Chicago Booth Review Podcast

Explore the concept of uncertainty and ambiguity and how challenging assumptions and embracing ambiguity can help leaders navigate uncertain times. Learn about the history of skyscraper construction and its impact on questioning assumptions. Understand the value of embracing ambiguity in uncertain times and the scarcity of individuals with this skill. Discover the importance of learning from new information and creating structure in uncertain times.

The podcast discusses the challenges of achieving a soft landing for the US economy. It explores the importance of a conservative approach, the impact of inflation on central banking, and the challenges posed by immediate market reactions. It also analyzes the implications of US policy on international spillovers.

How long do you stick to your New Year’s resolutions? Why is it so hard to keep them going? How can you make 2024 that exceptional year when you actually keep your New Year’s resolutions? In this episode, we get advice from Chicago Booth’s Ayelet Fishbach, a professor of behavioral science, and author of the book, Get it Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation.

Streaming services love a good tech startup business story, preferably one featuring a quirky CEO devoid of self-awareness, with an oversized ego and grandiose sense of ambition and purpose, and one finger always resting on the self-destruct button. Hence Super Pumped, the story of Travis Kalanick and Uber, The Dropout, about Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, and WeCrashed, the tale of Adam Neumann and WeWork. In this episode of the Chicago Booth Review podcast, Chicago Booth’s John Paul Rollert reads his 2023 essay that saw one common thread between the three series: the echoes of the legendary Steve Jobs.

Raghuram Rajan, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, discusses the Fed's role in the US economy, its response to the pandemic, and the influence of central banks in causing inflation. The podcast explores the power of central banks, their response to inflation during the pandemic, and the impact on government finances. It also examines alternative approaches to the Fed's decision-making and the role of central banks and politicians in exacerbating inflation.

Explore the relevance of military strategy in business and how it can help navigate unpredictable times. Discover parallels between military history and business, using iconic leaders as examples. Learn about different leadership types and their mythological counterparts. Understand the application of strategic thinking in negotiation and succession planning. Explore the role of social capital, partnership, and examining shortcomings for success.

Are you good at identifying the core essence of things? Clearing your head, rising above the day-to-day, and abstracting things to their critical elements could make you a better leader. In this episode of the Chicago Booth Review Podcast, Chicago Booth’s Linda E. Ginzel, a leadership expert and the author of the book Choosing Leadership, reads her essay “To Lead Effectively, Find Your Core Essence.”

What makes successful entrepreneurs different from the rest of us? Are they more risk-seeking? Do they have better ideas? Or are they just lucky? How do you know if it’s the right time to take the leap into starting a business? What does it really take to launch your own venture? In this episode, we bring you a conversation between three experts on entrepreneurship: Chicago Booth’s Lindsey Lyman, Sean Bisceglia, former CEO of Curion and operating partner at Sterling Partners, and Liz Tilatti, the former cofounder and CEO of ZipFit Denim, who now serves as a mentor to startups.

Women are often appointed as leaders when an organization is in crisis, and in many cases, they’re not given the support needed to turn things around—a phenomenon known as the glass cliff. So are women leaders being set up to fail?

One of the byproducts of growing inequality is that many wealthier people grow up, live, and work without ever knowing someone who is poor or struggling financially. Do the wealthy have an obligation to know what life is like for those on the lower end of the income spectrum? In this episode, we hear from John Paul Rollert, an adjunct associate professor at Chicago Booth and our in-house ethicist.