Latest Hbs Podcast Episodes
Green Concrete: Decarbonizing Construction with Recycled Glass
Climate Rising - May 08, 2024 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsThe first of a series on decarbonizing the roots of value chains, where we’re looking deep into supply chains that serve many industries, this episode focuses on concrete. Concrete is one of the world’s most popular materials, and it accounts for nearly 8% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions,...
Lessons in Business Innovation from Legendary Restaurant elBulli
Cold Call - May 07, 2024 13:22 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsFerran Adrià, chef at legendary Barcelona-based restaurant elBulli, was facing two related decisions. First, he and his team must continue to develop new and different dishes for elBulli to guarantee a continuous stream of innovation, the cornerstone of the restaurant's success. But they also nee...
Helping Companies Become More Climate Resilient
Climate Rising - April 24, 2024 07:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this episode in our adaptation series, Peter Hall, Managing Director at Resonance Impact Advisory, draws upon his experience in global engineering and professional services firms to share how consulting and advisory companies can help their clients assess their risks and take actions to become...
Amazon in Seattle: The Role of Business in Causing and Solving a Housing Crisis
Cold Call - April 23, 2024 13:22 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsIn 2020, Amazon built a shelter for women and families experiencing houselessness on its campus in Seattle, Washington. The shelter was operated in partnership with a nonprofit organization known as Mary’s Place and was designed to address what had become an urgent problem for Seattle and many ot...
#221 Excellent Advice for Living (and MBA Applications!)
The Touch MBA Admissions Podcast - April 16, 2024 22:37 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 107 ratingsInspired by Kevin Kelly's Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I Knew Earlier, Darren shares 10 bits of wisdom that could materially improve your chances of getting into business school and building a successful career. Topics Introduction (0:00) School Selection (3:00) Support Netw...
How Insurance Companies are Addressing Climate Risks
Climate Rising - April 10, 2024 07:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsThis episode in our adaptation series focuses climate change’s implications on the insurance industry. Claudine Blamey, Group Director of Sustainability at Aviva, describes how climate change evokes both transition risks and physical risks for insurance companies, and affects how insurance compan...
Sustaining a Legacy of Giving in Turkey
Cold Call - April 09, 2024 13:22 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsÖzyeğin Social Investments was founded by Hüsnü Özyeğin, one of Turkey's most successful entrepreneurs, with a focus on education, health, gender equality, rural development, and disaster relief in Turkey. Harvard Business School senior lecturer Christina Wing and Murat Özyeğin (MBA 2003) discuss...
Building Climate - Resilient Cities and Infrastructure
Climate Rising - March 27, 2024 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsThis episode in our climate adaptation series features HBS Professor John Macomber. John discusses how companies and governments need to incorporate climate resilience as they develop and finance real estate and infrastructure to address the risks of flooding, wildfire, extreme heat, drought, and...
How One Leader Overcame Career-Ending Adversity
Cold Call - March 26, 2024 13:22 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsIn the spring of 2021, Raymond Jefferson (MBA 2000) applied for a job in President Joseph Biden’s administration. Ten years earlier, false allegations had been used to force him to resign from his prior U.S. government position as assistant secretary of labor for veterans’ employment and training...
Crypto Explained
Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Invites - March 19, 2024 09:33 - 33 minutesIN THIS EPISODE: In this episode, our host Denise Silber welcomes recent HBS MBA, Kai-Tai Chang, General Partner at a quantitative crypto fund. Kai-Tai Chang explains, step by step, how cryptocurrency works and presents the key components and stakeholders in a session sure to interest crypto...
The Lightsmith Group’s Adaptation Investment Strategy
Climate Rising - March 13, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsThis episode continues our series on adaptation, and features Jay Koh who co-founded the Lightsmith Group, the first growth private equity firm focused on climate adaptation. Jay discusses the firm’s investment strategy, the sectors his firm invests in and their investment criteria process. He al...
How to Bring Good Ideas to Life: The Paul English Story
Cold Call - March 12, 2024 13:22 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsHarvard Business School professor Frances Frei and Paul English, one of the most imaginative and successful innovators of his generation, discuss how to tell the difference between a good idea and a bad one, the importance of iteration, and taking a systematic (but fast) approach to developing ne...
#220 GLOBIS MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Tomoya Nakamura - "Find Your Kokorozashi"
The Touch MBA Admissions Podcast - March 11, 2024 04:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 107 ratingsSometimes, it's hard to differentiate MBA programs. That is not the case with GLOBIS University, Japan's number 1 MBA, which prizes entrepreneurial skills, societal impact, and helping its students find their kokorozashi (personal mission). Professor Tomoya Nakamura, President of GLOBIS USA,...
In Harmony
Skydeck - March 08, 2024 16:01 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsBorn in Korea, Michael Kim (MBA 1990) spent his formative years in the US. As his novel ‘Offerings’ heads for the big screen, Asia’s “godfather of private equity” reflects on time, legacy, duty, and the unexpected connections between fiction and finance.
