Monday, June 3, 2013 11 AM Eastern Time On VoiceAmerica Business
Consulting Nature: A Conversation with Biomimicry Pioneer Janine Benyus
 Your company is trying to develop the technology that will change the world. Who do you need on your team? An engineer, a computer scientist and....a biologist. Yes, a biologist at every technology R&D meeting is what Janine Benyus, founder of both the Biomimicry 3.8 Institute envisions for the future. Biomimicry, a term coined by Benyus in the mid-90's, is an emerging discipline that uses brilliant designs and strategies developed by nature over the last 4 billion years and applies them to solve problems for humans. Biomimicry hopes to transform the world into a more sustainable place by mimicking the ways ecosystems are self-sustaining in nature. By looking to the natural world for inspiration, biomimicry challenges the conventional wisdom that man-made technologies are inherently superior to what we find in nature and asks, " What does nature do better than humans ever could imagine?" Join Kate Ebner and Janine Benyus, biologist, innovation consultant, and author, for a conversation that invites you to look for solutions to life's challenges in nature.
Be inspired.
Become inspiring.
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Coach Yourself to Success:
Tips from Talane Miedaner, Master Coach
Talane Miedaner is an internationally-recognized life and leadership coach who has helped hundreds of people achieve greater happiness and success. Talane, also a faculty member at the Georgetown Institute for Transformational Leadership, joined Kate Ebner on Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life to share the how-to's of setting a career vision. To learn how your life and work can benefit from a career vision, click here. For more of Talane's great tips for succeess, check out the list below or pick up one of her books (see the Recommended Resources section for more information):
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 Identify your needs - Design your ideal life
- Ask for what you really want
- Master the art of delegating
- Get yourself unstuck by making a small change
- Turn complaints into requests.
- Stop trying to change people - it's a wate of energy and rarely, if ever, works
- Surround yourself with beauty
- Put yourself first- invest in yourself
- Write down your goals in the present tense 15 times a day
- Celebrate your success
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 What lessons can mentors draw from Sheryl Sandberg's widely-discussed book, Lean In? Nancy Lamberton offers mentors, both male and female, advice for putting some of the book's lessons into practice in the spirit of creating a more equal world. Find out how your mentorship can make a difference in this week's Mentor~wise post.
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