Podcast: Love as a Business and Change Strategy with Mohammad Anwar of Softway
September 25, 2025

- Brent Stewart
Digital Strategy & Content Leader at Barry-Wehmiller
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We told you in the last episode about the new revised and expanded edition of our CEO, Bob Chapman’s book, Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family, which will be out Oct 21.
If you read the original version, you know it’s a story of transformation. It’s about a leader who realized there was a better way to lead that was different than everything he was taught and thought he was supposed to do. And how his company changed because of those realizations and why others should change as well.
On our podcast today, we have a fantastic discussion with a leader who also had a dramatic transformation experience. Mohammad Anwar is the CEO of Softway, a people-first consulting firm that helps evolving organizations truly transform in areas of technology, communication, and culture.
Mohammad and Softway’s story was chronicled in their first book: Love as a Business Strategy. Their recently released book, Love as a Change Strategy details Softway’s further learnings.
On this episode, we talk to Mohammad about his leadership journey. We talk about his amazing transformation and how Softway transformed. We talk about what it means to be a human centered technology company. And we talk about why Mohammad thinks AI can help humans get back in touch with their humanity.
You can listen to this episode through the link in the header above or through your favorite podcast provider.
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