Columbia Bizcast

Using AI to Transform the Classroom and Beyond Nov 20, 2024

In this episode of Columbia Bizcast, join Columbia Business School Dean Costis Maglaras and faculty as they explore how the School is harnessing AI to transform classroom learning and equip students for the future of work.

Climate Risks, Uncertainties, and Opportunities Oct 09, 2024

In this episode of Columbia Bizcast, listen to Professor Gernot Wagner’s talk from Reunion 2024, where he discusses the challenges posed by the climate crisis and the immense business opportunities presented by the clean-energy race.

Ulta Beauty’s Michelle Crossan-Matos on Brand Purpose and Strategy Aug 27, 2024

Listen to the CMO of the major U.S. beauty retailer share insights at Columbia Business School’s BRITE ’24 conference. Crossan-Matos discusses how to blend brand purpose with strategy while driving continuous innovation amid rapid societal and industry changes.

Mary Barra on Driving GM’s Electric Future Aug 14, 2024

In this episode of Columbia Bizcast, listen to GM CEO Mary Barra’s keynote address at the Tamer Institute’s 2024 Climate Business and Investment Conference, where she shares the automaker’s bold strategy to lead the electric vehicle revolution. Discover how GM is leveraging its scale, innovation, and consumer-focused approach to create affordable, high-performance EVs that are shaping the future of mobility.

Ray Dalio on The Changing World Order Jun 21, 2024

The legendary investor recently took part in a wide-ranging discussion hosted by Columbia Business School’s Finance Division that covered the five main forces that contribute to the rise and decline of empires, his views on the Chinese economy, insights into his investment philosophy, and the role of AI in the investment industry.

Delta CEO Ed Bastian Shares Human-Centered Leadership Lessons May 06, 2024

In this episode of Columbia Bizcast, the leader of the country’s oldest airline sat down with CBS Professor Modupe Akinola to explain how building an ethical company culture starts from the top. Since Delta CEO Ed Bastian assumed his role in 2016, he’s kept his email address public and unchanged — an uncommon practice for the leader of a Fortune 100 company. By doing so, Bastian invites both employees and customers alike to reach out with concerns, providing accessibility and visibility from the top down. In a conversation with Modupe Akinola, CBS’s Barbara and David Zalaznick Professor of Business and faculty director of the Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics, Bastian explained how giving employees insight into company strategy is foundational to his values-based leadership approach — as well as Delta’ success. The conversation came as Bastian was awarded the 2024 Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics for exemplifying the highest standard of professional and ethical conduct throughout his career. The event was organized by the School's Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics.

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LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman on the Future of AI Apr 12, 2024

The accomplished entrepreneur, executive and investor joined Columbia Business School Dean Costis Maglaras to share lessons from building many of today’s leading consumer businesses and to discuss the future of AI. The event was part of the school’s new Distinguished Speaker Series, co-sponsored by the Digital Future Initiative.

Is the Economy Returning to Equilibrium? Feb 27, 2024

At a recent live event hosted by the Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business at Columbia Business School, Professors Abby Joseph Cohen and Pierre Yared discussed signs that the global economy and financial markets are moving toward a more “normal” state.

How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms Feb 09, 2024

In this episode of Columbia Bizcast, listen to a recording of a recent CBS event featuring Chris Wiggins, professor of applied mathematics and systems biology at Columbia University. He speaks about his new book, How Data Happened, co-authored with Matthew Jones. Professor Wiggins explains that the technologies that now shape our daily realities didn’t just appear overnight. They have rich and detailed histories that go back centuries and span the globe.

This event was facilitated by Professor Bruce Kogut, as part of the School’s Business, AI, and Democracy series.

Exploring Democracy in the Age of AI Jan 26, 2024

In this episode of Bizcast we speak with Columbia Business School Professor Bruce Kogut, who shares insights and reflections on the impact of social and traditional media, government regulation, misinformation, and new and emerging technologies on democracy.

Climate Change and the New American Economy Jan 12, 2024

In this episode of Columbia Bizcast, listen to a recording of a recent CBS event featuring Brian Deese, MIT innovation fellow and former director of the National Economic Action Council at the White House. Deese discusses climate action and economic opportunities in the wake of the Inflation Reduction Act.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Shares AI Insights, Leadership Lessons Dec 19, 2023

In this episode of Columbia Bizcast, Jensen Huang, President and CEO of NVIDIA, joins Dean Costis Maglaras to discuss the future of the AI industry and share insights and lessons from building his tech company into a $1 trillion giant.

Understanding and Unleashing the Power of Blockchain Aug 10, 2023

In this episode of Bizcast, Ciamac Moallemi, the William von Mueffling Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, takes us through the basics of the new technology, shares the opportunities and disadvantages it offers, and discusses how CBS is preparing students to be at the forefront of this emerging field.

Fostering Entrepreneurship and Innovation at CBS Jan 27, 2023

Director of the Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurship Center at Columbia Business School Lara Hejtmanek ’99 discusses how the School supports students and alumni in their entrepreneurial journeys: from startup idea to launch and beyond.

How Can Leaders Use Data to Make Better Decisions? Dec 14, 2022

Listen to a fascinating discussion between Columbia Business School Professors Oded Netzer, Christopher Frank and Paul Magnone as they delve into the ideas and practical applications detailed in their new book Decisions Over Decimals.

Investing in the Era of Climate Change: A conversation with Professor Bruce Usher Nov 18, 2022

Columbia Business School’s Bruce Usher discusses his new book, which outlines the risks and opportunities for investors from climate change, and how current students and alumni are addressing major environmental challenges.

Welcome to Manhattanville – A conversation with Dean Costis Maglaras Apr 08, 2022

Welcome to the first episode of a special season of Columbia Bizcast dedicated to Columbia Business School’s new home in Manhattanville!

In this episode, we’ll take a private tour of the Manhattanville campus with Dean Costis Maglaras.

Dean Maglaras shares with us why a new campus is essential for preparing the next generation of business leaders, how spaces within Henry R. Kravis Hall and David Geffen Hall are built to foster connectivity and collaboration among students, faculty, alumni, and the larger business community, as well as his vision for the future of business education.

