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Sydney Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds degrees from Concordia University (Montreal), the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published more than 25 books and 100 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the "leadership guide for the Networked Age." Dr. Finkelstein's Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Sydney-Finkelstein/author/B001H6QOEM - Learn more about IMS and future sessions with thought leaders like Dr. Sydney Finkelstein: https://ims-online.com/ Single Servings (bite-sized video clips that answer your most pressing leadership and management challenges) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNwWl_bClmVyp_YJxfrDJy4kGhRxaxJZm Relevant IMS Leadership and Management Articles https://blog.ims-online.com/ Connect on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesagood/ Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (01:05) Superbosses background (02:43) Superbosses across different industries (06:23) 3 types of Superbosses (10:21) Superbosses are everywhere and aren't always in leadership positions (12:39) Tip: Advice to people early in their careers (15:01) Coaching, delegating, and vision (16:52) Tool: Habits of SuperBosses (21:28) Motivating employees (23:36) Galvanize employees around a vision (26:08) The why of your business and work (28:05) Leadership is not linear (29:37) What Superbosses look for in other people (32:55) Untapped talent pools (35:01) Conclusion

Episode SummaryIn this final episode of Season 4, I bring you Rob Kapilow. A musical savant, innovator, and global presence, listening to Rob is like taking a master class in music, and in life. From Duke Ellington to Joseph Campbell, from Beethoven to the Beatles, and from Yale to Paris to Native American reservations, Rob Kapilow will take you on the classic Sydcast journey of discovery, creativity, and learning. Sydney Finkelstein Sydney Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 100 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, as well as a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world. His latest projects include the leading podcast, The Sydcast, that uncovers and shares the stories of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life, as well as a new series of online courses based on his life's work available at Coursera.Rob KapilowFor over 30 years, Rob Kapilow has brought the joy and wonder of classical music – and unraveled some of its mysteries – to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Characterized by his unique ability to create an “aha” moment for his audiences and collaborators, whatever their musical sophistication or naiveté, Kapilow's work brings music into people's lives: opening new ears to musical experiences and helping people to listen actively rather than just hear.Kapilow's range of activities is astonishingly broad, including his What Makes It Great?® presentations (now for over 20 seasons in New York and Boston), his family compositions and Family Musik® events, his Citypieces, corporate programs, and residencies with institutions as diverse as the National Gallery of Canada and Stanford University. The reach of his interactive events and activities is wide, from Native American tribal communities in Montana and inner-city high school students in Louisiana to audiences in Kyoto and Kuala Lumpur and tots barely out of diapers to musicologists in Ivy League programs.Insights from this episode: Where Rob's love for music came fromLearning about different genres of musicGrowing his skills in musicGetting the right skills for musicWhat makes a great songWhat is creativity, and how to tap into itThe importance of listeningInsights into American musicHow music connects usQuotes from the show:“To me, really, I didn't know there was any difference between The Beatles, jazz, and piano music. To me, there was just music. Only later did I learn that you are in separate niches, separate categories” —Rob Kapilow [7:22]“One of my favorite quotes is from Joseph Campbell, the brilliant writer on mythology, and he says ‘The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are'” —Rob Kapilow [8:42]“Aside from taking apart what actually makes a song like She Loves You by The Beatles great musically, which I can certainly do, there's also the sense that it often is part of someone's life experience” —Rob Kapilow [18:34]“At the heart of all great creators, is the kind of ability to pay attention, but not only to just pay attention to what's happening but to listen for possibilities” —Rob Kapilow [23:17]“I realized that listening is such a larger thing than just hearing” —Rob Kapilow [28:46]“You cannot hate immigrants when you've heard their stories. Let's not politicize this, but humanize it” —Rob Kapilow [45:45]​​“The whole purpose of a piece of music is to show that we are all connected. That beneath our surface differences, we are all connected” —Rob Kapilow [58:00]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastRob KapilowWebsite: https://robkapilow.comTwitter: Rob KapilowFacebook: Rob Kapilow Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryHow does it happen that an English teacher and sports coach becomes a renowned actor? Ben Koldyke – who played Don Frank on How I Met Your Mother and many other roles – tells us, along with cameo insights about Aaron Sorkin, Second City, and Dartmouth College.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Ben KoldykeBen Koldyke has worked on some of the most renowned comedy series, including THE GOOD PLACE, SILICON VALLEY, and CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM. He starred in the NBC comedy series MR. ROBINSON with Craig Robinson was featured in a series-long arc on MASTERS OF SEX with Michael Sheen. Before that, Koldyke was in Craig Gillespie's THE FINEST HOURS for Disney opposite Chris Pine. He most recently appeared in Peacock's RUTHERFORD FALLS opposite Ed Helms. He is based in LA.Insights from this episode: Ben Koldyke's early daysChallenges Ben has faced transitioning from an athletic aspect to the artsThe ups and downs of an acting careerWhy he made the shift from sports to actingLearning how to actUsing his sports background as an advantage in actingWhat it takes to be a good actorQuotes from the show:“What's interesting to me about sports and acting, when you are trained as an athlete, it's challenging to take on an artistic sort of way of life” —Ben Koldyke [6:09]“This (acting) is an incredibly competitive environment, but if you are on the creative side there just has to be a temperance, there just has to be an understanding that this is not an all or nothing sort of thing; that opportunities will come and go and you just have keep a sort of middle ground, almost a meditative middle ground, that allows you to deal with the whims of what is a very up and down business” —Ben Koldyke [8:13]“At age 30, much my parents chagrin and utter confusion, I said I was going to go to California and teach at the Kipp School, in Inglewood and I was going to study how to be an actor and a writer; and that's what I did!” —Ben Koldyke [13:08]“Instead of it being a hindrance (sports background), instead of it being something that I needed to overcome, he taught me to incorporate it, to use it, (…) I was taught to really celebrate it and utilize it which I thought was really insightful and helpful for me” —Ben Koldyke [17:08]“To get a pilot having never acted before is very very rare: it seemed normal to me for about a second, and then I came down to earth” —Ben Koldyke [33:46]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastBen KoldykeWebsite: Ben KoldykeSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryWhat is it like being on the radio? In New Hampshire, that means interviewing would-be Presidents, but for Mike Morin it also means being curious, open-minded, and occasionally even pulling crazy stunts that upset half of his listeners. A life in radio in the “Live Free or Die” state.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Mike MorinAll-around media man Mike Morin began his writing career in 2004 with his first humor column in the Nashua Telegraph. Since then, his list of publications includes this magazine, The Boston Globe, the New Hampshire Business Review, Clean Eating, and more. He's also the author of several books, including “50 Shades of Radio” and his most recent, “Lunch With Tommy and Stasia,” about the glory days of candlepin bowling (for which he was a TV announcer once upon a time). He spent more than four decades in radio, with a memorable stint on WZID's morning show. He took some time off from broadcasting but has since returned to the early morning radio waves – you can find him on 106.3 FM, Monday to Friday, from 6-9 a.m. Insights from this episode: When Mike discovered he wanted to be on radioMike's life growing upHow Mike got on radioWhat makes a good talk show hostMaintaining a bond with your listenersInteresting guests Mike has interviewedBeing on air after 9/11Life after vocal cord surgeryQuotes from the show:“Within a year, I actually had my first professional radio job while I was still in college. So I was driven, and I was determined i'm not gonna wait till my degree to get my first job” —Mike Morin [11:20]“Everybody has a story, you just have to know how to get it out of them. So to get people to talk to me, you have to know the kind of buttons to push” —Mike Morin [14:08]“At some point you have to come terms with the fact that there's someone that is just larger than ordinary, and ideally embrace it and love it, respect it and admire it, but not let it get you kind of in a funk, or down ” —Syd Finkelstein [32:49]“This is one of the tricks I have learned over the years, is when you interview people, you give them one or two kind of soft ball questions and let them get comfortable with you” —Mike Morin [38:34]“Thinking out of the box is what you gotta do sometime, doesn't always work. When you take a chance and bet on yourself, good things do happen” —Mike Morin [42:25]“First of all, no matter who you have on, you're gonna upset your half your audience (…) People don't accept you for your views these days, they just accept you if they like you, or not” —Mike Morin [46:59]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastMike MorinWebsite: Mike MorinFacebook: Mike Morin Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryLaurie Wallmark is a pioneer – one of the first women at Princeton, a software engineer, a computer science professor, an entrepreneur who created an online bookstore before Amazon ever did, and now, an award-winning writer of picture book biographies of women in STEM, for kids. Passionate about science, writing, teaching, and learning, Laurie shares her story, on this episode of The Sydcast.