Women’s Health Tech Wednesdays are designed to engage and inspire innovation within the healthcare community. All are welcome to participate in the weekly event, which will consist of a brief interview, followed by a live Q&A. We aim to facilitate connections and inspire change within the women's healthcare industry.
About The Show The Why or “The North Star” for this show is to share fresh information to empower new thinking. We welcome guests to the show to share their wisdom and inform the community to lead more fulfilled lives. About The Host - Aidan McCullen Aidan is a change consultant and works with organizations to […]
Big capital projects - hydroelectric facilities, subway systems, massive ERP installations - have in common that they are often built in a monolithic and customized way. Huge upfront investment, and no benefit until the thing is complete. It doesn't have to be that way, according to research conducted by my guest Bent Flyvbjerg. Even with […]
For two-plus years in crisis mode, the overwhelming concern has been survival. Now, the leadership imperative shifts to performance. Recovering societies desperately need fresh injections of economic energy. Our institutions must perform like never before. But does standing out as a “top performer” mean something different than it did just a few years ago? Traditionally, if […]
Michael Bungay Stanier (or "MBS" as those who know him affectionately call him has written books that have sold over a million copies, rebelled against a traditional path that would have been his fate after his Rhodes scholarship and developed an approach to coaching that "un-weirds" it. His latest book is "The Advice Trap: Be […]
Sharon Price John, the CEO of Build-a-Bear workshop, has had a fabled career that includes losing (even though you won), taking big risks and having them pay off, the mom thing and more recently the turnaround and transformation of the beloved brand. She's written about her experiences in a great book called "Stories & Heart" […]
Exploring the theories of disruptive innovation across a broad set of industries and circumstances with academics, researchers, and practitioners who have been inspired and taught by Professor Clayton M. Christensen.
A weekly podcast discussion about asymmetric learning - how organizations gain competitive advantage through their approach to learning, in all its forms. We will talk with thought leaders and experts to understand processes and systems of learning that lead to outperformance - hosted by Mike Rea, an expert on pharmaceutical innovation. Mike Rea hosts a blog […]
Everyone knows that agile ways of working depend on effective teamwork. What is less obvious is how effective teamwork fits into the capability creation process. In this talk, we will explore the four elements that signal that a team is working effectively, debunk pervasive myths (for instance that satisfaction on a team is highly correlated […]
Dick Rumelt has often been described as a strategists' strategist, someone who can reduce the most complex problems to their essence and use strategic choices to make the most significant difference in the outcome. He has a new book out, "The Crux" in which he debunks a lot of the activity that unfortunately takes the […]
Keith Ferrazzi is a consummate networker, an iconic influencer, and a #1 New York Times bestselling author. His new book "Competing in the New World of Work" is an eye-opening tour of the new skills that are going to separate winners from losers in the post-pandemic competitive environment. He'll be joining me by the fireside […]
Winner of the 2022 New York EY Entrepreneur of the Year award, ExecOnLine co-founder Stephen Bailey has been revolutionizing access to high-quality executive development. One of the first to recognize how valuable on-line learning could be to anyone, he also emphasizes how important it can be to the career prospects of diverse talents. He's also […]
Matt Richtel is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist with the New York Times, a prolific writer and author of the new book "Inspired: Understanding Creativity, A Journey Through Art, Science and the Soul." He's uniquely qualified to write this particular book, which gets at the essence of human creativity through the lenses of biology, neurology […]
A conference focused on business leadership, innovation, marketing and customer experience. Hosted by the Fortnight Group, comprised of business leaders and executives such as Steve Denning, Curt Carlson, Darrel Rigby, Rita McGrath and many others who clearly see the challenges and vast opportunities for growth our world is facing today.
Leaders today are facing challenges unlike any other era. Business and workforce disruptions have reached epic proportions, competitors are appearing from new and unexpected places, and the return to normal has been replaced by a new constant – change. How do we make sense of this new business environment, and help workforce leaders adapt and […]
In 2018, Goldman Sachs reported that Google paid Apple $9 billion to be the default search engine on the iPhone; by 2022 that number is reportedly $20 billion. Why is a position that a user could easily change with just a few clicks so valuable? The answer, according to my Friday Fireside Chat guest, Eric […]
Join us for the launch of the CBS Alumni Club of HK’s Women's Committee, featuring a hybrid panel discussion on Mindful Leadership: Why It Matters Now with our distinguished panelists from the CBS community.
