Listen "Heart in Business with Lorna Davis "
Episode Synopsis
Lorna Davis is passionate about helping leaders to live and lead with love. She has lived and worked in 7 countries on 5 continents, and was previously the leader of multi billion dollar businesses such as Danone, Kraft and Mondelez.HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODESocial Impact - where should people act? How do we make a difference when there’s so many things going on in the world, and use our heart to lead us thereThe illusion that business is all to do with the head - but there is a lot more permission around love & connection than we allow ourselves to think How to back up, shift to a more human perspective, and see things differently - gaining perspective & joy from those on the front lineInspiration from working with Indigenous Rights and Environmental JusticeQUOTES & SNIPPETS“Where to act is where your heart breaks”"To be human is a heartbreaking, excruciating experience, and it is an uplifting liberating experience. But holding both of these as true, is key to our liberation and destiny"“Play, practice, push the edges of your imagined cells, and the worst that can happen is that you have to apologise”“Every time a subject is freaking you out, instead of moving away, get closer to it and see what joy you find… There are always people on the front line doing remarkable things”“In our quiet moments, something powerful is guiding us that isn't our logic”REFERENCESBarbara Sreisand’s AutobiographyThe Culture Map by Erin MeyerThe Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why by Richard NisbettBeyonce Texas Hold ‘EmWilderness Leadership SchoolFTE’s (Full Time Equivalents)CONNECT WITH LORNALinkedInlornadavis.netTed TalkSUPPORT BETTER BEINGSIf you enjoyed this episode of Better Beings, please share it with your friends and follow us on socials. Thanks for listening! InstagramLinkedInCONTACT Let us know your thoughts, feelings, critiques, and resource recommendations [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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