Kadá

What is Kadá?

Inspired by

The start-up you

The start-up you
Reid Hoffman

JUNTO group

JUNTO group
Benjamin Franklin

Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris
Woody Allen

TED

TED
Chris Anderson

Inspired by Reid Hoffman’s book The Start-Up You, Benjamin Franklin’s group JUNTO, Woody Allen’s movie “Midnight in Paris and TED, I co-founded a Mutual Improvement Movement with my wife Catalina and my good friend Mario Chamorro in 2012.

It took us a year to find whom among our friends, and among the friends of our friends, would fit within the parameters that we deemed incredibly valuable:

How does it work?

We are a group that operates by invitation only.
The main event is a 3-day meeting once per year and other informal
meetings during the year.

During these days we:

Exchange
knowledge

Every new member gives a 20-minute talk of something that they want to teach us. This could be related to their work, their passions, their hobbies, or the happy intersection of the three.

Invite
mentors

We find wiser, more experienced leaders of industry, authors, or generally interesting people who give a keynote speech to the group in full and who offer their perspective on the relevant topics of the day.

Help each
other

If anyone needs help with a particular situation, challenge, decision, we have a discussion where the group offers a multi-disciplinary perspective that might clear up a path forward.

Build
friendship

We find that old-fashion human interaction is all that many of us need. From these relationships, some one-on-one partnerships or mentorships have resulted, as well as good-old friendships.

Think of KADÁ as a well-curated group of amazing people that are doing amazing things and that are ready to help each other and help our country and the world in any way they can.

Editions

Every year we ask our members to share a new idea with the community, because this is one of our core principles:
To give and receive knowledge from our fellow Kadaqueños.

Have you ever asked your friends not only what they do, but how they do what they do? This is what we like to learn about. We want to know a little bit more about each of the fields represented in our roster, and we even open up the floor to discuss their new challenges or achievements in order to brainstorm or learn more as a community. We also invite one to three mentors every year and ask them to teach us something new in order to engage in great discussions and challenge our points of view.

2017 Mentors

Paul Zak

Paul is a very well known neuro-scientist, specializing in the field of TRUST. We will talk with him about the meaning of a word that is so important and that touches different aspects of our lives.
LinkedIn Paul Zak || TED Talk Paul Zak

Gonzalo Gallo

A former Catholic priest, Gonzalo left the church and dedicated his life to be a spiritual advisor, life coach and facilitator for people in transition to their final resting place. He has written 26 books and is a regular guest in Colombia’s morning television shows.

2016 Mentors

Pablo Trujillo

Pablo is known as the father of the Fiduciary System in Colombia. He taught us about the principles of banking and laid down his view about its future challenges and possible developments. He currently owns one of the most prestigious Fiduciary organizations in the country.
Pablo Trujillo interview

Gustavo Bustos

Gustavo is a very succesful entrepreneur with a rich spiritual life. He is a life coach and a Vipassana Meditation practitioner and facilitator for more than 15 years. He lead us into an amazing meditation and performed a beautiful Tibetan Bowls concert.

Programa

2015 Mentors

Andrea Ruiz and Francisco Forero

Andrea and Francisco are the two minds behind the most watched movie in Colombia: Colombia Magia Salvaje. The nature documentary focused on the diversity and incredible beauty of Colombia-s many habitats, and it enthralled more that 2 million viewers at movie screens all over the country. They moved from being mentors to now making part of the Kadá community.
LinkedIn Andrea Ruiz || LinkedIn Francisco Forero || “Colombia, magia salvaje” (Wikipedia)

2014 Mentors

Camilo Gomez

Camilo was the former Peace Negotiator under president Andres Pastrana in the early 2000s. He gave us his first hand, and unbridled account of his attempt to negotiate peace with one of the most violent and old guerrilla groups in world’s history. We later had a deeper conversation about this important part of our history and he gave us his vision of where the country is headed.
LinkedIn Camilo Gómez || Biography Camilo Gómez (Wikipedia)

2013 Mentors

Liliana Restrepo and Alfredo Hoyos

This was our first year and we were thrilled to have Alfredo and Liliana, the founders of a very successful fried chicken restaurant chain in Colombia. More than that, they are amazing human beings that taught us about their experiences as entrepreneurs and innovators through the introduction of processes like Suani, Biodanza, and Trascendental Meditation into the company and the communtiy at large.
Frisby.com.co

Kadaqueños

Kadá family