Peter Corbett's selected podcast interviews, talks, and press on founder exits, mindful
leadership, burnout, mortality, divorce, service, and what comes after scale.
The public appearances for Peter usually clusters around three themes.
Founder Experience
Scale, exit, and life after the company
Many interviews focus on building iStrategyLabs, selling to WPP, and the psychological shift
that follows success, liquidity, or a major transition.
Mindful Leadership
How inner work affects outer execution
Peter often speaks about Zen practice, presence, decision-making, team dynamics, and the ways
leaders can reduce burnout without becoming less ambitious.
Mortality & Service
What hospice work changed about leadership
Several conversations explore how mortality, grief, and service reshaped Peter's sense of
purpose and the way he coaches leaders now.
PODCASTS, TALKS & PRESS
Each entry highlights the outlet, topic, and why it matters for leaders evaluating this work.
The Second Exit: Healing Through Heartbreak with Peter Corbett
This conversation traces the emotional aftermath of business and marital transition, and
why recovery after success still requires real inner work. It is especially relevant for
founders navigating identity loss after an exit.
Zen, Leadership, And The Art of Being with Peter Corbett
A thoughtful look at how Zen practice translates into everyday leadership, attention, and
presence. This interview is a good entry point for the contemplative side of the Still
Rush methodology.
Bootstrapping to Millions (and finding a meaningful life): Peter Corbett's Agency Tale
An operator-focused account of building iStrategyLabs to roughly 100 employees and what
the exit revealed about success, cost, and the search for a more meaningful life after
scale.
This episode explores Peter's move from wealth and burnout to service, mindfulness, and
health as core leadership disciplines. It speaks to leaders rethinking the cost of the
pace they have normalized.
Healing from the Top Down...with Mindful Leadership
A conversation about how mindfulness, nature, and somatic awareness help leaders regulate
stress and lead from presence instead of constant activation.
A clear account of how Peter moved from tech CEO to Zen hospice practitioner and why
contact with mortality reshaped ambition, leadership, and service.
An exploration of post-exit identity, service after financial success, and the challenge
of designing a next chapter that feels meaningful rather than merely impressive.
This conversation sits at the intersection of ambition and spirituality, asking what
happens when achievement does not resolve the deeper questions a founder is carrying.
Disruption Was Disrupted: The Story of iStrategyLabs
This appearance covers the iStrategyLabs origin story, the reality behind growth, and
Peter's perspective on fundraising and building through industry change.
