What is the recipe for an effective and successful partnership? Jean Oelwang, the CEO of Virgin Unite, and one of the foremost experts on partnerships, explains! She and Ilham have a lively discussion about celebrating friction in partnerships, embracing the disruptive detours in one’s career, why we need dyslexic thinking in business, how Virgin Unite is making a big impact in the world, and so much more.

Timestamps

• 1:35 - Inspiration from her dad
• 4:23 - Disruptive detours
• 8:30 - The impact of Virgin Unite
• 10:06 - Partnering
• 14:49 - Dyslexic thinking
• 18:40 - Planetary Gardens
• 22:47 - The B Team
• 27:35 - What leaders inspire her
• 30:40 - Advice to young leaders

Jean Oelwang is the President and founding CEO of Virgin Unite, which houses all the philanthropies of the Virgin company, and has incubated some of the most effective partnerships, such as The Elders, The BTeam, The Branson Centre for Entrepreneurship, and many more. Jean is probably the foremost expert on partnerships. And after spending three decades helping companies put the wellbeing of the people and the planet at their core, she is the perfect person to discuss how we can create sustainable AND profitable businesses.

She is the author of Partnering: Forge the Deep Connections That Make Great Things Happen.

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