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Laurie Wallmark Award-winning author Laurie Wallmark writes picture book biographies of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) as well as fiction. Her books have earned five starred trade reviews, been chosen as Junior Library Guild Selections, and received awards such as Outstanding Science Trade Book, Best STEM Book, Cook Prize Honor Book, Crystal Kite Award, Mathical Honor Book, and Parents' Choice Gold Medal. Her titles include Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine, Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code, Hedy Lamarr's Double Life, Numbers In Motion, Code Breaker, Spy Hunter, and her debut fiction picture book, Dino Pajama Party. Laurie has an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and is a former software engineer and computer science professor. Insights from this episode: How Laurie ended up writing booksLaurie's supportive parents while pursuing STEM coursesTeaching kids about failureInsights on Laurie being an outlier What it feels like to represent a minority groupBuilding her own companyInsights into Laurie's e-commerce businessInsights into illustrations in booksWhat makes a successful picture bookLessons she has learned from being a children's book authorQuotes from the show:“The key to writing is rewriting and editing” —Syd Finkelstein [6:15]“When you first start writing like that and you are not coming from this whole background where you've been writing all your life, you don't tell people because what if it doesn't sell? what if it's no good?” —Laurie Wallmark [9:59]“One of the things that we are trying to show kids, especially in the sciences, is that failure is a part of the process. That it really is part of the process of advancing science” —Laurie Wallmark [10:58]“An individual has that inner strength and support, family support, friendship support, to be able to show that YES, she can do it, in spite of the naysayers” —Laurie Wallmark [14:08]“That stereotyping is so common and it's something that is being recognized in business, in schools, in society, way more than ever before, but it's still there” —Syd Finkelstein [14:56]“I started a mail order company that sold books about adoption and infertility (…) I had a bookstore on the web before Amazon did!” —Laurie Wallmark [25:16]“What makes a good picture book? That one is easy. A good picture book is one that kids are going to want to read or be read to over and over again. You know it's not a one and done” —Laurie Wallmark [38:42]“I started way before this current wave of picture book biographies, and especially picture book biographies of underrepresented women in STEM. I like to think that I started the wave and then people just followed right behind me” —Laurie Wallmark [45:59]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastLaurie Wallmark Website: Laurie WallmarkTwitter: Laurie WallmarkSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryHow do we make it easier for people around the world to learn and get the tools to innovate and become entrepreneurs? In this episode, founder Alejandro Juárez Crawford shares his answer: RebelBase, a company that is helping people understand problems and launch experiments that can become solutions. Erudite and articulate, Alejandro is that unique leader who can share his philosophy about innovation and purpose while grounded in the everyday reality of what works and what doesn't.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Alejandro Juárez CrawfordAlejandro Juárez Crawford, co-founder & CEO, leads RebelBase, the SaaS equipping students, employees, and citizens to build solutions of their own. He serves as a Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Bard MBA in Sustainability. Previously, he led the boutique consultancy Acceleration Group. He earned his BA at Cornell and his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Crawford led RebelBase as it built and successfully commercialized its library of educational modules, cloud-based interactive tools, and state-of-the-art methodology. In 2020-2021, his research has expanded to university systems from Bangladesh to Kyrgyzstan, through Bard's new course sequence for changemakers supported by the Open Society University Network. He writes and speaks widely on expanding access to innovation, and keynotes events such as Erasmus+ ISYEC and Europe's Towards Collaborative Practice. Recent publications include “An Ecosystem Framework for Credentialing Entrepreneurs,” from the Research Triangle Institute, and a chapter in the Federal Reserve's Investing in America's Workforce (Upjohn, 2018). In 2020 he co-won the Roddenberry Award to create a documentary about game-changing initiatives developed using the RebelBase platform.Insights from this episode: Details about RebelBaseWhat RebelBase doesHow to deal with pessimistsSolving problems with people who understand the problemDetails on the bottom-up approach to solving problemsHow to build a culture of experimentationHow to maintain a culture of experimentation as the company grows biggerThe importance of constructive criticism when building a productQuotes from the show:“Up until now, it's been very difficult for regular people to think that they could launch an experiment and how to make it work better, and RebelBase makes that possible. RebelBase democratizes and accelerates bottom-up innovation by enabling people who understand problems to launch experiments that could become solutions” —Alejandro Juárez Crawford [7:00]“When you give folks the tools to create these experiments, something dramatic happens (…) suddenly you've actually asked the person who understands the problem what needs to be solved” —Alejandro Juárez Crawford [17:25]“We do a lot of work on researching skills and mindset change by users on this platform because not every solution, not every experiment is going to succeed” —Alejandro Juárez Crawford [27:43]“Often, actually the experimentation that most people do is taking things we already know work and figuring out how to do them in new places and new ways” —Alejandro Juárez Crawford [35:50]“Comfort with failure is itself a trainable mentality” —Alejandro Juárez Crawford [41:02]“We are not just trying to encourage risk-taking, we are trying to encourage calculated experimentation where the point of our experiments is to learn what works, to learn from your users what to adopt, to learn how you could then move to a larger group of users and get them to existing channels” —Alejandro Juárez Crawford [46:45]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastAlejandro Juárez CrawfordLinkedIn: Alejandro Crawford Website: https://rebelbase.coSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryHannah Kearney is an Olympic Gold Medal Winner in freestyle skiing. She's won 46 World Cup races. And now she's retired, and ready to reflect on what it's like to be the best in the world and how you come down from that high to live a productive, and energizing, life.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Hannah Kearney Hannah grew up in Norwich, Vermont, and was introduced to Freestyle skiing through the Ford Sayre after-school program at the Dartmouth Skiway. She went on to win Olympic gold in 20210 and a bronze in 2014 in mogul skiing. She also won 46 World Cup competitions and 6 World Cup Overall Mogul titles during 13 years on the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team. Hannah completed her freshman year at Dartmouth by attending each spring trimester during the last few years of her athletic career. Upon retiring in 2015, she moved to Park City and graduated from Westminster College with a Marketing degree. Hannah now works in development for the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Foundation; she trains young athletes in the gym and founded Fitness From Afar to teach virtual workout challenges.Insights from this episode: The Beijing OlympicsWhat determines a score in skiingSkills and techniques in skiing How Hannah learned skiingWhat she loves about skiingWhen she knew she was good at skiingThe role of role models in Hannah's skiingHannah's failure in skiing and bouncing backMental health issues in athletesWhat happens leading up to the raceQuotes from the show:“I enjoyed that adrenaline, and I think it allowed me to perform better. You know adrenaline can be a pressure that paralyzes you or can allow you to perform better. And just like being an athlete, I sort of embraced it, and I think it made the experience more interesting” —Hannah Kearney [8:01]“I was 16 years old; I was a sophomore at Hanover High School when I both made the U.S ski team and when back flips were permitted in the sport” —Hannah Kearney [19:06]“One of the things I love about skiing is it's one of the few Olympic sports that's also a lifelong sport, and not just a lifelong sport; tennis and golf would fall under this category, but its a family sport” —Hannah Kearney [22:11]“I do think there's some belief by the people around me, my parents and my coaches, that helped me excel cause they thought I could be good, so they gave me the attention. I, in turn, also took that, and I wanted to work really hard” —Hannah Kearney [26:31]“Even the best athletes in the world, Mikaela Shiffrin is certainly one of those; nobody has a 100% winning percentage. So, inevitably, there's going to be stumbling blocks along the way” —Hannah Kearney [32:59]“If you are in these sports that are so acrobatic and skill-based, that pressure then creates physical symptoms where you are unable to perform your best” —Hannah Kearney [37:25]“Whether it's because it's like the nature of the sport or it's whether the way that I was driven, I was very self-centered, I suppose, and I say that hopefully not in a bad way, but just, I was so focused on what I needed to do to improve week after week, especially towards the end of my career where I was winning fairly consistently” —Hannah Kearney [49:46]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastHannah KearneyInstagram: Hannah Kearney (@hannahakearney) Twitter: Hannah Kearney (@HK_Ski) Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryHow's life growing up in a neighborhood where no one looks like you? In this episode, I talk to a former student, Wendy Pease, who grew up overseas and learned to adapt to life where she was the one who stood out. Now, many years later, perhaps unsurprisingly, she runs a business focused on managing cultural and language barriers. From melting pots to immigration, on this episode of The Sydcast a deep dive into an entrepreneurial life set in motion long ago. Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Wendy Pease Wendy MacKenzie Pease is the owner and president of Rapport International, a translation and interpretation services company specializing in marketing, legal, and medical/life sciences translation. Throughout her career, she has worked with hundreds of companies to help them communicate across more than 200 languages and cultures. She is the author of the book, "The Language of Global Marketing," and the podcast host of the "Global Marketing Show." Wendy has an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a BA in Foreign Service & International Politics from Penn State. She is passionate about connecting people, especially across languages and cultures. She lived in Mexico, Taiwan, and the Philippines, where she fell in love with the richness of international cultures and understood that we are all human, no matter the language we speak. Insights from this episode: Wendy's life growing up Growing up in a culturally different neighborhood Getting into business and buying her companyGetting laid off while on maternity leaveLessons Wendy learned running her own company Details about what her company does Building a formidable workforceDetails on her competitor, Google translateThe beauty of different languagesAdvice for people going to other countriesQuotes from the show:“I am an off-the-scale extrovert: I always made friends wherever I went, and I think that's what's given me the love I have for what I do now” —Wendy Pease [14:24]“After two lay-offs on maternity leaves, I decided I was done with doing the corporate thing and wanted to own my own business again. So that's how I ended up buying the company I run now” —Wendy Pease [22:22]“I think the hardest thing for me was work-life balance. When I owned my company before, I was single and young, and in my twenties with tons of energy and a lot of time went into work” —Wendy Pease [27:07]“What we do: our mission is clear, communication for peaceful and prosperous worlds. So what that boils down to is that we do written translations, and spoken interpretation in over 200 languages” —Wendy Pease [28:12]“People used to come into the U.S and say, ‘I'm gonna get rid of my language and culture, and I'm gonna assimilate, and I'm gonna be American' that's not happening anymore. People are keeping their language” —Wendy Pease [35:17]“My biggest advice is if you are going somewhere to conduct business where English is not the native language (…), my advice is to get an interpreter who fully understands the two languages and two cultures, and then you use your interpreter as your cultural conduit“—Wendy Pease [43:44]“You can go out and hire them (in manufacturing), but if you don't train them in their language, give them opportunities to promote and make them feel included, they are not gonna stay” —Wendy Pease [47:10]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastWendy Pease Linktree: https://linktr.ee/wendypeaseLinkedIn: Wendy (MacKenzie) Pease Twitter: Wendy Pease (@RapportIntl)Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryJohn Carreyrou literally wrote the book on Theranos – the bestseller “Bad Blood,” which built on his earlier writing at the WSJ that broke the story. With Elizabeth Holmes scheduled to be sentenced this week, I sat down with John to get the inside scoop on how he uncovered the Theranos fraud, his take on Holmes, what went wrong and why, and what her sentence is likely to be.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.John CarreyrouJohn Carreyrou is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup. In his reporting for The Wall Street Journal, he was the first to break the scandal surrounding the failed biomedical startup Theranos and the disturbing lies of its wunderkind founder, Stanford dropout Elizabeth Holmes. A compelling speaker, Carreyrou discusses the ethical lapses, the credulous media coverage, and the lax oversight that allowed Theranos to achieve a “unicorn” valuation of $9 billion and shares with audiences the lessons that can be learned from its fall.Bad Blood was also named the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year. The HBO documentary based on the Theranos story, The Inventor, was directed by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney and premiered at Sundance. A graduate of Duke University, Carreyrou lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and three children.Insights from this episode: Details about John's bookTheranos scandal and how John discovered itThe intimidation, threats, and stonewalling John experienced when covering the scandalDetails about Elizabeth Holmes's trialConfidential informants being stalked during the trialWhat Elizabeth Holmes did wrong and how she was able to build credibilityQuotes from the show:“I had done a lot of reporting about health care medicine by then and enough to know that that's not usually how things happen (Theranos scandal). Usually, people who make advances in medical fields are trained and then do decades of research before they add value” —John Carreyrou [9:14]“It wasn't until late April/May of 2015 that I began approaching the company and letting them know that I was doing a story and could they answer these questions. At that point they tried to stonewall me, they gave me the silent treatment for about a month, but then I think it dawned on them that I wasn't going away” —John Carreyrou [20:21]“They knew that those three employees (Adam Rosendorff, Tyler Shultz, and Erika Cheung) had left with objections and raising doubts, and their suspicions immediately gravitated toward them” —John Carreyrou [24:39]“That's what you call affinity fraud. You surround yourself with people who have a lot of credibility and prestigious names, and you borrow their credibility. That is very much what took place. In this case, Elizabeth was able to do that” —John Carreyrou [40:23]“She was convicted of defrauding investors. To me, that isn't the worst part of the scandal. What I consider to be the worst part is the fact she went live with a medical product that didn't work. She had a machine called the Edison, it was very limited and its capabilities could only do a handful of blood tests, and it didn't perform it accurately” —John Carreyrou [29:23]“To me, her biggest crime is that she knowingly commercialized a medical product that she knew was deficient, that she knew was flawed, that she knew didn't work. She put patients in harm's way, she endangered the public health” —John Carreyrou [30:30]“[About cutting corners] Elizabeth Holmes is someone who was well aware of this history, of this lure. She knew that people like Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs had cut corners earlier in their careers and she felt entitled to do the same” —John Carreyrou [33:21]“The Theranos scandal is a reminder that fine, bring your new ideas and your money to the problems in healthcare but, you got to remember it's not the same world as software and that the stakes are much higher. If you don't bear that in mind then what happened to Elizabeth Holmes will happen to you” —John Carreyrou [37:07]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastJohn CarreyrouLinkedIn: John Carreyrou Twitter: John CarreyrouSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryWhat's it like to work at the top levels of marketing in major companies? Kenny Mitchell – an Emmy Award nominated leader who combines creativity with business smarts – describes his move to Big Tech, life at Snapchat (he's the CMO there), augmented reality, and what he wished he knew when he was 20 years old that he knows now.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Kenny MitchellKenny Mitchell is the Chief Marketing Officer of Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat. He guides the brand and business marketing efforts, focusing on driving the growth of the global Snapchat community and the base of advertising and developer partners. Previously, Mitchell was an accomplished leader at McDonald's U.S., Gatorade, and NASCAR, where he oversaw the marketing efforts related to key consumer touch-points – creative, digital, design, retail and experiential. Over his 20-year career, Mitchell has received numerous awards and recognitions, including being named one of “The Most Creative People in Business” by Fast Company, Forbes CMO NEXT, AdWeek 50, Business Insider: 25 Most Innovative CMOs, and Campaign Power 100. He has also won numerous creative awards, including multiple Cannes Lions, film festival selections, Tribeca, and two Emmy nominations. Mitchell also is a Member of the Board of Directors for e.l.f. Beauty. Mitchell holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business. He was inducted into Dartmouth's Sports Hall of Fame as a men's basketball team member. He and his wife, Heather, live in Los Angeles and have a daughter, Carter.Insights from this episode: Details about SnapKenny's career journeyDeveloping new appsKenny's biggest competitorDetails about augmented reality and the metaverseThe future of the metaverseThe role of AR in the real worldThe role of marketing in an organizationKenny's nomination for an Emmy AwardKenny's hiring processQuotes from the show:“At its core, Snapchat is a kind of visual communication app or platform that helps to enhance relationships between your friends and family and give you a connection to the world with augmented reality (AR)” —Kenny Mitchell [5:53]“What a lot of new apps and businesses find is that it can be tricky to quickly build a dependable and honorable business against platforms in many cases that already have the audience that you are looking to build” —Kenny Mitchell [8:53]“Our focus is really building out more and more advanced AR experiences and looking to establishing an ecosystem around augmented reality, that's what we believe is the true next computing platform” —Kenny Mitchell [19:36]“We think that unlocking computing all over the world through hardware that is connected to the real world is probably what the future looks like, and we have a little bit of confidence because we are seeing the way that AR is being used in our platform so much right now” —Kenny Mitchell [22:34]“The center of gravity really sits with the marketing of an organization” —Kenny Mitchell [28:35]“Personally, I've always had a proclivity towards innovation. That's probably more the reason that when they (Snap Inc) circled around a few years later looking for a CMO they wanted someone who understood the Snapchat audience, understood product and platform really well, and was great from the innovation, creativity, and storytelling perspective” —Kenny Mitchell [36:48]“The other thing that is pretty unique and special about Snap is that its culture is underpinned by these three core values of kind, creative and smart” —Kenny Mitchell [43:03]“The thing that is very specific to marketing is that we make stuff that goes out into the world. There is something incredibly gratifying about that” —Kenny Mitchell [46:46]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastKenny MitchellLinkedIn: Kenneth Mitchell Twitter: Kenny Mitchell (@kmitch) Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryDave Johnson is a Silicon Valley attorney and climate change activist whose attention to design thinking suggests a less well-traveled approach to dealing with global threats.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Dave JohnsonDave Johnson is a lawyer, teacher, and writer. Over the last twenty years, he has served as general counsel for several tech companies in Silicon Valley. For the last decade, he has held teaching and research posts at Stanford Law School and the Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He is currently working on a book titled Climate Activism by Design, bringing design principles to bear on citizen activists responding to corporate and government inaction on this immediate, existential crisis facing all of humankind.Insights from this episode: What design thinking isEmpathy in businessBuzzwords in leadership Differences between empathy and sympathyImportance of criticismDesign thinking for legal systemsApplication of design thinking to social systemsDetails about the content in his bookQuotes from the show:“My take on this is that design thinking in its most core form was always somewhere inside the sphere of design work” —Dave Johnson [11:20]“I think empathy can be categorized as yet another buzzword, which is a term that has some inherent meaning, but it gets lost on a larger crowd because it's more about saying the most current idea that is coming out of the business schools or engineering schools” —Dave Johnson [18:00]“Empathy is a sort of innate skill that oftentimes sociopaths are very adept at using. It's important to understand that it's a powerful tool and has to be used with quite a bit of care” —Dave Johnson [22:19]“Some of that criticism is healthy and useful for furthering, both restraining and honing the idea as it moves forward and some of it is just, for lack of a better phrase, complaining” —Dave Johnson [23:31]“Steve Jobs is famous for, I'm going to paraphrase him, ‘People think that design is how the product looks. We don't think that at all, design is how the product works'” —Dave Johnson [26:09]“Design is going from the idea, the concept, to actually creating the service or product. Virtually none of which has anything to do with the marketing department” —Dave Johnson [26:17]“It's in human nature, it's deep in our brain DNA: We respond to critical threats, and we do not respond well to chronic threats. We respond to the acute and not the chronic, and climate change is the chronic” —Dave Johnson [40:46]“We are waiting for, in America, too long, for some kind of trigger spark that gets everybody to take the step from outside of the circle to inside the circle, and that then develops its own momentum” —Dave Johnson [48:30]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastMaron GreenleafLinkedIn: Dave Johnson Website: David JohnsonSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryClimate change is here, from wildfires to hurricanes and a gradual rise in temperatures. Carbon offsets have become prominent weapons in the war against climate change, but what does it really mean in practice? And on the ground in Brazil? Maron Greenleaf is an anthropologist studying these very questions. What is she learning about the economics, science, and politics that underpin the battle for global sustainability?Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Maron GreenleafMaron Greenleaf is a sociocultural anthropologist, political ecologist, and legal scholar studying climate change, forests, and green economies. Maron is completing an ethnographic book manuscript on carbon offsets in the Brazilian Amazon and is starting new research on reforestation in post-industrial England. She also co-founded Dartmouth's Energy Justice Clinic, where she works with community partners and Dartmouth students to understand and support socially just transitions to renewable energy. Maron holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Stanford University, a JD from New York University, and a BA in Political Science from Yale University. She is an Assistant Professor in Dartmouth College's Department of Anthropology.Insights from this episode: Maron becoming a professorMaron's Buddhist practice and how it helped spark interest in sustainabilityMaron's life growing upGrowing up in a Buddhist home in AmericaDeveloping interest in anthropologyInsights into carbon offsetsMaron's work in BrazilConcerns of creating concernsQuotes from the show:“I went to law school with the intention of studying carbon markets, and how markets and law could address this looming crisis” —Maron Greenleaf [8:38]“One thing my parents taught me, I think this does come from the Buddhist tradition, is that boredom is okay. It's okay to be bored and out of boredom comes a lot of creativity and self-sufficiency” —Maron Greenleaf [11:45]“It was (Buddhist practice) very nurturing and the kind of basic teaching was that everyone is basically good, but there's inherent desire to live a good life” —Maron Greenleaf [12:34]“One way for a company to reduce or eliminate their emissions is through, actually, polluting less, but another way is through buying offsets so that other people pollute less” —Maron Greenleaf [25:27]“Forests are not empty of people, even though they are often imagined to be. In fact, hundreds of millions of people are connected to tropical forests” —Maron Greenleaf [31:42]“They (Brazilians and their ancestors) spent a lot of time in the forest, and so, they understand that the forests can be very valuable economically: so they don't really want to deforest, but that's the only way that they have been able to make money” —Maron Greenleaf [41:36]“That book is an account of what I have been talking about. It's not optimistic in a lot of ways, but I think understanding the way the efforts to create green economies have worked so far, their limitations, but also their successes (…) I think that can help inform the measures that are going to be taken in the future” —Maron Greenleaf [43:20]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastMaron GreenleafWebsite: Maron Greenleaf – Anthropology and Environment SocietyTwitter: Maron Greenleaf Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryTwo women – one studying economics with her own fashion line (Avalux) and a member of the US 2020 Olympic team in rugby, the other a first-generation low-income Latina college student in bioengineering looking to increase representation in academia while studying developmental genetics in women's health. An up-close conversation with Olympian Ariana Ramsey and aspiring PhD student Samantha Carranza, on The Sydcast.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Ariana RamseyAriana Ramsey was born in Philadelphia and raised outside the King of Prussia. She is an Economics major at Dartmouth College and a Division I Women's Rugby team member. She recently was named and participated in the 2020 Olympic Games on Tokyo's Women's USA Rugby team. Samantha CarranzaSam is a senior at Dartmouth College pursuing her Bachelor of Arts in Engineering Sciences and her Bachelor of Engineering in Biological Engineering. On campus, she's a QuestBridge Scholar and dedicates much of her time to advocating for equity and inclusivity in the spaces she takes part. Upon graduating, she aspires to obtain her Ph.D. in biological engineering with a focus on developmental genetics in women's health. As a first-generation low-income Latina, her ultimate goal is to increase representation and equity in academia while making impactful contributions to the biological field.Insights from this episode: Samantha and Ariana's lives growing upSamantha's experience at Dartmouth CollegeHow their parents impacted their livesHow Samantha found a support group in collegeHow Ariana started playing rugby Joining the Olympic teamBuilding resilience in their lives Discrimination in campusAriana's entrepreneurial journeyQuotes from the show:“When we think about what these great schools can do for students, for young people, when we bring in more people that have not had all kinds of advantages, the first kids in their families to go to university, the impact, the depth of that impact is really gigantic” —Syd Finkelstein [2:47]“I have always known that I wanted to go to college and my mom, she has always encouraged me to go, and my father always encouraged me to go, as well as my grandparents” —Ariana Ramsey [13:36]“That year of training, 5 hours a day, is crucial for improvement and development. I think that applies to anything that people are trying to accomplish. If you put those hours in every day, daily for every week, I think you can really accomplish a lot” —Ariana Ramsey [16:44]“It's because of those people who came from backgrounds like mine, who came before me that I have the opportunity to be in a school like this, and I have the opportunity to do things I do and to engage in all these activities on campus” —Samantha Carranza [21:02]“It's so hard for me to address what the actual discrimination is because it's so deeply ingrained that you can't really put it into words” —Ariana Ramsey [25:41]“One thing I think that is very prominent here that people don't talk about is the implication behind the beauty standards of being a woman of color around this campus. I feel like being a woman of color on this campus means that we are held to much different almost more intense beauty standards than white women. It's really unfortunate” —Samantha Carranza [27:20]“It's really remarkable how just having someone that looks or acts or behaves or thinks the way you do makes such a difference” —Syd Finkelstein [38:51]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastAriana RamseyWebsite: https://arianaramsey.comInstagram: Ariana RamseySamantha CarranzaLinkedIn: Samantha CarranzaSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryUniversity students and Covid. Scholar-athletes fighting to preserve their sport in a diminished resource environment during Covid. African-American students willing to have the “uncomfortable” conversations with classmates, professors, and administrators. Competing to get better every day. Kevin Boyce from Brown University, on The Sydcast.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Kevin Boyce Born and Raised in Columbus, Ohio, Kevin Boyce is a Brown student. He most recently graduated undergrad studying Business, Entrepreneurship, and Organizational studies and intends to complete his master's in Public Affairs this spring. He is a sprinter on Brown's track and field team doing his college career. Outside of Track, he has also been involved in community building and advocacy for marginalized communities at Brown, most recently serving as a staffer for the Brown Center for Students of Color and having been appointed to Brown's Anti-Black Racism Task Force, whose goal was to best address how the university handles issues of racism in a way that reflects Brown's mission of education, scholarship, and service to society.Insights from this episode: The impact of Kevin's classes on his lifeDiversity in campusKevin's life on campusStudying during COVID-19Kevin's copying mechanisms during COVID-19The importance of setting boundariesWhat it takes to be a fast learnerKevin's definition of winningQuotes from the show:“It (studying during COVID-19) was such a chaotic experience just particularly the way that everything unfolded so fast” —Kevin Boyce [15:19]“For me personally, it was hard to not be as active as I had been. I had to find new ways to be active” —Kevin Boyce [18:24]“It was still nice to have some sort of social interactions. I personally appreciated and appreciate my friends a lot more than I have before. I am not saying I didn't appreciate them, but we really take that for granted when you have it and it's taken away from you” —Kevin Boyce [20:26]“Sprinting in particular is a very technical experience. It's not just going out there and just running as fast as you can. A lot of it is form, a lot of it is positioning of your body, a lot of it is general strength” —Kevin Boyce [26:28]“For me personally, and I think for a lot of people on the team, it's not always just about being the very best of the best, but what it's about is just being better incrementally each and every day. I go to practice every single day just trying to be a little better than I was the day before, a little better than I was the week before, and that progress gets me to be able to win” —Kevin Boyce [30:38]“I just think that in general if you know you are not going to be the very best of the best, you have to 1) believe that you can be and 2) work to get incrementally better every single day” —Kevin Boyce [33:19]“We as a community need to have conversations that do make us feel a little uncomfortable from time to time” —Kevin Boyce [42:42]“I think that putting ourselves in a position to have uncomfortable conversations allows us to really have the progress we seek to make as a collective group, as a human race in general” —Kevin Boyce [43:25]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastKevin Boyce Twitter: Kevin BoyceSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryDiversity in the workplace is top-of-mind for my MBA students and senior leaders alike. In this episode of The Sydcast, I want to profile one organization that's on the front lines, creating opportunities for women in particular to fulfill their career potential. Kristy Wallace, up until very recently head of the Ellevate network, talks about unequal pay between men and women, transparency at work, imposter syndrome, and how to help women in the workforce break through these barriers.