Podcast

What do Southwest Airlines, Wal-Mart, Wholefoods and the Red Cross have in common? Chief Purposologist Haley Rushing! Listen to her experience with making purpose matter for the last 20 years. A Podcast by Tec Sounds. ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes only a few seconds and greatly helps us get our podcast out to a wider audience. Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. For transcripts and show notes, please go to: https://www.theconsciouscapitalists.com Thank you for your support! Timothy & Raj

Pete Stravos at KKR is leading the way in driving outstanding returns through a focus on employee ownership and building great cultures. Simple formula- challenging to implement! Drive engagement and align incentives for success— make front line workers care about the outcome and give them life changing opportunities to build financial wealth. The opportunity is huge! Only 20% of employees are actively engaged at work, the average turnover rate in the US is 40 % per year, and the Treasury Department estimates 70% of American workers are financially illiterate. Into this world comes Stravos with a plan to address these ills and make great returns for his investors. As he says, hard core capitalist love this because of the returns- they don’t have to buy into the philosophy. But those that understand the benefits of doing business this way love it! Peter summarizes, “We will exit 8-10 straight 3x deals, which I think in the history of private equity has never been done. I don’t think any industry vertical at any firm ever will say, you know, 10, straight triples! And so I think it’s going to be hard for people to say that this is hurting investors, that its’ doing anything other than driving great returns. A Podcast by Tec Sounds. ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes only a few seconds and greatly helps us get our podcast out to a wider audience. Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. For transcripts and show notes, please go to: https://www.theconsciouscapitalists.com Thank you for your support! Timothy & Raj

Appreciative Inquiry is all about the search for the true, the good, the better, the possible, and everything that gives life to living human and ecological systems. Learn about creating the future from the ‘surround sound’ of our core strengths and how to make positive change at scale with David Cooperrider the father of Appreciative Inquiry. He talks about his experiences in engaging large groups in addressing difficult and challenging questions or business issues in a way that creates breakthrough thinking and action! AND creates organizational transformation that is deeper, more meaningful and sustainable! Appreciative Inquiry has revolutionized the field of organizational development- hear about it from the person who started it all, and why he did. A Podcast by Tec Sounds. ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes only a few seconds and greatly helps us get our podcast out to a wider audience. Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. For transcripts and show notes, please go to: https://www.theconsciouscapitalists.com Thank you for your support! Timothy & Raj

Evolutionary Biology gives us the scientific underpinning to find a common and unifying approach to the changes we need in our economic theory and business practices. Join David Sloan Wilson this week for a fascinating deep dive into the science supporting Conscious Capitalism. Hear about the leading edge thinking the world desperately needs to turn into business practice. Human survival and evolution of our social structures have always been built on co-operation and increasingly we understand how small and appropriately structured groups (hear David’s design principles) optimize performance versus the myth of nature red in tooth and claw. We never thought we would hear the words ‘chicken experiment’ and Conscious Capitalism in the same sentence (at 11:23)! ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes only a few seconds and greatly helps us get our podcast out to a wider audience. Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. For transcripts and show notes, please go to: https://www.theconsciouscapitalists.com Thank you for your support! Timothy & Raj

A prominent presence at Davos this year carrying the torch of Open Hiring®, Joseph Kenner leads the way on how companies can create an on-ramp for marginalised people AND have as positive impact on their business.  One of the Social Innovators of the Year 2023 by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, he discusses the need for companies to embrace Open Hiring® to fulfil the dramatically changing labor market. Open Hiring® battles the current labor shortage by offering work on a first-come, first-hired basis, with no interviews, background checks, or resumes. ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes only a few seconds and greatly helps us get our podcast out to a wider audience. Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. For transcripts and show notes, please go to: https://www.theconsciouscapitalists.com Thank you for your support! Timothy & Raj

This week join the chairperson of Patagonia, Charles Conn, as we discuss the change in ownership at Patagonia- a company now responsible to the planet!  Charles says “We (Patagonia) think companies should stand for something. And we’re not afraid to say that we don’t think companies should be neutral creators of profit that distribute that profit to shareholders”.  Now the Board and executives at Patagonia need to ask explicitly, how is this good for the planet!  Hear Charles talk about his views on the need for long-term thinking and how we need to look at the ‘full cost’ of the products we consume- what is the actual footprint of our consumption? As conscious consumers, we need to focus on owning fewer things but better things- Patagonia strives to make the best raincoat- and make it to last and be reused and recycled too!   ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes only a few seconds and greatly helps us get our podcast out to a wider audience. Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. For transcripts and show notes, please go to: https://www.theconsciouscapitalists.com Thank you for your support! Timothy & Raj

Hear from the Founder and CEO of KidZania on how they ‘ignite the hearts and minds of children everywhere to empower them to prepare for a better world ‘. Across 22 countries KidZania finds the middle ground between pure entertainment (Disney) and Museums by helping children explore the future and learn important life values in the process. Hear how purpose, a stakeholder approach, and an intense focus on being a great place to work and constantly innovating helps drive this wonderful success story. ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes only a few seconds and greatly helps us get our podcast out to a wider audience. Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. For transcripts and show notes, please go to: https://www.theconsciouscapitalists.com Thank you for your support! Timothy & Raj

This week we explore how by following the core tenets of being a Conscious Enterprise, Grupo Bimbo has become the largest baked goods group in the world (think Sara Lee, Thomas, Oroweat and many other brands they own across the globe) while consistently being ranked as the most admired company in Mexico and winning wide recognition globally for its ethical business practices and being a great place to work. Hear a  practical and clear sighted view of how they ‘ build a sustainable, highly productive, and deeply humane company’ from their head of people, Juan Muldoon. Juan’s an unusual choice to lead the people function as most of his background in business has been in the commercial and P&L side of the business. Listen, learn and enjoy a wise leader in a deeply conscious company.  ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes only a few seconds and greatly helps us get our podcast out to a wider audience. Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. For transcripts and show notes, please go to: https://www.theconsciouscapitalists.com Thank you for your support! Timothy & Raj

This week listen to the NY time journalist David Gelles talk about his new book with this title. How one man came to embody the 1980’s shift to short term shareholder focus—and the negative legacy we are dealing with from this today. The stories we tell about business influence our perceptions of business- David Gelles tells a compelling story of how Welch’s story, seen in hindsight, represented an important negative turning point in the history of business and a legacy we are having to turn from today. ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes only a few seconds and greatly helps us get our podcast out to a wider audience. Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. For transcripts and show notes, please go to: https://www.theconsciouscapitalists.com Thank you for your support! Timothy & Raj

Hear from Gerry Anderson, former CEO and Chair of the one of the largest utility and energy companies in the mid-west of the US. Gerry made purpose relevant to people by making it matter to their individual roles and jobs. From power plant workers to accountants- helping people see the importance of their work and how they make a difference unleashes people energy into the business and the communities they serve. DTE amazed many by moving from the bottom of the Gallup engagement survey to the top 3%. Changing leadership mindsets and taking reasonability for training front line and middle managers on how to engage the power of people helped drive this inspiring turn around. Listen to an inspiring servant leader leading a company on the way to a cleaner, safer, and smarter energy future. A Podcast by Tec Sounds. ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes only a few seconds and greatly helps us get our podcast out to a wider audience. Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. For transcripts and show notes, please go to: https://www.theconsciouscapitalists.com Thank you for your support! Timothy & Raj