HBR IdeaCast
A weekly podcast featuring the leading thinkers in business and management.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 669
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
The Pros and Cons of Our “Middleman Economy”
Kathryn Judge, a finance professor at Columbia Law School, is troubled by the rise of intermediary platforms between products and services and the customers who eventually purchase them. Thanks to te…
00:22:39 |
Tue 07 Jun 2022
Immigration, Upward Mobility, and the U.S. Economy
In eras past, the United States welcomed immigrant laborers to build and support the country's infrastructure and innovators and entrepreneurs to advance its businesses and technology. And yet immigr…
00:28:32 |
Tue 31 May 2022
Leadership Lessons from a Republican Governor in a Blue State
Underperforming state agencies, a natural disaster, and a pandemic are among the many challenges that faced Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and his former Chief of Staff Steve Kadish. Looking ba…
00:28:35 |
Tue 24 May 2022
How Government and Business Can Tackle Big Global Crises Together
It feels like a moment of panic for many. While there were some success stories in how public and private sector leaders managed the global pandemic, it isn't over, and many more crises -- from polit…
00:29:39 |
Tue 17 May 2022
Comedian Sarah Cooper On Bringing Humor to Any Career
It's a cliche, but they say it's best to write what you know. That was the case for comedian Sarah Cooper, who rose to viral social media fame in the Trump era through her lip sync TikTok videos. She…
00:24:37 |
Tue 10 May 2022
3 Strategies for Dealing with Procrastination
We’re all prone to procrastinate. We feel guilty about it. And yet, we still do it. Alice Boyes, a former clinical psychologist and author, says breaking the habit is more than simply a matter of dis…
00:24:41 |
Tue 03 May 2022
Find Joy in Any Job: How Do I Get My Team to Love Work?
Not everyone likes everything about their job all the time. But we know from research that people who are energized by at least parts of their work perform better – and feel a greater sense of well-b…
00:27:10 |
Thu 28 Apr 2022
Let’s Redefine the Role of Manager
Most managers today are overwhelmed. Thanks to rapid technological change, flattening hierarchies, agile work, and new attitudes about talent, they have to do more than ever. Lynda Gratton, professor…
00:24:25 |
Tue 26 Apr 2022
Find Joy in Any Job: How Do I Improve the Role I Have?
A lot of us are feeling unhappy and disengaged at work – and that started long before the pandemic. A big part of the problem, says Marcus Buckingham, is that we don’t take the initiative to do more …
00:27:29 |
Thu 21 Apr 2022
How Understanding Your Family Dynamics Can Improve Work
Deborah Ancona, a professor at MIT Sloan School of Management, and Dennis Perkins, CEO of The Syncretics Group, have researched how family dynamics play out in the workplace. They say people often re…
00:27:50 |
Tue 19 Apr 2022
Find Joy in Any Job: What Do I Really Love To Do?
At a time when 41% of us are considering quitting our jobs, it’s time for us to understand why and what we can do about it.
In this special series from HBR, we’re looking at how to craft your current…
00:30:54 |
Thu 14 Apr 2022
How Political Polarization Is Changing Work
Politics has traditionally been a taboo topic to discuss on the job. But as people get more vocal about their views -- on everything from from climate change to racial justice, elections to invasions…
00:27:50 |
Tue 12 Apr 2022
Find Joy in Any Job: Why Am I Unhappy at Work?
There’s been much talk about the Great Resignation and what’s driving it. The pandemic has exacerbated a long-term problem: many of us struggle to find any pleasure in our work. But quitting isn’t th…
00:24:03 |
Thu 07 Apr 2022
Working with Colleagues: Should You Collaborate or Compete?
Randall Peterson, founding director of the Leadership Institute at London Business School, studies coworker dynamics. He says lately, the idea of head-to-head competition for advancement has gone out…
00:26:10 |
Tue 05 Apr 2022
Filmmaker Ken Burns on Lessons in Innovation and Collaboration
As the acclaimed documentarian releases a new two-part PBS series about Ben Franklin, he describes how the U.S. founding father transformed himself from teen runaway to newspaperman, then inventor, t…
00:29:25 |
Tue 29 Mar 2022
Breaking Free of the Cult of Productivity
Madeleine Dore, an author and podcast host, offers a cure for “productivity guilt.” That’s the cycle of dejection she says many of us suffer from when we never reach the end of our lengthy to-do list…
00:24:14 |
Tue 22 Mar 2022
DEI Isn’t Enough; Companies Need Anti-Racist Leadership
Over the past few years in the United States, we’ve seen some horrific examples of racism seize the public consciousness. Amid all these tragedies – and the protests that followed – U.S. business lea…
00:29:23 |
Tue 15 Mar 2022
You’re Overlooking a Source of Diversity: Age
Megan Gerhardt, management professor at Miami University, studies the impact of generational conflict on organizations. She says too many leaders see generational lines as a source of division that h…
00:28:09 |
Tue 08 Mar 2022
Regrets Are Inevitable. Start Learning From Them.
"No regrets" might be a popular modern-day mantra, but it's virtually impossible to live your life without wishing you could do certain things over. Some people try to ignore these feelings; others w…
00:27:52 |
Tue 01 Mar 2022
Why Some Companies Thrived During the Pandemic
Keith Ferrazzi, founder of the consulting firm Ferrazzi Greenlight, led a survey of more than 2,000 executives to study how they reengineered operations during the pandemic. The research identified a…
00:22:10 |
Tue 22 Feb 2022
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