What if your company cared as much about feelings as it does about revenue?

In this Oxford Talks Podcast episode, Waleed sits down with Claude Silver, Chief Heart Officer at VaynerMedia, to decode what “leading with heart” actually looks like when you’re responsible for thousands of people across the world.

Claude shares how she’s turned HR into People & Experience, why every employee is trained in emotional intelligence and psychological safety and how she spots culture issues long before they explode.From her three-part framework of emotional optimism, bravery and efficiency to the idea of becoming a true “Vayner citizen”, Claude reveals the systems, language and habits that keep VaynerMedia human in a world obsessed with speed and scale.

They dive into burnout, belonging, AI, return-to-office battles, and the uncomfortable truth that many of us were never taught how to deal with our own emotions, let alone anyone else’s.If you’ve ever wondered how to build teams that are both kind and high-performing, this episode is your new playbook.

What separates world-class performers from everyone else?Adolfo Gómez Sánchez spent 35 years decoding that question and discovered a formula anyone can follow. From training with martial arts masters in Japan to coaching CEOs and ATP athletes, he reveals why most people fail not from lack of talent, but from lack of mindset.

Learn how the world’s top performers think, how to challenge limiting beliefs, and why “scoreboards don’t define success, process does.”

If you’ve ever felt stuck, this episode will make you rethink everything you believe about growth, failure, and greatness.

We live in an age of noise, constant information, constant pressure, constant pretending but what happens when the mask finally cracks?

In this conversation, clinical psychologist and hypnotherapist Dr Barbara Morris Jensen shares her life’s work: helping people rediscover their authentic selves. From growing up with a father who transformed from a man of war to a man of peace, to facing her own battles with fear, depression, and motherhood, Barbara explores what it really means to heal.

Together we unpack:

👉 Why survival instincts can disconnect us from our true selves.

👉 How generational trauma silently shapes our choices.

👉 The link between modern disconnection, technology, and spiritual emptiness.

👉 The difference between pain that destroys and pain that transforms.