Latest Theconferenceboard Podcast Episodes
Surviving a Near-Death Experience: Lessons on Resilience (Pt 2)
ESG News and Views - April 11, 2023 13:41 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsGeralyn Ritter knows about personal and organizational resilience. She was on Amtrak Train #188, which derailed outside Philadelphia in 2015 at 106 miles per hour. The crash killed eight people and injured more than 200. Geralyn was critically wounded. Her doctors use the word “miraculous” to de...
Surviving a Near-Death Experience: Lessons on Resilience (Pt 1)
ESG News and Views - April 11, 2023 13:29 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsGeralyn Ritter knows about personal and organizational resilience. She was on Amtrak Train #188, which derailed outside Philadelphia in 2015 at 106 miles per hour. The crash killed eight people and injured more than 200. Geralyn was critically wounded. Her doctors use the word “miraculous” to de...
What’s the Role of the Board and C-Suite in Addressing Health Equity?
ESG News and Views - February 24, 2023 13:46 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe COVID-19 pandemic shone a spotlight on the level of health inequity in the US, where access to health care can depend on a person’s zip code, income, insurance, and contacts in the medical profession. This podcast discusses the role that companies – and, specifically, boards of directors – c...
How to ESG: Preparing for ESG Disclosures
ESG News and Views - November 10, 2022 20:29 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe ESG reporting landscape is quickly evolving. Not only is it cluttered with an ever-growing number of rating agencies, initiatives to harmonize reporting frameworks and standards are underway, and regulations are rapidly arising in many jurisdictions – making ESG disclosure a business reality...
Bruce Vojak and Walter Herbst on their book ‘No-Excuses Innovation’
Off The Shelf - November 02, 2022 12:57 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode of Off The Shelf John Metselaar talks with Bruce Vojak and Walter Herbst to review their recently published “No-Excuses Innovation: Strategies For Small- and Medium-Sized Mature Enterprises”. The book’s premise starts with a quote by Andy Grove: “Success breeds complacency. Com...
The Evolving Role of the Corporate Communications Team
Influencers - October 26, 2022 14:07 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHow will the role of the Corporate Communications team - and its partners - evolve in the near future? In the last 24 months of repeated disruptions, distortions and discontinuities in the business world, the role of Corporate Communications has been elevated to a critical position in the comp...
Ron Adner on his recent, acclaimed book 'Winning the Right Game'
Off The Shelf - October 12, 2022 09:34 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode of Off The Shelf John Metselaar invites Ron Adner to discuss his recent, acclaimed book “Winning the Right Game: How to Disrupt, Defend, and Deliver in a Changing World”. The conversation uncovers insights on how to thrive in today’s reality of ecosystem innovation. In this env...
Hurricane Ian: Lessons from Past Disasters and Preparing for a New Era of Disaster Response
ESG News and Views - October 07, 2022 12:46 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsNatural disasters are increasing in both frequency and intensity. Yet, only 22 percent of corporate citizenship executives say their number one priority is preparedness – taking action to mitigate the effects of a natural disaster before it occurs. Only 3 percent of corporate citizenship executi...
Winning People's Trust Via the Sustainable Stories We Tell
Influencers - September 13, 2022 18:48 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHow to Tell a Coherent and Authentic Sustainability Story In this podcast, Alex Heath, Managing Director and US Head of Social Impact & Sustainability at Edelman, talks with Denise Dahlhoff, Senior Researcher, Consumer Research, about the growing expectations for companies by various stakehold...
How Do Leading Economic Indicators Lead to Business Insights?
Off The Shelf - September 07, 2022 13:21 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this new podcast, Ataman Ozyildirim, Senior Director of Economic Research at The Conference Board, sits down with John Guerard, Director of Quantitative Research at McKinley Capital, to discuss his new book, "The Leading Economic Indicators and Business Cycles in the United States: 100 Years ...
Stian Westlake on his co-authored book Restarting the Future
Off The Shelf - August 25, 2022 13:22 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe past two decades have witnesses sluggish economic growth, mounting inequality, dysfunctional competition, and a host of other ills that have left people wondering what has happened to the future they were promised. Listen in as our guest Stian Westlake gives us some key insights from the boo...
Single Insights: The Science of Solos
Influencers - July 13, 2022 18:47 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode of “Influencers,” Peter McGraw, a marketing professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and an expert on emotions and behavioral economics, talks with Denise Dahlhoff, Senior Researcher at The Conference Board, about his latest research on an underexplored topic: singles. Lis...
Hortense le Gentil on her book: Aligned
Off The Shelf - June 21, 2022 11:26 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJohn Metselaar sits down with author, Hortense le Gentil for a conversation about her recently published book, Aligned: Connecting Your True Self with the Leader You’re Meant to Be. Together, they explore why today’s leaders should above all cultivate the human touch, what’s holding them back, ...
How Artificial Intelligence Will Make A Real Impact On Marketing
Influencers - June 01, 2022 13:32 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsListen to our Influencers Podcast as Mike Moran, a Senior Fellow of the M&C Center and the Chief Product Officer of SoloSegment, an AI powered martech company that predicts which content should show on your website, uses his real intelligence garnered from 30 years in the space to illuminate wha...
What does the C-suite Actually Think of Their Boards? A Conversation on Board Effectiveness
ESG News and Views - May 23, 2022 13:35 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsOnly 29 percent of C-suite executives rate their board’s effectiveness as good or excellent. And 74 percent of executives say two or more of their directors should be replaced. That’s despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of C-suite executives say their boards understand the company’s ...
