Podcast appearances and mentions of Paul Polman

En un contexto en el que las multinacionales estadounidenses dan pasos atrás en materia de sostenibilidad, Paul Polman, ex CEO de Unilever y co-autor de "Net positive: cómo las empresas valientes prosperan dando más de lo que reciben", nos ofrece su visión y experiencia en este ámbito.

In turbulent times marked by economic volatility, environmental breakdowns, and widespread distrust, what we're experiencing may feel unprecedented—but we've been here before. And as Paul Polman reminds us in his milestone conversation with Carol Cone, we are not without a compass. Paul, the former CEO of Unilever, is one of today's most respected voices in sustainable leadership. He joined the 200th episode of Purpose 360 not to sugarcoat the challenges, but to ground us in enduring truths.Paul's insights are rooted both in strategy and humanity. He speaks of sustainability as the “heart of business,” where values like dignity, compassion, and the Golden Rule are guiding principles. He urges leaders to develop their own “inner core” to build resilient businesses but also resilient selves—emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. And he reminds us that real leadership today means moving from “human doings” back to human beings. Business, he says, must be structured to serve—anchored in long-term purpose and in solidarity with both people and planet.At its core, Paul's message to leaders and companies is both visionary and deeply grounded. He challenges companies to stop whispering behind closed doors and instead step forward together with clarity, courage, and moral conviction. The future, he believes, belongs to those who act with heart. And in a world that often feels fractured, Paul's voice is a steady reminder that it's our shared humanity—and our willingness to serve others—that will lead us through.Listen for key insights on why:“Soft” values are the most strategic and essentialBusiness must serve humanity (not the other way around)Successful leadership starts from withinSilence to political changes is not a neutral position Resources + Links:Paul Polman's LinkedInPaul Polman's WebsiteNet PositiveIMAGINEPaul's Reflection on the Passing of Pope Francis (00:00) - Welcome to Purpose 360 (00:13) - Episode 200 with Paul Polman (02:40) - About Paul (05:03) - Personal Purpose (07:20) - POV on What's Happening Today (10:15) - Optimistic Outlook (12:41) - Being Authentic to Values (14:19) - Pope Francis (17:15) - Leaders (21:21) - What to Do When Attacked on DEI or ESG (24:28) - Moving the Boundaries (27:23) - Role of Employees (28:36) - Conscious Quitting Results (30:04) - Role of Humanity (32:29) - Last Thoughts (34:46) - Wrap Up

As Microsoft shuts down Skype, Sean Farrington reflects on the internet calling service. And we hear all about Saudi Arabia's involvement in boxing. Plus, following Warren Buffett's announcement that he'll retire as chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, Wake Up To Money gets the thoughts of former Unilever boss Paul Polman.

Watch: https://youtu.be/rsvfCWDXbu4    Part of the series: "The Ripple Effect: How One Ethical Choice Can Inspire Many" In this compelling premiere of our new series, Dr. Von explores how one ethical decision can set off a transformative ripple effect across organizations and communities. “The Power of Ethical Leadership” examines the critical role leaders play in setting moral standards, fostering organizational integrity, and shaping cultures rooted in trust and responsibility. Listeners will learn:How ethical leaders define and influence the ethical climate within organizations.Why setting strong ethical standards is essential for long-term success.Real-life examples of public and private-sector leaders—like Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama, Paul Polman, and Satya Nadella—whose ethical choices continue to inspire global change. From defining the core traits of ethical leadership to introducing the CLEAR PATH framework—a practical tool for guiding ethical behavior—this episode is a call to action for anyone aspiring to lead with integrity. Whether you're a seasoned executive or a rising changemaker, you'll walk away inspired to lead by example and spark your own ripple effect. Don't miss the next episode on Thursday, May 15 at 1 p.m. EST, where we'll explore Ethical Choices in Everyday Business.

In this episode, Chris, David, and Mark discuss some fresh polling of U.S. consumers views on sustainability and shifts they see in the sustainable business agenda, from changes in the Net Zero Banking Alliance to Paul Polman's latest thinking and a new report calling for “Shock Therapy." They also touch upon the Canadian federal election and Mark Carney's evolution from central banker and climate leader to a G7 Prime Minister.

The 2024 Provocateurs series featured nine inspiring thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and business authors who challenged us to re-think conventional approaches to leadership and management. Neri Karra Sillaman shared her remarkable story from refugee to building a multi-million-dollar sustainable fashion brand; Marcus Collins explored the hidden power of cultural influence in consumer behaviour; Lisa McKnight revealed how she transformed Barbie into a cultural phenomenon and billion-dollar success; and Andrew Winston redefined the role of business to create a thriving “net positive world”. One of the key highlights of the 2024 series was recording live at New York Climate Week with Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever, who delivered an emotional and unequivocal call to action to address the “moral vacuum” in global leadership. We must cultivate leaders, he says, who are equipped to embrace restorative, reparative, and regenerative practices and lead with purpose.We also learnt leadership lessons from Amy Chang on becoming an AI entrepreneur; Jeff Wetzler on leveraging the wisdom of the people around you; Dane Jensen on harnessing the positive power of pressure; and Atif Rafiq on driving innovation and digital transformation in traditional, legacy companies.In this episode, Steve Goldbach, Geoff Tuff, and Kulleni Gebreyes of Deloitte, join Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove of Thinkers50, to reflect on their key takeaways and thought-provoking insights from Provocateurs 2024.This podcast is part of an ongoing series of interviews with executives. The executives' participation in this podcast are solely for educational purposes based on their knowledge of the subject and the views expressed by them are solely their own. This podcast should not be deemed or construed to be for the purpose of soliciting business for any of the companies mentioned, nor does Deloitte advocate or endorse the services or products provided by these companies.

Hij wilde geschiedenis schrijven als de man die Unilever er weer bovenop kreeg. Maar hij schrijft nu geschiedenis als de topman die er het kortst zat. Hein Schumacher moet (totaal onverwachts) Unilever na anderhalf jaar al verlaten. Hij wilde blijven, maar de commissarissen wilden hem niet meer. Deze aflevering proberen we te reconstrueren wat er precies mis ging. We moeten het doen met een summier persbericht van Unilever, waardoor analisten en beleggers speculeren. Waarom moest Schumacher juist nu weg? Wat is er écht gebeurd achter de schermen? Ook hebben we het over de kwartaalcijfers van ASM International. Je hoort of die een beetje meevallen. Ze kondigen ook de inkoop van extra aandelen aan. Maar of beleggers daar blij mee gaan zijn is maar de vraag. Over meevallen gesproken: wat niet meevalt is een nieuwe uithaal van president Trump. Hij wil nieuwe exportrestricties opleggen aan Nvidia en ASML. En dat trok chipbedrijven naar beneden op de beurs. Verder verbazen we ons om de Tesla-verkopen in Europa. Er zijn op ons continent fors méér elektrische auto's verkocht in januari, maar van Tesla juist niet. De verkopen zijn bijna gehalveerd. En dat lijkt te komen door de markante topman.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hij wilde geschiedenis schrijven als de man die Unilever er weer bovenop kreeg. Maar hij schrijft nu geschiedenis als de topman die er het kortst zat. Hein Schumacher moet (totaal onverwachts) Unilever na anderhalf jaar al verlaten. Hij wilde blijven, maar de commissarissen wilden hem niet meer. Deze aflevering proberen we te reconstrueren wat er precies mis ging. We moeten het doen met een summier persbericht van Unilever, waardoor analisten en beleggers speculeren. Waarom moest Schumacher juist nu weg? Wat is er écht gebeurd achter de schermen? Ook hebben we het over de kwartaalcijfers van ASM International. Je hoort of die een beetje meevallen. Ze kondigen ook de inkoop van extra aandelen aan. Maar of beleggers daar blij mee gaan zijn is maar de vraag. Over meevallen gesproken: wat niet meevalt is een nieuwe uithaal van president Trump. Hij wil nieuwe exportrestricties opleggen aan Nvidia en ASML. En dat trok chipbedrijven naar beneden op de beurs. Verder verbazen we ons om de Tesla-verkopen in Europa. Er zijn op ons continent fors méér elektrische auto's verkocht in januari, maar van Tesla juist niet. De verkopen zijn bijna gehalveerd. En dat lijkt te komen door de markante topman.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We appreciate the fabulous response to AND is the future and wanted to re-share one of our favorite episodes from Season One, especially for our new listeners. This episode features Paul Polman, one of the foremost sustainable businesses leaders. Is the world better off because your business is in it? Paul Polman speaks with Ilham about what it takes to build a Net Positive company; how leaders can unlock a company's soul; why empathetic leadership is the key to success; the power of partnerships; the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion, and so much more. Paul Polman is the former CEO of Unilever and one of the foremost leaders in the effort to create sustainable and profitable businesses. While at Unilever he increased his shareholders' returns by 300% while ensuring the company ranked #1 in the world for sustainability for eleven years running. He now runs an organization called Imagine, which advocates for businesses becoming a true force for good. Paul is also the author of Net Positive How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take.This episode was released as part of Season One in October 2022. Timestamps 1:22 - Background and passion for sustainable business5:10 - How to be a Net Positive company8:42 - Purpose: unlocking a company's soul13:36 - Power of partnerships19:07 - Empathetic leadership25:30 - Leaving a better world for the next generation27:32 - What can business learn from the arts?

