Namaste. Hola. Nĭ Hăo. Kia Ora. Salam. Hujambo. Hello.
This is Kâli Sapien*.
You may refer to me as Kâli F Sapien or Mansi whichever feels more from your heart. Neither is preferred as I am both equally. If your heart chooses Kâli Sapien, use it in its entirety, meaning not just Kâli.
I am a primordial humanist, a Creatrix, an aspiring Investor, and a Naughty Ego-Slayer. I dissolve the notion of individuality whenever I open my two mouths. I came to the USA with a pressure cooker, a traveler’s check, and a loan the same year Edward Snowden went ape-shit crazy in Savior Complex. Too soon?
I have spent the last 16 years in the field of mass media, film, design, art, innovation, entrepreneurship, and social impact. While I struggle with neurodivergence from many symptoms of CTSD (Complex trauma stress syndrome), I have tasted my own aliveness and I am proudly addicted to it. Please explore my blog to support you through your own journey toward radical (S)self acceptance/reverence and building eco-bio-spiritual relationships with other sapiens.
*[Kâli Sapien: phonetically ‘Cah-lee’, English “ah” as in an American “hot” or British “bath”and ‘Say-pee-in as in Homo Sapien
Mansi: phonetically, man + like ‘a’ in Elan + see. ]
AS INNOVATOR & LEADER
I am the Zentrepeneur of The Social Innovation Collective: an incubator devoted to brave disruptors embodying regenerative innovation, The Fireweed Expedition: an immersive experience devoted to enlivening change-makers.
AS WRITER & SPEAKER
11 yrs ago I started an 'unreasonable' journey. Without a job or savings, I decided to fuel an intuitive hunch. Since then, I‘ve convened 1000s of people across many cultures and disciplines and synthesised my learning into Regenerative Innovation (RI).
AS ARTIST & PERFORMER
I weave poetry, art, dance, drama, music, and memes into multi-dimensional performances, exhibitions, and experiences to help renew humanity and the planet with play and provocations. You may find my latest performance video here.
All these creations aim to make transformation effortless, playful, sexy, and sticky!
regenerative:
( verb | noun ) re·generation
The incredible ability generated by embodying the most evolved potential of human interconnectedness, which heals keystone relationships at scale while restoring social harmony and thrivability for all.
Speaking Highlights
Regenerative Innovation - Evolutionary Futures Lab, 2022
Regenerative Business Models’ at Hult International Business School, March, 2021
‘Rebuilding with regenerative relationships’ - Fractal Friends Podcast, Oct 2020
‘Regenerative Innovation’ at Purposeful Business Summit, July 27th, 2020
‘Regenerative Innovation’ at Techstars Startup Week West Slope 2020, Colorado, July 16th, 2020
Spoken Word at Thrive East Bay, Oakland CA - Jan 2020
Spoken Word at Nora Bateson’s Warm Data Lab, Oakland, CA - Oct 2019
Spoken Word at BK Authors Retreat, Oconomowoc, WI - Sepetmber 2019
‘Regenerative Innovation’ Keynote at Pollination, San Francisco, CA - July 2019
Writing Highlights
Articles
1. Love is knowing how to choose: On eros, soul, war, zen, and death.
2. Unrolling Wipegate: What toilet paper teaches us about media, capitalism, privilege, implicit bias, and racism.
3. Sincerity, the antidote to the pain of future failure.
Others:
2020: I did not take the pledge of allegiance.
2020: Regenerative Innovation: How to design in uncertainty with human, ecological and economic equity
2019: My dearest and beautiful revolutionaries
2019: How are you feeling today?
2018: 30 things that I love about myself
2017: Don’t say happy earth day to me, please. Seriously.
Poems & Prose
1. The ballet of the bouquet
2. My Secret Garden
3. Have you tasted your problem?
4. Tea With Troubles
5. Constellations