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Mission, Purpose, and Moon-Shooting with Vasiliki Petrou, Group CEO of Unilever Prestige Apr 30, 2021

Vasiliki Petrou founded and now leads the Unilever Prestige division; this last year has offered that division invaluable knowledge and expertise. In this week’s episode, she reviews some of what she’s learned about her already-strong commitment to running a mission-driven brand portfolio. She discusses the nature of prestige retail marketing; the future of brick and mortar; and her team’s unwavering commitment to purpose, for customers and employees alike. And intriguingly, she talks about the effect of having a creative in the C-suite. Petrou is a Columbia Business School graduate, class of 1993.

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Impact Investing and the Future of Flexible Capital Apr 02, 2021

Like every other industry, the field of impact investing underwent significant change over the last year. This episode investigates some of the new possibilities that this change has opened. Maggie Loo, CBS class of ’05 and Bridges Fund Management partner, discusses how the definition of “returns” may need to be reevaluated, how environmental regulations will transform corporate decision making, and how larger businesses can leverage small changes to produce significant effect.

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Turnaround: A Tale of Two Pandemic Case Studies Feb 26, 2021

What happened? What went wrong? Those are simple questions to ask when a company experiences difficulty. In Professor Kathryn Harrigan’s Turnaround Management class, students examine case studies to uncover the often complex reasons why a firm got in trouble and to help plot a way back.

On this episode of Bizcast, Harrigan, the Henry R. Kravis Professor of Business Leadership, tells us the story of the decisions made by two very different firms – J. Crew, the famous purveyors of preppy clothes, and Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork processor – as they coped with shifts in their fortunes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition to discussing the strategies companies take to recover, Harrigan also explains how the class instills a sense of responsibility that future leaders should feel toward their companies.

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What Kind of Entrepreneur Are You? Feb 11, 2021

We start our new season of Bizcast with a conversation about the challenges of entrepreneurship.

Class of 2021 members Pritika Gupta, Gareth Pembroke, and Samuel Hong are co-presidents of the Columbia Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO), a community of students who offer each other support on their entrepreneurial journeys and a network that will continue after graduation. CEO also plans a number of professional development opportunities and in the coming weeks the group will host a panel discussion on the future of healthcare startups.

After explaining the benefits of the group, the students tell us what it’s like to study entrepreneurship at CBS as well as the lessons they’ve learned from previous successes and failures they encountered with their own entrepreneurial ventures before enrolling at the School.

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Inspiring and Exhausting: Reporting on Political Campaigns Oct 29, 2020

What is it like for a journalist to cover the final days of a political campaign, right before an election? Bizcast visits with two MBA students who have had this experience first-hand.

Alexis Levinson ’21, a former reporter for Buzzfeed, and Knight-Bagehot Fellow Hannah Levintova ’21, who writes for Mother Jones, give us their perspective on the differences between covering local and national politics; trustworthy ways to stay informed; and whether voters should believe the latest polls.

Levinson and Levintova also share their views on the future of the media business and why they felt pursuing a MBA would enhance and focus their respective career paths.

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The Intersection of Business, Politics, and Society: A Conversation with Valerie Jarrett Oct 08, 2020

On this special episode of Bizcast, we’re presenting a conversation between Bernstein Center Faculty Director Modupe Akinola and former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett, who is now the senior advisor to the Obama Foundation.

Ms. Jarrett shares some of the formative experiences in her life: her childhood in Iran, England, and Chicago; her calling to public service; and her time in the Obama White House. She also provides her perspective on the role the business community can play in promoting social justice, and offers advice to future leaders.

This conversation is part of the KPMG Peat Marwick/Stanley R. Klion Forum, hosted by the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics. The series features leaders who are committed to resolving the major ethical, social, political, and economic challenges of our time. It was established in memory of the late Stanley R. Klion, the executive vice chairman and chief operating partner of Peat Marwick International and a longtime executive-in-residence at CBS. This forum is reflective of Mr. Klion’s ethical leadership style, and its goal is to encourage greater awareness of the ethical dilemmas faced by today’s leaders.

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The Phillips Pathway Program: Learning to Advocate for an Inclusive Workplace Sep 17, 2020

As one of the world’s leading experts on diversity in business environments, the late Professor Katherine Phillips left a remarkable legacy of scholarship and inspiration.

For Mariah Celestine ’20 and Camira Powell ’20, the most meaningful way to honor Professor Phillips was to continue the important work of making CBS a more inclusive institution that will empower future leaders to advocate for diversity and equity in their workplaces.

As part of a collaboration with Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Gita Johar, the two recent graduates developed the Phillips Pathway for Inclusive Leadership, a new mandatory program for CBS students scheduled to begin in the spring of 2021.

In this episode, Celestine and Powell provide an overview of PPIL and share some of their personal experiences that informed the creation of the program.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Goldman Sachs: Erika Irish Brown ‘98 Aug 27, 2020

On June 26, Gita Johar, Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion spoke with Erika Irish Brown ‘98, the Chief Diversity Officer at Goldman Sachs, about the firm’s internal response to the global protest and reckoning on anti-Black racism in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd.

In their conversation, Brown shared some of the practical, actionable steps she’s put into place at Goldman Sachs that address racial injustice and help move the organization toward a place of equity.

Brown discussed why it’s crucial to focus on systemic anti-Black racism; she emphasized the importance of storytelling during diversity education, which she said helps create meaningful and impactful dialogue.

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What Can Businesses Learn from Protestors? (Part 2 of 2) Aug 05, 2020

Bizcast is continuing our conversation with Management Professor Dan Wang about the connections between protests and business.

Part one examined the skills and leadership abilities protest organizers have in common with CEOs.

In this part, Wang explains the relationship that exists between businesses and consumers is analogous to protest movements responding to emerging societal trends.

Wang discusses his research on how demonstrations affect the public perception of companies and internal cultures of organizations, and he reflects on the type of self-interrogation needed to bring about changes in company culture.

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What Can Businesses Learn from Protestors? (Part 1 of 2) Jul 23, 2020

In light of the conversation started by the Black Lives Matter movement, we’re starting a series of special edition podcasts focusing on how pro-equity social changes are affecting industries.

