{"id":2829,"date":"2024-10-21T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T14:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrundgunnsteinsdottir.com\/?page_id=2829"},"modified":"2025-09-26T09:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T09:37:08","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hrundgunnsteinsdottir.com\/is\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Um"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2829\" class=\"elementor elementor-2829\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea99cc1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ea99cc1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff18d95 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ff18d95\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4824df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d4824df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hrundgunnsteinsdottir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/hrund_80-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2259\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrundgunnsteinsdottir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/hrund_80-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/hrundgunnsteinsdottir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/hrund_80-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hrundgunnsteinsdottir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/hrund_80-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/hrundgunnsteinsdottir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/hrund_80-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hrundgunnsteinsdottir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/hrund_80-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/hrundgunnsteinsdottir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/hrund_80-scaled.jpg 1708w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3af9b6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f3af9b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca30f4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ca30f4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I'm Hrund Gunnsteinsd\u00f3ttir<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef8d584 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef8d584\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHi there, thank you for visiting my website. Here you will get a better feeling for my professional background. But in short, I am passionate about harnessing the best in humanity and broadening our sense of intelligence by finding balance between the intuitive and rational, creative and analytical. Systems do not change by themselves, people change systems. And change starts within ourselves. I belief our InnS\u00e6i is the source for the compassionate and sustainable stewardship we now need to exemplify. I am committed to bringing InnS\u00e6i into the world, as a powerful and poetic reframing of our greater potential to create flourishing futures for people and the planet. I have had close to 30 titles in my career so far, and they are as diverse as a filmmaker, a consultant, a poet, a statistician, a principal, a playwright, an innovator, an entrepreneur, chair of boards, an activist, a dreamer, an artistic director, a managing director, a founder, a what-have-you. But the one I truly relate to is simply being Hrund. Hrund who is an artist at heart, a visionary and someone who can turn ideas and visions into reality.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83eec24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83eec24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNo one is an island and no action happens out of context. Everything I have done has been possible because of other people and knowing that impact requires bridge building and constructive relationships between people, disciplines and sectors.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63b594e elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"63b594e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjMxNjEiLCJ0b2dnbGUiOmZhbHNlfQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Order the book<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-713b6b6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"713b6b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a343f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1a343f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0313259 elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"0313259\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-3220\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-3220\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Strategy and sustainability <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-3220\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9acf9ea e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9acf9ea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa59c94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa59c94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Managing Director of Festa \u2013 center for Sustainability in Iceland (2019-2023). During this time Festa tripled in size and became a unique stakeholder community in Europe, comprising some of the country\u2018s smallest and largest companies, a few municipalities, universities, the Environmental Agency and the Central Bank of Iceland.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40643de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40643de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tManaging Partner at the Nordic Circular Hotspot (2019-2023), the leading platform on transition to a circular economy in the Nordics.  Collaborator at the New Constellations, UK (2022-2024), which helps people imagine and create better, more beautiful futures.  Nordic Ignite Ambassador, a Nordic angel investment firm. Advisor for various investment funds with particular focus on sustainability and the circular economy.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-3221\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-3221\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Public Speaking <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-3221\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b69bba e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4b69bba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b39d89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b39d89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs a public speaker and moderator I have appeared on such media outlets and platforms as ARD Germany, CBS News, WNPR radio US, RUV Iceland, National Geographic Explorer and Society, Tezign, Alibaba, Tedx, World Economic Forum, Women Political Leaders, Nordic Circular Summit and DesignMarch. I have lectured in universities such as Yale university, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Reykjavik University, University of Iceland, The Arts Academy of Iceland and University of Bifr\u00f6st.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-3222\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-3222\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Entrepreneur <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-3222\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb517e7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eb517e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3305ae2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3305ae2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCreator and Director of Prisma \u2013 cross-disciplinary university diploma program, Iceland (2008-2010). Creative Director and Founder of Project 7 which vision was to harness a flourishing future vision of young change makers and artists in the Nordics. Advised, mentored and collaborated with entrepren\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-3223\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"4\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-3223\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Boards &amp; Advisory Councils <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-3223\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9926191 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9926191\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4d3182 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4d3182\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA board member of Eyrir Invest, the Advisory board member of Yale\u2018s International Leadership Center (ILC) and am former Chair of the Technology Development fund, Iceland\u2018s largest public grant fund for innovation. Other experiences include advisor or board member of Women Politival Leaders, Social Startup Iceland, Amnesty International and UNIFEM Iceland, Hjallastefnan school, Islandsbanki Entrepreneurship fund, Nordic Expert Groupl on Continuous Learning.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-3224\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"5\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-3224\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Writing and film-making <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-3224\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8fc7fb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f8fc7fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de279d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de279d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAuthor of InnS\u00e6i \u2013 heal, revive and reset with the Icelandic art of intuition, published by Lagon\/Bonnier books UK 2024. Script writer, storyteller and co-director of InnS\u00e6i \u2013 the Sea Within (Power of Intuition), shown worldwide on Netflix and other mediums. Co-creator of short films for RUV (public tv station) and UNIFEM. Published playwright, poet and author of short stories.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-3225\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"6\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-3225\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Development and peace-building <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-3225\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9008d0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d9008d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d168484 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d168484\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProgramme manager of UNIFEM in post-conflict Kosovo (2001-2002) and Statistician at the UN Economic Commission for Europe 2002-2004). Occasional assignments as consultant and senior consultant for UN Women and UNDP between 2004-2020 in Kosovo and Bangladesh.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-3226\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"7\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-3226\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Journalism and public relations <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-3226\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5763c8b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5763c8b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c0a61f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c0a61f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tForeign news journalist Morgunbladid and a columnist for business newspapers. Spokesperson for UNIFEM\u2018s Butterfly Week in 2008. Written various articles on sustainability, future trends, arts and culture.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-3227\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"8\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-3227\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Education <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-3227\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f2a526 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1f2a526\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ba172f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ba172f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEducated in Anthropology at the University of Iceland, (BA) Development Studies and Complex Emergencies at the London School of Economics (MSc), UK, Diploma in executive leadership from Harvard Kennedy school. Executive courses at Oxford Said business school, IMAGINE\u2018s Oxford Leadership Experience, Yale University, Stanford University, miniMBA on innovation and management at Akademias Iceland, Strategic Foresight at SOIF, UK.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-3228\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"9\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-3228\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Honours and Awards <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-3228\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30136bd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"30136bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef87ee2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef87ee2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIceland Ocean Cluster Sustainability Leadership Award. 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These superpowers are threatened by our modern over-emphasis on rational thinking, algorithms, the way we are constantly bombarded with information, distraction and insecurities, and the increasing levels of burn-out, anxiety and stress. 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