Corporate Unplugged

Filippo Dal Fiore is an unconventional social scientist, corporate advisor and university professor of sustainable business. Having moved back and forth from academia to the frontline of highly conscious companies, Filippo has developed a new paradigm vision for the university of the future, where science is done with a heart and a new human-centred civilisation can be built from the ground up. On today’s podcast:Bridging the gap between the academic and business worldWhy academia needs to changeFilippo’s vision for the university of the futureThere is no work/life balance; there is only life workWe need to become less emotionally attached to our companiesLinks:Filippo Dal FioreWebsite: Filippo Dal Fiore Great Place To Work® Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Fullerton is an unconventional economist, impact investor, writer and founder of Capital Institute. In this episode of Corporate Unplugged he discusses regenerative economics, and the universal patterns and principles that will shape the new economy. But first, why after a 20 year career on Wall Street where he was the Managing Director of JP Morgan, did he choose to walk away with no plan? On today’s podcast:Why we need to pause before we actThe darkside of the Green RevolutionCompetition isn’t our innate human natureThe problem with tracking ESG metricsWhat the world needs most right nowLinks:8 week course: Introduction to Regenerative Economics – CAPITAL INSTITUTEcapitalinstitute.org Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you had an idea for a potentially multi-billion dollar business, would you have the courage to make it free for the entire world to use?Because that’s exactly what Matt Mullenweg, CEO and founder of WordPress did. After many twists and turns, today the company has nearly 2,000 employees and a valuation of $7 billion. And WordPress powers more than 40% of the websites on the internet.  So why did Matt decide to go against the status quo and make his platform free for all users? And why, almost two decades ago, did Matt decide that it was so important that the internet was about sharing and freedom and bringing people together to collaborate online?Download and listen to find out more.On today’s podcast:The genesis of WordPressUnderstanding the need for Open SourceThe cycle of generosity in Silicon ValleyMaking investments with Audrey CapitalWhat the world needs most right now Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

How can art awaken people's desire for change and support them in creating the future they wish for? Jayce Pei Yu Lee is a graphic facilitator and visual catalyst based in Taipei, Taiwan. Jayce is big at heart, small in size and organic in spirit. She is an artist, a scribe and a maverick storyteller through her whimsical brush marks. She is a core team member of The Value Web and of The Presencing Institute led by MIT professor Otto Sharma. She also drives the visual practice movement in the Asia Pacific region.On today’s podcast:Realising the power of marksBecoming a graphic recorderHow to work with a graphic recorderMaking the first markWhy we need to be more kindness-centricLinks:Book - Drawn Together through Visual Practice See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Having abandoned a career in the petroleum industry to pursue a vocation defending the environment and defending future generations, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Ali Al Nuaimi is affectionately known around the world as the Green Sheikh. So what does it take to transform a nation from polluter to protector, and why, as a member of one of the ruling royal families in the oil rich United Arab Emirates, has he chosen the rather unlikely vocation as environmental campaigner?Find out in this episode!You can find show notes and more information by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3yrSSm6 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Otto Scharmer is a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and co-founder of the Presencing Institute. In 2015, he co-founded the MITx U.lab, and in 2020, the GAIA journey (Global Activation of Intention and Action). GAIA has activated a vibrant worldwide ecosystem of transformational change involving more than 200,000 users from 185 countries. And if you haven't read his books yet, we recommend The Essentials of Theory U, and also Leading from the Emerging Future: from ecosystems to ecosystem economies.In this podcast:From ego system to ecosystem The knowing/doing gapThe ecological, the social, and the spiritual dimensionsHow can leaders play their part?The need for movementsLinks:https://ottoscharmer.com/https://www.presencing.org/Putin and the Power of Collective Action from Shared Awareness: A 10-Point Meditation on Our Current Moment​​Putin and the Power of Collective Action from Shared Awareness — Part 2: The Social Grammar of Creation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out inf

