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The Secret of Culture Change with Jay Barney from 2023-11-28T11:00
In his new book The Secret of Culture Change: How To Bui...
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The Geek Way with Andrew McAfee from 2023-11-14T07:30
In The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary...
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Head&Heart with Dr. Kirstin Ferguson from 2023-11-07T07:30
How to Work with (Almost) Anyone with Michael Bungay Stanier from 2023-10-24T07:30
Big Bets with Rajiv Shah from 2023-10-10T07:30
In his new book, Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens<...
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Mixed Signals with Uri Gneezy from 2023-09-19T07:30
In his new book, Mixed Signals: How Incentives Really Work...
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The Coming Wave with Mustafa Suleyman from 2023-09-05T07:30
In his new book, The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and ...
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Right Kind of Wrong with Amy Edmondson from 2023-08-29T07:30
In her forthcoming book, Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing...
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The Perennials with Mauro Guillén from 2023-08-22T07:30
In The Perennials: The Megatrends Creating a ...
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Power and Progress with Simon Johnson from 2023-08-01T07:30
In his new book Power and Progress, Listen
LOOK with Christian Madsbjerg from 2023-07-18T10:15
In his new book, LOOK: How to Pay Attention in a Distracted World...
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Magic Words with Jonah Berger from 2023-06-20T08:30
In his latest book, Magic Words: What to Say to Get Your Way, Listen
The Case for Good Jobs with Zeynep Ton from 2023-06-07T10:00
In her new book The Case for Good Jobs, Listen
Economic Factors Underlying Biodiversity Loss with Partha Dasgupta, Simon Levin and Georg Kell from 2023-05-25T07:30
In this special episode of the Thinkers & Ideas podcast, we invited Sir Partha Dasgupta and Simon Levin – co-authors of the forthcoming report "Listen
How Big Things Get Done with Bent Flyvbjerg from 2023-05-16T07:15
Bent Flyvbjerg has a sobering statistic to share: 99.5% of major projects fai...
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The Microstress Effect with Rob Cross and Karen Dillon from 2023-04-18T07:30
Think Bigger with Sheena Iyengar from 2023-04-11T09:15
In her book Think Bigger: How to Innovate, Listen
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism with Martin Wolf from 2023-03-21T07:30
Sustainability, Technology, and Finance with Georg Kell and Andreas Rasche from 2023-03-13T11:00
In their book Sustainability, Technology, and ...
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Direct with Kathryn Judge from 2023-02-27T09:30
This conversation was recorded on November 16th, 2022.
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Leading Through Inflation with Ram Charan from 2023-02-10T10:00
This conversation was recorded on November 28th, 2022.
Ram Charan is a business consultant, a...
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Leading Through Inflation with Ram Charan from 2023-02-10T10:00
This conversation was recorded on November 28th, 2022.
Ram Charan is a business consultant, a...
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How to Stay Smart in a Smart World with Gerd Gigerenzer from 2023-01-31T18:36
In his latest book, How to Stay Smart in a Smart World: Why Human I...
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Harvard Business Review at 100 with Adi Ignatius from 2023-01-18T17:22
Adi Ignatius is the Editor in Chief of Listen
The Patient Priority with Stefan Larsson and Jennifer Clawson from 2023-01-05T15:08
Stefan Larsson, MD, Ph.D. is a pioneer in the field of value-based health care. Dr. Larsson is ...
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Unreasonable Hospitality with Will Guidara from 2022-12-15T19:13
Will Guidara made his name in the hospitality industry as the co-owner of Eleven Madison Park, transfor...
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How the Future Works with Brian Elliott from 2022-12-13T17:46
Brian Elliott is an Executive Leader at Listen
Purpose and Profit with George Serafeim from 2022-12-02T19:33
George Serafeim is the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration...
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Power and Prediction with Joshua Gans from 2022-11-15T12:28
Joshua Gans is a Professor of Strategic Management and the holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical I...
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HANGRY with Mike Evans from 2022-11-01T10:00
Mike Evans made his name as the founder of Listen
IDEAFLOW with Jeremy Utley and Perry Klebahn from 2022-10-25T13:56
Jeremy Utley is a Director of Executive Education at Listen
The Future of Competitive Strategy with Mohan Subramaniam from 2022-10-12T17:39
Dr. Mohan Subramaniam is a Professor of Strategy and Digital Transformation at the IMD Business School. His...
