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
Why Many Companies Get Layoffs Wrong
From Microsoft to Google to Meta, many of the world's biggest tech companies have been announcing layoffs recently. Their explanation is usually that they overhired and need to cut costs. But Harvard…
00:29:07 |
Tue 07 Feb 2023
A Deeper Understanding of Creativity at Work
We all know that creativity is the backbone of innovation and, ultimately, business success. But we don't always think deeply about how creative people get their ideas and the steps we might take to …
00:29:51 |
Tue 31 Jan 2023
Guy Raz on What Great Business Leaders Have in Common
By hosting the podcasts How I Built This and Wisdom from the Top, Guy Raz has won an inside look at how visionary leaders build their own careers and incredible companies. While many leaders have uni…
00:27:09 |
Tue 24 Jan 2023
Money, Flexibility, Development? Figuring Out What Employees Really Value
Even in a slowing economy, the battle to attract and retain talent persists. But employers need to look beyond what people are currently demanding — whether it’s higher salaries, more stock options o…
00:28:02 |
Tue 17 Jan 2023
Work Insights from the World’s Longest Happiness Study
It's the start of a fresh year, and optimism is in the air. But if you want happiness to extend far beyond your New Year's resolution, Robert Waldinger says you can take some inspiration from the lon…
00:25:19 |
Tue 10 Jan 2023
Best of IdeaCast 2022
From incivility for frontline workers to struggles with hybrid work to actual progress made since the murder of George Floyd, HBR IdeaCast spent 2022 sharing impactful management research and explori…
00:25:20 |
Tue 03 Jan 2023
LinkedIn’s CEO on Hiring Strategies and the Skills That Matter Most (from The New World of Work)
In The New World of Work video series, host and HBR Editor in Chief Adi Ignatius explores how top-tier executives see the future and how their companies are trying to set themselves up for success. E…
00:29:49 |
Tue 27 Dec 2022
Ron Howard on Collaborative Leadership and Career Longevity
For decades, actor-producer-director Ron Howard has made popular and critically acclaimed movies while also maintaining a reputation for being one of the nicest guys in Hollywood. He explains how he …
00:28:45 |
Tue 20 Dec 2022
Why Some Start-Ups Fail to Scale
Managing rapid growth is a huge challenge for young businesses. Even start-ups with glowing reviews and skyrocketing sales can fail. That’s because new ventures and corporate initiatives alike have t…
00:26:13 |
Tue 13 Dec 2022
You’ve Made Some DEI Progress. Don’t Stop Now
Over the past few years, organizations around the world have invested in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives with varying results. But to achieve lasting change, they'll need to commit to th…
00:29:42 |
Tue 06 Dec 2022
The Growing “Do Good” Economy
From corporate social responsibility to ESG to “doing well by doing good,” an increasing number of organizations are pursuing positive social impact, and it’s not just nonprofits and government agenc…
00:25:29 |
Tue 29 Nov 2022
Let’s Protect Our Frontline Workers from Rude Customers
From videos of drunk and disorderly airline passengers to stories of hospital visitors angrily refusing to wear masks, customer-facing work seems to have gotten a lot more difficult – even dangerous …
00:25:49 |
Tue 22 Nov 2022
What We Still Misunderstand About Mentorship and Sponsorship
Companies offer sponsorship programs to help a more diverse group of high performers and future leaders advance. But the efforts can often misfire. Herminia Ibarra, professor at London Business Schoo…
00:27:42 |
Tue 15 Nov 2022
Grit Is Good. But Quitting Can Be, Too.
From politics to sports to business, we tend to glorify those who persevere, show grit, never give up. But former professional poker player and consultant Annie Duke argues that there is also great v…
00:28:42 |
Tue 08 Nov 2022
How Women (and Everyone) Can Form Deeper Bonds to Fight Bias at Work
The number of women—especially women of color—in leadership ranks at the world’s largest companies remains desperately small. Tina Opie, associate professor of management at Babson College, offers a …
00:28:09 |
Tue 01 Nov 2022
4 Business Ideas That Changed the World: Emotional Intelligence
In the early 1990s, publishers told science journalist Daniel Goleman not to use the word “emotion” in a business book. The popular conception was that emotions had little role in the workplace. When…
00:45:20 |
Thu 27 Oct 2022
What Leaders Need to Know About a Looming Recession – and Other Global Threats
Nouriel Roubini, professor emeritus at NYU’s Stern School of Business, says that a confluence of trends – from skyrocketing public and private debt and bad monetary policies to demographic shifts and…
00:29:34 |
Tue 25 Oct 2022
4 Business Ideas That Changed the World: Shareholder Value
The idea that maximizing shareholder value takes legal and practical precedence above all else first came to prominence in the 1970s. The person who arguably did the most to advance the idea was the …
00:43:46 |
Thu 20 Oct 2022
NASA’s Science Head on Leading Space Missions with Risk of Spectacular Failure
In 2021, the U.S. space agency NASA launched a spacecraft toward a pair of asteroids more than 11 million kilometers away. The target? The smaller of the two asteroids, just 170 meters wide. The succ…
00:29:30 |
Tue 18 Oct 2022
4 Business Ideas That Changed the World: Disruptive Innovation
In the 1980s, Clayton Christensen cofounded a startup that took over a market niche from DuPont and Alcoa. That experience left Christensen puzzled. How could a small company with few resources beat …
00:45:28 |
Thu 13 Oct 2022
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