Welcome to a brand new season of the Innocence Theory Podcast! Our Inflection Point Series dives deep into moments where everything changes—across creativity, design, technology, world events, and sustainability. In this kickoff episode, we blend personal storytelling and industry insight to uncover the hidden forces shaping our world and our decisions.

What you’ll discover this week:

• A True Story: What does “It’s not personal, it’s just business” really mean in day-to-day life?
• The Empathy Gap: How “move fast and break things” as a motto sidelined empathy and what it means for our culture.
• Climate in Words and Wallets: How subtle climate denial in public speeches ripples out to policy—and your grocery bill.
• Empathy Economics: Why empathy, though costly, might be the most vital skill of our future.

Key Takeaways

• Every business decision ripples outward and touches real lives.
• Industry rules (like new tariffs or spotifys payout model) directly shape the lives of everyday creators.
• Trust in technology is layered—bigger doesn’t always mean safer, and transparency often matters more than size.
• The way we use language influences how we see climate realities, economic futures, and even personal responsibility.
• Building empathy is one of the hardest things in business—and one of the most necessary.
• Don’t just listen—observe the patterns around you. Inflection points are closer than you think.
• We’re not here as experts above it all. We’re here as fellow observers, wrestling with the same questions you hold.
• So, what’s changing in your world? Where do you feel the inflection point?

Tune in to observe, not just listen.
We’re not experts above it all. We’re observers wrestling with the same questions you hold. What’s changing in your world? Where do you feel the inflection point?

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• Stay tuned: Next up, we explore how the music industry is reinventing itself from the inside out.

Host: Arjun Shrivatsan
Editor: Abhinav Suresh
Cover Art: Akshay Joshi

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