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Wisdom From The Top with Guy Raz

From the creator of How I Built This, host Guy Raz invites you to listen in as he talks to leadership experts and the visionary leaders of some of the world's biggest brands. Along the way, you'll hear accounts of crisis, failure, turnaround, and triumph, as the leaders reveal their secrets on their way to the top. These are stories that didn't make it into their company bios, and valuable lessons for anyone trying to make it in business.

The Way Up, Episode 6 - Nixta Taqueria

23 mins; August 13, 2025

The Way Up, Episode 5 - Green Apple Books

21 mins; August 06, 2025

The Way Up, Episode 4 - Vala’s Pumpkin Patch

23 mins; July 30, 2025

The Way Up, Episode 3 - Charles Pan-Fried Chicken

22 mins; July 23, 2025

The Way Up, Episode 2 - Rustler Hat Co. with Alex Samuels

17 mins; July 19, 2025

Wisdom From The Top Presents: The Way Up, Episode 1 - The Sports Bra with Jenny Nguyen (Presented by Square)

21 mins; July 10, 2025

Finding Work That's Got a Mission: Ken Coleman

49 mins; January 21, 2025

When the Best People Want to Be on Your Team: Peloton's Dara Tresedor

57 mins; January 14, 2025

A Key Way to Grow Your Confidence: Joe Keohane

45 mins; January 07, 2025

Small Habits, Huge Rewards: B.J. Fogg

45 mins; December 31, 2024

Price and Quality are Not Enough: Foot Locker's Ken Hicks

45 mins; December 24, 2024

Define Success and Define Constraints: Etsy's Josh Silverman

43 mins; December 17, 2024

The Power of Radical Candor: Kim Scott

52 mins; December 10, 2024

Why Generalists Come Out on Top: David Epstein

60 hours 55 mins; December 03, 2024

Trust via Transparency: Marvel's Peter Cuneo

45 mins; November 26, 2024

Mobilizing Talent When it Counts: Best Buy's Hubert Joly

67 hours 40 mins; November 19, 2024

Exceptional Leaders are Integrative Thinkers: Roger Martin

43 mins; November 12, 2024

Leading Through a Perfect Storm: Carnival's Arnold Donald

50 mins; November 05, 2024

Values without Action are Propaganda: PayPal's Dan Schulman

41 mins; October 29, 2024

Better Leadership via Failure: General Stanley McChrystal

52 mins; October 22, 2024

Conviction, But Not Certainty: Autodesk's Carl Bass

66 hours 52 mins; October 15, 2024

Effective People Do This

31 mins; October 08, 2024

Imagine it Forward: Beth Comstock (NBC and General Electric)

42 mins; October 02, 2024

Getting the Big Ideas Right: General Petraeus

34 mins; September 24, 2024

Carry Water on Both Shoulders: Terry Lundgren (Macy's and Neiman Marcus)

41 mins; September 18, 2024

Built to Last, Great by Choice: Jim Collins

80 hours 29 mins; September 11, 2024

Turning Trials into Triumph: Ryan Holiday (The Daily Stoic)

48 mins; September 03, 2024

When Staying Small Works: Richard Graeter

34 mins; August 27, 2024

'The Decency Quotient' in Leadership | Ajay Banga

39 mins; August 20, 2024

Simple Change, Big Return: Sonic Drive-In's Cliff Hudson

38 mins; August 13, 2024

From Lab to C-Suite, Then Turning Around a Startup, ft. George Scangos (Biogen)

36 mins; August 06, 2024

Why Uncertainty Matters: Margaret Heffernan

40 mins; July 30, 2024

Success Doesn't Teach You Much, ft. Cheryl Bachelder (KFC, Popeye's)

50 mins; July 23, 2024

'Forget Vision:' Lou Gerstner's IBM Turnaround

46 mins; July 16, 2024

Why to Put a Chink in Your Own Armor: Brad Smith (Intuit)

47 mins; July 09, 2024

The Importance of a Near Miss: Sarah Lewis (Harvard)

42 mins; July 02, 2024

From Intern to CEO: Greg Wasson (Walgreens)

36 mins; June 25, 2024

Purpose-Driven Leadership: Capital One's Sanjiv Yajnik

51 mins; June 18, 2024

Never Stop Improving: Lowe’s Marvin Ellison

53 mins; June 11, 2024

Why Some Never Break Through: Greg McKeown ('Effortless' and 'Essentialism')

45 mins; June 04, 2024

Leadership for Innovation: Bill George (Medtronic)

44 mins; May 28, 2024

The Solution to Overthinking: John Acuff of 'Soundtracks'

