<![CDATA[The Sacred Art of Leadership]]>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

]]>https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sacredartofleadershipRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Sat, 09 May 2026 18:48:36 GMTSun, 29 Mar 2026 01:43:58 GMT60Dipak Davé (Dip) and Derek Moore (Del).<p>Most leadership conversations start with what you do. This one starts with who you are.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Hosted by Dipak Davé, executive coach and leadership thought partner to CEOs and founders and Derek Moore, co-founder and ex-CEO of Coffee &amp; 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.</p><p></p><p>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?</p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>This podcast is for you if:</p><ul><li>You carry responsibility, formally or informally, and rarely have space to reflect on it</li><li>You sense that success alone isn't the full answer</li><li>You feel the weight of leadership but rarely name it out loud</li><li>You're willing to question who you're becoming, not just what you're achieving<p></p></li></ul><p>You don't need a title to belong here. You just need to be you.<br /></p><p>Title music courtesy of Minor Mishap Marching Band: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7hV6sCtfu3HGpqxUxobCDK?si=cJGWeZnbSTmyCnnCa8EunA" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/artist/7hV6sCtfu3HGpqxUxobCDK?si=cJGWeZnbSTmyCnnCa8EunA</a></p>episodicDipak Davé (Dip) and Derek Moore (Del).del@passager.cono<![CDATA[Episode 5: The raw truths from inside CEO forums, with Jane Gomez]]>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.

]]>a4d9f181-322b-4ac8-a5b9-0868d5fa9467Fri, 08 May 2026 09:30:00 GMT<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Honest, warm, and full of the kind of wisdom that only comes from being in the circle of trust for eighteen years.</p>no00:51:2215Episode 5: The raw truths from inside CEO forums, with Jane Gomezfull<![CDATA[Episode 4 - Q&A]]>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

]]>1bc41583-120a-41bc-96d7-9940e0ac56cdFri, 01 May 2026 19:34:04 GMT<p>Before interviewing their first guests, Dip &amp; 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?".<br />They also delve into the sensitive topics of mental health in leadership, imposterism and self-love.<br /><br />Links:<br />Awareness - Anthony De Mello<br /><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/Awareness-Opportunities-Reality-Anthony-Mello/dp/0385249373" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Awareness-Opportunities-Reality-Anthony-Mello/dp/0385249373</a><br />Clan Mothers<br /><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakoyaner" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakoyaner</a><br /><br /></p>no00:32:4214Episode 4 - Q&Afull<![CDATA[The Sacred Art of Leadership Trailer]]>Dip & Del discussing what the show is all about.

]]>266a7c97-801e-44be-8d96-8c10ccdda400Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:53:15 GMT<p>Dip &amp; Del discussing what the show is all about.</p>no00:01:17The Sacred Art of Leadership Trailertrailer<![CDATA[Episode 3 - Who's Del?]]>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. 

]]>15635328-6219-49b7-a86a-09cabfc17581Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:47:05 GMT<p>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. </p><p>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 &amp; 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. </p>no00:47:0413Episode 3 - Who's Del?full<![CDATA[Episode 1 - Introduction. What's all this about anyway?]]>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. 

]]>https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sacredartofleadership/episodes/Episode-1---Introduction--Whats-all-this-about-anyway-e3h40052a204e92-40ea-45ce-979b-230d2af9f0cbSun, 29 Mar 2026 01:14:12 GMT<p>The Sacred Art of Leadership is a podcast for people who carry responsibility and are quietly questioning what it really means. </p><p>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. </p>no00:28:4911Episode 1 - Introduction. What's all this about anyway?full<![CDATA[Episode 2 - Who's Dip?]]>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.

]]>https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sacredartofleadership/episodes/Episode-2---Whos-this-Dipak-guy-e3h3vrv7397c80e-83d5-4ab0-b837-c53d6356646eSun, 29 Mar 2026 01:10:02 GMT<p>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.</p>no00:46:1512Episode 2 - Who's Dip?full