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Episode Summary

In this solo episode, Whitney reflects on a question posed at a global leadership conference in Orvieto, Italy: five years from now, looking back at today, what will we be laughing at ourselves for stressing over. She uses that question as a lens for identifying where unnecessary suffering shows up, both in individual lives and inside organizations, and argues that leaders have an obligation to notice and help alleviate that suffering rather than treat it as a given cost of doing business.

Key Takeaways

• Whitney traces the episode's theme to a question posed at a leadership conference in Orvieto, Italy: looking back five years, what will we be laughing at ourselves for stressing over today.
• She distinguishes unnecessary suffering, created by unexamined patterns, from suffering that is actually required by circumstance.
• She frames alleviating suffering in an organization as part of a leader's job, requiring both the willingness to look for root causes and the compassion to sit with what's found.
• She invites listeners to apply the Orvieto question to their own lives before applying it to their organizations or teams.

Links & Resources

• Glowe
• Whitney Kenter on LinkedIn
• Book a conversation with Glowe

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