Good Business Talking is a podcast for any founder, entrepreneur or executive who is curious to find out how business can be a Force For Good. Your host, Ravi Rai has a conversation with leaders of companies that have a unique and inspiring way of operating. Together they discuss WHY these companies do what they do, HOW they make it work and WHAT some of the difficulties are in running this new form of enterprise. We aim to go beyond the rhetoric and leave you with inspiring thoughts and practical tips on making a change within your business.
What if the most valuable move a founder can make is admitting they’ve become the weakest person in their own company and then acting on it?
David Wise spent three decades building Wise Productions into a live-events company trusted inside Britain’s grade-listed museums, palaces and galleries. In this conversation he tells me about the three quiet epiphanies that reshaped him as a founder: realising in 1999 that he needed people who did not look, sound or think like him; waking up before the 2012 Olympics with the uncomfortable knowledge that he was the weakest person in his own business and walking out of a 2019 acquisition meeting because the deal would have cost his people. The result, in December 2022, was a move to employee ownership. Expect an honest, humbling founder’s account of ego, humility, legacy and what it means to "send the lift back down".
12 Aug 2026
Dr Michael Freeman - Econa, UCSF
What if the most important runway in your business isn’t financial — but emotional?
In this episode of Good Business Talking, I speak with Dr. Michael A. Freeman, psychiatrist, researcher, former CEO, founder and one of the leading voices in entrepreneurial mental health.
Dr. Freeman explores the distinctive traits that can make founders exceptional: high drive, optimism, creativity, risk tolerance and persistence. But those same strengths can also become liabilities when they tip into overwork, isolation, overconfidence, burnout or an identity that is inseparable from the business.
Drawing on his research with entrepreneurs, Michael shares a compelling reframing: mental health and wellbeing are not peripheral “self-care” concerns. They are part of a company’s essential infrastructure, alongside financial controls, leadership capability and operational discipline.
The conversation also covers the Entrepreneur Wellbeing Check, Econa’s emerging safety-net approach for founders, and why building a good business must also mean building a business that is good for the person leading it.
16 Jun 2026
Pranav Chopra - NemiTeas
Pranav Chopra, founder of Nemi Teas, shares how prioritizing product excellence and strategic partnerships fuels profitable growth for impact-led businesses.
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