Inside Asia Podcast
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Inside Asia Podcast
Conversations with Asia’s leading movers, shakers thinkers and provocateurs.
Recent Episodes
100 episodesReimagining “Community” (w/ Kai Soto)
I open this episode with a question: What is community? It’s changed, I’d argue. Not by definition, so much. But in terms of what people have come to...
The Hard Problem of Carbon Emissions and Developing Asia (w/ Jeff Delmon)
After a slow start, delegates to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties, or COP26, found momentum. That’s cause for hope. Even the reps...
In Search of Impact Heroes (w/ Tomo and Aska Hamakawa)
This week we head south to the equator and to the Indonesian island of Bali where two individuals are working to make a difference. Tomo and Aska Hama...
Asia’s Turning or Tipping Point? (w/ Cindy Hook)
At this very moment, representatives from some 197 nations have arrived in Glasgow, Scotland to discuss prospects for net zero carbon emissions by mid...
Sustainable Talent (w/ Jeanne Ng)
As climate countdown continues apace, we look this week at a central bottleneck – that if not addressed – could confound even the best intentions. I’m...
Are We Facing a Global Mental Health Crisis? (w/ Anurag Banerjee)
My guest this week is Anurag Banerjee. He’s sounding the alarm on mental well-being. Anurag isn’t a medical professional, a healthcare expert, or a po...
Purpose Nomads (w/ Zayd and Akshita Khoury)
It’s been said that the global pandemic has offered us a rare moment of existential reflection. When not battling the disease or avoiding infection, i...
Seeding Purpose (w/ Elizabeth Hernandez)
When was the last time you thought about where your food comes from? And I don’t mean from your local supermarket… Well, according to the U.N. Food &...
The Age of the Employee-Centric Workspace (w/ James Soback)
In this most recent episode of Inside Asia, I speak with James Soback, Director of Sustainability and Hospitality Advisory for OMNE/WX, a firm pushing...
Driving Purpose Through Partners (w/ T.C. Ng)
There are few businesses in the world that have a sales and distribution network as vast and varied as the tech giant, Hewlett Packard. HP has been bu...
The Ocean Economy (w/ Jack Kittinger)
When you think of the ocean, what comes to mind? Rolling waves and the soft pounding of the surf? Boating? Fishing? Cocktails at sundown? While you’re...
Riding the ESG Wave (w/ Steve Okun)
If you hear the acronym “E-S-G” being bandied about, it’s for a reason. The world is waking up to the fact that traditional business practices are no...
Sustainable Angels (w/ Mark Inkster)
This week on Inside Asia, we take a look at the world of seed investing. I’m not talking about farming, although, in some ways, I am. I’m talking abou...
Putting the Purpose in Strategy (w/ Tom Malnight)
My guest this week is Tom Malnight. He took time to speak with me from Lausanne, Switzerland, where he serves as Professor of Strategy at IMD Business...
Advisory Boards Come of Age (w/ Louise Broekman)
There’s not a person or organization out there that couldn’t do with some good advice, particularly in times like these. Perhaps, therefore, it’s no s...
Future Food (w/ Isabelle Decitre)
My guest this week is the Founder and CEO of ID Capital, a Singapore-based firm with a focus on food. It’s an age-old industry now receiving high-prof...
MNCs Weigh New China Risks (w/ David Hoffman)
Is global enthusiasm for China investment cooling? That’s the question I pose in this week’s episode. My guest is David Hoffman, Senior Vice President...
The Way of the Storyteller (w/ Anna Ong)
Everyone loves a story. This statement is as true today as it likely was 5,000 years ago. We, as a species, are drawn to stories like bees to honey. W...
Powering People Through Inclusion (w/ Jane Horan)
I know I’ve been relentlessly flogging the Corporate Purpose theme these past few months. I’ll be honest, I can’t help myself. It’s a big part of what...
A Case Against Cronyism (w/ Razeen Sally)
Conversations – most would agree – are best had in person. Yet, our recent bout with Covid has shown that sometimes technology is necessary to keep th...
