This is the heartwarming, inspiring and empowering story of two men connected by their courage and drive to make a difference in the world. It made me think about how I might be able to contribute more to the world.

About ten years ago, I attended a conference in Mexico with a title that seemed like an oxymoron, Business & Spirituality. As one of the conference speakers, Michael Rennie a partner at McKinsey & Co, told the story of his amazing personal journey, I sensed that his visionary work would help transform his firm, their clients and business. As it turns out that’s exactly what’s happened.

The video clips below are taken from a full hour interview and illuminate Michael’s journey from terminal cancer patient through his chance meeting with a healer who would help him reconnect his head and heart, his miraculous conscious healing process and the development of a curriculum his firm today delivers to clients around the world with outstanding results. McKinsey is known for their 3000+ high-powered clients and their strong analytical and strategic planning capabilities. Michael’s little known story helps illuminate another aspect of their work and offers insights into the difference one person can make in a 10,000 person organization and in helping business become a more balanced discipline. I hope you enjoy the clips. Should you wish to obtain a copy of the full interview, please write me at jefhut at gmail dot com.

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Alex Lin is 14 and lives in ­Westerly, Rhode Island. He’s into sports, hangs out with friends and worries about the future of the Earth. But unlike most teenagers—or people of any age—he’s taken big steps to tackle environmental problems.

It all started when he was 11 and read a newspaper article about e-waste, toxic chemicals from discarded computers that leech into groundwater and soil. “I didn’t even know that was a problem,” he says. “But I thought we could do something about it.”

And Alex has done a lot. With friends, he founded the Westerly Innovations Network (WIN), and testified in favour of a proposed state law to prohibit computers from being dumped in the garbage. When that failed, he and his friends wrote their own version of the bill, which passed as a local ordinance in Westerly and was approved by the Rhode Island legislature. It goes into effect in August.

What ­should people do with outdated computers anyway? “The best thing is to recycle them,” Alex says. “So we asked people in the community to donate old computers to us.”

From OdeMagazine.com

In this inspiring video, Alex delivers an acceptance speech for an award he received. Another wonderful example of Youth in Action!

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