Grey Matter with Declan Kelly: Inside the Minds of the People Who Move the World
Grey Matter is a groundbreaking podcast and broadcast series that takes you inside the minds of the people who move the world.
Hosted by Declan Kelly, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Consello, each episode features rare conversations with the most accomplished and influential CEOs, professional athletes, cultural icons, and other global leaders. Not the usual talk about profits and products, but how their minds work and the way they process, decide, and lead.
It’s about the art of exceptional leadership that sits between instinct and intelligence—a space many rarely get to see.
This is Grey Matter.
About Consello
Consello is an Advisory and Investing Platform with offices in New York, Miami, Atlanta, Dublin, Belfast, London, Barcelona, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh.
Consello’s distinct advisory practices provide the complete strategic counsel today’s leaders need to grow and transform their organizations. Consello’s advisory expertise spans Corporate Advisory; M&A; Management Consulting; Talent; and Sports and Entertainment. Dedicated teams operate in each practice, led by a leadership group with deep operational experience across industries, business growth stages and market cycles and with an expansive set of global corporate relationships.
Consello’s investment business, Consello Capital, identifies high-potential mid-market companies and invests capital and expertise to transform their growth.
Episodes
10 episodes
Ruthie Rogers: The Heart Behind One of the World's Most Beloved Restaurants | Grey Matter with Declan Kelly
For nearly 40 years, Ruthie Rogers has run one of the most celebrated restaurants in the world on the banks of the River Thames in London.The River Cafe has held a Michelin star for decades, launched the careers of some of the most accla...
Ken Burns: Finding America’s Source of Truth | Grey Matter with Declan Kelly
For nearly half a century, Ken Burns has been the keeper of America's story and the filmmaker who has done more than perhaps any other single person to help a country understand where it came from and who it has been. Throughout his...
Tony James: From Signal to Scale - The Foresight that Shaped Modern Finance | Grey Matter with Declan Kelly
Tony James has spent over four decades seeing what was coming next and acting on it long before anyone else.He built DLJ from a mid-sized brokerage into one of the most influential platforms on Wall Street by creating the leveraged buyou...
Brian Moynihan: Steady at the Helm | Grey Matter with Declan Kelly
When Brian Moynihan became CEO of Bank of America in January 2010, he inherited an institution that had grown rapidly through six major acquisitions in six years in the wake of the worst financial crisis in a generation. From his first days in ...
Carl Lewis: The Business of Being the Fastest Man in the World | Grey Matter with Declan Kelly
Carl Lewis is widely regarded as one of the most dominant athletes of the modern era. For more than a decade, he was the fastest man in the world, winning nine Olympic gold medals, going undefeated in the long jump for ten years, and becoming o...
Mike Wirth: Pragmatism Above All | Grey Matter with Declan Kelly
For more than four decades, Mike Wirth has built his career at Chevron, rising through an organization where major decisions are expected to stand up over long periods and where leadership judgment is assessed through enduring outcomes rather t...
James Quincey: Stewarding an Iconic Brand Through Change | Grey Matter with Declan Kelly
For nearly 140 years, The Coca-Cola Company has grown by building one of the most enduring and recognizable brand systems in the world, expanding across markets and categories while maintaining a level of global consistency. That sc...
Jimmy Dunne: Pressure in Perspective | Grey Matter with Declan Kelly
Jimmy Dunne is often described as a legendary figure in the finance and sporting world. But he'd describe himself more simply—as someone who shows up, relentlessly, for the people who stood by him and the moments that define what matters.
Ed Bastian: The Values That Redefined the Airline Industry | Grey Matter with Declan Kelly
Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines, embodies a rare kind of leadership—the ability to balance empathy with a deep sense of conviction when the stakes couldn’t be higher. In 2005, he stood alone in bankruptcy court when 180 airlines...
Larry Culp: The Discipline Behind One of the Greatest Business Turnarounds | Grey Matter with Declan Kelly
Larry Culp is one of the most private and respected CEOs in the world. Over seven years, he orchestrated what many call the greatest turnaround in modern business, rescuing GE from $140 billion in debt and splitting it into three independent wo...