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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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Finding untapped value in multicultural consumers, w/Blavity CEO and AfroTech fo...

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How to cultivate a new industry, w/Upside Foods CEO Uma Valeti, MD

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10 unforgettable moments of 2022

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The rise of the “wisdom worker,” w/Modern Elder Academy’s Chip Conley

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How Main Street retailers are out-pivoting big-box giants, w/Faire CEO Max Rhode...

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Risking an iconic brand — and $40b — in a race to go all-electric, w/Mercedes-Be...

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Elon Musk at Twitter, FTX’s bankruptcy, and more, w/Reid Hoffman & Bob Safian

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Don’t be a unicorn, be a dragon, w/Techstars CEO Maëlle Gavet

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Expand your definition of leadership, w/CNBC's Julia Boorstin

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Why design matters more than ever, w/PepsiCo Chief Design Officer Mauro Porcini

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Rally a team in turmoil, w/Las Vegas Raiders president Sandra Douglass Morgan

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Mastering the hybrid workplace, w/author Priya Parker

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How Covid lessons get tested by inflation, w/restauranteur Danny Meyer

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Flipping your strategy in a volatile market, w/Zillow president Susan Daimler

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Charging toward a clean energy future, w/EVgo CEO Cathy Zoi

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How we served 150 million meals in Ukraine, w/José Andrés of World Central Kitch...

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Holding business accountable from Meta to McDonald’s, w/Color of Change presiden...

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Amazon’s plan to be big, green, and beloved, w/AWS CEO Adam Selipsky

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Playing offense in adversity, w/Target CEO Brian Cornell

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What the crypto crash teaches us all, w/Chainalysis CEO Michael Gronager

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Business withdrawals from Russia, strife at Netflix, Musk vs Twitter, and more,...

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Turning tears to action, w/Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson

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Waging a $1.4 trillion food fight, w/Impossible Foods CEO Peter McGuinness

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Volunteer for impact, w/AmeriCorps’ Michael Smith, live at the Social Innovation...

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From ‘delusion’ to criminal justice revolution, w/Ameelio’s Zo Orchingwa

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Solar energy’s time to shine, w/Sunrun CEO Mary Powell

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Redesigning work in a crisis, w/Upwork CEO Hayden Brown

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Don’t wait for the system, build it!, w/Genius Guild’s Kathryn Finney

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A global benefit concert for Ukraine, w/World Unite for Ukraine’s Victoria Yampo...

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Inside a $2.4 billion bet on talent, w/ PwC's Tim Ryan

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Stay scrappy, deliver fast, w/Gopuff co-founder Yakir Gola

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May 12, 202228:57pending

Protecting against the next bio threat, w/The Public Health Company's Charity De...

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Rebooting global crisis response, w/ONE Campaign CEO Gayle Smith

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How Chief became a phenomenon, w/CEO Carolyn Childers

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Lessons from an entrepreneur in Ukraine, w/Fuelfinance CEO Alyona Mysko

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Five surprising ways to rethink your hiring

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Supporting Ukraine's tech workers, w/Emburse CEO Eric Friedrichsen

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Inside "the most radical supply chain shift since World War II," w/Interos CEO J...

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How Airbnb.org is housing Ukrainian refugees, w/Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia

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Putting an end to hustle culture w/author Reshma Saujani

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Transforming an idea into a movement overnight, w/Black Women For Black Lives co...

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Mar 19, 202232:10pending

The logistical challenge of supporting refugees, w/Flexport.org founder Susy Sch...

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Mar 17, 202229:51pending

An all-out cyber war, w/Rubrik CEO Bipul Sinha

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Mar 14, 202227:39pending

Global markets react to Russia's war on Ukraine, w/Gro Intelligence CEO Sara Men...

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On the ground in Ukraine, w/Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D'Oyen McKenna

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Mar 10, 202227:57pending

Make mistakes to make progress, w/GM's Gerald Johnson

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Mar 3, 202233:32pending

Ukraine reverberations, Theranos, and more, w/Reid Hoffman and Bob Safian

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Invest in first principles, w/Betterment CEO Sarah Levy

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Be confident enough to show your vulnerability, w/former Merck CEO Ken Frazier

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Scaling when you’re already at scale, w/Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon

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