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Rita McGrath and Roger L. Martin on the Nature of Competitive Advantage from 2022-09-28T15:45
In this special episode of the Thinkers & Ideas podcast, Martin Reeves, Chairman of BCG Henderson Institute, is joined by two of the leading minds in strategy to discuss the nature of compet...
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The Upside of Uncertainty with Nathan Furr and Susannah Harmon Furr from 2022-09-13T12:36
Nathan Furr is an Associate Professor of Strategy at INSEAD. His research focu...
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Everyday Superhero with Tony O'Driscoll from 2022-08-01T14:11
Tony O’Driscoll is a Professor of Business Administration at Duke University’s Fu...
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Solvable with Albrecht Enders and Arnaud Chevallier from 2022-07-08T14:47
Albrecht Enders is a Professor of Strategy and Management and Co-Director of the T...
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Tomorrow’s Capitalist with Alan Murray from 2022-06-02T11:00
Alan Murray is the President and CEO of Fortune Media. He is a lifelong journalist having pre...
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The Long Game with Dorie Clark from 2022-05-17T11:00
Dorie Clark teaches executive education at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia University’s Gr...
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A New Way to Think with Roger L. Martin from 2022-05-03T14:06
Roger L. Martin is a Professor Emeritus of Strategic Management and former Dean at the University of Toronto’s R...
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Redesigning Work with Lynda Gratton from 2022-04-26T14:21
Lynda Gratton is a Professor of Management Practice at London Business School and the CEO and founder of Listen
Be Logical - Be Creative - Be Critical with Luc de Brabandere from 2022-04-08T11:00
Luc de Brabandere is a Senior Advisor at BCG, a BCG Henderson Institute Alumni Fellow, co-founder of Listen
The Voltage Effect with John A. List from 2022-03-31T11:00
John A. List is a Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and Chief Economist at Walmart. L...
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Moonshot with Dr. Albert Bourla from 2022-03-08T22:08
Dr. Albert Bourla is Chairman and CEO of Pfizer Inc., and author of Listen
Corporate Explorer with Andy Binns and Charles O'Reilly from 2022-02-22T14:01
Andrew Binns and Charles O’Reilly are co-founders of Change Logic, a Boston-based strategic advisory firm. Charles is a Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and author of multip...
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Deep Purpose with Ranjay Gulati from 2022-02-08T13:30
Ranjay Gulati is an organizational scholar and professor of business at Harvard Business School.
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Winning the Right Game with Ron Adner from 2021-12-09T12:00
Ron Adner is Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Ron previously ...
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Rule of the Robots with Martin Ford from 2021-11-23T12:00
Martin Ford is an entrepreneur, futurist, and author of multiple books, including the New York Times Listen
Net Positive with Paul Polman and Andrew Winston from 2021-11-11T17:33
Paul Polman was the CEO of Unilever from 2009 to 2019, the first from outside the company in its century-plus history, and has been described by the Financial Times as “a standout CEO of the pas...
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The Human Element with Loran Nordgren and David Schonthal from 2021-11-02T12:00
Loran Nordgren is Professor of Management and Organizations at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of ...
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The Exponential Age with Azeem Azhar from 2021-10-19T11:00
Azeem Azhar is the creator of Listen
Open Strategy with Christian Stadler from 2021-10-12T11:00
Christian Stadler is a Professor of Strategic Management at Warwick Business School and a member of the ...
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The Burnout Epidemic with Jennifer Moss from 2021-09-28T11:00
Jennifer Moss is an award-winning author, speaker, and radio columnist, reporting on topics related to happ...
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AI 2041 with Kai-Fu Lee from 2021-09-14T11:00
Kai-Fu Lee is the CEO of Sinovation Ventures and the New York Times bestselling author of AI Super...
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The Power of Trust with Sandra Sucher from 2021-08-13T12:00
Sandra Sucher is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School a...
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Three Days at Camp David with Jeffrey E. Garten from 2021-07-28T19:41
Jeffrey Garten was Dean of the Yale School of Management until 2005, before that Undersecretary of Commerc...
