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Podcast: Designing Social Impact Programs That (Really) Work
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Podcast: Is Management Training Worth It?
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Podcast: When AI Leaves the Lab
AI is now being used to serve customers. On this episode of The Insightful leader, we discuss trends and potential pitfalls that should be on companies’ radars.
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Podcast: The (Surprisingly Muddy) Case for Transparency
Economists prize sharing information. On this episode of The Insightful Leader, we ask if that’s always the right move.
Leadership
Podcast: How to Give Feedback That’s Actually Helpful
Forget the “feedback sandwich.” On this episode of The Insightful Leader, we’ll tell you how to up your game.
Leadership
Podcast: Do Bosses Who Trust Their Employees Deliver More Innovation?
On this episode of The Insightful Leader, learn when you should—and shouldn’t—give your team room to fail.
Careers
Podcast: When Teams Mess Up, Who Takes the Fall?
On this episode of The Insightful Leader: how to make sure you’re not blaming the wrong person.
Organizations
Podcast: How You Should Divvy Up Work between People and Machines
On this episode of The Insightful Leader: strategies for building a happier, more productive workplace.
Careers
Podcast: Be Bold and Get What You Want
Done playing it safe? On this episode of The Insightful Leader, a three-time CEO offers advice on how to make difficult requests.
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Podcast: Be Bold and Get What You Want
Done playing it safe? On this episode of The Insightful Leader, a three-time CEO offers advice on how to make difficult requests.
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Podcast: Can a Little Embarrassment Make Your Team More Creative?
On this episode of The Insightful Leader: new research suggests an unusual icebreaker to try at your next brainstorming session.
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Podcast: What Leaders Can Do to Build Trust Quickly
Lessons from Kellogg’s interim dean on establishing credibility, encouraging criticism, and empowering your team.
Innovation
Podcast: Unleash Your Inner Designer
You—yes, you!—can use design thinking to find creative solutions to your customers’ problems.
Leadership
Podcast: Great Leaders Ask, “What Really Matters?”
Former Fortune 500 CEO Harry Kraemer discusses how knowing and acting on your values can guide you through a crisis.
Organizations
Podcast: Revenge of the Customer Service Rep
Why employees sabotage customers, and what companies can do about it.
Operations
Podcast: How Do Those Valentine’s Day Roses End Up in Your Bouquet? It’s Complicated.
Millions of blooms. Two continents. One day. And a very busy airport.
Careers
Podcast: Knock Your Next Business Presentation Out of the Park
From eliminating surprises to setting up the room, the best presenters do a lot more than practice.
Policy
Podcast: How the Boston Marathon Bombing Created a Rorschach Test for Perceptions of Race
And how a Kellogg professor found himself unexpectedly involved in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Policy
Podcast: Two Surprising Ways to Predict How Supreme Court Justices Will Vote
Here’s what a half century of data can tell us.
Entrepreneurship
Podcast: Why It’s Crucial for Startups to Define Their Identity Early
Plus, dispelling a pervasive myth about successful entrepreneurs.
Policy
Podcast: Two Surprising Ways to Predict How Supreme Court Justices Will Vote
Here’s what a half century of data can tell us.
Entrepreneurship Careers
Podcast: Why It’s Crucial for Startups to Define Their Identity Early
Plus, dispelling a pervasive myth about successful entrepreneurs.
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Podcast: Our Most Popular Advice on Advancing Your Career
Here’s how to connect with headhunters, deliver with data, and ensure you don’t plateau professionally.
Careers
Podcast: How to Be a Great Mentor
Plus, some valuable career advice that applies to just about everyone.
Careers Leadership
Podcast: Our Most Popular Advice on Improving Relationships with Colleagues
Coworkers can make us crazy. Here’s how to handle tough situations.
Social Impact
Podcast: How You and Your Company Can Lend Expertise to a Nonprofit in Need
Plus: Four questions to consider before becoming a social-impact entrepreneur.
Careers Organizations Leadership
Podcast: Attract Rockstar Employees—or Develop Your Own
Finding and nurturing high performers isn’t easy, but it pays off.
Marketing
Podcast: How Music Can Change Our Mood
A Broadway songwriter and a marketing professor discuss the connection between our favorite tunes and how they make us feel.
Marketing Data Analytics Strategy
Podcast: How Amazon’s Alexa Learns
Plus, an algorithm that can identify new social-media hashtags as they emerge.
Careers
Podcast: Give Better Feedback
An expert on marriage and a former executive offer advice on giving and receiving constructive criticism.
Careers
Podcast: How to Maintain Your Social and Professional Connections
Plus, sending a regular “letter to the boss” can help you when you need it most.
Marketing
Podcast: Why Do So Many People Distrust the News?
Plus, how to avoid being duped by fake news yourself.
Marketing
Podcast: Why Are Rankings and Listicles So Popular?
From “Top 10 Beaches” to “Five Ways to Negotiate a Raise,” the psychology behind effective lists.
Careers Organizations
Podcast: How to Avoid Five Common Career Pitfalls
Plus, a study shows an upside for companies that hire ex-offenders.
Marketing
Podcast: How to Steer Your Company Through a Twitter Firestorm
Plus, engage your customers by establishing your company’s audio brand.
Leadership
Podcast: Start the New Year Motivated for Success
Tips for achieving your personal and business goals.
Innovation
Podcast: Will Machines Ever Truly Understand Us?
The relationship between humans and computers is deepening. What does the future hold?
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Podcast: You Had Me at “Bleep Blorp”
How humans and robots are learning to trust each other.
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Podcast: Think You Understand Why Ideas Go Viral? Big Data May Change Your Mind
From tweets to scientific discoveries, human behavior is surprisingly predictable.
Data Analytics Marketing
Podcast: Did That Online Sneaker Ad Entice You to Buy? It’s Hard for Marketers to Tell.
Many measurement techniques are flawed. Kellogg and Facebook researchers share what can be done.