Latest Columbiabusinessschool Podcast Episodes
LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman on the Future of AI
Columbia Bizcast - April 12, 2024 13:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsThe accomplished entrepreneur, executive and investor joined Columbia Business School Dean Costis Maglaras to share lessons from building many of today’s leading consumer businesses and to discuss the future of AI. The event was part of the school’s new Distinguished Speaker Series, co-sponsored...
Is the Economy Returning to Equilibrium?
Columbia Bizcast - February 27, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsAt a recent live event hosted by the Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business at Columbia Business School, Professors Abby Joseph Cohen and Pierre Yared discussed signs that the global economy and financial markets are moving toward a more “normal” state.
How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms
Columbia Bizcast - February 09, 2024 11:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsIn this episode of Columbia Bizcast, listen to a recording of a recent CBS event featuring Chris Wiggins, professor of applied mathematics and systems biology at Columbia University. He speaks about his new book, How Data Happened, co-authored with Matthew Jones. Professor Wiggins explains that...
Exploring Democracy in the Age of AI
Columbia Bizcast - January 26, 2024 11:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsIn this episode of Bizcast we speak with Columbia Business School Professor Bruce Kogut, who shares insights and reflections on the impact of social and traditional media, government regulation, misinformation, and new and emerging technologies on democracy.
Climate Change and the New American Economy
Columbia Bizcast - January 12, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsIn this episode of Columbia Bizcast, listen to a recording of a recent CBS event featuring Brian Deese, MIT innovation fellow and former director of the National Economic Action Council at the White House. Deese discusses climate action and economic opportunities in the wake of the Inflation Red...
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Shares AI Insights, Leadership Lessons
Columbia Bizcast - December 19, 2023 19:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsIn this episode of Columbia Bizcast, Jensen Huang, President and CEO of NVIDIA, joins Dean Costis Maglaras to discuss the future of the AI industry and share insights and lessons from building his tech company into a $1 trillion giant.
Understanding and Unleashing the Power of Blockchain
Columbia Bizcast - August 10, 2023 15:28 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsIn this episode of Bizcast, Ciamac Moallemi, the William von Mueffling Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, takes us through the basics of the new technology, shares the opportunities and disadvantages it offers, and discusses how CBS is preparing students to be at the forefront of...
Fostering Entrepreneurship and Innovation at CBS
Columbia Bizcast - January 27, 2023 20:13 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsDirector of the Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurship Center at Columbia Business School Lara Hejtmanek ’99 discusses how the School supports students and alumni in their entrepreneurial journeys: from startup idea to launch and beyond.
How Can Leaders Use Data to Make Better Decisions?
Columbia Bizcast - December 14, 2022 20:56 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsListen to a fascinating discussion between Columbia Business School Professors Oded Netzer, Christopher Frank and Paul Magnone as they delve into the ideas and practical applications detailed in their new book Decisions Over Decimals.
Investing in the Era of Climate Change: A conversation with Professor Bruce Usher
Columbia Bizcast - November 18, 2022 20:05 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsColumbia Business School’s Bruce Usher discusses his new book, which outlines the risks and opportunities for investors from climate change, and how current students and alumni are addressing major environmental challenges.
Welcome to Manhattanville – A conversation with Dean Costis Maglaras
Columbia Bizcast - April 08, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsWelcome to the first episode of a special season of Columbia Bizcast dedicated to Columbia Business School’s new home in Manhattanville! In this episode, we’ll take a private tour of the Manhattanville campus with Dean Costis Maglaras. Dean Maglaras shares with us why a new campus is essenti...
Mission, Purpose, and Moon-Shooting with Vasiliki Petrou, Group CEO of Unilever Prestige
Columbia Bizcast - April 30, 2021 20:36 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsVasiliki Petrou founded and now leads the Unilever Prestige division; this last year has offered that division invaluable knowledge and expertise. In this week’s episode, she reviews some of what she’s learned about her already-strong commitment to running a mission-driven brand portfolio. She d...
Impact Investing and the Future of Flexible Capital
Columbia Bizcast - April 02, 2021 15:01 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsLike every other industry, the field of impact investing underwent significant change over the last year. This episode investigates some of the new possibilities that this change has opened. Maggie Loo, CBS class of ’05 and Bridges Fund Management partner, discusses how the definition of “return...
Turnaround: A Tale of Two Pandemic Case Studies
Columbia Bizcast - February 26, 2021 02:59 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsWhat happened? What went wrong? Those are simple questions to ask when a company experiences difficulty. In Professor Kathryn Harrigan’s Turnaround Management class, students examine case studies to uncover the often complex reasons why a firm got in trouble and to help plot a way back. On thi...
What Kind of Entrepreneur Are You?
Columbia Bizcast - February 11, 2021 22:59 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsWe start our new season of Bizcast with a conversation about the challenges of entrepreneurship. Class of 2021 members Pritika Gupta, Gareth Pembroke, and Samuel Hong are co-presidents of the Columbia Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO), a community of students who offer each other support on the...
Inspiring and Exhausting: Reporting on Political Campaigns
Columbia Bizcast - October 29, 2020 15:11 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsWhat is it like for a journalist to cover the final days of a political campaign, right before an election? Bizcast visits with two MBA students who have had this experience first-hand. Alexis Levinson ’21, a former reporter for Buzzfeed, and Knight-Bagehot Fellow Hannah Levintova ’21, who wri...
