Meet the founders
Elisabeth Sperling
Elisabeth is a lifelong educator, with a passion for sharing conversations and experiences in which all parties learn and grow together.
Based in New York, she has been a personal development coach and facilitator since 2015, leading weekend workshops, on-site corporate trainings, and online courses internationally. Her current work is underpinned by her many years studying and teaching global history and wisdom traditions.
Elisabeth holds a BA from Harvard University in Russian and Soviet Studies and an MA in Teaching from Columbia University. She taught world history for fourteen years and worked on a national level to promote the globalization of history curriculum in secondary schools. She also supports students and scholars as a writing coach and editor, and has worked as a documentary filmmaker, producing and directing a feature-length film about creativity and collaboration. She trained and worked as a personal development coach and facilitator at The Rao Institute for five years before co-founding Wise Humanity.
Among other eclectic interests, Elisabeth is a student of meditation, an avid reader, traveler, and photographer, and enjoys vegan cooking and volunteer work.
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Wise Humanity is the culmination of my lifelong study of global wisdom and my dedication to education. At the heart of all teaching is the goal to uplift, and at the core of all learning is the wish to live our best lives. I love that at Wise Humanity, we directly address what is most important to each of us.
- Elisabeth Sperling
At the end of his latest documentary, A Life on Our Planet, David Attenborough says it’s no longer sufficient to be the most intelligent species on Earth; it’s time to be wise. Wise Humanity is our contribution to the growth (and the conservation) of humanity.
Davide holds an MSc in Physics, an MBA from London Business School and a Coaching Practitioner Diploma from the Academy of Executive Coaching of London. He’s also a leadership lecturer at Ravensbourne University London.
For 20 years, Davide enjoyed an international career in a variety of engineering industries.
His corporate life culminated in heading a Business Unit for a global Engineering and Construction company. He then decided he had achieved the zenith of his corporate career and could use his leadership and people skills in a more fulfilling, impactful way. That’s when he became a coach, a teacher of personal growth programs at The Rao Institute, and later a co-founder of Wise Humanity.
Davide’s vision is to launch and support individuals and businesses on a journey of enhanced fulfilment and empowerment, to build a better future for themselves, their communities and the planet. Among other interests, Davide enjoys painting oil portraits, has a passion for theatre, and is an avid book reader, cinema goer and globe trotter.
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Wise Humanity is my way to pay forward all the happiness I’ve had in my life, the incredible opportunities and learnings, the practical wisdom tools I’ve learnt and developed, and all the love I’ve received. It’s at the same time the place where all my eclectic past unites and finds meaning, and my way to share it all to help people enhance their whole experience of life, find fulfillment and their own meaning.
- Davide Pagnotta