Changemakers from One Young World SeriesIn this debut episode, the first in an exclusive series from the One Young World Summit, Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever and co-author of Net Positive, joins host Carol Cone to discuss the urgent need for courageous leadership in today's world. Paul shares insights on how businesses must adopt regenerative, restorative practices to address climate change and inequality, and how young leaders are key to driving this transformation. He also explores how companies can move beyond corporate social responsibility to embrace a "net positive" approach, where they give back more than they take.This episode is part of our multi-episode series featuring some of the world's most influential changemakers who attended the 2024 One Young World Summit, a global forum that brings together young leaders from 190+ countries to accelerate social impact.Resources + Links:Paul Polman's LinkedInNet Positive“Stakeholder Capitalism Still Makes Business Sense” (Harvard Business Review)One Young World (00:00) - Welcome to Purpose 360 (00:13) - One Young World • Paul Polman (02:11) - Book Update (04:06) - Most Important Question Asked at Conference (05:09) - Purpose Progress (06:54) - Being More Courageous (09:04) - Gen Z Leaders (10:31) - Wrap Up

Recorded Live at Climate Week, New YorkPaul Polman is a business leader, campaigner, and co-author (with Andrew Winston) of Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive By Giving More Than They Take, a Financial Times Business Book of the Year. Together with Andrew, Paul is ranked #3 on the Thinkers50 Ranking. As CEO of Unilever (2009-2019), Paul demonstrated that business can profit through purpose, delivering shareholder returns of 290% while the company consistently ranked 1st in the world for sustainability. Today he works across a range of organisations to deliver the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which he helped develop. In New York for the 2024 Climate Week, Paul sat down with Thinkers50 co-founder, Des Dearlove, and Steve Goldbach, head of Deloitte's Sustainability Practice in the US, to discuss how business can be a force for good, what it means to be ‘net positive,' and how to develop the next generation of leaders. He identified a fundamental moral vacuum in our current approach to global challenges and emphasised that addressing this void requires more than systemic reforms – it demands a profound transformation in how we think and lead. A new leadership mindset is called for, he argues; one that focuses on restorative, reparative, and regenerative practices and places cooperation above competition.This podcast is part of an ongoing series of interviews with executives. The executives' participation in this podcast are solely for educational purposes based on their knowledge of the subject and the views expressed by them are solely their own. This podcast should not be deemed or construed to be for the purpose of soliciting business for any of the companies mentioned, nor does Deloitte advocate or endorse the services or products provided by these companies.

It's another mini-series and this one is all about leadership, something which is incredibly important as we come together and take on the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced (and nope, we're not being overly dramatic). Sustainable leadership is about making a positive impact, contributing to society and the environment and, driving long-term performance for business. Sustainable leadership is a big role and a role which is open to everyone, something you'll discover as we go through this 4-part series. To kick things off, we're joined by Karen Hamilton, former Global VP for Sustainability at Unilever. Karen spent over 30 years at Unilever and worked alongside Paul Polman who believed, “sustainability can be part of the way that we fix the business”. Karen played a key part in driving the organisation to ‘make sustainable living commonplace', deliver the the Unilever “Sustainable Living Plan” – a 10 year plan with 50 time-bound targets. Karen shares how this was the start of the journey to change the organisation. Throughout this episode, Karen generously shares her wealth of knowledge and experience, talks about the different approaches she took, how sustainability was cascaded through such an enormous network of people and gives some great practical examples. Join us on this episode as we talk to Karen about: Karen's role and journey at Unilever How to mobilise and engage a global network of employees and suppliers Why transparency is so important when it comes to communicating your sustainability agenda The role of ambition when it comes to sustainability Why we all need a leadership mindset The role of marketing in driving sustainability For more, follow and connect with Karen on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-hamilton-a1393a27/ A great first episode in our Sustainable Leadership mini-series. More to come. Stay tuned. And if you love the podcast, do share with colleagues, peers and friends. ________________________________________________________________________________ About us… We help Marketers save the planet. 

It's another mini-series and this one is all about leadership, something which is incredibly important as we come together and take on the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced (and nope, we're not being overly dramatic). Sustainable leadership is about making a positive impact, contributing to society and the environment and, driving long-term performance for business. Sustainable leadership is a big role and a role which is open to everyone, something you'll discover as we go through this 4-part series. To kick things off, we're joined by Karen Hamilton, former Global VP for Sustainability at Unilever. Karen spent over 30 years at Unilever and worked alongside Paul Polman who believed, “sustainability can be part of the way that we fix the business”. Karen played a key part in driving the organisation to ‘make sustainable living commonplace', deliver the the Unilever “Sustainable Living Plan” – a 10 year plan with 50 time-bound targets. Karen shares how this was the start of the journey to change the organisation. Throughout this episode, Karen generously shares her wealth of knowledge and experience, talks about the different approaches she took, how sustainability was cascaded through such an enormous network of people and gives some great practical examples. Join us on this episode as we talk to Karen about:Karen's role and journey at UnileverHow to mobilise and engage a global network of employees and suppliers Why transparency is so important when it comes to communicating your sustainability agendaThe role of ambition when it comes to sustainabilityWhy we all need a leadership mindsetThe role of marketing in driving sustainabilityFor more, follow and connect with Karen on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-hamilton-a1393a27/A great first episode in our Sustainable Leadership mini-series. More to come. Stay tuned. And if you love the podcast, do share with colleagues, peers and friends.________________________________________________________________________________About us… We help Marketers save the planet.

Positive autocratic leadership might be the game-changer you need for breakthrough results. Join 11,000+ leaders getting growth systems weekly: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanleyConnect with Rejeev PeshawariaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeevpeshawaria/Sustainable Sustainability book: https://amzn.to/3Xsz8NeJoin us as we sit down with Rajeev Peshavriya, CEO of Stewardship Asia Center and author of "Sustainable Sustainability," who reveals the surprising global preference for autocratic behaviors among leaders, even revered ones like Mandela and Gandhi. Discover how Rajeev's concept of "positive autocracy" challenges the norm by balancing the critical elements of trust, consistent values, and a clear purpose to earn the right to lead autocratically.We then navigate the fine line between short-term gains and long-term vision, using the contrasting approaches of Paul Polman at Unilever and Jeff Bezos at Amazon. Learn how Polman's sustainability-driven strategy faced initial resistance yet ultimately triumphed, and why Amazon's long-term planning reaped extraordinary rewards. Gain insight into effectively communicating a compelling strategy to stakeholders, a crucial skill for any leader looking to inspire and sustain organizational growth.Finally, we dive into innovative leadership's essence and mental clarity's power. From embracing disconnect to foster creativity to managing technological inputs mindfully, we cover it all. Hear personal anecdotes about boosting creativity by reducing distractions and the importance of emotional integrity in leadership. Plus, get practical tips on leveraging social media for audience connection and continuous learning. Tune in for a riveting conversation packed with strategies to unlock your full leadership potential.

Positive autocratic leadership might be the game-changer you need for breakthrough results. Join 11,000+ leaders getting growth systems weekly: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanleyConnect with Rejeev PeshawariaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeevpeshawaria/Sustainable Sustainability book: https://amzn.to/3Xsz8NeJoin us as we sit down with Rajeev Peshavriya, CEO of Stewardship Asia Center and author of "Sustainable Sustainability," who reveals the surprising global preference for autocratic behaviors among leaders, even revered ones like Mandela and Gandhi. Discover how Rajeev's concept of "positive autocracy" challenges the norm by balancing the critical elements of trust, consistent values, and a clear purpose to earn the right to lead autocratically.We then navigate the fine line between short-term gains and long-term vision, using the contrasting approaches of Paul Polman at Unilever and Jeff Bezos at Amazon. Learn how Polman's sustainability-driven strategy faced initial resistance yet ultimately triumphed, and why Amazon's long-term planning reaped extraordinary rewards. Gain insight into effectively communicating a compelling strategy to stakeholders, a crucial skill for any leader looking to inspire and sustain organizational growth.Finally, we dive into innovative leadership's essence and mental clarity's power. From embracing disconnect to foster creativity to managing technological inputs mindfully, we cover it all. Hear personal anecdotes about boosting creativity by reducing distractions and the importance of emotional integrity in leadership. Plus, get practical tips on leveraging social media for audience connection and continuous learning. Tune in for a riveting conversation packed with strategies to unlock your full leadership potential.

The Courage to be Net PositiveAndrew Winston is one of the most widely read writers and thinkers on sustainable business. His books on sustainability strategy include Green to Gold, The Big Pivot, and most recently, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take, which he co-authored with Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever.Andrew and Paul are ranked #3 in the Thinkers50 Ranking of top management thinkers and Net Positive featured on the Thinkers50 Best New Management Booklist in 2022.In this Provocateurs podcast, Andrew joins Thinkers50 co-founder, Des Dearlove, and Kulleni Gebreyes, Deloitte US Consulting Life Sciences and Healthcare Industry Leader and US Chief Equity Officer. They address how leaders can stand up for their social and environmental values and overcome resistance from within and without their organisation.How can a business become ‘net positive' – one that thrives and profits by solving the world's problems, not creating them? How do you align purpose and profit? Why are companies often expected to prove immediate ROI for sustainability initiatives and not others? Find out more about the prevalence of ‘green hushing,' the positive impact of collective courage, and how younger millennials are driving change in corporate behaviour.This podcast is part of an ongoing series of interviews with executives. The executives' participation in this podcast are solely for educational purposes based on their knowledge of the subject and the views expressed by them are solely their own. This podcast should not be deemed or construed to be for the purpose of soliciting business for any of the companies mentioned, nor does Deloitte advocate or endorse the services or products provided by these companies.

