Events

Zoe Chance graduated from a massively successful corporate career to doing groundbreaking research to teaching a hugely popular elective at Yale called Mastering Influence and Persuasion, aka "Doing Uncomfortable Things […]

We think of unusual events as rare - but as my Friday Fireside Chat guest, Jonathan Brill, points out, they may be rare individually, but when they accumulate, the chance […]

John Hagel was seeing around the corners of the business world long ago. He's well known for his work presented in 7 books on business, digitization and what he's learned […]

Sarah Stein Greenberg has been a fixture at Stanford's famous "d.school" since 2010, and is currently its Executive Director. When the design movement swept across the product landscape, led by […]

Peter Cappelli and I go back a long way and I can't wait to get caught up with him in this Friday Fireside Chat. Cappelli was one of my professors […]

If you could pick someone to lead you through an intelligent conversation about the new world of work, you couldn't do better than to consult with Jennifer Moss. Author of […]

Leading Strategic Growth and Change (Live Online) is a five-day virtual program focused on the process of finding opportunities, launching new ventures, and leading necessary organizational changes to revitalize and […]

Everybody Wants To Rule the World. When R "Ray" Wang says it, he isn't just channeling a popular musical line, he really means it. In his view, digital giants are […]

I promised Harvard Professor and expert on equality and inclusion Robert Livingston that I would read his book "The Conversation" before he joined me for a Friday Fireside Chat. I […]

Liz Wiseman changed the way we think about high performing organizations with her groundbreaking book "Multipliers." She found that, despite the best of intentions, some leaders diminish the creativity and […]

Ron Adner and I have been intellectual sparring partners and friends for a very long time. He's just come out with a terrific new book, "Winning the Right Game" which […]

Marcus Eriksen made a huge impression on me when I first met him. He is an environmental scientist, educator and author as part of his day job. On the side, […]

Chris Ategeka is an opportunity / talent catalyst, a successful entrepreneur, a TED talker and a Ugandan orphan, among many other things. His accolades go on for pages! He came […]

Anne-Marie Slaughter burst into the public eye with her 2012 article in the Atlantic "Why Women Still Can't Have It All." Since then, she's gone on to run New America […]

Christopher Mims is a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, and writes Keywords, a weekly column on technology. He has a fascinating new book out called "Arriving Today" that is […]

Sought after author, consultant and speaker, Whitney Johnson, already laid the groundwork for personal and professional development in her previous work on how people can traverse the "S-curves" of learning. […]

We are told that human beings make decisions on the basis of data and facts. Not so fast, suggests my Friday Fireside Chat guest, author, speaker and Columbia faculty member […]

The dopamine hit - that delicious feeling your brain delivers to you as a reward, and part of our evolutionary programming - is addictive. And that's a problem, observes Anna […]

Michael Sikorsky is an entrepreneurs' entrepreneur! He's been named an EY Entrepreneur of the Year, has started and sold several businesses (one of which grew 2,300% in one year!) and […]

Roger Martin has been many things - a top-ranked management thinker, author of best-selling books, advisor to business leaders and the Dean of a Business school. I'm delighted that he […]

Sure, we're all Olympic athletes and Nobel prize winners in our own minds, but have you ever wondered what makes them different than you and I? My Fireside chat guest […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]