Podcast Episodes

Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi: Lessons from the Top

Episode 234

On her first day as CEO of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi fired her general counsel. Then rehired him before dinner. It wasn’t a stunt. It was a signal. 

She r…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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Anna Wintour: Vogue [Outliers]

Episode 233

The job was editor-in-chief. The goal was to become the platform. And she did. 

Once she made it to the top, she didn’t just edit Vogue. She reinvent…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

Episode 232

How do you build a high-performance culture without turning your company into the Hunger Games? Reed Hastings, co-founder and former CEO of Netflix, …

7 months ago

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Harvey Firestone: Men and Rubber [Outliers]

Episode 231

Harvey Firestone built one of America’s great industrial empires from scratch, transforming from a farm boy to Henry Ford’s key partner. This episode…

7 months, 1 week ago

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Bill Belichick: 8x Super Bowl Champion on Winning, Leadership, and Discipline

Episode 230

Eight Super Bowl rings. Six with the Patriots. And a mindset that goes far deeper than football. In this rare, wide-ranging conversation, Bill Belich…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

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Andy Grove: Only The Paranoid Survive [Outliers]

Episode 229

Most people protect their identity. Andy Grove would rewrite his, again and again. He started as a refugee, became a chemist, turned himself into an …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

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Elad Gil: How to Spot a Billion-Dollar Startup Before the Rest of the World

Episode 228

What if the world’s most connected tech investor handed you his mental playbook? Elad Gil, an investor behind Airbnb, Stripe, Coinbase and Anduril, f…

8 months ago

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The Knowledge Project Podcast: Trailer

Trusted by Fortune 500 CEOs and elite performers, this is where you go to think better, live better, and get ahead. Each week, Shane Parrish goes dee…

8 months ago

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Rose Blumkin: Women of Berkshire Hathaway [Outliers]

Episode 227

Rose Blumkin didn’t just build a business. She revolutionized retail. After fleeing Russia with $66 in her purse, she opened a basement furniture sto…

8 months, 1 week ago

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Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan: Turning Ambitious Misfits into Founders

Episode 226

Most accelerators fund ideas. Y Combinator funds founders—and transforms them. With a 1% acceptance rate and alumni behind 60% of the past decade’s u…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

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