The Conscious Capitalists

The soul’s journey and self-mastery, where are you on your journey?  This week we speak with Srikumar Rao - founder of the Creativity and Personal Mastery Program that gained fame by being oversubscribed at several leading business schools (Columbia, London Business School and others) and is now open to the public; and you can apply to join!  Srikumar offers ancient wisdom in a modern context and...

Join Raj and Timothy as they discuss their perspective on Patagonia and the example Yvon Chouinard is setting with his transfer of shares to a trust for the good of the planet. An inspiring example of one founder's alignment of his values and the value he has created and what he does with that wealth. AND Patagonia is not just a feel good story. They run a disciplined organization that has focused...

This week the ‘father’ of the Net Promotor Score (NPS), one of the most widely admired and used measures of customer impact, Fried Reichheld,  speaks to us about the next wave of customer focus- Customer Capitalism and NPV 3.0. Great companies help people lead great lives- they are a force for good. At their core they have a strong sense of purpose— to enrich the lives of every customer they touch...

In the face of the global crisis’s of 2022, how do we hold on to an optimistic view of the future? Can we create a different more sustainable economic system? Listen to a path forward with potential hope, with Ketan Patel, a successful investor and founder of Force for Good which this week publishes its 3rd annual report, Capital as a Force for Good , https://www.forcegood.org/report-2022 . He del...

Evolutionary Biology gives us the scientific underpinning to find a common and unifying approach to the changes we need in our economic theory and business practices. Join David Sloan Wilson this week for a fascinating deep dive into the science supporting Conscious Capitalism. Hear about the leading edge thinking the world desperately needs to turn into business practice. Human survival and evolu...

Conscious Leadership: a deeper dive and a discussion on individual and organizational leadership development.  ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes only a few seconds and greatly helps us get our podcast out to a wider audience. Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. For transcripts...

What does Conscious Leadership mean? The path to becoming a conscious leader is about becoming S.E.L.F.L.E.S.S. - listen on to find out how! ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes only a few seconds and greatly helps us get our podcast out to a wider audience. Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher, or wherever you get...

Hear how Leading FT Journalist, Editor and leader Gillian Tett has used her expertise in Anthropology to study the human interactions, tribalism and rituals of the financial and business world to predict the 2008 Financial crisis. She also frames the ESG evolution and why it will change but is here to stay. Gillian shares insights from her new book Anthro-Vision: How Anthropology Can Explain Busin...

A great conversation this week about creating ‘ownership’ mentality and rewards in a company. Hear about the millionaires and the hundreds who realized 6-figure payouts in the sale of Cliff Bar to Mondelez this year! Employee Ownership Stock Plans (ESOPs) can create great value for the people who create the value in the company! It’s also a great way for owners to have a tax advantaged exit event...

This week a primer on Conscious Culture- from the guys who wrote the book on it— US!  @Raj Sisodia and @Timothy Henry- The Conscious Capitalism Field Guide https://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Capitalism-Field-Guide-Transforming/dp/1633691705 . What is a Conscious Culture? We define it in terms of T.A.C.T.I.L.E. - the way a conscious culture feels! The fuel for the business engine that thrives! And he...

Practical examples of love at work- in banking! Hear about a true relationship based financial institution as First United Bank CEO Greg Massey reflects on making their purpose, Spending Life Wisely, matter. A practical and inspiring time with Greg with plenty of examples of how First United lives their purpose in the communities they serve. ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider leaving...

Beyond just satisfied customers to consistently creating raving fans at Trader Joe’s. Listen to the former President of Trader Joe’s, Doug Rauch, describe his ’stakeholder centric’ approach to Customers . Also Doug’s latest venture aimed at food and nutritional deserts in America’s cities – The Daily Table. ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes?...

Uncommon common sense – taking a long-term, ownership approach to investing and avoiding the casino capitalism, trading system that focuses on short term bets.  Hear Tom Gardner co-founder of Motley Fool talk about their investment firm and approach to outstanding returns. AND they have one of the great conscious cultures we’ve seen- creating a fun and high performing family of “Fools”. Listen and...

This week listen to the NY time journalist David Gelles talk about his new book with this title. How one man came to embody the 1980’s shift to short term shareholder focus—and the negative legacy we are dealing with from this today. The stories we tell about business influence our perceptions of business- David Gelles tells a compelling story of how Welch’s story, seen in hindsight, represented a...

Raj and co-author Michael Gelb discuss the book that wrote itself. Businesses that are more human and more successful - changing the narrative about business. ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes only a few seconds and greatly helps us get our podcast out to a wider audience. Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher, or...

This week we have the co-founder of Seventh Generation (purchased by Unilever in 2016) and of the American Sustainable Business Council (with over 200,000 members), Jeffrey Hollender. Jeffrey has been a leader in the sustainability field since its early days, as an entrepreneur and co-founder the first successful environmentally focused home products Seventh Generation.  Hear about his journey and...

A good business model is the Ferrari engine—people are the fuel that makes it work! 14% CAGR for almost 25 years by caring, looking for goodness and saying thank you.  Hear practical examples of how Barry Wehmiller does it—and at the centre of it, leaders measuring success by the lives they have touched. This approach to leadership and culture that has worked in over a 100 acquisitions- across the...

This week we interview one of the newest members of the Board at Exxon-Mobil… you might have heard of the activist shareholder revolt that put him there! Meet Greg Goff, an inspiring, successful former CEO (Named one of the “Best-Performing CEOs in the World” by Harvard Business Review in 2018) founder of a leadership institute and a purpose driven transformation leader. We discuss the power of pu...

Bob Anderson is the co-creator of the most effective 360 leadership development tool, The Leadership Profile. More than that he is an ardent student and practitioner of leading-edge leadership development. Join us this week as we discuss conscious/integral leadership, adult development and why in an era of constant and accelerating change ‘conscious’ leaders have never been more important. Hear Bo...

What do Southwest Airlines, Wal-Mart, Wholefoods and the Red Cross have in common? Chief Purposologist Haley Rushing! Listen to her experience with making purpose matter for the last 20 years. ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes only a few seconds and greatly helps us get our podcast out to a wider audience. Please subscribe on Apple...

Barry Johnson first developed the principles of polarity thinking and maps in 1975. As the founder and leading practioner of ‘both/and’ thinking, he offers a unique perspective on its application across business, politics, and society. As we increasingly understand the difference between solving problems AND managing complex systems, polarity thinking becomes a critical leadership capability for t...

Hear from Gerry Anderson, former CEO and Chair of the one of the largest utility and energy companies in the mid-west of the US. Gerry made purpose relevant to people by making it matter to their individual roles and jobs. From power plant workers to accountants- helping people see the importance of their work and how they make a difference unleashes people energy into the business and the communi...

Learn about creating the future from the ‘surround sound’ of our core strengths and how to make positive change at scale with David Cooperrider the father of Appreciative Inquiry. He talks about his experiences in engaging large groups in addressing difficult and challenging questions or business issues in a way that creates breakthrough thinking and action! AND creates organizational transformati...

Hear about what this means and the extraordinary story of Lynne Twist the author of the Soul of Money and co-founder of the Pachamama Alliance. Money is a means not an end, and our attitude towards it shapes many of our actions. Lynne walks us through some of the shifts in mindset that enable us to allow money to flow in our lives towards making a difference. An inspiring call to live a committed...

The soul’s journey and self-mastery, where are you on your journey?  This week we speak with Srikumar Rao- founder of the Creativity and Personal Mastery Program that gained fame by being oversubscribed at several leading business schools (Columbia, London Business School and others) and is now open to the public; and you can apply to join!  Srikumar offers ancient wisdom in a modern context and h...