Understanding Emotional Dynamics for Creative Problem Solving with Wendy Smith   In this episode, Aidan is joined by Wendy Smith, co-author of 'Both/And Thinking,' to discuss the crucial role of emotions in addressing creative tensions and solving tough problems. Wendy emphasises moving beyond cognitive approaches to engage the heart, recognising and honouring emotions as vital to navigating uncertainty and innovation. The episode dives deep into actionable tools such as pausing to reflect, broadening perspectives, and dynamically adapting to changing environments. The episode concludes with practical insights from Unilever's approach to managing tensions under Paul Polman's leadership and tips for leaders to embrace paradoxical thinking in their organisations.   00:00 Introduction to Embracing Tensions 02:07 The Importance of Emotions in Innovation 03:45 Tools for Comfort with Discomfort 06:27 The Power of Pausing and Breathing 15:08 Broadening Perspectives for Creative Solutions 18:08 Navigating Organisational Change and Conflict 19:46 The Role of Dynamism in Innovation 22:56 Case Study: Honda's Emergent Strategy 26:09 Case Study: Paul Polman and Unilever 36:59 Leadership and Paradox Management 48:17 Conclusion and Resources     Find Wendy here: And Substack here:   Contact Aidan McCullen for Keynote Speaking, Corporate Workshops and Education Tourism to Dublin and California:   Find the Innovation Show on Substack and Website: 

Can you ever really know how another person feels? What's the best way to support a grieving person? And why doesn't Hallmark sell empathy cards?  SOURCES:Daniel Batson, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Kansas.Paul Bloom, professor of psychology at University of Toronto.Paul Polman, businessman, author, and former C.E.O. of Unilever. RESOURCES:“Empathy, Sympathy, and Emotion Regulation: A Meta-Analytic Review,” by H. Melis Yavuz, Tyler Colasante, Emma Galarneau, and Tina Malti (Psychological Bulletin, 2024).“Have Some Sympathy,” by Pamela Paul (The New York Times, 2023).“What is Club 33? Inside Disney's Most Exclusive Club,” by Evelyn Long (Walt Disney World Magazine, 2022).“The Case Against Empathy,” by Sean Illing (Vox, 2019).Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion, by Paul Bloom (2016).“Beautiful friendship: Social sharing of emotions improves subjective feelings and activates the neural reward circuitry,” by Ullrich Wagner, Lisa Galli, Björn H. Schott, Andrew Wold, Job van der Schalk, Antony S. R. Manstead, Klaus Scherer, and Henrik Walter (Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2015).Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil, by Paul Bloom (2013).The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery (2006). “Immorality from Empathy-Induced Altruism: When Compassion and Justice Conflict,” by Daniel Batson, Tricia Klein, Lori Highberger, and Laura Shaw (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1995).“The Four Horsemen: Contempt,” by Ellie Lisitsa (The Gottman Institute). EXTRAS:“Is Empathy in Fact Immoral?” by No Stupid Questions (2021).Parasite, film (2019).King James Bible, Job 2:1-13. The Book of Mormon, Mosiah 18:9.

In this World Oceans Day special edition of Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations, host Richard Delevan dives deep into the pervasive issue of ocean plastic pollution. Joined by Will Pearson, founder of Ocean Bottle, they discuss the alarming increase in plastic production, the environmental and health impacts of microplastics, and the innovative solutions that Ocean Bottle is pioneering to tackle this global crisis.Key Topics Covered:* Interview with Will Pearson:* Background on Will Pearson and the founding of Ocean Bottle in 2018.* Discussion on the impact of microplastics on ocean ecosystems, particularly the reproduction of plankton.* Will Pearson's personal experiences that led him to tackle ocean plastic, including his time spent at sea and witnessing plastic pollution firsthand.Ocean Bottle's Mission and Achievements:* Ocean Bottle's innovative model: funding the collection of 1000 plastic bottles for each product sold.* Achievements: Reaching the milestone of collecting one billion plastic bottles.* Expansion of collection projects in coastal communities worldwide.Challenges and Future Goals:* Discussion on the challenges of creating a profitable business model that also delivers positive environmental impact.* The company's growth from a Kickstarter campaign to raising $9 million in funding.* Future goals: Expanding the product range and digital technology to further the mission of reducing ocean plastic.The Plastics Treaty and Recycling Issues:* Insight into the ongoing negotiations for a global plastics treaty.* The complexities and inefficiencies of current recycling systems.* Potential policy changes, such as extended producer responsibility, to incentivize better plastic management.Will Pearson's Catalysts:* Influences that shaped Will's approach to tackling ocean plastic, including the book "Net Positive" by Paul Polman.* The importance of understanding the problem and the power of innovation in creating solutions.Final Thoughts:* Optimistic outlook on the potential to address ocean plastic pollution through collective effort and innovation.* Encouragement for listeners to engage with and support initiatives that aim to protect the environment.Additional Resources:* Ocean Bottle: WebsiteCredits:* Hosted by Richard Delevan* Guest: Will Pearson* Production Assistance and Additional VO: Theo Delevan* Music by Suncharmer and in our Playlist:Support the Show: please leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. And wickedproblems.earth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Positive Leadership starts with yourself and moves outwards in a ripple effect, building momentum and driving change as it goes.In the final lesson of the 9 Powers of Positive Leadership series, JP considers the point where the ripple is at its widest, and your actions impact the greatest number of people. Featuring insights from Bill Drayton, Paul Polman, and Rana Dajani, this episode is about building change at scale.If this is your first time joining, head back to Lesson 1 and work your way from there! And you can catch up on the conversations with the guests referenced in this episode here:Being a changemaker with Bill Drayton: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1798971/10470937-being-a-changemaker-with-bill-drayton-ashoka-founder-and-ceoBecoming a courageous leader with Paul Polman: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1798971/10311167-becoming-a-courageous-leader-with-paul-polman-ex-unilever-ceo-and-imagine-co-founderThriving Through Reading with Rana Dajani: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1798971/12161222-thriving-through-reading-with-rana-dajaniSubscribe now to JP's free monthly newsletter "Positive Leadership and You" on LinkedIn to transform your positive impact today: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/positive-leadership-you-6970390170017669121/

The How To Academy Podcast is the biweekly show from London's home of big thinking. Each episode they take a deep dive into the life and ideas of one of the most significant thinkers, artists, or leaders of our time – from Gordon Brown and Bill Clinton to Mary Beard and Marina Abramovic. This episode features a live, on-stage conversation between Christiana Figueres and the former CEO of Unilever, Paul Polman, on the fight to keep the planet within 1.5 degrees of warming. Visit howtoacademy.com for more podcasts, live events, and livestreams with the world's leading thinkers. --- To listen to our recent mini-series, Our Story of Nature: From Rupture to Reconnection visit the dedicated Website page, which includes unedited versions of interviews with our wonderful guests.   Learn more about the Paris Agreement.   It's official, we're a TED Audio Collective Podcast - Proof! Check out more podcasts from The TED Audio Collective   Please follow us on social media! Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn

“It often pays to believe in people more than they believe in themselves. Give them a bit more than they think they can handle. And everyone is going to be rewarded.” Stefan Homeister is the host of Leitwolf, a business podcast exploring the key to leadership performance sustainably and improving business results - where he's had conversations with P&G Alums like David Taylor, Paul Polman, and many leaders beyond the Alumni universe. Stefan's also the Founder of Stefan Homeister Leadership, a consultancy whose focus is on improving leadership performance and strategy via consulting, training, coaching, keynotes. Stefan's held a diverse career as Sales & Marketing Director of SAB Miller Europe and CMO for T-Mobile Germany where he had P&L responsibility for more than $8 billion. Stefan started his career at Procter & Gamble in various sales and marketing roles in Frankfurt, Brussels, and Geneva before becoming the Marketing Director for Healthcare and Pharma DACH. In this candid conversation - we'll explore principles and ideas on leadership, branding, legacy, and what can can be learned through the lens of podcasts, conversations, and storytelling. Be sure to check out Leitwolf wherever you get your favorite podcasts. https://stefan-homeister-leadership.com/en/podcast

A household name in the climate movement, Costa Rican diplomat Christiana Figueres was Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2010-2016 and led the negotiation of the Paris Accords. Ten years on from the Accords, Christiana continues her fight for our planet and our shared future. In this episode she joins former CEO of Unilever (2009-2019) Paul Polman, himself a major figure for the climate movement, to present a bold and utterly necessary call-to-action for our present and future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul's guest in this episode is Paul Polman. Paul is a business leader, campaigner and co-author of “Net Positive: how courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take”, a Financial Times Business Book of the Year. Paul works to accelerate action by business to tackle climate change and inequality. As CEO of Unilever for a decade, he demonstrated that business can profit through purpose, delivering shareholder returns of 290% while the company consistently ranked 1st in the world for sustainability. Today he works across a range of organisations to deliver the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which he helped develop. 

