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Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight September 23, 2021

Saving Face

How to Preserve Dignity and Build Trust

Maya Hu-Chan

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Maya Hu-Chan about her new book Saving Face: How to Preserve Dignity and Build Trust (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2020) There are so many sayings that involve the face …

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Architecture September 21, 2021

Open Plan

A Design History of the American Office

Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler

Hosted by Nushelle de Silva
Albeit inspired by a progressive vision of a working environment without walls or hierarchies, the open plan office has come to be associated with some of the most dehumanizing and …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight September 9, 2021

Burnout to Breakthrough

Building Resilience to Refuel, Recharge, and Reclaim What Matters

Eileen McDargh

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Eileen McDargh about her new book Burnout to Breakthrough: Building Resilience to Refuel, Recharge, and Reclaim What Matters (Berrett-Koehler, 2020).What’s another way to frame both living-in-the-moment and respecting …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership September 6, 2021

Deep Pockets and Lengthy Timescales

An Interview with Martin Frost

Mark Frost

Hosted by Peter Cowley
Martin Frost, CEO and co-founder of CMR Surgical, joins us this week. Martin is passionate about supporting technology based start-ups that make a difference in people’s lives, and has great …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight September 6, 2021

She Made It

The Toolkit for Female Founders in the Digital Age

Angelica Malin

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Angelica Malin about her new book She Made It: The Toolkit for Female Founders in the Digital Age (Kogan Page, 2021). Female entrepreneurs don’t tend to receive …
Finance September 3, 2021

Moving Beyond Modern Portfolio Theory

Investing That Matters

Jon Lukomnik and James P. Hawley

Hosted by Daniel Peris
Moving Beyond Modern Portfolio Theory: Investing that Matters (Routledge, 2021) tells the story of how Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) revolutionized the investing world and the real economy, but is now showing its …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight September 2, 2021

The Power of Clarity

Unleash the True Potential of Workplace Productivity, Confidence, and Empowerment

Ann Latham

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Ann Latham about her new book The Power of Clarity: Unleash the True Potential of Workplace Productivity, Confidence, and Empowerment (Bloomsbury, 2021). On the factory floor, the …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership August 30, 2021

Being Tenacious and Walking Through Walls

An interview with Jonathan Milner

Jonathan Milner

Hosted by Peter Cowley
Jonathan Milner's second Invested Investor podcast details his experience as Cambridge Angel. Since he began in 2002 he has invested in forty different companies, very often leading deals as well …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight August 26, 2021

Our Separate Ways

Black and White Women and the Struggle for Professional Identity

Ella L. J. Bell Smith and Stella M. Nkomo

Hosted by Dan Hill
Ella L. J. Bell Smith and Stella M. Nkomo, Our Separate Ways: Black and White Women and the Struggle for Professional Identity (Harvard Business Press, 2021)Ella Bell Smith is a …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership August 23, 2021

From a Bucket of Ice to a World Leading Life Sciences Innovator

Jonathan Milner

Hosted by Peter Cowley
Jonathan Milner was working as a postdoc in a Cambridge oncology lab when he was struck by an 'entrepreneurial seizure'. Inspired by his father, an engineer who ran a small …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight August 19, 2021

Rogue Waves: Future-Proof Your Business to Survive and Profit from Radical Change

Jonathan Brill

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Jonathan Brill about his new book Rogue Waves: Future-Proof Your Business to Survive and Profit from Radical Change (McGraw-Hill Education, 2021) There are ten big trends that …
Economics August 18, 2021

The Family Firm

A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years

Emily Oster

Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
In The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years (Penguin, 2021), Brown University professor of economics and mom of two Emily Oster offers …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership August 16, 2021

Disappearing, Angel Investing, Frog Capital, and What Shirin Dehghan Has Learned Along the Way

An Interview with Shirin Dehghan

Hosted by Peter Cowley
Shirin Dehghan is a hugely successful entrepreneur, having built Arieso and sold it to JDSU. In part 2 of her podcast, we hear how she decided to take a year …
Psychology August 13, 2021

Your Turn

How to Be an Adult

Julie Lythcott-Haims

Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
"Adulting" has now become a verb, and it scares us. Yet it is also essential if we are to live our best, most authentic lives. So how do you do …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast August 11, 2021

Saving the World at Business School (Part 2)

Andy Hoffman

Hosted by Howard Burton
Saving the World at Business School (Part 2) is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Andy Hoffman, Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast August 10, 2021

Saving the World at Business School (Part 1)

Andy Hoffman

Hosted by Howard Burton
Saving the World at Business School (Part 1) is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Andy Hoffman, Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of …
The Future of Higher Education August 9, 2021

An Interview with Sean Creighton

President of New American Colleges & Universities

Sean Creighton

Hosted by David Gottlieb
Sean Creighton, the President of New American Colleges & Universities, discusses the origins and evolution of this Association that serves 24 institutions that each combine an undergraduate liberal arts core …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast August 2, 2021

In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio

The Stories, Voices, and Key Insights of the Pioneers Who Shaped the Way We Invest

Andrew W. Lo and Stephen R. Foerster

Hosted by Marshall Poe
Is there an ideal portfolio of investment assets, one that perfectly balances risk and reward? In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio (Princeton UP, 2021) examines this question by profiling and interviewing ten …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight July 29, 2021

Choosing Courage

The Everyday Guide to Being Brave at Work

Jim Detert

Hosted by Dan Hill
Retaining Freedom After Speech Today I talked to Jim Detert about his book Choosing Courage: The Everyday Guide to Being Brave at Work (Harvard Business Review Press, 2021) Jim Detert is …
Systems and Cybernetics July 27, 2021

Systems Approaches to Making Change: A Practical Guide

Martin Reynolds and Sue Holwell

Hosted by Kevin Lindsay
Practitioners from all professional domains are increasingly confronted with incidences of systemic failure, yet poorly equipped with appropriate tools and know-how for understanding such failure, and the making of systemic …