Oct. 10, 2024

The Role of Empathy in Leadership with Bren Hennessy

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This week on The Bliss Business Podcast, we’re excited to welcome Brendan Hennessy, a seasoned leader with over 15 years of experience in technology consulting and five years driving innovation in Data & AI.

As the founder of Spark, Bren has successfully built a team of 40+ experts, helping global organizations harness the power of predictive AI-driven analytics.

💡 In this episode, we dive deep into a topic that’s transforming leadership today:

Empathy. Bren shares key insights on how empathy is not just a "soft skill" but a crucial factor in creating high-performing teams and fostering data-driven cultures.

Key takeaways:

🤝 How empathy strengthens leadership and accelerates business success.

📊 The role of empathy in creating a collaborative, data-informed decision-making culture.

🏆 How Bren’s high-level sporting background taught him the value of striving for incremental improvements (the extra 1%) and how that mindset empowers teams to continuously raise the bar.

Tune in to learn how empathy, combined with cutting-edge AI and data platforms, is reshaping the future of leadership and organizational growth.

Bren Hennessy

CEO, Spark

Bren Hennessy is a seasoned leader with over 15 years of experience in the technology consulting industry, including five years at the forefront of the Data and AI sector.

As the driving force behind Spark, a company he has grown to over 40 people, Bren specializes in building cutting-edge data platforms with AI-powered predictive analytics. His expertise helps global organizations transform into data-driven enterprises, empowering them to make smarter, faster decisions.

Bren’s passion for data analytics stems from his high-level sporting background, where the relentless pursuit of that extra 1% improvement drives peak performance—an approach he now brings to the business world.