Leadership: Media Uplifting the Human Spirit & Society with Ravi Chaudhry and Hazel Henderson

Originally aired June 11, 2020

What is the responsibility of media in the global sustainability movement? Strategy consultant and leadership author Ravi Chaudhry joins futurist and ecological economist Hazel Henderson to examine how media can uplift the human spirit and advance a more sustainable, ethical society. The session showcases a decade of EthicMark Award winners — advertising and media that promotes positive values — as a lens for what purposeful, society-uplifting media looks like at its best.

Speakers

Ravi Chaudhry

Strategy Consultant; Author, Quest for Exceptional Leadership; Fellow, World Business Academy

Ravi Chaudhry is a strategy consultant to corporations, governments, and civil society, a mentor to CEOs and corporate boards, and a Fellow of the World Business Academy. A recipient of Rotary International’s Ambassador of Knowledge Award, he is the author of Quest for Exceptional Leadership: Mirage to Reality — a globally acclaimed analysis of the leadership vacuum pervading the world — and is widely regarded as a leading voice on purpose-driven leadership and the role of values in business and society.

Hazel Henderson

Futurist & Ecological Economist; Founder, Ethical Markets Media

Hazel Henderson was a world-renowned futurist, evolutionary economist, and author of numerous books on sustainable development and ethical markets. She founded Ethical Markets Media and created the EthicMark Awards to recognize advertising that uplifts the human spirit and society. Her lifelong work challenged conventional economics and advocated for measuring progress through human and planetary well-being rather than GDP.