Future in Sound

Why do smart people make irrational investment decisions? In our 50th episode, returning guest Professor Alex Edmans explores the psychological biases that shape our decisions, from overconfidence and confirmation bias to our tendency to overreact or underreact to new information. Drawing on his latest book, The Madness of Markets, Alex explains how these biases affect financial markets and business decisions, and how we can make better decisions by questioning our assumptions. Useful Links:Follow Alex on LinkedIn hereFind out more about Alex and his work hereRead Alex’s books, including The Madness of Markets, hereWatch Alex’s TEDx Talk, The Social Responsibility of Business hereClick here for the episode web page. This episode is also available on YouTube.For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn This podcast is brought to you by Re:Co, a tech-powered advisory company helping private market investors pursue sustainability objectives and value creation in tandem. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

Dr. Johannes Lenhard is CEO of Reframe Venture, a nonprofit working with 200 VC and PE funds and 120 LPs on responsible investment integration. He is also an affiliated lecturer at the University of Cambridge, where he earned his PhD in anthropology. In this episode, he joins Jenn to ask whether the private markets industry is doing its due diligence on AI and whether the lessons learned from ESG over the past decade can help it move faster this time.Useful Links:Follow Johannes on LinkedIn hereFind out more about Reframe Venture hereAccess the Reframe Venture AI governance due diligence questions hereClick here for the episode web page. This episode is also available on YouTube.For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn This podcast is brought to you by Re:Co, a tech-powered advisory company helping private market investors pursue sustainability objectives and value creation in tandem. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

Jaycee Pribulsky is Partner and Chief Sustainability Officer at Apollo, where she oversees the firm's sustainability efforts. Before joining Apollo, she was Chief Sustainability Officer at Nike, and earlier in her career held roles at Bloomberg, Citi and the White House. In this episode, she joins Jenn to make the case that the sustainability field has reached a turning point where aspiration alone is no longer enough and operational excellence is essential.Useful Links:Follow Jaycee on LinkedIn hereFind out more about Apollo hereRead Heatmap News hereSubscribe to Max Aitken’s newsletter hereJaycee’s book recommendation: The Fifth Discipline by Peter SengeClick here for the episode web page. This episode is also available on YouTube.For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedInThis podcast is brought to you by Re:Co, a tech-powered advisory company helping private market investors pursue sustainability objectives and value creation in tandem. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

Serge Younes is Global Head of Sustainability at Invest Industrial. With a PhD in renewable energy and decades of experience in both consulting and private equity, he brings a technical and commercial grounding that shapes how he works with portfolio companies. In this episode, he joins Jenn to talk about what it actually takes to make sustainability land in a business and what the head of sustainability role might look like in ten years' time.Useful Links:Follow Serge on LinkedIn hereFind out more about Invest Industrial hereRead Serge's book recommendation: The Invention of Nature by Andrea WulfClick here for the episode web page. This episode is also available on YouTube.For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedInThis podcast is brought to you by Re:Co, a tech-powered advisory company helping private market investors pursue sustainability objectives and value creation in tandem. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

Nat Bullard is co-founder of Halcyon, an AI-enabled energy information platform, and one of the energy sector's most respected data storytellers. Each year, Nat publishes an annual presentation on the state of decarbonisation, drawing on hundreds of data points to give business leaders a clear-eyed view of where the energy transition actually stands. In this episode, he joins Jenn to discuss why understanding the present moment is the only reliable foundation for thinking about the future.Useful Links:Follow Nat on LinkedIn hereFind out more about Halcyon hereRead Nat’s book recommendations: Pattern Recognition by William GibsonClick here for the episode web page. This episode is also available on YouTube.For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram This podcast is brought to you by Re:Co, a tech-powered advisory company helping private market investors pursue sustainability objectives and value creation in tandem. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin#FutureInSound #Energy #Decarbonisation #DataStorytelling #PrivateEquity #ESG

Evan Greenfield is Managing Director and Head of ESG for the Private Equity division at BCI. He recently published a paper with Stanford called "ESG Value Creation in Private Equity: From Rhetoric to Returns" that explains exactly how sustainability strategies produce financial returns in portfolio companies. In this episode, Evan joins Jenn to explain why ESG is good for value creation, and why speaking the language of finance matters more than ESG jargon.Useful Links:Follow Evan on LinkedIn hereFind out more about BCI hereRead Evan’s book recommendation: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarlClick here for the episode web page. This episode is also available on YouTube.For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram This podcast is brought to you by Re:Co, a tech-powered advisory company helping private market investors pursue sustainability objectives and value creation in tandem. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

Max Ottignon is co-founder of Ragged Edge, a branding agency that has spent 18 years helping businesses clarify their message and communicate it in ways that get noticed. In his view, campaigns mean nothing without clarity about the underlying brand. In this episode, he joins Jenn and Harriet Richardson (Re:Co's Creative Director) to discuss why sustainability messaging fails when it’s framed as compromise and how purpose creates durable brands.Useful Links:Follow Max on LinkedIn hereFind out more about Ragged Edge hereRead Max’s book recommendation: Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work by Sarah Wynn-WilliamsClick here for the episode web page. This episode is also available on YouTube.For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram This podcast is brought to you by Re:Co, a tech-powered advisory company helping private market investors pursue sustainability objectives and value creation in tandem. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

Tensie Whelan is Distinguished Professor of Practice at NYU Stern School of Business. Her 25 year career spans journalism, environmental nonprofits, and academia, and she's dedicated to proving that sustainability drives financial value. In this episode, she joins Jenn to explain why we need to reframe decarbonisation as innovation. The transformation toward sustainability creates opportunities to invent completely new products and processes that are better and cheaper.Useful Links:Follow Tensie on LinkedIn hereFind out more about ROSI hereRead Tensie’s book recommendations: Embedded Sustainability by Chris Laszlo and Nadya Zhexembayeva and Doughnut Economics byKate RaworthClick here for the episode web page. This episode is also available on YouTube.For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram This podcast is brought to you by Re:Co, a tech-powered advisory company helping private market investors pursue sustainability objectives and value creation in tandem. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

Zoe Haseman: Talk Less, Do MoreZoe Haseman is the Head of Sustainability for Infrastructure at EQT Partners. In this episode, she joins Jenn to discuss why this moment calls for proving sustainability's value rather than talking about it, how to build relationships that embed change in portfolio companies, and why keeping things simple often delivers the best results.Useful Links:Follow Zoe on LinkedIn here. Find out more about EQT hereRead Zoe’s book recommendations: Start with Why by Simon Sinek and Business as Unusual by Anita RoddickClick here for the episode web page. This episode is also available on YouTube.For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram This podcast is brought to you by Re:Co, a tech-powered advisory company helping private market investors pursue sustainability objectives and value creation in tandem. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

Ben Goldsmith is an environmentalist, financier, and advocate for rewilding who has spent decades at the intersection of conservation and investment. In this episode he shares his unique perspective on how finance can support ecological renewal, how rewilding is revolutionising conservation, and how investors can tap into nature recovery as an emerging asset class.Useful Links:Follow Ben on LinkedIn hereListen to his podcast Rewilding the World hereRead Ben’s book recommendation: Feral by George MonbiotClick here for the episode web page. This episode is also available on YouTube.For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram This podcast is brought to you by Re:Co, a tech-powered advisory company helping private market investors pursue sustainability objectives and value creation in tandem. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin