Today
Devin Kennedy, "Coding Capitalism: Computers and the Remaking of the Postwar US Economy" (Columbia UP, 2026)
Long before Google, Amazon, or Microsoft, computer technology shaped how people worked, how markets operated, and how businesses became big. After World War II, military officials and their partners in industry looked to the newly invented electronic computer as they sought to cu ... Show More
56m 51s
Today
The Resurgence of War and the Collapse of Arms Control
How the nuclear guardrails were dismantled. What arms control actually did (risk management, predictability, geography), how it unravelled from the 2000s onward, and why its collapse matters more now as we see a resurgence of strategic instability and armed conflict. Learn more a ... Show More
34m 10s
Oct 2025
545. Epic Disruptions: Uncovering the Innovations That Shaped Our World
In this episode of The Brainy Business podcast, Melina Palmer welcomes Scott Anthony, author of Epic Disruptions: 11 Innovations that Shaped Our Modern World. Together, they explore the fascinating concept of disruption, diving into how seemingly ordinary innovations have radical ... Show More
46m 35s
Dec 2022
Roger D. Blackwell and Roger A. Bailey, "Objective Prosperity: How Behavioral Economics Can Improve Outcomes for You, Your Business, and Your Nation (Rothstein Publishing, 2022)
Today I talked to Roger Blackwell about his new book Objective Prosperity: How Behavioral Economics Can Improve Outcomes for You, Your Business, and Your Nation (Rothstein Publishing, 2022)
Contrary to conventional wisdom, about 90% of billionaires are self-made as opposed to peo ... Show More
34m 30s
Oct 2025
The World’s Changing Fast. Here's How to Keep Up.
It’s easy enough to celebrate “disruptive” technologies, but all that disruption can have a real human cost. Job loss, anxiety, environmental fallout — every major shift creates winners and losers. But today’s author says the upsides may be worth the turmoil. Scott D. Anthony is ... Show More
17m 55s
Feb 2021
Rapid Response: Why we need to think again, w/Adam Grant
As we grapple with pandemic-charged change in business and as a society, we’ve become more fractured, more divisive, and more vulnerable. Adam Grant, best-selling author and professor at the Wharton School, argues that recognizing what we don't know is the key step on the road to ... Show More
30m 43s
Jul 2021
Systems Leadership for Disruptors and Incumbents
<p>There's been a false dichotomy in technology and management lore over the past decade, between "brain" and "brawn", digital and physical, independence and interdependence, software culture versus industrial culture… or so observes Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer, ... Show More
48 m
Jan 2023
In Order To CHANGE YOUR LIFE In 2023, You Need To DO THESE 3 Things First! | Yuval Noah Harari
As someone on the path of major self-growth, these conversations are key in stretching your mind, changing your beliefs, and begging you to question how you want to live your life and exist in a rapidly changing world. Artificial intelligence has become more front and center in t ... Show More
1h 25m
Today I talked to Jonathan Brill about his new book Rogue Waves: Future-Proof Your Business to Survive and Profit from Radical Change (McGraw-Hill Education, 2021)
There are ten big trends that Brill identifies as disrupting business now and into the future. Each is a wave of change onto self, but the intersection of many of them contributes to forming monst ... Show More
<p>Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 238, an episode with a sought-after strategist and advisor, Kian Gohar. Get Kian's book here: <a href="https://amzn.to/3mOXe1y" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://amzn.to/3mOXe1y</a></p> <p>Many organizations have been caught flat-footed ... Show More
