From the Dorm Room to the Board Room
47 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsWe interview highly successful professionals from all sorts of different fields about the challenges they faced in stepping outside their comfort zones, and successfully transitioning from college to the professional world. Our highly successful guests provide essential tips, insights, and tricks available nowhere else that listeners can immediately apply to their own lives -- preparing themselves to make this key life transition and make better sense of their journey.
The podcast is hosted by award-winning author and professor Andy Molinsky and is produced by Brandeis University's International Business School.
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46 | Protecting Our Rainforests & Following Your Heart | with Atossa Soltani
December 03, 2019 11:00 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBAtossa Soltani is the founder and board president of Amazon Watch and has served as the organization's first executive director for 18 years. Currently, she's the Director of Global Strategy for the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative, working to protect one of the most bio-diverse ecosystems on Earth. She tells us her story of immigrating to the United States during a revolution, and how her passion for politics, activism, and nature led her down the path of her own career. For more infor...
45 | Finding Your Competitive Advantages | with Jordan Harbinger
November 26, 2019 11:00 - 45 minutes - 61.8 MBJordan Harbinger is a Wall Street lawyer turned interview talk show host and communications and social dynamics expert. The Jordan Harbinger Show is currently one of the most popular podcasts in the world. On his show, Jordan deconstructs the playbooks of the most successful people on earth and shares their strategies, perspectives, and practical insights with the rest of us. His entire career path, from creating his own degree in school to studying psychology and social skills to stand out...
44 | Changing Careers 4 Times Before 40 | with Robbie Samuels
November 19, 2019 11:00 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MBRobbie Samuels is a keynote speaker and relationship-based business strategist. He's been recognized as a networking expert by Inc.com, Harvard Business Review, Ascend, and Lifehacker. He's the author of the bestselling business book, Croissants vs. Bagels: Strategic, Effective, and Inclusive Networking at Conferences. He talks about networking, find a job that’s right for you, and not being afraid to change careers multiple times in your life. For more information, visit: http://Brandeis....
43 | Discovering Your Passion by Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone | with Galen Karlan-Mason
November 12, 2019 11:00 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MBGalen Karlan-Mason is the CEO and Founder of GreenChoice, a data-driven platform empowering informed food choices. He attended Brandeis University as an undergrad where he was recruited to play soccer. And that was his main focus until he went abroad and studied in Peru, where he started a nonprofit focused on youth empowerment. When he returned to the US, he set about learning how to build sustainable businesses that had ethical consciousness and could promote sustainable, environmentally-f...
42 | Letting Your Interests & Strengths Lead Your Career | with Courtney Hagen
November 05, 2019 11:00 - 45 minutes - 61.9 MBCourtney Hagen is the Chief Talent Officer for Littlejohn, a private equity firm that invests in mid-market companies. She talks about her wild career path and how she let her strengths and interests lead her into new jobs and fields. For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu Resources: -LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/courtneyhagen -Learn more at littlejohnllc.com From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media
41 | Reinventing Yourself & Creating a Personal Brand | with Dorie Clark
October 29, 2019 11:00 - 35 minutes - 48.1 MBDorie Clark is a marketing strategy consultant, a professional speaker, a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review. Dorie has been recognized as a branding expert by many places, the Associated Press, Fortune Inc. Magazine. She's the author of three books -Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You, and Stand Out. Dorie was described by The New York Times as an expert at self-reinvention. For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu Resources: Learn more at dorieclark.com Stand ...
40 | Increasing Learning & Engagement Through Gamification | with Devin & Shawn Young
October 22, 2019 11:00 - 33 minutes - 45.7 MBOur guests today are two brothers, Shawn and Devin Young. They are the co-founders of Classcraft, which is an award-winning engagement management system used by five million students and educators worldwide to gamify their classroom experience. Classcraft is a platform that empowers teachers to address social-emotional issues, and to manage, sustain, and develop engagement in school by making it feel like a game. It’s not a game though, it's a platform where teachers can give points to stud...
