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Audio interviews with industry leaders and senior faculty with exclusive insights on current topics brought to you by Knowledge@Wharton and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Episódios
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GM’s Steve Girsky on Renewed Customer Focus Overcapacity and the Volt
03/07/2012 Duração: 16minStephen J. Girsky vice chairman of General Motors says the company has a new emphasis on the customer even as it faces such challenges as industry-wide overcapacity strong competition from rivals both in the U.S. and Europe and slower-than-expected sales of the Volt. Wharton management professor John Paul MacDuffie asked Girsky to talk about these issues and others shortly before Girsky’s presentation at the recent Wharton Leadership Conference. (Podcast with transcript) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Jugaad: A Frugal Flexible Approach to Innovation
03/07/2012 Duração: 24minIn their book Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal Be Flexible Generate Breakthrough Growth authors Navi Radjou Jaideep Prabhu and Simone Ahuja present a new approach to innovation that is fueling growth in emerging markets as well as developed ones. Radjou and Ahuja recently sat down with Knowledge at Wharton to talk about the six principles of jugaad a Hindi word meaning ”an improvised solution born from ingenuity.” (Podcast with transcript) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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’Creating Innovators’: Raising Young People Who Will Change the World
03/07/2012 Duração: 14minLeading thinkers from President Barack Obama to Thomas Friedman argue that innovation is key to improving the United States economy now and in the future. If that is the case how do we prepare young people to become innovators? That is the question Tony Wagner Harvard University’s first innovation education fellow at the Technology & Entrepreneurship Center asks in his new book Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World. To find the answers Wagner profiles several young innovators drawing on interviews with them and their parents educators and mentors to discover the forces that have driven them to succeed in thinking outside the box. (Podcast with transcript) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs: Chasing After the ’Purple Squirrel’
20/06/2012 Duração: 23minWharton management professor Peter Cappelli’s most recent book -- Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs: The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do About It -- has inspired a reaction from just about every group with a stake in today’s workforce: employers employees recruiters academics and media commentators. Cappelli debunks the oft-repeated argument from employers that applicants don’t have the skills needed for today’s jobs. Instead he puts much of the blame on companies themselves. In this interview with Knowledge at Wharton Cappelli talks about his book the current labor market and how the job hunting process can be vastly improved. (Podcast with transcript) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Emerging Gabon Hinges on Services Industry and the Environment
06/06/2012 Duração: 24minGabon is one of the stable regimes in the African continent and leaders there have a vision of progress based on being both business- and environment-friendly. Liban Soleman is the president’s chief of staff of the government of Gabon. In this interview with Knowledge at Wharton Soleman says there is enormous opportunity for investors in Gabon and in Africa as a whole. (Article with audio) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Private Equity Heads Down a New Path
31/05/2012 Duração: 16minThe general approach towards private equity investments has shifted substantially in part to conform with the tougher market conditions prevailing after the financial shocks of the last few years. Gone are the days of earning profits largely through financial engineering and rapid portfolio turnover. In their place — business transformation — where investors park their money for longer terms and generally rebuild under-performing companies. Wharton professor Stephen M. Sammut and Philip Bass global private equity markets leader at Ernst & Young LLP discuss the new landscape in this Knowledge at Wharton podcast. They also take a look at the similarities — and differences — between private equity specialists and entrepreneurs. Ernst & Young: Private Equity Heads Down a New Path See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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What Hollande’s Election Means for the Eurozone
09/05/2012 Duração: 10minIn the aftermath of the election of Socialist Francois Hollande as the new president of France eurozone austerity policies in Europe which many now blame for pushing much of the Continent back into recession appear likely to be loosened. At the same time at least some complementary growth-oriented policies may be introduced. Big questions remain however: What will these changes look like and how much difference will they make? (Article with podcast) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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How Emotional Intelligence Helps the Bottom Line
03/05/2012 Duração: 19minIn this third and final segment of the interview with Chade-Meng Tan best selling author of Search Inside Yourself Knowledge at Wharton explores the relationship between emotional intelligence and financial performance. According to Meng companies as diverse as GE Patagonia Zappos Genentech American Express and MetLife have seen positive business results through practices based on emotional intelligence. Mindfulness can also help laid off job seekers find work faster. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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How Emotional Intelligence Can Help Resolve Conflicts and Build Tough Kind Leaders
03/05/2012 Duração: 18minThe second segment of Knowledge at Wharton’s interview with Google’s Chade-Meng Tan author of Search Inside Yourself focuses on the role that emotional intelligence can play in helping managers resolve conflicts within high-performance teams. It also shows how the Google SIY program through compassion training has helped managers become more successful and charismatic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Jon Huntsman Jr. on Republican Politics the U.S. Economy and China’s Transition
25/04/2012 Duração: 32minAccording to Jon Huntsman Jr. former Utah governor and Republican presidential candidate ”partisanship has seeped into campaigning [so much] that breaking through with a message that is beyond party politics ... is a very challenging thing to do.” Yet in an interview with Knowledge at Wharton he spoke about the importance of public service as well as the need for fundamental tax and energy reform the outlook for China in the coming decade the role of the media in covering elections his respect for Ronald Reagan and what he plans to do in the coming months among other topics. (Podcast with transcript) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Google’s Chade-Meng Tan Wants You to Search Inside Yourself for Inner (and World) Peace
