How Do We Move From Profit-First to Values-First? A Conversation with Bruno Delepierre

Bruno's metaphor of the chef supporting apprentices to find their unique expression captures his belief that education is fundamentally about connection and craft. But what makes Bruno's approach distinctive is his willingness to be vulnerable. "An educator wins a lot if he is able to be vulnerable towards students, so they see there's a human being in front of them," he shares. Having moved from Silicon Valley-style entrepreneurship—where the social-ecological dimension wasn't even on his radar—to regenerative education, Bruno emphasizes that courage doesn't mean the absence of fear. "We can be fearful and courageous at the same time." In this episode, we explore how personal loss transformed what Bruno sees as important beyond business, why he believes embodied learning and play matter, and how his regenerative business model canvas injects regeneration into tools that were originally designed for extraction.Key themes: Vulnerability as practice, courage and fear, personal transformation, embodied learning, regenerative tools