In conversation with Mayor Greg Fischer

A discussion on Greg Fischer's vision of compassionate leadership, civic innovation and community values.

Mr Fischer is a businessman, entrepreneur and former Mayor of Louisville Kentucky, serving from 2011 to 2023. He was also elected by his fellow mayors as the 78th President of the US conference of Mayors. He is one of America’s most celebrated and innovative mayors, contributing 80,000 jobs and over $100 million in public investment to Louisville. He is noted as “a businessman who just happened to be a mayor” and the “father of bourbonism” for promoting Louisville’s tourism and bourbon industries. Mr Fischer is currently working on a book with the theme “Compassionate Strength”. Let’s start this episode with your book Mr Fischer – what are its key messages?