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Episode Synopsis
Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir is an Icelandic thought leader, author, award-winning serial entrepreneur, advisor and public speaker. She is the co-director and scriptwriter of the documentary film InnSæi: The Power of Intuition. Hrund brings a unique perspective to how we lead, live, innovate and make better choices in times of uncertainty, transition and noise. A firm believer that the change we now need in the world starts from within us, she draws on her experience having leading roles in the areas of development and post-conflict reconstruction with the UN in Europe and Asia, innovation, investments, sustainable and circular business transition, the arts and education. She was the first woman to chair Iceland's largest public innovation fund, she was the managing director of Iceland’s sustainability centre Festa, programme director of UNIFEM in post-war Kosovo, and designed and directed Prisma, a diploma university program, recognised by the Nordic Council for best responding to 21st century work place challenges. Hrund is an Advisory Council member at Yale’s International Leadership Centre and has been recognised for her work as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and Cultural Leader and Yale World Fellow. She has qualifications from Yale, Harvard Kennedy School, the London School of Economics and Political Sciences, Oxford Said Business School and the University of Iceland. www.hrundgunnsteinsdottir.com
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