Kara Goldin on Her Book: Undaunted - Overcoming Doubts and Doubters
Off The Shelf - May 20, 2022 12:32 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsListen to the story of Kara Goldin, in which she shares insights from her life journey from “accidental entrepreneur” to founder of Hint. An accomplished podcaster herself, this time Kara found herself at the other side of the mic as John Metselaar hosted her for The Conference Board’s Off The Sh...
Evert Bleijenberg on his book: Swarm Organisation
Off The Shelf - May 20, 2022 12:21 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsEvert Bleijenberg joins John Metselaar from The Conference Board exploring a novel way to organize work in the future. Evert talks enthusiastically from his “Swarm Organization: Designing Work for a Resilient Future". Listen to this podcast as we cover three main aspects: the concept of swarms,...
Helping a Diverse America Self-Express and Reach Financial Goals
Influencers - May 13, 2022 13:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHow does the use of financial services vary across Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White (Non-Hispanic) consumers in the US, and how can companies address existing services gaps? And how do multicultural consumers use restaurants, travel, personal services, education, and other services to express t...
What the New Landmark #MeToo Law Means for the Future of Business and Employees
ESG News and Views - March 30, 2022 20:46 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsJoin Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Congressman Ken Buck (R-CO) and Gretchen Carlson, the woman whose lawsuit helped ignite the #MeToo movement and who co-founded the non-profit Lift Our Voices, to discuss the recent groundbreaking bipartisan legislation, The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sex...
Tell Me More About That: Rob Volpe On His New Book
Off The Shelf - March 30, 2022 13:20 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAs anxiety about the crisis in the Ukraine and lingering burnout as a result of two years of the pandemic continue to increase, a lack of empathy is exacerbating tensions in the workplace. In this podcast, Rob Volpe discusses his new book, Tell Me More About That: Solving the Empathy Crisis On...
Director-Shareholder Engagement: Practical Advice for Constructive Conversations
ESG News and Views - March 28, 2022 19:59 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsTraditionally, corporate board members played a limited – and only occasional – role in discussions with investors. But now investors expect to hear from independent directors on the board’s oversight of ESG issues. And companies are recognizing that involving their directors in discussions wit...
Strategic Doing”: Ten Skills for Agile Leadership
Off The Shelf - March 17, 2022 10:55 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsEd Morrison introduces how to do strategy in today’s world turned upside down, and how to connect it to innovation. He lays the foundation on why and how to design ecosystems supported by collaboration, conversations, and (double-loop) learning. He then goes to introduce his 2x2 questioning ap...
Think Like a Breadwinner
Off The Shelf - March 07, 2022 22:59 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsRegister Here for The Conference Board’s Women Lead 2032 Festival on September 29-30,2022| Westin New York at Times Square | New York, NY: https://www.conference-board.org/events/women In this episode of Off the Shelf, Cindy Cisneros, Vice President, Education Programs, Committee for Economic ...
C-Suite Outlook 2022: Which ESG Issues Do Leaders Care About
ESG News and Views - February 24, 2022 02:11 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFor the year ahead, what are the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) priorities of business leaders around the world? This year’s annual survey of the C-suite provides fascinating ESG insights. Listen to this ESG News and Views podcast as Chuck Mitchell, Executive Director of Content Qua...
Corporate Political Activity: Opportunity Amid Scrutiny with Adie Olson, Jason Abel, and Bruce Freed
ESG News and Views - February 16, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsMany have viewed corporate political activity with skepticism, if not suspicion. In 2021, companies faced a combination of surprises and scrutiny that made their political activity exponentially more difficult . . . and 2022 promises to be equally, if not more, challenging. In this podcast, ...
C-Suite Outlook - What Marketers Need to Know
Influencers - February 02, 2022 15:26 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe Conference Board's timely annual survey of C-Suite Executives is out and it provides fascinating insights for marketers and communicators. What are C-Suite executives focusing on and how will it help marketers navigate what lies ahead with more certainty? Join Ivan Pollard, Leader of The C...
Dan Toma on his latest book, Innovation Accounting
Off The Shelf - February 01, 2022 08:57 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode of Off the Shelf, John Metselaar, ESF Center Director at The Conference Board, interviews Dan Toma, Founding Partner at Outcome, on his latest book, Innovation Accounting. Innovation accounting is a critical component of the corporate innovation process to manage its inherent u...
The Biggest Challenges Facing Marketers: The New CMO Survey
Influencers - December 10, 2021 17:29 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsEver since the mass adoption of all things digital, the job of a Chief Marketing Officer has become increasingly complex, changeable, and challenging. In 2008, Professor Christine Moorman at the Fuqua School of Business, launched “The CMO Survey” to quantify these challenges and understand how...
Dr. Rohini Anand on Her Book, Leading Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Off The Shelf - December 09, 2021 19:20 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this podcast, Laura Sabattini, Principal Researcher at the Conference Board speaks with Dr. Rohini Anand, a strategic global business leader and trusted board member who has successfully transformed culture. Anand was the former SVP Corporate Responsibility and Global Chief Diversity Officer ...
Stacey Harris on Her Book, Introduction to HR Technologies
Off The Shelf - December 09, 2021 16:23 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsOverwhelmed by the volume and variety of HR software, apps, and platforms? In this podcast, HR research analyst, Stacey Harris discusses her new book, Introduction to HR Technologies: Understand How to Use Technology to Improve Performance and Processes. Writing in jargon-free language for non-...
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