In This Episode

Arjun Arora, currently in residence at Expa, a former partner at 500 Startups, and the founder of Retargeter, and Wisdom Labs’ Meghna Majmudar, discuss the shifting paradigm of business and what it means for the future of our workplace culture. Arora speaks about value creation in business taking the place of value extraction, and building businesses that are “centered, grounded, and concerned with people.”

The conversation covers topics such as the business results of value creation, the changing belief system about what it means to have a job, the movement towards a “free agent” lifestyle, democratizing profit, and how the experience of humanity can be changed through shifts in the workplace.

Links:

Arjun Arora Twitter

500 Startups

Expa

Retargeter

Thomas Kuhn

Show Notes

2:03 – Shifting the Paradigm

2:51 – Creating Value

3:44 – Positive Business

4:19 – Salesforce and LinkedIn as Models of the New Paradigm

5:37 – The Archetype of How Change Happens

6:31- Growth At All Costs vs. A Self Sustaining Ecosystem

7:39 – Signs of Positive Change

8:42 – The Future of Work

9:38 – Shareholder Value Redefined

11:17 – The Stress of Transition

12:46 – The Objective Truth of Caring About Well-Being

15:13 – Improving Human Experience Through Value Creation

16:12 – Profit and Purpose

18:09 – The Free Agent Lifestyle

19:44 – The Changing Meaning of “Job”