Sustaining Capitalism

The CED discussion series, Leadership in Challenging Times, interviews business leaders about the unprecedented challenges facing the nation and how they are helping chart a path forward for both their companies and communities in which they operate.

Listen as CEOS from Rite Aid, McDonald's Corporation, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Pfizer Inc., Edward Jones, and PayPal, share with Dr. Lori Esposito Murray their perspectives on how a company's purpose can drive innovation, the key to successful public-private sector collaboration, the benefits of openminded leadership, and more.

We present this roundup episode of highlights from each of our Leadership in Challenging Times conversations, featuring our 2022 Distinguished Leadership Awards Honorees.

Access to quality child care is a key determinant in workforce participation of parents, particularly mothers. This podcast series will feature interviews with employers who offer child care supports that enable employees with child care responsibilities to work.

Access to quality child care is a key determinant in workforce participation of parents, particularly mothers. This podcast series will feature interviews with employers who offer child care supports that enable employees with child care responsibilities to work.

Access to quality child care is a key determinant in workforce participation of parents, particularly mothers. This podcast series will feature interviews with employers who offer child care supports that enable employees with child care responsibilities to work.

Access to quality child care is a key determinant in workforce participation of parents, particularly mothers. This podcast series will feature interviews with employers who offer child care supports that enable employees with child care responsibilities to work.

2022 Honorees

"I think the things where if I took lessons learned: those governments that defined what they were trying to accomplish, but not defined the solution, but actually just articulated what goal they were trying to solve…they actually unlocked a level of creativity that I think made a huge difference," So says Marc Casper, Chairman, President, and CEO of Thermo Fisher Scientific, in this interview with Dr. Lori Esposito Murray, President of the Committee for Economic Development, the public policy center of The Conference Board (CED).

The CED discussion series, Leadership in Challenging Times, interviews business leaders about the unprecedented challenges facing the nation and how they are helping chart a path forward for both their companies and communities in which they operate. Listen as Casper shares with Dr. Murray his perspective on how a company's purpose can drive innovation, the key to successful public-private sector collaboration, the benefits of openminded leadership, and more.

2022 Honorees

On leading during COVID-19: "…as you would imagine, in a system like ours, where you have not just the company people, but you have a network of suppliers, you have a network of franchisees, you get bombarded with a lot of questions that come in from everybody around the world. And one of the things that I tried to do in the very beginning was to just outline some principles of how we were going to look at it. So I don't have all the answers…But I am going to outline for everybody some principles about how we're going to approach these issues."

So says Chris Kempczinski, President and CEO of McDonald's Corporation, in this interview with Dr. Lori Esposito Murray, President of the Committee for Economic Development, the public policy center of The Conference Board (CED).

The CED discussion series, Leadership in Challenging Times, interviews business leaders about the unprecedented challenges facing the nation and how they are helping chart a path forward for both their companies and communities in which they operate. Listen as Kempczinski talks to Dr. Murray about human-centric leadership, how to keep stakeholders resilient in times of crisis, the importance of defining your company purpose, engaging in the public square, and more.

2022 Honorees

"Before the pandemic, before the economic crisis, we already had too many people that were isolated and outside the financial system… As businesses, the first thing we can do is make sure our own employees have a sense of financial security. We should measure that. We should control that completely. That will make a big difference." So says Dan Schulman, President and CEO of PayPal, in this interview with Dr. Lori Esposito Murray, President of the Committee for Economic Development, the public policy center of The Conference Board (CED).

The CED discussion series, Leadership in Challenging Times, interviews business leaders about the unprecedented challenges facing the nation and how they are helping chart a path forward for both their companies and communities in which they operate. Listen as Schulman tells Dr. Murray about PayPal's decision to prioritize the financial wellbeing of employees, why profit and purpose intersect, the role of CEOs in the public square, and more.

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"We were so motivated by the fact that...we could be a part of saving the world...it was energizing and it was inspirational for our teams—to be able to partner with the government and the private sector, pharmaceutical companies, and testing companies—to do something this meaningful, and this transformational, and literally save American lives in the process." That according to Heyward Donigan, President and CEO of Rite Aid in her conversation with Dr. Lori Esposito Murray, President of the Committee for Economic Development, the public policy center of the The Conference Board (CED).

The CED discussion series, Leadership in Challenging Times, interviews business leaders about the unprecedented challenges facing the nation and how they are helping chart a path forward for both their companies and communities in which they operate.

Donigan discusses with Dr. Murray how Rite Aid responded to the pandemic, the vital role pharmacists play in the healthcare ecosystem, the importance of public and private sector collaboration, and more.

2022 Distinguished Honorees

"Nothing of what was accomplished would have been accomplished without partnerships. In our case, we had to partner with BioNTech…But, we also had to partner with the FDA, and the CDC. […] Without their active collaboration—without [our] active sensing of the way that they worked as well—we wouldn't be able to achieve what we achieved." So says Dr. Albert Bourla, Chairman and CEO, Pfizer, Inc. in this interview with Dr. Lori Esposito Murray, President of the Committee for Economic Development, the public policy center of The Conference Board (CED).

The CED discussion series, Leadership in Challenging Times, interviews business leaders about the unprecedented challenges facing the nation and how they are helping chart a path forward for both their companies and communities in which they operate. Listen as Dr. Bourla tells Dr. Murray about how Pfizer went about making the "impossible possible" with the development and rollout of the mRNA vaccine, as well as Pfizer's current efforts to extend health equity to all.