Masters of Scale

How to build a billion-dollar sports team from scratch, with Golden State Valkyries’ Jess Smith

When Jess Smith became employee number one for the Bay Area’s WNBA expansion team, the future was a blank slate. Now, the Golden State Valkyries brand is boasting a unico

Rebranding in a war zone, with Prosper Global (formerly Mercy Corps)

The world has never faced so many humanitarian crises at once, and the systems built to respond to them are fraying. Tjada McKenna, CEO of Prosper Global — the organizati

Brené Brown & Reid Hoffman on the skills every leader needs now

Author and researcher Brené Brown joined host Reid Hoffman on stage last year in San Francisco for the 2025 Masters of Scale Summit. She reveals insights about how to lea

Let’s Kill Sh*t: Axios CEO on simplifying your work-life in the AI era

AI isn't simplifying your life… Yet. It's mass-producing more options, more decisions, and more noise. Axios CEO Jim VandeHei returns to Rapid Response to make the case t

Rapid Response: On's 16-year overnight success: Zendaya, Federer, and outrunning competition

On built a $4 billion sports brand in 16 years with a garden hose, a Roger Federer dinner in Zurich, and a young designer who watched a Halloween YouTube video. Co-founde

From high school dropout to CEO, with Autodesk’s Andrew Anagnost

Autodesk is the massive public software company at the heart of designing almost everything around you, from cars to buildings to video games. CEO Andrew Anagnost talks w

NFL Kickoff: the science gets more damning, but the money keeps growing

The NFL is the world's most valuable sports business, and it keeps growing. But is the growth sustainable? Sports journalist Michele Steele joins Rapid Response to kick o

Angela Duckworth on why grit isn’t enough

With the highly anticipated follow up to her bestseller “Grit”, psychologist and author Angela Duckworth offers a new framework for achieving excellence. She talks with h

When AI agents do your shopping, everything changes, with Shopify’s Jess Hertz

For decades, e-commerce rewarded the biggest brands who could buy their way to the top of search results. AI is changing that. Shopify COO Jess Hertz joins Rapid Response

Pioneers of AI: Designing AI for people and the planet, with Aza Raskin

AI is rapidly changing what it means to be human, but is AI development truly human-centered? According to Aza Raskin, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, the

Chicago Fed President on inflation, recession, and Trump’s attacks

The economy is strong, prices are still too high, and the job market is sending mixed signals. The Federal Reserve is navigating all of it while fending off the most over

Ford's Jim Farley on beating China, and the storm nobody sees coming

With the ongoing disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and fuel prices still elevated, few auto executives are feeling the pressure more acutely than Ford Motor Company CEO

How Barnes & Noble made a comeback, with CEO James Daunt

CEO James Daunt has now rescued two iconic bookstore chains: Barnes & Noble and Waterstones. He joins host Jeff Berman to discuss the turnarounds, plus how bookstores are

What the jobs report isn't telling you about AI & the workforce, with Upwork’s Hayden Brown

Few leaders have a better real-time read on how AI is actually reshaping the workforce than Hayden Brown. As CEO of Upwork, the platform where 18 million freelancers meet

Pioneers of AI: Why AI conversations are always one-sided

Is it possible for us to ever wholeheartedly trust a machine the way we would a human? According to Charles Duhigg, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times b

Know which rules to break, with MTV co-founder Tom Freston

Tom Freston is a cofounder of MTV and former CEO of Viacom. He joined host Jeff Berman to dig into the wild stories and meaningful lessons from his life as an unconventio

Rapid Recap: Google’s exodus, Spider-Man’s odyssey, Taco “Hell”, and more

What’s the business story of the summer thus far? SpaceX’s stumble post-IPO? AI security breaches? Ongoing tension surrounding the Strait of Hormuz? Host Bob Safian sits

Always be the challenger, with Savannah Bananas founder Jesse Cole

Jesse Cole loved baseball. He also knew most people thought it was too long and boring. So he disrupted America’s pastime by putting on a yellow tux - and an incredible s

The new rules of brand building, with Wieden+Kennedy CEO

For decades, Wieden+Kennedy has defined the brands that shape culture. Now, as economic uncertainty, AI, and shifting consumer expectations rewrite the rules of business,

How to beef up your business, with ButcherBox CEO Mike Salguero

After his first VC-backed business flopped, ButcherBox CEO and founder Mike Salguero turned lessons learned the hard way into the fuel that built his subscription meat de