INSEAD Knowledge Podcast

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Faculty thought leaders from INSEAD, The Business School for the World speak frankly about the most pressing challenges facing today's firms and managers.

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S5 · E10
Tuesday · 37 min
A Healthier, More Personalised Future for Asia?
In this edition of the INSEAD Perspective: Spotlight on Asia” podcast series, https://www.linkedin.com/in/sameer-hasija-47936b5/, Dean of Asia at https://www.insead.edu, speaks with https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-suhina-singh/, co-founder of...
S5 · E9
July 30 · 41 min
Airbus and the Hydrogen Horizon
The world’s leading aerospace company shows that successful innovation is not just about technical breakthroughs. Consumer demand, financial viability and a functioning ecosystem are crucial for an innovation to move from the drawing board to a...
S5 · E8
June 30 · 27 min
What "Creative Differences" Really Means With Spencer Harrison
Two words appear in entertainment headlines more than almost any other excuse, but are they doing more harm than good? When a director exits a film "due to creative differences", everyone reads it the same way: something happened, and we're not meant...
S5 · E7
May 27 · 38 min
Recipe for Success
Passion and drive helped Rishi Naleendra achieve initial culinary success, but it was only when he learnt to trust his team and change himself that his restaurant climbed to the next level –Michelin recognition. In this episode of the...
S5 · E6
April 30 · 33 min
Asia, AI and Career Reinvention
In the new edition of “The INSEAD Perspective: Spotlight on Asia” podcast series, Sameer Hasija, Dean of Asia at INSEAD, speaks with Winnie Jiang, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, about how organisations and individuals in Asia are...
S5 · E6
March 31 · 34 min
Tariffs and Turmoil: Negotiating the New World Order
In the latest episode of “The INSEAD Perspective: Spotlight on Asia” podcast series, Sameer Hasija, Dean of Asia at INSEAD, sat down with Pushan Dutt, Professor of Economics and Political Science, to discuss how the...
S5 · E6
February 25 · 40 min
How Talent Can Thrive in an AI-Driven World
In this era of "permacrisis" and constant disruption, adaptability and resilience are vital traits that require collaboration and an increasing focus on human-centric skills. That’s the messaging to come out of the 2025 Global Talent Competitive Index...
S5 · E5
January 27 · 33 min
How Family Businesses in Asia Are Adapting to a Changing World
Family-owned enterprises are the cornerstone of Asia’s economy, contributing https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/week-in-charts/all-in-the-family-business and employing over 60 percent of the workforce in some markets. Much more than just...
S4 · E4
Dec 18, 2025 · 23 min
Learning to Lead as a New Manager
You’ve just been promoted to a manager. Now what? The truth is that new managers hardly receive formal training before taking on their roles. Instead of hitting the ground running, most of them try to figure out how to lead as they go along, says...
S4 · E3
Nov 24, 2025 · 22 min
The Rise of the “Pod Shop”
In this episode, Ben Charoenwong, Associate Professor of Finance at INSEAD and former pod shop veteran, discusses his https://publishing.insead.edu/case/millennium-partners-platform-evolution-hedge-funds on Millennium Partners, and looks at how their...
S4 · E2
Oct 30, 2025 · 25 min
Can Asia Benefit From the AI Boom?
Does artificial intelligence enable organisations to do things differently, or to do different things? In the first episode of the new podcast series “The INSEAD Perspective: Spotlight on Asia”, Sameer Hasija, Dean of Asia at INSEAD, speaks to...
S4 · E1
Sep 30, 2025 · 45 min
Can AI Help Build Smarter Humans?
In a special episode of the INSEAD Knowledge podcast, we shine a spotlight on a sister podcast series, https://open.spotify.com/show/5XQ2GJ7HCZbF6tdQynEbAw?si=c973bb68573f43be. Hosted by Theodoros Evgeniou, Professor of Technology and Business at...
S3 · E11
Aug 28, 2025 · 24 min
The Start-Up That Survived the "Kill Zone"
The "https://knowhow.skalata.co/big-picture/enter-the-kill-zone-is-big-tech-stifling-startup-innovation/" refers to the space near a tech giant’s core business where start-ups risk being copied or crushed simply for getting too close. But what if...
S3 · E10
Jul 28, 2025 · 19 min
Impactful Communication for Leaders
In this podcast, Andy Yap, Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD, discusses how leaders can inspire and empower others through communicatiion that appeals to both the head and the heart. It starts with listening. In today’s...
S3 · E9
Jun 26, 2025 · 27 min
How Nature Nudges Us to Eat Better
“People who eat healthily don’t have that much more willpower. They have just engineered their environment to avoid having to resist temptation.” Pierre Chandon, Professor of Marketing at INSEAD, challenges the idea that healthy eating is a matter of...
S3 · E8
May 29, 2025 · 34 min
Tailoring Strategy to Local Needs
Companies looking to succeed in emerging markets must listen to local needs and tailor their proposition accordingly. That’s the message from Affiliate Professor of Strategy Lite Nartey and digital financial services expert Bruno Akpaka in this...
S3 · E7
Apr 30, 2025 · 29 min
Why Business Scandals Keep Happening
What’s common across the Boeing 737 MAX debacle, the 1MDB financial scandal and America’s opioid crisis? They are all illustrations of how business leaders, in pursuit of performance, neglected and undermined progress – specifically fairness,...
S3 · E6
Mar 26, 2025 · 26 min
The Value Of Shared Dreams
Can dreaming really help solve waking problems? And could a specific form of dream analysis help an organisation better achieve shared goals and objectives? In this https://knowledge.insead.edu/ podcast, Susan Long, Emeritus Professor at the National...
S3 · E5
Feb 19, 2025 · 29 min
Putting Customers at the Heart of Your Business
For the longest time, businesses have embraced a “product selling” playbook. Typically, this means having a supplier with a product to sell and a customer to persuade to purchase that product based on the price and perceived value. However, in an...
S3 · E4
Jan 23, 2025 · 21 min
Change Management: How Leaders Can Tip the Scales
In a dynamic business environment, leaders often need to implement new strategic initiatives – from new business models to new technologies or workflows. But change is never easy. The success of new initiatives depends on whether leaders win the...

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