How can you become a net positive leader?Right now, the COP28 Climate Summit is taking place in Dubai, where the most important discussions around climate change are in full swing. My hope is that some of these conversations are spilling over into boardrooms because the stark reality is that we need to do more.The encouraging fact is that your business holds untapped potential to actively contribute to the solution. However, it necessitates a shift in perspective from every leader, not just the progressive ones—a realisation that courageous companies are Net Positive and thrive by giving more than they take.Today's guest is Andrew Winston, a globally recognised expert on megatrends and how to build companies that thrive by serving the world. His views on sustainable business strategy have been sought after by many of the world's leading companies. He was selected for the Thinkers50 list of the top management thinkers globally, and he has appeared in major media such as Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Time, BusinessWeek, New York Times, and CNBC.Andrew's latest book, "Net Positive" written in collaboration with one of the world's most prominent purpose-driven CEOs, Paul Polman, is the topic of today's conversation. In short, the book challenges fifty years of corporate dogma, stating that businesses can no longer focus solely on short-term profits or ignore humanity's biggest challenges.Net Positive lays out the principles and practices of next-generation companies that deliver the scale of change and transformation the world desperately needs—and today, that is exactly what we will be exploring. https://andrewwinston.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Unilever CEO Paul Polman cautions those with high expectations for this week's summit in Dubai. But he says there's hope in the private sector. He joins Dave and Fran as the COP28 climate summit kicks off. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fengru Lin, Founder & CEO of TurtleTree, and Jeremy Au discussed three key topics:  1. TurtleTree's Biotech Approach: Fengru Lin highlighted TurtleTree's biotech advancements in the scientific formulation of milk and milk ingredients. She also shared that the company focuses on high-value proteins like lactoferrin, a bioactive protein essential for gut health, immunity, and iron regulation, which trades for $1000 per kilogram due to its short supply and the amount of milk required to produce it. She also shared TurtleTree's progress towards commercialization, including applying for FDA GRAS certification, a significant step in bringing their products to market. 2. Entrepreneurial Journey: Fengru talked about her leadership journey from leading the Girl Guides in Singapore to developing essential skills in business development at Salesforce and Google, and eventually co-founding TurtleTree. She recounted her serendipitous meeting with Max, her co-founder, over shared interests in transforming the food industry, a thesis ignited by her hobby in cheese-making and Max's work in cell-based meat. She emphasized the importance of a unified vision in a co-founding team and discussed how the synergy of skills and attributes between her and her cofounder was instrumental in navigating the early stages of the company, setting the foundation for its future growth. 3. Bravery in Decision Making: Fengru shared the early hesitancy of her scientists in engaging with the media, highlighting her strategy to balance the need for publicity with confidentiality. She explained the importance of guiding her team through decision-making processes and ensuring collective understanding and buy-in for media communications. She also shared her bold approaches to connect with influential figures like Paul Polman, the former CEO of Unilever & former CFO of Nestle. She discussed how these interactions shaped her vision for TurtleTree, particularly in ensuring the company's presence is prominently displayed in collaboration with CPG brands. She stresses the significance of seeking wisdom from industry veterans and the courage it takes to reach out to high-profile individuals for guidance and collaboration. They also talked about the fundraising dynamics for deep-tech startups, the FDA approval process, misconceptions about building a biotech company, and the alternative protein market. Watch, listen or read the full insight at https://www.bravesea.com/blog/fengru-lin Get transcripts, startup resources & community discussions at www.bravesea.com WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CeL3ywi7yOWFd8HTo6yzde Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TnqkaWpTT181lMA8xNu0T YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JeremyAu Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/brave-southeast-asia-tech-singapore-indonesia-vietnam/id1506890464 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZC5jby9icmF2ZWR5bmFtaWNz TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeremyau Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyauz Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeremyau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bravesea Learn more about Fluid! Get in touch with Trasy, Fluid's cofounder at trasy@gofluid.io

Andrew Winston is one of the most widely read writers on sustainable business in the world, with regular columns inHarvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review. His latest book, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More than They Take (co-authored with renowned CEO Paul Polman), is one of Financial Times' Best Business Books of the Year. Andrew's views on strategy have been sought after by many of the world's leading companies, including 3M, DuPont, HP, J&J, Unilever and has appeared in major media such as Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Time, BusinessWeek, New York Times, and CNBC. In this episode, Andrew discusses the need for business leaders to have courage in expressing their values, the need for increased ambition in the sustainability arena and much more.Click here for the episode web page.For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.Brought to you by Re:Co, a market intelligence company helping clients achieve resilient competitive advantage in the long term.Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

Paul Polman is the legendary former CEO of Unilever and a global leader in combating climate change and promoting corporate responsibility. Reflecting on his career during and after Unilever, Polman explains how a company can achieve robust financial performance while playing an active role in solving the most pressing challenges facing society today.

‘It takes thousands of years to form 1 centimeter of soil. Yet, it can be destroyed in almost no time at all.'Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer's words have never been more pertinent as we stare down the barrel of the climate crisis.In this final episode of the Nature-Based Solutions takeover, we explore how regenerative agriculture can bring our soil back to life, improve water absorbency and improve biodiversity, while still feeding the world. Last week, we heard from New Foundation Farms' Clare Hill and Savills' Tom Cackett about the tangible positive impact regenerative farming is having on farms across the UK. Meanwhile, today, we speak to Harry Farnsworth of Rabobank and Annie Leeson of Agri Carbon, on the science of soil testing and the investment opportunities the sector holds. You can find out more about what Savills is doing to protect and restore our natural environments by visiting https://www.savills.co.uk/services/consultancy/natural-capital.aspx. Dive into our reading list to continue your Regenerative Agriculture journey:·       Holistic Management, by Allen Savoury·       Net Zero, by Dieter Helm·       Green Swans, by Paul Polman·       Net Positive, by Paul Polman·       Terra Incognita, by Ian Goldin·       This Changes Everything, by Naomi Klein·       The Uninhabitable Earth, by David Wallace Wells·       Bet The Farm, by Beth HoffmanInspired by this series? Get involved via social media with #SavillsNBS.@savillsrural on InstagramSavills Rural on LinkedInNature-Based Solutions is hosted by Nicky Wightman, Savills Global Director of Emerging Trends, and Alex Godfrey, Savills Joint Head of Natural Capital. The show is produced and edited by Becki Hills. 

Is the practice of making a company sustainable a performative act, one motivated by a company's true values, or a move made for profit? And furthermore, does it matter if the effects are all the same? Companies all over the world are starting to align with newer, greener trajectories, and they do it for a myriad of reasons.Andrew S. Winston is the founder of Winston EcoStrategies, and an author whose latest book, co-authored with Paul Polman, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take, examines precisely these questions. Greg and Andrew discuss what sustainability really means and how it differs and overlaps with ESG. Andrew recounts how the company Unilever has solved problems of sustainability and implemented them on a multinational scale. Greg and Andrew talk about the problem of the terms ballooning to include things originally outside the original definitions, what the future looks like on the sustainability landscape for corporations, and why Andrew is so optimistic about it.*unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.*Episode Quotes:The impact of individual actions on the environmental footprints24:22: The reason an individual can only do so much on their footprint is because they can't control that the grid is 80% coal in their area or whatever. Like the way that they can impact that is how they vote, right? How they support companies that are promoting the right things are not like it's much bigger elements of their lives than just literally what are they buying day to day. They can vote with their feet, and they should, and there's a few things people can do that move their footprint noticeably like eating less meat is the most immediate thing you can do, starting right now. But there's actually not a thousand things that really have any impact. There's a few, there's a handful. What you eat, what you drive, how close to work you live, and a bunch of these decisions don't come every day. Does sustainability make a company outperform? 12:12: There's been a long correlation between doing well on sustainability and doing well as a business, and the correlation causation there is difficult and impossible to parse. And it's because companies that are good at most things are good at most things. Climate change and the inequality issue46:33: The poorest people on the planet are the least responsible for climate and are basically the ones getting hit the hardest. And the people producing all of the emissions over the last 50 to 100 years are the richest; the richest billion or so of us have created the entire problem.Is the CEO job harder today than it was before?48:45: I was speaking with a CEO group recently, and they said the CEO job is much harder than it ever was before. Well, clearly, look at what's going on, right? You have to chime in on an LGBTQ law if you're Disney. These are hard things. I can't say I feel too bad for CEOs. The average Fortune 500 CEO makes what, $10–15 million a year? Like they're getting paid a lot. Like they're supposed to deal with the hard problems, and they're now being put to the test. And I'm not saying these things are easy, but I have these debates all the time. People say, 'Well, how come my company doesn't respond to everything? ' They don't have to. But the hard reality is that if you don't say something about an issue, you're still saying something.Show Links:Recommended Resources:Paul PolmanESGGeorge Serafeim Faculty Profile at HarvardGuest Profile:Andrew S. Winston's WebsiteAndrew S. Winston on LinkedInAndrew S. Winston on TwitterAndrew S. Winston on TEDTalkHis Work:Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They TakeGreen to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive AdvantageThe Big Pivot: Radically Practical Strategies for a Hotter, Scarcer, and More Open WorldGreen Recovery: Get Lean, Get Smart, and Emerge from the Downturn on Top

The CEO of the Valuable 500, Katy Talikowska, advocates for synchronised collective action; using the power of business to drive lasting change for the 1.3 billion people around the world who are living with a disability. The Valuable 500 is a collective of 500 businesses, representing 22 million employees,  chaired by Paul Polman, who are innovating for disability inclusion. Through synchronised collective action, they are tackling three systems barriers: (1) Lack of representation (2) Lack of disability reporting (3) Lack of disability in leadership   On 3rd December 2025, in Tokyo, they will host the Valuable 500 Accountability Summit, where they'll convene their 500 companies to report on their progress against the above three synchronised collective actions. At the Valuable 500, they won't stop until everyone is seen and valued equally. Thank you for downloading this episode of the Do One Better Podcast. Visit our Knowledge Hub at Lidji.org for information on 200+ case studies and interviews with remarkable leaders in philanthropy, sustainability and social entrepreneurship.   

