Grey Matter with Declan Kelly: Inside the Minds of the People Who Move the World

Author: Consello

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Grey Matter is a groundbreaking podcast and broadcast series that takes you inside the minds of the people who move the world.

Hosted by Declan Kelly, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Consello, each episode features rare conversations with the most accomplished and influential CEOs, professional athletes, cultural icons, and other global leaders. Not the usual talk about profits and products, but how their minds work and the way they process, decide, and lead.

It’s about the art of exceptional leadership that sits between instinct and intelligence—a space many rarely get to see.

This is Grey Matter.

About Consello

Consello is an Advisory and Investing Platform with offices in New York, Miami, Atlanta, Dublin, Belfast, London, Barcelona, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh.

Consello’s distinct advisory practices provide the complete strategic counsel today’s leaders need to grow and transform their organizations. Consello’s advisory expertise spans Corporate Advisory; M&A; Management Consulting; Talent; and Sports and Entertainment. Dedicated teams operate in each practice, led by a leadership group with deep operational experience across industries, business growth stages and market cycles and with an expansive set of global corporate relationships.

Consello’s investment business, Consello Capital, identifies high-potential mid-market companies and invests capital and expertise to transform their growth.

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Larry Culp: The Grey Matter Behind One of the Greatest Turnarounds in Modern History

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Larry Culp is one of the most private and respected CEOs in the world. Over seven years, he orchestrated what many call the greatest turnaround in modern business, rescuing GE from $140 billion in debt and splitting it into three independent world-class companies—GE Aerospace, GE HealthCare, and GE Vernova. In this rare conversation, Larry reveals how he did it: by slowing the game down, embedding a culture of continuous improvement, and choosing ruthless focus over comfortable synergy. In th...

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Grey Matter with Declan Kelly: Inside the Minds of the People Who Move the World