Ep 112. Rebecca Henderson: Reimagining Capitalism

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Rebecca Henderson is the John and Natty McArthur University Professor at
Harvard University, where she has a joint appointment at the Harvard
Business School. Her research explores the degree to which the private
sector can play a major role in building a more sustainable economy,
focusing particularly on the relationships between organizational purpose
and innovation and productivity in high performance organizations. She
teaches Reimagining Capitalism: Business & the Big Problems at Harvard, a
course that has grown from 28 students to over 300, and is under contract
for a book tentatively titled “Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire.”
Why is she hopeful…[Click for more]

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Ep 111. Cal Newport: Digital Minimalism

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Cal Newport is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown
University and author of Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a
Noisy World as well as Deep Work. You won’t find him on social media
because he’s an advocate of digital decluttering to maximize the return on
one’s investment in technology use and improve one’s overall happiness….[
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Ep 110. Phil Mirvis: Enrich Employees’ Lives via Social Innovation

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Phil Mirvis is Senior Research Fellow at both the Global Network on
Corporate Citizenship and the Babson Social Innovation Lab. He has authored
or edited twelve books, including the acclaimed study of the national mood,
The Cynical Americans, and a study of corporate human resource investments,
Building the Competitive Workforce. His latest work, with Brad Googins, is
The New Business of Business: Innovation for a Better World. Stew and Phil
talk about the increasing importance of social innovation in today’s
workplace for energizing employees and boosting business results…[Click for
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Ep 109. Aron Ain: Inspired Work

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Aron Ain is Chairman and CEO of Kronos, named by Fortune and Great Place to
Work as one of the 20 best places to work in technology for the second year
in a row, and author of Work Inspired: How to Build an Organization Where
Everyone Loves to Work. Aron was the inaugural recipient of the “Ray Stata
Leadership and Innovation Award” from the Massachusetts High Technology
Council, and was recognized as “CEO of the Year” by the Massachusetts
Technology Leadership Council, and as “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst &
Young. He has been profiled by The New York Times about “The Incalculable
Value of a Good Boss” and was featured in Harvard Business Review and the
HBR IdeaCast. Stew and Aron discuss the importance, and the ripple effects,
of trusting employees…[Click for more]

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Ep 108. Bob Glazer: Building the Healthy and High-Performing Company

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Bob Glazer is the CEO of Acceleration Partners, a global performance
marketing agency, and the Founder and Chairman of Brandcycle. Under Bob’s
leadership, Acceleration Partners has received numerous industry and
company culture awards, including Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Awards, Ad
Age’s Best Place to Work, Entrepreneur’s Top Company Culture, Inc.
Magazine’s Best Place to Work, Great Place to Work, Fortune’s Best Small &
Medium Workplaces, and Boston Globe’s Top Workplaces. And Bob was also
ranked #2 in Glassdoor’s list of Top CEOs of Small and Medium Companies in
the US. Bob and Stew discuss the creative methods Bob and Acceleration
Partners have used to attract, retain, and engage employees and honor their
lives outside of work…[Click for more]

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Ep 107. Paul Rupert: Respectful Exits

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Paul Rupert is the Founder and CEO of Rupert Organizational Design as well
as CEO of the advocacy start-up Respectful Exits, a company promoting the
rights of aging workers by improving retirement options including online
guidance and training for all forms of flexible work, including Phased
Retirement…[Click for more]

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Ep 106. Marc Freedman: The Power and Beauty of Intergenerational Connections

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Marc Freedman is the President and CEO of encore.org; one of the nation’s
leading experts on the longevity revolution; member of the Wall Street
Journal’s “Experts” panel and the author of several books including
Retiring with Confidence for the Genius and The Big Shift: Navigating the
New Stage Beyond Midlife. Freedman co-founded, with AARP, Experience Corps
to mobilize people over 50 to improve the school performance and prospects
of low-income elementary school students; spearheaded the creation of the
Encore Fellowships program, a one-year internship for grownups as well as
the Purpose Prize (now run by AARP). Marc and Stew talk about his latest
book, How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the
Generations…[Click for more]

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Ep 105. Daniel Goleman: Meditation Changes the World

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Daniel Goleman is an internationally known psychologist, author of the
worldwide bestseller Emotional Intelligence, and more recently he is
co-author of Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your
Mind, Brain and Body. Daniel and Stew talk about the many ways in which
meditation reaps benefits in all aspects of our lives and the ripple
effects beyond ourselves for the greater good…[Click for more]

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Ep 104. Katherine Milkman: Exercising Your Self Control

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Katherine Milkman is the Evan C. Thompson Endowed Term Chair for Excellence
in Teaching and Professor of Operations, Information, and Decisions at the
Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. She holds a
secondary appointment in the Perelman School of Medicine. And she is the
co-director of the Behavior Change for Good Initiative. Katy explains how
we can limit temptation, tie tasks together, and use the calendar to
bolster our self-control…[Click for more]

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Ep 103. Benoit Dube: Ivy League’s First Chief Wellness Officer

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Dr. Benoit Dube is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the
Perelman School of Medicine, Associate Vice Provost, and the inaugural
Chief Wellness Officer at the University of Pennsylvania. He and Stew
discuss the importance of creating a culture of wellness, decreasing the
stigma associated with mental illness, making it easier for people to ask
for help, and Benoit’s creative and ambitious ideas… [Click for more]

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