Rita McGrath: Inflection Points and the Future of Strategic Advantage

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Rita McGrath. Rita is no ordinary business professor; she's a strategic visionary who helps companies navigate disruption before it's too late. Her groundbreaking books, including Seeing Around Corners, have redefined how leaders approach competitive advantage in [...]

Debbie Millman: Creating Brands That Stand the Test of Time

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Debbie Millman. Debbie is no ordinary designer; she's a revolutionary force who has reshaped how we understand the intersection of design, business, and human psychology. Her groundbreaking podcast Design Matters has earned its place as one [...]

Rachel Rutter: Championing the Rights of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Rachel Rutter, a CNN Hero and Executive Director of Project Libertad. Rachel is no ordinary immigration attorney; she is a fierce advocate transforming the lives of unaccompanied immigrant children navigating America's complex legal system. Her organization [...]

Building Ultimate Trust: Volleyball Coach John Cook’s Championship Formula

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is John Cook. Cook is no ordinary coach; he is a transformative leader who guided Nebraska volleyball to four national championships and more Division I wins than any coach this century. His impact extends far beyond the [...]

Dancing Through Barriers: Yamilée Toussaint’s STEM Revolution

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Yamilée Toussaint. Yamilée is no ordinary educator; she is a transformative force in STEM education who's revolutionizing how girls engage with technical subjects. Her innovative program STEM From Dance has reached over 4,000 girls nationwide, creating [...]

Maha Abouelenein: The Power of Self-Reliance

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Maha Abouelenein, CEO of Digital & Savvy and author of 7 Rules of Self-Reliance. Born in small-town Minnesota but launching her global career in Egypt at age 27, Maha transformed what could have been a major [...]

Duncan Wardle: Disney’s Creative Genius

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Duncan Wardle. Duncan is no ordinary business leader; he's a creative force who transformed innovation at Disney during his remarkable 30-year journey. Starting as a coffee boy in London, he rose to become Head of Innovation [...]

Yoni Appelbaum: How America Got Stuck

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Yoni Appelbaum, Deputy Executive Editor of The Atlantic and one of America's most insightful voices on democracy and social mobility. His new book "Stuck" explores one of the most pressing issues facing America today: our mobility [...]

Steve Gordon: Inside the California DMV’s Transformation

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Steve Gordon. Gordon is the director of the California Department of Motor Vehicles, and brings a fresh perspective and private sector expertise to public service. After spending 18 years at Cisco Systems, he took on the [...]

Kurt Gray: Understanding Outrage to Heal America

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Kurt Gray. Kurt has uncovered something profound about why we clash so fiercely over politics, religion, and morality: it all comes down to harm. As the Director of Deepest Beliefs Lab and the Center for the [...]

Sandra Matz: The Personal Data Privacy Crisis

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Sandra Matz. She's revolutionizing our understanding of how digital footprints shape our personalities and futures. Sandra isn't just another academic; she's a thought leader at Columbia Business School who combines psychological insights with big data to [...]

Alison Wood Brooks: Cracking the Conversation Code

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Alison Wood Brooks, whose groundbreaking research is transforming how we think about conversation. Brooks isn't your typical academic. As the creator of Harvard's provocatively titled "How to Talk Gooder" course, she brings a refreshing blend of [...]

Mike Maples Jr.: Inflection Points and Startup Success

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Mike Maples Jr. Mike is a venture capitalist whose unconventional wisdom has led him to invest early in companies that transformed their industries. As co-founder of Floodgate, Mike has developed a unique lens for spotting revolutionary [...]

Dr. Fauci: The Man Behind America’s Pandemic Response

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Dr. Anthony Fauci. Dr. Fauci is no ordinary physician-scientist; he's a titan of public health who has shaped America's response to infectious diseases for over five decades. As the former director of the National Institute of [...]

Chika Oriuwa: Poetry, Purpose, and Breaking White Coat Barriers

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Dr. Chika Oriuwa. Dr. Oriuwa is no ordinary physician; she's a force for transformation in modern medicine. As the only Black student in her class of 259 at the University of Toronto Medical School, she turned [...]

Keith Ferrazzi: Why Great Leaders Never Lead Alone

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Keith Ferrazzi, who's challenging everything we thought we knew about leadership with his revolutionary concept of "teamship." Drawing from twenty years of research across 3,000 teams, Ferrazzi has discovered that exceptional results don't come from heroic [...]

Terry Sejnowski: ChatGPT and the Future of AI

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Terry Sejnowski. Terry isn't just another voice in the AI conversation; he's a pioneering force who holds the prestigious Francis Crick Chair at the Salk Institute and serves as a Distinguished Professor at UC San Diego. [...]

Poppy MacDonald: USAFacts’ Mission to Empower Informed Citizens

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Poppy MacDonald, President of USAFacts and former President and Chief Operating Officer of Politico. In an era where misinformation spreads rapidly and trust in institutions continues to decline, MacDonald stands as a beacon for data-driven truth. [...]

Meredith Whittaker: Revolutionizing Tech Privacy and Power

Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal and a transformative voice in tech ethics. With a humanities background and art school education, Whittaker rose through Google's ranks to found an AI research group. Her leadership in organizing the [...]

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