I’m here to share what I’ve discovered during my personal growth journey. In these episodes, I’ll discuss my experiences with tools and practices that have made a difference in my life.
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Bruce Webber Podcasts
A meeting place to discuss stewardship, engagement, and strategies associated with ESG issues and solutions.
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The Maps We Make explores how our minds act like mapmakers—selecting some details, leaving out others, and shaping how we see the world. By becoming conscious of this process, we can loosen the grip of rigid interpretations and move toward greater clarity and compassion. This episode also appears as an article on Substack. For a link to my Substack…
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Time-Binding: A Rational Path to Ethical Living
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A science fiction novel led me to Alfred Korzybski's concept of "time-binding"—the unique human capacity to accumulate knowledge across generations. This article explores how understanding ourselves as time-binders rather than mere animals provides a rational foundation for ethical living, where our actions naturally contribute to humanity's ongoin…
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Discover the unexpected spiritual dimensions of Getting Things Done (GTD). Beyond mere productivity, David Allen's system creates the same kind of mental spaciousness found in meditation—freeing your mind from constant task-tracking to experience deeper awareness. Explore how a trusted system for managing commitments can become a gateway to the sti…
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Willpower might not be the best tool for personal change. This episode explores more effective approaches that work with our natural mental processes rather than against them—from cybernetic goal-setting and present-moment awareness to finding the real causes behind procrastination. Sometimes the gentlest path forward is also the most powerful. Thi…
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For years, I've wanted to contribute something meaningful but didn't know what that could be. Now I realize: I can share what I've learned during my personal growth journey. This episode also appears as an article on Substack. For a link to my Substack newsletter and resources for personal growth, visit gentleshift.org. Music: Beauty In The Mundane…
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John Grau Glenn and Michael Levin on ESG via Universal Proxy Card
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Join Jim McRitchie, proxy advisor John Glenn Grau and activist investor Michael Levin to discuss ESG via UPC: How can those concerned with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues use new universal proxy card (UPC) rules to run proxy contests? Could electing an ESG director have more impact than winning a dozen shareholder proposals? We u…
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Scott Hirst and Adriana Robertson on Hidden Agendas in Shareholder Voting
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Jim McRitchie, BU Law’s Scott Hirst and UChicago Law’s Adriana Robertson discuss potential conflicts between record date notification and securities lending: Are “hidden agendas” a real problem? How do you deal with it? Do you typically recall all your shares for voting if you engage in share lending or do you recall none of your shares? Recall by …
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Bruce Herbert on Changing Investor Awareness
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Bruce Herbert and Jim McRitchie discuss the growth in responsible investment and changing grassroots investor perspectives, vote-counting in corporate America, and working with celebrity presenters for virtual shareholder meetings. Bruce Herbert is Founder and CEO of Newground Social Investment. NSI is well-known for its ESG-SRI money management, w…
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BU Law's David Webber on The Rise of the Working-Class Shareholder
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David Webber and Jim McRitchie discuss David's book The Rise of the Working-Class Shareholder: Labor's Last Best Weapon and how to align trillions of dollars in worker pension and retirement assets with the best interests of its beneficiaries. David H. Webber is a Professor of Law and the Associate Dean for Intellectual Life at Boston University Sc…
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Aspen Institute's Judy Samuelson on The Six New Rules of Business
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Judy Samuelson is the founder and executive director of the Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Program. Signature programs under Judy’s leadership include a ten-year campaign to disrupt Milton Friedman’s narrative about corporate purpose, the Aspen Principles of Long-Term Value Creation, and a partnership with Korn Ferry to rethink executive pa…
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Jackie Cook of Morningstar's Sustainalytics on CEO Pay and Gender Parity
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Jackie Cook is Director, Stewardship, Product Strategy & Development in Morningstar's Sustainalytics’ Stewardship services team. Pioneer in applying automated text analysis to building structured datasets from unstructured corporate and investor disclosures. Motivated by a genuine belief in the power of investors and financial markets to move the d…
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Leo E. Strine, Jr. on Stakeholder Capitalism and Lifting Labor's Voice
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Former Delaware Chief Justice and Chancellor Leo E. Strine, Jr. and Jim McRitchie discuss a range of topics involving labor's role in stakeholder capitalism and other effective levers in the pursuit of corporate accountability and stewardship (with apologies to Sir Paul McCartney).By Jim McRitchie
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Corey Rosen & Jack Moriarty on Leveraging Employee Ownership
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Corey Rosen, Jack Moriarty & Jim McRitchie discuss ESOPs and other structures that enable employee ownership and its role in stakeholder capitalism. Compelling research and decades of experience show that employee ownership is in fact a powerful tool to improve corporate performance – but only when companies have “ownership cultures” in which emplo…
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Bill Burckart & Meredith Miller on Systemic Stewardship
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Bill Burckart, Meredith Miller & Jim McRitchie discuss strategies and tools designed to address social and financial system challenges through collaborative action, setting industry standards, and creating a rising tide of investment opportunities for all investors.By Jim McRitchie
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Brandon Rees (AFL-CIO) on Stewardship and Human Capital
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Brandon Rees and Jim McRitchie discuss a host of issues related to Big Labor, Worker's Rights, ESG and the AFL-CIO's rich history of corporate engagement.
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