Everyday MBA

Vili Lehdonvirta discusses his book " Cloud Empires " and how digital platforms like Amazon and others are overtaking our lives. We explore how we can regain control. Vili is Professor of Economic Sociology and Digital Social Research at the University of Oxford. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest?

Morra Aarons-Mele discusses her book " The Anxious Achiever " and how to turn anxiety into a leadership superpower. Morra is an author and an award winning consultant. You've seen her in places like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. She a Ted speaker. Her first book " Hiding in the Bathroom " was an Amazon best seller. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest?

Gaia Bernstein discusses her book " Unwired " and ways to gain control over addictive technologies. Gaia Bernstein is a Law Professor, Director of the Institute for Privacy Protection, and Co-Director of the Gibbons Institute for Law Science and Technology at the Seton Hall University School of Law. She writes teaches and lectures on issues at the intersections of law, technology, privacy, and hea...

Carol Geffner discusses her book " Building a New Leadership Ladder " and transforming male-dominated organizations to support women on the rise. Carol is formerly Professor of the Practice of Governance and Management at the University of Southern California. She is currently President of CBVision consultants. She is a member of Forbes's Coaches Council. Listen for three action items you can use...

Frank Devine discusses his book " Rapid Mass Engagement " and ways to drive continuous improvement through employee culture. Frank is the founder of Accelerated Improvement and has trained senior leaders and change agents in organizations like Johnson & Johnson, Rolls Royce, Coca Cola, and more. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest?

Liz Hoffman discusses her book " Crash Landing " and how the world's biggest companies survived the COVID financial crisis. Liz was a longtime Wall Street Journal reporter before being named the business and finance editor at Semafor . She gained astonishing access inside many of most high-profile CEOs and their decision-making, revealing how they navigated the financial carnage of 2020. Hear the...

Melanie Booher discusses her book " Conscious Culture " and a game plan to build a great workplace. Melanie is the creator of the Conscious Culture Certified Coach program. She helps organizations create meaningful change in the areas of HR, Operations, Leadership Development, and Business Strategy in order to leverage culture as a competitive advantage. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a gues...

Carol Kauffman discusses her new book " Real-Time Leadership " and how to be a successful leader when the stakes are high. Carol is known internationally as a leader in the field of leadership coaching. Marshall Goldsmith named her the number one leadership coach and Thinkers50 ranked her among the top eight coaches in the world. Carol is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, and a vis...

Donna Griffit  discusses her book " Sticking To My Story " and the alchemy of storytelling for startups. Donna Griffit is a corporate storyteller and pitch alchemist. She has helped over 1000 startups raise hundreds of millions of dollars and accelerate their sales with great storytelling and messaging savvy. Listen for three action items you can use today.  Host,  Kevin Craine Do you want to be a...

Stefan Falk discusses his new book " Intrinsic Motivation " and how to love your work and succeed. Stefan is a human performance expert that works with top business executives as well as military specials ops teams and elite professional athletes. He's a McKinsey alumnus and his leadership and human performance techniques were developed with leading scientists in fields of neuroscience, behavioral...

Natasha Zoryk discusses how female entrepreneurs can build a 7-figure business. Natasha is a business mentor and marketing expert that helps female entrepreneurs sustainably scale their brand. Listen for three action items you can use today. Find her at natashazoryk.com . Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest?

Mike Stemple discusses his book "Innovating Innovation" and why corporate innovation struggles in the age of the entrepreneur. Mike is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and executive mentor. He has built over twenty startups, built and sold four technology companies, including Original Wraps which he sold to 3M in 2011, and he is widely considered an expert at ideation, innovation, and startup...

Jhaymee Tynan discusses her book " Inclusive Sponsorship " and advancing women of color in the workplace. Jhaymee is an award-winning strategist, culture leader, and wellness champion dedicated to amplifying the voices of people of color to change the narrative on diversity in senior leadership. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest?

Paul Magnone discusses the book " Decisions Over Decimals " and how uniting data intelligence with human judgment can lead to better innovation, action and transformation. Paul is Head of Global Strategic Alliances at Google and Co-Faculty Director and Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest?

Clarke Murphy discusses his book " Sustainable Leadership ". Most companies publicly say they care about sustainability, but privately confess they have no idea how to measure or achieve it. Clarke shows how to bridge the considerable gap with thoughtful objectives, measures and strategies. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest?

Alex Goryachev discusses his book " Fearless Innovation " and ways to go beyond the buzzword to drive growth and enact change. Alex is Innovator-in-Residence at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at ulane University. Prior to that he was the Managing Director of Global Innovation Programs and Strategy at Cisco. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you...

Trond Undheim discusses his book " Augmented Lean " and a human-centric framework for managing frontline operations. Trond is a former director of the MIT Startup Exchange and a Sloan School of Management senior lecturer. He holds a PhD on the future of work and artificial intelligence. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest?

Adi Ignatius , Editor in Chief of the Harvard Business Review Group, discusses his book " HBR at 100 " and some of the most influential and innovative articles from Harvard Business Review's first century. Adi studied HBR's archive all the way back to its first issue in 1922 to bring us a historical perspective on business that will help us prepare for the future. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to...

Ash Ali discusses the book " The Unfair Advantage " - a 2022 business book of the year award winner. Listen as he describes the real reason investors choose one startup over another and how you already have what it takes to gain advantage over the competition. Ash has advised and invested in hundreds of startups, including Just Eat, the online food-ordering startup now valued at over $4.5 billion...

Mauro Porcini discusses his book " The Human Side of Innovation " and the characteristics of great innovators. Mauro Porcini is PepsiCo's first ever Chief Design Officer. He was named by Fast Company as one of the top 50 Most Influential Designers in the United States. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest?

Jody Michael discusses her book " Leading Lightly " and ways to lower your stress, think with clarity, and lead with ease. Jody is recognized as one of the top executive leadership coaches worldwide and is an internationally credentialed Master Certified Coach and Board Certified Coach. She's a University of Chicago trained psychotherapist and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Why is it important...

Edward Hoffman discusses his book " The Smart Mission " and NASA's lessons for managing knowledge, people, and projects. Ed was the first NASA Chief Knowledge Officer, and the founder of the NASA Project Leadership Academy. In 2010 he received the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at Columbia University. Listen as he challenges the conventional wisdom on project...

Kirk Michie discusses best practices for selling your business and the intricacies of mergers and acquisitions. Kirk is Managing Partner at Candor Advisors , a transaction advisory services to successful founder-led businesses. Kirk has raised over $1 Billion of capital, reviewed 2000+ direct investments, and participated in more than 50 M&A transactions. Listen for action items you can use today....

Lorraine Marchand discusses her book "The Innovation Mindset" and how innovators, entrepreneurs and startups can transform any industry. Lorraine is an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School and a life sciences market maker and innovator. Listen as she outlines a step wise approach used by many leaders of innovation and entrepreneurship, and for three action items you can use today. Host, K...

Gerd Gigerenzer discusses his book " How to Stay Smart in a Smart World ." Gerd is Director Emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and an award-winning author. He applies his expertise in behavioral science to the world of smart technology and argues that we shouldn't trust technology unconditionally, but we shouldn't fear it unthinkingly, either. Gerd has trained US federal ju...