The Ethics Incubator

Paralympian Trevon “Trey” Jenifer is a decorated Team USA wheelchair basketball player and four-time Paralympian. As a team captain, he led the U.S. to gold at the recent Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, adding to his previous gold medals from Tokyo (2020) and Rio (2016), and a bronze medal from London (2012). A sponsored athlete for Team Citi, Comcast Xfinity, and Per4max, Trey is also a two-time col...

Dr. Cialdini is known globally as the foundational expert in the science of influence and how to apply it ethically in business. His Seven Principles of Persuasion have become a cornerstone for any organization serious about effectively increasing their influence. His books, including Influence and Pre-Suasion, have sold more than 7-million copies in 44 different languages. Welcome to my conversat...

Successful hospitality entrepreneur Chip Conley is on a mission to reframe our relationship with aging. As the founder of MEA, the world's first midlife wisdom school with regenerative communities, Conley is disrupting both the idea of higher education and senior living. A New York Times bestselling author, Conley's 7th book Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age. He ha...

Dacher Keltner is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and the faculty director of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center. A renowned expert in the science of human emotion, Dr. Keltner studies compassion and awe, how we express emotion, and how emotions guide our moral identities and search for meaning. His research interests also span issues of power, status, i...

Shannon Lee is an actress and businesswoman. Daughter of the late film star and martial artist Bruce Lee, Shannon is now president of the Bruce Lee Foundation and is dedicated to sharing his life and message with fans and the general public alike. She is the author of the book Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee. Welcome to my conversation with Shannon Lee. -- The Ethics Incubator is a...

Effective July 2016, Olivier Niggli assumed the role of Director General. Olivier possesses extensive international experience in the anti-doping industry; particularly, in the areas of legal, finance and governance. He started his legal career with Carrard & Associés in Lausanne (Switzerland), where WADA was his client. In 2002, Oliver first joined WADA as the Agency’s Legal Director to which he...

Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow in the Governance Studies program at the Brookings Institution and a contributing writer of The Atlantic. Rauch is author of The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth (June 2021) and previously author of Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought (1993). Welcome to my conversation with Jonathan Rauch. -- The Ethics Incubator is an independent, cro...

Timothy Erblich: On trust, mental health and vulnerability in the work place... and much more by The Ethics Incubator

Claudia Rankine is the author of six collections of poetry, including Just Us: An American Conversation, Citizen: An American Lyric and Don’t Let Me Be Lonely; three plays including HELP, which premiered in March of 2020 at The Shed, NYC, The White Card, which premiered in February 2018 (ArtsEmerson/ American Repertory Theater) and was published by Graywolf Press in 2019, and Provenance of Beauty:...

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[We apologise for the sound quality for this Zoom interview while we all shelter-at-home in July 2020.] Ertharin Cousin is CEO & Founder of Food Systems for the Future. Former Executive Director of the World Food Programme, US Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, EVP of Feeding America, and SVP of Albertson's. 30+ years of experience and relationships in national and...

[We apologise for the sound quality for this first Zoom interview while we all shelter-at-home in June 2020.] Rob Chesnut is a senior advisor to Airbnb, a role he took on in 2020 after spending four years as the company’s General Counsel and Chief Ethics Officer. He previously led eBay’s North America legal team, founding its Trust and Safety team, and has worked as general counsel for LiveOps, In...

[We apologise for the quality issues with this audio, and we are grateful to David Hanson for this conversation at Stanford University in April 2019] David Hanson develops robots that are widely regarded as the world’s most human-like in appearance, in a lifelong quest to create true living, caring machines. To accomplish these goals, Hanson integrates figurative arts with cognitive science and ro...

Michael Signer is an award-winning former mayor, a corporate executive, and an author whose leadership in support of democratic values, and against extremism and intolerance, has been recognized around the nation. Mike served as Mayor of Charlottesville from 2016 to 2018, during the violent "Unite the Right" rally in August 2017. He and the people of Charlottesville received the Anti-Defamation Le...

It is an honor to launch my Ethics & Truth  stream with my discussion with US Senator Russell Feingold on ethics, truth and more.  Whatever one’s politics, Senator Feingold offers a globally-minded perspective on some of today’s most challenging ethical questions—and on my personal mantra that integrating ethics into our decision-making tethers us to our humanity. His official bio from LegitAction...

Meeting Norman Lear gave new meaning to the words “inspired” and “gratitude.” Within minutes of starting our conversation, his wisdom called me out on my difficulty being “over and done”—putting the past in its place and living for the present and future. He further fueled my gratitude for being a citizen of a democracy with the strong reminder of our power…but only if we vote…and our responsibili...

Jin Xing is the consummate performer who brings to life the very essence of performance art and its importance to society. Often called the “Oprah Winfrey of China,” she has also become a voice and a platform for blending entertainment with discussion on her wildly popular talk show. The following is her official biography from her Shanghai studio Jin Xing Dance Theatre (official link: http://www....

[We apologise for some challenges with the quality of this video, but we are grateful to Laolu for such a provocative conversation] Video of this conversation here: [http://ethicsincubator.net/ethics-and-the-arts-interviews/laolu-senbanjo] Laolu is a Brooklyn based Nigerian born Performance and Visual Artist, Singer/Songwriter/Musician, Human Rights Lawyer and Activist whose mantra is “Everything...

Jonathan Taplin is Director Emeritus of the Annenberg Innovation Lab at the University of Southern California. He was a Professor at the USC Annenberg School from 2003-2016. Mr. Taplin began his entertainment career in 1969 as Tour Manager for Bob Dylan and The Band. In 1973 he produced Martin Scorsese's first feature film, Mean Streets, which was selected for the Cannes Film Festival. Between 197...

Paul Thompson has been the Rector of the Royal College of Art (RCA), the number one university globally in art and design as ranked by the QS World University Rankings in 2015 and 2016, since 2009. The RCA is also the only art and design university in the UK operating exclusively at postgraduate level. Paul’s previous career highlights include his service as Director of the Smithsonian’s Cooper-He...

*** The interview with English subtitles is available here in video [http://ethicsincubator.net/ethics-and-the-arts-interviews/2796] *** Xu Bing was born in Chongqing, China, in 1955 and traces his family roots to Wenling, Zhejiang Province. In 1977 he entered the printmaking department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing (CAFA), where he completed his bachelor’s degree in 1981 and stay...

Renowned author Sir Salman Rushdie needs little introduction as we look forward to his latest novel The Golden House early September 2017. His twelve novels include Midnight’s Children (1981 Brooker Prize winner and winner of the Best of the Booker—a public vote for the best in the award’s history), Haroun and the Sea of StoriesShame, The Satanic Verses, The Moor’s Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath He...

Sensei Richard Amos is currently Chief Instructor of the World Traditional Karate Association (WTKO). He began studying the Japanese martial art of Shotokan Karate at the age of ten. By the age of 23 he had established himself as a champion figure on the Karate competitive scene throughout England and continental Europe. In 1989, Sensei Amos moved to Japan to pursue the coveted Japan Karate Associ...

The Martha Graham Dance Company was founded in 1926 by Martha Graham, widely recognized as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century and creator of an iconic approach to dance based on the human body’s capacity for expression. The company continues to lead the modern dance world today, bringing together Martha’s classic choreography and costumes with today’s choreographers, technology, and a...

Note: We sincerely apologise for difficulties with the sound quality of this video. Professor Dr. Martin Roth was Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London from September 2011 until he stepped down to pursue other interests at the end of October 2016 after a highly successful five-year term. During his tenure, the V&A won the coveted Museum of the Year Award from the Art Fund in 2...