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Innovating Out of a Crisis feat. Scott Sonenshein & John Mangum
Owl Have You Know - May 15, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsInnovating Out of a Crisis feat. Scott Sonenshein & John Mangum Eager to learn how organizations can innovate their way out of a crisis? You may be surprised that the key to this comes from an arts organization. Tune into a special live recording of our podcast, with John Mangum, the ...
Innovating Out of a Crisis feat. Professor Scott Sonenshein & John Mangum
Owl Have You Know - May 15, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsEager to learn how organizations can innovate their way out of a crisis? You may be surprised that the key to this comes from an arts organization. Tune into a special live recording of our podcast, with John Mangum, the executive director/CEO of the Houston Symphony, and Scott Sonensh...
Innovation Across Generations feat. Adrian Trömel ’18 & Klaus Trömel ’85
Owl Have You Know - May 01, 2024 09:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsFor Adrian and Klaus Trömel, getting an MBA from Rice Business was a family affair. Klaus Trömel served as the secretary general of the European Investment Bank (EIB) until his retirement in March 2018. He began his career as an analyst at Hewlett-Packard’s European headquarters in Ge...
Swapping Lab Coats for Lip Gloss feat. Ashley Henry ’22
Owl Have You Know - April 17, 2024 14:05 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsFrom an early age, Ashley Henry was interested in beauty. Despite getting her bachelor’s degree in chemistry and working for the CDC in epidemiology, her childhood dreams never faded. After her stint in public health, Ashley went on to work as a hairstylist before getting her MBA and f...
I Learned the Most at My Lowest feat. Brian Jackson ’21
Owl Have You Know - April 03, 2024 09:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsBrian Jackson is an expert when it comes to challenging himself in unchartered waters. Brian is the manager of renewables origination at TransAlta Corporation, where he oversees the company's renewable energy power purchase agreement origination activities in the United States. Brian h...
The Fundamental Principles of Disruption feat. T. Canady Barton ’10
Owl Have You Know - March 20, 2024 09:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsLooking at T. Canady Barton’s resume, she has some of the biggest company names on the list. After a few years doing chemical engineering, oil and gas, T. pivoted to consulting, tech and entrepreneurship for the bulk of her career. In 2014, she moved to the U.K., where she was the vic...
The Pancake Princess Talks Building Authenticity Online feat. Erika Kwee ’16
Owl Have You Know - March 06, 2024 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsRice Business is known for producing top industry leaders and 2016 full-time MBA graduate, Erika Kwee is no exception. Erika Kwee is the creator, photographer and writer behind The Pancake Princess, where her colorful, mouthwatering “bake-off” blog compares popular baking recipes side-b...
Navigating the Energy Transition feat. Diana Khandilyan ’20
Owl Have You Know - February 21, 2024 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsDiana Khandilyan is an energy industry expert who dedicated more than 20 years to the international oil and gas exploration industry, focusing on emerging technologies, process optimization and corporate sustainability. The energy transition motivated her to pursue an MBA degree from ...
The Misconception of Constructive Conflict feat. Professor Daan van Knippenberg
Owl Have You Know - February 07, 2024 10:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsConventional wisdom says that conflict and dissent among an organization’s top leaders can improve strategy and performance. But new research indicates the opposite is true. In fact, dissent at the top often damages working relationships, communication and decision quality. In this ep...
Half of the World Population Does Not Have Access to Clean Cooking feat. Dymphna van der Lans ’02
Owl Have You Know - January 24, 2024 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsRice grads end up all over the world, and Dymphna van der Lans is no exception. Dymphna has worked and lived in China, India, and Kenya and engaged with island nations in the Caribbean and the Indian and Pacific Oceans to support their transition away from polluting diesel fuels to rene...
Understanding Healthcare Through a Different Lens feat. Keri Sprung ’22
Owl Have You Know - January 10, 2024 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsKeri Sprung ’22 is the vice president for education and director of the Women’s Center at the Texas Heart Institute. She provides strategic direction to the physicians and scientists leading innovative research, education, and clinical programs at the Institute in partnership with regio...
I Started My Business Because I Made a Huge Mistake feat. Wendy Fong EMBA ’13
Owl Have You Know - December 20, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsMany of us have probably had that moment – where you quit one job because you found your “dream” job. But that second place wasn’t everything you thought it would be. So what comes after that? Wendy Fong decided to start her own company to fulfill her search, and to help others with the...
A Commitment to Community Brought Our Provost to Rice feat. Amy Dittmar
Owl Have You Know - December 06, 2023 10:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsFrom the president to the provost, a lot of people are working behind the scenes to make sure our university runs smoothly. As the Howard R. Hughes Provost of Rice University, Amy Dittmar oversees Rice’s academic enterprise, including direct reporting relationships for the deans of eigh...
The Intersection of Art and Business feat. Alison Weaver and Dean Peter Rodriguez
Owl Have You Know - November 22, 2023 10:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsMcNair Hall is home to an impressive collection of public art. With 19 installations that have been an intentional element of the building renovations since 2018, Rice is proud of the diverse permanent collection, which represents artists of a number of different ages, countries, gender...
You Get Out What You Put In feat. Jan Goetgeluk ‘10 and Jesús Patiño ‘10
Owl Have You Know - November 08, 2023 10:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe Rice Energy Finance Summit (REFS) is an annual student-led conference promoting forward-looking discussions on the most relevant energy finance, investment and strategy topics affecting the global energy industry. And founders Jan Goetgeluk and Jesús Patiño say it's just another exa...
