Shari Hughson has lived a unique life. She is a successful nurse, entrepreneur, innovator and adventurer. Shari and her husband David See, have pushed themselves to do everything that challenges their abilities, to try new things, experience as much as they can, and to live a life of learning and exploring. Their greatest adventure to date was to walk away from everything: successful businesses, beautiful acreage home, and friends and family, to live as our ancestors did, as hunter gatherers. They did this for close two years, and then they accidentally lived the evolution of Western civilization over another 5 year period, and completely changed their perspective on people and the planet. What they learned tells us more about the future than the past. Returning to society in 2014, Shari has resumed her life of innovation and entrepreneurship with increased passion, since survival of people, the planet and organizations, depends on our greatest survival instinct – Innovation. Humans ability to problem solve, to figure out the challenges of our era, is the answer forward. Shari’s stories of survival and evolution weave a compelling narrative for a positive future. Shari is currently the Director of the Master of Management Innovation and Entrepreneurship program at Smith School of Business, Queen’s University. She and her husband continue to challenge themselves with adventures while they share their stories of transformation. Shari Hughson has led a unique and unconventional life. She has been an entrepreneur, intrapreneur, social innovator and extreme adventurer. She started her first business at the age of 25 and won CIBC Entrepreneur of the Year before the age of 30. Shari has been a founding member in four more companies, two great learning opportunities (aka failures) and two ongoing scaling tech and data driven health businesses. Shari created a social innovation program in mental well-being that won a National Honour from the First Nations Health Authority of Canada. She is currently the Director of the Master of Management Innovation & Entrepreneurship program at the Smith School of Business, Queen’s University.
Shari is a travel and adventure fanatic, and has pushed her limits in the extreme adventure of living off the land with only the bare survival essentials for 7 years. Sustainable healthy living for people and the planet are her passions This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx