Episode 42: Jean-Claude Pierre, an enlightened executive

How are you thinking differently? Jean-Claude Pierre is not your typical chemical industry leader I would suggest. In the industry, following the legacy of his grandfather, it was through an encounter with Natural Step founder Karl-Henrik Robèrt that he realized the harm it creates in the world, and started his path in sustainability.  A philosopher and pragmatist, a reflective practitioner, he bridges business and academic worlds.  He even did his PhD on sustainability and ancient Chinese wisdom whilst working in China. Our conversation explores hopes and challenges for the industry, green chemistry and biomimicry, systemic change, levels of consciousness, nested circles, self management and autonomous teams amongst it all. And leading with conviction and curiousity. Episode Extras Find Jean-Claude Pierre on Linked-In. Pierre, Jean-Claude (2020) “Developing a Sustainabile Employee-owned Chemical Company in Handbook of Systems Science pp 1-26 https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-981-13-0370-8_74-1 Natural Step https://thenaturalstep.org/approach/ Website dedicated to the work of Clare W Graves https://www.clarewgraves.com Eisenstein C (2018), Climate: a new story https://charleseisenstein.org/books/climate-a-new-story/ Wahl D, Designing Regenerative Cultures https://www.triarchypress.net/drc.html Semco Style Institute https://semcostyle.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5u7m3s6k7wIVnAWiAx3ZXQ5GEAAYASAAEgKq0vD_BwE Reference to Lorraine Smith (interviewed on episode 30 of the #earthconversepodcast but this is here ‘how are you serving life’ piece: https://youtu.be/BZzAAgMbmHM NEW HERE? ABOUT EARTH CONVERSE AND I Hi, I am Penelope Mavor, podcast host and founder of Earth Converse a nature-based leadership collaborative helping leaders have the conversations they need to: with themselves, each other and the earth. Please get in touch for executive coaching and leadership development programmes. https://linktr.ee/EarthConverse Email: [email protected] And the wind, the trees...