Future in Sound
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.
Episodes
Why do smart people make irrational investment decisions? In our 50th episode, returning guest Professor Alex Edmans explores the psychological biases that shape our decisions, from overconfidence and confirmation bias to our tendency to overreact or underreact to new information. Drawing on his latest book, The Madness of Markets, Alex explains how these biases affect financial markets and business decisions, and how we can make b...
Dr. Johannes Lenhard is CEO of Reframe Venture, a nonprofit working with 200 VC and PE funds and 120 LPs on responsible investment integration. He is also an affiliated lecturer at the University of Cambridge, where he earned his PhD in anthropology. In this episode, he joins Jenn to ask whether the private markets industry is doing its due diligence on AI and whether the lessons learned from ESG over the past decade can help it mo...
Jaycee Pribulsky is Partner and Chief Sustainability Officer at Apollo, where she oversees the firm's sustainability efforts. Before joining Apollo, she was Chief Sustainability Officer at Nike, and earlier in her career held roles at Bloomberg, Citi and the White House. In this episode, she joins Jenn to make the case that the sustainability field has reached a turning point where aspiration alone is no longer enough and operation...
Serge Younes is Global Head of Sustainability at Invest Industrial. With a PhD in renewable energy and decades of experience in both consulting and private equity, he brings a technical and commercial grounding that shapes how he works with portfolio companies. In this episode, he joins Jenn to talk about what it actually takes to make sustainability land in a business and what the head of sustainability role might look like in ten...
Nat Bullard is co-founder of Halcyon, an AI-enabled energy information platform, and one of the energy sector's most respected data storytellers. Each year, Nat publishes an annual presentation on the state of decarbonisation, drawing on hundreds of data points to give business leaders a clear-eyed view of where the energy transition actually stands. In this episode, he joins Jenn to discuss why understanding the present moment is ...
Evan Greenfield is Managing Director and Head of ESG for the Private Equity division at BCI. He recently published a paper with Stanford called "ESG Value Creation in Private Equity: From Rhetoric to Returns" that explains exactly how sustainability strategies produce financial returns in portfolio companies. In this episode, Evan joins Jenn to explain why ESG is good for value creation, and why speaking the language of finance mat...
Max Ottignon is co-founder of Ragged Edge, a branding agency that has spent 18 years helping businesses clarify their message and communicate it in ways that get noticed. In his view, campaigns mean nothing without clarity about the underlying brand. In this episode, he joins Jenn and Harriet Richardson (Re:Co's Creative Director) to discuss why sustainability messaging fails when it’s framed as compromise and how purpose cre...
Tensie Whelan is Distinguished Professor of Practice at NYU Stern School of Business. Her 25 year career spans journalism, environmental nonprofits, and academia, and she's dedicated to proving that sustainability drives financial value. In this episode, she joins Jenn to explain why we need to reframe decarbonisation as innovation. The transformation toward sustainability creates opportunities to invent completely new products and...
Zoe Haseman: Talk Less, Do More
Zoe Haseman is the Head of Sustainability for Infrastructure at EQT Partners. In this episode, she joins Jenn to discuss why this moment calls for proving sustainability's value rather than talking about it, how to build relationships that embed change in portfolio companies, and why keeping things simple often delivers the best results.
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Ben Goldsmith is an environmentalist, financier, and advocate for rewilding who has spent decades at the intersection of conservation and investment. In this episode he shares his unique perspective on how finance can support ecological renewal, how rewilding is revolutionising conservation, and how investors can tap into nature recovery as an emerging asset class.
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Damilola Ogunbiyi is CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All. In this episode, she joins Jenn to discuss the critical connection between energy access and poverty, why 666 million people still lack electricity, and how the Global South can leapfrog to clean energy from the start rather than transition later.
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As CEO of Unilever from 2008 to 2019, Paul Polman transformed one of the world's largest consumer goods companies by proving that purpose-driven strategies deliver exceptional results. Co-architect of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and author of the bestselling book "Net Positive," Paul continues to champion responsible leadership. In this episode, he joins Jenn to discuss why courage and conviction are essential for navigat...
With a background spanning operational leadership at Rolls-Royce, strategic advisory at BCG, and now sustainable investing at IMCO, Youssef Aroub brings sharp analysis to the intersection of nature and private markets.
In this episode, Jenn and Youssef explore why biodiversity is climbing the investor agenda and how businesses can start weaving nature considerations into their core strategy. From data centres in drought zones ...
With a career spanning corporate compliance, private equity, and international climate policy, Cornelia Gomez brings a mix of pragmatism and passion to the conversation on sustainability. Now Global Head of Sustainability at General Atlantic, Cornelia joins Jenn to reflect on how the ESG movement has evolved and where it goes from here.
From the rise and retrenchment of ESG practices to the importance of adaptability, Cornelia share...
For over 40 years, Fred Krupp has led the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), using innovative cross-sectoral approaches to support environmental protection.. Under his leadership, EDF has launched groundbreaking initiatives, including MethaneSAT, a first-of-its-kind satellite designed to track emissions of one of the most potent greenhouse gases.
In this special episode - co-hosted by Re:Co’s COO Eric Bloom - Fred discusses the...
With an illustrious career spanning roles as Governor of both the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada, Mark Carney has long been an advocate for sustainability, particularly in addressing climate risks.
In this episode, Mark talks about the politicisation of ESG, the investment opportunities in decarbonisation, and why transitioning from “brown to olive” and eventually to “green” can unlock immense value, ...
Nina Foote is a Partner and the Head of Growth at Volution, a UK-based venture capital firm that invests in technology companies. With a rich background that spans both the arts and business strategy, Nina’s career took a unique turn after spending 13 years at Christie’s. In this episode, Jenn and Nina discuss the intersection of venture capital, ESG, and sustainable business growth.
Nina also explains how Volution...
This month on the Future in Sound, Jaxson Khan- former senior policy advisor to Canada's Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry- explores the evolving role of AI in business. With a background in accessibility, AI policy, safety, innovation, and ethical frameworks, few people are better placed to help us think through the connections between tech and society.
Jenn and Jaxson discuss the delicate balance between innovati...
In this month’s episode of the Future in Sound we discuss the intersections of politics, technology, and ESG strategy with Mark Bergman, a seasoned legal expert and strategic advisor. Mark has spent decades at the nexus of global policy and sustainability efforts, offering a unique perspective on navigating the complexities of modern governance and corporate responsibility.
Jenn and Mark discuss the critical role of cultural a...
In the latest episode of the Future in Sound podcast we speak to sustainability experts Lisen Wirén and Pia Heidenmark Cook, co-authors of "Embedding Sustainability." Pia is a senior sustainability leader with over 25 years of global industry experience including having served as Chief Sustainability Officer for IKEA. Today she's a non executive director, senior advisor, and a keynote speaker across multiple sectors. Lisen is a sus...
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