39 | Helping to Find the Right Roomies for You | with Alexandre Assal
October 15, 2019 11:00 - 26 minutes - 35.9 MBAlex Assal is the CEO and Co-founder of Whoomies, a flat-sharing community in France with the goal of giving people better access to housing and creating better living situations. Alex graduated fairly recently from the IÉSEG Business School in Paris, and very soon after founded Whoomies. Based on his experience of trying to find roommates in New York and Singapore, and the similar experiences of his co-founder, Lauren, they saw a gap in the market to streamline the experience. Instead of j...
38 | Being Multipassionate Today & Pursuing Your Interests Early | with Lisa Loeb
October 08, 2019 11:00 - 33 minutes - 46.4 MBLisa Loeb is a Grammy-winning singer songwriter who was launched into the spotlight with a platinum selling number one hit song, Stay. She is a trailblazing independent artist. She continues to publish records, she writes music for TV and film, and she’s also the owner and designer of Lisa Loeb Eyewear. She talks about her multi-passionate interests and how she launched her music career from college. For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu Resources: -Learn more at lisaloeb.com ...
37 | Finding Your Voice & Doing Something That Matters| with Kalsoom Lakhani
October 01, 2019 15:00 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MBKalsoom Lakhani is the Founder and CEO of Invest2Innovate, supports and unleashes the potential of young entrepreneurs in growing markets like Pakistan. She's also partner at I2I Ventures, Invest2Innovate's early stage investment fund for Pakistan, and the country's first female-founded institutional fund. She's trained young entrepreneurs and changemakers in Kosovo, Nepal, Cambodia, Ireland, Bangladesh, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. Kalsoom is a third culture kid, which means that she spen...
36 | Looking For Problems & Finding Solutions | with Stephen Ost
September 24, 2019 15:00 - 25 minutes - 30.1 MBStephen Ost is the Vice President of Product at Paradox, where he leads the product development of their AI recruiting assistant named Olivia. Paradox works with enterprise and mid-market clients to transform their global talent acquisition and candidate experience. Steven got his bachelors in Computer Science at the University of Arizona, where he was recognized as a College Entrepreneur of the Year by Entrepreneur Magazine. While at college, Stephen developed an interest in startups ...
35 | Having a Long-Term Plan for Your Future | with Desmond Lim
September 17, 2019 15:00 - 27 minutes - 32.5 MBDesmond Lim is an entrepreneur who moved to the US from Singapore in 2013 and graduated from both Harvard and MIT. After that, he relocated to San Francisco to start Workstream.is, a text-based hiring platform for companies hiring hourly workers. Desmond founded his first business after high school, a Thai food restaurant, to help pay for college. Before joining Merrill Lynch for three years, he's represented his native country, Singapore, in basketball, playing in the South East Asian Youth...
34 | Making the Most of Social Media | with Eric Dieter and Jason Mitchell
September 10, 2019 15:00 - 34 minutes - 39.7 MBToday's guests are Jason Mitchell and Eric Dieter. They oversee and run an agency called Movement Strategy, which they co-founded in 2009. The agency is an independent, social-led creative agency with a focus on digital marketing initiatives. They use social features and tools and are on the cutting edge of digital trends. They have done work for partners such as Under Armour, Warner Brothers, and Netflix. Movement Strategy is a full-service social media agency. When Eric and Jason cam...
33 | Find Out Where Your Compass is Pointing | with Norman Tran
September 03, 2019 15:00 - 30 minutes - 35.2 MBNorman Tran is the Head of Design at Tradecraft, where he helps smart people going through professional inflection points figure out what's next while avoiding potential failures. Norman created emotional intelligence training at Mission U, a tuition-free college alternative that helps underrepresented adults get roles at companies like Spotify, Survey Monkey, and Accenture. He has facilitated Stanford Graduate School of Business’ flagship course on emotional intelligence. And he's helped Fa...
32 | Discover Your Passion Through Open-Minded Exploration | with Yossuf Albanawi
August 27, 2019 15:00 - 34 minutes - 40.2 MBToday's guest is Yossuf Albanawi, the Co-Founder and CEO of Pilleve, a digital health company that helps patients, care providers, and payers prevent the long-term costs associated with opioid abuse and addiction. After struggling with substance abuse at a young age, Yossuf was able to recover with an early intervention from a loved one. Since then, he's been working on the frontlines of the addiction crisis that's taken over 70,000 lives last year. For more information, visit: http://...
