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Cultivating Transformations with Jardena London

Season 6, Ep. 95

The Inspirational insights podcast is about leading the shift into the future by seeing through diverse perspectives, in relation to what the world of business and beyond needs now in order to regain adaptive agility. This episode features the art of cultivating transformations with author Jardena London. Jardena is a consultant (the good kind), author, speaker and CEO of Rosetta Agile. She has spent the last 30 years finding ways to transform organizations so that our souls can flourish, while our financials thrive. Her book “Cultivating Transformations: A Leader’s Guide to Connecting the Soulful and Practical”, supports this mission by drawing a straight line between the processes we use, the way we feel, and the results we get so we nourish our souls while producing thriving financial outcomes.


Find her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jardena/ or her website at https://www.JardenaLondon.com


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