In this EDGE - Beyond The Stage 1:1, Francisco Santos shares how surviving kidnapping reshaped his view of leadership, resilience, and the true cost of freedom. He explains why protecting public discourse matters in the age of social media and cancel culture, and why democracy is being challenged...

What kind of legacy will exist because you were here?

During Global Impact Week, YPO and YNG members gathered for The Legacy Lab, an interactive session led by Peter Johnson that challenged participants to think beyond success and consider the long-term impact they hope to create in the world.

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What if solving global challenges starts not with policy, but with the people around the table?

A recent Social Impact Network fireside chat with Matthew A. Swift, Co-Founder, President & CEO of Concordia, explored how meaningful progress happens when leaders across business, government, and civ...

In this EDGE - Beyond The Stage 1:1, Kwame Owusu-Kesse explains what “impact over profit” really looks like in leadership - not as charity or signaling, but as making decisions based on lives and livelihoods. He argues that leaders need to shift their mental models, stop performative impact, and ...

AI is scaling knowledge and intelligence.

It rewards good judgment and penalizes poor judgment because AI enables faster scaling.

In a world where expertise is commoditized and analysis is automated, the CEO’s true advantage is no longer access to information or intelligence, it is their judgme...

In this TLA S02 session, behavioral scientist Milo Wilkinson explores why so many change initiatives fail - and why leaders often misread resistance. Her core idea is simple but powerful: people are not usually afraid of change itself, they are reacting to loss. Through stories, neuroscience, and...

In this TLA S02 session, behavioral scientist Milo Wilkinson explores why so many change initiatives fail - and why leaders often misread resistance. Her core idea is simple but powerful: people are not usually afraid of change itself, they are reacting to loss. Through stories, neuroscience, and...

As AI makes information and expertise more accessible, the role of the CEO is evolving. Authority now relies less solely on technical skills or data access. In a world overwhelmed with information and continuous change, leadership focuses more on clarity of values, sound judgment, and building br...

What if peace depends not only on politics, but on how culture, technology, markets, and human connection interact?

A recent Peace Action Network session, in partnership with the Global Diplomacy Network, explored how global systems are reshaping diplomacy, conflict, and the prospects for peace....

In this EDGE - Beyond The Stage 1:1, Louie Schwartzberg introduces “visual healing” - the idea that nature and beauty can measurably reduce stress and anxiety. He shares feedback from his Netflix series Moving Art and discusses clinical trials exploring how visual content can impact heart rate an...

Leadership today demands more than strategy and performance. It requires presence, emotional intelligence, and the courage to lead with humanity.

Join us for a transformative session where YPOers will explore how trauma awareness and empathy are not “soft skills” but essential capabilities for f...

In this EDGE - Beyond The Stage 1:1, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa warns that our public information ecosystem has become “toxic sludge” - addictive, manipulative, and optimized for profit. She argues that when technology outpaces government safeguards, democracies become vulnerable to i...

In high-growth, high-pressure environments, leaders often add more strategy, more meetings, more effort in an attempt to drive results. But what if the real advantage comes from subtraction?

Join our host, Bassel Hamwi (YPO Metro New York Gold), as Aaron Bare introduces the concept of Magnetic Z...

Most leaders and coaches know purpose matters. But few know how to find it with precision, repeatability, and depth. Most purpose work is long on inspiration and short on method.

In this advanced YPO webinar, internationally recognized purpose architect Tim Kelley introduces a practical framewor...

In this EDGE 2026 session in Sydney, Louie Schwartzberg explores how nature, time and perception reshape the way we see the world. Through decades of pioneering time-lapse cinematography, he reframes beauty not as decoration, but as a force that expands consciousness and deepens compassion.

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At EDGE 2026 in Sydney, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa delivers a stark analysis of narrative warfare, institutional collapse, and the erosion of trust in democratic societies. Drawing from her experience leading Rappler through political persecution in the Philippines, she explains how t...

At EDGE 2026 in Sydney, Mina Guli delivers a powerful reflection on courage, purpose and execution in leadership. Drawing on her journey running extreme distances to spotlight the global water crisis, she reframes endurance not as athleticism but as a metaphor for decision-making under pressure.
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In this session at EDGE 2026 in Sydney, Dan Rice shares firsthand leadership lessons drawn from advising Ukrainian military leadership during the war and applying military leadership frameworks inside corporations.

Through real battlefield examples and organizational parallels, Rice explores lea...

In this high-impact session at EDGE 2026 in Sydney, David Roberts reframes AI not as a tool, but as a systemic replacement of organizational thinking itself.

Drawing parallels between the Industrial Revolution, electricity, the printing press, the microchip and the internet, Roberts argues that ...

In this candid and deeply practical session at EDGE 2026 in Sydney, William Heinecke shares the entrepreneurial journey behind Minor International, from a $1,200 loan at age 17 to a multi-billion-dollar global hospitality and restaurant group.

Through stories of building Thailand’s first mozzare...

In this leadership session at EDGE 2026 in Sydney, Dave Garrison challenges the traditional model of leadership by arguing that solving problems for your team may actually limit performance.

Garrison introduces the concept of “buy in” as a measurable profit engine, not a cultural perk. Through p...

In this session Mina Guli, and Kwame Owusu-Kesse explore what it means to lead when measurable social impact, not financial return, is the primary objective.

The discussion explores how mission-driven organizations operate at scale, how leaders navigate trade-offs between sustainability and grow...

A Practical Framework for Sustainable and Profitable Growth

In today’s rapidly evolving business environment, high-performing boards must do more than oversee governance, they must actively shape the organization’s long-term direction. This session introduces a practical, strategic framework for...

The session focused on global innovation ecosystems and the importance of cross-cultural collaboration in driving economic growth and competitiveness across various sectors. Karimah es Sabar, a leading figure in life sciences and venture capital, discussed the dual importance of disruptive and in...