Poets & Thinkers
Poets & Thinkers explores the humanistic future of business leadership through deep, unscripted conversations with visionary minds – from best-selling authors and inspiring artists to leading academic experts and seasoned executives.
Hosted by tech executive, advisor, and Princeton entrepreneurship & design fellow Ben Lehnert, this podcast challenges conventional MBA wisdom, blending creative leadership, liberal arts, and innovation to reimagine what it means to lead in the AI era.
If you believe leadership is both an art and a responsibility, this is your space to listen, reflect, and evolve.
Poets & Thinkers
Latest Episodes
Human Conservationism: On improv, creative play and developing negative capability as leadership practices with Gabriella White
What if the most important thing a leader can (re)learn now is to be silly and playful? In a world obsessed with optimization and yearning for certainty, Gabriella White makes the case for a radically different kind of readiness and skill build...
Hollow Echoes: Why AI art will never have a soul with Sean Wolcott
What happens to art when the systems designed to replicate it at mass can’t actually feel anything? In this conversation, Ben sits down with designer-turned-composer Sean Wolcott who draws a sharp lines between technology, knowledge and lived h...
Make Doing Good Look Good: On designing for belonging, moral ambition and the pitfalls of privilege with Harald Dunnink
Can designing a movement get the smartest people to work on the biggest problems instead of disappearing into what one author calls “the Bermuda Triangle of talent”: consulting, tech, and banking?In this episode, Ben sits down with Haral...
For The Culture: On beauty, AI slop, and what lasts when software companies die with Andy Allen
What if the best business advice ever came from a five-year-old: “I think you should add some googly eyes and rainbow colors!”In this episode, Ben sits down with Andy Allen, co-founder of Not Boring Software, 2 times Apple Design Award w...
Holder of Stories of the Heart: On radical self-inquiry and being a good leader in unsettling times with Jerry Colonna
What if the most radical question you can ask yourself as a leader isn’t about strategy or growth – but simply “How am I actually feeling?”In this very personal episode, Ben sits down with Jerry Colonna, legendary executive coach, former...
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