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Rapid Response

The pace of change in our culture is unprecedented and shows no signs of slowing. So what is most important to pay attention to when striving to innovate, create, and lead? From the team behind Masters of Scale, Rapid Response features candid conversations with today's top business leaders navigating real-time challenges. Hosted by the former editor-in-chief of Fast Company, Bob Safian.

Airbnb reimagined (Part 1), w/CEO Brian Chesky

32 mins; May 14, 2024

Caitlin Clark and the new WNBA, w/Commissioner Cathy Engelbert

22 mins; May 07, 2024

Reintroducing... Rapid Response

1 min; May 03, 2024

Meet your kid’s new AI tutor, w/Khan Academy founder and CEO Sal Khan

24 mins; April 30, 2024

Fighting media's reality distortion, w/Axios CEO Jim VandeHei

27 mins; April 25, 2024

How Star Trek prospers against Netflix and Disney+, w/Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman

28 mins; April 18, 2024

How optimism fuels the economy, w/U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Suzanne Clark

26 mins; April 11, 2024

2024 is the most significant time in human history, w/PBS host & futurist Ari Wallach

30 mins; April 04, 2024

Bracing for a possible TikTok ban, w/fitness entrepreneur Cassey Ho

21 mins; March 28, 2024

Riding the Ozempic wave, w/RO CEO Zach Reitano

26 mins; March 21, 2024

Who really won The Oscars, w/The Black List founder Franklin Leonard

29 mins; March 12, 2024

Landing on the moon, w/Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus

25 mins; March 07, 2024

OpenAI’s $7 trillion plan, Apple’s Vision Pro, and more, w/Reid Hoffman and Bob Safian

25 mins; February 27, 2024

Battling cyber attacks and deepfakes with AI, w/Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson

29 mins; February 22, 2024

Super Bowl ads: Lessons from Beyoncé, J. Lo and Taylor, w/Autodesk's Dara Treseder

28 mins; February 13, 2024

Inside Reid's meeting with President Biden, w/Reid Hoffman and Bob Safian

13 mins; January 23, 2024

What’s wrong with the remote vs. in-office debate? w/Atlassian's Scott Farquhar

28 mins; January 18, 2024

5 memorable lessons from 2023

29 mins; December 19, 2023

Inside Intel’s AI ambitions, w/CEO Pat Gelsinger

21 mins; December 14, 2023

Navigating a leadership crisis, w/Web Summit CEO Katherine Maher

26 mins; November 30, 2023

Remix: Scott Harrison & charity: water, 5 years later

30 mins; November 28, 2023

GaryVee wants your attention, w/VaynerMedia’s Gary Vaynerchuk

33 mins; November 16, 2023

Your pandemic business takeaways are wrong, w/authors Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean

23 mins; November 09, 2023

Gaza in crisis, w/Mercy Corps’ Arnaud Quemin

22 mins; October 26, 2023

Supporting Palestinian builders versus destroyers, w/Kind founder Daniel Lubetzky

23 mins; October 23, 2023

On the ground in Israel, w/Hello Heart CEO Maayan Cohen

25 mins; October 18, 2023

Under Armour’s pivot to growth, w/CEO Stephanie Linnartz

22 mins; October 12, 2023

How to revive collaboration at work, w/WPP’s Mark Read

25 mins; October 05, 2023

Confronting Elon Musk, w/ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt

29 mins; September 29, 2023

Think like an outsider, w/Shellye Archambeau, Ellevest’s Sallie Krawcheck, and Calendly’s Tope Awotona

25 mins; August 22, 2023

How great cultures are built and rebuilt, w/Eric Schmidt, Angela Ahrendts, & Uber’s Dara Khosrowshahi

32 mins; August 08, 2023

Leading in an age of burnout, w/Arianna Huffington & Padmasree Warrior

22 mins; August 01, 2023

Prepare for where AI is headed next, w/Reid Hoffman & Bob Safian

26 mins; July 18, 2023

Re-skill for AI, w/PwC’s Tim Ryan

20 mins; July 13, 2023

Prioritize principles in crisis, w/Upwork’s Hayden Brown and Merck’s Ken Frazier

25 mins; June 29, 2023

How to inject AI into your core business, w/Smart Eye’s Rana el Kaliouby

23 mins; June 22, 2023

Make AI your co-pilot, w/Microsoft VP of Design & AI John Maeda

25 mins; June 08, 2023

Using failure as a launchpad, w/MoviePass co-founder Stacy Spikes

23 mins; May 23, 2023

How the word "no" inspires change, w/Princess Reema of Saudi Arabia

20 mins; May 16, 2023

Lessons from the demise of BuzzFeed News, w/CEO Jonah Peretti

25 mins; May 04, 2023

Live with urgency, w/former Netflix CMO Bozoma Saint John

28 mins; March 16, 2023

Compassion in the face of crisis, w/Mercy Corps CEO Tjada McKenna

21 mins; March 09, 2023

Embrace tension, w/former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty

25 mins; March 02, 2023

Finding windows of opportunity, w/Delta CEO Ed Bastian

27 mins; February 23, 2023

Kickstart your users from passive to passionate, w/Kickstarter CEO Everette Taylor

25 mins; February 16, 2023

ChatGPT and AI’s inflection point, w/Reid Hoffman and Bob Safian

32 mins; February 14, 2023

Betting on the Super Bowl, w/FanDuel CEO Amy Howe

25 mins; February 09, 2023

Turning point for a climate-crisis solution, w/Climeworks' Christoph Gebald

27 mins; February 03, 2023

Stay versatile, w/Lululemon Athletica CEO Calvin McDonald

24 mins; January 26, 2023

Finding untapped value in multicultural consumers, w/Blavity CEO and AfroTech founder Morgan DeBaun