For the first episode, we’re going to look at the nature of protest itself.

On the surface, it might seem that planning an effective protest and running a successful business might not have much in common.

But according to Associate Professor Dan Wang, demonstration organizers often have the same skills seen in CEOs: planning, communication, consensus-building, resource mobilization, and ultimately, leadership.

In this first half of a two-part episode, the newly tenured Wang, whose research was featured in a recent article in Ideas at Work (https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/articles/ideas-work/successful-protests-require-diversity-and-focus), explains the similarities between businesses and protest movements and what they can learn from each other.

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How the New Normal is Changing Brand Communications May 22, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic presented the already volatile world of brands with a tough new challenge: How does a brand stay viable, but ensure that it is sensitive to the new financial and societal realities of the “new normal?”

On this episode of Bizcast, marketing Professor Elizabeth Friedman and Matthew Quint, the director of the Center on Global Brand Leadership, offer insights on ways companies communicate both that they are open for business, and that they care about the well-being of their customers and employees.

Friedman and Quint discuss how heightened emotions affect the way brands are perceived, the importance of setting the right tone, and the opportunities for innovation amid the crisis.

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Inflection Points in the New World of Business May 18, 2020

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the business world and the daily lives of millions have undergone massive disruptions in a short amount of time.

The reality of this new normal is what Professor Rita McGrath would define as an inflection point – an external change that causes the underlying assumptions of a business to adjust dramatically in response. On this episode of Bizcast, McGrath, the author of Seeing Around Corners: How To Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen, explains different scenarios that could help firms cope -- and eventually thrive. You can hear her speak about leadership practices that help businesses thrive on this prior episode.

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Beyond CARES: Economist Glenn Hubbard on Government Response to COVID-19 May 08, 2020

Overall, Dean Emeritus Glenn Hubbard has been pleased with the government response to the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, noting the speed with which Congress and the administration passed the CARES Act.

On this episode of Bizcast, however, Hubbard, the Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics and faculty director of the Chazen Institute for Global Business, offers a critique of the implementation of relief efforts by the Small Business Administration and Department of the Treasury.

“Rather than pointing fingers though,” Hubbard says, “can we design something more effective so that we can just turn the switch on, if there is a next time?

Hubbard also shares his views on funding state governments, tax reforms after the pandemic, and the future of international relationships in the aftermath of COVID-19.

You can find more of Professor Hubbard’s thoughts on the economic impact of the pandemic here: his conversation with Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz; his interview with Neil Irwin ‘08 of The New York Times; his discussion on the role of political economy with professors Tano Santos and Ray Horton; and his panel with Japanese Minster Takeshi Komoto and Keiko Tashiro, deputy president of Daiwa Securities Group on the implications of COVID-19 on the US and Japanese economies.

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A World of Hurt: The Impact of COVID-19 On Retail May 01, 2020

According to a recent Department of Commerce report, retail sales slumped by 8.7 percent in March, as states issued stay-at-home orders and stores closed throughout the nation.

Mark Cohen, the director of retail studies, explains on the latest episode of Bizcast that the retail sector should be prepared for even more dismal numbers in the coming months. “There’s an enormous amount of business being done on food and supplies, but for the most part retail is shut down,” he says.

Cohen provides his view on the changes coming to large retailers, many of whom have already seen declining sales and store closures before the pandemic hit. He also discusses the role of government bailouts for the industry and speculates about when stores will be able to open their doors.

You can read more of Cohen’s insights on the impact of COVID-19 on retailers here. (https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/articles/ideas-work/will-retail-bounce-back-pandemic)

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Setting Policy for What Comes After COVID-19: Dr. Faheem Ahmed ‘20 Apr 24, 2020

Like many of his classmates, Dr. Faheem Ahmed started the spring semester, primed to put the finishing touches on his MBA. But after COVID-19 began to spread, he relocated to his home in London to complete his degree remotely and work on the frontline of the crisis.

In this special episode of Bizcast, Ahmed -- who has a medical degree from King’s College London and a master’s degree in health systems management from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine -- gives us his perspective on the UK response to the pandemic.

Ahmed also discusses his recent article in The Lancet, co-authored with Professor Joseph Stiglitz, which explains how COVID-19 is exacerbating social inequality around the world, especially among those with low incomes and black and ethnic minority communities.

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Jacquie Henderson '17: Building Ad Hoc COVID-19 Testing Sites STAT Apr 16, 2020

Jacquie Henderson '17 works in strategy and operations for a seven hospital health system that serves communities in New York's Hudson Valley and in Western Connecticut. When the virus hit, her responsibilities quickly shifted. In this episode, Henderson talks about how her CBS experience helped her set up freestanding testing sites and “uptrain” the staff to take on new tasks and assignments. She also describes the precautions she takes to keep her family safe.

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Tommy Hendrix ‘17: Fighting COVID-19 As an Alumnus and a Green Beret Apr 10, 2020

We’re pivoting Bizcast. Starting with this episode, we’ll be covering the business impacts of COVID-19 from multiple perspectives.

Our first guest is Tommy Hendrix ‘17, who discusses his current work searching gray markets for personal protective equipment to redistribute to healthcare workers. He details how his military and business school backgrounds inform his task, and offers his thoughts on the most important way to combat this virus.

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Welcome and See You Soon: Introducing Our Deferred Enrollment Program Mar 19, 2020

This month, the School welcomed its inaugural group of undergraduate seniors and non-professional Master’s students into the new Deferred Enrollment Program. The program allows accepted students to defer their MBA or EMBA start date for between two to five years, while they are gaining experience in the workforce.

On this episode of Bizcast, we visit with CBS Admissions officers Emily French Thomas and Michael Robinson. They explain not only how the DEP works, but also how its students will play a vital role in the overall School community.

We’ll also hear stories from Sebastian, Sid, and Phyllis – three students who tell us why they chose the DEP for their futures in business.

