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Road Work

03.31.2021

What a seven-continent motorcycle journey taught Ken Friedman about the path to personal growth

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03.31.2021 Road Work What a seven-continent motorcycle journey taught Ken Friedman about the path to personal growth
03.01.2021 Leading with Heart How personal tragedy shaped the empathetic management style of Panera CEO Niren Chaudhary
02.18.2021 A Playbook for Progress Co-authors Jacqueline Adams and Bonita Stewart offer a way forward for workplace inclusion
02.11.2021 How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World Former Dunkin’ CEO Robert Rosenberg (MBA 1963) on the mindset, the master plans—and the mistakes—that turned a local business into a global icon
01.11.2021 Out of the Valley: Episode 3 - Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment” What can Silicon Valley learn from frontier innovators? And what happens if the startup capital of the world ignores these lessons?
12.15.2020 Out of the Valley: Episode 2 - A Creator in the Era of Disruption Aiming for impact—not exit—in Indonesia
12.02.2020 Out of the Valley: Episode 1 - The Camel and the Unicorn A special Skydeck miniseries exploring how frontier markets are defining the future of innovation
11.02.2020 The Long View: Persevering Through Crisis HBS alumni on lessons learned from navigating difficult times
09.14.2020 How To Make Diversity a Reality ICV Partners cofounder Willie Woods on what companies can do to improve Black representation in their ranks
08.21.2020 What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic Joro founder Sanchali Pal on the power of collective action
08.04.2020 How Business Can Advance Racial Equity Executive Lisa Lewin on how the C-suite can be a powerful ally in the fight for social change
06.08.2020 How Sports Should Use Its Timeout Sports Innovation Lab CEO Angela Ruggiero on why the pandemic will help leagues prepare for the future fan
06.05.2020 Keeping the Beat Artist and activist Madame Gandhi on writing music in quarantine and migrating musical events online
05.18.2020 Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom Interpersonal communication expert Rachel Greenwald on navigating the new world of video meetings and the principles that transcend medium
04.27.2020 “Walking a Tightrope” Author Sheryl WuDunn on working class America’s economic fragility and how the COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated their predicament
03.02.2020 Can This Man Change the American Diet? Clover’s Ayr Muir is selling meat-free meals to meat eaters—and reducing our impact on climate change one sandwich at a time
02.07.2020 Not Throwing Away My Shot From Eli Whitney to Lin-Manuel Miranda, Eric Schultz’s book highlights lessons in entrepreneurship from innovators throughout history
01.17.2020 What It Takes Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman offers life lessons from his new memoir
01.08.2020 Your Whole Self Executive coach Amy Jen Su plots a holistic path to being the leader you want to be
12.03.2019 Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders Monica Dodi on diversity as a competitive advantage for VCs
11.14.2019 Keeping Red Lobster Fresh CEO Kim Lopdrup on what it takes to turn around an iconic brand—and why sustainability is mission critical for the seafood giant
10.23.2019 After the Storm How the CEO of a Chicago charter school network picked up the pieces after a leadership crisis
10.03.2019 Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns Space entrepreneur and investor Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux on how to search the skies for profits
09.12.2019 Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse Where and when alumni do their best thinking
08.21.2019 Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector How Seni Sulyman and Andela plan to turn the continent into a computing hub
07.30.2019 Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens Patrick McGinnis, who coined the term “fear of missing out,” on how it increasingly drives our personal and professional lives—and how we can manage it
07.11.2019 The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster How Cloudflare’s Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew Prince built a tech giant
06.18.2019 Reframing Modern Art Denise Murrell traded finance for fine arts—and cast a critical new eye on iconic paintings
05.08.2019 Lessons from the Ashes How Warwick Fairfax lost his family’s 150-year-old media empire—and found his purpose in the process
04.16.2019 Give It to Me Straight Radical Candor author Kim Scott on what effective feedback really looks like—and why it will make you a better boss
03.26.2019 Life Is a Startup Noam Wasserman on what successful founders can teach us about life beyond business
03.06.2019 Making Sabbaticals Mainstream Entrepreneur DJ DiDonna says sabbaticals in Japan and Mauritius brought critical perspective to his personal and professional life. Now he’s working with researchers to show how extended time away from the daily grind can pay off for both workers and ...
