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Pioneers of AI: How fast can you upskill in AI? We did a sprint to find out.
We all feel the urgency: learn to use AI, or risk falling behind at work. And we all know there's an upside: AI can reduce tedious tasks, streamline …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
How Coach scaled from a single store into a global icon
When Lew Frankfort joined Coach half a century ago, it was a small NYC handbag maker without a single storefront. Frankfort reveals how he scaled the…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
The “invisible army” behind Amazon’s robotaxi revolution
Robotaxis are multiplying across American cities… But are consumers actually ready to trust them? Zoox CEO Aicha Evans joins Rapid Response to talk a…
3 months ago
Author David Epstein on why constraints fuel innovation
In a new follow-up to his bestselling book Range, author David Epstein reveals his new contrarian take: The best thing for innovation is actually con…
3 months ago
Duolingo’s battle for learning in an AI world, with Luis von Ahn
When Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn sent an internal memo about AI last year, he didn't expect it to go viral — or to ignite a firestorm about the future …
3 months, 1 week ago
Raising Cane’s secret recipe for scaling, with CEO Todd Graves
Todd Graves built Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers into a nearly 1,000 restaurant empire worth billions. It’s well known for both its deliciously simpl…
3 months, 1 week ago
Mellody Hobson: When investors head for the exit, run to the fire
When markets drop and chaos hits, Mellody Hobson is determined to be brave. The co-CEO of Ariel Investments and former chair of Starbucks and DreamWo…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Devil Wears Prada workplace: Toxic or timeless?
As The Devil Wears Prada 2 hits theaters this weekend, Rapid Response explores the enduring business lessons inside the now 20-year-old original. Hos…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
How Poppi’s founders built a new soda brand worth $2 billion
Allison and Stephen Ellsworth hyperscaled their healthier soda brand Poppi to a truly gigantic exit to Pepsi – nearly $2 billion – and changed an ent…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Maria Sharapova’s centre court tricks for the boardroom
Five grand slam titles. More than a decade as the world's highest-paid female athlete. But the fiercest competition Maria Sharapova describes may be …
3 months, 3 weeks ago