20 YEARS IN PERSPECTIVE:It's been a juggle to combine two careers and raise a couple of healthy, good kids and particularly a career in a multinational on the one hand and a very local kind of rooted career in medicine on the other hand.The most difficult time by far was after the 2008 financial crisis, when I think a lot of businesses were under pressure and ours was no exception at the time. By far the toughest, but also very character building, so was a useful experience at the same time.One of the most fun things as that journey took me was in a food service role where I travelled across 75 countries around the world and got to eat the most incredible, but also the most disgusting things you can imagine in the world.I don't really regret anything. I just wish we had 3 lives, instead of one because there's so much more interesting things to do.On TOPIC: THE FOOD INDUSTRY, SUSTAINABILITY, HEALTH, INNOVATION, FOOD INFLATION AND MOREIt took 170,000 hours of R&D, believe it or not, to develop that packagingThere's a couple of driving forces which have always been drivers in the food industry and the first is taste. You can make something as sustainable, or as healthy or as whatever you can come up with, but if it doesn't taste good, people aren't going to eat it.We have taken 60mn pounds of sugar out of our products in the last couple of years.If you look at the supply side of things, things are changing dramatically due to deglobalization on the one hand, which has disrupted many different supply chains and climate change on the other hand and that's the “fun” part of being essentially agricultural business.We're the Number One tomato processor in the world, most of tomatoes that we source come out of California. California has been hit by drought, after drought, after drought. This is global warming impacting a big, big business right here and now.The war in the Ukraine has of course exacerbated that. And to give you an idea, I think 50% of the global sunflower produce comes out of the Ukraine, more than half of the global grain production... So, these are big, big disruptions and big shifts, also leading to huge cost inflation, which we hadn't seen in the industry either.The food industry, when it started at the end of the industrial revolution, was a high-tech industry and over time it kind of became a bit of a low-tech industry and I think you see now a new era of high-tech food industry emerging and that's fascinating.We're doing a lot in the innovation space to offer healthier alternatives. Heinz Tomato ketchup ZERO - a ketchup that has no added salt and no added sugars. 25% of regular ketchup consists of sugar.WHY GIVE BACK (TO INSEAD)Why on earth not? Firstly, because I'm just grateful for the amazing time we've had. Was fantastic year and it has been a life event for me.More fundamentally, there's a couple of things that I like to believe in and that come together in INSEAD.(1) I like to believe in Europe, an amazing continent that still has so much potential and it needs to have its own strong business schools.(2) I also believe in the power of education in a big way and giving access to people with amazing potential to access education, irrespective of whether they can afford it normally or not;(3) Finally I believe in business potentially being a source of good in the world, and I think INSEAD has a cool agenda on that, so I like it.References, mentions:Unilever, Kraft Heinz, Miguel Patricio, 3G Capital, StartLife, Foodtech, Agrifoodtech, Oblomov (by Ivan Goncharov), Paul Polman, Deglobalisation, ESG, food supply chains disruptions, food inflation

Life is full of paradoxes. How can we each express our individuality while also being a team player? How do we balance work and life? How can we improve diversity while promoting opportunities for all? How can we manage the core business while innovating for the future?For many of us, these competing and interwoven demands are a source of conflict. Since our brains love to make either-or choices, we choose one option over the other. We deal with the uncertainty by asserting certainty.There's a better way.In Both/And Thinking, Wendy Smith and Marianne Lewis help readers cope with multiple, knotted tensions at the same time. Drawing from more than twenty years of pioneering research, they provide tools and lessons for transforming these tensions into opportunities for innovation and personal growth.Filled with practical advice and fascinating stories—including firsthand tales from IBM, LEGO, and Unilever, as well as from startups, nonprofits, and even an inn at one of the four corners of the world—Both/And Thinking will change the way you approach your most vexing problems. ***The Burleson Box is brought to you by Mastry:The Mastry App leverages HypnoBreathwork®, a cutting edge method using breathwork to clear energetic patterns, hypnosis to reprogram subconscious beliefs, and visioning to fire new neural pathways for sustainable behavior change. This unique formula accelerates trance-induced states to heal unprocessed emotions from the root and take intuitive action to get into alignment.Mastry is an experience to create connection and live your purpose. Download the app, try a free 7 day tray and join the mailing list at Mastryapp.com***Resources Mentioned in the Episode with Wendy Smith:Both And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest ProblemsBoth And Thinking Book WebsiteParadox Mindset InventorySmith, W. Dynamic decision making: a model of senior leaders managing strategic paradoxes. Academy of Management Journal 2014, Vol. 57, No.6, 1592-1623.Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take by Paul Polman and Andrew Winston ***Go Premium: Members get early access, ad-free episodes, hand-edited transcripts, exclusive study guides, special edition books each quarter, powerpoint and keynote presentations and two tickets to Dustin Burleson's Annual Leadership Retreat.http://www.theburlesonbox.com/sign-up Stay Up to Date: Sign up for The Burleson Report, our weekly newsletter that is delivered each Sunday with timeless insight for life and private practice. Sign up here:http://www.theburlesonreport.com Follow Dustin Burleson, DDS, MBA at:http://www.burlesonseminars.com

Andrew Winston is one of the most widely read and respected writers on sustainability. The author of four books and hundreds of articles, his work has been published in many outlets including the Harvard Business Review and the MIT Sloan Management Review. In 2021 Andrew was named a top 50 management thinker in the Thinkers50 list. Andrew's latest book is, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take. It was co-authored with Paul Polman, the legendary ex-CEO of Unilever. This book is a must-read. In this episode we discuss: ●      What Net Positive means and why it's crucial for business ●      How ESG got tied up in American Politics ●      The difference between ESG and Sustainability Key Takeaways: ●      There's a big difference between the ambition of 1) minimizing the damage your company causes to humans and the planet, versus 2) becoming neutral, and causing no harm, versus 3) making the world better through your operations. Where we set our ambition anchors our thinking (in psychology this is referred to as the anchoring effect). In business, we create company ambitions to anchor the entire organization and orient employees in the same direction.  The ambition you set will determine how inspired your organization is to reach it, the types of innovation they develop to attain it, and ultimately your ambition will influence how far you go. Take a look inside your organization. Where have you set your ambitions? What are you anchored against? ●      ESG and Sustainability are not the same things. They were created for different reasons. ESG, at its most fundamental level, was created to assess the risk of investments, mainly by understanding how the future of a business could be affected by environmental and social issues. It includes an additional lens on whether a company has good governance in place to manage those risks. Sustainability, on the other hand, looks at how a company impacts the world and society, not limited to the lens of business risk. ●      As humans, we have a cognitive bias toward hiring people similar to ourselves. We also know from sound research that diversity makes the strongest teams. How can we help overcome our cognitive bias in hiring? Next time, before you start interviewing to fill vacant spots on your team take a moment to do this visualization. Close your eyes and imagine your workforce filled with clones of you. Honestly assess: what you would be good at and what are your known weaknesses and blind spots. Then mentally scan each of your current team members to determine which of your strengths are reinforced, and which of your weaknesses are compensated by them. Now you know what you and your team already bring to the table, and more importantly, what's missing that a new hire could offer. Knowing this will help intentionally shift your focus from the common “culture fit” question, which is often a disguised way of asking “is this person like me and do I want to be friends with them”, to instead asking “is this person adding to our Super Hero Marvel Team, bringing what none of us have to the team?” References: ●      Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn ●      Andrew's website ●      Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take by Andrew Winston and Paul Polman ●      Paul Polman's website ●      “ESG Is Going to Have a Rocky 2023. Sustainability Will Be Just Fine.”, MIT Sloan Management Review, February 7th, 2023 ●      “2022: A Tumultuous Year in ESG and Sustainability”, Harvard Business Review, December 21st, 2022 ●      Learn more about Edelman's research and reports on trust here. ●      You can read BlackRock CEO Larry Fink's most recent letter to investors here. Connect & Share: If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading them! If this episode resonated with you, I ask you to send it to a friend. Help bring even more visibility to these leaders that are using business as a force for good! Subscribe to the Purpose and Profit newsletter to make sure you don't miss future episodes. This podcast is for you, the listener. I'd love to hear what resonated with you, or if you have a suggestion on who would be a great guest for this show. Please send me a note at info@KathyVarol.com.

Join host Debra Ruh, CEO of Ruh Global Impact and co-founder of Billion Strong, in a conversation with a business leader, and climate and equalities campaigner, Paul Polman. As the former Unilever CEO and leader of the UN Global Compact, Paul shares insights on leadership, inclusion, and the power of empowering billions of people with disabilities. Dive into Paul's journey, his work with the Kilimanjaro Blind Trust, and support for the Valuable 500. Discover how courageous companies and organizations can transform society and create a more inclusive, sustainable world by adopting a net positive mindset, as outlined in Paul's book, "Net Positive" . This episode will inspire and challenge you to become a part of the change and join the movement for equality and climate action.

A successful business solves the world's problems, not causes it. They give more to their community than they take. Andrew Winston is a globally recognized expert on megatrends and how to build companies that thrive by serving people and our planet. He is one of the most widely read writers on sustainable businesses in the world with regular columns Harvard Business Review and the MIT Sloan Management Review. His latest book, 'Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take,' coauthored with the renowned CEO Paul Polman, was recognized as one of Financial Times Best Business Books of the Year. His first book, 'Green to Gold,' which he coauthored with Daniel Esty, has reached more than 100,000 people in seven languages. And his book, 'The Big Pivot,' was selected as one of the best business books by Strategy and Business magazine. He shares his inspiration, motivation, and research behind the importance of being a net positive business. Learn more about his work and influence on The Colony Group's Net Positive Pledge in this episode.

