HBR IdeaCast

Pamela Meyer, author of *How to Read the Room*, discusses wielding indirect influence in modern, distributed organizations where formal authority is limited.

HBR Editor-in-Chief Adi Ignatius interviews Linda Gratton, author of *Living the 100-Year Life*, about adapting careers for increased longevity.

MIT’s Amos Winter and Dartmouth’s Vijay Govindarajan discuss their book *Global by Design*, advocating for "reverse innovation" where companies solve tough problems in emerging markets first.

HBR IdeaCast host Adi Ignatius interviews Dan Schulman, Verizon’s CEO, about his turnaround strategy for the struggling telecom giant.

Reza Satchu interviews Tim Ferriss on the Founder Mindset, exploring how calibrated risk and "fear-setting" replace reckless bets.

Stanford Research Fellow Dan Wang argues that China operates as an "engineering state" prioritizing manufacturing efficiency and infrastructure over legal transparency.

Angela Duckworth explores how AI impacts grit and long-term skill development, arguing that it can accelerate learning when used as a coach rather than a crutch.

Hosts Adi Ignatius and Alison Beard interview Cornelia Cho and Marshall Goldsmith, authors of *The Panoramic Leader*.

AT&T CEO John Stanky discusses balancing strategic pivots with cultural transformation, emphasizing the shift to a market-based mindset and the value of in-person collaboration.

Michael Watkins discusses three forces redefining the manager-to-leader transition: AI, geopolitical turbulence, and compressed pipelines.