{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Eyespiring","title":"Leading with Love: How Culture, Trust & AI Are Transforming Leadership","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/7fa1f8c3\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3624,"description":"Can love transform the way we lead? Mohammad Anwar believes it can.\n \nIn this episode of Eyespiring, Heather Patrick sits down with Mohammad Anwar, President & CEO of Softway, co-founder of Culture+, and bestselling co-author of Love as a Business Strategy and Love as a Change Strategy. Mohammad shares his remarkable journey from growing up in Saudi Arabia and India to building a global technology company in Houston, overcoming near bankruptcy, and discovering that leadership rooted in love, trust, and accountability creates stronger organizations and better outcomes.\n \nThe conversation explores what it really means to build a healthy workplace culture, why leaders often confuse titles with influence, and how artificial intelligence can actually help us become more human by creating more space for relationships, empathy, and meaningful connection.\n \nTopics Covered\nMohammad's multicultural upbringing and entrepreneurial journey\nStarting Softway at just 20 years old\nThe challenges of leadership, ego, and nearly losing his company\nWhy love belongs in business\nBuilding trust and accountability within teams\nThe biggest misconceptions about leadership\nWarning signs of a broken organizational culture\nMeasuring success beyond financial performance\nLeading people through change\nBringing humanity back to the workplace\nHow AI can strengthen, not replace, human connection\nLeadership lessons from failure and personal growth\n \nLeadership isn't about titles, power, or perfection, it's about relationships, trust, and creating environments where people can thrive. Mohammad reminds us that as technology continues to evolve, our greatest competitive advantage will always be our humanity.\n \nIf this conversation inspired you, please subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who is passionate about leadership, culture, or the future of work.\n \nTimestamps & Highlights\n00:00 – Welcome to Eyespiring\n01:40 – Growing up in Saudi Arabia, India, and eventually finding...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/RB2kVCWtropYx6BN7_PgAJ1GrP0EeWZ1DE7a-hxRJy4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iYzU3/OWM5YzBhYjU1ZjZm/ODhkOWRhZmJkYWY5/OWVlMy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}