Everyday MBA

Dorie Clark returns to the show to discuss " The Long Game " and how to be a long-term thinker in a short-term world. It's no secret that today's professionals feel rushed, overwhelmed, and perennially behind. Dorie is a best-selling author, a Harvard business review contributor, a professor at Duke University and The Long Game shares unique principles you can apply to finally break out of the fre...

Itai Sudan discusses modern website design and digital marketing, Itai is founder and CEO at Duda , a leading web design platform for freelancers, creatives and small businesses. Duda was named PCMagazine's Editors' Choice website builder in 2017, 2018 and 2019, and currently hosts more than 14 million websites. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be...

Rocco Carriero discusses his book " Three Cords Approach: To Life And Wealth Management For Business Owners ." Rocco is a private wealth advisor at Ameriprise Financial Services and an expert in personal financial management for business owners. He has appeared on Fox and NBC, and his financial insights have been featured in publications including the Wall Street Journal and Forbes. Rocco helps hi...

Rick Ness is one of the stars of Discovery's #1 series "Gold Rush." Discovery has launched a spin-off of the the series called "Winter's Fortune" that takes an inside look at the brutal off season prep work that goes into gold mining. The industry is estimated to top $12 billion in 2021 in the US alone. Rick talks about the series premier, the big business of gold mining, and some of the business...

Steven Wiideman discusses Search Engine Optimization and digital marketing. Most people may be familiar with the term SEO, but how do you really make it work for you? What are some of the advantages and opportunities that we should be capturing? And what should business owners do to leverage digital marketing today? Steve is president of Wiideman Consulting Group and an expert in search engine opt...

Harvard professor Sandra Sucher discusses her book " The Power of Trust " and how companies build it, lose it, and regain it. Trust has declined in every sector and 65% of people today feel CEOs should be more accountable. Why is there such a negative trust issue? And what can you do about it? Learn from today's top researcher and thought-leader on the issue of trust.  Host, Kevin Craine Do you wa...

Shantanu Nundy discusses his book " Care After COVID " and what the pandemic revealed is broken in Healthcare and how to reinvent it. Shantanu is a primary care physician, technologist, and executive who serves as Chief Medical Officer for Accolade, which delivers personalized health services to companies that cover over 2 million working Americans. Host, Kevin Craine

Felix Velarde discusses his book " Scale at Speed ," and how to triple the size of your business. Felix is CEO and co-founder of 2Y3X, an innovative business growth consultancy. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Hult International Business School teaching in its MBA and International Masters programs and an expert in customer relationship management, business acceleration and strategy design. For...

Jen Fisher discusses the new book " Work Better Together " and how employee well-being boosts bottom line results. Jen is the Chief Well-Being Officer at Deloitte. Along with co-author/researcher Anh Phillips, Jen's book explains how working remotely, over-relying on digital communication, and always being "on" is fast-increasing feelings of isolation and burnout―and that now is the time to focus...

Professor Ed Hess discusses his book " Hyper-Learning " and how to adapt at the speed of change. Digital Age raises the question of how we humans will stay relevant in the workplace. Ed says we have to be able to excel cognitively, behaviorally, and emotionally in ways that technology can't. Find out how in this interview. Ed Hess is a Professor of Business Administration and an Executive-in-Resid...

Mike Zani discusses his book " The Science of Dream Teams ," and how talent optimization can drive engagement, productivity, and performance. Mike was coach of the 1996 US Olympic Team. He holds a BS from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Why do some teams succeed while others stumble? Find out more in this interview. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest?

David Jenness from IBM joins us in this special episode to discuss the IBM "Build A Bot" Challenge. Between June 15 and July 15, 2021 IBM is offering two $10,000 cash prizes to anyone who can build and RPA application that makes a difference in the world. This challenge is open world wide to everyone who is not an IBM employee or a government employee. Listen to find out more. Click here to enter...

Heather Moyer discusses talent acquisition and the future of work. Heather is CEO and Founder of HNM Systems , an award-winning staffing firm and a member of the Forbes Business Council. Listen for advice on finding, keeping and maximizing the people talent of your organization, and ways to gain advantage in the future of work, today. Host, Kevin Craine  

Frank Calderoni discusses his book " Upstanding " and how company character catalyzes loyalty, agility, and hypergrowth. Frank is the CEO of Anaplan and has worked with some of the worlds best known brands, like Netflix, Cisco, Disney and Coca-Cola to drive higher performance and growth. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest?  

Frank Mattes discusses his book " Lean Scaleup " and how to achieve innovation at scale. Everyone talks about the importance of innovation. But translating what is viable into something that is scalable and will really move the needle is hard. Hear a framework that you can use to create new business from innovation with more certainty. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin C...

Jonathan Byrnes from MIT discusses his book " Choose Your Customer " and how to compete against digital giants like Google and Amazon. Jonathan earned a doctorate from Harvard and has taught at MIT for over 30 years. Some of today's biggest names in tech and business have been among his students. He is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and the author of " Islands of Profit in a Sea...

Shane Foss , CEO of Hooray Health , discusses effective team leadership in healthcare. Shane has held executive and leadership positions in orthopedic medical device sales, surgical bundles, even medical buildings and hospitals. We talk about effective teams, but also about the new norm of healthcare industry. After 20 years as an executive in the medical industry, Shane's frustration over the exo...

Chris Surdak discusses his book " The Care and Feeding of Bots ," and how to use robotic process automation successfully. Chris is a leading expert in big data and analytics. He's been with us before talking about his books " Data Crush " and " Jerk ." And if you've wondered what all the fuss is about when it comes to process automation, or if you've been struggling to use RPA in ways that make a...

Lida Citroën discusses her book " Control the Narrative " and how executives can build, pivot and repair your reputation. Everyone has a personal brand, either by design or default. And your reputation is one of the most critical determinants of your career success. Lida is a TEDx speaker and a personal branding and reputation management expert. You've seen here in places like MSNBC, Forbes, and B...

NYT bestselling author and award-winning Harvard Business School professor Dr. Ram Charan discusses his new book " Rethinking Competitive Advantage " -- a number one new release on Amazon. Ram is a world-wide expert on business strategy. For years, he has worked with the CEOs of some of the world's most successful companies, including GE, Bank of America, Verizon, Coca-Cola, 3M, Merck...and many m...

Dr. Carol Poore from Arizona State University discusses her book " Strategic Impact ," and how to make the most of strategic planning. Analysts estimate that 67% of strategic plans fail. Find out why, and what to do differently in order to make a real impact on your organization. Carol is CEO of Poore & Assoc . Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a...

The real-life "Rocketman" Ky Michaelson talks about "Homemade Astronauts" premiering this week on Discovery+. The TV series follows the journey of three civilian rocket builders and Ky aims to become the first amateur to build and launch a manned space rocket. We talk about the show, the business of space, and his 50 year entrepreneurial journey as a rocketeer. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be...

Varun Talwar, Co-Founder and CEO of Tetrate , discusses the next generation of Cloud computing and how a microservices architecture can be used to build scalable and dynamic business applications. In a typical microservice architecture, the application consists of multiple microservices that communicate over the network, with each service performing a specific business task. One of the biggest ben...

Ash Fontana discusses his book " The AI-First Company ," and how to compete and win with Artificial Intelligence. Ash became one of the most recognized startup investors in the world after launching online investing at AngelList. He then became a Managing Director of Zetta, the first investment fund that focused on AI. He has appeared in Fast Company, Bloomberg, Forbes, and CNBC, among others. Lis...

Dennis Rebelo discusses his book " Story Like You Mean It " and how to build and use your personal narrative. Dennis is Professor of Technology, Leadership & Management at Roger Williams University. Each of us has a story to share, a mixture of lived experiences—planned and unplanned—that come together and give shape to who we are. Learn how to craft your story and use it to boost your success in...