Ancient Wisdom for Today's Workplace

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There is a lot of turmoil in the world today and that is spilling over into the business world. In these interesting times, leaders are looking for policies, ways of doing business, that will make their enterprises prosper. Although inspiration can come from anywhere, Francis Pedraza thinks that ancient wisdom can greatly benefit today's workplace. Questions asked in this podcast include...

• What ancient wisdom could CEOs use to manage their workforces?
• How do you think the ancient wisdom of stoicism would be received in the workplace today?
• Is equity ownership the answer to employee engagement?

Ancient wisdom quoted in this podcast include:

• “When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly. They are like this because they can’t tell good from evil.” - Marcus Aurelius
• “It is the quality of a great soul to scorn great things and to prefer that which is ordinary rather than that which is too great.” - Seneca
• “Let your desires be ruled by reason.” - Cicero

Tune in for a very thought-provoking episode.

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ABOUT OUR GUEST

Francis Pedraza is the CEO of Invisible, the smart outsourcing and automation platform that enables innovators to grow market share, scale operations, and support their leaders—while creating upward mobility for a global workforce. He leads a team of nearly 1000 people and has led Invisible to >50% quarter over quarter growth and profitability. People who’ve worked with Francis say his strategy comes from “clear, deep thinking,” that he excels at “building models, communicating vision, and motivating his team.” Most importantly he’s refreshingly honest about success, failures, and his learnings along the way. By the time he dies, the Cornell history major hopes to have read all the Penguin classics.

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• The Invisible website: http://invisible.co/. Click or tap if you trust this link.">invisible.co
• Invisible blog: http://invisible.co/blog. Click or tap if you trust this link.">invisible.co/blog

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