THE OCTOPUS MOVEMENT
The Octopus Movement
2021
THINKING
FEELING
EXPLORING
The Octopus Movement is a global coalition of non-linear thinkers united by a desire to create positive change in the world. Using Education, Art, Philosophy, Economics & Psychology.
Check out our manifesto.
WHY AN OCTOPUS?
The octopus is our amazing mascot for many reasons.
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They have nine brains giving them high intelligence and unique problem-solving skills.
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They have eight arms each able to move independently which makes them able to test, learn, and do multiple things at once.
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They have three hearts pumping blue blood which helps them thrive in uncomfortable waters.
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They use camouflage to quickly adapt to fit into any situation.
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And they have their own unique DNA, often described as an alien which resonates with those of us who may feel like we don’t fit in.
Board of
Inspiration
Perry
Knoppert 🐙
FOUNDER & CEO
The Octopus Movement, Amsterdam
Aka "The Multipotentialite Dude", interviewed more than 100 multipotentialite people worldwide. Published Author.
Christine
Charitonos 🐙
Founder & CEO What Does Not, London
Aka "Trouble", has dedicated most of her personal and professional life looking for out-of-the-box thinkers and those that don’t conform to normalcy. She also hates bios.
Maxine
Cunningham 🐙
Founder & CEO PickMyBrain.world, Vancouver
Aka "Musk Max", who is building the worlds first peer to peer knowledge marketplace and filling it with the worlds smartest and most interestingly weird people. Super Brain (more than 100 Brain dates).
Todd
Cherches 🐙
Co-Founder & CEO
BigBlueGumball, New York
CEO. Executive Coach (MG100). Award-winning adjunct professor of leadership at NYU and Columbia University. TEDx speaker. Author of the book, “VisuaLeadership.”
Eran
Thomson 🐙
Joy Pusher and Entrepreneur Australia
Founder: Laugh-Masters Academy, PowerProv, Song Saga. Host of the One Word Suggestion podcast. Creative leader, writer and spreader of joy.
Claudia
Lieshout 🐙
Principal Design Research at Philips Design, Eindhoven
Claudia has spend already more then two decades on exploring the future and guiding businesses in responding to trends in the context of health.
Sobhan
Chowdhury 🐙
Founder, The Speakers Corner, Dhaka
Sobhan is a full-time corporate professional who aspires to uphold public speaking for the youths also working towards sustainable environmental initiatives.
Hadeer Ahmed Ghareeb 🐙
Clinical research associate
Dubai
Hadeer Ghareeb's an Egyptian young woman currently living in UAE, that chose a different path, and decided to go wherever it takes to pursue her multiple passion. She is a clinical research associate, Game designer and social entrepreneur. She has an initiative named "Trash Into Toys" where she teaches kids how to make their dream toys out of trash.
Mani Padmanabhan 🐙
CFO
Hyderabad, India
A multipotentialite in Finance - a specialist in all domains...Finance and people leader across all kinds of entities and managing people of great heterogeneity. Author of 'Decoding Risk Management - an introduction. CFO service provider, Faculty in B Schools, Advisor and Mentor'