ABOUT THIS EPISODE
In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, we sit down with Nadine B. Hack, CEO of beCause Global Consulting and internationally recognised pioneer of Strategic Relational Engagement (SRE™) — a proprietary framework that has turned adversaries into allies across some of the world's most complex and high-stakes situations.
She got loggers to work with environmentalists. She got AIDS activists to work with companies they were boycotting. And Nelson Mandela trusted her enough to say: "When I was in prison it was very good to know that I had powerful friends like Nadine Hack working on behalf of South Africa's freedom."
In this episode:
- How cultivating deep, trust-based relationships fundamentally improves your work — and your results
- The real obstacles you face in sustaining meaningful relationships across silos, sectors, and even adversarial divides
- Why the effort to overcome those challenges is always worth it — and what the data and decades of practice prove
- Why engagement leadership is the critical missing skill in 21st century business and investing
- How SRE™ helps organisations connect to their core purpose, bridge internal silos, and build trust with external stakeholders
- What Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Ubuntu philosophy teach us about the power of connectedness in leadership
- Why younger generations are demanding relational, not transactional, leadership — and what that means for the future of organisations
The key insight: Culture eats strategy for breakfast. And relationships are the foundation of culture. Until leaders invest in deep, sustained, trust-based engagement — with allies and adversaries alike — no strategy, governance framework, or ESG policy will deliver its full potential.
⏱️ Episode Guide:
- 0:00 — Why relationships are your most powerful business tool
- 0:X:XX — How deep relationships improve your work in practice
- 0:X:XX — The obstacles to sustaining meaningful relationships
- 0:X:XX — Why it is always worth the effort to overcome them
- 0:X:XX — Strategic Relational Engagement: the framework explained
- 0:X:XX — From adversaries to allies: real-world cases
- 0:X:XX — What engagement leadership looks like in 2026
👤 About Nadine B. HackNadine B. Hack is CEO of beCause Global Consulting, named one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior, and the first woman to serve as Executive-in-Residence at IMD Business School in Lausanne. Her clients include Coca-Cola, Unilever, Omnicom Group, the Ford Foundation, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, the Robert F. Kennedy Center, and heads of state including Presidents Nelson Mandela and Corazon Aquino. Atlanticspeakerbureau She was Board Chair of the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation and has served on for- and non-profit boards globally. Atlanticspeakerbureau A TEDx speaker whose talk Adversaries to Allies captures the essence of her life's work, she has spent decades bringing together wildly diverse stakeholders — from loggers and environmentalists to AIDS activists and corporations — to find common ground and achieve extraordinary outcomes. Mediate.com
Whether you are a leader, an investor, a policymaker, or anyone who believes that trust and relationships are the foundation of lasting impact — this episode is essential listening.
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