When it first came out in 2005, Freakonomics unearthed the hidden side to everything, helping bring behavioral economics to the forefront of popular culture. But it also has had lasting impacts on how leaders understand problems, how advertisers understand consumers, and how we all understand the workplace. Coauthor Stephen Dubner explains the difficulty of ... Show More
Apr 14
To Gain Customer—and Employee—Loyalty, Go Beyond Good Enough
Companies that spend their energy on incremental improvements to products, services, and even employee experience might just be spinning their wheels. Author Marcus Buckingham argues that data show that the only way to truly make an impact on performance is to make sure customers ... Show More
29m 41s
Oct 2024
Prof G Markets: Can A Podcast Change Southwest Airlines? + The College Consulting Business
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Scott and Ed open the show by discussing Kalshi’s new election contracts, the rest of the bank earnings, the repercussions of ASML’s 2025 sales guidance, and Amazon and Google’s nuclear energy deals. Then Scott breaks down why he ... Show More
55m 3s
Oct 2024
Can A Podcast Change Southwest Airlines? + The College Consulting Business
Scott and Ed open the show by discussing Kalshi’s new election contracts, the rest of the bank earnings, the repercussions of ASML’s 2025 sales guidance, and Amazon and Google’s nuclear energy deals. Then Scott breaks down why he thinks Elliott's new podcast is a smart tool for i ... Show More
55m 3s
Oct 2024
Top Money and Life Secrets from 25 Millionaires: What You Should REALLY Know
<p>We just hit our 25th episode! To celebrate, we’re doing a special recap of the best lessons from all our past conversations. Sam’s looking back at the standout advice from founders, entrepreneurs, and experts who opened up about what really happens when you hit major financial ... Show More
31m 5s
Nov 2024
How Globalization Has Changed Strategic Planning
In 1992, Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. signed NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the global business landscape began transforming. Pankaj Ghemawat, a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, studies how companies have adjusted their strategies to that disrupti ... Show More
28m 28s
Jul 2023
Mind Games: How Confidence Shapes our Financial Markets, with Economist Peter Atwater
#452: Peter Atwater, an economics professor at The College of William and Mary and author of “The Confidence Map,” joins us to discuss how confidence shapes our financial markets.
He explains how The Hunger Games relates to the Lehman Brothers collapse. He describes why you shoul ... Show More
1h 2m
Dec 2024
Malcolm Gladwell on influence, technology, and the evolution of The Tipping Point
What does it take for an idea to reach a tipping point today, and how has that changed over 20 years? In this episode of Hello Monday, best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell joins Jessi Hempel to explore how the power of influence has evolved in the digital age. In his new book, Re ... Show More
35m 56s