32 mins; January 19, 2023

How to cultivate a new industry, w/Upside Foods CEO Uma Valeti, MD

27 mins; January 12, 2023

10 unforgettable moments of 2022

30 mins; December 27, 2022

The rise of the “wisdom worker,” w/Modern Elder Academy’s Chip Conley

25 mins; December 15, 2022

How Main Street retailers are out-pivoting big-box giants, w/Faire CEO Max Rhodes

29 mins; December 08, 2022

Risking an iconic brand — and $40b — in a race to go all-electric, w/Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius

28 mins; December 02, 2022

Elon Musk at Twitter, FTX’s bankruptcy, and more, w/Reid Hoffman & Bob Safian

33 mins; November 30, 2022

Don’t be a unicorn, be a dragon, w/Techstars CEO Maëlle Gavet

30 mins; November 17, 2022

Expand your definition of leadership, w/CNBC's Julia Boorstin

24 mins; November 10, 2022

Why design matters more than ever, w/PepsiCo Chief Design Officer Mauro Porcini

32 mins; November 03, 2022

Rally a team in turmoil, w/Las Vegas Raiders president Sandra Douglass Morgan

24 mins; October 13, 2022

Mastering the hybrid workplace, w/author Priya Parker

30 mins; October 06, 2022

How Covid lessons get tested by inflation, w/restauranteur Danny Meyer

32 mins; September 29, 2022

Flipping your strategy in a volatile market, w/Zillow president Susan Daimler

31 mins; September 22, 2022

Charging toward a clean energy future, w/EVgo CEO Cathy Zoi

35 mins; September 15, 2022

How we served 150 million meals in Ukraine, w/José Andrés of World Central Kitchen

30 mins; September 08, 2022

Holding business accountable from Meta to McDonald’s, w/Color of Change president Rashad Robinson

29 mins; September 01, 2022

Amazon’s plan to be big, green, and beloved, w/AWS CEO Adam Selipsky

29 mins; August 25, 2022

Playing offense in adversity, w/Target CEO Brian Cornell

23 mins; August 11, 2022

What the crypto crash teaches us all, w/Chainalysis CEO Michael Gronager

23 mins; July 28, 2022

Business withdrawals from Russia, strife at Netflix, Musk vs Twitter, and more, w/Reid Hoffman and Bob Safian

30 mins; July 26, 2022

Turning tears to action, w/Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson

28 mins; July 21, 2022

Waging a $1.4 trillion food fight, w/Impossible Foods CEO Peter McGuinness

27 mins; July 14, 2022

Volunteer for impact, w/AmeriCorps’ Michael Smith, live at the Social Innovation Summit

25 mins; July 07, 2022

From ‘delusion’ to criminal justice revolution, w/Ameelio’s Zo Orchingwa

27 mins; June 30, 2022

Solar energy’s time to shine, w/Sunrun CEO Mary Powell

25 mins; June 25, 2022

Redesigning work in a crisis, w/Upwork CEO Hayden Brown

38 mins; June 16, 2022

Don’t wait for the system, build it!, w/Genius Guild’s Kathryn Finney

30 mins; June 09, 2022

A global benefit concert for Ukraine, w/World Unite for Ukraine’s Victoria Yampolsky

24 mins; May 26, 2022

Inside a $2.4 billion bet on talent, w/ PwC's Tim Ryan

33 mins; May 19, 2022

Stay scrappy, deliver fast, w/Gopuff co-founder Yakir Gola

28 mins; May 12, 2022

Protecting against the next bio threat, w/The Public Health Company's Charity Dean

30 mins; May 05, 2022

Rebooting global crisis response, w/ONE Campaign CEO Gayle Smith

32 mins; April 30, 2022

How Chief became a phenomenon, w/CEO Carolyn Childers

30 mins; April 21, 2022

Lessons from an entrepreneur in Ukraine, w/Fuelfinance CEO Alyona Mysko

26 mins; April 14, 2022

Five surprising ways to rethink your hiring

32 mins; April 12, 2022

Supporting Ukraine's tech workers, w/Emburse CEO Eric Friedrichsen

25 mins; April 07, 2022

Inside "the most radical supply chain shift since World War II," w/Interos CEO Jennifer Bisceglie

21 mins; April 02, 2022

How Airbnb.org is housing Ukrainian refugees, w/Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia

28 mins; March 31, 2022

Putting an end to hustle culture w/author Reshma Saujani

32 mins; March 24, 2022

Transforming an idea into a movement overnight, w/Black Women For Black Lives co-founder Tokunbo Koiki

32 mins; March 19, 2022

The logistical challenge of supporting refugees, w/Flexport.org founder Susy Schöneberg

29 mins; March 17, 2022

An all-out cyber war, w/Rubrik CEO Bipul Sinha

27 mins; March 14, 2022

Global markets react to Russia's war on Ukraine, w/Gro Intelligence CEO Sara Menker

21 mins; March 12, 2022

On the ground in Ukraine, w/Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D'Oyen McKenna

27 mins; March 10, 2022

Make mistakes to make progress, w/GM's Gerald Johnson

33 mins; March 03, 2022

Ukraine reverberations, Theranos, and more, w/Reid Hoffman and Bob Safian

50 mins; March 01, 2022

Invest in first principles, w/Betterment CEO Sarah Levy

30 mins; February 24, 2022

Be confident enough to show your vulnerability, w/former Merck CEO Ken Frazier

33 mins; February 17, 2022

Scaling when you’re already at scale, w/Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon

27 mins; February 10, 2022

Tapping a new generation of consumers, w/The Drone Racing League president Rachel Jacobson

24 mins; February 03, 2022

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