When Fedarko and McBride recently appeared at University at Buffalo’s Distinguished Speakers Series, they delivered a gripping account of their more-than-700-mile hike — the full length of Grand Canyon — a journey that lasted over a year and pushed them to the edge of physical and mental endurance.

Evolutionary Biologist and part-time stand-up comic Ella Al‑Shamahi, the first female host of a major BBC Nature documentary series, recently appeared at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, as a featured speaker in the Distinguished Speaker Series of Southern California.

In times of relentless change and rising complexity, hesitation is costly. It’s not enough for leaders to know what to do—they must become the kind of leaders who can do it.