The Conscious Capitalists

Uncommon common sense – taking a long-term, ownership approach to investing and avoiding the casino capitalism, trading system that focuses on short term bets.  Hear Tom Gardner co-founder of Motley Fool talk about their investment firm and approach to outstanding returns. AND they have one of the great conscious cultures we’ve seen- creating a fun and high performing family of “Fools”. Listen and be inspired by what is possible! *** 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

On this Conscious Capitalists Podcast Rewind we are bringing you a much loved conversation: Learn how a conscious  culture built a competitive advantage for a pioneering used car business- Driversselect. “Our success as a conscious business was not what I learned in business school".  Hear Steve Hall describe his journey to conscious leadership and great examples of building a conscious culture that drives great business results. ** 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 good business model is the Ferrari engine—people are the fuel that makes it work! 14% CAGR for almost 25 years by caring, looking for goodness and saying thank you.  Hear practical examples of how Barry Wehmiller does it—and at the centre of it, leaders measuring success by the lives they have touched. This approach to leadership and culture that has worked in over a 100 acquisitions- across the globe- a better way of doing business! Join us to hear the inspiring story of Bob Chapman CEO of Barry Wehmiller- WHAT they do is provide the industrial equipment and engineering solutions that  help bring many of life’s daily necessities - toilet tissue and wet wipes, corrugated boxes, cans of soft drinks, bags of dog food, containers of yogurt, pharmaceuticals, envelopes and more - to people across the globe.  But that’s just what they do.  What truly defines them as a business is HOW they do it, and that’s by fostering a caring, trusting, nurturing organizational culture through which people feel safe to express their ideas and share their gifts and talents.  Using the power of business to build a better world. *** 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

Testlio is the originator of networked testing. They are an award-winning combination of platform, freelancers, and services enables you to deliver great customer experiences—fast. Fundamentally, networked testing is a philosophy and set of practices that are tuned to deliver exceptional quality assurance. Speed. Coverage. Economics. It crosses capabilities like functional testing, usability testing, localization testing, and location testing. Networked testing houses multiple connected concepts. Four major elements are team attributes, testing philosophies, engineering alignment, and technology utilization. Join Testlio's CEO Steve Semelsberger as we discuss the how Conscious Capitalism plays up in the startup world! *** 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

Restoring trust in capitalism requires us to think differently about how we do business. About how we invest. About how we make decisions, as consumers, as workers, as community members. It invites new ways to talk about, measure, and incentivize business behavior. It demands that we do a better job of aligning how companies, and investors, define success. Join Just Capital CEO Martin Whitaker as we discuss the research and programs they are developing on the future of stakeholder capitalism. *** 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

On this Conscious Capitalists Podcast Rewind we are bringing you a much loved conversation: What is a "good business”? B-Corps certification sets the bar via a complete and extensive certification that defines good business practices.  This week, we speak with one of the co-founders of B Lab (the organisation that runs the Certified B Corporation program), Jay Coen Gilbert, and hear about the B Corps journey and the next stage as he co-chairs Imperative 21: a coalition of like-minded organizations, including Conscious Capitalism, that are coming together to create a new agenda for business in the 21st century ** 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

On this Conscious Capitalists Podcast Rewind we are bringing you a much loved conversation: 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

On this Conscious Capitalists Podcast Rewind we are bringing you a much loved conversation: A conscious 'Beer Meister' discusses pursuing his passion and building a conscious, employee-owned culture at Mass Bay Brewing (home of Harpoon, UFO & Clown Shoes craft beers).  Join Dan Kenary CEO and Co-Founder as he also discusses greed and the need to save capitalism from itself. Not to mention our new favourite employee benefit: employee beer tours of Europe! (Originally released on January 5, 2021) ** 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 show notes, please go to: https://www.theconsciouscapitalists.com Thank you for your support!  Timothy & Raj

On this Conscious Capitalists Podcast Rewind we are bringing you a much loved conversation: Listen to the father of stakeholder theory, R. Edward Freeman, discuss  why he wrote about this 20 years ago and why it is now more important than ever!  Optimising stakeholder relationships is just a better way of doing business. Hear the story from someone who had led this field from the start. (Originally released on November 3, 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 show notes, please go to: https://www.theconsciouscapitalists.com Thank you for your support!  Timothy & Raj

On this Conscious Capitalists Podcast Rewind we are bringing you a much loved conversation: This week we have Roger Martin joining 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 the former #1 business thinker in the Thinkers50 list, a biannual ranking of the most influential global business thinkers. (Originally released on February 24, 2021) ** 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 show notes, please go to: https://www.theconsciouscapitalists.com (Originally released on February 24, 2021) Thank you for your support!  Timothy & Raj