Leading Strategic Growth and Change is focused on the process of finding opportunities, launching new ventures, and leading necessary organizational changes to revitalize and transform an organization in times of uncertainty. Participants will learn how to thrive in rapidly changing and highly uncertain environments and will be able to immediately apply their learning to make […]
The evidence is clear: inclusive leaders and inclusive organizations outperform those that are not. Yet women remain underrepresented in all levels of management. Despite the compelling case for equality of gender representation at all levels of an organization, even with the best of intentions, unconscious bias can influence who advances at work. Participants in the Women […]
I just love a scrappy entrepreneurial story, and my Friday Fireside Chat guest, Ryan Close, has a great one. A former bartender, he noticed that people would love to enjoy cocktails, but didn't have the ingredients, the skill or the time to make them up. He started to play around with the concept that would […]
The Business Excellence Institute is a membership body that works to help its members – be they individuals or organizations – get outstanding results for all their stakeholders. It promotes excellence in management and the Business Excellence profession and has members on 6 continents. Established in 2016, the Excellence Hall of Fame recognizes and celebrates […]
The Drucker Forum in 2022 will redefine “performance that matters” in the wake of Covid, and explore how to realize more of our inherent human potential to drive it. We will showcase the work of enterprises, teams, and managers who have moved the needle on success as they define it.
The 1% Podcast brings together the 3Ps of People, Professions and Performance. We chat to top-class performers from eclectic areas (sport, business, politics, art etc.) to extract the tactics, tools and routines you can use to get 1% better and achieve success.
Christian Stadler is a Professor of strategy at Warwick Business School in the UK (formerly at the Tuck School). He was short-listed for the Thinkers50 strategy award in 2021. His new book "Open Strategy: Mastering Disruption from Outside the C-Suite" explores how interconnected and open strategies can challenge conventional wisdom about keeping things to yourself!
The Innovator's Handbook is published every year as the "bible" for everyone leading and doing innovation in large organizations, summarizing best practices and sharing how-to advise on everything innovation management. The launch for the 2023 edition is on December 6th The overall theme for the launch event is "Innovation Management in 2023", to inform the […]
Will Sherlin has produced a podcast on corporate innovation for 4 years or so. Discussion revolves around everything from design thinking and how to have more successful brainstorming sessions to how to employ improv comedy in the workplace and the importance of story-telling. Lots of really talented, really smart guests.
Rita Kakati-Shah, an award-winning gender inclusion strategist, is the author of "The Goddess of Go-Getting," a fun guide to making your way in the world when you are not in the majority group. Rita’s spin on diversity, equity and inclusion is that most people get it wrong and, as a result, the outcomes are causing […]
To thrive in complex and uncertain situations, we know that organizations do best when those at the ‘edges’ – who are close to customers and markets – can make decisions independently. A few organizations are figuring out how to do this by creating ‘permissionless’ structures, in which teams can self-manage, which speeds up responsiveness and […]
Richard Rumelt has been described by no less than McKinsey as a "giant in the field of strategy." He's also a dear friend and an enormously influential thought leader. We're going to chat about his latest book, "The Crux" in which he illustrates the principles of challenge-based strategy. The idea is that strategists need to […]
Established in 2006, CDT’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) Roundtable is a knowledge sharing forum for the most senior technology executives. This partnership between technology leaders and UC Irvine is aimed at helping them lead their companies to success in a digitally-driven world. The forum provides members with access to leading thinkers and industry experts, facilitates […]
Will Sherlin produces a podcast on corporate innovation. Discussion will be about everything from design thinking and how to have more successful brainstorming sessions to how to employ improv comedy in the workplace and the importance of story-telling. Lots of really talented, really smart guests.