The Intersection of Business, Politics, and Society: A Conversation with Valerie Jarrett
Columbia Bizcast - October 08, 2020 14:06 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsOn this special episode of Bizcast, we’re presenting a conversation between Bernstein Center Faculty Director Modupe Akinola and former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett, who is now the senior advisor to the Obama Foundation. Ms. Jarrett shares some of the formative exp...
The Phillips Pathway Program: Learning to Advocate for an Inclusive Workplace
Columbia Bizcast - September 17, 2020 21:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsAs one of the world’s leading experts on diversity in business environments, the late Professor Katherine Phillips left a remarkable legacy of scholarship and inspiration. For Mariah Celestine ’20 and Camira Powell ’20, the most meaningful way to honor Professor Phillips was to continue the im...
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Goldman Sachs: Erika Irish Brown ‘98
Columbia Bizcast - August 27, 2020 20:54 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsOn June 26, Gita Johar, Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion spoke with Erika Irish Brown ‘98, the Chief Diversity Officer at Goldman Sachs, about the firm’s internal response to the global protest and reckoning on anti-Black racism in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd. In the...
What Can Businesses Learn from Protestors? (Part 2 of 2)
Columbia Bizcast - August 05, 2020 18:50 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsBizcast is continuing our conversation with Management Professor Dan Wang about the connections between protests and business. Part one examined the skills and leadership abilities protest organizers have in common with CEOs. In this part, Wang explains the relationship that exists between b...
What Can Businesses Learn from Protestors? (Part 1 of 2)
Columbia Bizcast - July 23, 2020 14:14 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsIn light of the conversation started by the Black Lives Matter movement, we’re starting a series of special edition podcasts focusing on how pro-equity social changes are affecting industries. For the first episode, we’re going to look at the nature of protest itself. On the surface, it migh...
How the New Normal is Changing Brand Communications
Columbia Bizcast - May 22, 2020 14:20 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsThe COVID-19 pandemic presented the already volatile world of brands with a tough new challenge: How does a brand stay viable, but ensure that it is sensitive to the new financial and societal realities of the “new normal?” On this episode of Bizcast, marketing Professor Elizabeth Friedman and...
Inflection Points in the New World of Business
Columbia Bizcast - May 18, 2020 18:20 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsWith the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the business world and the daily lives of millions have undergone massive disruptions in a short amount of time. The reality of this new normal is what Professor Rita McGrath would define as an inflection point – an external change that causes the under...
Beyond CARES: Economist Glenn Hubbard on Government Response to COVID-19
Columbia Bizcast - May 08, 2020 15:26 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsOverall, Dean Emeritus Glenn Hubbard has been pleased with the government response to the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, noting the speed with which Congress and the administration passed the CARES Act. On this episode of Bizcast, however, Hubbard, the Russell L. Carson Profe...
A World of Hurt: The Impact of COVID-19 On Retail
Columbia Bizcast - May 01, 2020 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsAccording to a recent Department of Commerce report, retail sales slumped by 8.7 percent in March, as states issued stay-at-home orders and stores closed throughout the nation. Mark Cohen, the director of retail studies, explains on the latest episode of Bizcast that the retail sector should ...
Setting Policy for What Comes After COVID-19: Dr. Faheem Ahmed ‘20
Columbia Bizcast - April 24, 2020 10:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsLike many of his classmates, Dr. Faheem Ahmed started the spring semester, primed to put the finishing touches on his MBA. But after COVID-19 began to spread, he relocated to his home in London to complete his degree remotely and work on the frontline of the crisis. In this special episode of ...
Jacquie Henderson '17: Building Ad Hoc COVID-19 Testing Sites STAT
Columbia Bizcast - April 16, 2020 16:24 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsJacquie Henderson '17 works in strategy and operations for a seven hospital health system that serves communities in New York's Hudson Valley and in Western Connecticut. When the virus hit, her responsibilities quickly shifted. In this episode, Henderson talks about how her CBS experience helped...
Tommy Hendrix ‘17: Fighting COVID-19 As an Alumnus and a Green Beret
Columbia Bizcast - April 10, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsWe’re pivoting Bizcast. Starting with this episode, we’ll be covering the business impacts of COVID-19 from multiple perspectives. Our first guest is Tommy Hendrix ‘17, who discusses his current work searching gray markets for personal protective equipment to redistribute to healthcare workers...
Welcome and See You Soon: Introducing Our Deferred Enrollment Program
Columbia Bizcast - March 19, 2020 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsThis month, the School welcomed its inaugural group of undergraduate seniors and non-professional Master’s students into the new Deferred Enrollment Program. The program allows accepted students to defer their MBA or EMBA start date for between two to five years, while they are gaining experienc...
Work Breaks Don't Signal Career Brakes: Lee Georgs '03
Columbia Bizcast - March 12, 2020 10:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsIn our second episode featuring the School’s UK-based graduates, we visit with Lee Georgs ’03, the Chief Operating Officer of Corporate for the investment consultancy Redington and co-President of the London alumni club. Georgs has held positions with some of the world’s most prestigious inves...
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