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Kristy WallaceKristy Wallace is the former CEO of Ellevate Network, where she was responsible for executing Ellevate Network's mission to close the gender achievement gap in business by providing professional women with a global community to lean on and learn from. She directed the Network's staff, was responsible for business growth and strategy and worked closely with Ellevate's chapter leaders, business partners, and champions to further Ellevate's impact. She stepped down as CEO in July 2022 to pursue new opportunities. Insights from this episode: Details about Ellevate networkKristy's thoughts on the stakeholder capitalism ideaEffects of COVID-19 on employeesWhat a social movement isInsights into activismHow we can impart change in the worldDifferences between women and men in the workplaceDiversity in the workplaceWhy women are still being paid less in the workplaceOvercoming the imposter syndromeQuotes from the show:“As we go through our career, oftentimes the people within our networks might not have the expertise or the insights that we need” —Kristy Wallace [9:36]“As a leader myself, I recognize that the greatest strength for us as a business is our employees” —Kristy Wallace [16:50]“Each of us individually do have some degree of agency, some power, some influence. If a billion people speak up and start talking, and caring, and asking, more progress could be made” —Syd Finkelstein [19:49]“I think if people believe that they actually have the opportunity to make a difference, even as one individual, I think it would be a big thing” —Syd Finkelstein [26:48]“What women bring to the workplace is diversity” —Kristy Wallace [29:13]“I think as humans: always best intent, always hold yourself accountable, create trust in lines of communication” —Kristy Wallace [47:03]“Always stay curious. What I mean by that is just continue to learn and grow as a human, as a leader, and look out for inspiration everywhere in life” —Kristy Wallace [54:33]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastKristy WallaceLinkedIn: Kristy Wallace Twitter: Kristy Wallace (@kristyawallace) Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryCannabis is booming. Whether for medicinal or recreational purposes, more and more US states have legalized the business. How did we get here and where are we going next? A conversation with cannabis insider Chris Walsh on regulation, public policy, market growth, and which established industries will be the first to enter the game.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Chris Walsh Chris served as the founding editor of Marijuana Business Daily during the company's launch in 2011, becoming the first journalist in the United States to focus exclusively on covering the business of cannabis. As CEO, he now guides the company's strategic vision and its sister publication – Hemp Industry Daily – while educating mainstream industries about the marijuana and hemp sectors. Chris has been quoted as one of America's foremost cannabis industry analysts by dozens of media outlets, including Harvard Business Review, NPR, CNBC, and the New York Times. He earned an MBA in international business from Regis University.Insights from this episode: How Chris got involved in the cannabis industryInsights into the cannabis industryThe evolution of the cannabis industryDifferences between the U.S and Canadian marketsThe biggest companies in the US marketDifferences in the growing and development of cannabisQuotes from the show:“When it comes to cannabis, every state in the US has done it (regulations) completely differently” —Chris Walsh [8:18]“For many years, when the industry first started to flourish 10/11 years ago, you couldn't really expand out of state, and you couldn't really expand outside your city. A lot of the companies were very locally based” —Chris Walsh [9:57]“That variety of mechanisms to grow and create a national footprint completely depends on ways to deal with the various state regulations” —Syd Finkelstein [12:22]“The U.S market is still growing and is growing rapidly. It actually hit records during COVID” —Chris Walsh [15:12]“This industry has professionalized because it's regulated. It's still very controversial the types of regulation, but it's professionalized now, and the latest wave is mainstream professionals coming into the industry” —Chris Walsh [20:49]“As an industry gets bigger, and certainly as it becomes more national and there are more choices for consumers, it's hard to figure out what the right one is. If a doctor is prescribing it, it's one thing, but if it is recreational, it's a whole another story” —Syd Finkelstein [25:38]“There is plenty of research that shows that in states that have legalized cannabis, opioid abuse has gone down” —Chris Walsh [38:18]“It has created hundreds of thousands of jobs. It creates business opportunities, it creates tax money, that if used effectively, can go to schools and roads, and we've seen that in many states, and can revive communities” —Chris Walsh [54:09]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastChris Walsh LinkedIn: Chris Walsh MJ Biz Twitter: MJBiz (@MJBizDaily) Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryThe Music Cognition Lab at Princeton University is where researchers study why we love music, how we process while listening, why we like what we like, and countless other creative questions that combine music, cognitive science, and neuroscience. Our guest on this episode of The Sydcast is the scholar and creative force behind the Lab, Professor (and pianist) Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Elizabeth Hellmuth MargulisElizabeth Hellmuth Margulis, author of On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind and The Psychology of Music: A Very Short Introduction, directs the Music Cognition Lab at Princeton University. Her research uses theoretical, behavioral, and neuroimaging methodologies to investigate the dynamic, moment-to-moment experience of listeners without special musical training. She was also trained as a pianist.Insights from this episode: How Elizabeth got into music cognitionHow music is connected to our cognitive stateHow long it took Elizabeth to write a bookInsights into repetition in musical listeningHow repetition affects our musical tastesHow people use music for pleasureSimilarities between ritual and the repetitive aspect of musicEffect of adolescence on people's musical preferencesQuotes from the show:“I genuinely feel very comfortable in situations where I have less expertise or people have more experience in a certain area than me. I find that very energizing and exciting” –Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis [8:00]“There are all kinds of music, and there are types of music that expressly try to avoid this kind of repetition, as they are trying to explore another aspect” –Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis [18:50]“The expectations you have while you listen are important because you need to be familiar enough to generate these expectations” –Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis [23:16]“People use music for all these kinds of purposes including mood regulation, sports preparation. You can find untold, enumerable playlists on Spotify whose title is about some function” –Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis [25:46]“I think there is something about the way ritual often has this repetitive aspect is connected to music's repetitive qualities as well” –Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis [27:22]“Actually, one of the best ways to teach language is through music” –Syd Finkelstein [28:29]“We know that adolescence is the period in life that's most relevant to setting a person's musical preferences: so people are seeking out new stuff and discovering it and choosing it actively as adolescents” –Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis [36:50]“That's part of why you get people's music preferences in their profiles on dating apps and what not: it's because people really do feel like there's something about their identity that resides in these kinds of aesthetics and preferences ” –Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis [40:25]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastElizabeth Hellmuth MargulisWebsite: Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis Twitter: Elizabeth Margulis Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryGina Bianchini is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and founder of Mighty Networks, a platform for creators (of anything) to build out and monetize their content. As a past business partner with legendary entrepreneur and investor Marc Andreessen, Gina has deep roots in startup culture. Who is Gina Bianchini, what is Mighty Networks, and what's it like to be a female entrepreneur in Silicon Valley in the age of Elizabeth Holmes?Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Gina BianchiniGina Bianchini is the Founder & CEO of Mighty Networks. Her mission at Mighty Networks is to usher in a new era of creative business built on community. Mighty serves “creators with a purpose,” selling experiences, relationships, and expertise to their members via community, content, online courses, and subscription commerce–all offered in one place under the creator's brand. Before Mighty Networks, Gina and Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen launched Ning, a pioneering global platform for creating niche social networks. Under her leadership, Ning grew to ~100 million people in 300,000 active social networks across subcultures, professional networks, entertainment, politics, and education. In addition to Mighty Networks, Gina serves as a board director of TEGNA (NYSE: TGNA), a $3 billion dollar broadcast and digital media company, and served as a board director of Scripps Networks (NASDAQ: SNI), a $12 billion dollar public company which owns HGTV, The Food Network, and The Travel Channel that merged with Discovery Communications in 2018. Gina and Mighty Networks have been featured in Fast Company, Wired, Vanity Fair, Bloomberg, and The New York Times. She has appeared on Charlie Rose, CNBC, and CNN. She grew up in Cupertino, California, graduated with honors from Stanford University, started her career in the nascent High Technology Group at Goldman Sachs & Co., and received her M.B.A from Stanford Business School.Insights from this episode: Details about Mighty NetworksWhy it is important to bring communities togetherDetails on how private communities can help build connections How creators build their communitiesThe importance of creating valuable communitiesHow Gina created online courses on Mighty Networks Where Gina's initial idea for Mighty Networks came fromHow Gina's childhood shaped her into building communitiesInsights into building sustainable relationshipsLessons Gina learned from Mark AndersonGina's experience as a female entrepreneur in Silicon ValleyQuotes from the show:“The world needs community innovation, and specifically software that makes each and every one of us better” –Gina Bianchini [8:06]“What motivates me as an entrepreneur and a human being is there is all sorts of things that software can do that we have not built yet” –Gina Bianchini [10:02]“The things that make us human are our interests, our passions, and our goals. The things that we are curious about, following that curiosity and doing it alongside people because that is the single best way to build relationships ” –Gina Bianchini [23:55]“We are social animals that are meant to live in communities with other people, and communities are the single best path to us being able to realize our full potential and live the lives we wanna live” –Gina Bianchini [25:53]“When I started Mighty, it was all about how do we continue the mission of unlocking a host ability to create not just an innovative community, but an innovative online business as well” –Gina Bianchini [29:53]“Innovation comes from the blending and bringing together teams of people that represent science and art” –Gina Bianchini [36:19]“Life's not fair and winning matters. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose, but winning matters, and the winners get to define what the culture is” –Gina Bianchini [39:41]“I fundamentally believe that each and every one of us as human beings are multifaceted, and that the happiest most fulfilling life is one where we have our core values and that we can then experiment and try new things and evolve and live out different parts of our lives in different ways” –Gina Bianchini [42:51]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastGina BianchiniLinkedIn: Gina Bianchini Instagram: Gina Bianchini Twitter: Gina Bianchini Mighty Networks' website: Mighty NetworksSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryBoarding school. Enrichment and personal growth experiences. A supportive community. Natalie Tung is creating all of this … for black and brown high school girls in Trenton. The idea took shape while Natalie was at Princeton and reflected on her own difficult experience growing up in Hong Kong. Now, just a few years later, she's hit the tipping point. Meet the budding “Sal Kahn” for minority high-school girls.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Natalie TungNatalie is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of HomeWorks Trenton, a free community-based after-school boarding program. Growing up in a numbers-driven public school system in Hong Kong, Natalie had an unhealthy relationship with learning. This relationship changed when she had the opportunity to attend a boarding school in New Jersey. More importantly, living with 40 girls at such a young age empowered her to become more empathetic and confident, and these women are still her support system today. While earning her teaching certificate as a sophomore at Princeton University, Natalie started HomeWorks with the idea of replicating this experience for girls in marginalized communities around the world. Since 2016, she has run five programs with 50 participants, raised over $1.9 million in cash and in-kind donations, and built a diverse team of 6 full-time and five part-time staff, board members, interns, and volunteers. Natalie and HomeWorks have been recognized by McKinsey & Company, Camelback Ventures, Barclays, Comcast, Hollister, TRESemmé, Echoing Green, Vital Voices, Penn Graduate School of Education, Princeton University, and more.Insights from this episode: Details about HomeWorks Trenton programThe problem HomeWorks Trenton is seeking to solveHow Natalie's school experience shaped herNatalie's conviction to help women of colorHow HomeWorks Trenton program is aligned to Natalie's missionPartners she has worked with to equip her scholars and make them ready for collegeNatalie's challenges running the programNatalie's aspiration for HomeWorksQuotes from the show:“What we are doing here is not only replicating a boarding school and bringing it to public schools and with all the benefits of the wrap-around learning and all that, but also doing so in a way that reverses the narrative that our kids need to leave their communities to be successful.”–Natalie Tung [6:29]“At the core of what we are doing, we are creating a community specifically for our black and brown girls here in Trenton to reclaim power over their cultures, identities, and experiences.“ –Natalie Tung [6:41]“I truly believe in the power of women. I believe that when women come together and when we really are at the forefront of things, magic happens” –Natalie Tung [17:39]“I was in a community of women who were my age, and just being able to live with so many different kinds of girls and to be vulnerable with each other at the age of 13/14, it was such a unique experience. It did make me more confident” –Natalie Tung [18:40]“Our values are intentionality, empathy, and community. Something that we are trying to do is making sure that we are being intentional about every single thing we do at HomeWorks, every decision, every policy we have” –Natalie Tung [22:48]“We want to build a culture where our kids feel safe, where they are here to grow. We all make mistakes but we are here to learn and just feel like we have each other's backs” –Natalie Tung [23:03]“I very much believe in the power of women and I very much believe in the power of community, and I know a lot of other who people believe in it too” –Natalie Tung [33:24]“I think the beauty about HomeWorks and about our team is that we have a really diverse group of people within our staff” –Natalie Tung [43:28]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastNatalie TungLinkedIn: Natalie Tung Instagram: Natalie Tung HomeWorks Trenton Website: https://www.homeworkstrenton.org/HomeWorks Trenton Brochure: https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/62642925/homeworks-trenton-pamphletHomeWorks Trenton Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOjhQRJT7VgSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode Summary“Knowing the history of my family, knowing what my grandparents decided to do, changed my life.” On this episode of The Sydcast, a story of Hispanic culture in America and how Marcela Gómez connected the dots in a way that others seldom did. Her journey, from Bogota, Colombia to Miami, Atlanta, Nashville, and New York City.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Marcela GómezA native of Bogotá, Colombia, Marcela graduated from high school in Charlotte, North Carolina, and earned a bachelor's degree in advertising from Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Bogotá. Following graduation, Marcela moved to Miami, Florida to work as an advertising coordinator with Editorial Unilit and as a member of Expolit's (Spanish-language Christian literature trade show) leadership team. In 1996 she joined Thomas Nelson Publisher's Spanish language division in Nashville, Tennessee as a sales representative and later was promoted to marketing director.Her life as an entrepreneur started in 2002 with Hispanic Marketing Group; in 2017, she became a founding partner of the Culture Shift Team. Marcela has also been a partner and investor in other entrepreneurship ventures, most recently with Mi Tribu, an import and retail business of arts and crafts handmade by disenfranchised women in Latin American countries.Miss Gómez specializes in connecting effectively with the diverse and continuously changing Multicultural markets, helping Culture Shift Team clients understand the diversity of the U.S. consumer. Marcela has worked with packaged goods companies, universities, public utilities, consumer, corporate, nonprofit, and business-to-business clients in wireless, sports, transportation, education, government, banking and finance, food, healthcare, and the arts. She plays a key role in developing multicultural and multilingual marketing, communications, and grassroots campaigns, from conception and brand development to production.In early 2021 she relocated to New York City, where she continues to lead the multicultural marketing, advertising, and public relations division of the Culture Shift Team. She enjoys traveling, films, theater, ballet, opera, and symphony. She is a member of the National Speakers Association New York City Chapter, the Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey, the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, the NYC Hispanic Chamber, and PRSA New York City. Marcela has a 31-year-old son, Esteban Pedraza, an award-winning film director and musician residing in New York City.Insights from this episode: Marcela Gómez's life growing upHow her grandmother has shaped her view of lifeHow her life experiences influenced her careerMarcela moving back to the U.S from BogotaWhy she moved to NashvilleHow the Hispanic marketing group came to beOvercoming imposter syndromeThe importance of diversity in board membersWhat led Marcela to the cultural shiftQuotes from the show:“My mother was actually fully bilingual. My mother had had the chance to go to high school in Atlanta, Georgia, so we grew up fully bilingual, not only because my mother would speak to us in English at home but because we were going to fully bilingual schools in Bogota” –Marcela Gómez [6:18]“We asked nanny [Marcela's grandmother] why did she say yes to come to the U.S, and she said because of education. Education for women and the abundance that this country had” –Marcela Gómez [7:27]“Knowing the history of my family, knowing what my grandparents decided to do changed my life” –Marcela Gómez [12:25]“High school is challenging for everyone and I guess when you are different in any way, it's even more challenging ” –Syd Finkelstein [16:12]“I realized that part of what I do in advertising, public relations and marketing is through the lens of culture, and that's where it starts” –Marcela Gómez [18:53]“If you did not grow up here, if you do not know about the U.S culture, why do I call 911? I immediately realized there is a need for my services from a cultural perspective, marketing perspective and not only from a language perspective, and that's when I decided to launch Hispanic marketing group” –Marcela Gomez [31:17]“I had proven myself to be a good person in marketing, but no one opened the door. So, that's when you know that's not where you are supposed to go” –Marcela Gomez [33:35]“You bring something very different to the table than everybody else does. Your experience is not the same not even as your siblings” –Marcela Gomez [43:03]“The reason why I like history, the reason why I would like to know where I come from is because I would also like to remember who I am and what I have accomplished in life” –Marcela Gomez [44:40]“The entire company is based on the platinum rule that says treat others the way they want to be treated, and in order for me to do that, I need to know who they are and what they like, and how they want to be treated” –Marcela Gomez [1:00:46]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastMarcela GomezLinkedIn: Marcela Gómez Personal Website: Marcela Gómez Twitter: Marcela Gómez Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryA wide-ranging discussion with the multi-talented Gautam Mukunda. Leadership, Theranos, Failure and Learning, Luck, Russia and Ukraine, the Financial Crisis, Inequality, Innovation. Bezos, Jobs, Holmes, Neumann, Sackler, Putin.