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The Family Business Handbook with Rob Lachenauer from 2021-07-27T11:00
Rob Lachenauer is the CEO at BanyanGlobal, an organization that advises the owners of th...
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Remote Work Revolution with Tsedal Neeley from 2021-07-14T14:45
Tsedal Neeley is Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Her work focuses on how lead...
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Rethinking Competitive Advantage with Ram Charan from 2021-06-29T11:00
Ram Charan is a world-renowned business advisor, author, and speaker who has spent the past 40 years wor...
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The Power of Creative Destruction with Philippe Aghion from 2021-06-11T21:28
Philippe Aghion is professor of economics at the London School of Economics and Collège de France and INSEAD, and formerly of Harvard University.
He joins BCG Global Chief Economist Philip...
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Noise with Olivier Sibony from 2021-05-28T01:45
Olivier Sibony is a Professor at HEC Paris and an Associate Fellow of Saïd Business School in Oxford Univ...
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Framers with Kenneth Cukier and Francis de Véricourt from 2021-05-21T20:15
Kenneth Cukier is a New York Times bestselling author on technology and business, a journalist at The Economist, an...
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Manifesto for a Moral Revolution with Jacqueline Novogratz from 2021-05-18T11:00
Jacqueline Novogratz is the founder and CEO of Listen
How Boards Work with Dambisa Moyo from 2021-05-05T11:00
Dambisa Moyo is an economist and best-selling author who focuses on macroeconomics and global affairs. She curren...
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The Global Rule of Three with Jagdish Sheth, Can Uslay, and Raj Sisodia from 2021-04-28T13:14
In the absence of excessive regulation or anti-competitive practices, industries are observed to evolve toward an optimal market structure called the Rule of Three. This entails that a ...
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The Great Demographic Reversal with Charles Goodhart and Manoj Pradhan from 2021-04-23T14:31
Charles Goodhart is professor emeritus of monetary economics at the London School of Economics. Charles was a member of the monetary policy committee at the Bank of England between ’97 and 2002 ...
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Futureproof with Kevin Roose from 2021-04-13T11:00
Kevin Roose is an award-winning technology columnist for The New York Times, and the New York Times bestsellin...
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Book Interview: Business Model Innovation Strategy with Raffi Amit and Chris Zott from 2021-03-16T13:00
Raphael Amit, Professor of Management at the Wharton School, and Christoph Zott, Professor of Entrepreneurship at IESE Business School, have co-published extensively on all aspe...
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Business Model Innovation Strategy with Raffi Amit and Chris Zott from 2021-03-16T12:00
Raphael Amit, Professor of Management at the Wharton School, and Christoph Zott, Professor of Entrepreneurship at IESE Business School, have co-published extensively on all aspe...
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Book Interview: The Lonely Century with Noreena Hertz from 2021-03-02T13:00
Noreena Hertz is an English academic, economist, and author of four books. Having spent 10 years at the University of Camb...
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The Lonely Century with Noreena Hertz from 2021-03-02T12:00
Noreena Hertz is an English academic, economist, and author of four books. Having spent 10 years at the Univers...
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Book Interview: The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047 with Lionel Shriver from 2021-02-12T13:20:29
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We preface this podcast with a ‘spoiler alert’ as this novel is different from the more formal economics works we usually discuss on this podcast,...
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The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047 with Lionel Shriver from 2021-02-12T12:20
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We preface this podcast with a ‘spoiler alert’ as this novel is different from the more formal economics works we usually discuss on this podcast, and ...
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Book Interview: 2030 with Mauro F. Guillén from 2021-01-26T13:00
Mauro F. Guillén is Professor of International Management at the Wharton School. He served as Directo...
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2030 with Mauro F. Guillén from 2021-01-26T12:00
Mauro F. Guillén is Professor of International Management at the Wharton School. He served...
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Book Interview: The Six New Rules of Business with Judy Samuelson from 2021-01-13T13:00
Judy Samuelson is executive director of the Listen
The Six New Rules of Business with Judy Samuelson from 2021-01-13T12:00
Judy Samuelson is executive director of the Listen
Economic Complexity and Growth Forecasts - a Conversation with Luciano Pietronero from 2020-12-18T12:00
Luciano Pietronero is an Italian statistical physics and full professor at the department of physics at University of Rome Sapienza. He was the founder and director of the Institute of Complex S...