Following on from “quiet quitting” and “quiet firing”, conscious quitting is another work-related term that's gone viral in recent times. It's based on the results of prominent surveys which have shown that people are increasingly prepared to walk away from a job if they feel their employers' values don't match theirs. For example, in February 2023 former Unilever chief executive Paul Polman reported on the findings of the Net Positive Employee Barometer. The survey of 4,000 UK and US based employees showed that employees are “worried about the future and want to work for companies who are doing something about it”. That could be taking action on issues like gender equality or environmental challenges for example. Which groups of people are most likely to be conscious quitters? Why has this phenomenon come to light now? Could the conscious quitting trend hurt companies? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions! To listen to the latest episodes, click here: How should I organise my fridge? Is eating fish still good for you? Why do we drive on the left hand side of the road? A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Joseph Chance. In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Serendpidity Man. What a gift that is in this thing called life. Everyday there are these beautiful serendipitous moments that are hitting us like rain drops & we miss them as we're head down in the screen hustling harder. If you're looking to capture more of these beautiful life moments & create more good luck in your life, grab them earbuds, my friend because you are in the right place. This episode of #shareyourstory features the godfather of serendipity, Dr. Christian Busch. I first came across his book, Connect The Dots, and was salivating on the way he described serendipity & how we can rise up off our screens to lean into it. Dr Christian Busch is the bestselling author of Connect the Dots: The Art & Science of Creating Good Luck, which has been highlighted as a "wise, exciting, and life-changing book" (Arianna Huffington) that offers "excellent practical guidance for all" (Paul Polman, former CEO, Unilever).In this conversation, you'll hear us unpack: How to create more good luck in our busy worlds & busy days How to release control & the gifts that come through it (for all my control freaks out there, this one is for you)Dr. Christian Busch Books:Connect The Dots: https://www.amazon.com/Connect-Dots-Science-Creating-Good-ebook/dp/B09QBWSPLRSerendipity Mindset: www.theserendipitymindset.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drchristianbusch/?hl=enJoin Our Social Tribe:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megan.b.miller/?hl=en LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/meganmillerintention

It is possible to save all the remaining rainforests in the world when we connect three things: technology, imagination, and our love for the world. Our guest today, Bourhan Yassin, is CEO of a nonprofit—the Rainforest Connection (RFCx)—that has been working towards doing exactly that since 2014. Their founder discovered that we could use simple cell phone technology to detect and stop illegal logging, and in less than a decade, the RFCx has expanded into using sound and machine learning to protect biodiversity in all kinds of places. (00:00- 03:23) OPENING (03:24- 18:02) The history of Rainforest Connection Gibbon (ape) reserve in Indonesia Using recycled cell phones to detect the sound of any illegal activity Sound is more profound and it has the ability to capture so many different things that are happening We are trying to use whatever is available in front of us to have a solution Preventing illegal logging in a real time way Low Earth orbit satellite We are essentially collecting all of the sounds from the forest Making sure that biodiversity is still intact (18:03- 21:06) BREAK (21:07- 39:32) The application of technology by acoustics Project collaboration with Google in Vancouver, Canada Marine project off the coast of Ireland Projects in over 35 countries around the world Bridging the gap between people on the ground and the researchers and scientists on their desks doing the research and doing the work Tell your audience how important animals are to the vitality of the forest On the grounds of Costa Rica Spider Monkey The importance of biodiversity UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) Carbon credit We are taking a snapshot of Earth that's not going to exist again 100 million of 1 minute audio collection (39:33- 56:54) Partnership with organizations around the world Google BOOK: Net Positive by Paul Polman and Andrew Winston Jane Goodall All these corporates around the world are only made possible because of the consumers AI Rainforest Connection PODCAST: Saving Whales to Save Ourselves: Shared Survival through Whale Research with Iain Kerr (Episode #116) Understand the magnitude of the problem I'm in the business of making technology as a way to protect the natural resources that I think will save humanity There needs to be a global map that essentially could forecast what biodiversity health looks like in every parts of the world PODCAST: 282 Lawyers Defend a Client Without a Voice: Planet Earth with Elspeth Jones (Episode #117) (56:55- 58:16) CLOSING

It's easy to look at a daunting challenge - something so big that you know you can't possibly finish the job - and then do nothing. It's easy to just not start at it, somewhere. But our guest today, Andrew Winston, did the opposite. When experience started telling him how important it was that we make a fundamental, global change in how business is done on our planet, he committed to a life of fighting for all our shared futures. He is truly living up to the moniker of “change-maker” and we are honored to share his insights. BOOK: Net Positive by Paul Polman and Andrew Winston Unilever Take over of Unilever GlobeScan The narrative of the world we are living in The stakeholders The better way of doing business It is how we lead more people having enough and everybody having enough The challenge on businesses during the pandemic Medtronic People coming together making things than they've ever made One of the amazing things that came out of pandemic for business was how fast we discovered we could move when there is no choice We could move faster than we realized Millennials as the young new force Generational shift Sustainability Purpose of business J&J Mining companies Level of thinking that is Net Positive Is the world better off because I'm in it? PODCAST: 10,000 Volunteers Fighting the Waste Created by Fast Fashion with Jessica Schreiber Systemic design problem Greta Thunberg - Gen Z leader on environmental movement TESLA It has to all come together, its not just on us Level of business sustainability It is about taking in longer view of cost and benefits Are you improving the well being of everybody that you impact? Breaking boundaries Growth Decoupling “The rich must live simply, so the poor can simply live.” - Gandhi How to build connection and meaning and not just stuff. “Anything we can't do forever is by definition unsustainable.” Technology moves AI chatbot The Ray Anderson Story We were taught the economy is everything Paul Hawken BOOK: The Ecology of Commerce I wish people knew the box and the circle We can tell a different story Jane Godall They need courage to stand up from bullies We can end dire poverty Website: ANDREWWINSTON Website; Net Positive

Bridgette McAdoo leads the Global Sustainability practice at Genesys. She is responsible for sustainability as a management approach that holistically optimizes our economic, social, and environmental impact. In her role leading sustainability at Genesys, Bridgette drives our stakeholder engagement, education, and the evolution of the sustainable strategy and programs across Genesys. She also leverages sustainability metrics to track our non-financial performance and deliver integrated reports to our stakeholders Bridgette has over 20 years of experience in sustainability leadership roles across multiple sectors, including the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), where she most recently led corporate strategy and engagement for WWF's Freshwater and Food goals, Global Director of Sustainability for KFC, where she headed all sustainability issues for the brand, internally within Yum! Brands and externally with various sustainability stakeholders, and operations roles that were part of NASA's Space Shuttle and Mars Rover programs. She holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and an MBA in Strategy from the Drucker School of Management. Bridgette Joins Sustainable Nation to Discuss: Creating the foundation of sustainability at Genesys Advice for finding and hiring good sustainability talent Quantifying product use emissions Strategies to align sustainability with work from home Advice and recommendations for sustainability professionals Bridgette's Final Five Questions Responses: What is one piece of advice you would give other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers? Don't underestimate the power of two words: value and differentiation. Value, because one, it's usually not a group that has P&L responsibility, but you need to show that you can drive pipeline, help with attrition and retention. You have to show all the value that sustainability brings to the business so that it's a value proposition, not just a buzzword. Differentiation is how do you use it to set you apart from your competitors? Use it as a way to help put the company in a different lens than it usually would, and show that value. Show all the intangible values of sustainability, not just the tangible ones, all the qualifiable values, not just the quantifiable ones. That will help you to really get it elevated versus it sitting in the middle of the organizations as some people struggle with. What are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability? I'm excited that I'm starting to see a lot of emphasis on intersectionality. For so long I felt that people felt like they could only talk about one pillar at a time. It's either an environmental conversation or a diversity conversation or a governance conversation. But those should be integrated. There should be an integrated, holistic approach to how we look at sustainability, because when those things are looked at in tandem, when we integrate it, we get the real wins. I'm glad to see that even organizations are starting to restructure to be that way and not silo out the work. When that happens I just feel like the work is really not as impactful as it should be. What is one book you would recommend sustainability professionals read? Because of all the time reading all these white papers and case studies, I like to read things that are way more inspiring and motivating and so far away from sustainability. However, I just started reading Net Positive by Paul Polman and Andrew Winston. I'm enjoying that book. It highlights the way we look at traditional CSR or philanthropy or impact, however your organization refers to it, is just not adequate for where we are today. That we, as leaders in this space, really need to rethink about how we drive the business differently and how we can be the change that we want to see. Another book that has been extremely impactful is Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X Kendi. It talks about and it details how racist ideas were created, spread and deeply rooted in society. It's thought-provoking and intense, but it's a fantastic read. What are some of your favorite resources or tools that really help you in your work? I have a few different distribution lists that I'm on like GreebBiz Weekly. I get a lot of things where I can see a lot of articles. Our marketing team also does a fantastic job of scouring the industry or all the latest sustainability news to make sure that we can have a pulse on what's happening. So that's been extremely useful for me as having that inside outlook and then getting it from different shareholders or key stakeholders across sustainability when I get to see different articles. The climate pledge also being a part of that; you get to see what's happening across different signatories. It's always good to be able to benchmark and look how you're trending against all the different other companies that have the same commitments. Where can our listeners go to learn more about you and the work being done at Genesys? You can always go to our website and you can visit genesys.com/sustainability to learn more about our sustainability initiatives, read our latest report, and stay up to date on our progress.

