Pete Harris, President at Pipedrive: How to Find Your Purpose (Even at 35,000 Feet)
My Duvet Flip by Jack Parsons
Jack Parsons
4.2 • 8 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Episode Guest
Pete Harris is the President at Pipedrive, with a career spanning from auditing at Deloitte to global leadership. Known for his grounded wisdom and purpose-driven mindset, Pete brings clarity and compassion to every room he walks into - or in Pete's case, runs into!
Episode Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:55 Meet Pete Harris – President at Pipedrive
3:00 The Flight That Changed Everything
6:20 Why Pete Turned Down Partnership at Deloitte
9:00 Discovering Your Purpose in Life and Work
12:15 Pete’s Hierarchy of Needs
15:10 From Corporate Climb to Courageous Quit
18:00 The Power of Support: Marriage, Mentors & Mindset
21:30 Resigning With Grace and Class
24:00 Pete’s Ironman: Testing Limits and Finding Clarity
28:00 What Endurance Taught Pete About Insecurity and Self
31:10 Talking Money: Value, Confidence & Childhood Habits
35:00 From Seven-Year-Old Saver to Global Leader
38:20 Why Your Job Title Isn’t Who You Are
41:00 What Real Wealth Looks Like (And It’s Not Money)
44:15 Time, Presence, and the 18 Christmas Rule
47:00 Leadership, Listening and Talking Last
50:00 The Power of Diversity and Integrity at Work
53:00 Pete on Taylor Swift, Energy Vampires & the A-Team
56:00 Final Reflections and Pete’s Duvet Flip
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I need to be very, very clear on my purpose and I wasn't. |
| 0:04.0 | There was something that wasn't right within me that said, |
| 0:07.0 | I don't think I want to go down this path. |
| 0:10.0 | I need to understand why. |
| 0:12.0 | I love that. |
| 0:13.0 | People have dreams, ideas. |
| 0:15.0 | We need to give people keys to doors to open. |
| 0:18.0 | Hi, my name is Pete Harris. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm president at Pipe Drive. We have 800 employees |
| 0:23.1 | and this is my duvet flip. I was on a flight to Australia and what I said to myself is I'm not |
| 0:29.9 | getting off this plane until I'm clear on my purpose. I started writing things down. Within an hour, |
| 0:35.2 | I was in tears. I was in bits. You resigned two weeks after you found out your purpose on the plane, or was this two weeks after you went to the interview? Two weeks after the interview. I resigned straight after that, and then I said I need to work up my purpose, and I need to work out what my path is in life. What am I meant to be doing here? When did you figure it that actually I think I've got this all wrong? |
| 0:55.5 | You know, I'm president at Pipe Drive. I won't be forever. This is a temporary privilege that I've got |
| 1:00.6 | right now. And so with that, you need to make sure that it's not about your title. It's about who you are. |
| 1:06.7 | Do you think people need to find a purpose or a motivation when they're doing stuff? |
| 1:11.6 | You can't choose the weather. You can't change the weather, but you can change your attitude. |
| 1:16.6 | What's your duvet flip? What gets you out of bed in the morning to flip the duvet? |
| 1:19.6 | My duvet flip is... |
| 1:21.6 | Hi, my name is Pete Harris. I'm president at Pipe Drive. Just before sitting down with Jack, |
| 1:30.9 | I feel a little bit with imposter syndrome. I am really excited to talk a little bit about money |
| 1:36.8 | and what do we value and why. I wanted to come on my duvet flip because I think the work that |
| 1:43.7 | Jack, Leon and team are doing is phenomenal. |
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