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Karimah Hudda      

Regenerative Leadership & Founder & Chief Catalyst at illumine earth

Karimah Hudda is a woman of color from a small town in India who became a global nomad. Over generations her family journeyed from the villages and small towns of India to North America. At every juncture they navigated a series of choices, circumstances and chances; each move forged a new path of opportunity. Conscious of opportunities she had that others didn’t, she realized early on that her core purpose is to accelerate a world where everyone has the opportunity to rise.

Hudda is now a global citizen who has lived and worked in over 40 countries, often travelling off the beaten path and collaborating with people whose life journeys were as diverse as the coffee and oil palm farms of Sumatra, to the C-suites of the largest corporations in the world, the slums of Nairobi, to the global headquarters of international NGOs. In collaboration with the best, most diverse minds in business, non-profits and independent expertise, she has catalyzed impact on speed and scale in environment, human rights and livelihoods.

For over 20 years Hudda has worked at senior levels at Fairtrade International, Mondelez International, Nike Inc, and other organizations, building and executing business-integrated people and planet strategies, and catalyzing system-changing industry innovation to accelerate the race to save the planet. She is known for her visionary, out of the box thinking, finding sparks of ideas from the world’s leading experts and innovators, awakening people and planet impetus in C-Suite business leaders, and harnessing convening power of these groups toward radical systemic change.

Hudda’s motto is "Believe it to see it". She believes in the unique gifts of individuals and spots promising emerging solutionaries, building brain trusts for game changing positive impact on people and planet.

With illumine.earth, Hudda is focused on scaling regenerative ways of living, leading, doing business, which are all key to accelerating the race toward regenerating nature and equity, and thereby securing a thriving future for all of us.

Speech Topics

Elevate your impact through Regenerative Leadership

Leaders are rapidly approaching a dangerous state of depletion. Over Fifty percent are reporting burnout (HBR) and nearly seventy five percent state they are resource deficient and struggling with the pace of change. No matter which side of this statistic you represent, it’s time to prioritize personal well-being to sustain the effectiveness and longevity of your professional leadership.

This Masterclass takes participants through a rapid, guided leadership journey with talks, tools and exercises to relight, rewild and recenter their leadership approach. Takeaways will include:

  • Centering yourself on your core purpose and identity.
  • Linking your purpose to nature and humanity.
  • Understanding how to 'be' a regenerative being.

Previous attendees have reported powerful, clarifying shifts that helped them chart a more aligned and regenerative path forward in their lives, leadership, livelihood, and legacy.

Release What Holds You Back: Embodying Regenerative Resonance

Humans are ingenious beings. We can do anything we set our minds to, as long as we believe, and we have the mental, physical and emotional space to do so. Unfortunately, in today’s day and age we are overflowing with stimulation – too much work, the perma-crises in the word, hyper-stimulation – and bogged down with limiting beliefs.

This session takes us back to who we really are, our 'why', and our connection to the ecosystems in our society and nature. When we learn to recenter ourselves thus, we declutter our life, our beliefs, and other aspects of ourselves that weigh us down. We release these and gain the power to reset our life, livelihood, leadership in a way that replenishes us rather than weighing us down.

Previous attendees have reported powerful, clarifying insights and shifts that helped them chart a more aligned and regenerative path forward in their lives, leadership, livelihood, and legacy.

Beacon of Light: Be the leader to whom top talent flock

Navigate the trifecta of climate crisis, employee burnout and economic uncertainty to emerge stronger and more competitive.

Recent reports show that >50% of managers are burnt out and ~75% fell ill-equipped to meet current and changing demands.

Are you a leader who gives everything, and yet, feels that your team or your employer think it’s never enough?

This session first grounds you in:

  • What’s really going on: the climate crisis and other aspects of the perma-crises, employee burnout trends, and economic uncertainty.
  • How these issues tangibly impact you, the people you lead, the talent you want to attract, retain, grow.
  • Seeing the opportunity in these trends and choosing to emerge stronger.

Legacy of Light: Elevate your leadership to build a lasting positive legacy

Are you a visionary leader who has achieved great things in life already? You have the titles, the assets, and the lifestyle you dreamed of. Now what?

It's time to step up to the next level. Elevate yourself from "visionary leader" to "legendary leader".

Gain the knowledge of how to go deep into who you are, your purpose, and your legacy.

News

Building an Ecosystem of Regenerative Leadership with Karimah Hudda
In this episode of the Doing Sustainability podcast, Gary Baker and Roxanne “Rocket” White are joined by the Founder and Chief Catalyst of illumine.earth. Together, they explore the importance of purpose, action, and connection in creating a positive impact on people and the planet. Karimah also explores the idea of regenerative leadership and the need to integrate sustainability into business practices. Karimah has over twenty years of experience in the Fairtrade and corporate sustainability sectors. In 2023 she founded illumine.earth which advises organizations on scaling their environmental, social, and governance impact, and encourages leaders to scale up their positive impact on people and the planet.

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