This is the first episode of the Xyntéo podcast, 'Growth is the only sign of life'. This episode explores the role of leadership in our mission to reinvent growth, and introduces the Leadership Vanguard.

We hear from MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga, Professor of indo-Tibetan studies at Columbia University Bob Thurman, retired Lt Gen Graeme Lamb, Leadership Vanguard programme director Rick Wheatley, and some of the catalysts from the pilot year.

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Music is from Lee Roseveres album Music for Podcasts.