31 | You Have to Create Your Dream Job | with Selena Soo
August 20, 2019 15:00 - 27 minutes - 31.5 MBSelena Soo is a publicity and marketing strategist for entrepreneurs, experts, and authors who want to reach millions with their messages. Her signature approach comes down to building powerful and long-lasting relationships with influencers and the media in a thoughtful and authentic way; She’s a bridge builder, helping people in need find the people who can help them. “I'm really passionate about helping these entrepreneurs who are doing amazing things go from feeling like this hidde...
30 | Intentionally Gaining Experience & Moving Forward | with David Klein
August 13, 2019 15:00 - 29 minutes - 34 MBDavid Klein is the CEO and Co-Founder of CommonBond, a FinTech Company that gives students and graduates better ways to pay for higher education. Named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies and Times' Genius Companies, CommonBond has funded over $2.5 billion in student loans and helped more than 300 companies offer common bond for student loan benefits to their employees. It's also the first finance company with a one-for-one social mission, where for every loan CommonBond funds, i...
29 | Use Your Difference to Make a Difference | with Tayo Rockson
August 06, 2019 15:00 - 28 minutes - 33.8 MBTayo Rockson is a writer, speaker, consultant, and media personality who runs UYD Management, a strategic, leadership, and consulting firm that helps organizations incorporate sustainable diversity and inclusion practices. As someone who's lived on four continents, he is an authority in communicating effectively across cultures. He also hosts the popular As Told by Nomads podcast and his new book, Use Your Difference to Make a Difference, which is about how to connect and communicate in a c...
28 | Patience & Purpose in the Workplace | with Adam Smiley Poswolsky
July 30, 2019 15:00 - 27 minutes - 31.8 MBAdam Smiley Poswolsky is a millennial workplace expert, an international keynote speaker, and the best selling author The Quarter Life Breakthrough and The Breakthrough Speaker. Smiley helps companies attract, retain, and empower millennial talent through speaking on the topics like employee engagement and intergenerational collaboration. A lot of companies are now struggling with retention and keeping young people longer than six months, a year, which is incredibly costly. Millennial...
27 | Preparing for the Future of Work: Networking & Yes, And | with Ronit Avni
July 22, 2019 15:00 - 32 minutes - 37.4 MBRonit Avni is a tech and media entrepreneur and Peabody Award-winning producer who works at the intersection of tech and social impact. She is the founder and CEO of Localized, a career tech platform that connects educated talent in emerging markets with global businesses, drawing on diaspora networks at scale. In our episode today, Ronit shares how she transitioned from drama to political science in college, fusing your interests in a career that is creative and fulfilling, and why im...
26 | Own Your Side Hustle | with Ruby Lee
July 16, 2019 15:00 - 30 minutes - 35.8 MBRuby Lee is an online side hustle business coach who, after side hustling for almost four years, developed what she calls the Own Your Hustle Movement in 2018. People from all around the world seek Ruby out when they want to learn how to launch an online business, grow a personal brand on social media, and generate long-term diversified income streams, even while working full time. For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu Resources: Instagram: @_rubylee_ Facebook grou...
25 | How Groove U Improves Career Education for a Creative Industry | with Dwight Heckelman
July 09, 2019 15:00 - 35 minutes - 41.5 MBAfter about a decade in the music industry working for major and independent record labels, recording studios, music publishers, and music industry trade publications, Dwight Heckelman left the corporate world for academia. In 2005, he chaired and designed the music industry program at Hocking College, later serving as the Career Development and Job Recruitment Coordinator at the Berklee College of Music. Then, in 2010, Dwight founded Groove U, a revolutionary two-year Music Industry E...
024 | Global Citizens Creating Global Media | with Xian Li
July 02, 2019 15:00 - 24 minutes - 28.2 MBXian Li serves as Senior Vice President for Production for SK Global Entertainment. In this role, she is in charge of enhancing and expanding the company's slate of Asia-focused, global-minded film and TV projects, following the success of SK Global's co-financed and co-produced film Crazy Rich Asians. For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu Resources: Learn more at skglobalentertainment.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/xianli From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a p...
