Fearless Creative Leadership

This episode is our fourth of Season 2, which we've sub-titled, "Leading In the Time of Virus". These are shorter, focused conversations in which we discover how some of the world's most innovative and creative leaders are adapting their leadership to our new reality. These people are among the world's best problem solvers. Brad Hiranaga is the Chief Brand Officer for North America of General Mills - one of the most human leaders I know. Brad talks about casting the right personalities as well as the right skills in a virtual office, about the need to take time to connect with people on a personal level and about how companies will evolve if they're to become part of the new society that is already being formed.

This episode is our third of Season 2 - shorter, focused conversations in which we discover how some of the world's most innovative and creative leaders are adapting their leadership to our new reality. These people are among the world's best problem solvers. Nils Leonard is the Co-Founder of Uncommon - and one of the most thoughtful and original leaders I know. Nils describes the role of leaders in moments like this as dealers in hope. We also talked about recognizing the energy that different people bring and tapping into that. About the benefit of giving people time to focus. About what's going to happen to society's complacency. And why, to quote Virginia Wolf, "you can't find peace by avoiding life".

This episode is our second of Season 2, which we've sub-titled, "Leading In the Time of Virus". These are shorter, focused conversations in which we discover how some of the world's most innovative and creative leaders are adapting their leadership to our new reality. These people are among the world's best problem solvers. Mindy Grossman is the CEO of WW - formerly Weight Watchers. Mindy is one of the clearest, and most effective leaders I've ever met. We talked about hiring for culture, about practicing offense versus defense in times of crisis and about empowering other people to lead.

With this episode, we're launching Season 2 - which we've sub-titled, "Leading In the Time of Virus". These are shorter, focused conversations in which we discover how some of the world's most innovative and creative leaders are adapting their leadership to our new reality. These people are among the world's best problem solvers. And that's exactly what we need right now. Karim Bartoletti is living in Milan at the epicenter of the region hardest hit by the virus so far. Karim is a partner in Indiana Production - a multimedia production company.

"The Questioning Leader". Madeleine has been the Director of The MCA Chicago for 12 years. She thinks about art and its role in society four-dimensionally. She thinks about museums the same way. In the last two weeks, some of our conversation will feel like it is from another era. Because it is. But regardless of how much we flatten the curve or don't, a new society will form out of the one we are leaving behind. It is the way of human beings to evolve and adapt. And art and museums will be both a provocation for and a reflection of the decisions we make. Every decision has consequences. It's important to worry about the intended ones. But the unintended ones matter just as much. And sometimes more.

"The Questioning Leader". 15 minute edited highlight of our full conversation. I recorded this episode just over 2 week ago. Before the world changed. It's a conversation with Madeleine Grynsztejn - the Pritzker Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Over the last few days, I've thought a lot about whether to publish this episode because so much of what we talked about seems at first glance to be from a different reality. But I think, it's an important interview for a couple of critical reasons. Madeleine talks about the role of art and the role of museums in both reflecting and shaping society. About the importance of constantly looking for the things that we don't know, for breaking our own assumptions of what happens next. Suddenly, that feels like the most important question for us to start raising as leaders.

"The Blessed Leader". Cecile Richards is the co-founder of Supermajority, which describes itself as a new home for women's activism that is fighting for gender equality. Before that, she spent 12 years as the President of Planned Parenthood, a that provides to 2.5 million women annually. Public service and activism are part of Cecile's DNA. Her mother — Ann Richards — shattered conventional wisdom when, as a woman and a Democrat, she was elected Governor of Texas in 1990. In the seventh grade, Cecile was taken to the principal's office for wearing an armband in protest of the Vietnam War. In the eighth grade, she brought food to the strikers on a picket line in her hometown of Austin. Her first job after college, was as a union organizer in New Orleans, helping hotel workers trying to get by on minimum wage. Cecile has been called "the most badass feminist EVER" and "The heroine of the resistance".

"The Blessed Leader". 15 minute edited highlight of our full conversation. Cecile Richards is the co-founder of Supermajority, which describes itself as a new home for women's activism that is fighting for gender equality. Before that, she spent 12 years as the President of Planned Parenthood, a that provides to 2.5 million women annually. Public service and activism are part of Cecile's DNA. Her mother — Ann Richards — shattered conventional wisdom when, as a woman and a Democrat, she was elected Governor of Texas in 1990. In the seventh grade, Cecile was taken to the principal's office for wearing an armband in protest of the Vietnam War. In the eighth grade, she brought food to the strikers on a picket line in her hometown of Austin. Her first job after college, was as a union organizer in New Orleans, helping hotel workers trying to get by on minimum wage. Cecile has been called "the most badass feminist EVER" and "The heroine of the resistance".

"The 'How Do I Spend My Time' Leader". Anne Devereux-Mills is the founder of Parlay House, which describes itself as a modern salon for women. Their mission is to provide a safe and supportive environment in which women can have authentic conversations and build meaningful relationships. Anne has been the CEO of multiple companies. She's also a wife, a mother and a four-time cancer survivor.

"The 'How Do I Spend My Time' Leader". 15 minute edited highlight of our full conversation. Anne Devereux-Mills is the founder of Parlay House, which describes itself as a modern salon for women. Their mission is to provide a safe and supportive environment in which women can have authentic conversations and build meaningful relationships. Anne has been the CEO of multiple companies. She's also a wife, a mother and a four-time cancer survivor.