131: Creative Activism And Impact Leader - Yana Buhrer Tavanier

<p><strong>Guest Overview</strong></p><br><p>This week's guest was named as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, was featured in <em>WIRED'</em>s Smart List and Founder of Fine Acts a global creative activist platform. Welcome Yana Buhrer Tavanier.&nbsp;We cover a lot of ground in this episode.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Yana discusses the impact of being born in Communist Bulgaria, being driven at an early age to confront injustice using words and recounts the influence and inspiration of her Aunt who resisted the regime through art and humor but was tortured by the and imprisoned in a mental institution leading her to ultimately to take her&nbsp;own life at 37.&nbsp;</p><p>Yana describes how her family conditioned her to live by values and not by the rules imposed by the state and how this led her to investigative journalism exposing social and human rights abuses, using her writing as a weapon against injustice.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Yana explains how her work to expose the inhumane and degrading treatment in mental institutions resulted in her being nominated as a World Economic Forum Young Global leader</p><br><p>Yana explains why she evolved from journalism to activism.&nbsp;She recounts her early collaborations with artists to use art as a powerful communication tool to generate empathy. She explains how this led to her forming her activism organization Fine Acts, a non profit creative studio for social impact that leverages the power of play in the process of creating their campaigns.&nbsp;</p><p>Yana describes her team fuse this with Hope-Based Communication and the shifts that are taking place in campaigning for human rights.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Yana discusses the latest thinking and how neuroscience insights are changing the way activists operate and why they are releasing their artworks as open source.&nbsp;</p><br><p>I ask Yana to reflect on the state of political leadership and the evolution of leadership around the world.&nbsp;</p><p>We also discuss education, curiosity, creativity and procrastination bef