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
When your business disappears overnight, w/Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson
95% of your business disappears. What do you do? Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson recounts how the travel industry drastically changed last spring, with hotel bookings all but disappearing overnight. In th…
00:29:19 |
Thu 22 Oct 2020
Movie-theater drama has come to every business, w/Alamo Drafthouse CEO Shelli Taylor
As big movie chains shut down, Shelli Taylor's determined to keep her theaters open. With revenue at a trickle, the CEO of Alamo Drafthouse is negotiating daily with landlords and banks, and even tri…
00:28:36 |
Thu 15 Oct 2020
The COVID test facts every CEO needs, w/Rockefeller Foundation president Rajiv Shah
To safely re-open a business, you need more than masks. Covid testing is key – and the options are changing quickly. We found the most in-the-know person in public health to walk us through the choic…
00:36:28 |
Thu 08 Oct 2020
Your company is a citizen – it can act like one, w/Baratunde Thurston
The pandemic, social unrest, the U.S. election – everything affects your team and your business. And the stakes are only getting higher. How do you address race and diversity? Should your business ta…
00:40:15 |
Thu 01 Oct 2020
The myth of remote-work productivity, w/Gensler co-CEO Diane Hoskins
Is your office safe to re-open? How much space do you need? Is remote-work really more productive? Diane Hoskins is co-CEO of architecture firm Gensler, which advises businesses from Google to Bank o…
00:38:21 |
Tue 22 Sep 2020
Nothing matters but this. w/former Google CEO Eric Schmidt
"Until this problem gets fixed, all the other things that I care about, that you care about, are on hold.” In this must-hear interview, Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO (and now co-founder of Schmidt …
00:36:15 |
Tue 15 Sep 2020
What to learn from how schools are pivoting, w/Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz
The first day of school doesn't look the way it used to – in some cases, it might not be happening at all. As schools across the country start a new year, we're kicking off a new season with Eva Mosk…
00:31:45 |
Tue 08 Sep 2020
Building a bridge over troubled waters, w/Spelman College president Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell
How to keep students learning – and building their vital lifelong community bonds – in the middle of a pandemic? This is the question for Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell, president of Spelman College. Late…
00:41:34 |
Sat 18 Jul 2020
Inside PayPal's $530M plan to close the racial wealth gap, w/CEO Dan Schulman
The pandemic has hurt many businesses – but PayPal isn't one of them. PayPal has boomed as e-commerce purchases have swelled, with the stock up more than 50% this year and a new demographic of the 50…
00:30:19 |
Sat 11 Jul 2020
What it will take for tech and Hollywood to be anti-racist, w/Color Of Change's Rashad Robinson
There's no quick fix to 400 years of oppression, says Color Of Change president Rashad Robinson. One of the largest racial justice organizations in the US, Color Of Change works with decision-makers …
00:32:56 |
Thu 09 Jul 2020
A new playbook for new times, w/Ford Foundation president Darren Walker
"This was like 1918, 1929 and 1968 in one week," says Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation. With the pandemic, economic crisis, and civil unrest all coming together after George Floyd's de…
00:26:45 |
Thu 02 Jul 2020
Burning cash, accepting turbulence w/Delta CEO Ed Bastian
A surprisingly candid and upbeat interview on the industry hardest hit by the pandemic. Delta saw seat bookings fall to less than 5% of normal, had 40,000 employees go on unpaid leave, and raised $14…
00:33:58 |
Sat 27 Jun 2020
How business can engage against racism, w/Shellye Archambeau
What can your business do right now in the struggle against racism? More than you think, says Shellye Archambeau, former CEO of MetricStream, now a board member at Verizon, Nordstrom and Okta. She re…
00:39:29 |
Fri 19 Jun 2020
Going ventilator fast, w/GM CEO Mary Barra
GM is now reopening auto plants, after shutting them in March, temporarily reducing pay for 69,000 employees, and making a fast pivot to produce masks and ventilators. But with the killing of George …
00:28:44 |
Sat 13 Jun 2020
Record-high audience, record-low revenue, w/Buzzfeed CEO Jonah Peretti
BuzzFeed audience is at record highs. But the pandemic's economic effects have crushed the bottom line. BuzzFeed co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti shares how his company is making hard decisions to bu…
00:31:53 |
Sat 06 Jun 2020
How to revive the food industry, w/restauranteur Danny Meyer
"Being the first to close is one thing. But I don't want to be the last to open,” says iconic restaurateur Danny Meyer in his second Rapid Response interview. After shutting his iconic New York City …
00:37:37 |
Sat 30 May 2020
How "startup DNA" helped One Medical respond to COVID, with CEO Amir Rubin
Since One Medical’s IPO in January, CEO Amir Rubin has been forced to constantly adapt to the coronavirus pandemic, as healthcare needs, expectations, and behaviors shifted. From telemedicine to Covi…
00:37:42 |
Thu 28 May 2020
How Warby Parker makes decisions in uncertainty, w/ CEO Neil Blumenthal
"It's like getting hit in the face over and over and over,” says Warby Parker co-CEO Neil Blumenthal. But “crisis brings out clarity.” At Warby, planning for the future has meant leaning into the pre…
00:31:37 |
Sat 23 May 2020
Leading with your gut, w/Lifeway Foods CEO Julie Smolyansky
Tapping both personal experience and intuition, Lifeway CEO Julie Smolyansky has embraced action amid uncertainty. Before the pandemic reached full throttle, Lifeway stockpiled seven weeks worth of p…
00:28:45 |
Thu 21 May 2020
Future-proofing, w/Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg
Data streaming, videoconferencing – even phone calls are way up at Verizon amid Covid-19, as digital interaction steps in for IRL. But boom times don't mean easy times for CEO Hans Vestberg, who move…
00:29:52 |
Sat 16 May 2020
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