Leading with Purpose and Empathy Ft. John Wood Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to hear why a former Microsoft executive left his job to become a social entrepreneur. John Wood is the CEO and founder of U-Go, a non-profit organization that helps young women in low-income countries pursue higher education. He is also the founder of Room to Read, an award-winning NGO that has served over 23 million children in 43,000 communities in 20 low-income countries. In this episode, he shares his journey as a “corporate refugee” and describes the importance of purpose - both in our personal lives and within our organizations. In this episode, Anita also reads an excerpt from her book, featuring a story about John. 00:00 Introduction 00:21 About John Wood 02:38 What is U-Go? 04:51 Impact stories from U-Go 05:31 John’s lessons as an entrepreneur turned social entrepreneur 08:54 An excerpt about John from Anita's book Purposeful Empathy 14:14 Why John left Room to Read to found U-Go 18:52 The business case for leading with purpose 24:21 How purpose can improve our personal lives 31:04 Empathy’s role in John’s life and work 33:43 John Wood’s Purposeful Empathy Story CONNECT WITH JOHN WOOD ✩ U-Go Website: https://ugouniversity.org/ ✩ Room to Read Website: https://www.roomtoread.org/ ✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnwoodrtr/ ✩ Purpose, Incorporated on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/PurposeIncorporated CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email [email protected] ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Twitter   / anitanowak21   ✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathy... ✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathy... ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathy... Video edited by David Tsvariani