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The Conscious Capitalists Podcast

Every business leader faces difficult questions. How do you lead through uncertainty? Build a stronger culture? Balance stakeholder expectations? Create lasting value without compromising commercial performance?

The Conscious Capitalists brings together some of the world’s most thoughtful business leaders, academics and entrepreneurs to explore the ideas shaping modern leadership.

Hosted by Timothy Henry and Raj Sisodia, each episode moves beyond theory to examine what conscious leadership looks like in practice—and how leaders can build businesses that perform over the long term.

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Featured Conversations

Hear from leaders including:

  • Rebecca Henderson — Harvard Business School
  • Charles Conn — Former Chair, Patagonia
  • Michael Harth — LAZ Parking
  • Gopi Kallayil — Google
  • Mary K. Bush — President of Bush International
  • Loren Rodgers — National Center for Employee Ownership
  • CEOs, founders, academics and leadership thinkers from around the world.
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Raj Sisodia

Raj Sisodia is a co-founder of the conscious capitalism movement and co-author of the New York Times bestselling book Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business.

A distinguished professor, author and globally recognized thought leader, Raj has spent decades researching why the world’s most admired companies consistently outperform by creating value for all stakeholders. He has advised organizations including IBM, Walmart, Whole Foods Market, Verizon, Siemens and Tata, and has spoken on conscious business around the world—including at the White House and the Vatican.

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Timothy Henry

Timothy Henry is CEO of Conscious Capitalism, Inc., co-founder of the conscious capitalism movement and co-author of The Conscious Capitalism Field Guide.

For more than 30 years, Timothy has advised CEOs and executive teams—from Fortune 20 companies to entrepreneurial start-ups—helping organizations align purpose with strategy, culture and performance. Through the podcast, he brings practical leadership experience to conversations about the future of business.

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Episode #33: Stewardship in Action

This week we have the co-founder of Seventh Generation (purchased by Unilever in 2016) and of the American Sustainable Business Council (with over 200,000 members), Jeffrey Hollender. Jeffrey has been a leader in the sustainability field since its early days, as an entrepreneur and co-founder the first successful environmentally focused home products Seventh Generation.  Hear about his journey and the difference he is trying to make now with the ASBC as the chamber of commerce for the environment. ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider rating and leaving us a review? 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

April 27th 2021
Episode #32: Addressing Financial Shame in America

Two thirds of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts, and 75% live paycheck to paycheck, a real crisis in terms of what people are experiencing on the front lines of American companies today. Today we speak with a CEO who’s out there trying to make a difference in the financial wellbeing of those workers.  Join us for a discussion of hope with Safwan Shah co-founder of PayActiv and author of It’s About TIME: How Businesses Can Save the World (One Worker at a Time). ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider rating and leaving us a review? 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

April 21st 2021
Episode #31: If You’re So Smart Why Aren’t You Happy?

The author of “If You’re So Smart Why Aren’t You Happy”, Raj Raghunathan, joins us to discuss Happiness: how to create more of it and how to maintain it over time.  Combining ancient wisdom and modern science.  Join us for some practical tips and an interesting discussion between two Business School Marketing Professors on why this matters. ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider rating and leaving us a review? 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

April 14th 2021
Episode #30: Raising Consciousness, Increasing Wellbeing

What do the concepts of Consciousness, Wellbeing and Longevity mean for Conscious Leadership?  Stephan Rechtschaffen, pioneer in the Consciousness Movement, co-founder of The Omega Institute (one of the largest holistic learning centres in the US), and founder and CEO of the Blue Spirit Retreat Center in Cost Rica is our guest this week and shares with us his wisdom.  Stephan is also a leading social entrepreneur and activist in the environmental field in Costa Rica. ** If you enjoy this podcast, would you consider rating and leaving us a review? 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

April 7th 2021
Episode #29: The Body Shop CEO talks Purpose

The Body Shop has an inspiring purpose: “Fighting for a fairer, more beautiful world”. Join CEO David Boynton as he discusses how they bring this to life at the Body Shop and face the challenge of a rapidly changing  multi- channel retail environment and move to reinvigorate an ‘activist brand’.  Setting a high bar on purpose at such an iconic brand raises expectations both inside and outside the organisation.  Hear how David is mobilising the effort to do well – and to do Good! ** 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

March 30th 2021
Rewind: The Healing Organization, with Michael Gelb & Raj Sisodia

On this Conscious Capitalists Podcast Rewind we bring you a much loved conversation: Raj and co-author Michael Gelb discuss the book that wrote itself. Businesses that are more human and more successful – changing the narrative about business. Originally released on November 24, 2020. ** 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

March 24th 2021
Episode #28: Dr. Daniel Friedland – A loving life in the face of death

This week, a shift from business to a courageous conversation on the importance of conscious leadership practices in helping us through life’s greatest challenges.  Join us for a for a deeply moving conversation on what really matters with Dr. Dan Friedland, MD and author of “Leading Well from Within: a Neuroscience and Mindfulness-based Framework for Conscious Leadership”.  ** 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

March 16th 2021
Episode #27: Zeynep Ton on The Good Jobs Strategy

Minimum wages? Living wages? Zeynep Ton, author of The Good Jobs Strategy describes her approach to combining increased wages with operational changes to create more value for customers AND create ‘good jobs’.   ** 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

March 9th 2021
Episode #26: Rand Stagen – Leaders get the Organisations they Deserve

This week, Rand Stagen, one of the key figures behind Conscious Capitalism, provides a fascinating description of the vertical, adult development, element of Conscious Leadership development.  He discusses the need to take the ‘long view’ in getting to the ‘next level’ of self awareness and conscious leadership.  We also discuss the governance issues in developing conscious businesses: the need for both fiduciary and stewardship obligations and the need to be BOTH short- and long-term focused.  Rand shares insights from his 20 plus years at the helm of one of the best Conscious Leadership development programs in the world: the Stagen Leadership Academy. ** 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

March 2nd 2021
Episode #25: Roger Martin – When More is Not Better

This week we have Roger Martin, #1 business thinker in the Thinkers50 list, a biannual ranking of the most influential global business thinkers. He joins us to discuss his new book about saving democratic capitalism: When More is Not Better.  We discuss the decline of the middle class, of good jobs, as well as outdated paradigms about the “economy as a machine” and the issues with business education.  A thought-provoking wide range of insights from one of the leading business thinkers. ** 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

February 24th 2021
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