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Staying Principled in a Time of Uncertainty

How do you lead through a crisis, build an innovative company, and prepare an organization for long-term success? For Kenneth Chenault, former CEO of American Express and current chairman at General C...

2026-10-27

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When You Feel Envy, Turn It Into Something Productive

Envy can damage workplace relationships, fuel unhealthy competition, and leave employees feeling stuck. But it can also reveal what people want from their careers—and offer leaders an opportunity to t...

2026-10-20

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Why Great Teams Don’t Need to Like Each Other

What makes a great team? It might have less to do with whether colleagues like one another and more to do with whether they’re aligned on a shared purpose. Organizational psychologist and Wharton prof...

2026-10-13

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How AI Is Changing Strategy: Rethinking What Your Business Is Designed to Do

AI is advancing so quickly that companies can’t afford to treat it as simply another productivity tool; it is fundamentally reshaping strategy. In this final episode of our special four-part series on...

2026-10-08

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Optimism Is Now an Essential Leadership Skill

Optimism isn’t about ignoring problems or pretending everything will work out. It’s about acknowledging challenges while believing that your actions can still make a difference. Psychologist and resea...

2026-10-06

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How AI Is Changing Innovation: Why Speed Alone Isn’t a Strategy

AI is making it faster and cheaper than ever to turn ideas into prototypes, products, and businesses—but that abundance creates new challenges for leaders. In episode 3 of a special four-part series o...

2026-10-01

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What Retail Legend Ron Johnson Learned from Apple’s Success and JCPenney’s Failure

How do you know when to trust your previous experience in a transformation environment, and how do you know when to listen, observe, and adapt? Ron Johnson helped create the Apple Store and transform ...

2026-09-29

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How AI Is Changing Communication: Weighing Efficiency with Efficacy

AI is rapidly changing how top leaders communicate with employees, customers, boards, and each other. In episode 2 of a special four-part series on how AI is changing leadership, we explore how execut...

2026-09-24

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What New CEOs Get Wrong About the Job

Becoming CEO can look like the culmination of a career. But the skills that help someone rise to the top job aren't necessarily the ones that make them successful once they get there. Nitin Nohria, fo...

2026-09-22

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How AI Is Changing Talent, Not Just Tasks: Rethinking Where Human Judgment Matters Most

The decisions leaders must make about AI today go far beyond what platforms to invest in: AI is changing organizational culture and leadership for good. In episode 1 of a special four-part series on h...

2026-09-17

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What It Takes to Make Progress When the Future Feels Out of Control

When the future feels increasingly out of our control, how can leaders and organizations make progress? University of Pennsylvania psychologist Martin Seligman, a pioneer in the study of optimism, res...

2026-09-15

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A Leading Restaurateur on What It Takes to Scale a Winning Culture

When a company is small, maintaining a strong culture can feel relatively easy. But as organizations grow, layers of management, geographic distance, and pressure for efficiency can make it much harde...

2026-09-08

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Are Great Leaders Truly Great—or Just Lucky?

How much does a leader actually matter to an organization’s success? We tend to credit CEOs, founders, and other powerful figures with shaping the institutions they lead, but historian Jared Diamond a...

2026-09-01

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How People Without Formal Power Gain Influence

In today’s increasingly decentralized workplaces, leaders often need to get things done without having direct authority over the people they depend on. So how can you influence colleagues, clients, ve...

2026-08-25

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Living and Working in the Age of Longevity

People are living longer, healthier lives than ever before. But many of our assumptions about executive careers—from climbing the corporate ladder to retiring at 65—haven't caught up. London Business ...

2026-08-18

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The Innovation Strategy Most Companies Miss

Companies often build products for wealthy markets first and then try to adapt them for the rest of the world. But according to Dartmouth Tuck professor Vijay Govindarajan and MIT professor Amos Winte...

2026-08-11

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Why Great Turnarounds Start with Culture, Not Strategy

In an era of constant disruption, successful turnarounds require more than a new strategy—they demand a new culture. Dan Schulman, former CEO of PayPal, came out of retirement to tackle the challenge ...

2026-08-04

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Introducing The Founder Mindset: Tim Ferriss on Experiments, Risk, and Freedom

What does it take to be a successful entrepreneur in today's uncertain world? How do you balance risk, decision-making, and curiosity? We’re sharing an episode from The Founder Mindset with Reza Satch...

2026-07-30

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What Makes Chinese Companies So Competitive?

To compete in business anywhere today, leaders at all levels need to learn about the culture and mindset that sets Chinese businesses apart. Stanford research fellow Dan Wang argues that they've built...

2026-07-28

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Leadership Summit 2026: Inspiring Grit and Growth Amid Unprecedented Change

Most leaders are asking the same question about AI: Will it make their teams more productive—or slowly erode the very skills they're trying to build? In this special episode, as part of the recent HBR...

2026-07-23

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