Indy Johar

01/07/21 • 54 min

"I think at the centre of it, is a new recognition of who we are as human beings."
In the first episode of series 2, creative studio Accept & Proceed’s founder David Johnston meets with Indy Johar, architect and co-founder of Dark Matter Laboratories.
The duo discuss Sikhism, running Dark Matter Labs, the values and rationale behind running a business in an untraditional way and reconfiguring the ‘normal’ structures that exist within a company.

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Transcript

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[00:00:13] Welcome back to Endless Fight Selectivity, Conversations to Inspire Radical Action. I'm David Johnston, founder of Accept and Proceed at Accept and Proceed, we believe the cross pollination of minds and ideas is vital and we can't find solutions in isolation. Connexion and collaboration are critical. Throughout this series, we will engage in wide ranging conversations with radical thinkers, artists, scientists and activists about the problems w