02.12.2019 We’re All Going to Get Hacked Companies shouldn’t just react to the inevitable hack, says Red Seal CEO Ray Rothrock—they should prepare for it
01.23.2019 The Promise of Personalized Medicine Rich Horgan is on an urgent mission to save his brother—and he might just revolutionize drug development along the way
12.20.2018 Bridging the Gap Global Citizen Year founder Abby Falik on why kids need to find their purpose before freshman year
12.05.2018 Cold Call Horror Stories Alumni relive the School's most terrifying tradition
11.13.2018 Don’t Be Afraid of AI If tech pioneer and Numenta CEO Donna Dubinsky doesn’t fear the Terminator, neither should we
10.22.2018 Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart Casey Gerald’s new book is an intervention in the shape of a memoir
10.02.2018 “A Shout Through Time” How an alumni connection helped bring a WWII soldier home after 73 years
09.06.2018 Bringing Government Up to Code Code for America COO Minnie Ingersoll on how her organization is strengthening the social safety net
08.24.2018 The Value of Valleys Alumni share stories of some of their greatest challenges—and what they learned in the process
07.31.2018 Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic? Jim Langford, executive director of the Georgia Prevention Project, on his group’s anti-opioid advertising strategy
06.14.2018 Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life Author Charles Duhigg on how we make meaning
06.08.2018 My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses Alumni share stories, strategies, and lessons learned from their first experience with the world of work
05.31.2018 Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders Lindsay Ronga suffered from a severe eating disorder for seven years before eventually finding a path to successful recovery. Now, as a recovery coach, she wants to let people know that they are not alone—and there are other treatment options.
05.03.2018 How to Win the Kentucky Derby West Point Thoroughbred President and CEO Terry Finley describes what it’s like to win horse racing’s most coveted trophy—and how to get in on the action
04.13.2018 What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries Author and explorer Francis Tapon on finding the “unseen Africa” and other reflections from his five-year journey through the continent
03.13.2018 Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission Former Army helicopter pilot Matthew Brady, founder and CEO of Pershing Barracks Capital, discusses his battlefield experience—and how it shaped his approach to business
02.22.2018 My First Job Alumni share stories, strategies, and lessons learned from their first jobs—from golf club caddy to lobster shack waitress.
01.18.2018 The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast McDonald’s executive Kristy Cunningham, who helped lead the company’s wildly successful all-day breakfast initiative, talks about what the global icon learned from the experience—and what it taught her about herself

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What's Skydeck about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Skydeck episodes:

Road Work

Leading with Heart

A Playbook for Progress

How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

Out of the Valley: Episode 3 - Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

Out of the Valley: Episode 2 - A Creator in the Era of Disruption

Out of the Valley: Episode 1 - The Camel and the Unicorn

The Long View: Persevering Through Crisis

How To Make Diversity a Reality

What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic

How Business Can Advance Racial Equity

How Sports Should Use Its Timeout

Keeping the Beat

Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom

“Walking a Tightrope”

Can This Man Change the American Diet?

Not Throwing Away My Shot

What It Takes

Your Whole Self

Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders

Keeping Red Lobster Fresh

After the Storm

Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns

Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse

Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector

Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens

The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster

Reframing Modern Art

Lessons from the Ashes

Give It to Me Straight

Life Is a Startup

Making Sabbaticals Mainstream

We’re All Going to Get Hacked

The Promise of Personalized Medicine

Bridging the Gap

Cold Call Horror Stories

Don’t Be Afraid of AI

Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart

“A Shout Through Time”

Bringing Government Up to Code

The Value of Valleys

Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?

Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life

My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses

Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders

How to Win the Kentucky Derby

What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries

Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission

My First Job

The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast

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