Listen "Episode 39: Reflections 2025"
Episode Synopsis
Steve Goldbach, Geoff Tuff, and Kulleni Gebreyes of Deloitte join Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove of Thinkers50 to reflect on their highlights and insights from the 2025 Provocateurs series.Featuring in-depth conversations with leaders and innovators, the 2025 Provocateurs explored pressing topics from sustainability and space exploration to digital health, public policy, and food systems innovation. Throughout the series, compelling stories emerged that illustrate the power of systems thinking, reframing narratives, and leadership under pressure.We heard about seaweed and rum in Barbados: a circular economy success story combining waste products to create fuel. We learned how modulating electrical motors reframes sustainability as efficiency, delivering rapid returns on investment. And we listened as astronaut Eileen Collins described the extreme pressure of an aborted rocket launch, exemplifying agility and preparation as the essence of leadership.The 2025 Provocateurs guests included:Weslynne Ashton, sustainable systems scientist at the Illinois Institute of TechnologyKatie McGinty, VP and Chief Sustainability Officer at Johnson ControlsRajendra Pratap Gupta, founder of the Global Digital Health SummitKarthik Ramanna, from Oxford University's Blavatnik School of GovernmentEileen Collins, the first female space shuttle commanderSelassie Atadika, award-winning chef, chocolatier, and innovatorAnke Hampel, Chief Sustainability Officer at ABB * recorded live at Climate Week New York *Natalie Nixon, author of The Creativity Leap and Move. Think. Rest.What were your key take-aways from our 2025 Provocateurs?This podcast is part of an ongoing series of interviews with executives. The executives’ participation in this podcast are solely for educational purposes based on their knowledge of the subject and the views expressed by them are solely their own. This podcast should not be deemed or construed to be for the purpose of soliciting business for any of the companies mentioned, nor does Deloitte advocate or endorse the services or products provided by these companies.
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