HBS Managing the Future of Work

Special Episode: Tsedal Neeley and Merck CEO Ken Frazier on vaccines, racism, and leadership

07.14.2020 - By Harvard Business SchoolPlay

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Merck Chairman and CEO, Ken Frazier—one of only four Black CEOs in the Fortune 500—joins HBS Professor Tsedal Neeley. Topics include the necessity of putting science ahead of politics in the search for a cure for Covid-19 and steps corporate leaders need to take if they are to counter structural racism. He advises Black professionals on the importance of mentors and acquiring the “psychological armor to defend ourselves against the racism that’s all around us.” He also shares his personal story, including “hav[ing] only one generation between me and slavery.”

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