Designed for senior executives, the blended format of the Advanced Management Program offers participants curated coaching and an invitation to learn together. Over the course of 22 weeks, Columbia faculty and staff will support and challenge you to become a more agile, effective, and authentic leader through interactive online modules, in person immersion opportunities, executive […]
Bob Sutton is a rarity - a talented academic who knows how to translate serious research into practical use. He has more books to his name than we'll have time to talk about but some of my fave's are "The No A**hole Rule" and "The Knowing-Doing Gap." He's got a new one coming out with […]
Leading Strategic Growth and Change is focused on the process of finding opportunities, launching new ventures, and leading necessary organizational changes to revitalize and transform an organization in times of uncertainty. Participants will learn how to thrive in rapidly changing and highly uncertain environments and will be able to immediately apply their learning to make […]
Hiding in the Bathroom: How to Get Out There When You’d Rather Stay Home - Is this a great title, or what?? My Friday fireside chat guest is Morra Aarons-Mele, a globally recognized speaker, podcast host and author of the new book "The Anxious Achiever." She's on a mission to get people to understand that […]
Bent Flyvbjerg, a Professor at Saïd Business School of the University of Oxford and IT University of Copenhagen, is a leading world scholar on project and program management. His new book, How Big Things Get Done, was described by The Wall Street Journal as a "seminal work on big projects." Professor Flyvbjerg's research has led him to formulate an innovative approach to building […]
We all know about the big things that cause us to feel burned out. Toxic bosses. Obnoxious colleagues. Too much work. Impossible deadlines. The list goes on. But, did you know that sometimes your feeling of burnout isn't the result of one big thing - its the accumulation of tons of little things - Microstressors […]
It's easy to despair at high levels of inequality and lack of access to capital and resources that still face entrepreneurs who aren't white, male or well-connected. Freada Kapor Klein's career is a beacon of hope for those of us looking for real, practical solutions. The Fund, Kapor Capital, which she co-founded puts its money […]
Leading Strategic Growth and Change is focused on the process of finding opportunities, launching new ventures, and leading necessary organizational changes to revitalize and transform an organization in times of uncertainty. Participants will learn how to thrive in rapidly changing and highly uncertain environments and will be able to immediately apply their learning to make […]
Do you see employees as units of cost? Do you think that offering "market based" pay, few opportunities for advancement and obsolete tools is a solid path to business success? Then please join me and MIT professor Zeynep Ton for a session that could prove life-changing. Zeynep's research shows that well paid workers, trained, with […]
The statistics are in for business owners, and the story is anything but great. There's a good chance you're one of the 90% of business owners whose wealth is locked-up in the business. Your financial freedom hinges on a successful exit or liquidity event. But up to 90% of liquidity events fail. The high failure […]
What if you had one place where you can listen to the untold stories of some of the most accomplished and inspiring leaders in the world? In this podcast, productivity & performance coach, Stoyan Yankov, welcomes: ? Unicorn founders & entrepreneurs, ? Top-level executives from leading companies, ? Best-selling authors & experts, ? And many other extraordinary individuals! You […]
Tiffani Bova, author and Customer Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce is herself a force of nature! While everybody sort of gets it that there is a relationship between the work experience of your people and the service experience received by your customers, they don't understand the real nature of the connection. In her forthcoming […]
Bestselling business author Bryce Hoffman and agility expert Marcus Dimbleby talk about decision making, strategy, resilience and leadership with some of the world’s best CEOs, cognitive scientists, writers, and thinkers in this weekly podcast. Each episode offers new ideas and insights you can use to become a better leader and a better thinker – because […]
Jeremy Utley is a major presence at the Stanford Design School, author of the recent popular book "Ideaflow" and a serial entrepreneur to boot! In what will prove to be an exciting conversation, he and I will be talking about how you can train yourself to generate a continual flow of good ideas and how […]
Subscription models are crazy powerful. Savvy small companies can easily deploy them to knock huge Goliaths off kilter. We’ve seen it in entertainment, software, hardware, news, retail, hospitality—the list goes on. In her podcast series, Robbie Kellman Baxter interviews the leaders of this revolution about how they’re using subscription pricing and membership models to redefine […]
You have doubtless at some point been asked to fill in a "Mad Libs" style positioning statement. Product ___ offers ___ benefits to ___ target customer, allowing them to ____. Typical. My guest this week, April Dunford, thoroughly debunked this nonsensical approach to positioning in her previous book "Obviously awesome" which is an amazing guide […]
Medium Day will be a virtual conference of our community where you’ll learn directly from people who share their lives on Medium. You’ll see a wide variety of perspectives from various publications, editors, authors, and our staff, and be able to ask questions.
