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Kiran Bir Sethi on Design for Change, Prioritizing Wellbeing & Her SecondAct

44m · Discover your SecondAct Podcast · 23 May 08:34

Today on this episode of Discover Your SecondAct Podcast, we have a special guest for you - Kiran Bir Sethi. She is the founder of The Riverside School and Design for Change.

She is a major advocate of free & rational thinking among children which has led to her designing a curriculum which prioritizes experiential learning and recognizes children as stakeholders of the institution.

In the conversation, we discussed Kiran’s unique upbringing, her Design for Change journey, breaking gender hierarchies, focusing on one’s well-being and her #SecondAct.

It was a privilege to have Kiran on our podcast. She radiated the kind of joy and empathy throughout this conversation, which made this episode one of the warmest ones so far. 

Tuck yourself in for a great podcast listening, in the 7th Episode of Discover Your SecondAct Podcast, Season 3.

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