Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat’s Next for Nigerian Production Studio EbonyLife Media?
Episode 167
After more than 20 years in the media industry in the UK and Nigeria, EbonyLife Media CEO Mo Abudu is considering several strategic changes for her m…
4 years, 8 months ago
Making Diverse Leadership a Priority at Whittier College
Episode 166
In 2018, Linda Oubré was selected as the president of Whittier College in Los Angeles County – the first Black woman to serve in that role. The stude…
4 years, 8 months ago
How Footwear Startup Allbirds Is Decarbonizing Fashion
Episode 165
In 2021, the footwear startup Allbirds was extending its product range into apparel and expanding beyond its online store to open more retail stores …
4 years, 8 months ago
Can Entrepreneurs and Governments Team Up to Solve Big Problems?
Episode 164
In 2017, Shield AI’s quadcopter, with no pilot and no flight plan, could clear a building and outpace human warfighters by almost five minutes. It wa…
4 years, 9 months ago
How Japan’s Recruit Holdings Regained Trust after a Scandal
Episode 163
Recruit Holdings, an advertising media, staffing, and business support conglomerate was founded in Japan in 1960 by Hiromasa Ezoe. The company was bu…
4 years, 10 months ago
TikTok: Super App or Supernova?
Episode 162
TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, was launched in 2012 around the simple idea of helping users entertain themselves on their smartphones while on t…
4 years, 10 months ago
Can Mass General Brigham Diversify Its Community of Innovators?
Episode 161
In November 2019, Mass General Brigham (MGB) was the largest recipient of National Institutes of Health funding in the world. The Innovation Office, …
4 years, 10 months ago
Innovating in the Feminine Care Market
Episode 160
Founded in 2014, Thinx, Inc. makes absorbent underwear that can be worn during menstruation. But the feminine care market had seen virtually no innov…
4 years, 11 months ago
Should Global Beer Company Molson Coors Enter the Cannabis Beverages Business?
Episode 159
In early 2019, global beer company Molson Coors was exploring how to enter the cannabis beverages business. At the time, cannabis had not yet been le…
4 years, 11 months ago
How the Clean Network Changed the Future of Global Technology Competition
Episode 158
The Chinese telecom giant Huawei and other Chinese telecom firms, like ZTE, had been poised to lead the globe in 5G technology—until the U.S. State D…
5 years ago