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HBR IdeaCast

A weekly podcast featuring the leading thinkers in business and management.

Ranked #1

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Become a Better Listener

Become a Better Listener

Mark Goulston, psychiatrist and author of "Just Listen," explains how.

13 Aug 2015

20mins

Ranked #2

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Networking Myths Dispelled

Networking Myths Dispelled

David Burkus, a professor at Oral Roberts University and author of the book “Friend of a Friend,” explains common miscon... Read more

14 Aug 2018

18mins

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Ranked #3

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Why Work-From-Anywhere Is Here to Stay

Why Work-From-Anywhere Is Here to Stay

Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, associate professor at Harvard Business School, was studying the growing work-from-anywhere ... Read more

20 Oct 2020

26mins

Ranked #4

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When Efficiency Goes Too Far

When Efficiency Goes Too Far

Roger Martin, professor emeritus at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, says that for decades the U... Read more

29 Sep 2020

23mins

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Ranked #5

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Understand How People See You

Understand How People See You

Heidi Grant Halvorson, author of "No One Understands You and What to Do About It," explains the science of perception.

16 Apr 2015

23mins

Ranked #6

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Stop Micromanaging and Give People the Help They Really Need

Stop Micromanaging and Give People the Help They Really Need

Colin Fisher, associate professor at University College London's School of Management, conducted in-depth studies at sev... Read more

29 Dec 2020

23mins

Ranked #7

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Bill Gates on How Business Leaders Can Fight Climate Change

Bill Gates on How Business Leaders Can Fight Climate Change

Bill Gates, philanthropist and founder of Microsoft, argues that, even as we work to end the global pandemic, we can't l... Read more

16 Feb 2021

25mins

Ranked #8

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Real Leaders: Ernest Shackleton Leads a Harrowing Expedition

Real Leaders: Ernest Shackleton Leads a Harrowing Expedition

In 1915, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship became trapped in ice, north of Antarctica. For the next two years, he ... Read more

5 Mar 2020

30mins

Ranked #9

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Managing Someone Who’s Too Collaborative

Managing Someone Who’s Too Collaborative

Rebecca Shambaugh, a leadership coach, says being too collaborative can actually hold you back at work. Instead of showi... Read more

21 Aug 2018

23mins

Ranked #10

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Corporate America’s Work in Fighting Racism is Just Beginning

Corporate America’s Work in Fighting Racism is Just Beginning

Ella Washington, an organizational psychologist at Georgetown University, argues that private sector American organizati... Read more

9 Jun 2020

27mins

Ranked #11

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Making Good Decisions

Making Good Decisions

Stanford's Ron Howard, one of the fathers of decision analysis, explains how it's done.

20 Nov 2014

17mins

Ranked #12

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What the Best Decision Makers Do

What the Best Decision Makers Do

Ram Charan, coauthor of "Boards that Lead," talks about what he's learned in three decades of helping executives make to... Read more

24 Oct 2013

13mins

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Simple Rules for Creating Great Places to Work

Simple Rules for Creating Great Places to Work

Gareth Jones, author of "Why Should Anyone Work Here?", explains the things managers know, but struggle to do.

5 Nov 2015

14mins

Ranked #14

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Marc Andreessen and Jim Barksdale on How to Make Money

Marc Andreessen and Jim Barksdale on How to Make Money

The tech luminaries on bundling and unbundling in the digital age.

10 Jul 2014

15mins

Ranked #15

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How CEOs Can Drive Sales — or Kill Deals

How CEOs Can Drive Sales — or Kill Deals

Christoph Senn, marketing professor at INSEAD, has spent years studying how top executives involve themselves in B2B sal... Read more

23 Feb 2021

25mins

Ranked #16

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Build Your Character (at Least for a Day)

Build Your Character (at Least for a Day)

Tiffany Shlain, filmmaker, on why we need more time to develop our inner selves.

17 Sep 2015

14mins

Ranked #17

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Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace

Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace

Amy Edmondson, professor at Harvard Business School, first identified the concept of psychological safety in work teams ... Read more

22 Jan 2019

26mins

Ranked #18

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Understanding Agile Management

Understanding Agile Management

Darrell Rigby of Bain and Jeff Sutherland of Scrum explain the rise of lean, iterative management tactics, and how to im... Read more

15 Apr 2016

26mins

Ranked #19

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Why Technical Experts Make Great Leaders

Why Technical Experts Make Great Leaders

Amanda Goodall, a senior lecturer at Cass Business School in London, argues that the best leaders are technical experts,... Read more

24 Apr 2018

20mins

Ranked #20

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How to Be Less Distracted at Work — and in Life

How to Be Less Distracted at Work — and in Life

Nir Eyal, an expert on technology and psychology, says that we all need to learn to be less distracted into activities t... Read more

24 Sep 2019

27mins

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