In this episode, CSB Director CB Bhattacharya is joined from Old Greenwich, Connecticut by Andrew Winston of Winston Eco-Strategies. It contains conversation highlights recorded in October at an exclusive C-Suite member event. Email us about future opportunities for yourself or a colleague to join us for peer-to-peer learning events like this one. Andrew is a globally-recognized expert on megatrends and how to build companies that thrive by serving the world. Named to Thinkers50 list of the top management thinkers in the world, he is the author of the bestsellers Green to Gold, The Big Pivot, and most recently, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More than They Take (co-authored with renowned CEO Paul Polman). Net Positive was one of the Financial Times' Best Business Books of the Year. Andrew received degrees in economics, business, and environmental management from Princeton, Columbia, and Yale. Andrew Winston and Prof. Bhattacharya discuss:   ⚖️ Making the moral case for practical business climate solutions that lead to a thriving world,

As 2022 comes to a close, we compiled some of the year's learnings...from leaders. So sit back with your beverage of choice and enjoy. And give us a gift - leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts — hearing from YOU, our fellow Alums makes a big difference for our team as we reflect on the year. THANK YOU for the continued support of our podcast and our amazing guests... Suzy Deering: Ford Motor Company CMO Claire Elvers, Wayfair's Head of Global Brand Management & Insights Matthew McConaughey, Academy Award–winning actor and produce Nitin Gajria, Google's Managing Director for Sub-Saharan Africa Christine Fisher, Possip Co-Founder & COO Marissa Solis, National Football League (NFL) SVP of Global Brand & Consumer Marketing Tristan Walker, Walker & Co, CEO & Co-Founder Sharon Hall, Walmart's VP of Global Executive Recruiting Seaphes Miller, Founder & CEO of Fusion Integrated Solutions Andrew Tarvin & Raman Sehgal reflecting on 100+ episodes John Pepper & Qaisar Shareef on Understanding Ukraine & Russia Arianna Huffington, Thrive Global Founder & CEO Raj Rao, IBM's GM for Blockchain Ventures Malcolm Gladwell, Author & Journalist Dian Alyan: GiveLight Foundation Founder & CEO Kevin Hochman, Kentucky Fried Chicken, President, Yum! Brands Ikdeep Singh, Mars Petcare President, North America Qaisar Shareef, P&G's former head of Pakistan & Ukraine P&G Alumni Comedians: Greg Warren, Josh Sneed, Rajiv Satyal, Andrew Tarvin Mahzarin Banaji, Harvard Psychologist & ‘Blindspot' Author Mike Shangkuan, Lingoda CEO Gary Vaynerchuk (VaynerX) & Bracken Darrell (Logitech): Masters of Digital Disruption Aftab Pureval, Cincinnati Mayor Kevin Shapiro, Coty SVP of US Marketing Julie Eddleman, DoubleVerify's Global Chief Commercial Officer Jay Sethi: Diageo Beer Company CMO & SVP of Diageo Convenience Shelly McNamara: P&G's Chief Equality & Inclusion Officer Guy Raz, NPR Producer & Journalist Jakub Kocinski, Digital Safety & Trust (P&G, Google, TikTok, Meta) Poliana Sousa, Latin America's Coca-Cola™ Lead Vivek Sunder: Cuemath CEO Katie Couric, TV Journalist, Producer, & Author K Patrick Davis: Blue Buffalo VP & General Manager Ana Maria Henao, PepsiCo's VP of Global Marketing Excellence TEDx Talks with P&G Alums: Drew, Ida, & Rajiv John Pepper & Ursula Burns' (Xerox former CEO) on Race & Understanding Tom Asacker, P&G Trainer & Author David Youn, Master Lock, President Alonya Tkachenko, Nommi CEO & Co-founder Paul Polman, Unilever xCEO on “Net Positive” Kyle Schlegel, Weber's VP Americas Marketing & DTC Judy Okten: The Power of Disconnecting Edward Norton - Actor, Director, Activist, Entrepreneur (from P&G's “More Than Soap” Podcast) Jim Lafferty, Fine Hygienic Holding, CEO JOHN SMALE - John Pepper & David Taylor's reflections on John Smale Chip Bergh, Levi's CEO: Advocacy, Activism & John Smale Bob McDonald & Bob Gill's reflections on John Smale Janet Reid & Gordon Brunner's reflections on John Smale A.G. Lafley & Charlotte Otto's reflections on John Smale Oya Canbas, Bayer Global Brand Director Vahe Ayvazian, Abbott Divisional Vice President of Marketing & Core Diagnostics Sudha Ranganathan, LinkedIn's Director of Product Marketing David Taylor, P&G's Former CEO & Chairman

As we celebrate our 200th episode we bring you insights from Siya Kolisi, David Lynch, David Miliband, Paul Polman, Julia Gillard, Bob Moritz, Cherie Blair and Keith Barr. Let's not be daunted by the scale of the challenge. Things are only unmanageable if we don't manage them.  We should find purpose and work for more than just ourselves. Thank you for downloading the 200th episode of the Do One Better Podcast. Visit our Knowledge Hub at Lidji.org for insightful case studies and interviews on philanthropy, sustainability and social entrepreneurship.   

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transform our anger into productive dialogue on building a sustainable future. In this special episode we bring you the conclusion of our celebrated Future of Food  series, recorded live from COP 27.  Outrage + Optimism host Tom Rivett-Carnac pulls together an incredible line up of leaders to explore how food might act as the connecting force that engages communities and individuals and brings us all together in a united global movement. First, Tom takes the opportunity to catch up Per Heggenes, the CEO of The IKEA Foundation, to hear why food is of huge importance to his organisation's work and why Per believes food needs to stay top of the global agenda. Next, Tom convenes a fascinating and diverse group of guests in a unique and quirky setting: a blue shipping container repurposed in collaboration with Museum for the United Nations UN Live team and The IKEA Foundation using Global We portals, to bring the voices of people on the frontline of climate change, directly into the heart of climate conversations at COP27 via full length screens, set up in diverse global locations. Listen to the fascinating contributions from Tom's IRL guests  Paul Polman, Business Leader, Former CEO of Unilever and co-author of Net Positive; Liesbet Steer, Executive Director of the Education Commission; and Sophia Kianni climate activist, Executive Director of Climate Cardinals  and the youngest member on the United Nations Secretary-General's Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change; and our  Global We portal leaders from Kigali  Sarah Kenkuyu, Program Manager at GiveDirectly Rwanda; Kristian Gasaro, activist, Greenpreneur and photographer; and Tanignigui Siriki Soro, a writer and community leader from the Ivory Coast. The resulting conversation is as diverse and as fascinating as our guests themselves.    Enjoy the show!   NOTES AND RESOURCES  To learn more about our planet's climate emergency and how you can transform outrage into optimistic action subscribe to the podcast here.   The IKEA Foundation Website | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube Museum for the United Nations Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn GUESTS:  Per Heggenes Twitter |  Paul Polman LinkedIn | Website | Twitter |  Liesbet Steer  Twitter | LinkedIn |  The Education Commission Website | Twitter | Instagram Sophia Kianni LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Sarah Kenkuyu LinkedIn GiveDirectly LinkedIn | Twitter |  Facebook | Instagram Kristian Gasaro LinkedIn | Twitter Tanignigui Siriki Soro LinkedIn Want to participate in the COP27 Civic Imagination Lab? REGISTER HERE Also, explore more about COP27 It's official, we're a TED Audio Collective Podcast! Check out more podcasts from The TED Audio Collective Go listen to Abigael Kima's coverage of COP27 on the Hali Hewa Podcast Click through to listen to more of our episodes on The Future of Food

What does it actually mean to build a people and planet-friendly company? In this episode, Danielle and Louisa speak to Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever from 2009 to 2019 and Co-Author of “Net Positive: how courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take.” Paul Polman works to accelerate action by business to achieve the UN Global Goals, which he helped develop. He has been described by the Financial Times as “a stand-out CEO of the past decade”. In this conversation they discuss: What it means to be a net positive businessSpecific steps leaders and companies can take to become more people and planet friendlyThe business case for net positivity Links & Resources: Net Positive: how courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take.Race to Zero CampaignFirst Mover CoalitionInternational Sustainability Standards BoardImagine Thank you to our partners: New Hope Network New Hope Network is a media, events and business intelligence company, covering natural products trends, industry insights and marketplace data that educate the industry about key issues, like regenerative agriculture, sustainability, responsible sourcing and more. Visit newhope.com FoodShot Global FoodShot leverages resources from investors around the world to provide non-dilutive, equity, and post-investment capacities to innovators. Find out more at foodshot.org. New Food Order is brought to you by AgFunder and Food+Tech Connect. Visit agfunder.com and foodtechconnect.com to find out more. And a huge thank you to everyone who helped us bring this podcast to life: Production: Cofruition, Anna de Wolff Evans, Pamela Rothenberg Audio Editing: Mercy Barno Original Music: Rodrigo Barbera Art: Lola Nankin & Rekai E. Campbell Project Management: Patrick Carter

