The Conscious Capitalists

This week we explore how by following the core tenets of being a Conscious Enterprise, Grupo Bimbo has become the largest baked goods group in the world (think Sara Lee, Thomas, Oroweat and many other brands they own across the globe) while consistently being ranked as the most admired company in Mexico and winning wide recognition globally for its ethical business practices and being a great place to work. Hear a  practical and clear sighted view of how they ' build a sustainable, highly productive, and deeply humane company’ from their head of people, Juan Muldoon. Juan’s an unusual choice to lead the people function as most of his background in business has been in the commercial and P&L side of the business. Listen, learn and enjoy a wise leader in a deeply conscious company.  ** 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

This week listen to the NY time journalist David Gelles talk about his new book with this title. How one man came to embody the 1980’s shift to short term shareholder focus—and the negative legacy we are dealing with from this today. The stories we tell about business influence our perceptions of business- David Gelles tells a compelling story of how Welch’s story, seen in hindsight, represented an important negative turning point in the history of business and a legacy we are having to turn from today. ** 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

Hear from Gerry Anderson, former CEO and Chair of the one of the largest utility and energy companies in the mid-west of the US. Gerry made purpose relevant to people by making it matter to their individual roles and jobs. From power plant workers to accountants- helping people see the importance of their work and how they make a difference unleashes people energy into the business and the communities they serve. DTE amazed many by moving from the bottom of the Gallup engagement survey to the top 3%. Changing leadership mindsets and taking reasonability for training front line and middle managers on how to engage the power of people helped drive this inspiring turn around. Listen to an inspiring servant leader leading a company on the way to a cleaner, safer, and smarter energy future. A Podcast by Tec Sounds. ** 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

Hear about what this means and the extraordinary story of Lynne Twist the author of the Soul of Money and co-founder of the Pachamama Alliance. Money is a means not an end, and our attitude towards it shapes many of our actions. Lynne walks us through some of the shifts in mindset that enable us to allow money to flow in our lives towards making a difference. An inspiring call to live a committed life and step into making a difference in the world. ** 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

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 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

The soul’s journey and self-mastery, where are you on your journey?  This week we speak with Srikumar Rao - founder of the Creativity and Personal Mastery Program that gained fame by being oversubscribed at several leading business schools (Columbia, London Business School and others) and is now open to the public; and you can apply to join!  Srikumar offers ancient wisdom in a modern context and helps executives, entrepreneurs and professionals identify their true purpose, discover deep meaning, overcome the obstacles holding them back and achieve quantum leaps in effectiveness. What matters in your life matters in your leadership - join us for insights on a deeper level of self-mastery ** 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

Join Raj and Timothy as they discuss their perspective on Patagonia and the example Yvon Chouinard is setting with his transfer of shares to a trust for the good of the planet. An inspiring example of one founder's alignment of his values and the value he has created and what he does with that wealth. AND Patagonia is not just a feel good story. They run a disciplined organization that has focused on innovation and taking great care of its people—the result no debt and steady, managed growth year on year. Doing well and doing good - the inspiring story of Patagonia making purpose, people and the planet matter!

This week the ‘father’ of the Net Promotor Score (NPS), one of the most widely admired and used measures of customer impact, Fried Reichheld,  speaks to us about the next wave of customer focus- Customer Capitalism and NPV 3.0. Great companies help people lead great lives- they are a force for good. At their core they have a strong sense of purpose— to enrich the lives of every customer they touch. Not just a slogan, but as described by Fred, a systematic approach to building your company and systems with the customer front and centre. He talks us through why an enlightened understanding of the Golden Rule provides the bedrock principle underpinning Customer Capitalism and why this serves as the foundation for generating good and sustainable profits!  ** 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

In the face of the global crisis’s of 2022, how do we hold on to an optimistic view of the future? Can we create a different more sustainable economic system? Listen to a path forward with potential hope, with Ketan Patel, a successful investor and founder of Force for Good which this week publishes its 3rd annual report, Capital as a Force for Good , https://www.forcegood.org/report-2022. He delves into how we can shift our priorities to reframe the discussion of how to finance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Spoiler alert, look for the opportunities to create real business opportunities in delivering SDG elements like Financial Inclusion! A call for hope and how capital can be a force for good  and capitalism a force for a secure and sustainable future. ** 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

Evolutionary Biology gives us the scientific underpinning to find a common and unifying approach to the changes we need in our economic theory and business practices. Join David Sloan Wilson this week for a fascinating deep dive into the science supporting Conscious Capitalism. Hear about the leading edge thinking the world desperately needs to turn into business practice. Human survival and evolution of our social structures have always been built on co-operation and increasingly we understand how small and appropriately structured groups (hear David’s design principles) optimize performance versus the myth of nature red in tooth and claw. We never thought we would hear the words ‘chicken experiment’ and Conscious Capitalism in the same sentence (at 11:23)! ** 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