Shelley Paxton is an author, speaker and movement maker. Think Brene Brown with a dash of rebel. As former Chief Marketing Officer of Harley Davidson, Shelley found herself at the top of the proverbial mountain feeling success-empty instead of success-full. And that awakening led her on a profound sabbatical journey that became her mission, her business and best selling book. Today, she's leading a REBELution with a B to rewrite the script of success and liberate one billion souls. In this podcast:Defining your own successOn a mission to liberate a billion soulsLeaving Harley-DavidsonBecoming a rebel role model for other leadersThe power of kindnessLinks:Book - Soulbbatical: A Corporate Rebel's Guide to Finding Your Best LifeRebel Leader’s Manifesto Rebel Souls Podcast with Shelley Paxton See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sasja Beslik is an international financial expert known for promoting financial sustainability across the world. He has been ranked the world's most influential person within green finance. Sasja is a true sustainability pioneer who has with passion taken on several leading roles in the world of finance: as head of responsible investments, as corporate governance, as CEO, and as head of sustainable finance. And today he's leading the sustainability work at the biggest Danish commercial pension company, PFA. His work has been recognised widely, for example, as a young global leader at the World Economic Forum, and he received a medal from the Swedish King also for Outstanding Contributions within environmental and sustainability theory. He's also the author of several books, the latest one is Where The Money Tree Grows. And his weekly newsletter ESG on a Sunday, is read widely by many impact makers around the world. In this podcast:It’s time to review the resultsThe answer isn’t driving an electric carWhy

Charles Eisenstein is a writer, speaker and the author of several books including The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible. His work covers a wide range of topics such as history of human civilization, economics, spirituality, and also the ecology movement, all topics which leaders today need to understand to evolve their companies. In this podcast:Why success doesn’t have to be goal drivenOur education system doesn’t create leadersHow to use business as a force for changeThe most important quality of a leader Kindness is the highest form of intelligence See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

William Ury has a passion for helping people, organisations and societies get to seemingly impossible yes’s - i.e. agreements that work for everyone. He's trained as a social anthropologist, he’s worked as a mediator and negotiation advisor in many of the world's toughest conflicts from the Cold War to the Middle East. And he is co-author of ‘Getting To Yes’, a 15 million copy bestseller translated into over 35 languages, and author of the award winning ‘Getting to Yes With Yourself’. He co-founded Harvard’s programme on negotiation where he currently directs the global negotiation initiative, and he’s co-founder of the climate parliament, a forum for parliamentarians and civil society to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. In this podcast:How to get to yesHow to negotiate for important thingsWilliam’s vision for the futureLong term solutions for businessGo to the balconyWhat does a win look like?Links:www.williamury.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John P. Milton is an explorer and a true pioneer. He is a professor of environmental studies and has written books on ecology and environmental conservation. In the mid-1960s, he played a key role in fostering the environmental movement. He also helped author one of the earliest publications on the threat of rising global carbon dioxide levels. Starting very young, he pioneered bringing the ancient Vision Quest into a modern one, called Way of Nature. This is a quest on how to connect to the three nature's: the outer, inner and true. In this podcast:A pioneer for the environmentThe Way of Nature The Vision QuestWhy we need an educational system around the ecosystemThe fragility of modern highly centralised systemsHow leaders can come back into balance with natureLinks: WayOfNature.cominfo.wayofnature@gmail.comvimeo.com/wayofnature See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Johan Premfors is an unconventional entrepreneur with a global experience that is hard to match. He has moved from investment banking to post conflict reconstruction, to building a global coaching school. And today, his focus is on mental health and his and his wife's passion project, Gozamm, a technological platform that will forever change how we consume life changing content, and also how you grow with the people you care most about. In this podcast:Getting closer to the people you care aboutGozamm as a platform for changeThe importance of human connectionCreate human change within organisationsThe future according to JohanAdvice to leaders and organisationsLinks:https://gozamm.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

David Batstone is a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, on a mission to eradicate human trafficking and the global slave trade. And at the same time, he is what you might call a social justice warrior. David is the Founder and Managing Director of Just Business social impact investment firm. And he's also the founder of Not For Sale, which builds viable and successful companies and returns the profits back to the community. In this podcast:The Not For Sale modelFounding RebblSaving the Corporate Soul Designing a better worldEradicating human trafficking What David can teach the worldLinks:RebblSaving The Corporate Soul See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Charles O'Malley works at the intersection of personal organisational and societal transformation. He has two decades of experience working on social and environmental issues with everyone from startups to large corporations and governments. Prior to that, he worked for a decade in finance and venture capital. He currently spends half of his time as Senior Systems Change Advisor at the UN Development Programme, where he focuses on how to accelerate transformation in global food and agricultural systems. He spends the rest of his time involved in a range of projects that bring together personal, organisational and systemic change.In this podcast:Personal organisational and systemic changeCollective sense-making processConnecting to a sense of purposeLong term solution for businessMake change with the resources you haveWhy leaders need to slow downLinks:The Power Of The Powerless See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rebecca Henderson is The John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard Business School, a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and also a fellow of both the British Academy and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Rebecca is an expert on innovation and organisational change. Her research explores how much the private sector can play a major role in building a more sustainable economy.In this podcast:Her dream for the futureReimagining CapitalismWhy change in business is necessaryBeing a tree huggerLessons from deathLinks:Book - Reimagining CapitalismRebecca Henderson See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jason Lippert is the President and CEO of LCI Industries (LCII) listed on the New York Stock Exchange. LCII is a global manufacturer of components and engineered solutions for recreational vehicles, marine and transportation industries, with over 90 divisions and 14,000 team members worldwide. The key objective at LCII is to provide a positive experience for all of their customers, and at the heart of the company’s core values lies a culture of caring, which is transforming the company and the communities around it. In this podcast:The journey to caringSharing the knowledge with other companies Persuading stakeholders to invest in cultureImpressing culture on acquisitionsThe essence of LCII cultureThe business culture revolutionLinks:https://www.lci1.com/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John Caswell created Group Partners as an antidote to the frustrations and missed opportunities of the leaders in the business world. He saw the lack of creativity and thoughtfulness forced on businesses through legacy processes, investment in the wrong objectives, and generally, how easy it was to solve the wrong problems really well. And above all, he saw how these things were all the better for being brought to life visually.In this podcast:The best way to have a visionPerpetual reinventionA passion for problemsWhat the world, businesses & leaders needLinks:https://www.grouppartners.online  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Raj Sisodia has been on a mission to bring caring, humanity and healing to business and capitalism since 2007. He is a preeminent thought leader in the rapidly growing movement to redefine the purpose and role of business in society. He is co-founder and co-chairman of Conscious Capitalism Inc, and has published over 100 academic articles and 12 books including Conscious Capitalism, Everybody Matters and The Healing Organisation. His work has been featured in many media outlets such as Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Economic Times, CNBC and many others. Raj is a Professor of Global Business and Wholefoods Market Research Scholar in Conscious Capitalism at Babson College. He's on the board of directors at The Container Store and a trustee of Conscious Capitalism, Inc.In this podcast:Happiness cannot be pursuedThe biggest challenges we faceRise of feminist valuesThe Athena doctrineCreating whole human beingsHeart, healing and soulLinks:Book - Conscious Capit

Richard Sheridan is a successful entrepreneur, CEO, Chief Storyteller and co-founder of Menlo Innovations, a software design and development firm with an unexpected effect on their clients. 20,000 people from all over the world have visited Menlo over the past two years to understand what lies behind their magic culture. So no wonder Menlo has received numerous prestigious Business Excellence and Culture Awards. He's also an author of two best selling books: Joy, Inc, and Chief Joy Officer.In this podcast:Creating an intentional cultureJoy in businessTeamwork, collaboration, pairingScaling up and scaling downLong term solutions for businessDealing with self doubtLinks:Book - Joy, IncBook - Chief Joy Officer  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stefan Ytterborn is an experienced entrepreneur, he’s the founder and CEO of CAKE. And after more than three decades as an influential force in design and product development, he is now four years into his newest successful venture - CAKE. It's an electric motorbike company that wants to help the world on the journey to a zero emission society.In this podcast:Why CAKE is the opposite of motorbike cultureThe global rise of IKEABeing purposeful without expecting paybackTake a breakBe respectful, be patient, take actionThe importance of caring leadershipLinks:https://www.ridecake.com/en/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.