Nour

Building your bench & following instincts

2023-05-10

This is the first episode of Season 2, where we build off Season 1's theme of Leadership, and dive further into the topic of Courage. What follows are very interesting discussions on how we even define courage, whether certain actions are about courage or stubbornness, and what it takes to fill up the tank to show up courageously.

In this delightful first episode, the incredible Lisa Witter and I have a lush and deep dialogue on how she perceives what courage is and isn't, and how she has created her path in life and work. Lisa Witter is a serial political and policy entrepreneur. She’s the co-founder of ⁠Apolitical⁠, a global peer-to-peer learning platform for public servants and the CEO of the ⁠Apolitical Foundation⁠. She’s a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. She is a former public servant with deep experience in gender and behavioral science and has founded numerous political leadership incubators over the last 25 years. We dive into examples in the political sphere that Lisa is immersed in, and speak about intersections with the broader gender equality space. I appreciate Lisa's candour in the examples she shares as well as the different life moments that have shaped her.

Show notes

What she is reading: i) The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties towards Mankind and ii) Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life Songs on her playlist: i) Like sugar by Chaka Khan and ii) Joy and pain Her social handles: Twitter (@lisamwitter), LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lwitter/ Her podcast 'Apolitical Hope'

No. of episodes

12

Latest episode

2025-05-13

Where can you listen?

“Nour” is a conversational podcast series that interviews fantastic, passionate and incredible humans who work across the gender finance, investing, entrepreneurship, politics and social justice fields. Nour” or “نور ” is an Arabic word which means Radiance & Light. This podcast spotlights a diverse spectrum of voices, journeys, leadership models and pathways to bring to light what it means to lead with our light, show up as our whole selves and be our complete, radiant selves. Each thematic series, we will cover topics across leadership, courage, values-based investing, feminism and more.