Personalization Outbreak
A podcast about the collapse of traditional corporate standards in today’s more personalized world. Leadership strategist, author, contributor to Forbes and founder of the Leadership in the Age of Personalization Movement, Glenn Llopis interviews executives across multiple sectors to find out how the balance between standardization and personalization can exist.
Personalization Outbreak
140: Grow Soil, Not Just Plants: Leadership Lessons From Sustainable Farming
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“…what you need to know is this. And that is the difference between a conventional farmer and a sustainable farmer is that a conventional farmer grows plants and a sustainable farmer grows soil; and very simple in it’s difference, and yet incredibly profound in how it takes you down two different paths, because, what are you doing if you're growing plants?”
In this episode of Personalization Outbreak, Glenn Llopis sits down with Dr. Britt Yamamoto, author of The Soil of Leadership, to explore a powerful idea: great leadership is like sustainable farming. It is not about chasing quick wins, it is about cultivating the conditions for long-term growth.
They unpack the difference between “growing plants” and “growing soil,” why trust cannot be forced, how burnout is a systems issue, and what leaders can do to rebuild healthier cultures through reflection, self-awareness, and sustainable leadership practices.
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Video Content:
0:00 - Intro
03:44 - Leadership Starts with Soil, Not Strategy
16:09 - Reclaiming the Right Soil
20:17 - Why Most Workplaces Are Broken at the Root
27:23 - Leadership 3.0: The Shift Leaders Must Make Now
30:16 – The Soil of Leadership: Cultivating the Conditions for Transformation
33:13 - The Personalization of Leadership
38:44 - We Can’t Practice What We Can’t Imagine
41:22 – The Hyakusho Way: Japanese Wisdom for a Flourishing Life
43:26 - Rebuilding Trust Starts Within
45:36 - Shifting from Paradigm to Purpose
50:31 - Community First, Corporate Second
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