Dr. Marianne Lewis is renowned for her research on the paradoxes of leadership and is coauthor, with Wendy Smith, of Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Greatest Problems. The conversation covers how we can learn to think about paradoxes, and why tension is necessary for balance - and to achieve innovation.     https://bit.ly/TLP-326   Key Takeaways [2:14] Marianne grew up with a father in academia. She was determined not to be a professor in academia. In her rebellion, she came to the Midwest to find her space. And she loves Cincinnati and is absolutely in academia, studying leaders. [3:51] Marianne addresses why “both/and” thinking is essential for emotional balance and rational behavior. [5:25] Marianne refers to James March's teachings about the complexity and messiness of the world we live in and bounded rationality, meaning there's just so much one can take in. We do what we need to do to get by in a busy, complicated, messy world that pushes us toward looking at our tensions and dilemmas as “either/or” trade-offs. [7:08] A few years ago, Marianne and her team built a psychological “instrument” they call a paradox mindset. They've studied thousands of people in multiple languages. From their observations, it appears that the way we think is learned. Your ability to manage tensions appears to do with how often you deal with tensions and how much you try to embrace and work through them. More study is to come. [9:45] Paradox thinking and systems thinking are related. A “both/and” thinker tends to think more in systems, looking for interactions and feedback loops. Systems thinking involves looking at complexity in context and in new ways. “Both/and” thinking adds to looking for the value in tensions as you work through the complexity to find more creative and more lasting solutions to your problems. [11:18] There are tensions between things and between systems, but the important tensions are between individuals. Marianne has worked in this field for 25 years, 20 of them with Wendy. They found three factors that intensify the experience of tensions: Change. Today is becoming tomorrow faster. Scarcity. As soon as you feel that you're slicing the pie thinner, you feel tension. Plurality. A multiplicity of stakeholders with pressures that differ. [12:13] We're in the perfect storm of change, scarcity, and plurality. We are living in tensions in our lives, organizations, and society. The tensions are interwoven across levels and facets. [13:48] Vicious cycles reinforce errors in our thinking. Marianne talks about three vicious cycles: Going down the rabbit hole, or deep ruts of behavior. Overcorrecting in the opposite direction. Polarization. Shouting, diminishing each other, and doing anything but listening. [15:47] Get out of the trench by asking, “What are they thinking? What are they seeing? Can we learn?” [16:43] Virtuous cycles are reinforcing tendencies that help us navigate tensions. Marianne sees two patterns of virtuous cycles. One is Creative Integration, taking the best of two extremes, such as radical innovation and efficiency, and putting them together creatively. Marianne compares this to a mule, stronger than a horse and smarter than a donkey. Creative integration is rare. [18:13] The second pattern of virtuous cycles, Dynamic Balancing, is more common. Marianne compares this to tightrope walking; looking to the horizon while dealing with the present tensions. Don't panic in tense moments; keep moving forward. You'll learn as you do it. [21:01] Help people understand why embracing tensions and creative friction fosters opportunities for creativity, learning, and older innovations, moving forward. Marianne tells of Paul Polman when he was CEO of Unilever, who said Unilever would double its profits by reducing its environmental footprint. On every issue he discussed, he wanted to have tension on the team. He was provocative and purposeful. [24:22] “Either/or” and “both/and” thinking are both about decision-making. Uncertainty is potentially paralyzing for “either/or” thinkers. You don't know what the right solution is and the right solution tomorrow may be different. But the point is to keep making decisions, having the confidence and the humility to know you can move forward, whatever the results are. Keep in mind your higher purpose. [26:06] The boundary around the tensions is what holds the elements together. Marianne is seeing an existential crisis in academia and business that strikes her as a lack of meaning. We need to be pushing harder on finding that boundary. [26:43] Is work a transaction of time for money, or does it have meaning and legacy? You serve other people and make their lives better. Leaders need to create an environment where people want to come and bring their best. If a company has a bunch of people in transaction mode, Jan puts it on the leaders. Marianne says it's key for that leader to tap into why they are there. Make the transactions matter. [29:02] Marianne addresses the role of leaders to help us out of the malaise in our society, even in this wonderful world. First, ask why we feel that malaise. Richard Farson wrote of the paradox of rising expectations. At the lowest state, there's no hope. As people realize the potential, as hope grows, the bar raises and people see what could be! The frustrations and protests rise. [30:20] The frustration should be encouraging to leaders. If your people are silent, either they don't care or they are so far below the water that they don't have time or energy to complain. The complaining is because people see that we could be ever better. The world is so polarized because we have very different views of how we get there. You get turf warfare between different sides with different ideas. [31:09] If we could agree that we all want a better world. There are lots of paths to get there. How do we listen and learn from each other? We need leaders, ourselves included, to make sure that raised bar says it's about wanting a better world. It's not about the how, it's about what we want. Let's have good debates and get the friction in the room and think about how we get there. [31:54] Sam Walker, author of The Captain Class, told about a study he did of the most successful sports teams in history. They had captains with unique characteristics that helped build the teams. They dealt with task conflicts and process conflicts but avoided personal conflicts at all costs. When people focus on the task or process, it is productive, not a personal attack. [33:20] Marianne discusses two sides of conflict: the destructive and the empowering. The difference is your focus: the person, feeling the emotion, or the task, the higher purpose, what you want to get done. When you focus on the person, things escalate in a way that is not productive. Some of us are going to have to model the way with different leadership styles. [34:31] Marianne is grateful every day to have a colleague like Wendy Smith. One of the reasons their partnership has been so productive is that they are really different. They have all sorts of differences but they found a lot of similarities. They want a better world, they believe in learning and innovation. While they were writing their book, they found themselves in many late-night deep discussions on challenges. [38:37] Marianne's challenge to listeners: Start paying more attention to the questions you are asking. Are you asking “either/or” questions? Those questions immediately limit your options. Start asking more “both/and” questions, such as, “How do we make this world more sustainable and more productive?” [39:35] Closing quote: Remember, “How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress!” — Niels Bohr   Quotable Quotes “We tend to define things by what they're not. We think in terms of contrast. … You're either ‘A' or ‘Not-A.' So we think in terms of opposites, even if those opposites aren't actually direct contradictions. … The way we think … influences the way we feel.” — Marianne “We're wired to have these heuristic shortcuts, these cognitive biases. … What we feel is completely logical but it might not be.” — Jim “People who have a greater paradox mindset, especially when they're working or living in a world of tensions, … are more productive, more creative, and happier; more satisfied. … They see tensions as opportunities.” — Marianne “We use the analogy of a mule, which is stronger than a horse and smarter than a donkey.” — Marianne “I think about friction in two ways: 1. It can produce drag, or 2. It can produce traction.” — Jan “One way to think about how you hold together your tensions is [to ask] ‘What do you want this to be in the broader world?'” — Marianne “I'm sensing an existential crisis. I see it, whether in academia or business, and that strikes me as a sense of lack of meaning. We need to be pushing harder on ‘What is that boundary?'” — Marianne “For all the rising expectations going on around us and the frustration, the lack of listening and compassion is painful to me.” — Marianne “We wanted to write this book; we did not want this to be a purely business book. These same patterns and tools work at the individual level as a mother, as a friend, and we have seen powerful examples working at the societal level. ” — Marianne “I don't want you to think what I think but I'd love us to be aligned with what we want in the end goal.” — Marianne   Resources Mentioned Theleadershippodcast.com Sponsored by: Darley.com Rafti Advisors. LLC Self-Reliant Leadership. LLC Marianne Lewis, Ph.D. Carl H. Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Greatest Problems HBR Press James March Systems Thinking Donnella Meadows Peter Senge Paul Polman Unilever Richard Farson Management of the Absurd: Paradoxes in Leadership, by Richard Farson The Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the World's Greatest Teams, by Sam Walker

“Business cannot sit on the sidelines — we're not moving at the scale and speed needed, we as industry leaders have an enormous responsibility to drive these tipping points.” Paul Polman, one of our most prominent and vocal P&G Alumni, who also happens to be the former CEO of Unilever. In this talk from 2021 P&G Alumni Global Conference Paul talks about "Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take" - a recent book he co-authored, the Financial Times named among the Best Business Books of 2021. The Financial Times declared Paul "a standout CEO of the past decade” - as he is a leading proponent that business should be a force for good. And the Economist declared Paul "An advocate of sustainable capitalism explains how it's done." Paul Polman is the co-founder of IMAGINE, where he is mobilizing businesses to tackle climate change and global inequality. Paul also served as the CEO of Unilever from 2009-2018, where he created - and proved- a long-term approach to global problems can also drive business performance. Prior to Unilever, he was Nestle's CFO & Head of Americas. And of course, Paul got his start at P&G, where he spent 27 years rising through the ranks ultimately leading Europe for P&G. Paul continues to be active on the world stage, bridging the private/public sectors. Alongside the UN Secretary General, he helped develop the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Paul is chair of the International Chamber of Commerce, The B Team, Saïd Business School and Vice-Chair of the UN Global Compact. You'll enjoy this very frank, compelling, and action oriented talk about what we can all be doing as business and community leaders — to face the challenges we have in front of us, and be a force for good. Paul's past P&G Alumni Podcast appearance: https://apple.co/3eI5PSR BOOK: Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take - goodreads.com/book/show/58090463-net-positive

Clare Doyle has served as Masonite's Senior Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer since August 2021. Previously, Clare held the roles of Senior Vice President and General Manager – UK Business from 2018 to 2021, and Senior Vice President, Business Leader – Components from 2016 to 2018. Prior to joining Masonite, Clare was with Elementis plc from 2010 to 2016 most recently as Vice President of Marketing. Prior to joining Elementis plc, she spent 11 years with Rohm and Haas Company in various roles in Corporate Development, Electronic Materials and in Architectural and Functional Coatings. Clare Joins Sustainable Nation to Discuss: Her tips from her transition into a sustainability role The roots of sustainability at Masonite Masonite's plans for setting targets regarding emissions Collaboration on sustainability both up and down the supply chain Advice and recommendations for sustainability professionals Clare's Final Five Questions Responses: What is one piece of advice you would give other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers?  I would tell them to focus, focus, focus on developing your leadership skills. What the world needs from us right now is absolutely leadership. Focus on developing your leadership skills each and every day because that is what I see as being in really, really short supply in the sustainability world.  What are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability?  I'm really excited about the innovation that's coming, the emerging innovation. We are in a climate crisis right now, and times of crisis can be the catalyst that we need for great innovation. There's so many things where the answer is just not there yet, but I have to believe. I'm so optimistic that in this time of crisis we are going to see great innovation that's going to allow us to make the world a better place.  What is one book you would recommend sustainability leaders read?  I'd almost rather tell you what I'm reading now versus what has made the great impact. Only because every time I read something new, it puts what I did read in a better light, a new light; maybe puts together more understanding. I'm currently working my way through Decolonizing Wealth by Edgar Villanueva, which I highly recommend to everybody. Earlier this year I had read Net Positive by Paul Polman and Andrew Winston. Every time I read another book, it really does add some strength or new insights to what I read before. So I wouldn't say that there was any one thing, it's just one of those current things I'm working on.  What are some of your favorite resources or tools that really help you in your work?  The network. The community of sustainability professionals who are out there, the community of corporate social responsibility people who are out there. It's just those dialogues and being able to reach out to everybody is just so powerful. Just keep working on your network, keep talking to people. There are so many people who are so willing to share their knowledge, their experiences. It just adds so much.  Where can our listeners go to learn more about you and the work being done at Masonite? They can read our sustainability report at masonite.com/esg, and I'm on LinkedIn.