The IVY Podcast

John Hillen, a business professor, former Assistant Secretary of State, and former U.S. Army officer, joins IVY to discuss how leaders must grow along with their companies. In this talk, he identifies the common stalls or warning signs to look out for and provides the tools necessary for overcoming them. Through his work with hundreds of leaders and organizations, he has taught members how to combat these challenges by radically changing their mindset, behaviors and skills to reinvent themselves as a “sophisticated leader” rather than using more data or analytics.

In this episode of the IVY Podcast, father-son duo Pierson and Peter Krass join an IVY Ideas Night for an honest conversation about the emotional hurdles of the entrepreneurial experience such as the failure, stress, anxiety and depression that professionals can struggle with. The pair then provided members with the best practices to operate at an optimal level emotionally, mentally, and physically, all based on wisdom and research from interviews with top entrepreneurs, researchers, and doctors.

Sally Kohn, a highly regarded author and CNN political commentator and columnist, joins IVY to discuss the findings from her recent work, The Opposite of Hate. Kohn conducted extensive research in a search of discovering why we hate and how we can stop it in a time when we are facing an epidemic of incivility and hate—with divisive political speech, online trolling, and hate crimes escalating. In this talk, she dives into the evolutionary and cultural roots of today’s rampant anger and hatred, giving members powerful examples, and offering rich food for thought on how each of us can help contribute to a more peaceful society.

Emily Chang, a Harvard University graduate and five time regional Emmy award winning journalist currently working as Bloomberg Technology’s anchor and executive producer, joins IVY to discuss her new book Brotopia. An exposé into how Silicon Valley’s sexist, aggressive, and misogynistic culture creates an environment where women are subject to toxic workplaces and sexual harassment despite the utopian ideals and moral high ground that the Valley claims to hold. In her book, she continues to discuss how to fix this culture: bring down the Brotopia.

In this episode of the IVY Podcast, Dominic shares his rich insights and experiences in the world of experiential marketing, discussing the relationship between content, media, and audience engagement in the era of branded entertainment.

As the former Dean of Parsons School of Fashion and founder of the Fashion Culture Design “Unconference,” Simon Collins is a renowned fashion expert with extensive industry knowledge working with brands like Polo Ralph Lauren, Zegna, and Nike.

In this episode of The IVY Podcast, Simon sits down with IVY’s Arts & Culture Director, Phil Chan, to discuss the notion of beauty, how to design the life you always wanted, and the role design plays in nearly all aspects of culture. 

David Keith has some big ideas for the planet.

A Professor of Applied Physics at Harvard, David is leading a team of researchers focused on the science and public policy of solar geoengineering, a field that yields innovative ways to manipulate our environment. David and his colleagues believe that solar geoengineering can go a long way toward mitigating the effects of climate change.

In this episode of The IVY Podcast, David offers his insights on the technologies, risks, experiments, and governance associated with this field, and what is needed to save the earth.

Chris Gladwin knows how to stay ahead of the curve. His digital music distribution service, MusicNow, launched five years ahead of iTunes and over a decade prior to Spotify. His tablet came out twenty years before the iPad, just as his company Cleversafe, a cloud storage company, burst onto the scene well before “cloud” technology became a trendy topic.

Now, Chris and his new company, Ocient, are building solutions for data-analytics problems that companies will face a few years down the road.

We talked to Chris to hear his thoughts on what it takes to innovate, disrupt, and promote a powerful vision to tackle problems before they’ve even arisen.

As extremist groups surrounded his apartment in Aden, Yemen, Mohammed Al Samawi made a last-ditch appeal for help from his Facebook network. Amazingly, over the course of two weeks, four near-strangers devised a daring mission to lead him to safety — an improbable journey that spanned six technological platforms and ten time zones.

Al Samawi shares his moving story in the new book The Fox Hunt, which was picked up last year for a film adaptation by La La Land producer Marc Platt and the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Spotlight, Josh Singer.

Al Samawi joined IVY for a live conversation in NYC to tell the tale of his miraculous escape to freedom from war, rebel fighters, and Al-Qaeda extremists.

Energy is a hot topic and a critical issue in politics, business, and society at large. And it doesn’t look like this will be changing any time soon. 

On the forefront of this discussion is clean energy, and, particularly, the rise of solar-powered technology.

To get a better understanding of why this is the case and what that means for our world, we held a conversation on The Future of Solar Technology with climate and energy expert Varun Sivaram. Varun authored the recent book, Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet.

In a live conversation moderated by David Livingston — who serves as the Deputy Director of Climate and Advanced Energy at The Atlantic Council's Global Energy Center — Varun offers insights on the innovations that are powering our world and the role America is playing in harnessing clean technology.