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Grey Matter with Declan Kelly: Inside the Minds of the People Who Move the World

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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.

Latest episodes

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Sarah Friar: What is Experience Worth in the Age of AI? | Grey Matter with Declan Kelly

Every CEO is being asked to make decisions about AI before there is a reliable playbook for what comes next. Where to invest. How to create business value. Which risks t

Sep 10
51 min

Larry Fitzgerald: The Trait That Powered a Hall of Fame Career | Grey Matter with Declan Kelly

Larry Fitzgerald is an 11x Pro Bowler and now a first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer. Since retiring, he's built a second career as a successful investor, with a

Aug 10
45 min

Mark Messier: The Art of Reinvention | Grey Matter with Declan Kelly

Over the course of his remarkable 26-year career, Mark Messier won six Stanley Cups and remains the only player in NHL history to captain two different franchises to a ch

Jul 15
43 min

Steve Kerr: The Mind of a Champion | Grey Matter with Declan Kelly

Steve Kerr has spent a lifetime studying his own mind. As a player, he was an overthinker with a fierce competitive drive who had to learn how to channel those qualities

Jun 11
34 min

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 Mich

May 21
40 min

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 countr

Apr 30
46 min

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

Apr 9
46 min

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 w

Mar 10
40 min

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 go

Feb 11
52 min

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 an

Jan 29
35 min

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 categ

Jan 8
40 min

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,

Dec 3 2025
38 min

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. 

Nov 17 2025
38 min

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, rescui

Oct 27 2025
53 min

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