Rapid Response
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The pace of change in our culture is unprecedented and shows no signs of slowing. So what is most important to pay attention to when striving to innovate, create, and lead? From the team behind Masters of Scale, Rapid Response features candid conversations with today's top business leaders navigating real-time challenges. Hosted by the former editor-in-chief of Fast Company, Bob Safian.
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What really shapes our economic future, with Federal Reserve of San Francisco CE...
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Airbnb’s bet on an IRL future, with Brian Chesky
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Possible: Stephen Colbert isn’t so sure about AI (with Reid Hoffman)
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OLIPOP’s gutsy play to dethrone Coke and Pepsi, with Ben Goodwin
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Do businesses still have a social responsibility? with The B Team’s Leah Seligma...
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Design’s dominance sparks a blockbuster IPO, with Figma's Dylan Field
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Sep 30, 202526:51pending
What Meta’s CMO sees coming next for marketing and platforms
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After devastating aid cuts, Mercy Corps keeps fighting, with Tjada D’Oyen McKenn...
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How IKEA’s diversity and climate action boosted business, with Jesper Brodin
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Sep 19, 202527:57pending
Historic changes across high fashion, with WSJ. Magazine’s Sarah Ball
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A go-to guide for stablecoins and crypto’s future, with Circle’s Jeremy Allaire
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Sep 12, 202530:39pending
Music biz at a crossroads: from Taylor Swift to AI, with Sowmya Krishnamurthy
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Sep 9, 202530:09pending
NFL returns, ESPN’s big streaming bet, and more sports business, with The Athlet...
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Sep 5, 202529:17pending
Grab’s rise from rideshare to superapp in Asia, with Anthony Tan
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Sep 2, 202528:35pending
Pioneers of AI: How AI is transforming the classroom, with Sal Khan
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Aug 29, 202542:07pending
Hollywood’s hottest AI partner, with Runway’s Cristóbal Valenzuela
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Aug 26, 202533:11pending
Lessons from Steve Jobs, Gap & J.Crew, with retail icon Mickey Drexler
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Dating is down. So why is Hinge thriving? with CEO Justin McLeod
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Aug 19, 202526:07pending
Inside AI’s healthcare boom, with Philips' Jeff DiLullo
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Is it ‘economic Halloween’ in the US? with political economist Mark Blyth
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Slutty Vegan on the rebound, with founder Pinky Cole
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Aug 8, 202528:47pending
Employers adapt to ICE raids and a workforce on edge
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Aug 5, 202528:40pending
Inside the hidden, high-stakes world of government contracts
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Blocking AI crawlers to save the internet, with Cloudflare’s Matthew Prince
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AI will break the career ladder; that’s good news, with LinkedIn’s Aneesh Raman
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From Colbert to Trump’s WSJ lawsuit, Axios’ Sara Fischer on media turmoil
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Jul 22, 202528:30pending
Record ticket sales and big brand energy, with Golden State Valkyries President...
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Trump’s chilling effect on big business, with Harvard Business Review’s Adi Igna...
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Becoming the go-to app for natural disaster tracking, with Watch Duty’s John Mil...
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Jul 11, 202529:11pending
PBS fights for its future, with President & CEO Paula Kerger
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Canva’s $35B design biz is quietly taking over the workplace, with co-founder &...
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Jul 1, 202529:40pending
Remarkable People: How America got stuck, with Yoni Applebaum
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Jun 29, 202552:50pending
Can Yahoo’s brand rise again? with CEO Jim Lanzone
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Jun 27, 202530:36pending
Empowering frontline leaders amid Trump’s massive global aid cuts, with War Chil...
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Jun 24, 202529:05pending
Remarkable People: Inside the personal data privacy crisis, with Sandra Matz
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Key branding takeaways from Cannes Lions 2025, with Autodesk’s Dara Treseder
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Jun 20, 202524:53pending
Reid Hoffman on Trump vs Musk, Zuckerberg’s “superintelligence”, and the next wa...
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Jun 17, 202532:31pending
Remarkable People: Dr. Fauci on lessons from the COVID crisis
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Jun 15, 202536:39pending
Redefining how we all deal with money, with Block’s Amrita Ahuja
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Jun 13, 202524:26pending
Trump’s impact on crypto future and your portfolio, with Unchained’s Laura Shin
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Jun 10, 202528:25pending
Remarkable People: Alison Wood Brooks on cracking the conversation code
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United Airlines’ CEO on Newark, safety, Jet Blue and customer care
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Jun 6, 202530:37pending
Sports biz at a crossroads, from the WNBA to the NCAA to ESPN, with Sarah Spain...
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Hollywood eyes big business at the box office, with The Ankler’s Janice Min
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May 30, 202528:03pending
OLIPOP’s gutsy play to dethrone Coke and Pepsi, with Ben Goodwin
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May 27, 202529:59pending
The 2 million volunteers fixing immigration, with Welcome.US' Nazanin Ash
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May 23, 202528:26pending
The enterprise AI revolution is underway, with Box’s Aaron Levie
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May 20, 202533:37pending
Inside Trump’s crackdown on colleges, with The Chronicle of Higher Education’s E...
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May 16, 202530:56pending
The one trait every leader needs today, with General Stanley McChrystal
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May 13, 202528:34pending
Lyft’s bold plan to overtake Uber in the race for rideshare’s future, with CEO D...
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