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Boss Class: Tracey Franklin interview
Season 1 Episode 12
Tracey Franklin, chief human resources officer at vaccine and biotech company Moderna, tells The Economist's Andrew Palmer what turbocharged growth t…
8 months, 1 week ago
Boss Class: Daniel Kahneman interview
Season 1 Episode 11
The careers of many CEOs are built on overconfidence and a few lucky breaks. But to be a successful leader, Daniel Kahneman suggests maintaining a he…
8 months, 1 week ago
Boss Class: Claire Hughes Johnson interview
Season 1 Episode 10
The Economist's Andrew Palmer asks Claire Hughes Johnson, former COO of Stripe and author of "Scaling People", about her systems and strategies for g…
8 months, 1 week ago
Boss Class: Emma Walmsley interview
Season 1 Episode 9
In 2017 Emma Walmsley became the most powerful woman in corporate Britain. The boss of the drugmaker GSK says leadership is about clearly communicati…
8 months, 1 week ago
Boss Class: Reid Hoffman interview
Season 1 Episode 8
On the cover of his latest book, Impromptu: Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI, Reid Hoffman credits GPT-4 as a co-author. The tech investor tells ou…
8 months, 1 week ago
Boss Class 7 - Managing yourself: Human factors
Season 1 Episode 7
The Economist’s Andrew Palmer seeks advice on managing your cognitive load, your career path and the changes that generative AI could bring. He gets …
8 months, 1 week ago
Boss Class 6 - Incentivising: Into the upside down
Season 1 Episode 6
The Economist's Andrew Palmer asks how companies motivate employees to do their best work. He hears from Patty McCord, Netflix’s former head of HR, a…
8 months, 1 week ago
Boss Class 5 - Meetings: The clown car
Season 1 Episode 5
What if all the meetings in your calendar disappeared overnight? Tia Silas, Chief HR Officer of Shopify, an e-commerce firm, tells Andrew Palmer what…
8 months, 1 week ago
Boss Class 4 - Teamwork: Inside the yellow line
Season 1 Episode 4
Taavet Hinrikus, the co-founder of Wise, one of the world’s biggest fintech firms, gives advice on forming and running teams. Andrew Palmer learns th…
8 months, 1 week ago
Boss Class 3 - Recruitment: Testing, testing
Season 1 Episode 3
It is the most important decision a manager can make. How do you increase your chances of hiring the right people? Tracey Franklin, Moderna's human-r…
8 months, 1 week ago