62: Connecting on Sustainability: Tools and Strategies

In this episode, CSB Director CB Bhattacharya is joined from Geneva, Switzerland by Dr. Laura Penn, Founder of The Leadership Speaking School and International Keynote Speaker. Dr. Penn is a business communication and leadership speaking expert, an award winning speaker, a master teacher, a dancer, and a doctor of Biodiversity Management. She transforms leaders and teams from the world's most well known companies and organizations into authentic communicators of the digital age. Working with organizations like the World Economic Forum, the International Olympic Committee and IUCN and companies like, Nespresso, Salesforce, Logitec, she empowers her clients to speak with impact, authenticity and human connection. Dr. Penn is also an author, host of the popular podcast “Leadership Speaking Radio,” contributor at UN Today, and a four-time TEDx speaker, with two talks on the prestigious TED.com platform, home of the world's best talks. In the Episode Dr. Penn and Prof. Bhattacharya discuss - Authentically connecting around complex topics like climate change - The risks of focusing on statistics and jargon in your messaging - Tools to communicate sustainability and inspire action and more... Sign up to receive bi-weekly episodes right to your inbox: bit.ly/csbpodcastemail Submit your "Sustaining Sustainability" feedback and/or questions: bit.ly/csbpodcastfeedback This episode was researched, recorded, edited, and produced by Prof. CB Bhattacharya and CSB Team of the University of Pittsburgh Center for Sustainable Business: www.sustainablebusiness.pitt.edu Music: "Lively" by Dee Yan-Key From the Free Music Archive CC BY NC SA creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcod