Taking a Stand for a Culture of Kindness

Today’s podcast guest, Aila Malik, will teach us how to create positive change for good and build communities through small acts of kindness.

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“We as humankind cannot surpass, and overcome, and fix, and resolve these systemic challenges unless we learn how to connect with each other and how to create a community and an ethos of kindness.” Share on X

Building a Culture of Kindness with Aila Malik

Can we truly solve the systemic and environmental challenges we face today? Now more than ever, humanity must come together to face the crises we’ve created. In this inspiring episode, Aila Malik joins Lindsay to share how small acts of kindness can lead to big change—and how connection is the key to creating a more compassionate world.

Aila believes that the path forward is rooted in engagement, empathy, and meaningful relationships. Her message is clear: when we connect with others and lead with intention, we unlock our collective power to create communities of care and resilience.

Meet Aila Malik

Aila Malik is a mother of three, a wife, blogger, conscious consumer, and full-time activist. Trained as a lawyer and driven by heart, Aila is the founder of Venture Leadership Consulting—a team of data-driven, goal-oriented strategists who help organizations create system-wide improvements in society.

Through her writing, public speaking, and social impact leadership, Aila inspires others to take action, use technology for good, and build a more just and connected world.

A Birthday Celebration Turned Movement

On her 40th birthday, Aila launched the #CommunityKindnessParty—a celebration of life, love, and the people who make a difference. What started as a personal milestone became a global invitation to reflect on relationships, honor shared humanity, and live with deeper intention.

During her family’s year-long journey around the globe—known as the Franklin Street Globetrotters—Aila deepened her belief in the power of kindness and service. Her adventures were guided by love, gratitude, and a commitment to see and support others, wherever they were.

Tune In and Be Inspired

If you’re ready to lead with heart and make a meaningful impact, this episode is for you. Aila shares practical ways to infuse kindness into your daily life, build stronger communities, and spark positive social change.

🎧 Listen now and discover how one person’s journey can ignite a movement—and how your own acts of kindness can ripple out in powerful ways.

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Key takeaways:

02:25 – The Story of the Community Kindness Party, a social media campaign that motivates people to embark on selfless acts of kindness and share them with others.
05:10 – How she and her husband realized their dream of traveling the world with the whole family and the lessons she learned.
09:59 – Small acts of kindness: the building blocks for social impact and how they can create positive change for good.
12:57 – Why awareness is key to build authentic and meaningful connections and how your intrinsic motivation and civic engagement can turn you into a change agent.
22:04 – Intentionality and impact as a profession: Strategies and methodologies to drive impact in scale by implementing Theory of Change with non-profits.
26:43 – Impact as the accountability factor in the non-profit sector and how to effectively set measurable goals to drive intentionality.
31:05 – Driving innovation in the non-profit sector by the sharing and dissemination of data and research.
37:39 – Immersion, connection, and departure: How to build trust when facing a limited time for change management.