Rapid Response
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The pace of change in our culture is unprecedented and shows no signs of slowing. So what is most important to pay attention to when striving to innovate, create, and lead? From the team behind Masters of Scale, Rapid Response features candid conversations with today's top business leaders navigating real-time challenges. Hosted by the former editor-in-chief of Fast Company, Bob Safian.
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On's 16-year overnight success: Zendaya, Federer, and outrunning competition
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Sep 11, 202627:07completed
NFL Kickoff: the science gets more damning, but the money keeps growing
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Sep 8, 202625:02failed
Masters of Scale: Always be the challenger, with Savannah Bananas founder Jesse...
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Sep 4, 202628:39failed
When AI agents do your shopping, everything changes, with Shopify’s Jess Hertz
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Sep 1, 202629:52pending
Chicago Fed President on inflation, recession, and Trump’s attacks
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Aug 27, 202635:42pending
Ford's Jim Farley on beating China, and the storm nobody sees coming
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Aug 25, 202628:23pending
How Snoop Dogg, Comic-Con, and cold calls are growing USA Fencing
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Aug 21, 202629:35pending
What the jobs report isn't telling you about AI & the workforce, with Upwork’s H...
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Aug 18, 202630:03pending
Masters of Scale: Author Jim Collins on unlocking your potential
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Aug 15, 202632:09pending
Speed vs. accuracy, scale vs. soul: Watch Duty's toughest fire season yet
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Aug 14, 202632:01pending
Google’s exodus, Spider-Man’s odyssey, Taco “Hell”, and more
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Aug 11, 202629:58pending
The Long Game: Bob Safian on great leadership in the AI revolution
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Aug 7, 202646:52pending
The new rules of brand building, with Wieden+Kennedy CEO
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Aug 4, 202630:08pending
Byron Allen’s vision for BuzzFeed, Starz, and beyond
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Jul 31, 202630:50pending
Serena Williams on winning in business
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Jul 28, 202625:56pending
No legacy, no playbook, no problem: Inside the Toronto Tempo's wild first season
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Jul 24, 202629:08pending
Delta's Ed Bastian on spiking fuel, summer travel, and a blunt reality check on...
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Jul 21, 202628:22pending
OpenAI’s Critterz blowback: Director Nik Kleverov on year zero for Hollywood
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Jul 17, 202631:46pending
The quiet reinvention of a $42b business, with Canva’s Cameron Adams
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Jul 14, 202623:35pending
Possible: Satya Nadella on making human and token capital compound
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Jul 11, 20261:00:16pending
The race to help Venezuela: Amazon's disaster relief machine
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Jul 10, 202620:14pending
Relevance is a sport: Gap’s Richard Dickson on swinging, missing, and winning
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Jul 7, 202626:50pending
What Ken Burns’ The American Revolution warns us about today
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Jul 3, 202632:29pending
Cannes Lions’ battle of the brands: Starbucks’ stumble, World Cup ads, and more
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Jun 30, 202631:28pending
Gina Raimondo’s bipartisan fight for workers in the age of AI
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Jun 25, 202628:34pending
$300m in year two. The controversy came free, with David Protein’s Peter Rahal
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Jun 23, 202620:43pending
IBM’s $10 billion bet on what comes after AI
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Jun 18, 202641:28pending
The U.S. at 250: The case for reckoning and rebuild, with Ian Bremmer
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Jun 16, 202631:37pending
U.S. Soccer CEO: The unseen stakes of this World Cup
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Jun 12, 202624:43pending
World Cup kickoff: Goals, greed, and geopolitics, with ESPN’s Sam Borden
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Jun 9, 202632:06pending
Pioneers of AI: How fast can you upskill in AI? We did a sprint to find out.
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Jun 6, 202634:06pending
A radical fix for the broken book business, with Madeline McIntosh
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Jun 5, 202629:15pending
The race no one can win: AI’s anti-human crisis, with Aza Raskin
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Jun 2, 202639:27pending
AI warfare and the race for a million-drone army, with Shield AI’s Brandon Tseng
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May 29, 202627:36pending
Why success destroys the companies we love, with Eric Ries
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May 26, 202648:23pending
Uber's swerve on gas prices, hotels, and a driverless future, with Andrew Macdon...
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May 22, 202633:58pending
The “invisible army” behind Amazon’s robotaxi revolution, with Zoox’s Aicha Evan...
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May 19, 202627:34pending
A canceled commencement speech, and leading as an outspoken CEO
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May 15, 202628:41pending
Duolingo’s battle for learning in an AI world, with Luis von Ahn
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May 12, 202631:38pending
Hormuz fallout: Energy chaos is here to stay
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May 8, 202627:29pending
Pioneers of AI: What is agentic commerce? Stripe’s CRO of AI explains.
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May 6, 202630:54pending
Mellody Hobson: When investors head for the exit, run to the fire
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May 5, 202631:07pending
The Messy Parts: Gary Vee on forgiveness, living fearlessly, and the reality of...
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May 2, 202650:04pending
The Devil Wears Prada workplace: Toxic or timeless?
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May 1, 202640:00pending
Maria Sharapova’s centre court tricks for the boardroom
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Apr 28, 202628:34pending
Inside Artemis II and the next space race, with NASA’s Jared Isaacman
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Apr 24, 202629:35pending
A first look at Samsung’s blueprint to win the AI era, with Mauro Porcini
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Apr 21, 202633:54pending
Ford's Jim Farley on beating China, and the storm nobody sees coming
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Apr 17, 202628:23pending
LIV Golf’s gambit to rewrite global sports, with Scott O’Neil
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Apr 14, 202631:52pending
The Guardian’s secret weapon against media’s collapse, with CEO Anna Bateson
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Apr 10, 202630:43pending
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