Season 3 · Episode 40 · 30 Jan 2026
40 - Elsie Iwase
With Elsie Iwase
“"When I moved to the US, I saw how different the culture was around elders when compared to Brazil and Japan. I saw how we are losing something as a society when we stop listening to our elders as our wisdom and memory holders".”
Reflections
Q1: Place
If we could do a flypast on any part of the world that is significant to you, which place, city or country would it be and why?
Hiroshima in Japan
Q2: Life
Give us a glimpse into your life story so far with an emphasis on what you are doing currently?
Brazilian and Japanese parents, Psychology and behavioural science, Sustainable and ethical organisational development, Across Generations.
Q3: Reset
Where on earth is your place or reset or re-charge?
The Ocean
Q4: Wonder
What wonder of the natural world excites you the most?
The intelligence behind nature and how everything is so interconnected and beautifully designed.
Q5: Hopefulness
What is your story of hopefulness (not your own) about a person, business or non-profit who are doing amazing things for the world?
Salomon Rettig is a holocaust survivor who eventually found his purpose as a lecturer in social psychology in the States.
Q6: Insight
As we prepare to re-enter, what insight, wisdom or question would you like to share with us?
We operate in two modes, fear which often contracts life and growth and love which is open and expansive and a risk worth taking.
Location
Flyover
Hiroshima in Japan
Guest
🇯🇵 New York and Hawaii