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Entrepreneurship and Leadership March 20, 2023

Running a Cutting Edge Family Office

A Conversation with Sameer Narula

Hosted by Richard Lucas and Kimon Fountoukidis
In this episode, Kimon and Richard speak with Sameer Narula, Managing Partner of August One, a private investment firm. Despite self-identifying as an engineer, Sameer has an entrepreneurial mind. Prior …

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Economics March 19, 2023

From China's Lost Generation to American Private Equity Professor

A Discussion with Weijian Shan

Weijian Shan

Hosted by Keith Krueger
Having lived through both China’s Great Leap Forward during primary school, then the Cultural Revolution and the closing of schools for ten years, Beijing-born Weijian Shan, instead of a secondary …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight March 9, 2023

Get It Done

Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation

Ayelet Fishbach

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Ayelet Fishbach about her book Get It Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation (Little, Brown Spark, 2022) The key to motivating yourself is to change …
High Theory March 7, 2023

Choice Architecture

A Discussion with Eli Cook

Eli Cook

Hosted by Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
In this episode of High Theory, Eli Cook tells us about choice architecture. The term was invented by behavioral economists in 2008 who proposed it as a soft-power model of …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership March 6, 2023

From Banking to Business

A Conversation with Val Pilch, CEO of ForMeds

Val Pilch

Hosted by Richard Lucas and Kimon Fountoukidis
In this episode, Kimon and Richard speak with Val Pilch, CEO of ForMeds. Val was born in Krakow, living there for his early childhood before moving to New York in …
Economic and Business History February 18, 2023

Deeply Responsible Business

A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership

Geoffrey Jones

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
In this episode, I interview Professor Geoffrey Jones about his new book Deeply Responsible Business: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership (Harvard University Press, 2023). For an extraordinary introduction to the content of …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast February 15, 2023

The Influencer Industry

The Quest for Authenticity on Social Media

Emily Hund

Hosted by Mark Klobas
Before there were Instagram likes, Twitter hashtags, or TikTok trends, there were bloggers who seemed to have the passion and authenticity that traditional media lacked. The Influencer Industry: The Quest …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership February 13, 2023

Getting to Net Zero

A Conversation with Christian Arno

Christian Arno

Hosted by Richard Lucas and Kimon Fountoukidis
Kimon and Richard speak with Christian Arno, founder and CEO of Pawprint, about how companies can effectively achieve sustainability goals. As a young child growing up in Aberdeen, Christian was …
Peoples & Things February 10, 2023

The Techlash and Tech Crisis Communication

A Discussion with Nirit Weiss-Blatt

Nirit Weiss-Blatt

Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Communication researcher Nirit Weiss-Blatt talks about her book, The Techlash and Tech Crisis Communication, as well as some of her recent and forthcoming pieces on the digital technology industry with …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight February 9, 2023

Complicit

How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop

Max Bazerman

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Max Bazerman about his book Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop (Princeton UP, 2022). Remember Saturday Night Live’s satirical TV spot for Ivanka …
Peoples & Things February 8, 2023

How a California Electricity Utility Caused Deadly Wildfires

A Discussion with Katherine Blunt

Katherine Blunt

Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Journalist Katherine Blunt, who writes about renewable energy and utilities for the Wall Street Journal, talks about her new book, California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric—and What …
Business, Management, and Marketing February 5, 2023

The Art of Gig

Venkatesh Rao

Hosted by Joseph Fridman
Venkatesh Rao is a writer and consultant based in Los Angeles. The bulk of his consulting practice comprises 1:1 work with senior executives as a conversational sparring partner, to stress …
Peoples & Things February 3, 2023

Computers, Information, and Decision-Making

A Discussion with Samantha Kleinberg

Samantha Kleinberg

Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Samantha Kleinberg, an associate professor of computer science at Stevens Institute of Technology, talks about a book she’s been writing on how we can (and can’t) use information to make …
Peoples & Things February 2, 2023

Why It’s So Hard for Us to Subtract

A Discussion with Leidy Klotz

Leidy Klotz

Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Leidy, professor of engineering at the University of Virginia, talks about his book, Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less, with Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel. As Klotz shows throughout …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership January 30, 2023

Building an Interconnected Community

A Conversation with Cormac Russell

Cormac Russell

Hosted by Richard Lucas and Kimon Fountoukidis
Kimon and Richard speak with Cormac Russell, Managing Director at Nurture Development. Cormac focuses on helping institutions, NGOs, governmental organizations, and companies interested in improving their communities. The biggest issue …
Systems and Cybernetics January 29, 2023

Design Journeys Through Complex Systems

Practice Tools for Systemic Design

Peter Jones and Kristel van Ael

Hosted by Kevin Lindsay
As I slowly settle into 2023 — reflecting on the blur that was 2022 — I can’t help but think about the complex problems (aka big messes!) we face at …
Economics January 24, 2023

Power and Prediction

The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence

Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb

Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
Disruption resulting from the proliferation of AI is coming. The authors of the bestselling Prediction Machines describe what you can do to prepare. Banking and finance, pharmaceuticals, automotive, medical technology …
Peoples & Things January 21, 2023

Trend Forecasting and the Business of the Future

A Discussion with Devon Powers

Devon Powers

Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Devon Powers, a professor of advertising, media, and communication at Temple University, talks about her book, On Trend: The Business of Forecasting the Future with Peoples & Things host Lee …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership January 16, 2023

Building a Global AI Community

A Conversation with Rudradeb Mitra

Rudradeb Mitra

Hosted by Richard Lucas and Kimon Fountoukidis
In this interview, Richard and Kimon speak with Rudradeb Mitra, CEO and founder of Omdena. He was born in India, moving to England as an adult to complete a master's …
Critical Theory January 15, 2023

Creativities

The What, How, Where, Who and Why of the Creative Process

Chris Bilton, Stephen Cummings, and dt ogilvie

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
How does creativity work? In Creativities: The What, How, Where, Who and Why of the Creative Process (Edward Elgar, 2022), Chris Bilton, a Reader at University of Warwick’s Centre for Cultural and …