Have you been listening to the Explorer Series this month on our radio show? Rachel has been doing a phenomenal job of hosting the show this month. Her preparation, thoughtful questions and deep interest in each guest has made for memorable, insightful interviews -- and some of my favorite shows ever.

As I watch Rachel take on her guest-host role, I am inspired by her courage to step up and humbled by how ready and able she is to make an outstanding contribution very quickly.

This week, Rachel and I partnered with our colleague and friend, Amy Friedman of Redhead Consulting and Viacom's Scratch to present a two-hour program about developing Millennials as leaders at a Conference Board event in New York City. Even as Amy shared important research about this largest-ever, tech-savvy, entrepreneurial generation and I helped the audience consider how their mindset and skill set are just what is needed to meet 21st century challenges, Rachel modeled the Millennial potential we were describing, fielding questions and presenting key points illustrated by her own observations of her generation and her own experience. Her participation brought the topic to life.

One of our "nuggets" of advice for those in attendance was to invite their Millennial employees to "the table," give them real, big, important complex challenges to work on --and then step back and learn from them and with them. These young leaders have so much to offer.

Kudos to Rachel for modeling the way at Nebo!

Have a great weekend.

Very best,

Kate Ebner

CEO

Nebo Company

Monday, April 28, 2014

11 AM Eastern Time

On VoiceAmerica Business

Listen on Monday.

A Vision of a Disease-free World, featuring National Geographic Explorer Pardis Sabeti

Computational geneticist Pardis Sabeti doesn't aspire to advance medical research- she's already done it. In 2001, she developed a breakthrough algorithm that allows geneticists to scan for genes that reveal natural selection at work- a crucial key to understanding how certain mutations increase a person's odds of surviving a disease. Pardis, an Associate Professor at the Center for Systems Biology at Harvard, studies both how humans develop resistance to disease and how diseases mutate and develop resistance to treatment. Through study of the human genome, Pardis hopes to outsmart deadly diseases such as malaria and Lassa fever. Pardis has a strong commitment to bringing her scientific innovations to developing countries with the greatest need for infectious disease prevention and treatment. Listen live on April 28 as Pardis shares what it's like to work on the edge of scientific discovery with guest host Rachel Wold. You're sure to be inspired by the determination and vision of one of America's most brilliant young scientists.

Learn more about Pardis and her work by clicking here.

Be inspired.

Become inspiring.

Missed the Live Show?

Past Episodes are available on demand and podcast-ready via iTunes or RSS feed.

Using 21st Century Technology Innovation to Save Our Oceans

with National Geographic Explorer Shah Selbe

Native Californian Shah Selbe has a lifelong love of the ocean. Concerned when he learned about the severe threat illegal fishing poses to both the human and animal populations that depend on the ocean, Shah put his engineering training to work looking for a solution. His approach demonstrates the potential for technology to help us address the globe's most pressing environmental problems. Shah is the creator of FishNET, a platform approach to tracking illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing worldwide. FishNET uses a variety of technologies, including a smartphone app, drones and underwater microphones to monitor and share data about what's going on in the water around the world.

Click here to keep reading and learn how Shah uses systems thinking, open-source platforms and crowdsourcing to accomplish his work.

Download the podcast here or listen online here.

Nebo Inspiration Corner

Beauty Through the Eyes of the Blind

April 25, 2014

In This Issue

Next Monday: Fighting Disease with Computer Algorithms

Ocean Conservation Meets High-Tech Innovation

Nebo Inspiration Corner

Nebo takes Millennial program on the road

Recommended Resources

Missed the last show?

Discover how one engineer is using 21st century technology innovation to combat illegal fishing on the April 21 episode of Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life.

Listen now!

Be inspired, become inspiring.

Nebo takes Millennial program on the road

Longtime Nebo friend and collaborator Amy Friedman presented research from Viacom's Scratch division on what makes Millennials the way they are at work to a room of Human Resource executives at the Conference Board in New York this Monday. Kate Ebner and Rachel Wold of Nebo followed Amy by exploring what leadership means to millennials and to all of us in the 21st century. The group explored ways to incorporate millennials' views of work and leadership in their onboarding and leadership development programs.

Amy, Kate and Rachel will present this program again at the University of Kentucky's Institute for Workplace Innovation

Roundtable in Lexington, KY this May.

Would you like to bring this program to your event? Contact us.

Recommended Resources

Opensource.com

Learn more about how open source platforms can help you learn and create new things, no matter whether you're a "techie" or not.

"The Emotional Rescue of Engineering Education: Dr. Dave Goldberg's Surprising Mission to Unleash a Whole New Engineer"

Another episode of Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life that features the powerful work of engineers