25/04/2012 Duração: 27minChade-Meng Tan (Meng) was among the earliest engineers to be hired at Google. Since 2007 he has been running a seven-week personal growth program called Search Inside Yourself whose mission is to promote peace and harmony through the cultivation of emotional intelligence among Google employees. Meng has now written a book titled Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success Happiness (and World Peace) to share these tools and techniques with companies everywhere. He spoke with Knowledge at Wharton about his conspiracy for world peace. (Podcast with transcript) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Does It Make Sense to Have an Industrial Policy? Ask Howard Pack
11/04/2012 Duração: 19minWhenever an industry runs into trouble -- and especially when it starts hemorrhaging jobs -- demands for support and subsidies are heard. But does having an industrial policy really make sense? According to Howard Pack a professor of business and public policy at Wharton an interventionist government policy generally plays a limited role in bringing about an improvement. In fact he adds government interventions can sometimes lead to harmful results. (Podcast with transcript) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Health Care Reform: Life after the Supreme Court Debate
11/04/2012 Duração: 01h07minThe U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments both for and against President Obama’s health care reform initiative known as the Affordable Care Act. The provision at the center of the legal debate -- the individual mandate -- requires all adults to buy health insurance either through their employers or by purchasing it themselves. Knowledge at Wharton talked with Wharton professors Scott Harrington Jonathan Kolstad Mark Pauly and Arnold Rosoff about the possible outcomes of the court case; the potential implications for businesses and consumers and ways in which health care delivery in this country can be improved. (Video with transcript) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Creative Destruction of Medicine Will Happen -- If Consumers Demand It
04/04/2012 Duração: 20minIn his new book The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care Eric Topol argues that medicine is set to undergo its biggest shakeup in history pushed by demanding consumers and the availability of game-changing technology. Topol -- a cardiologist director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute and co-founder of the West Wireless Health Institute in La Jolla Calif. -- was recently interviewed for Knowledge at Wharton by C. William Hanson III director surgical intensive care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. (Podcast with transcript) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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’Restorative Niches’: Author Susan Cain on the Need for ’Quiet’
04/04/2012 Duração: 24minBusiness leaders often look to social activities to generate ideas and innovation from group collaboration and brainstorming to large meetings and open-format offices. Those who are highly verbal bold and outgoing often thrive in these environments. In Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking author Susan Cain challenges the ”Extrovert Ideal” and many common business practices in which the ideas and leadership potential of introverts are often overlooked. Among the researchers she cites is Wharton management professor Adam Grant who recently interviewed Cain for Knowledge at Wharton. (Podcast with transcript) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Christine Lagarde: Emerging Market Nations Will Get More Power in the IMF
03/04/2012 Duração: 25minChristine Lagarde managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees no alternative to the strict austerity policies being imposed on many peripheral European countries says the double dip recessions in Italy and Ireland just announced come as no surprise and notes that IMF reforms will shift 6% of current quotas to dynamic emerging and developing countries. Lagarde’s comments came in an exclusive interview with Knowledge at Wharton and media partner ParisTech Review late last week as BRIC countries demanded more voting power in return for the larger financial contributions being requested by the IMF. (Podcast with transcript) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Channeling Sports: A Conversation with ESPN Founder Bill Rasmussen
28/03/2012 Duração: 26minWhen Bill Rasmussen launched ESPN on September 7 1979 he gave the world its first 24-hour television network and changed the way people viewed both television and sports. His innovations include the creation of ”Sports Center ” wall-to-wall coverage of NCAA regular-season and March Madness college basketball and coverage of the College World Series baseball tournament. Rasmussen who wrote a book titled Sports Junkies Rejoice! The Birth of ESPN talked with Knowledge at Wharton about the challenges of founding a 24/7 sports network in the face of nearly universal skepticism what entrepreneurs need to succeed and why he doesn’t ever plan to retire. (Video with transcript) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Market Update: A Real Recovery or a False Start?
14/03/2012 Duração: 33minThe Dow has hit its highest level in years loan rates are at record lows and the U.S. economy appears to be gaining momentum. Even the housing market is starting to look inviting. But is this a real recovery -- or a false start like last year’s? Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel and Scott Richard think the economy is showing signs of a true rebound and predict that stocks should do well in the next 12 months. But bonds they warn are in dangerous waters and economic growth will be in jeopardy if oil prices keep rising and the European credit crisis worsens. (Video with transcript) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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In Fashion: How Liz Claiborne Inc. Became One of the Industry’s Biggest Successes
12/03/2012 Duração: 26minJerome Chazen a founder and former chairman of Liz Claiborne Inc. recently wrote a book titled My Life at Liz Claiborne: How We Broke the Rules and Built the Largest Fashion Company in the World. Indeed Liz Claiborne -- now known as Fifth & Pacific Cos. -- grew from revenues of $7 million in 1977 to more than $2 billion in the early 1990s. Knowledge at Wharton asked Chazen who stepped down as CEO in 1996 to discuss the highs and lows of running a successful fashion business in a highly competitive industry. (Podcast with transcript) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Author Pico Iyer: Seeking Stillness and Silence in the Rush of Business Life
29/02/2012 Duração: 35minPico Iyer -- essayist author and thinker -- has a unique perspective on many things. His physical domain ranges from California (where he lived as a child) and England (where he studied) to Cuba North Korea and Ethiopia (which he visited) and Japan (where he resides). His mental domain knows no limiting boundaries. In this interview with Wharton associate dean Deirdre Woods and Knowledge at Wharton Iyer discusses the value of silence amid the rush of business. If we spend too much time in the MTV rhythm says Iyer we won’t be able to cultivate the parts of us that need more slowness. (Podcast with transcript) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.