In this episode, Sam Bell speaks with Nicklas Wallberg about social entrepreneurship, trust, and designing work that people genuinely want to show up for.

Drawing on experience across facilitation, social entrepreneurship, and cross-sector collaboration, Nicklas shares how trust is built early, how conditions for truth-telling are created, and why joy is not a by-product of good work but a deliberate design choice.

This is a grounded conversation about courage, collaboration, and making thoughtful career decisions that create freedom and long-term impact.

This episode explores:
• Social entrepreneurship and individual leadership
• Trust-building that starts early and compounds over time
• Collaboration across systems and sectors
• Creating truth invitations and conditions for honest dialogue
• Joy and fun as deliberate design choices in meaningful work
• Making hard career decisions that lead to growth and freedom

Guest links:
• Nicklas Wallberg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nwallberg/
• Tram Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/@TramSessions

Chapters:
00:13 Introduction to Nicklas
01:04 Improving systems through social entrepreneurship and Tram Sessions
08:00 Facilitation, trust, and early conditions
17:40 Why social impact attracts good people and how joy is embedded in work
31:00 Choosing when to leave a great role and trusting the next chapter
35:00 Lessons from Nicklas’s grandfather on kindness and leadership

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Credits:
Hosted by Samantha (Sam) Bell in Melbourne and Stockholm, 20 January, 2026
Natural Genius Podcast https://naturalgenius.com.au