Podcast Episodes

The Future of Trade: How Will Multinational CEOs Succeed?

Episode 39

As regional trading blocs emerge, today’s multinational playbooks will become increasingly obsolete. Marc Gilbert, BCG’s Global Lead for its Center for Geopolitics, unpacks what every CEO needs to kn…

Published on 3 hours ago

Force Multiplier or Co-Worker? Humans, AI, and the Future of Work

Episode 38

Many fear a future where huge swaths of the workforce are replaced by AI. But those concerns are based on a fundamental misunderstanding of how companies can best unlock AI's profit-boosting potentia…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Will You Buy a Car from a Chatbot?

Episode 37

Sponsored and boosted content is a reality of web searches these days, making it harder for consumers to find agnostic product recommendations. Consumers who want to cut to the chase will increasingl…

Published on 4 weeks ago

How Will AI Revamp Marketing—and the Role of CMOs?

Episode 36

AI is creating greater customer personalization, but a far more fundamental change is coming. Over the next decade, it will break down silos across organizations and give CMOs always-on access to bet…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

AI Agents and the 'Everywhere All at Once' Sales Team

Episode 35

Too often, a company’s sales strategy is limited by finite resources. Even the largest multinational corporations have to make tough decisions about where to deploy their sales teams. But as they gro…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

BCG Presents: The So What from BCG

Who Wants to Be a CEO? 

The role of the CEO is both powerful and punishing. Christine Barton, BCG’s CEO Advisory lead in North America, explores how to make the job more fulfilling. It starts with cla…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

When Quantum Computing Brings Breakthroughs...or Chaos (First Aired: November 13, 2024)

Episode 34

Quantum computers harness the almost mystical properties of subatomic particles to solve problems that are beyond even the most powerful “classical” computers available today. Will these computers us…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

BCG Presents: The CEO Radar

While discussions of US tariff policies dominated Q2 earnings calls to an unprecedented degree, another equally important trend is bubbling just under the surface in C-suites and on trading floors: c…

Published on 3 months ago

Preparing for an Uncertain Future…in the Future (First Aired: November 27, 2024)

Episode 33

By the year 2035, we will likely be able to utilize AI to crunch complex data sets and produce far more accurate predictions of the future, for everything from stock market fluctuations to consumer t…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

BCG Presents: In Her Ellement

What can ancient Greek myths teach us about modern leadership? 

Kirsten Rulf has spent her career at the intersection of tech, policy, and public service. 

In this episode, Kirsten shares how she found…

Published on 4 months ago