Unbossing

Marian Goodell on Leading Burning Man and Why Collaboration and Consensus Are Not the Same Thing

In 1995, a project manager at a San Francisco software company drove twelve miles into a Nevada dry lakebed because a man in a bed sheet holding a plastic flamingo told h

Ann Mukherjee on Crashing the Super Bowl, Embracing Your Weaknesses, and Why the CEO of Today Has to Be All Learning

When Ann Mukherjee joined Doritos in 2006, the brand was in freefall. It had gotten so bad that Frito-Lay's own truck drivers refused to stock it. She turned it around by

Janet Foutty on Knowing When to Leave, Separating Who You Are From What You Do, and the Beginner's Mindset

For 33 years, Janet Foutty helped the world's largest companies reinvent themselves. Then she had to do it herself. When she stepped down as Executive Chair of Deloitte U

Sarah Personette on Leading with Balance, Reframing Imposter Syndrome, and Building Media's Future

At seven years old, Sarah Personette told a stranger she wanted to be a CEO. She spent the next three decades making it happen. Days after Elon Musk closed his $44 bill

Jim McCann on His First Flower Shop, 1-800-Flowers, and Firing Himself

Everything changes - except your brand and your story. Fifty years after buying his first flower shop, Jim McCann did something almost no founder does voluntarily: he f

David Kenny on Leading Through Uncertainty, Managing vs. Governance, and Why Curiosity Beats Expertise

What do you hold onto when almost everything is changing? David Kenny — co-founder of Digitas, former CEO of Nielsen, and one of the most sought-after board members in te

Jim Lesser on Craft, Taste and Going From Fun Uncle to the Responsible Parent

Jim Lesser started his career as a receptionist at a New York ad agency. His last role in that same industry was CEO of BBDO San Francisco — one of the few creative direc

Tariq Hassan on Fear, Failure, and Brand Role in Culture

What if the fear of failure is the biggest thing standing between your team and greatness? Tariq Hassan — former CMO and Chief Customer Experience Officer of McDonald's a

Reed Hastings on Unlearning Leadership: From Netflix to the Mountain

Reed Hastings built Netflix from a DVD-by-mail startup into a global entertainment empire — and then did something most founders never do: he walked away. In this first e

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Hosts Rishad Tobaccowala and Drew Ianni are reinventing leadership in chaotic times and will feature conversations with the most fearless leaders in business and tech abo