This Week in Business

Dr. Benoit Dube is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine, Associate Vice Provost, and the inaugural Chief Wellness Officer at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Dube joins host Stew Friedman to discuss what he's enacted his first few months in his role of Chief Wellness Officer at Penn, as well as the importance of creating a culture of wellness, decreasing the stigma associated with mental illness, and making it easier for people to ask for help on Work and Life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dolly Chugh, a Psychologist and Associate Professor of Management and Organizations and NYU's Stern School of Business, joins hosts Anne Greenhalgh and Jeff Klein to discuss her new book, The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias, about how and why most of us are still prone to race and gender bias on Leadership in Action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Justin George, Staff Writer at The Marshall Project, joins hosts Nick Ashburn and Katherine Klein to discuss The First Step Act and how it will impact and potentially improve the criminal justice system in the US on Dollars and Change. The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Christian Terwiesch examines transformation and innovation in the gaming industry with Elaine Chase, Vice President of Global Brand Strategy, Marketing and Esports for Wizards of the Coast, a Hasbro Company, and Gio Hunt, EVP & Executive Producer of Online Products & Technology at Blizzard Entertainment, on Work of Tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryder Pearce, Founder and CEO at YoGov, joins hosts Doug Collom and Irina Yuen to discuss the startup on a mission to help everyone have simple and secure access to government services on Bay Area Ventures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carey Lai, a Founding Team Member and Managing Director at Conductive Ventures, joins host Doug Collom to discuss the trails and tribulations of starting your own VC fund on Bay Area Ventures. Conductive Ventures is a $100M enterprise fund investing in “expansion stage” companies across enterprise software and hardware categories, meaning Series A, Series B and beyond. Carey leads the firm’s software investments where he specializes in software as a service (SaaS). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kathryn Sollmann, flexwork and financial security expert, joins host Stew Friedman to discuss her new book "Ambition Redefined: Why the Corner Office Doesn't Work for Every Woman & What to Do Instead" on Work and Life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The nation is still mourning the loss of 41st U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush. His life of service to this country began when he fought in World War II and continued well past his time in the White House. Although he was praised for his foreign policy, he also had a lot of success on domestic policy, which contributed to the growth in the 1990s, including his work on deficit reduction, trade, and the repair of the banking industry. Host Dan Loney talks with Kent Smetters, Professor in the Department of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School, and William K. Black, Associate Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, about George H. W. Bush's legacy on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlene Lake, Chief Sustainability Officer and SVP of Corporate Social Responsibility at AT&T, joins hosts Katherine Klein and Sherryl Kuhlman to discuss ATT's philanthropic and volunteerism endeavors and additional social impact initiatives on Dollars and Change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What makes a company a good employer for women? Host Laura Zarrow examines the new report published by the Wharton Social Impact Initiative called "Four for Women: A Framework for Evaluating Companies' Impact on the Women They Employ" on Women@Work. She speaks with Sandi Maro Hunt, Sr. Director at the Wharton Social Impact Initiative, host of Dollars and Change, and co-author of this report, about their research into the four outcomes that matter most to women: representation, pay, health, and satisfaction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.