Podcast Episodes

Answering Calls for Help: Business Is Pivoting to Battle COVID-19

Season 1 Episode 9

During World War II, American industry mobilized to support the military - reconfiguring assembly lines to produce things like airplane engines and tanks. Seventy-five years later, the world finds it…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Eileen Fisher: Focused on Using Business for Good Since 1984

Season 1 Episode 8

Eileen Fisher has been putting purpose at the center of her company since 1984. The entrepreneur started her women’s clothing line with $350 in her pocket and the desire to help women feel great abou…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

IBM's Ginni Rometty on the Urgent Need to Reskill Workers

Season 1 Episode 7

Retraining workers for jobs in the digital economy has been a focus of IBM’s Ginni Rometty for a long time. Now, with coronavirus driving unemployment sky high, the need for reskilling is even more u…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Measuring Company Responses to COVID-19

Season 1 Episode 6

How well are companies responding to the coronavirus crisis? That’s what today’s Leadership Next guest wants to find out.  

Martin Whittaker runs JUST Capital, a non-profit which attempts to measure i…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus Tests and Vaccines: Ammunition in the War Against COVID-19

Season 1 Episode 5

Can business rise to meet the challenges presented by COVID-19? Can supply chains provide the medical equipment doctors and patients need? When will we have adequate coronavirus tests? And ultimately…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

Mark Cuban Is Pouring Money Into Coronavirus Relief: Here's Why

Season 1 Episode 4

When the NBA announced it was indefinitely suspending its season, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban made a quick decision: he would continue to pay all of the hourly employees who worked in his arena…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

Fighting COVID-19: Regeneron's George Yancopoulos

Season 1 Episode 3

Business, when it’s at its best, can solve very big problems. And today Leadership Next is talking about a very big problem - COVID-19. 

George Yancopoulos is the President and Chief Scientific Office…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson: Sustainability Is Not a Competition

Season 1 Episode 2

Starbucks recently announced plans to cut carbon emissions, waste, and water usage. But, as CEO Kevin Johnson tells Alan Murray in the newest episode of Leadership Next, he's not 100 percent sure how…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

Microsoft's Satya Nadella: How to Save Capitalism

Season 1 Episode 1

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella firmly believes that his company must do more than make money - it has a social purpose too. And failing to fulfill that purpose may put capitalism itself in danger. It's …

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

Leadership Next: Alan Murray Previews Season 1

Published on 5 years, 7 months ago