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Book Interview: The Phoenix Encounter Method with Sameer Hasija from 2020-11-17T13:00
There’s increasing dynamism and stress in business environments and we have “firestorms” ranging everywhere that could consume incumbent businesses at any time. According to Ian C. Woodward, V. ...
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The Phoenix Encounter Method with Sameer Hasija from 2020-11-17T12:00
There’s increasing dynamism and stress in business environments and we have “firestorms” ranging everywhere that could consume incumbent businesses at any time. According to Ian C. Woodward, V. ...
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Book Interview: A World Without Work with Daniel Susskind from 2020-10-27T14:16:44
Daniel Susskind is a Fellow in Economics at Balliol College, Oxford, and the author of Listen
A World Without Work with Daniel Susskind from 2020-10-27T13:16
Daniel Susskind is a Fellow in Economics at Balliol College, Oxford, and the author of Listen
Book Interview: Radical Uncertainty with John Kay from 2020-10-20T13:00
John Kay is one of Britain’s leading economists, and has been a Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford since 1970. His work is ...
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Radical Uncertainty with John Kay from 2020-10-20T11:00
John Kay is one of Britain’s leading economists, and has been a Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford since 1970. H...
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Book Interview: Sustainable Investing with Georg Kell from 2020-10-13T13:00
Georg Kell is the founding Executive Director of the Listen
Sustainable Investing with Georg Kell from 2020-10-13T11:00
Georg Kell is the founding Executive Director of the Listen
Book Inteview: Janus Strategy with Loizos Heracleous from 2020-10-06T13:00
Loizos Heracleous is Professor of Strategy and Organisation at the Warwick Business School, and Associate Fellow of Green ...
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Janus Strategy with Loizos Heracleous from 2020-10-06T11:00
Loizos Heracleous is Professor of Strategy and Organisation at the Warwick Business School, and Associate Fello...
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Book Interview: Outside the Box with Marc Levinson from 2020-09-29T13:00
Marc Levinson is an independent economist and historian. He is the author of Listen
Outside the Box with Marc Levinson from 2020-09-29T11:00
Marc Levinson is an independent economist and historian. He is the author of Listen
Book Interview: Reimagining Capitalism with Rebecca Henderson from 2020-09-22T14:00
Rebecca Henderson is an economist, a professor at Harvard Business School, a research fellow at the National Bure...
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Reimagining Capitalism with Rebecca Henderson from 2020-09-22T12:00
Rebecca Henderson is an economist, a professor at Harvard Business School, a research fellow at the Na...
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Book Interview: The Ethical Algorithm with Michael Kearns from 2020-09-15T13:00
Michael Kearns is Professor and the National Center Chair in the Computer and Information Science department of t...
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The Ethical Algorithm with Michael Kearns from 2020-09-15T11:00
Michael Kearns is Professor and the National Center Chair in the Computer and Information Science depa...
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Book Interview: What's Your Problem? with Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg from 2020-09-09T13:00
Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg is a Harvard Business Press author and an expert on innovation and problem-solving. His first book...
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What's Your Problem? with Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg from 2020-09-09T11:00
Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg is a Harvard Business Press author and an expert on innovation and problem-solving. His...
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Book Interview: Uncharted with Margaret Heffernan from 2020-09-01T13:00
Margaret Heffernan is a Texas-born, Cambridge educated author, former media CEO, award-winning journalist, and BBC docume...
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Uncharted with Margaret Heffernan from 2020-09-01T11:00
Margaret Heffernan is a Texas-born, Cambridge educated author, former media CEO, award-winning journalist, and...
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Book Interview: When More is Not Better with Roger L. Martin from 2020-08-25T13:27:02
Roger L. Martin is Professor Emeritus of Strategic Management, at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, where he served as Dean (1998–2...
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When More is Not Better with Roger L. Martin from 2020-08-25T11:27
Roger L. Martin is Professor Emeritus of Strategic Management, at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of M...
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Book Interview: The Ages of Globalization with Jeffrey D. Sachs from 2020-07-15T13:00
Jeffrey D. Sachs is a Professor of economics and Director of Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. He...