45 mins; May 21, 2024

Leading From "We," Not "I" -- David Novak (Yum! Brands)

53 mins; May 14, 2024

Failing Forward is Key: Andrea Jung of Grameen America

34 mins; May 08, 2024

Do Less to Work Better: Morten Hansen

52 mins; April 30, 2024

How to Succeed Using Empathy: Maria Ross

53 mins; April 23, 2024

Don't Waste Your Failures: Erling Kagge

42 mins; April 16, 2024

Mastering Crisis is Everything: Jeff Jones of H&R Block, Uber, Target

44 mins; April 09, 2024

Back to Center: Target's Brian Cornell

40 mins; April 02, 2024

How You Win by Failing: Sarah Robb O’Hagan

70 hours 48 mins; March 26, 2024

Jacqueline Novogratz (Acumen): When to Listen, When to Lead

37 mins; March 19, 2024

Channel Confidence: BET's Debra Lee

52 mins; March 12, 2024

The Hardest Decisions, ft. Leena Nair

34 mins; March 05, 2024

Take Risks, Break Barriers: Shellye Archambeau

61 hours 40 mins; February 27, 2024

Amex Change Agent: Kenneth Chenault

46 mins; February 20, 2024

The Gospel of Slow Growth, ft. Jason Fried

38 mins; February 13, 2024

Lead Más: Taco Bell's Mark King

71 hours 40 mins; February 06, 2024

Finding Work with Meaning, ft Ken Coleman

49 mins; January 30, 2024

How to Build Confidence via Strangers, ft. Joe Keohane

45 mins; January 23, 2024

Why Generalists Succeed: David Epstein

60 hours 55 mins; January 16, 2024

Tiny Habits, Big Rewards: BJ Fogg

45 mins; January 09, 2024

Machiavelli for Women: Stacey Vanek Smith

49 mins; January 02, 2024

Black Magic: Chad Sanders on Black Leadership

50 mins; December 26, 2023

No Animals Were Harmed: American Humane CEO Robin Ganzert

41 mins; December 19, 2023

To Win, Tell a Story: Foot Locker w/ Ken Hicks

45 mins; December 12, 2023

Etsy: Josh Silverman

43 mins; December 05, 2023

Cultivating a Culture of Candor: Kim Scott

52 mins; November 28, 2023

A New Way to Think: Roger Martin

42 mins; November 21, 2023

Marvel: Peter Cuneo

45 mins; November 15, 2023

The Campbell Soup Company: Doug Conant

58 mins; October 03, 2023

Covey Leadership Center: Stephen M. R. Covey

31 mins; September 27, 2023

Autodesk: Carl Bass

66 hours 21 mins; September 19, 2023

United Talent Agency: Jeremy Zimmer

48 mins; September 12, 2023

Macy's: Terry Lundgren

41 mins; September 05, 2023

Carnival Corporation: Arnold Donald

51 mins; August 29, 2023

PayPal: Dan Schulman

41 mins; August 22, 2023

GE: Beth Comstock

42 mins; August 15, 2023

Lego: Jørgen Vig Knudstorp

62 hours 29 mins; August 08, 2023

General Stanley McChrystal

52 mins; August 01, 2023

NASA: Ellen Ochoa

59 mins; July 25, 2023

Avon: Andrea Jung

34 mins; July 18, 2023

Built to Last: Jim Collins

79 hours 55 mins; July 12, 2023

PepsiCo: Indra Nooyi

71 hours 43 mins; July 04, 2023

Best Buy: Hubert Joly

67 hours 44 mins; June 27, 2023

BET: Debra Lee

52 mins; June 20, 2023

Continental Airlines: Gordon Bethune

42 mins; June 13, 2023

Mastercard: Ajay Banga

39 mins; June 06, 2023

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen: Cheryl Bachelder

50 mins; May 30, 2023

General David Petraeus

34 mins; May 23, 2023

Peloton: Dara Treseder

57 mins; May 16, 2023

Marvel: Peter Cuneo

45 mins; May 09, 2023

Lowe's: Marvin Ellison

53 mins; May 02, 2023

Gap: Mickey Drexler

57 mins; April 25, 2023

Uncharted: Margaret Heffernan

39 mins; April 18, 2023

Zelnick Media Capital: Strauss Zelnick

38 mins; April 11, 2023

Biogen: George Scangos

36 mins; April 04, 2023

Docusign: Keith Krach

47 mins; March 28, 2023

Zenefits: Jay Fulcher

40 mins; March 21, 2023

Harvard Business School: Bill George, author of 'True North'

44 mins; March 14, 2023

H&R Block: Jeff Jones

44 mins; March 07, 2023

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