Sharon Parker is an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow, a Professor of Organizational Behavior at Curtin University, Director of the Centre for Transformative Work Design, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Sheffield. We di

Creating Human Centered Organizations (w/ Michele Zanini)

Aug 8th, 2020 39m 46s

Michele Zanini is the co-founder of the Management Lab. Together with Gary Hamel, Zanini helps forward-thinking organizations become more resilient, innovative and engaging places to work. Zanini was previously an Associate Partner at McKinse

Should Washington and Lee Remove Lee from its Name? (w/ Lucas Morel, Jim Casey & Brandon Hasbrouck)

Jul 15th, 2020 1h 8m

The faculty at Washington and Lee University recently voted to remove Lee from the name of the institution. Ultimately, this monumental decision rests with the board of trustees. In this episode, I speak with faculty members that represent th

Samsung Rising (w/ Geoffrey Cain)

Jun 26th, 2020 56m 44s

Geoffrey Cain is an award-winning foreign correspondent, author, commentator, anthropologist and scholar of East and Central Asia. His first book, SAMSUNG RISING, from a decade of his coverage of the world’s largest technology conglomerate, was

Stock Market and Finance in the Coronavirus Era (w/ Grant Williams)

Jun 11th, 2020 58m 1s

Grant Williams is a preeminent thinker on finance, markets and the economic implications of coronavirus. Over the past 30 years he has held senior positions at a number of investment banks and brokers across the globe. Grant is a senior adv

Readying millennials for the C-suite (w/ Nate Bennett)

May 28th, 2020 35m 58s

Nate Bennett, Ph.D., is a professor of management and the faculty director of Georgia State University’s executive MBA program. He has published in many widely read resources for managers including the Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journ

How Digital Winners Set Direction, Learn, and Adapt (w/ Arun Arora)

Apr 28th, 2020 33m 24s

Arun Arora is a partner at McKinsey with over 25 years of experience managing operations for US-based and multinational companies. He has extensive expertise in all environments, including digital, retail, and omnichannel. Arun specializes in h

Managing Algorithms (w/ Jennifer Logg)

Mar 31st, 2020 36m 18s

Jennifer Logg is an Assistant Professor of Management at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. Prior to joining Georgetown, she was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Harvard University. Logg’s research examines how people expect algor

Disunited Nations (w/ Peter Zeihan)

Mar 3rd, 2020 42m 37s

Peter Zeihan is an expert in geopolitics: the study of how place impacts financial, economic, cultural, political and military developments. He presents customized executive briefings to a wide array of audiences which include, but are not limi

Emotional Agility (w/ Susan David)

Feb 10th, 2020 30m 14s

Susan David is one of the world’s leading management thinkers and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist. We discuss her new #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling book, Emotional Agility. Susan’s TED Talk on the topic went viral wi

Opportunity and Risk in Venture Capital (w/ Josh Wolfe)

Jan 23rd, 2020 41m 4s

Josh Wolfe is the co-founder and managing partner of Lux Capital, a venture capital fund with $2.5 billion under management that invests in emerging science and technology ventures at the outermost edges of what is possible. Josh is a columni

The Unintended Consequences of Diversity Initiatives (w/ Lisa Leslie)

Jan 8th, 2020 29m 51s

Lisa Leslie is an Associate Professor of Management and Organizations at New York University’s Stern School of Business. Leslie's research focuses on strategies for facilitating social justice and strong performance in diverse organizations. S

Confronting Gender Inequality (w/ Robin Ely)

Dec 20th, 2019 44m 38s

Robin Ely a Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on leadership, identity, and organizational culture change. Examples of her past resea

It Doesn't Have to be Crazy at Work (w/ Jason Fried)

Dec 6th, 2019 38m 17s

Jason Fried is the co-founder and CEO of Basecamp, a software development company. Jason is the author of many books, including his recent “It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work.” The Economist wrote, “Their book is funny, well-written and iconoc

Big Tech and Data Privacy (w/ Leslie John)

Nov 23rd, 2019 21m 19s

Leslie K. John is a Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Leslie is a behavioral scientist who studies how people make decisions, and the wisdom or error of those decisions. In her primary line of research, Lesl

Serving a life sentence (w/ Travis May and Keramet Reiter)

Oct 18th, 2019 1h 59m

Part I- Travis May committed 5 armed robberies at the age of 16. Travis tells his remarkable, inspiring story. Part II- Keramet Reiter is an associate professor of criminology, law and society at the UC Irvine School of Social Ecology. Kerame

Making Venture Capital More Effective (w/ Blair Garrou)

Sep 28th, 2019 42m 26s

Blair Garrou is a co-founder and Managing Director at Mercury Fund, an early stage venture capital fund with over $275 million under management. Blair focuses on investments in enterprise SaaS and cloud computing startups. In addition, Blair t

On Cybersecurity (w/ Jack Huffard)

Sep 28th, 2019 36m 49s

Jack Huffard is the President and CEO of Tenable Network Security, a $2 billion cyber security corporation. Jack co-founded Tenable in 2002. Before Tenable, Jack was the Director of Corporate Development for Enterasys Networks. In 2013, he rece

Aggregating the News (w/ Mark Coddington)

Aug 30th, 2019 43m 26s

Mark Coddington is an assistant professor of journalism and mass communication at Washington and Lee University. He is the author of the recent book, Aggregating the News. Mark earned his Ph.D. in journalism from the University of Texas at A

On Speaking Up (w/Megan Reitz)

Aug 23rd, 2019 42m 14s

Megan Reitz is listed on the Thinkers50 Radar of global management thinkers and on the 2018 HR Most Influential list of Thinkers. Reitz is the author of the new book, Speak Up, as well as Dialogue in Organizations and Mind Time and a profes

When businesses violate the public’s trust (w/ Sandra Sucher)

Aug 16th, 2019 44m 53s

Sandra Sucher is a Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School. Sucher is the author of over 100 business cases, technical notes, video interviews, and teaching notes cases on leadership and the ethical dilemmas of businesse

The Artificial Intelligence Revolution (w/ Tom Davenport)

Aug 9th, 2019 41m 58s

Tom Davenport is a professor of information technology and management at Babson College, the co-founder of the International Institute for Analytics, a Fellow of the MIT Initiative for the Digital Economy, and a Senior Advisor to Deloitte Analy

Organizational Culture and Values (w/ President Will Dudley)

Aug 2nd, 2019 42m 4s

Will Dudley is the president of Washington and Lee University. He was previously the provost and professor of philosophy at Williams College. He is the author of two books, "Understanding German Idealism" (2007) and "Hegel, Nietzsche and Phil

CEO of Progressive, 2018 Businessperson of the Year: Tricia Griffith

Jul 26th, 2019 39m 47s

Tricia Griffith is the CEO and president of Progressive Insurance, the 3rd largest auto insurance company in The United States. In 2018, Tricia became the first women to be named Fortune’s Businessperson of the year. She leads Progressive’s 3

The Death of Conspicuous Consumption? (w/Peter Singer)

Jul 19th, 2019 35m 32s

Peter Singer has been dubbed by many as the “world’s most influential living philosopher.” Singer is a professor of bioethics at Princeton University. He has written co-authored, edited or co-edited more than 50 books, untold number of articl