The Sacred Art of Leadership – Details, episodes & analysis

Most leadership conversations start with what you do. This one starts with who you are.

The Sacred Art of Leadership goes to the places most leadership podcasts quietly avoid. Identity, doubt, loneliness, purpose, and the real cost of carrying influence in a world that's changing faster than anyone can keep up with. It's not about frameworks, productivity hacks, or polishing your leadership brand. It's about your inner landscape: what's going on beneath the title, behind the meeting room, and after the applause.

Hosted by Dipak Davé, executive coach and leadership thought partner to CEOs and founders and Derek Moore, co-founder and ex-CEO of Coffee & TV, a B Corp-certified global creative studio, each episode is a real conversation. Relaxed, curious, and unscripted. The kind that usually happens between close friends, late at night when the noise has quietened and you finally let yourself think out loud.

We explore questions like: Who are you beneath the role? How has your definition of success changed and at what cost? What does it feel like to lead in an age of AI and constant change? And what does leadership ask of us when we strip away the performance?

We don't show up as experts with answers. We show up as two people who find this stuff genuinely fascinating. Holding a posture of curiosity, not certainty.

This podcast is for you if:

• You carry responsibility, formally or informally, and rarely have space to reflect on it
• You sense that success alone isn't the full answer
• You feel the weight of leadership but rarely name it out loud
• You're willing to question who you're becoming, not just what you're achieving

You don't need a title to belong here. You just need to be you.

Title music courtesy of Minor Mishap Marching Band: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7hV6sCtfu3HGpqxUxobCDK?si=cJGWeZnbSTmyCnnCa8EunA