Seth Godin on Significance, Status, and the Future of Work

This episode is a special repost from the archives of The Jess Larsen Show on Innovation & Leadership, featuring legendary author and thinker Seth Godin. Originally recorded around the launch of his book The Song of Significance, this conversation feels even more relevant now than when it was first released.

Seth and Jess dig into why the industrial age model of work is breaking down—and what should replace it. They talk about how to build workplaces where people don’t just show up, but come alive: doing work that matters, with people they care about, in environments of dignity, agency, and meaning. Seth shares powerful stories about Ray Anderson’s carbon-neutral carpet company, Jacqueline Novogratz and Acumen’s patient capital, and a $3 pair of eyeglasses that changes someone’s entire life.

If you’re a founder, CEO, fund manager, or leader who cares about more than just the next quarter’s numbers, this replay is a roadmap for building companies that race to the top—not the bottom.

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In this episode of The Jess Larsen Show on Innovation & Leadership, Jess sits down with Holly Parker, legendary NYC broker, bestselling author, and founder of The Holly Parker Team—personally responsible for more than $13 billion in sales. Holly opens up about the real secrets behind long-term success: empathy, emotional intelligence, impeccable integrity, and the ability to serve clients in ways that have nothing to do with square footage or contracts.

Holly shares stories from behind the scenes of ultra-high-net-worth real estate: co-op board landmines, ego mistakes rookies make, how to build trust with people who live in a world of constant requests—and why her clients invite her not just into their apartments, but into their lives. She and Jess dive deep into authenticity, family legacies, investing like a portfolio manager, and why connection—not transactions—is the currency she cares about most.

This conversation blends strategy, relationships, psychology, and heart. If you want to sell at the highest levels, build real trust, or simply learn how the best in the world think, this episode is a masterclass.

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Luxury, Trust & the Future of Travel: Inside THIRDHOME with Giles Adams

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From $700 a Month to a $9B Giant: Building Life360 with Chris Hulls

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Dr. Gordon Neufeld—developmental psychologist and author of Hold On to Your Kids—joins Jess to explain why our children’s greatest need is not techniques, but relationship. Discover the true cost of peer orientation, the five relational needs that never expire, and the power of boredom, nature, and play to refuel connection. Neufeld shares how he won back his own daughters by removing competing attachments and rebuilding time, trust, and warmth.

This is a field guide for modern parents who want practical language and steps to re-anchor family life—simple, profound, and deeply humane.

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Eva Yazhari shares hard-earned lessons from Wall Street, her time managing billions, and what she’s learned saying “no” to short-term thinking. This episode is a masterclass in balancing risk, resilience, and relationships.

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Can trauma be inherited across generations? And more importantly—can it be stopped?

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris has spent her career answering those questions. As California’s first Surgeon General, she championed screening for ACEs, built networks between clinics and communities, and pushed for policies that save lives.

In this conversation with Jess Larsen, Nadine shares the science, the policy battles, and the deeply human side of this work—from seeing patients transformed when told “you’re not crazy” to showing how neuroplasticity means no one is permanently broken. It’s science, leadership, and hope rolled into one.

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Venture capital isn’t luck — it’s math. Jess Larsen sits down with Jamie Rhode, Partner at ScreenDoor, to reveal how elite allocators consistently hit 3× returns and 20–25% CAGR over decades.

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Julie Wainwright transformed the stigma around “used” luxury into a movement worth over a billion dollars. The founder of The RealReal, reveals the story behind the luxury resale empire that changed how the world shops for secondhand fashion. In conversation with Jess Larsen, she shares how she identified a market gap Amazon couldn’t fill, scaled from her living room to IPO, and turned setbacks into strategy.

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What do Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft all have in common? They’ve all relied on Glenn Gow’s expertise. Having coached over 20 CEOs, advised Fortune 500 companies, Glenn joins Jess Larsen to talk about the brain science of leadership, why top founders and athletes all rely on coaches, and how AI is becoming a make-or-break tool for companies.

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