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Work Breaks Don't Signal Career Brakes: Lee Georgs '03 Mar 12, 2020

In our second episode featuring the School’s UK-based graduates, we visit with Lee Georgs ’03, the Chief Operating Officer of Corporate for the investment consultancy Redington and co-President of the London alumni club.

Georgs has held positions with some of the world’s most prestigious investment banks, including Citibank, JP Morgan and Credit Suisse. Her career path has not been a straight line.

Since graduating from Columbia, Georgs moved from New York to Hong Kong to London, while taking some breaks from work along the way. She tells us how those periods away from the office changed her perspective -- and created new opportunities.

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The Journey is the Destination: Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss ’97 Feb 27, 2020

For the next few months, Bizcast will be bringing you stories and interviews from our recent UK visit, where we met with members of the CBS Alumni Club of London.

We start our journey across the pond with Shai Weiss ’97, who was named CEO of Virgin Atlantic in January 2019. Weiss offers a behind-the-scenes look at the brand’s unique mission to make Virgin the world’s most loved travel company. He also talks about Virgin’s commitment to diversity and the challenge that climate change poses for the airline. Listen in to hear what he’s learned about leadership, risk-taking, and failure from Virgin founder Richard Branson.

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Next Steps for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at CBS Feb 13, 2020

In 2018, at the urging of students and faculty, the Business School formed two committees to study issues surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the CBS community.

In this episode, Gita Johar, Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the Meyer Feldberg Professor of Business, tells us about the positive results of the committees’ work: a renewed and keener focus on DEI at the School. Johar explains what diversity, equity, and inclusion means for faculty and students, and also defines its role in curriculum and course materials. Johar is clear that there’s still work to be done, discussing steps the School needs to take to address DEI issues in both the short and long term.

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Analytics in Action Jan 30, 2020

On this episode of Bizcast we’re back in the classroom to learn about Analytics in Action, an innovative masterclass that brings together MBA and engineering students with representatives from companies such as Viacom and Citigroup to solve real business problems in real time.

Now in its third year, Analytics in Action reflects Dean Costis Maglaras’s initiative to bring together a diverse set of thought leaders from across Columbia’s campus. Following a visit to class, we talked with professors Daniel Guetta and Brett Martin about the history and value of the class and with MBA student Michael Rodio and engineering student Sanjana Rosario, who shared their perspectives and the lessons they learned after analyzing problems from each other’s point of view.

Prof. Michael Slepian Reveals the Truth about Secrecy Jan 16, 2020

Listen in to some revelations about secrets with Michael Slepian, the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics.

Professor Slepian researches the effect of secret-keeping on our personal and professional lives. According to his findings, being the lone bearer of a secret not only heightens emotions such as inauthenticity and loneliness, but can also feel physically burdensome.

Fortunately, Slepian’s research hints at a solution: talking to others about your secret.

A Rockette Takes Her Next Step at CBS Dec 12, 2019

In which we kick back and chat with former Rockette and current CBS student, Kristin Jantzie, ’21.

Jantzie opens up about the discipline it took to sustain her 13-year run as a member of the world-famous dance troupe. She details lessons from her time with the troupe that are serving her here at CBS, and tells us how business school is preparing her for the next stage of her career.

A Feast of Social Change Nov 22, 2019

First, we speak with Eat Offbeat, the New York-based catering company founded by Wissam Kahi ’04 and his sister Manal Kahi, SIPA ’15. Eat Offbeat hires refugees and trains them to prepare cuisine from their native countries. Next, we check in with April Tam Smith ’10 who, in addition to her day job on Wall Street, opened P.S. Kitchen. This Times Square vegan restaurant donates 100 percent of its profits to organizations that support sustainability, and provides jobs to recent immigrants and the previously incarcerated. Last, we end with some life lessons/business advice from Beyond Meat founder Ethan Brown, ’08, who talks about the benefit of listening to your heart and being patient with what it tells you.

From the Military to CBS: a Veterans Day episode with Brooke Jones-Chinetti ’18, Dan Brillman ’12, and Taylor Justice ’14 Nov 11, 2019

In honor of Veterans Day, Bizcast is revisiting conversations we had with three CBS alumni, all former service members. All three are working to support veterans in their transition to civilian life.

EMBA graduate Brooke Jones-Chinetti ’18 served in the Army for nearly ten years, which included a tour of duty in Iraq. After her commitment, Jones-Chinetti worked for JPMorgan Chase’s Office of Veterans’ Affairs. This inspired her to found Your Sequel, a networking organization designed to help female ex-service members make connections in the business world.

Air Force pilot Dan Brillman ’12 and Army veteran Taylor Justice ’14 heard countless stories from their cohort about how complicated it was to access clinical and non-clinical social services. This led to their launching Unite Us, a centralized software platform that streamlines the connection between people and healthcare and other social service providers.

As part of our salute to all veterans, here are Brooke, Dan, and Taylor telling their stories of life in the military, at Columbia Business School, and at their start-ups.

Dean Costis Maglaras: Leading CBS Into Its Next Era Oct 29, 2019

On this edition of Bizcast, we welcome the new dean of Columbia Business School, Costis Maglaras, to the podcast.

In our conversation, Dean Maglaras shares his vision for the School, the opportunity to innovate the curriculum, and the transformational potential of the School’s move to Manhattanville in two years. Maglaras also talks about his plans for enrichment and other learning opportunities for alumni to help them keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving work environment.

Join us on Maglaras’ journey from his native Athens via London and Palo Alto to the Columbia campus.

Kesha Cash ’10: Investing in Underserved Communities Oct 17, 2019

On this episode of Bizcast, we revisit our conversation with Impact America Fund founder Kesha Cash ’10. Named one of Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People for 2018, Kesha told us about a point in her career when she needed to reconcile that she was “living two lives.”

Cash grew up in a low-income family, first in rural South Carolina, then in Orange County, California. After graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in applied mathematics, Cash embarked on a career in financial services that took her to Wall Street boardrooms and aboard private jets.

Through it all, Cash never forgot her early life experiences, which inspired her to enroll in the Business School, where she cultivated her passion for impact investing and social responsibility. In 2013, Cash launched the Impact America Fund, which makes investments in companies run by entrepreneurs from low and moderate income communities of color.

