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Track where we are in the program, upcoming sessions, and meet your fellow cohort members.
Where We Are Now
Fall 2026 Schedule
Fall 2026 Cohort Participants
Monthly Lives
Monthly 2-hour Live Sessions with Adriana Machado and guests.
September 10, 2026
What You Buy Matters — How to Lead with Your Spending?
Adriana Machado · Diane Osgood
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August 21, 2026
Reporting Forward: Journalism and Finding What's Next
Adriana Machado · Matt Haggman
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July 10, 2026
The AI Gambit: Let's unpack it!
Adriana Machado · Trudy-Ann Armand
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June 12, 2026
Can XR Augment Wisdom in an AI-First World?
Adriana Machado · Reinaldo Vieira
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May 15, 2026
Nature-Positive Leadership, Why Now?
Adriana Machado · Alessandra Araujo
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April 10, 2026
Wisdom & Tech in the Longevity Era
Adriana Machado · Marcos Leal
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March 20, 2026
The Science of Team Alignment
Adriana Machado · Jaye Smith
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February 27, 2026
Tech Disruptions & Leadership Lessons
Adriana Machado · Dr. Russell M. Young
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January 20, 2026
Business Serving Self
Adriana Machado · Cibele Salviatto
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December 4, 2025
Belonging, Order & Balance
Adriana Machado · Michelle Blechner
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November 14, 2025
How AI Will Transform Science, Technology & Entrepreneurship
Adriana Machado · Robert Hacker
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October 10, 2025
Inaugural Open Live Session
Adriana Machado · Erika Sajdak
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Weekly 30-min LIVE Zoom Rhythm Sessions during Cohort. New sessions added every week.
Weekly Rhythm Sessions for the current Fall 2026 Cohort.
Week 1 · Fall 2026
Cycles 1–2: Setting intentions and activating the HWTW practice for the Fall cohort.
Watch on YouTubeRevisit past rhythm sessions from the Spring 2026 cohort (Weeks 1–11).
Week 11 · Spring 2026
Integrating wisdom and action: sustaining our weekly practice.
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Week 10 · Spring 2026
Integrating wisdom and action in Cycle 17 (forum): sustaining our weekly practice.
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Week 9 · Spring 2026
Integrating wisdom and action in Cycle 16: sustaining our weekly practice.
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Week 8 · Spring 2026
Integrating wisdom and action in Cycle 15: moving forward in our weekly practice.
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Week 7 · Spring 2026
Continuing the journey: integrating wisdom and action into our weekly practice.
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Week 6 · Spring 2026
Moving forward in the rhythm: integrating wisdom and action across Cycles 11, 12, and 13.
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Week 5 · Spring 2026
Stepping into Cycle 10: cultivating the weekly rhythm of wisdom and action.
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Week 4 · Spring 2026
Expanding the rhythm: integrating systemic awareness into decision making.
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Week 3 · Spring 2026
Sustaining the rhythm: cultivating personal and collective alignment.
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Week 2 · Spring 2026
Deepening the rhythm: integrating last week's insights into daily practice.
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Week 1 · Spring 2026
Setting intentions and activating the HWTW practice for the Spring cohort.
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How is modern leadership evolving with increased technology available to us? Hosted by acclaimed global leader Adriana Machado, The Good, The Bad, and The Fun on Leadership navigates today's organizational complexities with honesty and wit.
Moving past old-school cowboy grit toward agile, empathetic, and responsible AI-age guidance, Season 2 dives deeper into the context of High-Tech Innovation to advance Higher Wisdom. Through a simple, punchy format, Adriana and her diverse global guests unpack the GOOD lessons to emulate, the BAD practices to ditch, and the FUN stories that keep us human.
Aug 1, 2026 · 56 min
What if the tools that make you a brilliant scientist are the same ones that keep you from seeing the whole? Robert Hacker unpacks how AI will transform science, technology, and entrepreneurship.
Listen on SpotifyJul 1, 2026 · 39 min
What if the problem isn't your leadership toolkit, but that you might be applying it to the wrong context?
Listen on SpotifyDec 30, 2024 · 55 min
A multi-disciplinary approach to compassion, creativity, and leadership through art.
Listen on SpotifyDec 7, 2024 · 1h 1min
Building sound financial habits and structures that support business growth and resilience.
Listen on SpotifyNov 13, 2024 · 48 min
Systems thinking, passion for the problem, and the broader view every leader needs.
Listen on SpotifyOct 30, 2024 · 59 min
The difference between supervising and managing — and how AI is reshaping critical thinking.
Listen on SpotifySep 13, 2024 · 41 min
How thought leadership drives commercial results and addresses critical issues for society.
Listen on SpotifyAug 9, 2024 · 46 min
Freedom is a matter of what you choose to do with what is done to you.
Listen on SpotifyJul 17, 2024 · 52 min
What is driving polarization in the world and what systemic thinking can teach us.
Listen on SpotifyJul 4, 2024 · 1h 3min
Why mind-based paradigms fall short and how to make the unconscious conscious.
Listen on SpotifyMay 24, 2024 · 41 min
Self-awareness, inner leadership, and freeing yourself from pride and fear.
Listen on SpotifyMay 10, 2024 · 47 min
Is sustainability a fad or a lens? What leaders must be more aware of today.
