Mar 11

Looking Back on Nike’s Evolution from Startup to Global Enterprise

Phil Knight, co-founder, former CEO, and Chairman Emeritus of Nike, tells the story of starting the sports apparel and equipment giant after taking an entrepreneurship class at Stanford and teaming up with his former track coach, Bill Bowerman. Together, they changed how running ... Show More

19m 57s

Mar 4

Why Storytelling Matters When Changing Company Culture

Jay Barney, a professor at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, studied leaders who successfully led culture change and found one thing in common: they created and spread authentic and memorable stories. The new stories then emanated throughout the workforce ... Show More

31m 22s

Feb 25

Combatting Cynicism in Your Organization

Around the world, we’ve become increasingly cynical about other people, public institutions, and corporations. Back in 2022, Edelman’s Trust Barometer found that nearly 60% of respondents across 27 countries reported that their default is to distrust. And that’s bad for business, ... Show More

29m 40s

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 a textIf 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 exper ... Show More

23m 58s

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...