23 | The Value of a Liberal Arts Education in a Digital World | with Lauren Maffeo
June 25, 2019 15:00 - 28 minutes - 32.8 MBToday's guest is Lauren Maffeo, who has spent most of her career reporting on and working within the global technology sector. She started as a freelance journalist covering tech trends for The Guardian and The Next Web from London, and today, Lauren works as an Associate Principal Analyst at GetApp, where she covers the impact of emerging tech like AI and blockchain on small and mid-sized business owners. For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu
22 | Don’t Sweat the Big Picture & Take it One Step at a Time | with Benjamin D. Stone
June 18, 2019 15:00 - 28 minutes - 33.7 MBBenjamin D. Stone is a lawyer at the national law firm Mintz, where he helps entrepreneurs, investors, and companies generate both profits and positive social impact around the world. But before Ben worked at Mintz, he held a wide variety of roles in some very different organization: he was a Managing Director and General Counsel of an international impact investment firm; led a team at American Express fueling high-growth entrepreneurship in the United States; helped start Indego Afri...
21 | The Workplace Transition: Learning to Work with Teams & Become a Master Craftsman | with Paul English
June 11, 2019 15:00 - 19 minutes - 22.4 MBToday’s guest, Paul English, is the co-founder of five software companies – Lola.com, kayak.com, GetHuman, Boston Light, and Intermute – and the founder of three nonprofits – summits.org, kingboston.org, and winterwalkboston.org. For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu Resources: Learn more at paulenglish.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paulenglishboston/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/englishpaulm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/englishpaulm From the...
20 | Dabble & Ask Questions: Figuring Out What You Want to Do (& How to Do It) After College | with Ginger Gregory
June 04, 2019 15:00 - 26 minutes - 31.5 MBGinger Gregory is a psychologist, the Executive Vice President, and the Chief Human Resources Officer at Biogen, a company pioneering new therapies and treatments for neurodegenerative, hematologic, and autoimmune diseases. Ginger has a passion for developing people, teams, and organizations, which she pairs with a lifelong love of psychology. For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu Resources: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginger-gregory-95788a5/ From the Dorm...
19 | Investing in Relationships & Yourself | with Nick Troiano
May 28, 2019 15:00 - 23 minutes - 27.4 MBNick Troiano has spent the last decade working to reform politics. He ran for Congress as an independent candidate in 2014 and, now, he’s leading Unite America, an organization that's trying to bridge the growing partisan divide by electing independent candidates to office who aren't beholden to the political parties or special interests. Then, maybe, they can forge some common ground solutions to the country's biggest problems. For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu Re...
18 | Leading with Heart & Experiential Learning | with Claude Silver
May 21, 2019 15:00 - 33 minutes - 39.1 MBClaude Silver is VaynerMedia's first Chief Heart Officer. She unlocks employees' potential by forging human-to-human connection; creating cultures of belonging; empowering teams to be purpose-driven, efficient, and strong; and infusing the agency with empathy, humanity, and joy. Claude's unique perspective on servant leadership and team building comes both from her training in Positive Psychology and her experience in talent management, leader development, coaching, workplace culture, ...
17 | Ordinary People Solve Extraordinary Problems – & So Can You | with Jon Hayes
May 14, 2019 15:00 - 32 minutes - 37.7 MBJon Hayes is the founder and CEO of RewardStock, a travel startup that helps travelers book trips with frequent flyer miles and travel rewards points instead of cash. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Jon was a Wall Street investment banker with eight years of mergers and acquisitions experience at Citigroup. But then, he left Wall Street to launch his first startup RewardStock, which was featured on Shark Tank, where Jon secured an investment from the influential investor Mark Cuban. ...
16 | Get into the GRIT | with Angela Duckworth
May 07, 2019 15:00 - 26 minutes - 31.1 MBAngela Duckworth is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and the founder and CEO of Character Lab, a nonprofit with the mission of advancing the science and practice of character development – but you probably know her best as the author of New York Times Bestseller Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu Resources: Learn more at https://angeladuckworth.com Read: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseve...
