Rapid Response
The pace of change in our culture is unprecedented and shows no signs of slowing. So what is most important to pay attention to when striving to innovate, create, and lead? From the team behind Masters of Scale, Rapid Response features candid conversations with today's top business leaders navigating real-time challenges. Hosted by the former editor-in-chief of Fast Company, Bob Safian.
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 341
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
The business of democracy, w/Leadership Now CEO Daniella Ballou-Aares
In recent months, business leaders have been pressed to take public positions on politics in ways they never have before. That's good for business and good for democracy, says Daniella Ballou-Aares, …
00:32:36 |
Thu 25 Mar 2021
Died and reborn, w/Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky
Headlines last April predicted death for Airbnb. How could it survive a pandemic that stopped their core business cold? As the business cratered (in 8 weeks, they lost 80% of revenue), CEO Brian Ches…
00:41:56 |
Tue 16 Mar 2021
A prescription for healthy growth, w/FIGS co-CEO Heather Hasson
How does a start-up geared to healthcare workers balance giving back during Covid with the desire for growth? FIGS, an emerging lifestyle brand for medical professionals that built its name around pr…
00:26:04 |
Thu 04 Mar 2021
Wartime leadership, with Nike CEO John Donahoe
When he became CEO on the eve of the pandemic, Nike's John Donahoe starting game plan revolved around listening and being out in the marketplace. But when lockdowns began rolling through, he quickly …
00:30:57 |
Thu 25 Feb 2021
Winning and losing, w/Vanderbilt University coach Jerry Stackhouse
Maintaining high performance in business has become harder than ever, between health challenges, economic obstacles, and political uncertainty. But we all still work to win. Jerry Stackhouse, coach o…
00:26:12 |
Thu 18 Feb 2021
Public-private opportunities, w/Defense Innovation Unit director Mike Brown
Call him the unofficial U.S. ambassador to Silicon Valley. As director of the Defense Innovation Unit within the U.S. Department of Defense, Mike Brown is tasked with bridging the gap between technol…
00:32:10 |
Tue 16 Feb 2021
Iterating under pressure, w/Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot
The pandemic era has ushered in a new wave of food insecurity, with some 50 millions Americans hungry for food aid. How could Feeding America, a nationwide network of food banks, meet the moment? CEO…
00:30:11 |
Thu 11 Feb 2021
Why we need to think again, w/author and professor Adam Grant
As we grapple with pandemic-charged change in business and as a society, we’ve become more fractured, more divisive, and more vulnerable. Adam Grant, best-selling author and professor at the Wharton …
00:30:43 |
Thu 04 Feb 2021
Aggressive sustainability, w/Sunrun CEO Lynn Jurich
Expectations for solar are high under a Biden administration, says Lynn Jurich, CEO of the solar power company Sunrun. While Sunrun's stock price has quadrupled in the past year, Jurich faces not onl…
00:30:51 |
Thu 28 Jan 2021
Ten months of pain and hope, w/restaurateur Danny Meyer
It's been an epic journey for iconic New York City restaurateur and Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer. Forced by the pandemic into closures and layoffs last spring, as he poignantly shared in two previ…
00:29:49 |
Thu 21 Jan 2021
What the pandemic has cost women, w/Ellevest co-founder and CEO Sallie Krawcheck
Amidst the devastating effects of the pandemic, one in five women has left the workforce, and the gender pay gap and wealth gap are expanding. There's a long-term cost to that inequity, says Sallie K…
00:31:17 |
Thu 14 Jan 2021
2020: The Year in Review w/Reid Hoffman & Bob Safian
Reid Hoffman and Bob Safian, in conversation about a pandemic-disrupted year filled with unexpected twists and lessons. From the rise (and risks) of remote work to accelerations in tech; from supply-…
00:48:35 |
Tue 22 Dec 2020
Why Salesforce Bought Slack, w/Salesforce president Bret Taylor
Salesforce's much-buzzed-about deal to acquire Slack for $28 billion goes back a decade, when Friendfeed founder Bret Taylor met Flickr founder Stewart Butterfield. Now Taylor is Salesforce's preside…
00:31:25 |
Thu 17 Dec 2020
Why take on a turnaround, w/Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson
Why leave a storied tech icon to lead a troubled brand? As the pandemic deepened this summer, Peggy Johnson left a safe perch at Microsoft to take the helm of one-time startup darling Magic Leap, whi…
00:27:14 |
Thu 10 Dec 2020
Loneliness at work, w/economist Noreena Hertz
This is the loneliest century, says economist Noreena Hertz. Even before the pandemic forced us to stay home, loneliness was snaking its way through our lives, affecting everything from how we vote t…
00:32:47 |
Thu 03 Dec 2020
Balancing data with gut feeling, w/JetBlue president Joanna Geraghty
After suffering record shattering drops in revenue from Covid-19, JetBlue has had to rethink every plan and every assumption. Joanna Geraghty, JetBlue's president and chief operating officer, explain…
00:32:31 |
Wed 25 Nov 2020
Why brands must take a stand, w/Wieden+Kennedy president Colleen DeCourcy
Legendary ad agency Wieden+Kennedy pioneered some of the most successful campaigns in history. But 2020 has raised the stakes for companies—and fundamentally changed how advertising works, W+K Presid…
00:36:43 |
Thu 19 Nov 2020
A virtual-first workplace, w/Dropbox co-founder and CEO Drew Houston
In-office engagement or remote flexibility? We don't need to choose, says Dropbox co-founder and CEO Drew Houston. Facing the biggest shift in work habits in half a century, Houston has embarked on a…
00:31:08 |
Thu 12 Nov 2020
Pandemic Planning, Phase Two, w/physician Dr. Bon Ku
With Covid-19 cases surging, businesses may be forced into a new wave of adjustments. Will the crisis-management tactics of spring and summer be successful as winter unfolds? Dr. Bon Ku, an ER physic…
00:34:47 |
Thu 05 Nov 2020
Small business – more stressed than ever, w/H&R Block CEO Jeff Jones
Small business is being taxed emotionally as well as financially, and that tax is rising, says H&R Block CEO Jeff Jones. As the pandemic hit, entrepreneurs did what entrepreneurs do: solved problems,…
00:32:06 |
Mon 02 Nov 2020
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