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How a former CEO allows her heart to break open | Lorna Davis, TED speaker
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E16- How a former CEO allows her heart to break open | Lorna Davis, TED speaker
Lorna Davis has served as president of multinational consumer goods companies for 20+ years, in Danone, Kraft, and Mondelez. She has been a key leader in Danone’s purpose journey and is a Global Ambassador for the B Corp movement.
In 2017, Lorna served as CEO and chairwoman of Danone Wave (now Danone North America), where she established that $6 billion entity as a Public Benefit Corporation and it achieved B Corp status in 2018, making it the largest B Corp in the world. Lorna is a member of the Social Mission Board of Seventh Generation, the Advisory Board of Radicle Impact, and Guayaki ( a Yerba mate business).
She has lived and led businesses in seven countries and is passionate about purpose in business, rhino conservation, and her dog, Stir Fry.
In this episode we discuss:
- Her dog Stir-Fry
- Upgrading our language
- Managing EGO when we are ambitious
- Managing our inner Hero
- Impact vs. Influence
- Being a white woman from South Africa during the apartheid era
- unpacking assumptions we make and unconscious bias
- The value of living in a different place than where you grew up
- Delegation VS Interdependence
- The dance between Power & Love
- Allowing our hearts to break open
FURTHER RESOURCES
Where Lorna's heart is (Rhino conservation)
A Guide to Collaborative Leadership (Ted Talk):
https://www.ted.com/talks/lorna_davis_a_guide_to_collaborative_leadership?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
Ted Speaker Profile:
https://www.ted.com/speakers/lorna_davis
Big companies can be a force for good if they ask the right questions:
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