Visualizing our Changing Climate with Probable Futures
Climate Rising - February 28, 2024 08:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this first episode of our series on adaptation, host Mike Toffel sits down with Spencer Glendon and Alison Smart of Probable Futures. They discuss how Probable Futures tools are educating decision makers to better understand how their organizations will experience climate change, and how adapt...
From Startup to Fortune 100 Executive
Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Invites - February 28, 2024 07:37 - 36 minutesIN THIS EPISODE: In this podcast episode, Anthony Soohoo, an entrepreneur with experience in both startups and Fortune 100 companies, shares his insights on the value of corporate skills for entrepreneurs and vice versa. He discusses the differences between startup and corporate work environme...
How Could Harvard Decarbonize Its Supply Chain?
Cold Call - February 27, 2024 13:17 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsHarvard University aims to be fossil-fuel neutral by 2026 and totally free of fossil fuels by 2050. As part of this goal, the university is trying to decarbonize its supply chain and considers replacing cement with a low-carbon substitute called Pozzotive®, made with post-consumer recycled glass....
#219 From Military to MBA, Consultant & More with Beau Gresham, NYU Stern MBA '20 - "Find Your Champions"
The Touch MBA Admissions Podcast - February 20, 2024 05:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 107 ratingsBeau Gresham, Director of Strategic Initiatives at Mastercard and NYU Stern MBA '20, shares his journey as an applicant, student, and alumni of NYU Stern. How did Beau transition from the military to consulting through the MBA? How was the NYU Stern Full-time MBA experience? How did Beau break i...
Raízen’s Decarbonization Strategy
Climate Rising - February 14, 2024 08:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsThe bonus episode of the Climate Rising features an episode of HBR’s Cold Call podcast featuring a discussion on ethanol, a biofuel with a complex history and an uncertain future. Host Brian Kenny is joined by Professor Gunnar Trumbull and Paula Kovarsky from Raízen. As Brazil's top producer of s...
Apple’s Dilemma: Balancing Privacy and Safety Responsibilities
Cold Call - February 13, 2024 13:17 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsIn 2015, Apple debuted the iPhone 6S, which employed a default encryption system preventing both Apple and government authorities from accessing data stored on the device. But since then, global governments have questioned whether Apple’s desire to protect customer privacy interferes with public ...
Decarbonizing Industrial Processes with Material Science
Climate Rising - January 31, 2024 08:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsThis episode continues Climate Rising's hard-to-abate series, and features Shreya Dave, CEO and Co-founder of Via Separations. Shreya describes how her company is decarbonizing the industrial sector by using material science to create a much less energy intensive and cheaper approach to separate ...
Can Second-Generation Ethanol Production Help Decarbonize the World?
Cold Call - January 30, 2024 13:22 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsEthanol had already transformed Brazil, where flex-fuel vehicles dominated the streets. Raízen, a bioenergy company headquartered in São Paulo, sought to prove that second-generation ethanol (E2G) could do the same for the world – especially in hard to decarbonize sectors, such as aviation and sh...
#218 Lessons from Listeners (Vol. 2): Drawing a Roadmap for Admissions, Prioritizing Conversations, Prematurely Applying, Being Strategic Yet Flexible
The Touch MBA Admissions Podcast - January 29, 2024 23:58 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 107 ratingsDarren shares more hard-earned application lessons from four listeners (now graduated MBAs): drawing a roadmap for the admissions team, prioritizing conversations when picking schools, "prematurely applying" and being strategic yet flexible Want to share your hard-earned application lessons? C...
#217 Lessons from Listeners (Vol. 1): Working for Unknown Companies, Determining Best-Fit Schools, Dealing with Dings
The Touch MBA Admissions Podcast - January 20, 2024 17:31 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 107 ratingsTouch MBA's goal has always been to offer you evergreen content that will help you shortlist and get into best-fit MBA programs. We invite listeners to share lessons from their MBA application journeys not just on the podcast, but in written form, too. These short reflections are full of timeles...
From India to Korea: This HBS MBA will inspire you!
Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Invites - January 17, 2024 10:48 - 24 minutesIN THIS EPISODE: In this inspiring episode, host Denise Silber sits down with HBS MBA Pankaj Agarwal, an EdTech entrepreneur who was born in an Indian village and developed a deep desire to pay it forward. Today he and his team are optimizing the education process in thousands of Indian...
Decarbonizing Aviation with McKinsey
Climate Rising - January 17, 2024 08:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsThis episode in our hard-to-abate series features aviation expert Robin Riedel, a Partner at McKinsey & Company who co-leads the McKinsey Center for Future Mobility. Robin describes five approaches to decarbonize aviation: upgrading aircraft, improving operational efficiency, sustainable aviation...
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