Awakened by Pajamas: Leading With Love and Self-Reflection With Genevieve Piturro
November 13, 2025
What happens when success no longer feels like enough?
In this episode of Humanity at Scale, host Bruce Temkin sits down with Genevieve Piturro, Award Winning Speaker, Best Selling Author, and Founder of the Pajama Movement, about how a single moment of compassion transformed her life, and inspired a movement that’s brought comfort to millions of children. Together, they explore how purpose and love can become strategic advantages in leadership, the power of asking better questions, and practical ways to scale humanity without losing heart. Genevieve shares how one child’s question, “What are pajamas?” redefined her understanding of impact, reminding us that true leadership begins with listening, empathy, and courage.
What happens when success no longer feels like enough?
In this episode of
Humanity at Scale, host
Bruce Temkin sits down with
Genevieve Piturro, Award Winning Speaker, Best Selling Author, and Founder of the Pajama Movement, about how a single moment of compassion transformed her life, and inspired a movement that’s brought comfort to millions of children. Together, they explore how purpose and love can become strategic advantages in leadership, the power of asking better questions, and practical ways to scale humanity without losing heart. Genevieve shares how one child’s question, “What are pajamas?” redefined her understanding of impact, reminding us that true leadership begins with listening, empathy, and courage.
Here are some of the topics that Bruce and Genevieve explore:
- How to recognize and act on the "heart voice" that challenges your current path
- Why leading with love is a business strategy, not a soft skill
- The power of asking better questions to unlock team engagement
- How to make safety and psychological belonging tangible in organizations
- The framework for leading with love through conflict.
- How small human gestures create systemic change and ripple effect
- The practical tools for scaling humanity without losing it
Genevieve Piturro is an award-winning speaker, seven-time Amazon bestselling author, and founder of the Pajama Program, a national movement that has delivered over 8 million pajamas and books to children in need. A former TV marketing executive turned purpose-driven leader, Genevieve now helps organisations and leaders scale compassion and engagement through her Leading with Love framework. A celebrated TEDx speaker featured on Oprah, The Today Show, and Forbes, she also leads Purpose ACER workshops and writes the newsletter Leading with Love – Tips from a Friend.
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