Can Big Tech Reform Itself?
Mehran Sahami, a Stanford professor and former Google employee, wants to see a reset from the technology industry. For the past few decades, the world's technologists (many of whom become its corporat...
14 Sep 202126min
Why Companies Need Returnship Programs (Back to Work, Better)
Carol Fishman Cohen, human resource consultant and CEO of iRelaunch, says that extended career breaks have always been common. Now the pandemic has made them even more widespread. So, companies are in...
7 Sep 202120min
How the Pandemic Changed Talent Management (Back to Work, Better)
Johnny C. Taylor Jr., CEO and President of the Society for Human Resource Management, says that this is a reset moment for organizations that want to finally get human resources right. The crisis has ...
31 Aug 202129min
Best of IdeaCast: Saying No to More Work
When the work keeps piling on, there comes a time when everyone needs to say no. But how do you do so without offending your coworkers or hurting your career? Former host Sarah Green Carmichael, and K...
26 Aug 202121min
What We Still Need to Learn about AI in Marketing — and Beyond
Eva Ascarza, professor at Harvard Business School, studies customer analytics and finds that many companies investing in artificial intelligence fail to improve their marketing decisions. Why is AI fa...
24 Aug 202122min
Rethinking Our Relationship with Work (Back to Work, Better)
Emily Esfahani Smith, author of “The Power of Meaning,” has long studied how people find fulfillment. As the ongoing pandemic causes many of us to rethink how and why we do our jobs, she offers advice...
17 Aug 202126min
When Entrepreneurs Distort the Truth
Kyle Jensen, associate dean at the Yale School of Management, has seen firsthand just how tempting it is for entrepreneurs to lie. As a startup founder himself, he says they have to be always "on" and...
10 Aug 202123min
Moving the Needle on DEI
Shelly McNamara, head of equality and inclusion at Procter & Gamble, knows just how valuable it is to work at an inclusive company. Back in 2012, as a VP at P&G, she came out publicly as LGBTQ, and sh...
3 Aug 202125min
