Aging in America has never been the same for everyone. Chip Conley sits down with Ray Jetson, pastor, former Louisiana legislator, and author of Aging While Black, to explore why aging isn’t a race-neutral experience and what it really means to age well in a system that was never built for everyone.Ray shares a simple, powerful way to rethink aging through community, innovation, and shared wisdom across generations.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why aging while Black carries unique structural and economic realities
• How the village concept and Sankofa help bridge past, present, and future
• Why technology and mutual mentorship matter for aging well
• What collective longevity looks like across generations

This conversation invites us to rethink aging, equity, and how we care for one another at every stage of life.

Watch now and join the conversation.

Timestamps:

03:02 Three pillars of aging while black

05:43 The village concept and African origins

08:18 Ubuntu and community identity

11:11 The Black church as a village

13:07 Embracing innovation and technology

18:39 Sankofa and learning from the past

24:38 Intergenerational circles and family wisdom

27:35 Collective longevity across generations

33:08 Keeping hopeful and building systems

39:50 Sources of inspiration and leadership

43:20 What makes aging while black different

51:03 Wisdom bumper sticker

53:27 Closing thoughts and workshop invitation

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Most leaders are chasing short-term wins and missing the long game.

In this episode, Chip Conley talks with Rand Stagen, founder of the Stagen Leadership Academy, about what’s quietly breaking leadership today and how to lead with purpose, perspective, and staying power.

Rand shares hard-earned insights from decades of working with CEOs and entrepreneurs who want more than success, they want meaning.

You’ll learn:

- Why short-term thinking undermines great leadership

- What it means to play the infinite game

- How awareness creates better choices

- Why the best leaders think in decades, not quarters

If you’re leading others, or rethinking your own direction, this conversation offers a clear, grounded reframe.

👉 Watch now and start playing the long game.

Timestamps:

05:51 Rand Stagen personal leadership journey

07:47 The advice for young entrepreneurs

10:17 Entrepreneurial roots and early influences

12:43 Founding the Leadership Academy

16:50 Structure of the leadership program

22:23 Integral theory explained

26:18 Leadership and polarization

35:57 Practical advice for leaders

41:45 Conscious Capitalism principles

45:41 Short term versus long term thinking

52:01 Workshop goals and takeaways

56:18 Who the workshop is for

58:12 Leadership wisdom and closing insight

Learn more about MEA at ⁠https://www.meawisdom.com/

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Most companies are racing toward AI, efficiency, and scale while quietly losing the one advantage that actually sustains great leadership: wisdom.

In this Wisdom Wednesday episode, we reveal why culture, lived experience, and human judgment matter more than ever. Chip draws on decades of leadership experience to explain why many organizations are losing their edge and what they can do to reclaim it.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

- Why leadership is a practice, not a personality trait

- How culture is shaped when leaders aren’t in the room

- What companies lose when institutional wisdom disappears

- The difference between knowledge workers and wisdom workers in the AI era

As technology accelerates, human skills become the real competitive edge.

👉 Watch now and discover how wisdom future-proofs leadership and culture.

Timestamps:

00:13 Leadership as a practice

02:29 Culture leaders overlook

05:18 Defining real company culture

08:57 Institutional wisdom loss

13:47 Knowledge workers vs wisdom workers

18:30 AI impact on early careers

22:22 Humanities and philosophy comeback

22:44 Wisdom at Airbnb

25:53 Informal mentors and EQ

27:57 Leading yourself first

28:18 Resources and upcoming workshop

30:12 Closing thoughts

Learn more about MEA at ⁠https://www.meawisdom.com/

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