Tobias Sturesson sits down with Mwana Lugogo – veteran Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at global pharmaceutical company Takeda – to explore the hidden gap between knowing the right thing to do and actually being able to do it.
This first episode of the Responsible Leaders - Healthy Cultures marks a pivotal shift from responsibility and ethics as a compliance exercise to ethics as a leadership practice, grounded in culture, humility, and human behavior. You'll discover the critical difference between training and practice, and learn a practical model for building environments where people can act on their values – even under pressure.
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In this episode, we explore:
(00:00) Why good people in organizations make decisions they later regret
(02:42) Finding common ground across cultures and regulatory contexts
(08:23) Overcoming the health illusion and uncovering organizational blind spots
(25:50) Why we treat a behavior problem like a knowledge problem
(27:34) Building environments where courage is less necessary
(28:23) Shifting from ethics training to intentional leadership practice
(30:03) Scaling values through a global ambassador program
(35:36) Staying anchored in turbulent times when norms are rewritten
(40:37) What you only discover when values become costly
(56:09) Moving from "can we?" to "should we?" as laws lag behind technology
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