Innovation

Ep 180. Christopher Marquis: How B Corps are Remaking Capitalism

Ep 180. Christopher Marquis: How B Corps are Remaking Capitalism

Christopher Marquis is the Samuel C. Johnson Professor in Global Sustainable Enterprise and Professor of Management at Cornell University. Stew and Chris discuss Chris’ new book, Better Business: How the B Corp Movement Is Remaking Capitalism. Chris reviews the meaning and intent of a B Corp, how this differs from corporate social responsibility initiatives, and why the essential features of B Corps are good for all businesses and their people…[Click for more]

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Ep 174. Rita McGrath: Seeing Around Corners

Ep 174. Rita McGrath: Seeing Around Corners

Rita McGrath, Columbia Business School Professor, is an expert on inflection points. Her recent book Seeing Around Corners:How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen is about how effective leaders and teams see those shifts coming before they happen and can react in innovative ways to succeed. Stew and Rita talk about how to see around unpredictable, unprecedented, or blind corners in order to make the best decisions during this pandemic period…[Click for more]

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Ep 48. Sanyin Siang: Find Your Superpower and Launch

Ep 48. Sanyin Siang: Find Your Superpower and Launch

Sanyin Siang is an author, leadership advisor, and CEO coach. She co-founded and leads the Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE) at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.  Her The Launch Book draws on first-hand stories and behavioral science principles to help us all be braver about launching – because she believes that we’re all “launching” all the time.  Stew and Sanyin talk about what happens when we’re trying something new—whether it’s an idea at work, a big move in our personal lives, or the start of a company. To hear more about Inspiration Boards, Impact Boards, building your tribe -- including naysayers -- and more...[Click here]

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Ep 33. Nilofer Merchant: Take a Stand Where No One Else Can

Ep 33. Nilofer Merchant: Take a Stand Where No One Else Can

Nilofer Merchant  is a master at turning seemingly “wild” ideas into new realities and showing the rest of us how we can too. She has personally launched more than 100 products, netting $18B in sales, for companies ranging from Apple to Autodesk. Nilofer was awarded the Future Thinker Award from Thinkers50...[Click here for more]

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