This week, Bren and Lenno are joined by their first guest, Alberto Gonzalo Otero, a purpose coach who helps leaders and teams reconnect daily work with why they do it.

Alberto talks through the power of "why," the questions he uses to get people past surface answers like money, and the team assessment he built to measure purpose and psychological safety alongside trust and clarity.

The conversation also looks at courage and the relationship with purpose, and why staying in a role that doesn't fit your purpose is usually the bigger risk.

They discuss how understanding and aligning with your purpose can lead to greater fulfilment, better decision-making, and navigating technological changes like AI.

Guest

Alberto Gonzalez Otero - https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertogotero/

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Alberto Gonzalo Otero and Purpose

00:59 What is Purpose and Why It Matters

03:04 Purpose During the COVID-19 Pandemic

05:03 AI, Technology, and the Future of Work

07:05 The Midlife Crisis and Purpose

08:07 Purpose Across Generations

09:01 The Impact of AI on Jobs and Society

10:57 Using Purpose to Make Better Decisions

13:12 The Role of Leadership and Team Dynamics

15:57 The Value of Purpose in Innovation and Technology

20:09 Balancing Technology and Human Values

24:05 Aligning Work with Personal Purpose

28:04 The Power of Asking 'Why' and Purpose

32:58 Team Dynamics and Purpose

37:08 The Courage to Follow Your Purpose

41:09 Overcoming Societal and Personal Barriers

43:57 Practical Steps to Discover Your Purpose

44:55 Closing Remarks and Final Thoughts

This week, Bren & Lenno venture into the world of security, starting with a media company whose entire channel went completely offline. Not because of a sophisticated breach, but because of a simple but stupid human action.

This episode digs into why data sovereignty and geopolitics get all the corporate attention, while the far bigger risk sits closer to home.

And ultimately they address the question that you can spend a billion dollars on security, but what's the point if it only takes one person to undo it?

This week Bren & Lenno dive into recent but potentially disturbing news of Google being on a buying spree. They didn't buy a bankrupt airline for its planes, but for it's data...years of emails, Teams messages and spreadsheets, all headed off to train AI models.

This is a sharp reminder that everything we write on a work account, or hand over to an app, has become a monetizable asset, whether we intended it to or not.

So if our data is worth buying, shouldn't we be the ones getting paid for it?