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Economics January 18, 2022

The Super Age

Decoding Our Demographic Destiny

Bradley Schurman

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
Societies all over the world are getting older, the result of the fact that we are living longer and having fewer children. At some point in the near future, much …

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Interviews with scholars of business, management and marketing about their new books.

The Future of Higher Education January 17, 2022

A Conversation with Bijal Shah

Chief Experience Officer, Guild Education

Bijal Shah

Hosted by David Finegold
Bijal Shah shares story of the meteoric rise of Guild Education, the Denver-based ed tech firm that has quickly emerged as the leading marketplace for corporate education. True to its …
Psychology December 21, 2021

Subtract

The Untapped Science of Less

Leidy Klotz

Hosted by Yael Schonbrun
At the beginning of Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, the Once-ler says, “I meant no harm. I most truly did not. But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got.” …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership December 20, 2021

Gill Grose

A Volunteer Librarian Changing Lives in South Africa

Hosted by Richard Lucas and Kimon Fountoukidis
Gill has been s a volunteer librarian at Claremont Primary School in Cape Town South Africa since 2010. Through her initiative she has been able to give several hundred children …
Recall This Book December 16, 2021

"Studying Up" with Daniel Souleles (EF, JP)

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Daniel Souleles

Hosted by Elizabeth Ferry and John Plotz
John and Elizabeth continue their conversation with Daniel Souleles, anthropologist at the Copenhagen Business School and author of Songs of Profit, Songs of Loss: Private Equity, Wealth, and Inequality (Lincoln …
Critical Theory December 15, 2021

The Trouble with Passion

How Searching for Fulfillment at Work Fosters Inequality

Erin Cech

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Should we love work? In The Trouble with Passion: How Searching for Fulfillment at Work Fosters Inequality (U California Press, 2021), Erin Cech, an Associate Professor of Sociology at the …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership December 13, 2021

Richard Millington

Founder of FeverBee and author of "Buzzing Communities"

Hosted by Richard Lucas and Kimon Fountoukidis
Using “community” as a tool to strengthen and enhance the value a company or organisation delivers to its stakeholders is a concept and idea that entrepreneurs need to understand. Richard …
Film December 9, 2021

Hollywood Shutdown

Production, Distribution, and Exhibition in the Time of COVID

Kate Fortmueller

Hosted by Joel Tscherne
By March 2020, the spread of COVID-19 had reached pandemic proportions, forcing widespread shutdowns across industries, including Hollywood. Studios, networks, production companies, and the thousands of workers who make film …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership December 6, 2021

Kevin Rabinovich

TEDxYouth@Columbia Founder, Community Activist, and Leader

Hosted by Richard Lucas and Kimon Fountoukidis
Since 2011, Kevin Rabinovich has been working in youth civic engagement, community organizing, and design thinking. He is the founding organizer of TEDxYouth@Columbia, South Carolina’s TEDxYouth event. In this episode you …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight January 20, 2022

Equity

How to Design Organizations Where Everyone Thrives

Minal Bopaiah

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Minal Bopaiah about her new book Equity: How to Design Organizations Where Everyone Thrives (Berrett-Koehler, 2021). Remember the Marlboro Man? Of course you do, as he symbolizes …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership January 18, 2022

Michał Borkowski

Co-founder of Brainly, Poland's First Unicorn to be?

Hosted by Richard Lucas and Kimon Fountoukidis
Michał Borkowski is the co-founder of Brainly. This Project Kazimierz interview with Michał was recorded back in 2016. Since then, Brainly has gone from strength to strength. Michal explains the …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership January 17, 2022

Marshall Poe

The Founder and Editor of the New Books Network

Hosted by Richard Lucas and Kimon Fountoukidis
This interview was recorded and first published in early 2020 when the NBN had about a million downloads a month. Since then the downloads have increased more than four-fold to just below …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight January 13, 2022

Glass Half Broken

Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work

Coleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Colleen Ammerman about her new book (co-authored with Boris Groysberg) Glass Half Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work (HBR Press, 2021) …
Business, Management, and Marketing January 12, 2022

The Logic of Professionalism

Work and Management in Professional Service Organizations

Johan Alvehus

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
The Logic of Professionalism: Work and Management in Professional Service Organizations (Bristol UP, 2022) discusses common management and work practices in professional service organizations. Johan Alvehus opens important discussions on …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight January 6, 2022

The Widest Net

Unlock Untapped Markets and Discover New Customers Right in Front of You

Pamela Slim

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Pamela Slim about her new book The Widest Net: Unlock Untapped Markets and Discover New Customers Right in Front of You (McGraw Hill, 2021). Almost all the …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership January 3, 2022

Matt Clifford

Founder of Entrepreneur First

Hosted by Richard Lucas and Kimon Fountoukidis
Matt Clifford is the co-founder of Entrepreneur First. One of the most successful British accelerators, specialising in supporting the most talented engineers they can find to build companies from scratch …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight December 30, 2021

Business Unusual

Values, Uncertainty and the Psychology of Brand Resilience

Nathalie Nahai

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Nathalie Nahai new book Values, Uncertainty and the Psychology of Brand Resilience (Kogan Page, 2022) David Brooks once joked that in the end the “revolution” promised us …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership December 27, 2021

Jethro Binns

Founder of Squashskills.com on Online Sports Training

Hosted by Richard Lucas and Kimon Fountoukidis
Jethro Binns was rated 84th in the world squash rankings. A terrible accident on court cut his career short, later he founded Squashskills, which is now the world's leading online …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight December 23, 2021

What to Say Next

Successful Communication in Work, Life, and Love with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Sarah and Larry Nannery

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Sarah and Larry Nannery about their new book What to Say Next: Successful Communication in Work, Life, and Love with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Tiller Press, 2021). What’s it …
East Asian Studies December 17, 2021

A Medicated Empire

The Pharmaceutical Industry and Modern Japan

Timothy M. Yang

Hosted by Nathan Hopson
Timothy Yang’s A Medicated Empire: The Pharmaceutical Industry and Modern Japan (Cornell 2021) is a case study of Hoshi Pharmaceutical, a Japanese drug company that exemplified the push for a …