Valuing Our Forests (w/ Koh Lian Pin)
My guest this week is Koh Lian Pin, a Singapore-based conservation scientist, and also one of nine nominated members of the Singapore Parliament. He’s...
Capitalism’s Right of Passage: Part 2 (w/ Pietro Ventani)
A couple of weeks ago I was sitting in the member’s lounge of a local club I like to visit, and my Italian economist friend, Pietro Ventani comes up t...
Has Asia Lost It? (w/ Vasuki Shastry)
This week on Inside Asia, we reach across the Pacific to speak to Vasuki Shastry. He’s a Washington D.C.-based Senior Fellow at the US Chamber of Comm...
Capitalism’s Right of Passage (w/ Pietro Ventani)
This week on Inside Asia, we’re tackling a big topic – Capitalism. You might argue that it’s a system as tightly imbedded in our daily lives as any ot...
The Still Angry Clean Energy Guy (w/ Assaad Razzouk)
My guest this week is Assaad Razzouk, Group CEO at Sindicatum Renewable Energy and host of The Angry Clean Energy Guy podcast. We’re talking about the...
A Purpose-driven Career & Life After Work (w/ Todd Miller)
“Purpose” as a business operating principle, has been elevated as a key priority for hundreds, if not thousands of organizations worldwide. The idea t...
Backing Women Entrepreneurs in a Time of Change (w/ Debbie Watkins)
This week (and every week) we celebrate women, and women entrepreneurs in particular. Increasingly, female founders are launching new and innovative v...
Corporate Communication and the Generational Divide (w/ Rachele Focardi)
My guest this week is Rachele Focardi, author and expert on multigenerational divides. It’s a topic that continues to plague corporations that now, mo...
Food to Feed the Planet (w/ Josh Tetrick)
My guest this week is Josh Tetrick, Co-Founder and CEO of San Francisco-based Eat Just, Inc. And no, it’s not an episode about life beyond this planet...
Corporate Morality and the Pursuit of Social Justice (w/ Mac McKenzie)
Do corporations have a moral obligation to society? That’s the subject of this week’s episode of Inside Asia. My guest, Mac McKenzie, is Co-founder of...
Inside Asia – A New Season For a New Era
It’s 2021. A new year brings new hope. For those of you who’ve generously followed Inside Asia for the past two seasons, we thank you for listening an...
A Finer Future (w/ Hunter Lovins)
Something special happened in recent days, and in a slight departure from our regular format, I bring you a discussion held with one of the great envi...
Machines that Listen (w/ Walt Mayo)
This week on Inside Asia, we take a look at just one more way in which artificial intelligence is ingraining itself in our daily lives. With so much h...
The New ESG Movement (w/ Iain Donald and Silke Goldberg)
What a difference an election makes. Or at least, that’s the hope. It’s as if the world has been holding its breath and now – after no shortage of pol...
Money Games: Negotiating Private Equity (w/ Weijian Shan)
When the influence of private capital exceeds that of a sovereign state, it raises an important question: Where does real power reside? Increasingly,...
Contemplating the Future of US-China Relations (w/ Jim McGregor & Craig Allen)
In the run-up to this year’s US Presidential election, the only Asia topic that appears to loom large is China. And during these days, no self-respect...
The Economics of Corporate Purpose (w/ Bob Quinn & Anjan Thakor)
2020 has been a headline year, dominated by news of a global pandemic, US elections, Brexit and China’s rise to power. On the business front, Corporat...
Japan and the Problem and Promise of Automation
If the world has a problem, technology will solve it. That’s the stance taken by many technologists and industrialists who trust that human innovation...
Digital Currencies and the China Question (w/ Zennon Kapron)
After living in the shadow of Western-style development for the greater part of the last 200 years, China is in the throes of crafting it’s own vision...
US Voter Turnout and Americans Abroad
This is Steve Stine from Inside Asia. Just 45 days from today Americans will go to the polls and cast a vote for the next president of the United Stat...