Podcast Episodes

BCG Presents: Climate Vision 2050--The Ballad of the Wind Rigger

It’s 2050 and we’re exploring how the world radically reduced carbon emissions and saved itself from climate catastrophe. What have our cities done to accommodate massive population growth? And how d…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Climate Adaptation and the Cost of Inaction

Episode 27

How well will the world adapt to ever more extreme climate events? To date most government and business leaders are focusing on climate mitigation at the expense of climate adaptation. Charmian Caine…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Values Are for Everywhere

Episode 26

Corporate values are more important than ever. Should companies boycott countries with values they do not share? Kushal Khandhar, global Pride@BCG manager, argues it often makes sense for companies w…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

The Economy's Conflicting Signals

Episode 25

Inflation is higher than it’s been in a generation, but policy makers still have room to maneuver. Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, BCG’s global chief economist, is concerned about inflation but not yet wil…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

Talent Hiding in Plain Sight

Episode 24

Are companies looking for talent in all the wrong places? Only 10% of jobs are filled by internal lateral candidates. Companies need better ways to find internal candidates especially those who work …

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

Beating the Digital Natives at Their Own Game

Episode 23

Are traditional companies, long derided for being sluggish and stuck in the past, about to undergo a renaissance? Patrick Forth, of BCG’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications practice, talks about …

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

BCG presents: In Her Ellement - Growing in Tech with Women Who Code's Alaina Percival

The future of the tech industry depends on women. So how do you grow that tech career, and why is imposter syndrome sometimes a good thing? In this episode, hear from our new podcast series In Her El…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Talent Is Universal. Opportunity Is Not.

Episode 22

Johann Harnoss doesn’t just advise companies on innovation and global talent mobility. He also has cofounded a nonprofit organization to help students from nations such as Syria and Afghanistan secur…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

How Can the World Achieve Health Equality?

Episode 21

In an interconnected world, global health is not just a scientific aspiration but an economic one. As supply shortages brought on by factory shutdowns in China demonstrate, a disease outbreak in one …

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

To Reduce Emissions, You Have To Measure Them

Episode 20

Companies will never achieve net zero unless they can measure their emissions, and few of them do it successfully. Only about one in ten companies accurately tracks its emissions. Artificial intellig…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago