This Week in Business

What is Santa concerned with most regarding his team at the North Pole? How has the recent policy changes in the US affected his operations? What did Putin ask for this year? Is he on the Naughty List? Is Santa feeling threatened by the Amazon takeover? Has Disney tried to purchase the rights to the North Pole? Hosts Peter Cappelli and Dan O'Meara talk with the big man in red himself, Nicholas (Santa) Claus, to find out the current landscape in the arctic workshop on In the Workplace. Happy Holidays! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve Wanczyk, Account Supervisor at Braithwaite Communications, joins host Americus Reed to discuss a recap of the Biggest Brand Blunders of 2017 and Crisis Communications Tips for the New Year on Marketing Matters. Happy Holidays! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The faces of five women, including celebrities Taylor Swift and Ashley Judd, appear on TIME’s 2017 Person of the Year cover, representing the “The Silence Breakers” — the thousands of people across the world who have come forward with their experiences of sexual harassment and assault. Josh Levs, Author, Communications Consultant and Gender Equality Activist, joins host Laura Zarrow to discuss the #MeToo movement and how it affects men and women at work on Women@Work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lindsey Roy, CMO of Greetings at Hallmark Cards, talks to host Americus Reed about how the company is gearing up to help people prepare for the holidays! Then, Merrilee Kick, Founder and CEO of BuzzBallz, talks with Americus about the Buzz around her great new stocking stuffer - booze to go! - on Marketing Matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Federal Reserve increased short-term interest rates by a quarter of a point. Host Dan Loney speaks with Lisa Cook, Professor of Economics and International Relations at Michigan State University, to discuss this move and how the Fed may change as Janet Yellen wraps up her term as chair on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Baker, Professor of Law and Health Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, joins host Dan Loney to discuss his recent presentation on research he’s been doing on the regulation of robo-advisors, particularly within the financial services industry, he gave to Capitol Hill Staffers as part of Wharton's B-School for Public Policy seminars on Knowledge@Wharton.For more information about how to get involved with Penn Wharton B-School for Public Policy, visit: https://publicpolicy.wharton.upenn.edu/b-school/get-involved/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seth Rabinowitz, Director of Fan Engagement at the New York Jets, and Kyle Bautista, VP and General Manager of Complexity Gaming, join host Christian Terwiesch to discuss what the future of the sports entertainment industry could look like, especially with emergence of eSports on Work of Tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Whichever side of the healthcare debate you’re on, I think we can agree that the system itself is really complicated and somewhat impersonal– imagine how much more complicated and impersonal it can be if you don’t speak the language or don’t have access to the technology you need. Dr. Vikram Bakhru, Chief Operating Officer at ConsejoSano and Wharton Alum, joins host Stew Friedman to discuss his mission to make healthcare accessible to everyone around the world on Work and Life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nick Martell, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of MarketSnacks and current Wharton MBA student, joins host Peter Cappelli to discuss the art of the side hustle - why starting an entrepreneurial venture on the weekends alongside of your "day job" could not only benefit you, but your 9-5 company as well on In the Workplace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cathy O'Neil, Data Scientist, joins host Dan Loney to discuss the "dark side" of big data as outlined in her book "Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality, and Threatens": our daily lives are now being governed by algorithms and not humans, and as such she urges policy makers for more regulation over their design on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.