Intelligence Squared: Business

Breaking down the economic ideas we’ve all heard of but may not fully understand in under 15 minutes. In this new podcast from Intelligence Squared, host Nicola Walton is joined by an economics expert each week to take us through the terminology, statistics and stories of how economic forces shape our world and lives. Brought to you by Intelligence Squared.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

My goal was never to just create a company. I wanted to build something that actually makes a really big change in the world.” – Mark Zuckerberg How did it all go wrong for Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook? How did a company that says it wants to bring people together become one of the most potent tools for polarisation in the world? According to The New York Times reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang, the missteps we’ve seen in the last five years are not an anomaly but an inevitability: this is how the platform was built to perform. In a period of great upheaval, growth has remained the single focus of Zuckerberg and his COO Sheryl Sandberg. In this week's episode, Frenkel and Kang speak to Josh Glancy of The Sunday Times to share the revelations of their new book An Ugly Truth. Drawing on unrivalled sources, Frenkel and Kang give us an unprecedented view inside the politics, alliances and rivalries within one of the most powerful companies in the world. To get the Intelligence Squared discount on the book click here: https://www.primrosehillbooks.com/product/an-ugly-truth-inside-facebooks-battle-for-domination-sheera-frenkel-cecilia-kang/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Unilever’s Chief Human Resources Officer Leena Nair is responsible for the 150,000 employees at the company. In this week's episode she speaks to Linda Yueh about how she is leading change on new employment models and preparing the workforce for lifelong learning to thrive in the world of work. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For generations, we’ve been taught there are two ways to succeed—either from talent or practice. In Decoding Greatness, award-winning social psychologist Ron Friedman illuminates a powerful third path—one that has quietly launched icons in a wide range of fields, from artists, writers, and chefs, to athletes, inventors, and entrepreneurs: reverse engineering. To find out more about the book click here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Decoding-Greatness/Ron-Friedman/9781982135799 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we're featuring a live online event we held with Chris Anderson the head of TED Talks about how he built one of the biggest platforms in the world and the power of ideas to change our thinking. The episode was hosted by broadcaster Samira Ahmed who also hosts Intelligence Squared's podcast series 'How I Found My Voice.' See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To explain the power of anthropology to help us better understand the modern world, Financial Times journalist and bestselling author Gillian Tett joined us in this week's episode. Tett has a PhD in anthropology from Cambridge University and outlining the ideas in her acclaimed new book Anthro-Vision, she showed how we can identify what she calls the ‘webs of meaning’ that underlie consumers’ behaviour in very different cultures across the world. The episode was hosted by former editorial director of the BBC Kamal Ahmed. To get the Intelligence Squared discount on the book click here: https://www.primrosehillbooks.com/product/anthro-vision-how-anthropology-can-explain-business-and-life-gillian-tett/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode we're joined by Tim Fendley, founder and creative director of Applied Information Group a design practice dedicated to helping people navigate complex environments. He shares his wisdom on projects from London to Madrid, Google to Princeton, and discusses how we should think about physical space in the post pandemic world. The episode was hosted by Linda Yueh. The producer is Conor Boyle. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Corporate boards are under great pressure. Scandals and malpractice at companies like GE, Theranos and WeWork have raised justified questions among regulators, shareholders, and the public about the quality of corporate governance. Boards face ever-louder demands to weigh in on questions of climate change, racial and gender equity, data privacy, and other social issues that range far beyond their traditional mandate: choosing the CEO and endorsing corporate strategy. In this week's episode economist Dambisa Moyo speaks to Linda Yueh about how boards currently function and what changes they should make to survive the twenty-first century. To find out more about Dambisa Moyo's new book click here: https://amzn.to/3tH4fCu See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode we're featuring a live event from before the pandemic in which acclaimed author of 'Moneyball' and 'The Big Short', Michael Lewis joined us to discuss how Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky created the field of behavioural economics. Both were gifted young psychology professors: Kahneman a rootless son of holocaust survivors who saw the world as a problem to be solved; Tversky a voluble, instinctual blur of energy. The event was hosted by Stephanie Flanders head of Bloomberg Economics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode Ron Biscardi CEO of iConnections speaks to Linda Yueh about the world of alternative investment and how he built a platform and community that connects investment managers and allocators. Ron has 25 years of experience in the alternative investment industry, and has closed over 20 seed deals and deployed over $600 million in capital. His achievements include building the world’s largest capital introduction conference which takes place annually in Miami Beach. In April 2020, Funds4Food, the first event organized by iConnections, raised $1.9 million for victims of the global pandemic. To find out more about iConnections and their next capital introductions fundraiser Funds4Minds, visit: iconnections.io   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices