Andrew Winston: Getting Your Company to Net Positive

As we witness the acute effects of climate change and economic inequality, business needs radical reshaping. Andrew Winston has advised countless companies on how to create positive impact, and in his new book, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take, he charts a way forward for the future. In this episode Andrew and I talk about what it means to be net positive, how he co-authored his book with former Unilever CEO Paul Polman who shared his experience at the helm at one of the world’s largest companies, and why net positive is the only path forward for business and humanity. This episode of Lead With We was produced and edited by Goal 17 Media and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. You can also watch episodes on YouTube at WeFirstTV. Andrew Winston Andrew has been working at the intersection of business and the planet and society for 20 years. In addition to his newest book, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take, he is also the author of bestsellers The Big Pivot and Green to Gold, as well as hundreds of articles for the Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, and other outlets. His perspective on business is rooted in my early career, with experience in consulting (BCG), media (Time Inc., Viacom), and dot-coms, and he has worked on Sustainability Advisory Boards and directly with multinationals such as HP, Ingersoll Rand, J&J, Kimberly-Clark, Marriott, PepsiCo, PwC, and Unilever. He also speaks to audiences around the world, offering an optimistic view, grounded in heard realities, on how to create value by making the world a better place. Simon Mainwaring Simon Mainwaring is a brand futurist, keynote speaker, and bestselling author. He is best known as the author of We First: How Brands and Consumers Use Social Media to Build a Better World and his upcoming book, Lead With We: The Business Revolution That Will Save Our Future; as the Founder and CEO of We First, an award-winning strategic consultancy that works with purpose-led companies to build their brand strategy, company culture, and impact storytelling; and as the author of the influential ‘Purpose At Work’ column in Forbes and host of the podcast, Lead With We. This episode of Lead With We was produced and edited by Goal 17 Media and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. You can also watch episodes on YouTube at WeFirstTV.  Resources Learn more about Andrew Winston at andrewwinston.com Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/andrewwinston For case studies and other free resources about purposeful business, go to WeFirstBranding.com Simon’s new book, Lead With We, is now available for pre-order on Amazon, Google Books and Barnes & Noble. Check it out!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices