals.org