Listen on SpotifyApr 9, 2024 · 50 min
The role of spiritual principles in decision-making and building a successful business.
Listen on SpotifyDec 30, 2023 · 34 min
How to create a strong corporate culture in times of rapid technological transformation.
Listen on SpotifyDec 10, 2023 · 1 hr
Systemic designer of regenerative systems on biomimicry, blue economy, and what the superformula for abundant evolution looks like.
Listen on SpotifyNov 19, 2023 · 52 min
President of The Future Hunters on the phases of leadership, the challenge of leading young, and the wisdom that comes after decades at the top.
Listen on SpotifyOct 28, 2023 · 57 min
Forbes 30under30 impact strategist on why many "for good" initiatives perpetuate the very problems they seek to fix — and how to lead differently.
Listen on SpotifyOct 16, 2023 · 45 min
How leaders can tap the power of the mind and transition from a static to a dynamic mentality in times of accelerating change.
Listen on SpotifySep 22, 2023 · 45 min
Director of StartUP FIU on harnessing AI, embracing complexity, and why conscious human leadership matters more than ever in the age of algorithms.
Listen on SpotifyAug 30, 2023 · 50 min
Philosopher and former Zen monk on what wisdom really is, why it matters for leaders, and how to cultivate holistic intelligence.
Listen on SpotifyJul 31, 2023 · 43 min
Sustainability innovation expert on how nature-inspired design — from bird beaks to shark skin — can guide more conscious leadership and decision-making.
Listen on SpotifyJul 7, 2023 · 55 min
Holistic leadership mentor on self-leadership, embracing differences, and why DEI is about safety and belonging — not statistics.
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HWTW presentations.
Alumni Quest
Board Member, President of Luísa Pinho Sartori Institute, Board Member CDESS
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Alumni Quest
Entrepreneur, Startup mentor, Open Innovation, R&D, Circular Economy, Social & Environmental Impact
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Alumni Quest
EO | General Manager | Chief Commercial Officer | Chief People & Process Officer with proven record expanding shareholders' value through organic growth, acquisitions, divestitures and turnarounds.
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Alumni Quest
Incoming Economics & Finance student, University of Bologna | SAT Tutor, The Dream School
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Alumni Quest
Entrepreneurship Student at MUMA College of Business @USF
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Alumni Quest
Head of Outreach @ BRASA Connect | Supply Chain & Management Student @ USF
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Step-by-step video guides and walkthroughs to help you navigate and make the most of the Briyah platforms and resources.
Tutorial
HWTW Resource Hub Walkthrough
Briyah Institute
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Download templates, presentations, and other resource files.
PowerPoint Template
Template for presenting in Pecha Kucha format.
Download TemplateCurated Reading
Books and materials referenced across each cycle of the HWTW program and beyond.
Aristotle. (n.d.). Nicomachean ethics (Book IX, 12). The Internet Classics Archive. classics.mit.edu
Aurelius, M. (167 CE). Meditations (Book VI; G. Long, Trans.). The Internet Classics Archive. classics.mit.edu
Confucius. (n.d.). The analects (Section 1). The Internet Classics Archive. classics.mit.edu
Plato. (n.d.). The republic (Book VII, 518 e). (B. Jowett, Trans.). The Internet Classics Archive. classics.mit.edu
Plotinus. (n.d.). The six enneads (First Ennead, 8). The Internet Classics Archive. classics.mit.edu
Seneca, L. A. (1928). Moral essays (J. W. Basore, Trans.). W. Heinemann. stoics.com
Benyus, J. M. (1997). Biomimicry: Innovation inspired by nature. William Morrow.
Blavatsky, H. P. (1888). The secret doctrine: The synthesis of science, religion, and philosophy (Vol. 2). Theosophical Publishing House.
Bohm, D. (1996). On dialogue (L. Nichol, Ed.). Routledge.
Galloway, S. (2017). The four: The hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. Portfolio/Penguin.
Goldsmith, M. (2007). What got you here won't get you there: How successful people become even more successful. Hyperion.
Holdrege, C. (2014). Thinking like a plant: A living science for life. Lindisfarne Books.
Kimura, Y. G. (2000). Awakening the genius within: An introduction to triformal learning. genkuworld.com
Kimura, Y. G. (2000). The twilight manifesto. Yasuhiko Genku Kimura & The University of Science & Philosophy.
Meadows, D. H. (2008). Thinking in systems: A primer. Chelsea Green Publishing. goodreads.com
Peirce, C. S. (1998). The essential Peirce: Selected philosophical writings (Vol. 2; Peirce Edition Project, Ed.). Indiana University Press.
Rovalo, E. (2019). iSites: Nature journaling for biomimicry. Biomimicry 3.8. biomimicry.net
Seba, T. (2014). Clean disruption of energy and transportation. Clean Planet Ventures.
Sinek, S. (2009). Start with why: How great leaders inspire everyone to take action. Portfolio/Penguin.
Sinek, S., & Mead, D. (2017). Find your why: A practical guide for discovering purpose for you and your team. Portfolio/Penguin.
Wilber, K. (2001). A brief history of everything. Shambhala Publications.
Walker, S. (2017). The Japanese Garden. Phaidon Press. thriftbooks.com
Briyah Institute. (n.d.). How to Present in Pecha Kucha [Video]. YouTube. youtu.be