Masters of Scale

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

Serena Williams on winning in business

Serena Williams doesn't just defy convention on the court. She’s also applying her competitive mindset to entrepreneurship and venture investing, recently rebranding her

Possible: Satya Nadella on making human and token capital compound

In this recent episode of Possible, Reid Hoffman sits down with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella fresh off Microsoft Build 2026. The conversation goes wide: how AI is reshapin

Author Jim Collins on unlocking your potential

Jim Collins is the author of some of the most important business books of all time, like Good to Great and Built to Last. For his latest project, instead of profiling ico

Delta's Ed Bastian on spiking fuel, summer travel, and a blunt reality check on AI

Few companies have a better real-time read on the American economy than Delta, and few CEOs are more willing to say what they actually think. Ed Bastian returns to Rapid

Build better relationships at work

Therapist Esther Perel wants us all to build stronger relationships at work. Her coveted advice is the centerpiece of her books, TED talks and podcast “Where Should We Be

The quiet reinvention of a $42b business, with Canva’s Cameron Adams

In the last year, Canva redefined itself from the ground up. Co-founder and Chief Product Officer Cameron Adams joins Rapid Response live from the Cannes Lions festival t

Pioneers of AI: John Deere's AI vision for future farms

Tractors are smarter than you think. John Deere, the nearly 200-year-old company, is combining sensors, data, and machine learning in highly advanced vehicles and softwar