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Positive Leadership

Positive Leadership

Jean-Philippe Courtois 139 Episodes Jul 22, 2026

Positive Leadership explores the power of purpose-driven leadership through trust, empathy, and collaboration. Host Jean-Philippe Courtois, former Microsoft executive and co-founder of Live for Good, interviews leaders from various industries to share practical tips for driving business success and societal impact. The podcast aims to make positive leadership accessible to anyone in a leadership role.

Episodes

[FR] Frédéric Mazzella : le rôle de l'entrepreneur est d'améliorer la société
[FR] Frédéric Mazzella : le rôle de l'entrepreneur est d'améliorer la société Jul 22, 2026 5459 Il roule vers la Vendée un soir de Noël, coincé sur l'A10. Un TGV le double. Il sait qu'il est complet, il a essayé d'y acheter une place. Autour de lui, des centaines de voitures avec un seul passager à bord.Frédéric Mazzella est le fondateur et président de BlaBlaCar. Normalien, physicien, passé par Stanford et la NASA, il a créé la première licorne française et l'a transform
Psychologist Ethan Kross: Emotions Aren't the Enemy
Psychologist Ethan Kross: Emotions Aren't the Enemy Jul 8, 2026 4969 The voice in your head has been talking since before you finished this sentence. For most leaders it is the least managed instrument they own, and the most consequential.Ethan Kross is the psychologist and author who has spent over two decades studying that inner voice. He directs the Emotion & Self-Control Laboratory at the University of Michigan, advises Fortune 500 leaders and Navy SEALs, a
Anu Bharadwaj: AI Won't Save a Team That Fears It
Anu Bharadwaj: AI Won't Save a Team That Fears It Jun 24, 2026 4934 Six months into her first management job, Anu Bharadwaj got the feedback no leader wants to hear: she was too intense, she pushed her team too hard. She was stunned. She was only asking them to do what she would do herself.Anu Bharadwaj began at Microsoft building video games, then made a bold leap to Atlassian in 2014, where she rose from product lead on Jira to COO and then President. Along the
Stéphane Bancel: The 5% Bet That Built Moderna
Stéphane Bancel: The 5% Bet That Built Moderna Jun 10, 2026 5196 In 2011, Stéphane Bancel walked away from the security of leading a 6,000-person diagnostics company to join a startup of about 50 people, built on an idea most scientists had dismissed: that messenger RNA could become medicine. Almost everyone told him not to do it. He gave the bet roughly a five percent chance. Nine years later, that same bet helped the world face a pandemic in 63 days.Stéphane
Dr Donna Hicks: Every Conflict Hides a Dignity Wound
Dr Donna Hicks: Every Conflict Hides a Dignity Wound May 27, 2026 4992 Donna Hicks spent three decades at the world's hardest conflict tables and found one hidden injury beneath them all: a violation of human dignity. From the Middle East to Northern Ireland, she watched negotiations stall not over policy, but over something no one in the room had named. This episode is the word that changed everything, and the model she built around it.Dr Donna Hicks, author of
[FR] Du pôle Sud au pôle intérieur : Matthieu Tordeur, explorateur
[FR] Du pôle Sud au pôle intérieur : Matthieu Tordeur, explorateur May 13, 2026 5610 À 27 ans, il a marché seul jusqu'au bout de la Terre. Ce qu'il a trouvé là-bas n'était pas un sommet.À 27 ans, Matthieu Tordeur devient le plus jeune explorateur au monde à rallier le pôle Sud à ski, en solitaire et sans ravitaillement. 1 150 kilomètres en 51 jours. Un traîneau de 115 kilos. Moins 50 degrés. Et la solitude la plus radicale qu'un être humain puisse choisir.Né à
The Iceberg Strategy: Ine Van Wymersch, Drug Commissioner
The Iceberg Strategy: Ine Van Wymersch, Drug Commissioner Apr 29, 2026 6040 A country drifting toward narco-state. The answer isn't a hammer. It's warm water. Belgium is one decision away from becoming a narco-state. Judges in hiding. Prosecutors under armed protection. An 11-year-old girl killed in a drug-related shooting in Antwerp. The country hosting Europe's second-largest port now seizes over 120 tons of cocaine a year. And the Belgian government hand
Raj Sisodia: How Conscious Capitalism Brings Love into Business
Raj Sisodia: How Conscious Capitalism Brings Love into Business Apr 15, 2026 5299 Companies built on love outperform the S&P 500 by 14 to 1. Conscious capitalism, stakeholder leadership, healing organizations — Raj Sisodia proved it with data, then spent a year in the Himalayas and the Amazon proving it on himself.Raj Sisodia, Co-Founder of the Conscious Capitalism movement and author of sixteen books including Firms of Endearment and The Healing Organization, grew up acros
Erased but Not Silenced: Leading the Global Climate Fight with Vanessa Nakate
Erased but Not Silenced: Leading the Global Climate Fight with Vanessa Nakate Apr 1, 2026 4940 What does it take to start a global movement when you feel like the world isn't listening?Today, my guest is Vanessa Nakate, the pioneering Ugandan climate justice activist, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and founder of the Rise Up Movement. Vanessa’s journey began in 2019 with a solitary strike outside the Ugandan parliament. Since then, she has become one of the most powerful and necessary voi
Rebuilding Trust in Technology with Mozilla CTO Raffi Krikorian
Rebuilding Trust in Technology with Mozilla CTO Raffi Krikorian Mar 18, 2026 4681 What happens when one of Silicon Valley's most accomplished engineers decides the system he helped build is broken—and walks away to fix it? Today my guest is Raffi Krikorian, CTO of Mozilla and one of the most civic-minded technologists I know. We explore why the fight for open-source AI isn't just a technical debate; it is really a fight for who controls our relationship with knowledge
How a Purpose-Led Culture Transformed AstraZeneca with Pascal Soriot
How a Purpose-Led Culture Transformed AstraZeneca with Pascal Soriot Mar 4, 2026 3836 What if the greatest turnaround in modern corporate history wasn’t driven by financial engineering or restructuring, but by an unshakeable belief in science and human talent? In this powerful episode of the Positive Leadership Podcast, I welcome Pascal Soriot, CEO of AstraZeneca—a visionary leader who transformed a struggling pharmaceutical company into a defining global force in oncology, cardiov
Running From and Running Toward: Rewriting the Stories We Inherit with Nicholas Thompson
Running From and Running Toward: Rewriting the Stories We Inherit with Nicholas Thompson Feb 18, 2026 5283 What if the stories you inherited about who you’re supposed to become—from your family, your industry, your own fears—are the very narratives holding you back? In this powerful episode of the Positive Leadership Podcast, I welcome Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic, a visionary media executive who has led transformations at The New Yorker and WIRED, and an extraordinary marathoner who set an A

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