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Lead with Purpose

Ron Boire
Aidan Mccullen
Rita Mcgrath
Ireland
Artificial Intelligence
Future Of Work
Innovation
Enterprise Ireland
Retail
Marketing Analytics

Lead with Purpose is a long-form series featuring leaders who are building something that matters. Founders, CEOs, board members, and thinkers sit down with Ron Boire, former CEO of Barnes & Noble, Sears Canada, and Brookstone, for unscripted, unedited conversations about how leaders define their purpose, navigate crisis, and make the hard calls that shape their companies, their teams, and their l... more

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About Carl Tischler

Carl Tishler is the founder of the HPNA Academy, a performance academy built around the concept of high performing, non-arrogant leaders. After nine years on Wall Street as a banker and seven years as a private equity investor, C... more

About Bryce Hoffman

Bryce Hoffman is a former journalist turned business strategist and author. After 20 years covering Silicon Valley, California politics, and the American automobile industry for the Detroit News, he wrote American Icon, the defin... more

About Usman Humayun

Usman Humayun is a data scientist and marketing executive whose career spans nearly two decades at the intersection of analytics and consumer marketing. He began his career at Sears Holdings in data analytics, later served as chi... more

Lead with Purpose: Ron Boire and Brendan Dowling

In this episode, Ron sits down with Brendan Dowling, serial entrepreneur, executive coach, and visionary for the future of Ireland. Brendan leads Celtic Leadership, a coaching and training company ded... more

Lead with Purpose Podcast: Ron Boire and JoAnn Garbin

Ron sits down with JoAnn Garbin, author, innovator, and co-founder of Regenerous Labs, a venture studio dedicated to regenerative innovation at the intersection of sustainability and technology. ... more

Ron sits down with Aidan McCullen, transformation consultant, keynote speaker, author, college professor, and former professional rugby player. Recorded after the two connected at the Reinvention Summit in Dublin, this conversation covers personal re... more

Ron sits down with longtime friend and collaborator Rita McGrath, widely regarded as one of the world's leading business strategists and a Thinkers50 top-ranked thinker. Recorded at Columbia Business School, this wide-ranging conversation covers AI a... more

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Recent Guests

Bryce Hoffman
Author and leadership thinker focused on Red Team Thinking and organizational decision-making
Red Team Thinking
Episode: Bryce Hoffman: Ford, Mulally, Red Teaming and the Discipline of Assuming You're Wrong [006]
Usman Humayun
Data scientist, marketing strategist, former executive at Sears and Albertsons
Independent / various roles in retail analytics
Episode: From Math to Marketing:Usman Humayun on Proof,Brand,and the Overconfident Friend in Your Pocket[005]
Brendan Dowling
Executive coach and leader in Ireland's leadership development ecosystem
Enterprise Ireland / ISE Business School
Episode: Bold by Design: Brendan Dowling on Purpose, Ireland, and the Leaders of Tomorrow [004]
JoAnn Garbin
Author, innovator, regenerative tech entrepreneur
Episode: JoAnn Garbin, Designing AI for the Forest, Not the Factory [003]
Aidan McCullen
Transformation consultant, keynote speaker, author, and host of The Innovation Show
The Innovation Show
Episode: Aidan McCullen, A Life Leadership Journey [002]
Rita McGrath
Professor at Columbia Business School; leading strategist; author
Columbia Business School
Episode: Rita McGrath , The Future of Work, AI, and Leading Through Transformation [001]

Host

Ron Boire
Host of the show introducing and guiding the conversation; focuses on leadership, transformation, and the human side of technology.

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 7 ratings
  • Insightful.

    Great leader. Innovative thinking. Lots to learn here.

    Apple Podcasts
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The conversations aim for depth over soundbites, offering takeaways for implementation.
Guests bring practical leadership frameworks and candid storytelling.
Discussions blend business strategy with human-centered leadership.
Episodes cover AI, transformation, and real-world crises with depth.

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#189
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#242
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Rita McGrath , The Future of Work, AI, and Leading Through Transformation [001]
Q: How should leaders think about transformation in light of AI and changing work structures?
Leaders should focus on flattening hierarchies to increase visibility, leveraging AI to make processes transparent, and reconfiguring incentives toward outcomes rather than time-based billing. Successful transformation requires a clear methodology, ongoing experimentation, and a willingness to train and empower people within new organizational homes.
Rita McGrath , The Future of Work, AI, and Leading Through Transformation [001]
Q: What do you see as the mega trends shaping the future of work?
McGrath highlights a shift to small, highly valuable teams and individuals as the new unit of value, the dissolution of rigid functional silos, and the need to design organizations that can rapidly adapt. She also notes the role of AI as an accelerant and the importance of creating meaningful work through agency, inspiration, and growth.
Bryce Hoffman: Ford, Mulally, Red Teaming and the Discipline of Assuming You're Wrong [006]
Q: What were the key leadership lessons you took from Mulally's Ford turnaround?
The core lessons are using data to set the agenda, coaching rather than commanding, surfacing edge knowledge, and creating mechanisms so the organization can surface and act on truths rather than protecting egos or turf.
JoAnn Garbin, Designing AI for the Forest, Not the Factory [003]
Q: How did you end up at a company like Microsoft and what drew you to focus on sustainability within such a large organization?
I was drawn to the intersection of sustainability and technology, and over several invitations I realized I could influence massive change from within. The role offered a chance to reimagine data centers and energy use, aligning with my values.

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Long-form conversations with leaders who are shaping meaningful impact, spanning transformation, the future of work, and humane approaches to technology. Guests range from CEOs and founders to academics and leadership thinkers, sharing practical frameworks, candid anecdotes, and lessons learned from crises and big bets. The show tends to blend strategy with human-centered leadership, often focusing on data-driven decision making, organizational design, and global perspectives on reinvention. Noteworthy is the emphasis on real-world applicability, memoir-like storytelling, and a commitment to exploring tough questions without soundbites or scripts, making it a fit for listeners who want concrete takeaways they can apply in leadership roles, ... more

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1. Bryce Hoffman
2. Usman Humayun
3. Brendan Dowling
4. JoAnn Garbin
5. Aidan McCullen
6. Rita McGrath

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