The Polarization Project Oct 03, 2019

On this episode of Columbia Bizcast, we’re invited to dine with the Polarization Project. Recent EMBA graduates Brianna O’Brien Lowndes ’19, Charlie Kreitler ’19, and Emmett Lamb ’19 founded this discussion series, in which a faculty expert lectures on a global issue and students engage in a lively debate afterwards. At the dinner we attended, the group hosted Professor of Professional Practice Bruce Usher who spoke about the intersection of climate change and business.

Professor Bruce Craven: Leadership Secrets from Game of Thrones Apr 12, 2019

Leadership lessons from Jon Snow, Ned Stark, and Professor Bruce Craven. Professor Craven's book, Win or Die: Leadership Secrets from Game of Thrones, offers a trove of leadership lessons for managing groups and implementing change. In this episode of Columbia Bizcast, Bruce Craven, a professor in the Business School’s Executive Education program and director of the School’s Advanced Management Program, addresses the leadership takeaways from this mega-hit series.

Dean Glenn Hubbard: The Need for Resilient Business Leaders Feb 18, 2019

“Whatever the big social problem is, I’d like to believe that business people are leading that charge and not just waiting for politics,” Hubbard says in his second appearance on the podcast. With the US government recently emerging from a record-long shutdown, Dean Glenn Hubbard can sound as exasperated as the next person with what he describes as a “feckless” political system. Which is why resilient business leaders are all the more necessary in today’s economic environment, Hubbard says in this episode of Columbia Bizcast. “Whether the issue of the day is climate change, the way we deal with training programs for the less skilled, or whatever the big social problem is, I’d like to believe that business people are leading that charge and not just waiting for politics,” says the Columbia Business School dean. In the podcast’s third season, Hubbard talks about what he’ll miss most about being dean after he steps down on June 30 and why he’s so optimistic about the future for today’s MBAs, despite the political morass. No stranger to Washington, D.C., the dean also gives his take on today’s divided government. “To me, the whole issue of a shutdown is crazy,” says Hubbard, who served as deputy assistant secretary in the Treasury Department under George H. W. Bush and as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to George W. Bush. “Obviously, in any negotiation, neither side gets 100 percent of what it wants, rarely in life does that happen, but to me this is a failure of government and both major political parties.”

Professor Michael Mauskapf: What Makes Popular Culture Popular? Feb 04, 2019

What makes an idea go viral, a song become a hit, or a startup turn into a stock-listed powerhouse? It often happens, according to Assistant Professor Michael Mauskapf, because of an optimal mix of oldness and newness. Be it a Billboard No. 1 or a blockbuster business idea, the concept catches on because it’s similar enough to be recognizable but different enough to be edgy. “If your goal is commercial success and widespread adoption, you don’t want to be radically different,” Mauskapf says in this episode of Columbia Bizcast, which delves into his widely cited research paper into what makes pop music popular. Featured in the Economist, New York Post, and Quartz, along with Ideas at Work, the paper dissects the sonic attributes of six decades of songs from the Billboard Hot 100 to answer the question, “What makes a hit?” “There’s a trade-off between being similar and being different,” says Mauskapf, who is himself an orchestral trumpeter with dual doctorates in management and musicology; he teaches the MBA course Foundations of Entrepreneurship, an overview of the concepts and skills needed for both entrepreneurs and those who want to act entrepreneurially. “Novel is a necessary but not sufficient condition for being innovative.”

Professor Rita McGrath: The End of Competitive Advantage Jan 14, 2019

Developing a successful organizational strategy isn’t easy, especially in an unpredictable business climate. Navigating a shifting landscape requires leaders to abandon pre-conceived notions and think differently, according to Rita Gunther McGrath, a professor in the Business School’s Executive Education program. A globally recognized expert on innovation and growth strategy, McGrath argues that to maintain a competitive advantage in times of change, organizations must protect their key resource — personnel. “One of the few sources of advantage left is going to be that core group of people who carry the culture, who carry the norms, who are the secret sauce of the place,” McGrath says in this episode of Columbia Bizcast, which highlights the critical importance for leaders to create a culture where all employees feel safe. “All leaders need to create psychological safety, need to communicate up and down the organization, need to be able to see what’s going on out there, need to be able to hear uncomfortable information and not lash out at the person bringing it and so forth,” says McGrath. “If you think about it, organizations would benefit by that style of leadership becoming more prevalent.”

Phoebe Boyer '93: Helping Children to Learn, Grow, and Lead Dec 17, 2018

“Engage,” says the president and CEO of education nonprofit organization Children’s Aid. “Don't sit on the sidelines.” Child homelessness is at a record high in New York City, with one in 10 students in public schools living in temporary housing. Phoebe Boyer ’93 is on the front-line working to prevent these children from falling through society’s cracks. As president and CEO of Children’s Aid, one of the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofits serving children, Boyer is responsible for leading a team of more than 1,200 employees who provide health, education, and wellness services to New York City’s needy and at-risk youths. “Kids who live in poverty, it’s through no fault of their own,” says Boyer, who studied nonprofit management at the Business School and earned the Joanne Martin Academic Award for Public and Nonprofit Management upon graduation. “With the right supports they can achieve anything, and that’s been the motivator, I think, for my entire career.” In this episode of Columbia Bizcast, Boyer discusses her important work in overseeing an organization with 45 citywide sites that provide a gamut of children’s services, from adoption programs to summer camps to after-school education. As the first female CEO of Children’s Aid — a role she took on in 2014 — Boyer has become something of a role model for both her staff and the many single mothers and young women that her organization works with daily. “We are in the opportunity business,” says Boyer. “Our kids, because of the realities of living in poverty, they often face many barriers to the opportunities that I think other people take for granted, whether it’s educational opportunities or opportunities to have high-quality healthcare. Our kids need those opportunities, and that’s what we’re providing them with.”

