Rapid Response
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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Tapping a new generation of consumers, w/The Drone Racing League president Rache...
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Be relentless, so your team can be fearless, w/Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McG...
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Lessons of Omicron, w/Wellcome Trust director Sir Jeremy Farrar
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How to decarbonize your business, w/Kleiner Perkins partner John Doerr
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How flexibility creates momentum, w/Crate & Barrel CEO Janet Hayes
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How GoFundMe has facilitated $15 billion in giving, w/CEO Tim Cadogan
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Re-founding Instacart, w/CEO Fidji Simo
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Metaverse mania, the great resignation, and more, w/Reid Hoffman and Bob Safian
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How to turn intentions into action, w/15 Percent Pledge founder Aurora James
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Run toward AI, w/former Google CEO Eric Schmidt
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How Peloton keeps pushing through resistance, w/CEO John Foley
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The truth about what we watch, w/Nielsen CEO David Kenny
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Launching a $500 billion startup, w/ Jet.com founder and NBA owner Marc Lore
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Overcoming institutional hurdles, w/U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee CEO Sara...
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Urgent lessons from a cyberattack, w/SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna
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How to scale tech responsibly, w/former Google ad chief Sridhar Ramaswamy
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How to lead for enduring impact w/Spelman College president Dr. Mary Schmidt Cam...
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Applauding the drama of the digital age, w/BroadwayHD CEO Bonnie Comley
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When to build the company before the product, w/Aurora CEO Chris Urmson
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When you should require vaccinations w/restauranteur Danny Meyer
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How Electronic Arts grows a metaverse, w/CEO Andrew Wilson
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How mission fuels risk-taking, w/Illumina CEO Francis deSouza
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Cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset, w/Reid Hoffman and Sir Richard Branson
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How Harley-Davidson set a foundation for the long term, w/CEO Jochen Zeitz
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Inside J.Crew's "purpose-led" pivot, w/CEO Libby Wadle
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Scaling a mission w/TAAF president Sonal Shah
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How BuzzFeed bounced back, w/co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti
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Tapping into generosity (via Bitcoin), w/Charity Water CEO Scott Harrison
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Fighting through headwinds, w/Marriott president Stephanie Linnartz
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Crypto craziness, ransomware attacks, and "smart risks", w/Reid Hoffman and Bob...
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Why business must be a force for good, w/former AMEX CEO Ken Chenault
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Fashioning a greener closet, w/Rent the Runway CEO Jenn Hyman
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The promise and peril of engineering biology, w/Ginkgo Bioworks co-founder Reshm...
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Upskilling and the war for talent, w/Guild Education CEO Rachel Carlson
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Why real estate matters more than ever, w/Compass CEO Robert Reffkin
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Inside Google’s Pandemic Safety Squad, w/Chief Health Officer Dr. Karen DeSalvo
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Surviving a close shave, w/Harry's co-CEO Andy Katz-Mayfield
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A crucible moment for Instacart, w/founder & CEO Apoorva Mehta
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A pandemic is not a business model, w/Blue Apron CEO Linda Findley Kozlowski
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Can bankruptcy save movie theaters? w/Alamo Drafthouse CEO Shelli Taylor
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GameStop, SPACs, and vaccines, w/Reid Hoffman and Bob Safian
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Turbulence, recovery, and risk, w/Delta CEO Ed Bastian
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Leveraging the trampoline effect, w/Morning Brew CEO Alex Lieberman
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The business of democracy, w/Leadership Now CEO Daniella Ballou-Aares
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Died and reborn, w/Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky
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A prescription for healthy growth, w/FIGS co-CEO Heather Hasson
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Wartime leadership, with Nike CEO John Donahoe
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Winning and losing, w/Vanderbilt University coach Jerry Stackhouse
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Public-private opportunities, w/Defense Innovation Unit director Mike Brown
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Iterating under pressure, w/Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot
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