Jul 21

How a Museum Marketing Team Used AI to Bring People Closer to Art

In 2025, Harvard Art Museums considered using generative AI in a marketing campaign to increase visitor engagement and membership. Looking to boost attendance and appeal to a younger audience base, and facing intensified competition for leisure time, the Museums’ marketing team e ... Show More

26m 42s

Jul 7

Are We Entering a New Age of Creativity with the Help of AI?

In March 2024, The Atlantic announced a strategic content and product partnership with artificial intelligence giant OpenAI. OpenAI would license The Atlantic’s content to train its models and respond to user queries, while The Atlantic would receive a fee, privileged access to O ... Show More

29m 48s

Jun 23

How School of Rock Created Structure in Order to Scale with Agility and Creativity

In the summer of 2021, School of Rock was a youth-oriented music education company with 291 franchise- and company-owned schools globally. Before Rob Price became CEO in 2017, School of Rock’s nonconformist culture led to variability in teaching styles, educational outcomes, and ... Show More

37m 15s

Jan 2024

Does Your Family Business Have a Succession Plan?

Rohit Gera had turned his family’s boutique real estate development firm into a dynamic housing solutions innovator for urban Indian families. But as he prepared to retire, Gera had to decide who would take over for him. Should he define a strategy for future growth and pick a su ... Show More

29m 10s

Jan 2021

What Sets Family Businesses Apart

Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer, cofounders of BanyanGlobal Family Business Advisors, say that a family-run company has more flexibility than its publicly-traded counterpart to build a legacy and grow sustainably for the long term. But making critical decisions when there are famil ... Show More

24m 5s

Sep 2023

Should you go into business with your family?

The family-run business model is as old as business itself.Across Africa and the rest of the world, it is family businesses that dominate production and trade.From massive global brands like BMW or Nike to your local grocery store, it is a common set-up.But a family business can ... Show More

20m 41s

Jul 2018

Family Businesses

Are you struggling with the complications of working in a family business? Dan and Alison answer your questions with the help of Ted Clark, who runs the Center for Family Business at Northeastern University. They talk through advancing when you’re not a member of the family, mana ... Show More

35m 11s

Nov 2024

Am I Going to Fail the Family Business?

Today we’ll hear about: A son concerned he will let down his family and their business An owner who is content with no growth in his business Dave discussing what decision caused his business to experience rapid growth A son weighing the consequences of returning to his f ... Show More

48m 53s

Mar 2024

Transition to Next-Gen: Rewriting the Rules of Succession

Marie and Valentine Barbier-Mueller are the third generation of their family enterprise Société Privée de Gérance which was founded in Geneva by their grandfather in 1960. For 3 generations, the company has been a major player in the real estate market in French-speaking Switzerl ... Show More

42m 4s

Mar 2018

MBA970 Q&A Wednesday: Should I hire a family member?

<p>Family is family, but business is business. Should the two mix?</p><p>Many entrepreneurs have to ask themselves this very question. What’s the risk/reward balance of hiring and managing the people closest to you? For some businesses, it can work beautifully. Take the husband & ... Show More

9m 53s

Mar 2022

Family Business And Next Gen Leaders

Jonathan Goldhill will discuss strategies for driving growth in any business, especially family businesses, through his 7 P’s Framework – Purpose, Planning, Products, People, Priorities, Processes, Performance. He aims to have you think differently about how you run your business ... Show More

39m 53s

Oct 2024

Can My Business Survive This Crazy Economy?

Today we’ll hear about: A business owner trying to navigate a difficult economy A son deciding who to sell his late father's business to A new business owner celebrating her team and their success A leader facing a logistical bottleneck for growth in a specialty sales r ... Show More

49m 59s

Dec 2024

How to mix business and family

What to do when your boss is your father-in-law, your colleague is your cousin, and your business partner is also your life partner? In the last episode of the season, Anne and Frances help a frustrated listener discover new ways to help her family business bounce back. She strug ... Show More

32m 19s

A Family Business at a Crossroads: Scali...