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Gautam MukundaGautam Mukunda is an internationally recognized expert in leadership and innovation. He often jokes that his life's ambition is to have the world's most confusing resume and that he's most of the way there. He is a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership and the host of the Nasdaq podcast World Reimagined with Gautam Mukunda. Previously he was a professor at Harvard Business School and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University. He is the author of two books: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter (Harvard Business Review Press, 2012) and Picking Presidents (University of California Press, forthcoming in August 2022). He has published articles in Harvard Business Review, Foreign Policy, Security Studies, Slate, Fast Company, Parameters, Politics and the Life Sciences, and Systems and Synthetic Biology on leadership, reforming the financial sector, military innovation, network-centric warfare, the security and economic implications of synthetic biology, and the TV show Mad Men. His work has been profiled in the New York Times, Atlantic, New Yorker, Economist, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and All Things Considered. He advises a variety of companies and organizations on leadership and strategy. Gautam was a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Security Studies Program and Program on Emerging Technologies. He was a Paul & Daisy Soros New American Fellow, an NSF IGERT Fellow, a Next Generation Fellow of The American Assembly, and a Principal Investigator of the National Science Foundation's Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center. He served on The Chief of Naval Operation's Executive Advisory Panel and as a member of the New England Regional Selection Committee for the White House Fellowship and was a Member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on New Models of Leadership. He was also a Jeopardy Champion. At MIT, Gautam was the National Science Foundation Synthetic Biology ERC Postdoctoral Fellow resident at MIT's Center for International Studies. He received his Ph.D. from MIT in political science focusing on International Relations and Security Studies, where he was a Paul & Daisy Soros New American Fellow and an NSF IGERT Fellow. He received his AB in Government from Harvard, magna cum laude. Before his academic career, he was a consultant with McKinsey & Company, where he focused on the pharmaceutical sector. In addition to his current work as an academic, Gautam is a member of the board of directors and chair of the Mentorship Committee of The Upakar Foundation, a national non-profit devoted to providing college scholarships to underprivileged students of South Asian descent. He is on the Advisory Board of Bionic Solutions and Fount Bio. He is an Overseer of the Boston Ballet and a member of the Museum Council of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.Insights from this episode: Mukunda's thoughts on leadership and innovationInsights into what his upcoming book, Picking Presidents, is aboutInsights into Theranos and Elizabeth HolmesThe dark side of successful businessesEffects of the 2008 financial crisis on the economyMukunda's thoughts on the Ukrainian war and the role of the WestQuotes from the show:“I do believe this, both as a matter of inclination and a matter of research, that in a world of specialists, there is a real advantage to being a generalist” –Gautam Mukunda [2:23]“I think it's possible to be an extraordinarily successful leader, and obviously he [Duke of Wellington] was without being innovative” –Gautam Mukunda [10:04]“If you do the same thing as everyone else, it's difficult or impossible to produce unique results” –Gautam Mukunda [10:24]“I think it's really important to have people in senior executive positions who are capable of doing the job” –Gautam Mukunda [12:15]“Organizations that exist in domains of limited losses and unlimited gains have a tendency to become far too risk-averse” –Gautam Mukunda [19:32]“It's not an experiment, whatever the project is if you know it's gonna succeed” –Syd Finkelstein [22:00]“If you are not angry about this [economic crisis], you are not paying attention. Anger is an appropriate response to the scale of bad things that we saw” –Gautam Mukunda [39:00]“Much of the behavior that led to the financial crisis was criminal. And the federal system just chose not to prosecute it” –Gautam Mukunda [39:25]“We are on the forefront of a medical revolution to a scale of which baffles the mind” –Gautam Mukunda [53:56]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastGautam MukundaWebsite: Gautam MukundaLinkedIn: Gautam Mukunda Facebook: Gautam MukundaTwitter: Gautam MukundaInstagram: Gautam Mukunda Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryJohn Pepper is a restaurant entrepreneur, angel investor, and a hands-on advocate for the rights of low-wage workers. He's been an Uber driver, confronted small-town Vermont politics, and turned a banned college fraternity house into a shared work space for startups. Motivated by social justice, sustained by business, he shares his story, on this episode of The Sydcast.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.John Pepper John is co-founder and Chief Worker Advocate of Boloco, a New England-based restaurant chain and Certified B Corp founded in 1997 serving Modern Mexican-inspired food and beverages. He is also co-founder of Worthee, an early-stage software project/platform focused on helping hourly workers receive the information they need to rise and thrive. Pepper also co-founded B. Good which grew to 80 units before he and his partners sold it in 2017.Pepper has been an angel investor since 2014, with investments in more than 30 start-ups focused on workforce-empowering technology, restaurant-facing technology, and a few special consumer businesses like Athletic Brewing, Spindrift, Free Rain, and Starbird.Pepper graduated from Dartmouth College in 1991 and received his MBA from the Tuck School in 1997 (where he presented the first Boloco business plan). He was elected to the Selectboard of Norwich, VT in 2017 and was Chairman from 2018-2020. His wife Maggie and their 3 kids live in Hanover, NH.Insights from this episode: Insights into Boloco and how it became successfulHow the branding of his restaurant to Boloco was donePepper's strategies for running a restaurantInsights into successfully raising capitalPepper's lessons from being an Uber driverInsights into how Worthee came aboutWhat's next for BolocoEffects of COVID-19 on restaurant businessPepper's rehabilitation of Dartmouth CollegeQuotes from the show:“I am always curious about what's ticking behind any business, and frankly any job” -John Pepper [3:15]“The first thing I had to do when I got back was to realize that we don't know what we are doing and we need to hire talent: We need to hire someone better than us” -John Pepper [9:52]“Their [investors] main objective was to transform me from an entrepreneurial CEO, they said, to a professional CEO” -John Pepper [16:51]“I became an Uber driver back in Boston and it informed me a lot about the work I have done since” -John Pepper [23:19]“I did come away with a sense that flexibility was going to matter for workers. And we've got to figure out how to include people who are stuck in rigid low-paying jobs; put them into flexible jobs so that they'll find time for better education, skills development and a way to get out of low paying jobs” -John Pepper [29:52]“People just don't get regular feedback in any way that helps them understand their strengths and that led me to start thinking what can we do to solve that problem” -John Pepper [34:34]“Our goal has always been, and this is not a high bar, to be the number one highest wage payer in the industry” -John Pepper [40:08]“It's all about work-from-home habits that are not temporary; they are here to stay. Yes, people will move back to the office, but I don't think we will move back to 100% of what it was in 2019” -John Pepper [48:45]“I think that small businesses right now we don't have the technology. I am investing in technology that does allow businesses like ours to compete with the big chains” -John Pepper [50:14]“I do use Boloco today as a petri dish for interesting new technologies. I aggressively implement things that aren't always so good for our business, but inform us on what is good for the business but also help me in making investment decisions” -John Pepper [53:20]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastJohn PepperLinkedIn: John PepperWebsite: johnpepper.comBoloco's Website: BolocoSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Sydney Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds degrees from Concordia University (Montreal), the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published more than 25 books and 100 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and on the global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. His latest projects include the leading podcast, The Sydcast, that uncovers and shares the stories of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life, as well as a new series of online courses based on his life's work available at Coursera. https://faculty.tuck.dartmouth.edu/sydney-finkelstein/

Episode SummaryCareers zig-zag, they don't go in straight lines. But yet there is a thread that connects our paths over time. This is true if you run for Governor of New Hampshire, grow one of the top online education universities in the US, or lead the biggest collection of angel investors in the country. And it's true if you've done all of these things, as we'll find out in this conversation with Colin Van Ostern.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Colin Van OsternColin Van Ostern is an entrepreneurial general manager with experience leading high-growth ventures and teams. Through many different sectors, he has maintained a focus on successfully democratizing access to previously exclusive markets – ranging from higher education to venture capital, consumer goods, tech, and even politics & government.Currently, he serves as President & COO of Alumni Ventures, a network-powered venture capital firm which in 2021, was the third-most active venture investor in the world (as per Pitchbook Global League Tables). Previously, Van Ostern was on the founding executive team for Southern New Hampshire University's online College for America, which he helped launch and grow to more than 10,000 “nontraditional” students and graduates nationwide.Outside of business, Colin was publicly elected twice to New Hampshire's five-member Executive Council (which serves as a board of directors for the state government), where he was the first Councilor in state history to share all state contracts online for public comment. In 2016, Colin was the general election nominee for Governor of New Hampshire. Early in his career, he helped elect several members of Congress, Governors, and US Senators in New Hampshire. He holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and a BA in International Studies from George Washington University. He lived in 16 different houses while growing up before moving to New Hampshire after college. Colin today lives in Concord, NH, with his wife and two boys.Insights from this episode: How Colin got into politicsWhat prompted Colin to run for officeWhy Colin didn't win his race for governorSimilarities and differences in political and entrepreneurial leadershipColin's thoughts on online education as a business model Insights into online learningColin's involvement with Alumni VenturesColin's shift from politics to venture capitalHow Colin got his job at Alumni VenturesQuotes from the show:“When you see a way things can be better, that you are passionate about and you have a clear picture of how you could positively impact things, you shouldn't hold back” -Colin