Professor Jing Dong: Improving Managerial Decisions with Data Dec 10, 2018

Any hospital patient basically wants two things: to get well and to get out. Jing Dong is helping that happen faster. An assistant professor in the division of Decision, Risk, and Operations, Dong is at the forefront of research into improving hospitals’ operational and procedural efficiencies, from lowering admittance wait-times to speeding up discharges. “I still see a lot of exciting things to do in the healthcare domain,” Dong tells Columbia Bizcast. “I’m helping hospitals identify the costs of a lot of the operational procedures they’re running and then helping them to say, ‘Okay, if I realize there is a cost and benefit to these procedures, what would be the best way of balancing this?’” In this episode, Dong shares how her parents encouraged her to study math when she was growing up in mainland China and how now, at the Business School, she has elevated her research by partnering with professors from across the divisions. The proliferation of data and analytics is transforming the way businesses operate, she says, which is allowing leaders to make more quantitative-driven decisions. “My research horizon has also been broadened since I came here,” Dong says of joining the Business School. “It has simply improved my whole decision-making process a lot.”

Manuel Wiechers ECLA '17: Iluméxico Fights Energy Poverty Dec 03, 2018

Through the startup Iluméxico, this graduate is bringing solar power to Mexicans who live off the grid. One in seven people worldwide lacks access to electricity, including some 3 million people in Manuel Wiechers’ home country of Mexico. But he’s slowly changing that. Through his startup Iluméxico, Wiechers has installed 13,000 solar power systems servicing 58,000 people in the deepest recesses of rural Mexico, including to homes only available by boat, donkey, and day-long trek. And now, with training from the Business School’s 13-month Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness in Latin America (ECLA) program, which Wiechers completed in 2017, he is eyeing even more ambitious goals: To bring electricity to 50,000 homes by 2020 and to light up all of Mexico by 2025. On this episode of Columbia Bizcast, the Mexico City-native talks about why he launched Iluméxico in 2010, the challenges to convincing Mexicans to move away from pollutive diesel generators, and how he overhauled his company’s operations during the ECLA program with mentorship from senior lecturer Alonso Martinez. “He worked with us for five months on developing our key initiatives for operational excellence,” says Wiechers, whose business restructuring became the basis for a new Columbia CaseWorks study on supply chain strategy. “We formalized, standardized, and structured them in a much more efficient manner. That allowed us to be prepared for growth [and] get a very quick second investment round and boost what we were doing.” A former Ashoka fellow, finalist for the Unilever Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards, and participant in the Endeavor entrepreneurship program, Wiechers has also been featured in Forbes and Ideas and Insights. Iluméxico is a certified B Corporation, a designation for social responsibility and environmental sustainability. “I had more opportunities than the average Mexicans,” says Wiechers. “I knew I had to give back.”

Eat Offbeat: Helping Adventurous Eaters Find Refuge Nov 20, 2018

The startup Eat Offbeat turns refugees into chefs who share their homeland’s cuisines. It all began with a food craving. A native of Lebanon, Wissam Kahi ’04 had been living in New York City for more than a decade when he and his sister, Manal Kahi SIPA ’15, discovered a gaping hole in the US food market: the hummus was sub-par. Using their Syrian grandmother’s recipe, they made their own hummus, shared it with friends to great reception, and immediately saw the commercial appeal of bringing home-cooked international cuisine to New Yorkers. The siblings soon launched the catering company Eat Offbeat with startup funding from the Center for Social Ventures at Columbia. Their business not only meets a consumer demand for authentic cultural dishes, but also has a social mission to integrate refugees from Syria and other countries by hiring them as chefs to share their homeland’s recipes. “I’m having a hard time imagining how something like this could have happened without [my Business School] background,” says Wissam, nodding to his foundational experience at Columbia. “At the end of the day, what will make the customer come back is because they really love the food and they found something different and super tasty and high quality,” he says. “They may come to us first because they think, ‘Okay. There's a social mission there. Hey, we should try out this company and support refugees.’ They will not come back unless the food is amazing.”

Anna Rawson '15: Beating Your Last Best Score Nov 12, 2018

Why would a pro golfer want an MBA? On this episode of Columbia Bizcast, Anna Rawson ’15 talks about her road to the Business School after winning a national golf championship at the University of Southern California and playing three years on the LPGA Tour. She combined her prowess on the pitch and her management skills learned from Columbia to transition to the business side of sports as marketing director for equipment company Parsons Xtreme Golf. More recently, Rawson co-founded the company SeedLyfe, which makes superfood supplements for women. A native of Australia and the daughter of a professional Australian football player, Rawson says she’s brought lessons from the links to her post-MBA career. “At any point, you could have a hole-in-one,” she says. “It’s a good metaphor for life. You never know when something good is going to start happening. You have to just stick to your routine and stick to what you’re doing, and just have faith that it will work out.”

Ryan Jacobs '19: The Art of Speechwriting Nov 05, 2018

“Good speeches, as a rule, generally push a single idea,” says the former speechwriter for the Obama Administration. When the Democratic National Committee needed a volunteer speechwriter in 2012, Ryan Jacobs ’19 was quick to put up his hand. The gig soon turned into a full-time job as a speechwriter within the Obama Administration. “I was an incredibly minor, minor, minor character in this administration,” Jacobs says. “If the Obama Administration was a movie, I’d be like extra No. 1,846. But I was there. And it’s a privilege to be there. You sort of feel like you’re in the middle of something big.” On this episode of Columbia Bizcast, Jacobs talks about how his career in speechwriting started with emulating a character from TV drama The West Wing and led to traveling around the country as chief speechwriter for former President Obama’s secretary of transportation. Jacobs also explains why he wanted to learn “the language of business” from Columbia Business School. Now working toward his Executive MBA degree as a cross-country commuter based in Seattle, Jacobs is a senior speechwriter for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. “Good speeches, as a rule, generally push a single idea,” says Jacobs. “Bad speeches, as a rule, are like kitchen-sink speeches. Speeches that try to placate everybody. By saying everything, they say nothing.”

