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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.

Be relentless, so your team can be fearless, w/Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson

30 mins; January 27, 2022

Lessons of Omicron, w/Wellcome Trust director Sir Jeremy Farrar

28 mins; January 20, 2022

How to decarbonize your business, w/Kleiner Perkins partner John Doerr

29 mins; January 13, 2022

How flexibility creates momentum, w/Crate & Barrel CEO Janet Hayes

26 mins; December 16, 2021

How GoFundMe has facilitated $15 billion in giving, w/CEO Tim Cadogan

34 mins; December 09, 2021

Re-founding Instacart, w/CEO Fidji Simo

31 mins; December 02, 2021

Metaverse mania, the great resignation, and more, w/Reid Hoffman and Bob Safian

47 mins; November 22, 2021

How to turn intentions into action, w/15 Percent Pledge founder Aurora James

33 mins; November 18, 2021

Run toward AI, w/former Google CEO Eric Schmidt

32 mins; November 11, 2021

How Peloton keeps pushing through resistance, w/CEO John Foley

31 mins; November 04, 2021

The truth about what we watch, w/Nielsen CEO David Kenny

31 mins; October 28, 2021

Launching a $500 billion startup, w/ Jet.com founder and NBA owner Marc Lore

22 mins; October 21, 2021

Overcoming institutional hurdles, w/U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland

33 mins; October 14, 2021

Urgent lessons from a cyberattack, w/SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna

29 mins; October 07, 2021

How to scale tech responsibly, w/former Google ad chief Sridhar Ramaswamy

27 mins; September 30, 2021

How to lead for enduring impact w/Spelman College president Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell

29 mins; September 23, 2021

Applauding the drama of the digital age, w/BroadwayHD CEO Bonnie Comley

26 mins; September 16, 2021

When to build the company before the product, w/Aurora CEO Chris Urmson

30 mins; September 09, 2021

When you should require vaccinations w/restauranteur Danny Meyer

31 mins; September 02, 2021

How Electronic Arts grows a metaverse, w/CEO Andrew Wilson

33 mins; August 26, 2021

How mission fuels risk-taking, w/Illumina CEO Francis deSouza

28 mins; August 19, 2021

Cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset, w/Reid Hoffman and Sir Richard Branson

25 mins; August 17, 2021

How Harley-Davidson set a foundation for the long term, w/CEO Jochen Zeitz

23 mins; July 29, 2021

Inside J.Crew's "purpose-led" pivot, w/CEO Libby Wadle

23 mins; July 22, 2021

Scaling a mission w/TAAF president Sonal Shah

27 mins; July 15, 2021

How BuzzFeed bounced back, w/co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti

28 mins; July 08, 2021

Tapping into generosity (via Bitcoin), w/Charity Water CEO Scott Harrison

29 mins; July 01, 2021

Fighting through headwinds, w/Marriott president Stephanie Linnartz

27 mins; June 24, 2021

Crypto craziness, ransomware attacks, and "smart risks", w/Reid Hoffman and Bob Safian

32 mins; June 22, 2021

Why business must be a force for good, w/former AMEX CEO Ken Chenault

26 mins; June 17, 2021

Fashioning a greener closet, w/Rent the Runway CEO Jenn Hyman

31 mins; June 10, 2021

The promise and peril of engineering biology, w/Ginkgo Bioworks co-founder Reshma Shetty

27 mins; June 03, 2021

Upskilling and the war for talent, w/Guild Education CEO Rachel Carlson

29 mins; May 27, 2021

Why real estate matters more than ever, w/Compass CEO Robert Reffkin

28 mins; May 20, 2021

Inside Google’s Pandemic Safety Squad, w/Chief Health Officer Dr. Karen DeSalvo

32 mins; May 13, 2021

Surviving a close shave, w/Harry's co-CEO Andy Katz-Mayfield

24 mins; May 06, 2021

A crucible moment for Instacart, w/founder & CEO Apoorva Mehta

22 mins; April 29, 2021

A pandemic is not a business model, w/Blue Apron CEO Linda Findley Kozlowski

25 mins; April 22, 2021

Can bankruptcy save movie theaters? w/Alamo Drafthouse CEO Shelli Taylor

23 mins; April 15, 2021

GameStop, SPACs, and vaccines, w/Reid Hoffman and Bob Safian

34 mins; April 13, 2021

Turbulence, recovery, and risk, w/Delta CEO Ed Bastian

35 mins; April 08, 2021

Leveraging the trampoline effect, w/Morning Brew CEO Alex Lieberman

31 mins; April 01, 2021

The business of democracy, w/Leadership Now CEO Daniella Ballou-Aares

32 mins; March 25, 2021

Died and reborn, w/Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky

41 mins; March 16, 2021

A prescription for healthy growth, w/FIGS co-CEO Heather Hasson

26 mins; March 04, 2021

Wartime leadership, with Nike CEO John Donahoe

30 mins; February 25, 2021

Winning and losing, w/Vanderbilt University coach Jerry Stackhouse

26 mins; February 18, 2021

Public-private opportunities, w/Defense Innovation Unit director Mike Brown

32 mins; February 16, 2021

Iterating under pressure, w/Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot

30 mins; February 11, 2021

Why we need to think again, w/author and professor Adam Grant

30 mins; February 04, 2021

Aggressive sustainability, w/Sunrun CEO Lynn Jurich

30 mins; January 28, 2021

Ten months of pain and hope, w/restaurateur Danny Meyer

29 mins; January 21, 2021

What the pandemic has cost women, w/Ellevest co-founder and CEO Sallie Krawcheck

31 mins; January 14, 2021

2020: The Year in Review w/Reid Hoffman & Bob Safian

48 mins; December 22, 2020

Why Salesforce Bought Slack, w/Salesforce president Bret Taylor

31 mins; December 17, 2020

Why take on a turnaround, w/Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson

27 mins; December 10, 2020

Loneliness at work, w/economist Noreena Hertz

32 mins; December 03, 2020

Balancing data with gut feeling, w/JetBlue president Joanna Geraghty

32 mins; November 25, 2020

Why brands must take a stand, w/Wieden+Kennedy president Colleen DeCourcy

36 mins; November 19, 2020

A virtual-first workplace, w/Dropbox co-founder and CEO Drew Houston

31 mins; November 12, 2020

Pandemic Planning, Phase Two, w/physician Dr. Bon Ku

34 mins; November 05, 2020

Small business – more stressed than ever, w/H&R Block CEO Jeff Jones

32 mins; November 02, 2020

When your business disappears overnight, w/Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson

29 mins; October 22, 2020

Movie-theater drama has come to every business, w/Alamo Drafthouse CEO Shelli Taylor

28 mins; October 15, 2020

The COVID test facts every CEO needs, w/Rockefeller Foundation president Rajiv Shah

36 mins; October 08, 2020

Your company is a citizen – it can act like one, w/Baratunde Thurston

40 mins; October 01, 2020

The myth of remote-work productivity, w/Gensler co-CEO Diane Hoskins

38 mins; September 22, 2020

Nothing matters but this. w/former Google CEO Eric Schmidt

36 mins; September 15, 2020

What to learn from how schools are pivoting, w/Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz

31 mins; September 08, 2020

Building a bridge over troubled waters, w/Spelman College president Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell

41 mins; July 18, 2020

Inside PayPal's $530M plan to close the racial wealth gap, w/CEO Dan Schulman

30 mins; July 11, 2020

What it will take for tech and Hollywood to be anti-racist, w/Color Of Change's Rashad Robinson

32 mins; July 09, 2020

A new playbook for new times, w/Ford Foundation president Darren Walker

26 mins; July 02, 2020

Burning cash, accepting turbulence w/Delta CEO Ed Bastian

33 mins; June 27, 2020

How business can engage against racism, w/Shellye Archambeau

39 mins; June 19, 2020

Going ventilator fast, w/GM CEO Mary Barra

28 mins; June 13, 2020

Record-high audience, record-low revenue, w/Buzzfeed CEO Jonah Peretti

31 mins; June 06, 2020

How to revive the food industry, w/restauranteur Danny Meyer

37 mins; May 30, 2020

How "startup DNA" helped One Medical respond to COVID, with CEO Amir Rubin

37 mins; May 28, 2020

How Warby Parker makes decisions in uncertainty, w/ CEO Neil Blumenthal

31 mins; May 23, 2020

Leading with your gut, w/Lifeway Foods CEO Julie Smolyansky

28 mins; May 21, 2020

Future-proofing, w/Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg

29 mins; May 16, 2020

Operating in a fishbowl w/76ers & Devils CEO Scott O’Neil

33 mins; May 09, 2020

Crisis lessons from inside the ER, w/physician Dr. Bon Ku

34 mins; May 07, 2020

Food security in a pandemic, w/Gro Intelligence founder and CEO Sara Menker

29 mins; May 05, 2020

On the frontlines of scale, w/AAMC CEO Dr. David Skorton

24 mins; May 02, 2020

Inside a pandemic pivot, w/Panera CEO Niren Chaudhary

30 mins; April 30, 2020

A crisis leadership session, w/General Stanley McChrystal

37 mins; April 28, 2020

Pet adoptions: Up. Delivery business: Up, w/Chewy CEO Sumit Singh

27 mins; April 25, 2020

Neighbors are the frontline of support, w/Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar

28 mins; April 24, 2020

Build government back and better, w/Code for America founder Jen Pahlka

37 mins; April 23, 2020

Remote teams as an intentional choice, w/Xapo co-founder Wences Casares

15 mins; April 22, 2020

In crisis, be more altruistic, w/DonorsChoose CEO Charles Best

18 mins; April 21, 2020

Retail's fight to survive, w/Target CEO Brian Cornell

25 mins; April 20, 2020

First, be human, w/Masters of Scale host Reid Hoffman

33 mins; April 19, 2020

“A pandemic doesn’t see money", w/TaskRabbit CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot

33 mins; April 18, 2020

Crisis data is the story of our times, w/Crisis Text Line founder Nancy Lublin

27 mins; April 17, 2020

How to keep an essential business running, w/Lyft co-founder John Zimmer

27 mins; April 16, 2020

Hourly workers are a 'hero class', w/Cue Ball investor Tony Tjan

38 mins; April 15, 2020

A playbook for when there’s no playbook, w/Carbon CEO Ellen Kullman

27 mins; April 14, 2020

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