THE GOOD MINDS

COMPETENCE & CAPACITY

The Good Minds Network is comprised of individuals selected for their exceptional professional achievements and personal resilience. Spanning science, academia, politics, art, and business, we unite these diverse talents to spark creativity, brilliance, innovation, and transformative solutions. Ten percent of Seeking the Obvious® profits will be allocated to the Good Minds Network, empowering them to address societal, economic, social, or environmental challenges in the ways they deem most effective.

Chief Oren Lyons Faithkeeper of the Onondaga Nation and Professor of American History: An amazing speaker, political visionary and spokesperson for all indigenous peoples.	Prof. Jan Staël von Holstein After fifty years in the design business, he is now a world authority in Corporate and Brand Identity creation and Design Management. He has been visiting Professor at the The College of Design & Innovation, in Shanghai for the last ten years, and at The Art&Media College, both part of Tongji University. Course professor for eight years at The Central Academy of Fine Arts, CAFA, and initiated The Design Management Institute at Tsinghua University in Beijing.	Dr. He Jie Associate Professor for Natural Sciences and Science Education at NTU, Singapore. Awarded “Innovation of the Year Award 2001. In 2012, she received the Singapore Millennium Foundation grant to work on “Integrated Vertical Aeroponic Farming System: Towards Food Security and Sustainability in Singapore”. Won the inaugural NIE Excellence in Research Award 2016 based on her outstanding contributions in extending the frontiers of research and knowledge on vertical farming.
Honorable Mr. Mats Hellström Former Swedish Minister of Agriculture and Trade, Swedish Ambassador to Germany. Independent International Trade and Development Professional	Marilyn Mehlmann Co-Founder at Legacy17 cooperative association. In the past thirty years, work in more than a dozen countries in Europe plus USA, Korea, Vietnam, India, Malaysia, southern Africa, Bhutan. Sustainable development - helping individuals and groups to live and work more sustainably, i.e. in harmony with themselves, each other, and their environment - including their economic environment.	Dr. Lars Pharo Professor of Religions and Ethics, Nord University, Norway. Religions, ethics, history of ideas (ideologies/philosophies), languages (translation and history of concepts), literacy, writing, semiotics, and knowledge systems of the American continent and Europe. Until 2022 Vice-Dean of Research and Development, Nord University.
Karin Hassle Glass-artist & CIAGENCY® Motivator	Dr. Lou Yongqui VP & Professor, Tongji University. In 2014, the President of Finland honored Lou with the Order of the Lion of Finland as a Knight, First Class. In 2019, Lou was named by Fast Company as one of China's 100 Most Creative People in Business, and he was elected as a fellow of Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). Lou is a pioneer of connecting design-driven social innovation and sustainability with this era’s real-world challenges.	Richard von Essen Independent branding advisor, focusing on the beautiful art of being understood.
Dr. Su Yunsheng Director of Technical Dev. Dep. Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute, Shanghai. Urban Planning PHD, Visiting Professor of Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Executive Vice Dean of Shanghai International Institute of Design and Innovation. Dr. Su Yunsheng is the Innovation Director of Master Planner for the Shanghai 2010 World Expo.; co-founder of Urban China Magazine; Speaker in 2014 TED global, Tencent WE summit, 2015; Speaker in One Person One World Show---CCTV.	Bruno Neeser Over thirty years of experience as team leader, project manager, consultant and advisor in the fields of communication and information technology. Previous chairman of listed Klick Data AB, Sweden’s leading provider of e-learning. Among his clients are SAS, Microsoft, IKEA, Ericsson, Philips, Carnegie, the Royal Dramatic Theatre, the Vasa Museum, UNICEF, WHO, WFP and organizations like The International Federation of Red Cross as well as government agencies in Ethiopia and Namibia.	Mats Lundberg Former CEO of Groth & Co, a major international IP Law firm. Named by Who’s Who Legal as one of Sweden’s leading trademark lawyers, and named an IP Star and a Global Leader by Managing Intellectual Property, MIP and WTR World Trademark Review since 2015. Previous chairman of the Swedish Patent Law Firms Association and for many years also represented Sweden in the council of ECTA (European Trade Mark Association).
Erik Tutzauer Innovation Manager at Fortum, one of Scandinavias major energy companies. Entrepreneur in energy and information management with a “live and let live” approach. Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management. Doesn’t like to be called a “thought leader. To him a more honoring description would be “action leader”. "Valuable and necessary change can only come by doing something of our good thoughts."	Gustav Gorecki Senior Vice President at Storebrand, ranked top 10% most sustainable listed company globally. Founded several startups and has worked many years within management consulting, the most recent as manager at Accenture Strategy. Board member of Sightsavers, backed by Gates foundation. Member of the Advisory Council Msc in Entrepreneurship and innovation at Norwegian Business School. Former advisor to the Minister of Enterprise in Sweden.	Dr. Margaret Towle PhD, CAP®, FSA®, RICP®. Financial Expert, and Experienced asset manager and FinTech entrepreneur. Former Managing Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, managing ESG assets. Demonstrated history of collaborating with others across all facets of the financial services arena. Skilled in WealthTech/LMS, ESG portfolio management, Entrepreneurship, Investment Strategies and mentoring.