Halle Morse '20: The Business of Broadway Oct 28, 2018

For a Broadway performer, a vocal cord injury can be devastating. For Halle Morse ’20, who starred in the mega-hit Mamma Mia!, a battle with pseudocysts was motivation to reassess her career and pursue a Columbia MBA with the goal of leading a nationally recognized theater. “To produce at such a high level requires a lot more intimate knowledge of the business world,” says Morse, who attended the University of Cincinnati’s award-winning College-Conservatory of Music. In the third season premiere of Columbia Bizcast, the first-year MBA candidate talks about her love for theater and how she plans to use her MBA to become one of the first executive directors of color for a regional theater. In addition to attending business school full time, Morse is currently the assistant director for the new rock musical Jagged Little Pill, which debuted this year at the American Repertory Theater in Boston.

Kesha Cash '10: Playing the Hand You're Dealt - The Road to Launching Impact America Fund May 29, 2018

Growing up in a low-income household in Orange County had a big impact on the life work of Kesha Cash '10; she recalls using food stamps to buy groceries and scavenging for spare change from the couch cushions to make ends meet. Fast-forward to Columbia Business School, where she concentrated on social impact investing: upon graduating, she founded the minority-focused initiative Jalia Ventures, and then in 2013 she founded the lower-income-focused Impact America Fund, where she is currently the general partner. “I’m glad I attended business school as an older student, applying with a very clear vision in mind as to why I wanted to attend business school and what I wanted to get out of it,” she says. In this episode, Cash talks about finding her identity (6:44), leaving Wall Street (19:05), earning an MBA (25:45), starting Impact America Fund (32:20), and investing in lower-income communities (43:00). It’s all part of her mission today to transform the economic livelihoods of marginalized communities in America. “I really do feel like my purpose here is to figure out how to give more people access to upward mobility,” says Cash, who was named by Essence magazine in 2017 as one of 50 Black Women Founders to Watch.

Clare Murray ’17: The Growing Field of Impact Investing May 21, 2018

Not many people can say their life was changed by a whale. Years before even thinking about Columbia Business School, Clare Murray ’17 was on a family whale-watching trip when she bumped into the chief financial officer of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. At the time, Murray was an undergraduate majoring in art history. But the chance encounter pushed her in a new direction. “It was really memorable and transformative for me because it was the first time that I recognized that there’s this combination of finance and art management,” she says. “I thought, ‘I’m going to follow her track and go the more traditional route of finance and then build a skill set that I could then use at a museum potentially at a later point.’” With that in mind, the native New Yorker joined Goldman Sachs and then BlackRock, soon transitioning to focus on sustainable investing. It happened to be just as the niche market was going mainstream. From 2012 to 2016, the portfolio of sustainable assets in the U.S. surged by 135 percent to $8.7 trillion. While at BlackRock, Murray also began taking the subway uptown on weekends to earn her Executive MBA. Upon graduating a year ago, she moved to Sydney to work in sustainable investing with LeagFrog, a private equity firm that targets socially responsible investments in Asia and Africa. She’s since been named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Asia list. In this episode, Murray explains the trends driving impact investing, gives an insider’s view of what the sector is all about, and highlights how Columbia Business School deepened her understanding of the field. “Every investment has an impact,” she says, “it's just positive or negative. So for me, I really wanted to work in sustainable investing to create products that had the financial return side where then institutions were able to invest and then also where it's doing good for society.”

Matt Wilson ’18: Make Bold Choices — Reflections of a Graduating Student May 07, 2018

In a graduation-themed episode, Matt Wilson ’18 discusses his journey to and through Columbia Business School: as a New Jersey kid who loved the creative freedom of punk rock to working in counter-terrorism and homeland security after 9/11, and then finding his path in Business School by going off script. “There is no template for how your career and how your life is supposed to go,” Wilson says. “There is no specific set of steps that anyone has in mind when they look at you... I think that the biggest takeaway I’ve had is that there is no rule book. There’s no way you must pursue your career. There's no way you must pursue your life — and frankly, often your life should take huge precedent over your career. I think a lot of times we forget that.” At CBS Wilson served as the Student Government’s VP for Careers. After graduation, he’s heading back to consulting – armed with insights gleaned from CBS. “The ability to be vulnerable, to be humble, and to take the time to look inside and figure out what it is that truly drives me, that’s the thing I’ve come to value more than anything,” he says.

Brooke Jones-Chinetti ’18: The Hard, Dirty Fight for Women’s Equality Apr 30, 2018

Brooke Jones-Chinetti ’18 served in the military for six years with two deployments to the Middle East. In 2016, she started Your Sequel to bridge the gap between female veterans and industry leaders. She is currently Director Of Operations at Werk.co. In this episode, Jones-Chinetti talks about the importance of selfless leadership, the responsibility of having a platform, and looks back at her two-year journey through the EMBA program. “Every day I go to class, I’m humbled,” she says. “I feel like I’m sitting next to the smartest people I ever met. And I’m proud of how we’ve evolved as a group. I’m proud of the diversity of thought. I'm proud of people’s accomplishments. We’ve seen new jobs, promotions, marriages, babies. I’m proud of how we’ve celebrated each other and lifted each other up. I'm so proud of my class. I can’t imagine having gone anywhere else.”

Professor Sandra Matz: Creating Value Through Big Data Apr 23, 2018

Professor Sandra Matz explores how companies can turn customer’s personal data into a value proposition. As a Management Professor, Matz studies human behavior at the intersection of big data and social psychology. Her research has shown how just one click on Facebook can help marketers create psychological profiles and how money can buy us happiness. While Facebook has reported that “malicious actors” have taken advantage of search tools on its platform, making it possible for them to collect information on most of its users worldwide, Matz points out that the massive amounts of data companies collect can also lead to positive results. “I think it would be a real shame if we were to just ban those technologies all together,” she tells Columbia Bizcast podcast host Fahad Ahmed ’17. “There are so many opportunities that we have to use that technology in a way that helps people. But if we don't have that discussion, if people don't even know what's happening, we can't have the debate around what is it that we want to use it for.” Companies, Matz says, should look to their customers for insight on how best to use their data to create value. “If companies really start thinking about their customer, instead of their product – I think there’s so much value in that,” Matz says. “If you really put the customer at the center of everything, not only will you be able to make your product a lot better, but you’ll also kind of see which are the things, using data, that customers might value, and what are the things that customers might not necessarily want you to do.”

