Thinkers50 Podcast

The Provocateurs, a collaboration between Thinkers50 and Deloitte, is a new podcast series profiling the world's boldest leaders and the moves they make. These are people who have accomplished incredible things by ‘provoking' the future they desire – in business and for society overall. Often overcoming human biases and acting with imperfect data along the way, each episode will profile a single provocateur and their story. In this inaugural episode, we will introduce our five hosts and what you can expect from the series. Our second episode will feature the provocateur Valerie Rainford, the founder of Elloree Talent Strategies and former senior executive of JPMC and the Federal Reserve. Join us for the beginning of this journey to inspire leaders everywhere to build conviction to act and #DoSomething!

Dan Toma and Stuart Crainer discuss the impetus of his book, The Corporate Startup. Is it possible for large corporations to understand the innovations lifestyle movement? How can innovation be accounted for so that its KPIs are meaningful?

Businesses are interested in sustainable development, but they don't know where to start. Hoek, author of The Trillion Dollar Shift, argues that "Business for Good is Good Business".

Stuart Crainer and Michael Jacobides discuss ecosystems. Success is as much about helping other firms to innovate as it is about being innovative yourself. Companies need to change the questions they are asking. We are now shifting from a product that is defined in terms of its individual goodsand services to something that can cross the boundaries and create new firms and new types of competition.

How should businesses allocate their spend between trying to disrupt markets, versus their core business. How has it changed over the last seven years?

The future of customer experience is happening now, in China. What is causing Europe and North America to lag behind? What is the future of voice assistants, and how are smart companies using them to enhance and advance the customer experience?

What is digital transformation? In this Brightline Initiative Podcast recorded in London, Stuart Crainer interviews Karolin Frankenberger, co-author of the book The Business Model Navigator. The two discuss digital transformation - not cutting edge technology,  or digitizing products or processes, but rather holistic transformation of businesses with significantly changed value creation processes.  What mistakes do companies commonly make in pursuit of digital transformation?  Frankenberger discusses what delays in adoptation executives should watch out for.

In this Brightline Initiative Podcast recorded in London, Stuart Crainer interviews Steve Goldbach, co-author of the book Detonate. In the book, Goldbach observes that executives are very clear about their fears of disruption, and have done very little in the way of actually challenging orthodoxies within their organizations.

Stephen Frost, CEO of the Inclusion Consultancy, Frost Included, in conversation with Stuart Crainer.

Marshall Van Alstyne in conversation with Thinkers 50 founder Des Dearlove. The two discuss Fake News and how its ramifications run more deeply than most people acknowledge.

In this conversation between Des Dearlove and Marshall Van Alstyne, Professor at Boston University and author of Platform Revolution, the two discuss the nature of platforms and the three requirements for something to qualify as a platform.

Alex Hill, Cofounder and Director of The Centre for High Performance, discusses his research to discover seven long-lasting organisations.

How are failures connected? How can complex systems be fixed and improved with simple tools?

Would you buy a Jaguar if you knew it was 3D-printed? What other technological revolutions are underway that might radically shift power in corporations and around the world?

Thinkers50's Stuart Crainer interviews Ricardo Vargas, Executive Director of the Brightline Initiative, about why we need to be aware of the gap between new business ideas and their implementation.

Stuart Crainer interviews Dan Pontefract on his books, Flat Army, The Purpose Effect, and now Open to Think.

The Qi Effect: in our organizations, we design and implement processes, procedures and rules to control events and produce our desired outcomes. The problem is events are not as predictable as they seem to be, so we create new rules to deal with those problems. It creates a bureaucratic nightmare. The antidote? Qi. Qi (pronounced chee) stands for Quality Interaction and is a new way of thinking about strategy execution. At the heart of understanding Qi is understanding what it means to be a person in relation with others.

In this podcast brought to you in partnership with the Brightline Initiative, Stuart Crainer is in coversation with Sheena Iyengar, professor of business at Columbia University, and best-selling author of “The Art of Choosing,” which was named one of the best business books of 2010 by the Financial Times. In this conversation, Iyengar discusses The Art of Choosing, a Columbia course called "Think Bigger", and a concept she has named "The Authenticity Complex."

Howard Yu, author of "Leap: How to Thrive in a World Where Everything Can Be Copied", discusses the common pain point of executives whose products can be copied at any moment.

In this podcast brought to you in partnership with the Brightline Initiative, Des Dearlove discusses Tendayi Viki and 1508 ’s new report, Innovation Made Tangible. Tendayi and 1508 maintain that in the last several years innovation has become the most important part of many business leaders’ toolkit, and over 70% of C-Suite leaders view innovation as the most important capability for the future sustainability of their companies.

Andrew Kakabadse explains how the Five Qs affect leadership and governance

Andrew Kakabadse discusses MQ and EQ from the Five Qs

Stuart Crainer and Andrew Kakabadse discuss the Five Qs: IQ, EQ, PQ (your political skills), RQ (your resilience) and MQ (your moral quotient).

George Binney talks to Stuart Crainer about why he thinks leadership has become too managerial.

Deborah Rowland's talk on how to lead change from the Thinkers50 2017 Gala event

Stuart Crainer interviews Ricardo Vargas, the Executive Director of the Brightline Initiative.

Des Dearlove interviews Scott Anthony, coauthor of the new book, Dual Transformation: How to Reposition Today’s Business While Creating the Future.

Stuart Crainer interviews Susan David on her book Emotional Agility.

John Mattone talks with Stu about leadership and executive coaching.

Nilofer Merchant talks to us about her latest book, The Power of Onlyness: Make Your Wild Ideas Mighty Enough to Dent the World

Globalisation strategies and how they affect business today

Rita McGrath talks to us about strategic inflection points, how they come about, and what companies can do.

Stuart Crainer interviews Jonas Ridderstråle about growing female talent, adhocracy, and more.

Alf Rehn talks to us about innovation and the European Business Forum.

Stuart Crainer interviews Mark Esposito on his latest book "Understanding How the Future Unfolds".

Stuart Crainer interviews Andrew Kakabadse about his research in strategic thinking.

Stuart Crainer interviews Margarita Mayo on authentic leadership.

Stuart Crainer interviews Joseph Pistrui of IE Business School about entrepreneurship.

Stuart Crainer interviews Enrique Dans about the influence of robotics and technology on work.

Stuart Crainer talks with Chris Voss about his book Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It.

Stuart Crainer interviews Robert Cialdini about pre-suasion.

How is project management the lingua franca of the business world?

Stuart Crainer interviews Soren Kaplan, author of The Invisible Advantage.

Des Dearlove interviews Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez about project management and his concept of Projects Inc.

Henry Chesbrough explains Open Innovation.

Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove are in Silicon Valley to hunt for new business ideas.

Work in Progress: Anil Gupta, Roger Martin, Syd Finkelstein, Navi Radjou, Niraj Dawar, Mark Esposito, Subir Chowdhury and Juan Pablo Vazquez Sampere share their work in progress in this new Thinkers50 podcast

Niraj Dawar talks about his book Tilt, as well as three shifts that are taking place in business.

Niraj Dawar speaks about branding at the Thinkers50 2015 event.

At Thinkers50 2015, Liz Mellon, Anil Gupta, and Don Tapscott talk about global inequality on this panel.

Stew Friedman talks to Maurice Schweitzer about his research from "Friend and Foe".