Ep.90 – Richard Dickson – Regenerative Business, Rethinking Impact & Profit

Episode 90 Summary – Season 14.7

Published: 19th November 2025

In this season-closing conversation, Mich Bondesio speaks with Richard Dickson, Co-founder of Play It Green, about his ideas around rethinking profit and impact, future-ready leadership, and building businesses that regenerate rather than deplete. 

Richard shares his experience navigating neurodivergence, loss, and outdated workplace cultures, and how these shaped his commitment to conscious capitalism, circularity, and climate-positive innovation.

We also explore why the future of work demands new rules: productivity systems built on wellbeing, leadership grounded in empathy and energy, and business models designed for a world with finite resources.

Richard reveals how Play It Green helps organisations embed environmental and social impact through tiny, repeatable steps that create dopamine-driven cultural change. The episode highlights how leaders and teams can take responsibility for their footprint, influence systemic shifts, and build more resilient, meaningful businesses.

This is a powerful finale that ties together the season’s core theme: In rewriting the rules of work, we also rewrite the rules of how we care for each other and the planet.