Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMaking Health Insurance Consumers Actually Like
Episode 47
Health insurance that consumers like? Doesn’t sound possible, but South African company Vitality is doing just that. By focusing on consumer-driven h…
9 years, 5 months ago
Why German Businesses Support, Train, and Hire Syrian Refugees
Episode 46
Germany took in a million Syrian refugees in 2015, buoyed by the knowledge that these people could contribute strongly to the country’s economy. But …
9 years, 6 months ago
Cost-cutting Leads to Turbulence in the Airline Industry
Episode 45
Is it possible to retain brand value after cutting costs and services dramatically just to stay alive? The airline industry has struggled with this q…
9 years, 6 months ago
IDEO Is Changing the Way Managers Think About Thinking
Episode 44
IDEO’s human-centered design thinking is a systematic process used to help create new products and services. And, the best part? They are open about …
9 years, 7 months ago
Black Business Leaders Series: Franklin Leonard, "Black List" Mastermind
Episode 43
Using crowdsourcing to develop an annual list of Hollywood’s hottest unproduced screenplays, Harvard graduate Franklin Leonard took the negative term…
9 years, 7 months ago
Black Business Leaders Series: A Remarkable Legacy of Firsts, Maggie Lena Walker
Episode 42
Growing up in the heart of the Confederacy, Maggie Lena Walker started work as a laundress at age nine. At the urging of her mother and mentors, she …
9 years, 7 months ago
Black Business Leaders Series: Putting Diversity to Work
Episode 41
In theory, most companies would love to diversify their workforce. In practice, hiring specifically to increase diversity can cause a variety of cult…
9 years, 8 months ago
Black Business Leaders Series: The Entrepreneurship Behind Ebony Magazine
Episode 40
For more than seven decades, Ebony Magazine has chronicled the most important African-American issues, personalities, and interests of its time, incl…
9 years, 8 months ago
Can Wynton Marsalis and Lincoln Center Save Jazz Music?
Episode 39
Research says that people imprint on music in their dating years, and carry those tastes with them through the rest of their lives. Lately, this has …
9 years, 8 months ago
The American Food Paradox: Growing Obese and Going Hungry
Episode 38
One third of the U.S. population is obese, even as 50 million Americans often struggle to find enough to eat. And all that in a country where 40% of …
9 years, 9 months ago