Rapid Response: Playing offense in adversity, w/Target’s Brian Cornell
The fallout from the pandemic is proving to be as challenging for business leaders to navigate as the pandemic’s onset. Target’s CEO Brian Cornell had to make difficult decisions in the second quarter...
11 Aug 202223min
Bill Gates: How to accelerate history (Part 1)
How did Bill Gates scale BOTH a global business and a global philanthropy? He spotted an inflection point in history — and accelerated it. What does that take? A great idea, great timing, and also: Gr...
9 Aug 202240min
Rapid Response: How to decarbonize your business, w/John Doerr, partner at Kleiner Perkins
“Go for the megatons.” That’s John Doerr’s recommendation for how we need to combat the existential threat of climate change. Doerr, a venture capitalist and author of the new book Speed and Scale, jo...
4 Aug 202230min
Bonus: Five ways to burnout-proof your organization
If you’re a leader right now navigating the global pandemic, supply chain disruptions, and your own mental list of what’s keeping you up at night, the issue of burnout is probably on your mind. You ca...
2 Aug 202237min
Rapid Response: What the crypto crash teaches us all, w/Chainalysis’s Michael Gronager
Crypto winter isn’t a disaster, it's an opportunity. That’s how Michael Gronager, CEO of $8 billion crypto data company Chainalysis, describes the crashing prices and bankruptcies that have roiled the...
28 Juli 202223min
Need to Know, w/Reid & Bob: Business withdrawals from Russia, strife at Netflix, Musk vs Twitter, the business world’s role in democracy, Crypto’s future, & more
Reid Hoffman and Bob Safian sit down to discuss how today’s hot-button stories are impacting business. The co-hosts address the key trends that all entrepreneurs should be up to speed on, from the loo...
26 Juli 202230min
Rapid Response: Turning tears to action, w/Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson
“Hope is a practice. It comes from doing.” As the head of Planned Parenthood, Alexis McGill Johnson is regrouping in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to remove the federal right to safe a...
21 Juli 202228min
Drive full-speed at opportunity, w/AKQA’s Ajaz Ahmed
If you want to capitalize on an opportunity that you think could change the world, you need to drive full speed toward it. Back in 1994, when Ajaz Ahmed dropped out of college to start one of the firs...
19 Juli 202235min
