Future in Sound

By Re:Co

What's Future in Sound about?

Host Jenn Wilson speaks with world-leading experts about the future role of business in society, implications for competitive strategy and the management tools needed to lead.

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Future in Sound episodes:

06.13.2024
Neil Desai: Deeper Diversity
Neil Desai is an accomplished corporate director and executive with a rich background in public policy and the private sector. Neil has played pivotal roles from serving in Canada's parliament to leading tech companies. Most recently, he served on the...
05.14.2024
Shami Nissan: Shared Value in Practice
With over 20 years’ experience in responsible investment, Shami Nissan is a leader in sustainability and impact initiatives. Partner and Head of Sustainability at Actis, she’s also an Advisory Board member of the World Bank/IFC’s Operating Principles for Impact Management,...
04.08.2024
Georg Kell: Cyclical Versus Enduring Trends
This month on the Future in Sound podcast we speak to world renowned thought leader on corporate responsibility and sustainability, Georg Kell. Chairman of Arabesque Group, a technology company that uses AI and big data to assess sustainability performance relevant...
03.14.2024
John Elkington & Louise Kjellerup Roper: Avoiding Disruption
This episode of the Future in Sound podcast dives into the world of sustainable business with two powerhouse figures. John Elkington, dubbed the 'godfather of sustainability' is the Founding Partner and Executive Chairman of Volans, a future-focused business working at...
02.13.2024
Eric Collins: Diversity Advantage
Eric Collins is the visionary Co-Founder and CEO of Impact X Capital Partners. Through his work, Eric embodies the transformative power of inclusive investment, making him a pivotal figure in the movement towards a more equitable and innovative business ecosystem....
01.09.2024
Re:Co 2023 Re:Cap
On the Future in Sound podcast, one of our favourite questions to ask is ‘what book or idea has most shaped the way you think?' We heard from leading experts in sustainability including: Alex Edmans, Gillian Tett, Andrew Winston, Siko,...
12.13.2023
Harlin Singh Urofsky: Connectivity
Harlin Singh Urofsky is the Global Head of Sustainable Investing for Citi Global Wealth and works across Citi's investment divisions. Ms. Singh is an observing member of the Global Investment Committee and oversees the sustainable investing platform. In this interview...
11.21.2023
Fred di Blasio: Indigenous Investment
Fred is a proud member of the Huron-Wendat Nation and Co-Founder, Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Longhouse Capital Partners. Prior to co-founding Longhouse, Fred served as Executive Vice President for Nch’Kay Development Corporation, the economic development arm of...
10.23.2023
Andrew Winston: Courage
Andrew Winston is one of the most widely read writers on sustainable business in the world, with regular columns inHarvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review. His latest book, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More than...
09.20.2023
Sam Cryer: Pragmatic Protest
Sam Cryer earned his PhD in organic chemistry at Imperial College London developing novel solar materials. After post-docs at Queen Mary and UCL, he joined Deep Science Ventures as an analyst where he developed the idea for Thermulon and spun...
08.10.2023
Elsa Palanza: Inject Sustainability
Elsa Palanza is responsible for firmwide ESG strategy and responsible investing at ICG, a private equity investment firm. Having worked across FTSE and Fortune companies plus the not-for-profit sectors for the past 20 years, Elsa has extensive experience in launching...
07.05.2023
Lisa Woll: Follow the Money
Lisa was the CEO of US SIF (the Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment) and the US SIF Foundation from 2006 to February 2023. Members of US SIF represent about $5T in Assets under Management. In this episode, we discuss...
06.01.2023
Cary Krosinsky: Longtermism
Cary Krosinsky is a widely respected educator, leading author and advisor on sustainable finance whose ongoing teaching includes popular courses at Brown, Yale and NYU. His first book was published in 2008, Sustainable Finance, The Art of Long Term Performance...
02.27.2023
Alex Edmans: Nuance in ESG
Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School and Academic Director of the Centre for Corporate Governance. He graduated from Oxford University and then worked for Morgan Stanley in investment banking. Alex has spoken at the World Economic...
11.28.2022
Dr. Nicola Ranger: Ask for Policy
Dr Nicola Ranger is Head of Sustainable Finance Research for Development in the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group and Director of Climate and Environmental Analytics at the UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI). Nicola is passionate about advancing finance...
10.03.2022
Lisa Kimmel: Building Trust
Lisa is a global leader in Communications. She’s the managing director of Sector Specialty Agencies (SSAs), DJE Holdings and also oversees Edelman’s Canadian and Latin American operations. Lisa sits on Edelman’s Executive Leadership Team and has played a leadership role...
09.04.2022
Sophie Robinson-Tillett: Moving the Masses
Sophie Robinson-Tillett is a Senior Associate at the University of Oxford, a Contributing Editor at Investment & Pensions Europe, and Founder of Real-Economy-Progress.com. She’s the former Editor of Responsible Investor and also worked for the Guardian. Sophie is an award-winning...
04.11.2022
Kathleen Finlay: Regenerative Agriculture
Kathleen Finlay has been a leader in regenerative agriculture for most of her career. As President of the Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming, she’s s refined the organization’s mission and become a national figure in the United States...
03.08.2022
Harvey Locke: Nature Positive
Harvey Locke is a Canadian conservationist, writer, and photographer. He is a recognized global leader in the field of parks, wilderness, wildlife, and large landscape conservation. He is a founder of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative and Chair of...
02.07.2022
Alex Robart: The Avant-Garde of Net Zero
Alex Robart is the Worldwide Strategy Leader for Energy & Sustainability at Microsoft. He guides Microsoft’s viewpoint on energy and sustainability, drives Business Unit strategy, and works with customers to develop transformation and sustainability strategies. In this episode (recorded at...
12.13.2021
Lessons Learned from Series 1
Re:Co founder and host, Jenn Wilson shares her highlights from series one of The Future In Sound podcast and explains how it’s helped her clarify her thinking on three main topics: business purpose, tools for strategic decision making, and system-level...
07.12.2021
Anywhere (Siko) Sikochi: Limitations of ESG Ratings
Anywhere (Siko) Sikochi is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School where he teaches the Financial Reporting and Control course to MBA students. In this episode, Siko shares his insights on the limitations of ESG ratings, how ESG trends are...
06.22.2021
Gillian Tett: Anthro-Vision in Business
Gillian Tett is the Co-Founder of Moral Money and Chair of the Editorial Board and Editor-at-Large of the Financial Times (US). In this episode, she discusses how tools from anthropology can help leaders see future trends more clearly, avoid unnecessary...
05.19.2021
Jason Mitchell: ESG Investing in its Infancy
Jason Mitchell is Co-Head of Responsible Investment at Man Group. In this episode, Jason discusses the definition of Responsible Investment, common misconceptions about ESG, the frontier of ESG data analytics, the role of regulation in this nascent practice and much...
04.15.2021
Saadia Madsbjerg: Resilience
Saadia is a global leader in the field of sustainable and impact investing. She and Judith Rodin co-authored the book “Making Money Moral: How a New Wave of Visionaries is Linking Purpose and Profit”. In this episode, Saadia discusses the...
02.17.2021
Charmian Love: AND not OR
Charmian Love is the Co-Founder and Chair of B Lab UK, where she supports the growth of B Corporations across the UK (and beyond) and is Co-Chair of B Lab’s Global Climate Taskforce where she is a member of the...
01.12.2021
Dr. Noelle Selin: Silos vs. Systems
Dr. Noelle Selin is an Associate Professor at MIT with the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. Her research uses atmospheric chemistry modelling to inform decision-making on air pollution, climate change and hazardous substances such as mercury and persistent...
12.15.2020
Amory Lovins: Asking Heretical Questions
Physicist Amory Lovins is co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Rocky Mountain Institute; energy advisor to major firms and governments in 70+ countries; author of 31 books and over 700 papers; and designer of superefficient buildings, factories, and vehicles. Time magazine...
11.17.2020
Dr. Colin Mayer: On Purpose
Best-selling author of Prosperity: Better Business Makes the Greater Good, leader of the British Academy’s Future of the Corporation Programme and professor of Management at the University of Oxford, Dr. Colin Mayer discusses how corporate purposes continue to change, how...
10.20.2020
Dr. Sarah Kaplan: Dwelling in Tensions
Best-selling author of The 360 degree Corporation and Distinguished Professor of Management at the University of Toronto, Dr. Sarah Kaplan explains how the ‘innovation mindset’ can be applied to sustainability to achieve competitive advantage, how the diverse views of stakeholders...
09.30.2020
Trailer: Future in Sound
What will the role of business in society look like in the long term? What will it take to achieve resilient competitive advantage against this backdrop? How can we better prioritize people, planet and profit in business strategy and decision...

