Podcast Episodes

To Save the Planet, Move Fast and Clean Things

Episode 56

A promising $19 trillion has been put toward the energy transition. The bad news? We need $18 trillion more—and that’s just to reach 2030 goals. As the world gears up for COP28, the UN’s climate conf…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Do Pharma CEOs Have the Prescription for a Net Zero World?

Episode 55

Ahead of COP28, the UN’s climate conference, we explore the unique ways public-private partnerships help achieve sustainability goals. Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, CEO of Novo Nordisk; Pascal Soriot, C…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

BCG presents: Climate Vision 2050--The Green City in the Sun

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 2 years, 1 month ago

AI Coworkers Are Coming. Here's How to Work with Them.

Episode 54

We are closing in on the first anniversary of the public release of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and GPT-4. And yet the ever-changing field of human-machine collaboration remains poorly unders…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Zombie Buildings and the Future of Cities

Episode 53

Downtowns were built for a 9-5 world that no longer exists. Santiago Ferrer, BCG’s North American lead for cities, real estate, and infrastructure development, says civic leaders have an opportunity …

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

The Price Is Not Always Right

Episode 52

A price is an expression of value and part of a conversation with customers. Jean-Manuel Izaret, BCG’s global leader of pricing, discusses the importance of designing a pricing strategy that creates …

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Can Joy and Productivity Coexist in the Workplace?

Episode 51

Should the workplace of the future consist of a mostly in-office, remote, or hybrid model? Deborah Lovich, leader of BCG’s work on people strategy, argues we’re asking the wrong question entirely. Or…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Can Business Sustain the UN’s Sustainability Goals?

Episode 50

In 2015, the UN established Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved by 2030. In 2023, we are halfway there and have achieved only about 12% of those goals. Rich Hutchinson, global leader of BCG’…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Unexamined Spending Is Wasteful Spending

Episode 49

Cost-cutting gets a bad rap, but the exercise is actually an opportunity to find money that can be reinvested in the business. Mark Austin, BCG’s global topic leader of cost and zero-based transforma…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

From the Archive: What to Teach the World of the Future

Episode 48

As the school year approaches, we are reaching into The So What from BCG archives. Join us as we revisit our examination of why education remains rooted in a bygone era of neat orderly rows of desks …

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago