“We need companies to play by a different set of accountabilities, not just those that are related to performance. It's about creating legal accountability around the creation of value for stakeholders, not just shareholders. That's what changes the conversation in the boardroom.”— Andrew Kassoy
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A growing archive of 3,000+ moments, drawn from every interview.
As a nation, we're missing out by not being more flexible, accommodating and encouraging and I think lockdown has- at least- brought about that one piece of positive change.
— Jacqueline GoldFounder and former CEO of Ann Summers lingerie and party plan business
Women need to be their own cheerleaders and remind themselves of the amazing things they've achieved.
— Jacqueline GoldFounder and former CEO of Ann Summers lingerie and party plan business
I'm extremely proud of the fact that we have driven social and cultural change. I have always wanted women to be empowered, and we've given them that opportunity.
— Jacqueline GoldFounder and former CEO of Ann Summers lingerie and party plan business
If you view the world from a moral perspective, you have no option but to address climate change in a timely fashion. The good news is that the moral imperative is backed-up by economics, technological advance and capital shifts.
— Christiana FigueresFormer UN Climate Change Executive Secretary & Global Climate Action Leader
It's sad that we don't immediately see the profound injustices embedded in climate change. It is precisely those people who have no responsibility for having caused climate change who are the most vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate.
— Christiana FigueresFormer UN Climate Change Executive Secretary & Global Climate Action Leader
If you don't believe in climate change, it is like telling me you don't believe in gravity. I don't care if you don't believe in gravity and I don't care if you don't believe in climate change… both are affecting you, and there's nothing you can do to deny or neutralize either of them.
— Christiana FigueresFormer UN Climate Change Executive Secretary & Global Climate Action Leader
I was a young mother with 2 small daughters and saw that the planet I was bringing my children into was one that was already severely diminished compared to the planet I received from my parents. How can any parent want their children to inherit a planet that's worse than the one they received?
— Christiana FigueresFormer UN Climate Change Executive Secretary & Global Climate Action Leader
I got out of the Navy because I stopped getting adrenaline in gunfights. That's when it gets dangerous. You don't want to get killed because you get bored. A bullet only needs to be right once.
— Robert J. O’NeillFormer SEAL Team Six member who shot Osama bin Laden
If you want to do something well you do it 1,000 times, if you want to do something great you do it 10,000 times.
— Robert J. O’NeillFormer SEAL Team Six member who shot Osama bin Laden
As a leader, you also realise that calm is contagious. It doesn't matter how you feel inside, if you can portray calm- your people will be calm.
— Robert J. O’NeillFormer SEAL Team Six member who shot Osama bin Laden
Fear is healthy, fear is natural, and if anyone's ever told you they've been to combat and were never afraid... they're either lying or a sociopath. Fear is a very good reaction; it makes you think more clearly.
— Robert J. O’NeillFormer SEAL Team Six member who shot Osama bin Laden
If I left this mission, and didn't go, I would be on my deathbed wishing I'd had that opportunity back.
— Robert J. O’NeillFormer SEAL Team Six member who shot Osama bin Laden
To break the silence around sexual abuse, more people need to speak about it… normalise it… and by doing so, hopefully we can start to get our children talking, and make some real progress to eliminate these acts from our society.
— Kalki KoechlinIndian actress known for independent films and *Chandni Bar* role
You don't need to be a celebrity to suffer from what social media does to you; it's happening to everyone. For me, I have to find a routine and discipline with how I use my public image.
— Kalki KoechlinIndian actress known for independent films and *Chandni Bar* role
Cinema and drama are also changing perceptions in India. This certainly happened with Made in Heaven which was commercially entertaining, but had a main character who was Gay. It blew everyone away and started an important conversation which was really encouraging.
— Kalki KoechlinIndian actress known for independent films and *Chandni Bar* role
Starting in theatre can work both ways. I've seen theatre actors who are too dramatic for film, because they have the tendency to want to reach-out to that last member of the audience. That said, theatre gives you this confidence to perform and for me, it gave me a kind of greed in terms of the kind of roles I was looking for.
— Kalki KoechlinIndian actress known for independent films and *Chandni Bar* role