ELDERS AND NOMADS
Meet our trusted faculty of advising Elders from nomadic communities around the world. Each Elder represents a perspective and inspiration from a particular topic or theme; storytelling, resilience, agility and leadership.
Richard O’Neill
Romany Traveller from birth, Richard is a published author and exceptional storyteller. Take a look at this guardian article that gives a great background on his character and work.
An Iban woman and anthropologist, Welyne talks passionately about the topic of resilience, and what it takes to survive as a community in an environment under threat. Welyne speaks about her work as part of the ‘Faces of Malaysia’ campaign here.
Dr. Welyne Jehom
Malaysia
Emmanuel Mankura
Kenya
A Maasai Senior Elder, Emmanuel is part of a community that connects over 1,000 individuals. He is an incredible speaker and shares stories on change (breaking taboos), leadership and merging tribes. Take a look at his TEDx talk here.
Bolor has a strong base of knowledge on the Mongolian nomadic way of life and has worked with NSB on many occasions to bring this thinking to organisations. She is also a coach and experienced facilitator who speaks on the topic of agility and what it means to lead like a nomad
