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HBR IdeaCast

Ameer Mavia

A weekly podcast featuring the leading thinkers in business and management.

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  • Avg 29 min
  • English

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  • #1096
    Tuesday · 25 min

    What It Takes to Make Progress When the Future Feels Out of Control

    When the future feels increasingly out of our control, how can leaders and organizations make progress? University of Pennsylvania psychologist Martin Seligman, a pioneer in the study of optimism, resilience, and human flourishing, argues that the...

  • #1095
    September 8 · 31 min

    A Leading Restaurateur on What It Takes to Scale a Winning Culture

    When a company is small, maintaining a strong culture can feel relatively easy. But as organizations grow, layers of management, geographic distance, and pressure for efficiency can make it much harder to preserve what made the company special in the...

  • #1094
    September 1 · 25 min

    Are Great Leaders Truly Great—or Just Lucky?

    How much does a leader actually matter to an organization’s success? We tend to credit CEOs, founders, and other powerful figures with shaping the institutions they lead, but historian Jared Diamond argues that we often underestimate the role of...

  • #1093
    August 25 · 29 min

    How People Without Formal Power Gain Influence

    In today’s increasingly decentralized workplaces, leaders often need to get things done without having direct authority over the people they depend on. So how can you influence colleagues, clients, vendors, and even senior executives without simply...

  • #1092
    August 18 · 28 min

    Living and Working in the Age of Longevity

    People are living longer, healthier lives than ever before. But many of our assumptions about executive careers—from climbing the corporate ladder to retiring at 65—haven't caught up. London Business School professor Lynda Gratton says we need a new...

  • #1091
    August 11 · 31 min

    The Innovation Strategy Most Companies Miss

    Companies often build products for wealthy markets first and then try to adapt them for the rest of the world. But according to Dartmouth Tuck professor Vijay Govindarajan and MIT professor Amos Winter, designing for the toughest constraints...

  • #1090
    August 4 · 32 min

    Why Great Turnarounds Start with Culture, Not Strategy

    In an era of constant disruption, successful turnarounds require more than a new strategy—they demand a new culture. Dan Schulman, former CEO of PayPal, came out of retirement to tackle the challenge of taking over the helm of Verizon as it entered...

  • #1089
    July 28 · 25 min

    What Makes Chinese Companies So Competitive?

    To compete in business anywhere today, leaders at all levels need to learn about the culture and mindset that sets Chinese businesses apart. Stanford research fellow Dan Wang argues that they've built an edge that goes well beyond lower labor costs or...

  • #1088
    July 21 · 28 min

    Why Great Leaders Need More Than Good Judgment

    What if the key to success in today's business world wasn't about making difficult decisions quickly—but about broadening the scope through which you make decisions? Leaders Alliance CEO Cornelia Choe and executive coach Marshall Goldsmith argue that...

  • #1087
    July 14 · 32 min

    The New Rules for Becoming an Enterprise Leader

    What does it take to succeed in an enterprise-level leadership role today? Michael Watkins, professor at IMD and author of the book The First 90 Days, says that the leap from functional or business line manager to a more senior position is tricker...

  • #1086
    July 7 · 27 min

    How Leaders Can Use AI to Solve Real Business Problems

    Many organizations are investing heavily in AI, but too few are asking the most important question: What problem are we actually trying to solve? Journalist and author Josh Tyrangiel argues that successful AI adoption has far less to do with choosing...

  • #1084
    June 23 · 28 min

    Creating Products with Curiosity, Humility, and Play

    Most leaders know they need to innovate, but many take a strong instinct and hold too tightly to an idea, rather than testing, experimenting, and playing to find the best solution. Mark Pincus, founder of Zynga, argues that by approaching product...

  • #1083
    June 16 · 20 min

    The Right Way to Manage Rule Breakers

    Most leaders assume that when employees break rules, punishment is the answer. But according to researcher Michael Gill, associate professor at the University of Oxford Saïd Business School, that mindset overlooks a crucial reality: not all rule...

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