The Insightful Leader Live
A series of live, virtual events providing an hour of critical leadership and business insights from a Kellogg professor.
The Insightful Leader Live: How to Cool Down Heated Conversations

Steven Franconeri is a leading scientist, teacher, and speaker on visual thinking, visual communication, and the psychology of data visualization. He is a Professor of Psychology in the Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences at Northwestern, the Director of the Northwestern Cognitive Science Program, as well as a Kellogg Professor of Management and Organizations by courtesy.
Helena Rojas is the Vice President and Business Manager at Federal Home Loan Bank Chicago, where she has worked for over 20 years. Rojas received her Executive MBA from the Kellogg School of Management in 2020 and obtained a bachelor's in accounting from Elmhurst University in 2005.
We look at the business of climate change, asking what happens when corporate leaders, investors, policymakers, and technologists try to make changes—and why they keep hitting a wall.