547: First African American Astronaut to Walk in Space on Lessons from His Missions and Embracing Infinite Possibilities

Lynn Smith, former national news anchor for NBC News, MSNBC, and CNN Headline New, and now executive communication coach, reframes public speaking as an internal leadership skill, not a performance. S...

12 Nov 202553min

Is capitalism still working, or is it due for an upgrade?   In this must-watch episode, authors Seth Levine and Elizabeth McBride discuss insights from their book Capital Evolution, sharing what they ...

10 Nov 202554min

"Most people can't remember the last time they went to bed and thought: today was fun."   In this conversation with Bree Groff, author of Today Was Fun, we recenter the conversation on joy, pleasure, ...

5 Nov 202546min

What does it really take to go from working as a gas station cashier to leading a billion-dollar company?   In this Strategy Skills Podcast episode, host Kris Safarova speaks with Shirin Behzadi, auth...

3 Nov 202554min

Vik Malhotra, McKinsey senior partner and coauthor of CEO Excellence and A CEO for All Seasons, examines the strategic pressures that now define the CEO role: a "30- to 40-year tech revolution," inten...

27 Okt 202547min

Few leaders have run Fortune 500 giants on different continents. Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld has. As CEO of Siemens (Germany) and Alcoa (U.S.), he has led global transformations across industries and advised ...

22 Okt 20251h 1min

In this week's Strategy Skills episode, we spoke with Ben Swire, author of Safe Danger and former leader at IDEO. His thesis is trust and psychological safety aren't byproducts. They're designable con...

20 Okt 202559min

Scott Harris, a New York City real estate broker with more than $2 billion in career sales and author of The Pursuit of Home, reframes buying and selling property as an emotional journey—"a place wher...

15 Okt 202551min