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Bill Gates: How to accelerate history (Part 1)
How did Bill Gates scale BOTH a global business and a global philanthropy? He spotted an inflection point in history — and accelerated it. What does …
4 years ago
Rapid Response: How to decarbonize your business, w/John Doerr, partner at Kleiner Perkins
“Go for the megatons.” That’s John Doerr’s recommendation for how we need to combat the existential threat of climate change. Doerr, a venture capita…
4 years ago
Bonus: Five ways to burnout-proof your organization
If you’re a leader right now navigating the global pandemic, supply chain disruptions, and your own mental list of what’s keeping you up at night, th…
4 years ago
Rapid Response: What the crypto crash teaches us all, w/Chainalysis’s Michael Gronager
Crypto winter isn’t a disaster, it's an opportunity. That’s how Michael Gronager, CEO of $8 billion crypto data company Chainalysis, describes the cr…
4 years, 1 month ago
Need to Know, w/Reid & Bob: Business withdrawals from Russia, strife at Netflix, Musk vs Twitter, the business world’s role in democracy, Crypto’s future, & more
Reid Hoffman and Bob Safian sit down to discuss how today’s hot-button stories are impacting business. The co-hosts address the key trends that all e…
4 years, 1 month ago
Rapid Response: Turning tears to action, w/Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson
“Hope is a practice. It comes from doing.” As the head of Planned Parenthood, Alexis McGill Johnson is regrouping in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Cou…
4 years, 1 month ago
Drive full-speed at opportunity, w/AKQA’s Ajaz Ahmed
If you want to capitalize on an opportunity that you think could change the world, you need to drive full speed toward it. Back in 1994, when Ajaz Ah…
4 years, 1 month ago
Rapid Response: Waging a $1.4 trillion food fight, w/Impossible Foods CEO Peter McGuinness
What’s the difference between an activist brand and an active brand? Impossible Foods CEO Peter McGuinness says that acting on your values defines a …
4 years, 1 month ago
Harness the passion of internal factions, w/Padmasree Warrior of Fable, Cisco, Motorola
Every company has its own internal factions: engineers vs. designers, East Coast vs. West, IT vs. everybody. The trick is turning factionalism into h…
4 years, 1 month ago
Rapid Response: Volunteer for impact, w/AmeriCorps’ Michael Smith, live at the Social Innovation Summit
Volunteering and service are muscles that can close America’s divides and push social change. Speaking live at the 2022 Social Innovation Summit in W…
4 years, 1 month ago