Ethan Brown ’08: How Relentless Innovation Created Beyond Meat Apr 16, 2018

For Ethan Brown ’08, the journey to disrupting the meat industry began with his childhood, which he split between an urban life in Washington, DC and his family’s Holstein cattle farm in rural Maryland. The connection to animals and the food system informed his innovative idea. After a successful career in clean technology, Brown began to feel disconnected from his upbringing. “It started to really manifest itself when I had to make choices for my own children,” Brown says. “I can remember being on the Jersey Turnpike and stopping to get something to eat with [my children] at Subway. I was ordering a ham sandwich or something for the kids. And here we had these pigs we kept as pets — and the whole thing just got to be ‘Wait, my life is not making sense to me.’ I needed to make a change.” After that epiphany, Brown founded Beyond Meat, a company that produces 100-percent plant-based products with the taste and texture of meat. Brown’s vision for the future of protein is one which improves human health, reduces the environmental strains caused by meat production, and addresses animal welfare concerns. The success of Beyond Meat — now found in more than 20,000 stores nationwide, always in the meat aisle rather than the “alternative” protein case — relies on “relentless innovation.” “We want to innovate so fast that when people try to replicate they’re chasing ghosts,” says Brown. Brown fosters this innovation by letting go of ego and surrounding himself with experts, something he learned from the Oracle of Omaha himself. “I try as hard as I can to surround myself with people who I think are better than I am at what they're doing,” he says. “And that's a tried and true axiom. It really makes sense. And that comes back to Columbia. What does Buffett say about great businesses? It’s management.”

April Tam Smith ’10: The Power of Generosity and the Pursuit of Social Justice Apr 09, 2018

April Tam Smith ’10 is laser-focused on social impact – whether it’s through business or her personal commitment to giving back. It’s transformed the way she defines ROI. She is the co-owner of P.S. Kitchen, a plant-based restaurant in New York City that focuses on the three branches of sustainability – economic, environmental, and social. For her demonstrated leadership and commitment to social enterprise, she received the Tamer Center's 2018 Social Enterprise Leadership Award.

Professor Hitendra Wadhwa — Part II: The Five Pillars of Personal Leadership Apr 02, 2018

In part two, Professor Hitendra Wadhwa and Fahad Ahmed '17 discuss the the five pillars of personal leadership.

Professor Hitendra Wadhwa — Part I: The Importance of Self-Mastery in Leadership Apr 02, 2018

Professor Hitendra Wadhwa’s Personal Leadership & Success is Columbia Business School’s most popular leadership elective. It’s easy to see why. Blending his cultural heritage and experiences in business, psychology, mathematics, with Eastern mystical traditions, Wadhwa investigates how business leaders – and everyone – can best reach their potential.

Stephanie Palmeri ’11: Taking Chances, the Power of Connections, and Tips from the Startup Industry Mar 26, 2018

When Stephanie Palmeri graduated from Columbia Business School in 2011, she took a leap of faith. With no job and two suitcases, she left New York City for Silicon Valley, crashing on the couches of fellow CBS grads. “As someone who didn't have a network [in the Valley]…it was scary, but I did it,” Palmeri says. Palmeri, now a partner at Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC), sat down with Why CBS host Fahad Ahmed ’17 during the School’s Women’s Business Leadership in Tech: From Talk to Action conference in February, where she was a panelist.

Antonia Hyman ’18 — Part II: Columbia Business School’s Black Business Student Association Mar 22, 2018

In part two of her Why CBS interview, Antonia Hyman ’18 speaks in-depth about her leadership role in the Black Business Students Association (BBSA), the upcoming Elevate conference, and the importance of sharing your story.

Antonia Hyman ’18 — Part I Mar 19, 2018

In a powerful, two-part conversation, Antonia Hyman ’18, who is completing a joint MBA/JD program at Columbia, sits down with Fahad to discuss the influence her family had on her dream to launch a company for the historically disadvantaged. Read more: https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/articles/columbia-business/why-cbs-podcast-antonia-hyman-18-part-i

Professor Sheena Iyengar: The Power of Choice Dec 08, 2017

Sheena S. Iyengar is the S. T. Lee Professor of Business at Columbia Business School. Professor Iyengar has taught courses in leadership and entrepreneurial creativity. Her research addresses the implications of offering people, whether they be employees or consumers, choices. In this episode, Fahad Ahmed '17 meets with Professor Iyengar to discuss how "choice" became such an important part of her life, as well as the tips and tools she feels a person can use to maximize the power of choice.

Molly Magnuson ’18: Finding your Purpose Nov 30, 2017

In this episode, Fahad Ahmed ’17 meets with Molly Magnuson ’18, co-president of Columbia Business School’s Student Government, to discuss how life circumstances have helped to define Molly’s passions, her purpose, and overall life perspective.

Carolyn Disbrow ’18: Business is Storytelling Nov 10, 2017

Carolyn Disbrow is the Senior Director of Brand Marketing for CNN Worldwide and a member of Columbia Business School’s Executive MBA Class of 2018. In her role at CNN, she oversees internal and external branding, corporate donations, sponsorships, and awards strategy for CNN Worldwide. In this episode, Fahad Ahmed ’17 sits in-studio with Carolyn to discuss her love for non-fiction content, passion for the First Amendment, and her opinion that “business is storytelling.”

Unite US: Streamlining the Delivery of Health and Human Services Nov 02, 2017

Dan Brillman ’12 and Taylor Justice ’14 are the co-founders of Unite US, a tech startup streamlining the delivery of health and human services. In this episode, Fahad Ahmed ’17 travels to the Unite US offices in Lower Manhattan to discuss with Dan and Taylor their journey into the United States Air Force and Army, respectively, and to learn how a conversation at Columbia Business School cultivated their entrepreneurial spirit and motivated them to create Unite US.

Dean Glenn Hubbard: The Future of CBS Oct 20, 2017

Glenn Hubbard is dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School. Professor at the School since 1988. and dean since 2004. On this episode, Fahad sits in-studio with Dean Hubbard to discuss a number of topics including his love for academia, his time in public service, the power and importance of the CBS network, and the future of the School.

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