What's Future in Sound about?

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Future in Sound episodes:

Neil Desai: Deeper Diversity

Shami Nissan: Shared Value in Practice

Georg Kell: Cyclical Versus Enduring Trends

John Elkington & Louise Kjellerup Roper: Avoiding Disruption

Eric Collins: Diversity Advantage

Re:Co 2023 Re:Cap

Harlin Singh Urofsky: Connectivity

Fred di Blasio: Indigenous Investment

Andrew Winston: Courage

Sam Cryer: Pragmatic Protest

Elsa Palanza: Inject Sustainability

Lisa Woll: Follow the Money

Cary Krosinsky: Longtermism

Alex Edmans: Nuance in ESG

Dr. Nicola Ranger: Ask for Policy

Lisa Kimmel: Building Trust

Sophie Robinson-Tillett: Moving the Masses

Kathleen Finlay: Regenerative Agriculture

Harvey Locke: Nature Positive

Alex Robart: The Avant-Garde of Net Zero

Lessons Learned from Series 1

Anywhere (Siko) Sikochi: Limitations of ESG Ratings

Gillian Tett: Anthro-Vision in Business

Jason Mitchell: ESG Investing in its Infancy

Saadia Madsbjerg: Resilience

Charmian Love: AND not OR

Dr. Noelle Selin: Silos vs. Systems

Amory Lovins: Asking Heretical Questions

Dr. Colin Mayer: On Purpose

Dr. Sarah Kaplan: Dwelling in Tensions

Trailer: Future in Sound

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