Better Beings

Heart in Business with Lorna Davis

Mar 13, 2024

Lorna Davis shares insights on leading with love, social impact, and embracing a heart-centered approach in business. She discusses the power of authentic apologies, connections to wildlife conservation, and navigating challenges in Indigenous rights work. The podcast explores the transformation of organizations through heartfelt reflection and following the heart over the mind.

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Lorna Davis

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Quick takeaways

Act where your heart breaks to make a difference in social impact.

Embrace vulnerability, joy, and apologies to deepen connections and foster empathy.

Deep dives

Finding Gratitude in Life's Journey and Self-Discovery

Lorna Davis, a speaker and coach, shares her life journey of constant seeking, reflecting on how she chased various desires globally, only to realize that fulfillment was always within. Through this realization, she embraces gratitude for the present moment and encourages others to appreciate their own journeys, acknowledging that fulfillment lies in self-awareness and not external pursuits.

On Permission and Imaginary Jail Cells

01:16

Introduction

2min

Embracing Authentic Apologies and Genuine Emotions

22min

Unveiling the Heartfelt Connection to Rhinos and Conservation

4min

Embracing Heart-Centered Work in Business

9min

Navigating Hope and Challenges in Indigenous Rights Work

6min

Exploring Heartfelt Reflections and Organizational Transformation

3min

Lorna Davis is passionate about helping leaders to live and lead with love. She has lived and worked in 7 countries on 5 continents, and was previously the leader of multi billion dollar businesses such as Danone, Kraft and Mondelez.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE

Social Impact - where should people act? How do we make a difference when there’s so many things going on in the world, and use our heart to lead us there
The illusion that business is all to do with the head - but there is a lot more permission around love & connection than we allow ourselves to think
How to back up, shift to a more human perspective, and see things differently - gaining perspective & joy from those on the front line
Inspiration from working with Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice

QUOTES & SNIPPETS

“Where to act is where your heart breaks”

"To be human is a heartbreaking, excruciating experience, and it is an uplifting liberating experience. But holding both of these as true, is key to our liberation and destiny"

“Play, practice, push the edges of your imagined cells, and the worst that can happen is that you have to apologise”

“Every time a subject is freaking you out, instead of moving away, get closer to it and see what joy you find… There are always people on the front line doing remarkable things”

“In our quiet moments, something powerful is guiding us that isn't our logic”

REFERENCES

Barbara Sreisand’s Autobiography

The Culture Map by Erin Meyer

The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why by Richard Nisbett

Beyonce Texas Hold ‘Em

Wilderness Leadership School

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lornadavis.net

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