Demystifying Organizations

Marty Latz is an author, international speaker, and the founder of LATZ Negotiation. Since 1995, Latz has taught more than 100,000 lawyers and business professionals around the world how to negotiate more effectively. Mr. Latz received his law and negotiation training at Harvard Law School, and was a Teaching Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where one of his students was former President Barack Obama.  Latz also negotiated for The White House on the White House Advance Teams.

Marty is the author of Gain the Edge! Negotiating to Get What You Want and The Real Trump Deal: An Eye-Opening Look at How He Really Negotiates.  

Renée Mauborgne is a professor of strategy at INSEAD.  She is also Co-Director of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute.

Mauborgne is ranked in the top 5 management gurus in the world in the Thinkers50 listing of the World’s Top Management Gurus, a title she has held for ten straight years. She is the highest placed woman ever on Thinkers50.

Mauborgne served on President Barack Obama’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for the President’s two terms.

Mauborgne is the co-author of the 3.6 million global bestseller Blue Ocean Strategy and the follow-up, Blue Ocean Shift.  Blue Ocean Shift is a New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller. Only a year out, and Blue Ocean Shift is already being published in 30 languages.

The Financial Times called it “one of the bestselling business books of the century” and The Economist called it “the most successful book on business master-planning”.

Adam Grant and Jeff Schatten discuss Grant’s recent article “The Surprising Value of Obvious Insights” and the challenge that many managers have in adopting “best practices.”  They also discuss how to give constructive feedback.

Adam Grant has been Wharton’s top-rated professor for seven straight years. He is a leading expert on how we can find motivation and meaning, and live more generous and creative lives. He has been recognized as one of the world's 10 most influential management thinkers and Fortune's 40 under 40.

He is the author of four New York Times bestselling books that have sold over two million copies and been translated into 35 languages: Give and Take, Originals, Option B, and Power Moves. His books have been named among the year's best by Amazon, Apple, the Financial Times, and the Wall Street Journal.

Adam is the host of WorkLife, a chart-topping TED original podcast. His TED talks on original thinkers and givers and takers have been viewed more than 17 million times. Adam was tenured at Wharton while still in his twenties, and has received the Excellence in Teaching Award for every class that he has taught.

Nancy Koehn and Jeff Schatten discuss why some leaders are able to excel in crisis situations.  They address key leadership issues such as whether leaders are born or created and the ways in which leaders navigate between values and strategy.  They also discuss the leadership legacy of Abraham Lincoln.

Nancy Koehn is a historian at the Harvard Business School. Koehn's research focuses on how leaders, past and present, craft lives of purpose, worth, and impact. Her book, Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times, is an enthralling historical narrative filled with critical leadership insights. 

Koehn is the author of numerous books, articles, and Harvard Business School cases. She writes frequently for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Harvard Business Review Online. She is also a weekly commentator on National Public Radio and has appeared on PBS’s “NewsHour,” ABC’s “Good Morning America,” A&E’s “Biography,” and on CNN and MSNBC, among other TV outlets. She has coached leaders from many organizations and speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Aspen Ideas Festival, and in many other venues. She has a PhD in History from Harvard.

Of interest: one of my favorite websites. Check out Nancy’s home which as you "tour" you pick up insights into life, leadership and history.  

Edgar Schein, Peter Schein and Jeff Schatten discuss the benefits and potential challenges of “humble leadership,” when leaders establish a personal relationship model with subordinates instead of basing interactions on a quid pro quo mindset.  They discuss a wide range of issues relating to leadership, culture and professional relationships in a high-tech world.   

Edgar is a Professor Emeritus at the MIT Sloan School of Management.  He is considered one of the foremost experts on organizational culture.  Edgar has a masters in social psychology from Stanford University, and a PhD in social psychology from Harvard University. 

Peter Schein is also an expert in organizational culture.  His the Co-founder and COO for the Organizational Culture and Leadership Institute.  Peter has worked in a variety of management roles in a diverse set of companies in silicon valley. 

You can check out their new book "Humble Leadership" here

Eugene Soltes and Jeff Schatten have a wide ranging discussion about white-collar crime and the complex motivations and factors that underlie corporate criminal behavior.   

Eugene Soltes is the Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.  Eugene has has been widely quoted by the media including in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Bloomberg.  He has fascinating work on corporate misconduct and fraud, which culminated in the book Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White-Collar Criminal, which is an in-depth look on white-collar criminality.

Ian Bremmer, the president of Eurasia Group, and Jeff Schatten discuss globalization, artificial intelligence, the relationship between employment and well-being, and the future of work. 

Bremmer has authored several books, including the national bestsellers, Every Nation for Itself and The End of the Free Market. Bremmer has published articles in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the New York Times, Newsweek, Harvard Business Review, and Foreign Affairs. He appears regularly on CNBC, Fox News Channel, National Public Radio, and other networks.

Bremmer has a PhD in political science from Stanford University and was the youngest-ever national fellow at the Hoover Institution. He presently teaches at Columbia University.

Bremmer has a new book out "Us vs Them: The Failure of Globalization." 

Susan Cain and Jeff Schatten discuss the introversion and the ways in which workplaces can better reflect and respect the dynamic range of personalities that makeup the population.

Susan Cain is the Chief Revolutionary of Quiet Revolution and the author of the bestseller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in A World That Can’t Stop Talking, which has been translated into 40 languages, is in its seventh year on the New York Times best seller list, and was named the #1 best book of the year by Fast Company magazine, which also named Cain one of its Most Creative People in Business. LinkedIn named her the 6th Top Influencer in the world. Her writing has appeared in the The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. Her record-smashing TED talk has been viewed over 20 million times and was named by Bill Gates one of his all-time favorite talks. Cain was named one of the world’s top 50 Leadership and Management Experts by Inc. Magazine.

Henry Mintzberg, one of the world’s most influential thinkers in management, and Jeff Schatten discuss a wide range of issues that include leadership as a bottom-up process, the problem of relying on data, and how to stop short-term thinking.

Henry Mintzberg is currently a professor at McGill University in Montreal.  Mintzberg earned his PhD in management from MIT in 1968.

Henry Mintzberg writes prolifically on the topics of management and business strategy, with more than 150 articles and fifteen books to his name. His seminal book, The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning (Mintzberg 1994), criticizes some of the practices of strategic planning today.  His new book is “Bedtime Stories for Managers.” 

Ritz-Carlton co-founder Horst Schulze and Jeff Schatten discuss the founding and growth of the Ritz-Carlton.  The conversation covers Horst’s creation of a people-centered corporate culture based on integrity and trust that he applied to employees and customers. During his tenure at The Ritz Carlton, Mr. Schulze served as President and COO responsible for $2 billion in annual operations worldwide.  Today, Mr. Schulze serves on various boards and acts as a consultant across industries.  He recently published a new book “Excellence Wins.”