This Is Working with Daniel Roth

Best Buy CEO Corie Barry is a model for internal mobility. Before she stepped into the C-suite in 2019, Corie had racked up two decades of experience in a variety of positions within the retail giant. Corie’s impressive scope of work has uniquely equipped her to guide Best Buy through the pandemic and into the new hybrid shopping world. Now, she sits down with LinkedIn Editor-in-Chief Dan Roth to...

In September 2022, Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard declared that he was giving away his ownership stake in the company - worth roughly 3 billion dollars - to a nonprofit designed to fight climate change. Patagonia’s CEO, Ryan Gellert, sits down with LinkedIn Editor-in-Chief Daniel Roth to discuss the impact this has had on the company’s employees, his own management, and what Gellert sees as the...

Kickstarter’s new CEO, Everette Taylor, is a unique leader. He’s an entrepreneur and marketer with a high school diploma, who built his career at companies like Eastern National and United Way before landing the CMO job at Artsy, the largest online art brokerage. He joined LinkedIn Editor-in-Chief Daniel Roth for a candid conversation about how he sees his role at Kickstarter and his vision for th...

The gaming industry is colossal - in 2021 its revenue exceeded $214 billions, and it’s expected to grow another 50% by 2026. Electronic Arts is at the heart of some of the most popular franchises - FIFA, Madden, and The Sims. LinkedIn Editor-in-Chief Daniel Roth sits down with EA’s COO, Laura Miele, to learn about her journey to the C-suite and her vision for the future of the industry. Follow Lau...

As Jesper Brodin marks five years as IKEA CEO, he returns to This is Working to share the insights and wisdom he’s gained as he pilots the furniture giant through a pandemic, global conflict, supply chain issues, and climate change.  Follow Jesper Brodin on LinkedIn Follow Dan Roth on LinkedIn Join our This is Working community by subscribing to Dan's newsletter and posting your thoughts on Linked...

This week on This is Working, we get a visit from Florencia Iriondo, the host of Best Advice on LinkedIn. In this special feed drop, we hear wisdom on blending skills and intuition from media mogul Tyler Perry, former PepsiCo Chairperson and CEO Indra Nooyi, and rock star Gwen Stefani. Follow LinkedIn Editor-in-Chief Dan Roth on LinkedIn Follow Best Advice host Florencia Iriondo, and advice-givers...

The travel and automotive industries have experienced tremendous disruption since 2020. Enterprise Holdings CEO Chrissy Taylor has been there for all of it. She took over the CEO slot just before the pandemic ground travel to a halt. Now, on the eve of the company’s 65th birthday, things are looking up. But there’s a change still to manage. In this chat with LinkedIn Editor-in-Chief Daniel Roth, C...

In this episode from the TIW archive, LinkedIn Editor-in-Chief Daniel Roth visits with research professor and best-selling author Brené Brown to dig into collective vulnerability, the power of empathy, and the way workplace conversations have evolved due to the dual pandemics of COVID and racial inequality.  Follow Brené Brown on LinkedIn Follow Daniel Roth on LinkedIn Join our This is Working com...

 In 2017, The LEGO Group tripped over a couple of unexpected bricks in its path: Increasing digital demands on kids' attention, and the first profit loss in over a decade. That’s when they turned to Niels B Christiansen, a proven leader from the high tech and manufacturing space. Since stepping into the CEO role, Niels has helped The LEGO Group become incredibly profitable and forward thinking onc...

Charles D. King has an ambitious north star: scale representation on and off-screen, and grow his company, MACRO, into a multi-billion dollar industry leader. He left his role as a partner at William Morris Endeavor to disrupt Hollywood in 2015, and since then, he and MACRO have seen success after success. They’ve made sixteen films and two tv shows, and have garnered fifteen Oscar nominations and...

Terry Crews stands out across industries for his work as an actor, athlete, and designer. But all this success masked deep insecurity, and a misguided belief about what was required of him as a man. He sits down with LinkedIn Editor-in-Chief Dan Roth for a conversation about all of this, inspired by his new book, Tough: My Journey to True Power.   Follow Terry Crews on LinkedIn Follow Daniel Roth...

