Events

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 tackles head on the strategic challenge executives confront when the ecosystems they compete in are disrupted. The problems start, as Adner explains, when strategists choose […]

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, he's built rafts out of junk, floated down the Mississippi river for days on said raft, writes books about his adventures and advocates for the […]

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 to my attention for his work on the unintended consequences of technology, which he is addressing through an unusual startup funding model. We'll be talking […]

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 Foundation as its CEO (among many other things, including her highly acclaimed book "Unfinished Business"). She has a new book out, "Renewal: From Crisis to […]

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 particularly relevant to our pandemic-related supply chain disruptions. It's really eye opening! Before joining the Journal in 2014, he was the lead technology reporter for […]

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. It's delightful that she has published an even deeper dive in her new book "Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company". […]

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 Frank Rose. We are instead hard-wired to respond to stories. His new book, "The Sea We Swim In" is a masterful exposition on storytelling, including […]