Wealth Management Is All About Relationships feat. Crystal Maxwell '03
Owl Have You Know - October 25, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsCrystal Maxwell was born in Texas but raised in Saudi Arabia as an "oil brat." Both her parents worked for Aramco. Exploring different cultures developed her global perspective that helps shape her investment recommendations even today. She moved back to the U.S. for college and earne...
The Sky Is Not the Limit feat. Rawand Rasheed
Owl Have You Know - October 11, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsRawand grew up watching his father's passion for engineering. Despite avoiding the field at first, Rawand developed a similar passion for the craft. Rawand is a Ph.D. candidate at the Rice University George R. Brown School of Engineering and has more than five years of experience at NA...
How Two Years at Rice Alliance Became 22 feat. Brad Burke
Owl Have You Know - September 27, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsFor our final episode of season 3, we wanted to bring you one last conversation from this year’s Alumni Reunion. Brad Burke is the managing director of Rice Alliance, Rice Business’ flagship entrepreneurship initiative launched in 2000. Brad has led Rice Alliance since 2001, helping th...
Cooperation in the U.S. - Mexico Border Region feat. Daniel Gutierrez ‘14
Owl Have You Know - September 13, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsBorn and raised in Mexico, Daniel Gutierrez knew from an early age he wanted to build a career in economics. In 2009, Daniel and his wife moved to San Antonio to join the North American Development Bank as a senior analysis and structuring specialist. North American Development Bank i...
Clean Tech, Climate Change, and the Future of Energy feat. Phoebe Wang FTMBA ’13
Owl Have You Know - August 30, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsClimate change is on the news and in our faces every day, from wildfires to record-breaking heat waves. And today, we are talking to a Rice grad who’s working to combat these developments, through clean energy, carbon management and venture capital investments. Phoebe Wang is a cleant...
Clean Tech, Climate Change, and the Future of Energy feat. Phoebe Wang ’13
Owl Have You Know - August 30, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsClimate change is on the news and in our faces every day, from wildfires to record-breaking heat waves. And today, we are talking to a Rice grad who’s working to combat these developments, through clean energy, carbon management and venture capital investments. Phoebe Wang is a cleant...
Everything Is a Business, Including Journalism feat. Kalyn Norwood '22
Owl Have You Know - August 16, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIt’s not everyday you talk to a reporter with an MBA. Kalyn Norwood is Hearst Television’s White House Correspondent. She joined the company’s Washington Bureau in July 2022, right after earning her MBA at Rice Business. An Emmy award-winning journalist, Kalyn landed in Washington D.C....
I See The Benefits of my MBA in Everything I Do feat. Tracy and John Dennis, FTMBA ’00 and ’93
Owl Have You Know - August 02, 2023 09:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe’re so excited to bring you another conversation from this year’s alumni reunion! Tracy Dennis `00 and John Dennis `93 met the first week of freshman year as undergrads at Harvard and have been together ever since, even both eventually coming to Rice Business for their MBAs! Tracy...
Everybody’s Got To Eat feat. Turner Hoff ‘13
Owl Have You Know - July 19, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsTurner Hoff grew up in a family of real estate entrepreneurs. When he was young, his goal was to work in construction like his father. After undergrad, he spent two years working with his father, redeveloping and flipping single-family homes in Houston, and joined Rice Business’ Full-Ti...
His Passion for ALS Research Starts at Home feat. Daniel Barvin '18
Owl Have You Know - July 05, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsDuring this year's alumni reunion Partio, we caught up with some alums right on campus. One of those alumni was Daniel Barvin ‘18. Daniel has held many different roles, in both financial advising and oil and gas sectors, and eventually earned an MBA from Rice Business in 2018. But in D...
Giving Entrepreneurs the Tools to Change the World feat. Hesam Panahi, Taylor Anne Adams ‘23, and Delaney Berman ‘22
Owl Have You Know - June 21, 2023 09:41 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn another installment of Owl Have You Know’s Flight Path Series, where guests share their career journeys and Rice insights, we speak to three innovators connected to the Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The Liu Idea Lab is a hub for entrepreneurship and innovation a...
Failing Forward feat. Ben Clemenceau ‘21
Owl Have You Know - June 07, 2023 09:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn another installment of our live Owl Have You Know recording series, we invited Ben Clemenceau ‘21 back to McNair Hall to discuss his career in market research, and how earning his MBA at Rice catapulted his pivot into consulting. In December of 2022, Ben received an accelerated prom...
When War Broke Out, This Alum Flew Straight to Ukraine feat. Radu Filip ‘08
Owl Have You Know - May 24, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsMany of us watch developments in the war in Ukraine on TV, and we get updates on Twitter. But for Radu Filip, who grew up behind the iron curtain in Romania, the conflict resonates deeper. So much so that he boarded a plane in late December 2022 to head into the war zone and help with r...
A Former Fourth-Grade Teacher Is Working To Ease Your Migraines feat. Jillian Levovitz Fink ‘17
Owl Have You Know - May 10, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWhen she joined Rice Business in 2017, Jillian Fink was in the process of founding OcciGuide, the first device used in the emergency care setting to treat migraines, a neurological condition that disproportionately impacts women. In her role as CEO, Jillian navigated the complexities ...
The Tools For Strong Leadership Are Right In Front of You. feat. Ruth Oh Reitmeier and Brent Smith
Owl Have You Know - April 26, 2023 09:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe’re back with another live edition of Owl Have You Know! And this time, we welcomed two leadership experts to the show, Ruth Reitmeier, director of coaching at Rice Business, and Brent Smith, the senior associate dean for executive education and associate professor of management and p...
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