About the Episode

Today we’re going to talk about going beyond adaptivity and agility into something called regeneration, and how to not lose who you are as a business in the process. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Carol Sanford, Author and Executive Producer at The Regenerative Business Summit.

About Carol Sanford

Carol Sanford is an award-winning business educator, Summit Producer, podcaster, and author. She is consistently recognized thought leader working side by side with Fortune 500 and new economy executives in designing and leading systemic business change and design. Through her university and in-house educational offerings, global speaking platforms, multi-award-winning books, and human development work, Carol works with executive leaders who see the possibility to change the nature of work through developing people and work systems that ignite motivation everywhere. For four decades, Carol has worked with great leaders of successful businesses such as Google, DuPont, Intel, P&G, and Seventh Generation, educating them to develop their people and ensure a continuous stream of innovation that continually deliver extraordinary results.

Carol is the author of The Regenerative Business, The Responsible Entrepreneur, The Responsible Business, and No More Feedback: Cultivate Consciousness at Work. Her books have won over 15 awards so far and are required reading at leading business and management schools including Harvard, Stanford, Haas Berkeley and MIT. Carol also partners with producing Executive Education through Babson College, Kaospilot in Denmark and University of Washington, Bothell, WA, and The Lewis Institute at Babson. For 40 years she’s collaborated with clients to develop people to realize their inherent capabilities. Google’s Innovation Lab uses her Responsible Business Framework. Learn more at CarolSanford.com and the Business Second Opinion podcast.