Jun 11

How to Actually Finish What You Need to Get Done

There are many productivity tools and tactics that promise to help you make the most of your workday. But there is one simple practice that’s consistently been shown to be effective: timeboxing. Timeboxing is about merging your to-do list with your calendar, reserving time each d ... Show More

25m 10s

Jun 3

How to Cultivate Your “Personal Power” as a Leader

We all know the stereotypes of leaders who use charisma, manipulation, domineering behavior, or their status in the hierarchy to exert control. But there is another type of leader whose power isn’t necessarily related to their position on the org chart. Chris Lipp has spent years ... Show More

25m 50s

May 27

How Shake Shack Balanced Digitalization with Its Hospitality Ethos

Shake Shack started in 2001 as a hot dog cart in New York City’s Madison Square Park. It’s now a global fast-casual restaurant chain renowned for both quality and hospitality. In 2024, following a rapid rollout of digital tools like kiosks and mobile ordering, Chief Growth Office ... Show More

29m 25s

Apr 2024

Disruptive Innovation in the Era of Big Tech

In 1995, the late and legendary Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen introduced his theory of “disruptive innovation” right here in the pages of the Harvard Business Review. The idea inspired a generation of entrepreneurs and businesses, ranging from small start- ... Show More

47m 39s

Apr 2022

381 Competing on Thought Leadership by Robert Buday

Competing on Thought Leadership: How Great B2B Companies Turn Expertise Into Revenue by Robert Buday About the Book: "Thought leadership" is now a core part of the business lexicon. Numerous corporate websites devote whole sections to it ... Show More

1h 47m

Mar 2024

Ngozi Okeh - Driving Business Success through Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

In this episode, Dr. Laura Sicola interviews Ngozi Okeh, the global head of DEI at NextRoll, a marketing tech company. They delve into the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace and how it can significantly impact business success. <strong ... Show More

37m 4s

Nov 2023

Lessons in Innovation from a Legacy Firm

Pencil-maker Faber-Castell has been in business since 1761, but it is still innovating and adopting new technology. In this episode, Harvard Business School associate professor Ryan Raffaelli discusses his case, “Faber-Castell.” He explains how the company balances stewardship of ... Show More

17m 52s

Jun 2022

779: How to Unlock Greater Potential through Unlearning with Barry O’Reilly

Barry O’Reilly shares his strategies on how to unlearn the mindsets and behaviors that hold us back.  — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The key to breakthrough improvement 2) How to identify what you need to unl ... Show More

28m 54s

Jun 2024

How Booking.com Sustains a Culture of Innovation

Booking.com was founded by a Dutch university student in 1996. It grew slowly for almost a decade. By 2011, the company was generating more than a billion dollars in profits annually — making it the most financially successful digital travel market at the time. The secret to that ... Show More

27m 56s

Oct 2023

How to Expand Beyond a Direct-to-Consumer Strategy

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) businesses play an outsize role in disrupting industries. Think of eyeglasses and Warby Parker or mattresses and Casper. But after that initial disruption, industry competitors often adapt. Harvard Business School professor Len Schlesinger and Matt Higgin ... Show More

32m 10s

Oct 2022

432: How “Recovering Accountant” Guy Pearson Built the Shopify for Services

At 24, Guy Pearson turned down a partnership to start an accounting firm. His early clients were digital companies, and Pearson was jealous that there wasn’t an online commerce system for his industry. So in 2013, he launched a new company called Ignition to simplify and speed up ... Show More

52m 6s

Sep 2023

S11E20: From Nuclear Engineering to a Consulting Offer – Denyce’s Story

Send us Fan MailIf you are an undergraduate engineering student looking to break into consulting, Denyce’s story is for you. With a passion for sustainability and a background in nuclear engineering, Denyce – an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto with no business ... Show More

24m 12s

Sep 2023

How a Multinational Publishing House Pivoted to Digital

Wolters Kluwer started in the 1830s as a publishing house. But the Dutch multinational corporation has grown into a global, information services company and now earns more than 90 percent of its revenue from digital products. “We had to move quickly and we had to do a certain set ... Show More

26m 25s

Deloitte’s Pixel: A Case Study on How to...