Jacinda Ardern The former Prime Minister of New Zealand on leadership, optimism, and being filmed at close quarters

The new HBO documentary Prime Minister is about your style of leadership, which emphasizes compassion and humanity.

- - BELINDA LUSCOMBE

Does it feel like your approach is not winning right now? Certainly the alternative approach is very dominant. But it is not the only approach. There are examples of leaders around the world who have at their core the values of empathy and kindness. Mark Carney [of Canada] and Anthony Albanese [of Australia], two recently elected Prime Ministers, both used that critical election-night speech, where you set out your agenda and your vision, to talk about kindness.