The Sacred Art of Leadership – Details, episodes & analysis

In this next episode, it’s Dip’s turn to put his co-host Derek Moore in the ‘hot seat’. He explores the journey behind the business: the humble beginnings, the unexpected leadership, and why Del has come to believe that the world doesn't just need better creative work, it needs a fundamentally different kind of leader. One who leads from awareness, not authority. 

Del didn't set out to run a company. He started as a craftsman, an editor, a visual effects artist,  working his way up from the cutting rooms of MPC with no grand plan and no startup playbook. What became Coffee & TV began with four friends who believed they could do things differently. What followed was over a decade of building something rare: a world-class creative studio that grew to multi-million revenues and was eventually acquired by Omnicom in 2023. All the while staying true to its values. 

The Sacred Art of Leadership is a podcast for people who carry responsibility and are quietly questioning what it really means. 

Hosted by executive coach, Dipak Davé and founder CEO, Derek Moore, each episode is an honest, unhurried conversation exploring leadership as a human experience, beyond titles, performance, and the noise of expectation. 

In this episode, Del turns the mic on co-host Dip, who spent over 30 years moving through investment banking, management consulting, fashion retail, and start-ups before realising the most important work was happening not in the boardroom, but inside himself. This is the conversation behind the podcast: who Dip is, what shaped him, and why he believes that leadership isn’t an act of doing, it's a state of being, and how the world, now more than ever, doesn't need better leaders, it needs bolder humans who choose to lead differently.

Dip & Del discussing what the show is all about.

Jane Gomez has spent 25 years in the room where it actually happens. Not on the stage — in the circle. Chairing forums, steadying founders, asking the question nobody else thought to ask.

In this conversation, Jane brings something rare: a view of leadership from the inside out. Why the best leaders are often the ones who say "I don't know" — and mean it. And what happens when an entrepreneur won't get out of the way of the very team they hired to help them grow.

She also turns the lens on herself. The loud voice and big personality that belies the self-doubt underneath. The three personal values that finally gave her a compass. And the quiet realisation that she gets more from helping others than almost anything else — which might be why she's so good at it.

Honest, warm, and full of the kind of wisdom that only comes from being in the circle of trust for eighteen years.

Before interviewing their first guests, Dip & Del reflect on the first few episodes and answer some audience questions, including "how do you spot a poor leader", "what do you do if you're promoted before you are ready", and "what's one thing that you've never spoken about that made you the leader you are today?".
They also delve into the sensitive topics of mental health in leadership, imposterism and self-love.

Links:
Awareness - Anthony De Mello
https://www.amazon.com/Awareness-Opportunities-Reality-Anthony-Mello/dp/0385249373
Clan Mothers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakoyaner