The CEO Signal

Inside the Breakup of an American Industrial Giant

After nearly four decades at Honeywell, Vimal Kapur reached the top — and then took on the task of breaking the 140-year-old industrial conglomerate into three companies.

Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown on the “Relief or Regret” Rule

“Relief or regret?” That is the question Motorola Solutions Chairman and CEO Greg Brown uses to test consequential decisions. In a candid conversation with Penny Pritzke

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby on calculated bets and building a US flag carrier

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby wants to build what he calls the “undisputed flag carrier of the United States.” He argues that airlines are not commodities and that grea

Jon Gray, President and COO, Blackstone on AI, Private Credit and Big Bets

Jon Gray, chief operating officer of the $1.3 trillion asset manager Blackstone, says one of the firm’s distinguishing habits is to “go big” when it finds a theme it beli

Reed Hastings on life after Netflix and the next wave of AI

Netflix co-founder and former CEO Reed Hastings says AI could unleash a new wave of “creative destruction” as companies use rapidly improving technology not just to cut c

Max Levchin on why Affirm wants to be your smarter older sister

Affirm founder and CEO Max Levchin built his company to behave like your “smarter older sister”: helping customers make better decisions rather than profiting from their

Ralph Lauren CEO Patrice Louvet on magic, logic, and saying no

Patrice Louvet says Ralph Lauren left about $1 billion in revenue on the table as it pulled back from places where, “frankly, we weren’t proud of being.” When he became C

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins on AI transformation, hard decisions, and leading at speed

In this episode of The CEO Signal, Chuck Robbins talks about the people decisions behind a transformation as sweeping as Cisco's repositioning for the age of AI. He says

Allstate CEO Tom Wilson on trust, purpose and why CEOs should speak up

"There should be more voices" in the corporate world speaking up on societal issues, Allstate CEO Tom Wilson says in this episode of The CEO Signal. “CEOs need to stand u

Dan Schulman, Verizon CEO, on AI, layoffs and punching back

“If somebody’s going to punch me, I’m going to punch back,” Verizon CEO Dan Schulman says in this episode of The CEO Signal. Schulman, who came out of retirement six mon

Arvind Krishna, IBM CEO, on Big Bets, AI, and Quantum

What does it take to make big bets inside a public company? In this episode of The CEO Signal, IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna discusses how he thinks about major st

Emma Walmsley on Leading and Leaving GSK

What does it take to hand over a company after years at the helm? Dame Emma Walmsley reflects on her tenure as CEO of GSK at the moment she was preparing to hand over to

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol on Leading Through Turnarounds

Why do some CEOs run toward the hardest challenges in business? In the first episode of The CEO Signal, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol joins hosts Penny Pritzker and Andrew

Introducing: The CEO Signal

When the business world moves, these are the people turning the wheel. Introducing The CEO Signal, a new show hosted by Penny Pritzker and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson. Epis