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The Ages of Globalization with Jeffrey D. Sachs from 2020-07-15T11:00
Jeffrey D. Sachs is a Professor of economics and Director of Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia Uni...
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Book Interview: Humanocracy with Gary Hamel from 2020-07-09T00:46:40
Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini's forthcoming book, Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them, highlights bureaucracy's social, economic and strategic short...
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Humanocracy with Gary Hamel from 2020-07-08T22:46
Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini's forthcoming book, Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them, highlights bureaucracy's social, economic and strategic short...
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Book Interview: Ecosystem Edge with Peter J. Williamson from 2020-05-28T15:12:43
Peter J. Williamson is Professor of International Management at the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School and Fellow of Jesus College.
He is the coauthor of a new book, Ecosy...
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Ecosystem Edge with Peter J. Williamson from 2020-05-28T13:12
Peter J. Williamson is Professor of International Management at the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School and Fellow of Jesus College.
He is the coauthor of a new book, Ecosystem ...
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Book Interview: The Invincible Company with Alex Osterwalder from 2020-05-08T15:00:25
Alex Osterwalder is an author, entrepreneur, and leading thinker on business strategy and innovation. He is the co-founder of Strategyzer and creator of the Business Model Canvas, a tool for des...
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The Invincible Company with Alex Osterwalder from 2020-05-08T13:00
Alex Osterwalder is an author, entrepreneur, and leading thinker on business strategy and innovation. He is the co-founder of Strategyzer and creator of the Business Model Canvas, a tool for des...
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Understanding the Economic Impact of COVID-19 from 2020-05-06T21:21
Earlier this year, Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak rejoined BCG as Chief Economist, Managing Director and Partner based in New York, and head of the Center for Macroeconomics at the BCG Henderson Insti...
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Lessons from the COVID Crisis: Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, Chairman of LEGO Brand Group from 2020-04-14T11:50
Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, Executive Chairman of LEGO Brand Group, recently had a discussion with Martin Reeves, Chairman of the BCG Henderson Institute, about LEGO’s response to the COVID-19 crisis ...
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Lessons from the COVID Crisis: Marco Alverà, CEO of Snam from 2020-04-08T13:00
Business leaders around the globe are dealing with the unprecedented challenges that the COVID-19 outbreak has brought to companies, economies, and societies.
Marco Alverà, Chief Exe...
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Book Interview: Competing in the Age of AI with Karim Lakhani from 2020-03-12T14:23:01
Karim R. Lakhani is the Professor of Business Administration and the Dorothy and Michael Hintze Fellow at the Harvard Business School, coauthor of the provocative new book, Competing in the Age of ...
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Competing in the Age of AI with Karim Lakhani from 2020-03-12T13:23
Karim R. Lakhani is the Professor of Business Administration and the Dorothy and Michael Hintze Fellow at the Harvard Business School, coauthor of the provocative new book, Competing in the Age ...
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Book Interview: Seeing Around Corners with Rita McGrath from 2020-03-06T14:45:53
Rita Gunther McGrath is a best-selling author, a sought-after speaker, and a professor at Columbia Business School, where she directs a popular program on Leading Strategic Growth and Change. Her n...
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Seeing Around Corners with Rita McGrath from 2020-03-06T13:45
Rita Gunther McGrath is a best-selling author, a sought-after speaker, and a professor at Columbia Business School, where she directs a popular program on Leading Strategic Growth and Change. He...
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2% Companies with Knut Haanaes from 2019-11-15T03:19
According to research conducted by Knut Haanaes, Dean of the Global Leadership Institute at the World Economic Forum, just 2% of companies consistently outperform their peers on both growth and ...
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Dispelling the Myths of Ecosystems with Michael Jacobides from 2019-02-25T18:19
In annual reports, the term “ecosystem” occurs 13 times more frequently now than it did a decade ago. But like any buzzword, it tends to be over-applied. What actually is a business ecosystem? H...
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Diversity, Inclusion and AI: in Conversation with Frida Polli, CEO, pymetrics from 2019-01-22T17:26
Martin Reeves, Global Director of BHI talked with Frida Polli, CEO of pymetrics, a start up which has developed a more cost effective, accurate and less biased substitute for hiring and promotio...
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