Meet The Leader
In these one-on-one conversations, host Linda Lacina interviews the world's top leaders, change-makers and experts on the solutions they're building to tackle the world's biggest challenges, the habits they can’t work without, and their lessons learned, all from the World Economic Forum
Latest episodes
Jun 25, 2021 • 36min
P&G's Loic Tassel on scaling planet-friendly consumer products and habits
To meet big climate goals, consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble is redesigning both products and supply chains. In this effort, P&G Europe is pioneering many sustainable products and helping consumers build better habits for the planet. P&G Europe’s president Loic Tassel shares how his teams are helping to rethink everything from how we buy our shampoo to the temperature with which we wash our laundry. He talks to Meet The Leader about the upcoming European Green Deal, how being a father of five drives him, and what he’s learned in his near 33 years at the company. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 11, 2021 • 38min
Morgan Stanley’s Audrey Choi: Leadership isn’t in titles
The Chief Sustainability Officer of Morgan Stanley hails from policy and journalism and helped invent her current role. She’ll explain why unique backgrounds are key to tackling sustainability, what drove the firm to dive into sustainable investing after the last recession and how finance can play a key role in addressing some of the biggest challenges of our day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 27, 2021 • 36min
Volvo’s Lars Stenqvist: 'Partnership is the new leadership'
The Chief Technology Officer of Volvo Group discusses tech’s role in transport’s decarbonisation. He’ll also explain the role creativity and accountability will play in that transition and how leaders will need to change how they interact with everyone from teams to rivals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 14, 2021 • 36min
Boston Consulting Group’s Rich Lesser: “We can go further than we think”
The CEO discusses leadership lessons from three decades at the firm, the signals that prompt teams to tackle big challenges - and what’s really needed to make progress on the climate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 29, 2021 • 21min
WorldQuant’s Igor Tulchinsky: “Obstacles are nothing more than information”
The CEO of quantitative investment firm WorldQuant talks experimentation, the principles he lives by and why he founded a not-for-profit online university to modernize talent pools and bridge opportunity gaps. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 9, 2021 • 37min
Verizon's Hans Vestberg: Focus on what's most important
The CEO of Verizon shares why he charts his time, the questions he asks world leaders and why he's dedicated his life to bridging connectivity gaps. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 19, 2021 • 24min
Leaders from IBM, Deloitte and more: Habits they can’t work without
To mark the 6-month anniversary of Meet The Leader, this compilation episode collects favourite tips, mindsets and approaches from past episodes as well as insights from World Economic Forum events like the Annual Meeting in Davos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 4, 2021 • 22min
Signify’s Eric Rondolat: How small steps drive big changes
This global lighting company achieved carbon neutrality last fall. Its CEO will share the changes it made - and its lessons learned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 18, 2021 • 26min
EY’s Carmine Di Sibio: ‘Build a better working world’
The CEO will share how new programs are helping the firm train future leaders in tech and sustainability and even create jobs to tackle neurodiversity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 4, 2021 • 29min
AB InBev’s Carlos Brito: Solve the right problem
The CEO of one of the world’s largest brewing companies explains how tech like blockchain and fintech are helping retailers and smallholder farmers around the world and how such investments are strengthening communities in developing economies more resilient have kept the company humming during the pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
