Nour

Whole Hearted Leadership & Being

2023-02-06

This is the second episode in the Nour podcast's inaugural series on the theme of leadership. 

In this episode I have a great conversation with Banks Benitez, who is a dear friend and was most recently the CEO of Uncharted, where he spent the last 10 years supporting early-stage entrepreneurs through Uncharted/Unreasonable Institute, and led Uncharted to merge with a larger national organisation, Common Future, in 2022.

Since Uncharted, has been advising multiple climate tech startups, writing for Quartz at Work, and coaching companies transition to the 4-Day Workweek. He is now Head of Venture Development at Ezra Climate, which builds climate fintech companies + platforms that accelerate adoption of climate solutions.

We hear more about Bank's leadership journey, how he frames leadership in terms of ownership and accountability, all of which are deeply tied to a trust-based culture of inclusion and belonging. This episode has lots of practical insights and tips on creating thriving workplace cultures that enable each of us to show up more fully as our whole selves. 

Show notes

Uncharted/Common Future: https://www.uncharted.org/ Ezra Climate: https://www.ezraclimate.com/ Quotation of choice: "“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”― Arundhati Roy Books currently reading: When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut  and Wild Souls by Emma Marris  Get Bank's incredible newsletter here (I love my monthly dose of what's on his mind and get a glimpse into what is he reading, unlearning and absorbing. Find it here: https://banksbenitez.ghost.io/

No. of episodes

12

Latest episode

2025-05-13

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“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.