Thinkers50 Podcast

What is digital transformation? In this Brightline Initiative Podcast recorded in London, Stuart Crainer interviews Karolin Frankenberger, co-author of the book The Business Model Navigator. The two discuss digital transformation - not cutting edge technology,  or digitizing products or processes, but rather holistic transformation of businesses with significantly changed value creation processes....

In this Brightline Initiative Podcast recorded in London, Stuart Crainer interviews Steve Goldbach, co-author of the book Detonate. In the book, Goldbach observes that executives are very clear about their fears of disruption, and have done very little in the way of actually challenging orthodoxies within their organizations.

Stephen Frost, CEO of the Inclusion Consultancy, Frost Included, in conversation with Stuart Crainer.

Marshall Van Alstyne in conversation with Thinkers 50 founder Des Dearlove. The two discuss Fake News and how its ramifications run more deeply than most people acknowledge.

In this conversation between Des Dearlove and Marshall Van Alstyne, Professor at Boston University and author of Platform Revolution, the two discuss the nature of platforms and the three requirements for something to qualify as a platform.

Alex Hill, Cofounder and Director of The Centre for High Performance, discusses his research to discover seven long-lasting organisations.

How are failures connected? How can complex systems be fixed and improved with simple tools?

Would you buy a Jaguar if you knew it was 3D-printed? What other technological revolutions are underway that might radically shift power in corporations and around the world?

Thinkers50's Stuart Crainer interviews Ricardo Vargas, Executive Director of the Brightline Initiative, about why we need to be aware of the gap between new business ideas and their implementation.

Stuart Crainer interviews Dan Pontefract on his books, Flat Army, The Purpose Effect, and now Open to Think.

The Qi Effect: in our organizations, we design and implement processes, procedures and rules to control events and produce our desired outcomes. The problem is events are not as predictable as they seem to be, so we create new rules to deal with those problems. It creates a bureaucratic nightmare. The antidote? Qi. Qi (pronounced chee) stands for Quality Interaction and is a new way of thinking ab...

In this podcast brought to you in partnership with the Brightline Initiative, Stuart Crainer is in coversation with Sheena Iyengar, professor of business at Columbia University, and best-selling author of “The Art of Choosing,” which was named one of the best business books of 2010 by the Financial Times. In this conversation, Iyengar discusses The Art of Choosing , a Columbia course called "Think...

Howard Yu, author of "Leap: How to Thrive in a World Where Everything Can Be Copied", discusses the common pain point of executives whose products can be copied at any moment.

In this podcast brought to you in partnership with the Brightline Initiative, Des Dearlove discusses Tendayi Viki and 1508 ’s new report, Innovation Made Tangible. Tendayi and 1508 maintain that in the last several years innovation has become the most important part of many business leaders’ toolkit, and over 70% of C-Suite leaders view innovation as the most important capability for the future su...

Andrew Kakabadse explains how the Five Qs affect leadership and governance

Andrew Kakabadse discusses MQ and EQ from the Five Qs

Stuart Crainer and Andrew Kakabadse discuss the Five Qs: IQ, EQ, PQ (your political skills), RQ (your resilience) and MQ (your moral quotient).

George Binney talks to Stuart Crainer about why he thinks leadership has become too managerial.

Deborah Rowland's talk on how to lead change from the Thinkers50 2017 Gala event

Stuart Crainer interviews Ricardo Vargas, the Executive Director of the Brightline Initiative.

Des Dearlove interviews Scott Anthony, coauthor of the new book, Dual Transformation: How to Reposition Today’s Business While Creating the Future.

Stuart Crainer interviews Susan David on her book Emotional Agility.

John Mattone talks with Stu about leadership and executive coaching.

Nilofer Merchant talks to us about her latest book, The Power of Onlyness: Make Your Wild Ideas Mighty Enough to Dent the World

Globalisation strategies and how they affect business today