15 | From Forensic Pathology to Dancing to Doodling: Forging Your Entrepreneurial Path | with Kymberlee Jay
April 30, 2019 15:00 - 35 minutes - 41.4 MBKymberlee Jay is a former professional dancer, choreographer, and Nike athlete who founded DoodleDirect, a visual communications company that creates animated videos for internal and external brand communications. It was a long and winding road that brought Kymberlee from dancing to doodling, but today she shares the mindset and strategies that helped her break into the dance industry without a traditional dance background and then start her own digital communications company. Fo...
14 | The Origins of Her Campus Media: Bringing the Boardroom into the Dorm Room | with Stephanie Kaplan Lewis
April 23, 2019 15:00 - 30 minutes - 35.8 MBStephanie Kaplan Lewis is the co-founder, CEO, and Editor-in-Chief of Her Campus Media, the number one media brand for college women, which she co-founded in 2009 as an undergraduate at Harvard. Stephanie and Her Campus have a great story, and it’s one that we’re so happy to share on this podcast because it is truly a case of the dorm room being the boardroom – at least, at first. We learn how these three undergrads started a media empire from their dorm rooms, how Her Campus is ...
13 | Creating Your Own Entrepreneurial Curriculum | with Seth Goldman
April 16, 2019 15:00 - 34 minutes - 40 MBSeth Goldman is a change maker in the food industry. He did it first with Honest Tea, the organic and fair-trade beverage brand he launched out of his house in 1998 with co-founder Barry Nalebuff, which was then acquired by the Coca-Cola Company. Today, Seth continues to play a role with the company as “TeaEO Emeritus,” but has also taken on an additional role as Executive Chairman of Beyond Meat, a fast-growing, plant-based protein that's redefining the way we eat meat. For more...
12 | COO, CPO, & Mom: Having it All | with Priya Sapra
April 09, 2019 15:00 - 33 minutes - 38.6 MBPriya Sapra is the COO and the CPO of SHYFT Analytics, an industry-leading, cloud-based data analytics and insights organization in the life sciences. Priya is also a self-described serial entrepreneur who has had the privilege of serving on five high-growth organizations since she graduated college. By training, she is a scientist. By practice, she is a makeshift statistician. And through it all, she is a working mom. Priya gets a lot done, she does it all very well, and she kee...
11 | The Music Paradigm: A Story of Serendipity & Passion | with Roger Nierenberg
April 02, 2019 15:00 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MBFor many years, Roger Nierenberg served as Music Director of the Stanford Symphony in Connecticut, The Jacksonville Symphony in Florida, and as a guest conductor for many symphonies around the world. But today, Roger runs an innovative program that uses his insights from symphonic music to help companies and organizations manage organizational change, called The Music Paradigm. For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu Resources: Learn more at http://www.musicparadigm.com...
10 | Learning to Learn | with Lynn Greenberg
March 26, 2019 15:00 - 40 minutes - 56 MBOur guest today is Lynn Greenberg, co-founder and CEO of Pivt, a tool that helps relocated employees acclimate to their new city right away. Lynn was a Senior Associate at Autonomy Ventures prior to founding and being the CEO of Pivt, and at Autonomy Ventures, she helped find startups that would be investable for the firm, managed teams, and helped these startups build and grow. She is also a Board Member and the Vice President of Panels for the New York Venture Community and a mentor ...
009 | Hustle, Radical Clarity, & Optimism: The Ingredients of a 21-Year-Old CEO | with Robert Harary
March 19, 2019 15:00 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBRobert Harary is the founder and CEO of OneH, an online platform that connects startups with a global pool of investors and partners based on their shared financial and strategic interests. Robert is 21 and runs a tech startup, but refuses to wear a hoodie and jeans to work. He runs a platform that connects startups with investors and enables them with the tools they need to grow, but despises startup culture as we know it. He has a fundamentally different way of envisioning and mappin...
008 | Living Without a Sense of Purpose, Finding Your Niche, & Creating the Bullet Journal | with Ryder Carroll
March 12, 2019 15:00 - 34 minutes - 48.6 MBRyder Carroll is the creator of the Bullet Journal and the author of a new book called The Bullet Journal Method. He has been doing Bullet Journal full-time since April of 2018, but it took a long time to get there. Before that, he was a digital product designer – and before that, he was just trying to make ends meet. For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu Resources: Check out https://bulletjournal.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bulletjournal/?hl=en ...