Aside from being one of my dearest colleagues at Columbia, and someone I love to casually say I last saw at Davos, Sheena Iyengar is one of the worlds' foremost authorities on choice and choosing. She has a wonderful new book out on how we can find great solutions to truly difficult problems, with lots […]
DPHARM® offers an unparalleled opportunity to hear senior clinical operations executives and innovative thought leaders unveil the latest innovations to modernize clinical trials.
We all know that competitive advantages often don’t last, and that means you need innovation skills to create new advantages and transformation skills to shift the center of gravity of your organization when an old advantage has eroded. But it is still a huge organizational struggle. In this webinar, Valize partners Rita McGrath and Ron […]
Kai D. Wright is many amazing things - a podcast host, an award-winning journalist, a historian, a novelist, and now (as if that wasn't enough) he's going to be joining me by the Fireside to talk about his new projects. I had the privilege of getting to know him as a guest on his podcast […]
he Curious Advantage by Paul Ashcroft, Simon Brown and Garrick Jones is an exploration of the idea of curiosity and its increasing importance for thriving in the digital age. Taking the widest possible exploration of all things curious – historical, contemporary, neuro-scientific, anthropological, behavioural, semantic and business-focused.
THEME DESCRIPTION CREATIVE RESILIENCE LEADING IN AN AGE OF DISCONTINUITY It’s the word of the moment—resilience—and there’s little wonder why. In the past three years, a brutal pandemic and its economic fallout have knocked the world to its knees. Across many months, policymakers have responded in inconsistent, politicized ways as workplaces were shuttered, supply chains […]
What's next for Corporate Innovation? Whilst innovation remains a top priority for every CEO, we have again witnessed this year that when markets are uncertain and costs need to be cut, the innovation function is also amongst the first to be impacted. As a function, we’re still figuring out how we contribute to our organizations’ […]
Forensic accounting and filmmaking? How does that go together? Well, join Kelly Richmond-Pope, a Professor at DePaul University in Chicago as we delve in what she's learned from years of studying fraudsters, scammers and backroom operators of all kinds. Her new book is "Fool Me Once" and it uncovers what makes perps tick, why victims […]
Disruptive Innovators features conversations with CIOs and IT/Digital leaders from around the world - diving into their personal backstory/career, their current role, trends they've been seeing and their vision for the future. This podcast is made for people who recognize how quickly the digital business landscape is evolving - those who recognize that it takes […]
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Well, here's a great way to build some new, essential skills for 2024. Who doesn't want to rock their next informal meeting or be the one everyone remembers after some seemingly idle chit-chat? And who hasn't had the experience of flubbing an opportunity and wishing there was a chance for a do-over? My Friday Fireside […]
SparcHub is a software app designed to make it easy to implement Rita McGrath's famous discovery driven growth method. It allows you to track ideas and opportunities, estimate how much uncertainty you have across your portfolio, keep track of what teams are learning and find out quickly if projects are developing issues. It's easy to […]
Stanford's Bob Sutton is one of the smartest people on the planet with respect to what goes on in organizations and why (hint - he's the guy that helps you deal with organizational A**holes). He has a brand new book coming out, "The Friction Project" with Huggy Rao on the subtle ways in which leaders […]
SparcHub is a software app designed to make it easy to implement Rita McGrath's famous discovery driven growth method. It allows you to track ideas and opportunities, estimate how much uncertainty you have across your portfolio, keep track of what teams are learning and find out quickly if projects are developing issues. It's easy to […]
SparcHub is a software app designed to make it easy to implement Rita McGrath's famous discovery driven growth method. It allows you to track ideas and opportunities, estimate how much uncertainty you have across your portfolio, keep track of what teams are learning and find out quickly if projects are developing issues. It's easy to […]
The Brand Called You’ is a Media Tech global platform that brings you Leadership Lessons, Knowledge, Experience and Wisdom from leading personalities from diverse backgrounds across the World. These are individuals who have contributed significantly to make the World a better place. Converse with the brightest minds from the world of business, technology, professionals and […]
Chip Conley is on a mission to make mid-life a welcome and joyous part of life's journey! His new book "Learning to Love Mid-Life" is an invitation to explore the wisdom that comes with experience, to let go of baggage that doesn't serve you well and to transform toward a fulfilling future. He'll be joining […]
