Cold Call
Cold Call distills Harvard Business School's legendary case studies into podcast form. Hosted by Brian Kenny, the podcast airs every two weeks and features Harvard Business School faculty discussing cases they've written and the lessons they impart.
Leadership
Business/Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Learning
Teaching
Business
Marketing
Management
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 268
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Could a New Business Model Make Clinical Drug Trials More Accessible to Patients?
Dr. Brian Alexander at the Dana-Farber Cancer Center in Boston was in the process of launching a new type of clinical trial: an adaptive platform trial. Unlike the traditional randomized controlled t…
00:21:17 |
Mon 05 Mar 2018
Black Business Leaders Series: John Rogers and the Importance of Hiring Minority-Owned Services Firms
The African American CEO of a money management firm publicly criticizes the Fortune 500 for paying lip service to diversity. His board urges him to stop. What should he do? Harvard Business School pr…
00:22:41 |
Tue 13 Feb 2018
Black Business Leaders Series: Oprah’s Path to Authentic Leadership
Oprah Winfrey believes in sharing the experiences that led her to become the wealthiest woman in the entertainment industry and the first African American woman billionaire. Harvard Business School p…
00:12:44 |
Wed 31 Jan 2018
One Love: Managing a Movement Against Relationship Violence
The One Love Foundation is a group dedicated to the prevention of relationship violence through education. Harvard Business School professor Tom DeLong talks about the challenges CEO Katie Hood faces…
00:14:29 |
Tue 23 Jan 2018
Leadership Lessons from the Young Martin Luther King, Jr.
As the Montgomery Bus Boycott starts, the young Martin Luther King, Jr. faces challenges to his leadership goals, strategic vision, and personal and family safety. Harvard Business School professor B…
00:13:55 |
Thu 11 Jan 2018
How to Monetize Happiness
Inspired by research linking happiness and productivity, the Japanese multinational conglomerate Hitachi Ltd, invested in developing “people analytics” technologies like high-tech badges (so-called “…
00:14:03 |
Wed 03 Jan 2018
Does Time Pressure Hinder or Facilitate Creativity at Work?
Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile discusses how managers can create the ideal conditions for employee creativity and success based on her research in three industries, seven companies,…
00:18:54 |
Mon 04 Dec 2017
Language and Globalization: The Mandate to Speak English at Rakuten
Japan’s largest online retailer Rakuten is rapidly expanding into global markets. In order to ensure the success of the organization, but also to break down linguistic and cultural boundaries in Japa…
00:17:21 |
Wed 15 Nov 2017
Could a Hackathon Help Solve the Heroin Crisis?
What’s the value of crowdsourcing technological solutions to societal problems? Could a hackathon help solve the heroin crisis in Cincinnati, Ohio? Harvard Business School professor Mitch Weiss discu…
00:14:37 |
Tue 31 Oct 2017
Telemundo: The Fastest Growing TV Network in the United States
With about 54 million Hispanics in the U.S. who have an estimated buying power of 2.3 trillion dollars, it’s no wonder Telemundo is the fastest growing television network here. But as the traditional…
00:18:45 |
Wed 11 Oct 2017
How to Promote Home Delivery of Prescription Drugs? Give Employees a “Nudge”
Bob Nease, chief scientist at Express Scripts, wants to promote home delivery of prescription drugs by mail -- a process proven to lower error rates, increase cost savings, and improve medication adh…
00:18:17 |
Tue 03 Oct 2017
State Street’s SHE: Investing in Women Leaders
Financial returns are important, but for many companies, using capital to influence positive outcomes is just as important. Enter impact investing and the example of State Street’s SHE, a gender dive…
00:14:41 |
Tue 19 Sep 2017
Faber-Castell Doubles Down on the Pencil
Faber-Castell is a 255-year-old company that makes pencils. How does an established company like this think about innovation, particularly if and when to adopt a new technology? Harvard Business Scho…
00:15:44 |
Tue 05 Sep 2017
Does Le Pliage Help or Hurt the Longchamp Luxury Brand?
Longchamp’s Le Pliage is one of the fashion world’s most successful products, a cultural icon across the globe. But managing the low priced, nylon handbag is challenging as Longchamp tries to move it…
00:18:47 |
Tue 22 Aug 2017
Pal’s Sudden Service: Taking Fast Food to the Next Level
Pal's Sudden Service has developed a unique operating model and organizational culture in the fast food restaurant business. With an emphasis on process control, zero errors, and extensive employee t…
00:18:19 |
Tue 08 Aug 2017
From Don Draper to Big Data: The Revolution in Advertising
Advertising in the digital age bears little resemblance to the "Mad Men" depiction -- the Don Drapers of advertising have been replaced by big data and the people who work with it. Harvard Business S…
00:23:19 |
Fri 21 Jul 2017
ShotSpotter: A Gunfire Detection Business Looks for a New Market
ShotSpotter provides gunfire detection sensors to cities across the United States. CEO Ralph Clark is interested in taking the company beyond the business-to-government sales model and into new servi…
00:16:32 |
Mon 19 Jun 2017
Building India’s First $100 Billion Company
It’s a common challenge for almost every startup: how much and how fast to grow. But Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder of the Indian mobile payments and commerce platform Paytm, knows that he wants to ta…
00:14:03 |
Tue 30 May 2017
Reversing the Losing Streak on Sesame Street
When CEO Jeffrey Dunn took over Sesame Street in 2014 and made a licensing arrangement with HBO, many people were skeptical this would take the program in the right direction. But with a new mission …
00:18:35 |
Tue 16 May 2017
Leading Your Team to the Top of Mt. Everest
What does it take to successfully lead a team to the top of the highest peak in the world? First-year students find out as they participate together in, "Everest: A Leadership and Team Simulation." H…
00:10:57 |
Tue 02 May 2017
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