007 | Quarter-Life Crisis, (Not) Selling Out, & Developing Leadership Skills in College | with Sarah Green Carmichael
March 05, 2019 16:00 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBOur guest today is Sarah Green Carmichael, who was an Executive Editor at Harvard Business Review at the time of our interview, where she co-hosted HBR IdeaCast and Women at Work Podcast. Sarah now works as the Idea Editor at Barron’s. If you’re not familiar, Harvard Business Review is the world's premier management magazine and publication. They publish articles, podcasts, videos, books, and other media with the goal of trying to help people be better managers, get more out of their c...
006 | Creating Morning Brew: Starting Your Side Hustle in College | with Alex Lieberman
February 26, 2019 16:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBAlex Lieberman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Morning Brew, and their goal is to make the younger generation's experience with the business world significantly better. Their core product is a daily email newsletter that gives the reader all the business news they need in five minutes. It's quick, it's conversational, and it covers everything from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. There are over 700,000 people subscribed to the Morning Brew, and if you’re an aspiring or emerging business lea...
005 | Taking a Chance: If Not Now, When? | with Siqi Mou
February 19, 2019 16:00 - 45 minutes - 42.2 MBSiqi Mou is the Co-Founder and CEO of HelloAva, an AI-powered personal skin care consultant. Prior to starting HelloAva, she was a financial news anchor at Bloomberg TV and held several positions at Morgan Stanley, PIMCO, and the Federal Reserve. Siqi has also been a concert pianist for over 20 years, and she currently serves as the Music Ambassador for Carnegie Hall. Siqi received her MBA from Stanford, her MPA from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and her BA in Economics from ...
004 | Networking & Learning: The Winding Path from Graduation to Co-Founder of JustFix.nyc | with Georges Clement
February 12, 2019 16:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBGeorges Clement is a co-founder of JustFix.nyc, a nonprofit that supports tenants facing harassment and poor housing conditions with technology to build well-documented cases and connect with community and legal advocates. Georges is also a Kennedy fellow studying the Intersection of Technology and Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Previously, Georges was a fellow with Blue Ridge Labs at the Robin Hood Foundation, and a Product Manager at General Assembly, leading th...
003 | Getting LinkedIn: Seeking Out Opportunities in College & Beyond | with Maya Pope-Chappell
February 05, 2019 16:00 - 31 minutes - 29.8 MBMaya Pope-Chappell is a Bay Area native who has worked in journalism, healthcare, and now, the tech world. She transitioned from journalism into tech when she joined LinkedIn in 2015, and in her time at LinkedIn, she has covered education, launched a campus editor program, built out content strategies, and worked with influential names in business. Maya also hosts a video series called How I Got Here, which highlights professionals with unique stories and shares their professional journeys...
002 | It’s Easier to Rule Things Out Than Rule Things In: A Long & Winding Course to Google | with Kathryn Dekas
January 29, 2019 16:00 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBToday's guest is Kathryn Dekas, a Senior Manager in Google's People Analytics Group, which aims to bring science and data to all people-related decisions at Google. Kathryn has worked at Google for about a decade, leading projects related to employee onboarding, recognition, performance management, empowerment, citizenship behaviors, and virtual collaboration. Currently, she leads a team of social scientists inside Google that conduct in-depth research about how to improve employees' happi...
001 | Three Brothers and a Blender: The Story of Super Coffee | with Jim DeCicco
January 22, 2019 16:00 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBJim DeCicco graduated Colgate University in 2015 and, just a few months later, teamed up with his two younger brothers to create the world’s first Super Coffee. Since then, Jim and his brothers have grown Kitu Life Inc. tremendously, raising $18 million in venture capital and getting the opportunity to pitch on ABC’s Shark Tank (where they received an offer but, ultimately, turned it down). Kitu Life now has 20 full-time employees, and Jim’s role with the company has changed dramatically. ...
0: How Do We Help Students Transition From the Dorm Room to the Board Room?
January 08, 2019 16:00 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBWelcome to the new student-focused podcast from Dr. Andy Molinsky at Brandeis University's International Business School.