Dr. Tarika Barrett took over as CEO of Girls Who Code last year after the founder hand-picked her for the role. In this interview with LinkedIn Editor-in-Chief Daniel Roth, she shares the nonprofit's mission and vision, some key insights she’s gained while making tech more accessible to young women and non-binary people, and what she thinks it will take to close the gender gap in entry-level tech...

Bill Gates joins LinkedIn Editor-in-Chief Daniel Roth to discuss his new book, How to Prevent the Next Pandemic, and addresses his predictions from the early days of quarantine, the systems that need to be put in place and his views on return to office. Follow Daniel Roth on LinkedIn Follow Bill Gates on LinkedIn Join our This is Working community by subscribing to Dan's newsletter and posting you...

Toto Wolff is the most successful person in the history of Formula One. Since landing at Mercedes in 2013, he's transformed their F1 team into a relentless winning machine. In this conversation with LinkedIn Editor-in-Chief Dan Roth, he holds forth on his journey, his business practices, including his infamous commitment to candor and transparency, and his hope for the next generation.  Follow Dan...

Kimberly Bryant spent decades building up her career as an engineer in corporate America – until she decided to leave it all behind to pursue her true passion. In 2011, she drained her retirement savings to launch Black Girls CODE, a non-profit focused on building community while teaching technology skills to Black school-age girls. Today, Black Girls CODE has trained nearly 20,000 girls and is a...

Mark Cuban invests in dozens of companies, but he’s never put his own name on one before. That changed with Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company. In this conversation, he tells LinkedIn’s Editor-in-Chief, Dan Roth, exactly why he wants to make commonly prescribed prescription drugs available as cheaply as he can, and what industries he thinks up-and-coming entrepreneurs should set their sights on. Fo...

On the eve of his one-year anniversary as Marriott’s fourth-ever CEO, Tony Capuano joins LinkedIn’s Editor-in-Chief Daniel Roth for a detailed conversation about the merging of business and leisure travel, pursuing a travel career during the Great Reshuffle, and what it’s like to walk a mile in the shoes of his predecessor, the late Arne Sorenson.

Entrepreneur, producer, and performer Gabrielle Union used to navigate from a place of fear, rather than strategy. She’s learned from that experience and grown into a multifaceted businesswoman who insists on sharing the benefits of her success. In this conversation with LinkedIn Editor-in-Chief Dan Roth, she shares how her life experience brought her to this point and why “Lift as We Climb” is on...

Indra Nooyi, author of My Life in Full and the former CEO of PepsiCo joins LinkedIn Editor-in-Chief Daniel Roth to talk about her drive, her fears, and why she believes growing--and fostering--the female workforce is an economic imperative.

Johnny C. Taylor Jr, the CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), joins LinkedIn Editor in Chief Daniel Roth to talk about how the HR position has gained respect and urgency in the last 18 months and what comes next.

Makeup expert and longtime entrepreneur Bobbi Brown waited for the clock to run out on her 25-year non-compete with cosmetics giant Estée Lauder. As soon as it did, in October 2020, she launched her new makeup company, Jones Road Beauty. She joins LinkedIn editor-in-chief Daniel Roth for a lively conversation about family, tenacity, and starting a new business in the midst of a pandemic.

LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky sits down with editor-in-chief Daniel Roth to share his non-linear career path, his belief in the power of a skill-driven employment landscape, and the lessons he’s learned from steering a 16,000+ person company during a global pandemic. 

Tamron Hall, EMMY Award-winning journalist and host of LinkedIn’s #RESHUFFLE series, sits down - in person! - with LinkedIn editor-in-chief Daniel Roth for a look at how the pandemic affected The Tamron Hall Show, and to share her thoughts on the future of work.

Robert Downey Jr. gained worldwide fame as an actor, producer, and pop-culture icon. His Marvel contract completed, he’s embarking on a new career: venture capitalist and green business champion. He joins LinkedIn Editor-in-Chief Daniel Roth to lay out his vision.

COVID-19 took over the world over the past 16 months, causing death and disruption in country after country. But there’s hope now - because of the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla joins LinkedIn Editor-in-Chief Daniel Roth to discuss how Pfizer and BioNTech raced against time and convention to save lives and economies by creating their vaccine.