Van Ostern [14:23]“I think frankly I didn't offer a compelling enough reason for people to understand in a sentence or in a moment why this race mattered to their lives and why having me as Governor would be different” -Colin Van Ostern [17.06]“When you are launching something new, you have to have a vision of the future that you are so convinced has to happen that nothing can get in the way, even failure” -Colin Van Ostern [19:18]“There is so much information available, and so it's possible for some of us to get real knowledge about something in a very cost-effective way on their own terms” -Syd Finkelstein [29:58]“The best versions of online education, I believe, are significantly better than the worst versions of in-person learning, but I have never seen an online experience that comes close to a good in-person experience” -Colin Van Ostern [31:42]“I think content is the smallest part of education in 2022; I think it's really important, but they're a very small number of thought leaders who are driving new content” -Colin Van Ostern [32:51]“Good online education can still be better than in-person learning and we should be honest that there is bad in-person learning” -Colin Van Ostern [37:34] “The folks who have to work twice as hard are accomplished people worth betting on” Colin Van Ostern [55:28]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastColin Van OsternLinkedIn: Colin Van Ostern Twitter: ColinVanOsternFacebook: Colin Van OsternSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryLowey Bundy Sichol writes books about entrepreneurship for kids. Think Google, Lego, and Disney. A multiple award-winner who used to write business school case studies, Lowey has figured out how to communicate to children in a way that makes them want to keep reading. On this episode of The Sydcast, Lowey tells her story.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Lowey Bundy SicholLowey Bundy Sichol (her last name rhymes with pickle) is an award-winning children's author with an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. She is a leading expert in teaching business and entrepreneurship to kids. Lowey's nonfiction series From an Idea to... (Harper Collins/ HMH, 2019) is the first entrepreneurship and business book series for kids and the recipient of several literary awards. Her latest book, IDEA MAKERS: 15 Fearless Female Entrepreneurs (Chicago Review Press, 2022), shares the incredible stories of 15 of our nation's greatest female founders. And Lowey's upcoming book Cookie Queen (Random House, 2023) is the first entrepreneurship picture book. Cookie Queen shares the story of Kathleen King and her inspiration for building Tate's Bake Shop. Prior to writing children's books, Lowey worked in brand management and founded Case Marketing, a specialized writing firm that composes MBA case studies for some of the top business schools in the world. Her case studies have been read by MBA students across the globe and are included in the internationally best-selling marketing book, Marketing Management, by Kotler & Keller (Pearson, 2016).Lowey received an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a BA from Hamilton College, where she played softball and rugby. She lives in Chicago with her husband, three children, and two big dogs. Awards include 2019 Best Children's Book, 2019 Best Children's Nonfiction Book, 2020 Best STEM Book, Junior Library Guild Gold Selection, 2020 Best Children's Book Council book, 2020 International Literacy Association Book, 2020-2021 Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, among others.Insights from this episode: Lowey's idea of writing children's booksHow Lowey's mom influenced her workHow her childhood influenced her journey into writing booksHow to go about writing a case studySimilarities between writing case studies and children's booksLowey's sweet spot in her target audienceHow Lowey is able to educate her audience without making it too complicated or too simplifiedThe common themes while writing her book IDEA MAKERS: 15 Fearless Female EntrepreneursLessons that children can learn from reading her bookQuotes from the show:“I'd certainly think she [my mom] was very influential. She was always a wonderful teacher in town, very focused on play and learning through doing” -Lowey Bundy Sichol [11:03]“It's pretty cool that schools now are embracing teaching kids about entrepreneurship, and I think it goes back to ‘learn through doing, learn through failure, experimenting and inventing'” -Lowey Bundy Sichol [11:36]“A lot of my books are about how influenced entrepreneurs and business leaders are by their childhood, and the parents who raised them, and I am such a good example of that” -Lowey Bundy Sichol [12:00]“This is what I have learned [about kids in 3rd, 4th, 5th grade]: They are incredibly brave, they are incredibly creative, they are incredibly excited to share their ideas, they are not too cool yet, but they are incredibly bright. It's almost like they are mini entrepreneurs” -Lowey Bundy Sichol [13:56]“It's interesting the philosophy of education for anyone, but for kids, the idea of having applied projects that are practical is very powerful” -Syd Finkelstein [20:23]“I think education, in general, has not done as good a job in entire industries in making it clear why you need to learn” -Syd Finkelstein [20:43]“My purpose is to tell a great story and to teach kids about business and entrepreneurship” -Lowey Bundy Sichol [29:43]​​“Being able to adapt for the different audience, being able to just persevere throughout the hard times and being brave enough to go against what other people didn't support are some of the common themes” -Lowey Bundy Sichol [38:51]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastLowey Bundy SicholWebsite: Lowey Bundy Sichol LinkedIn: Lowey Bundy Sichol Twitter: Lowey Bundy Sichol Instagram: Lowey Bundy Sichol Amazon: Lowey Bundy SicholSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryDiane Brady is one of the top business journalists in the world, with writing and editing gigs at the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Business Week, and Forbes. And also an old friend. She's wise (“nobody needs more content, they need more intelligence”) and she's a pro (“the best interviews are about listening”). In this episode, Diane and Syd on curating content, the future of journalism, and Elizabeth Holmes.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Diane Brady Diane Brady has interviewed many of the world's leading business and political figures throughout her career. She is currently an assistant managing editor at Forbes, overseeing C-suite coverage and communities, as well as the editorial teams that run ForbesWomen, For(bes) the Culture, the 30 Under 30 franchise, and coverage of creators and startups. Prior to joining Forbes, she worked at McKinsey, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Wall Street Journal, and Maclean's, along with running her own company. Her book, Fraternity, was named one of Amazon's best books of the year.Insights from this episode: Diane's career in journalismThe difference in the world of business journalism now and when she startedInsights into the art of storytellingDiane's book Fraternity and how it came aboutInsights into curating contentThe idea and concept behind 30 under 30Curating content in a world with so many competitorsDiane's favorite people she has interviewedInsights into what makes a great interviewQuotes from the show:“Every company can be a media company now, or thinks it can be a media company” -Diane Brady [1:11] “I think what has driven me my whole career is curiosity”-Diane Brady [3:06] “There is no better way to clear a room of men than to put the word women on the panel” -Diane Brady [10:20]“I have always brought a commercial instinct to journalism, I don't wanna be on the business side but I love building new franchises” -Diane Brady [17:42]“I don't mind ignorance as long as it goes with intelligence and as long as people know that I am a quick study and I am coming to you with the information” -Diane Brady [19:50]“I think one of the tragedies in school is that we learn math and not economics” -Diane Brady [20.32]“Nobody needs more content is my general philosophy in life, they need more intelligence, they need more synthesis perhaps, but not more content” -Diane Brady [27:33]“When you don't have a newsroom of 2200 people, what matters is to be the curator of what matters; to be able to connect the dots” -Diane Brady [29:29]“The people who stand out don't always stand out for the right reasons. Sometimes they stand out because there is such a disconnect between who they think they are and the way they run their companies or brands” -Diane Brady [55:42]“The best interviews are about listening” -Diane Brady [1:00:20]“One thing that I admire about entrepreneurs is the ability to fail and get back up” -Diane Brady [1:10:30]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastDiane BradyLinkedIn: Diane Brady Twitter: Diane BradySubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.

Episode SummaryUkraine is Ground Zero for war, but also all manner of newer technologies, from cyber to AI. What is NATO seeing, and learning, and what are the implications of the war for global security, technology, and innovation? James Appathurai has a front-row seat at NATO HQ, on this episode of The Sydcast.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.James AppathuraiJames Appathurai was appointed to this post in September 2021. As DASG, he works on policy development and implementation in the fields of Emerging and Disruptive Technologies, cyber security, counter-terrorism, the security implications of climate change, and hybrid defence. Mr Appathurai previously served as DASG for Political Affairs and Security Policy and Special Representative to Central Asia and the Caucasus. He was NATO's Spokesperson from 2004 to 2010. He served as Deputy Head and Senior Planning Officer in the Policy Planning and Speechwriting Section of NATO's Political Affairs Division from 1998 to 2004. He served in the Canadian Defence Department from 1994 to 1998.Insights from this episode: Insights on the status of the Ukrainian warJames' expertise in various technologies and cyber securityWhat is happening in Ukraine, and our role as the westHow Ukraine has defended itself from attacksInsights on emerging technologies and how they fit into the Ukrainian warHow quantum and AI are benefiting countries that have invested in themHow the war on Russia has affected her credibility with other countries Innovations at NATONATO's efforts toward climate changeQuotes from the show:“President Zelensky and the Ukrainian people have reminded us what it is to fight for yourself, for your values, for your security, and they are doing remarkably well in that context” -James Appathurai [1:58]“Let's not underestimate the long years of Russia's interference into our countries, including the electoral process in the U.S, including ransom war attacks all over Europe and the U.S and Canada” -James Appathurai [5:23] “Once you unleash a cyber weapon, everybody knows you have it, everybody knows how it works, and then everybody else has it too. In other words, once it's out in the wild, you get to copy it, modify it and use it yourself“ -James Appathurai [14:12]“Both AI and quantum are technologies which Russia and China have publicly, at the top level of president, identified as national priorities” -James Appathurai [18:07]“Whoever gets to quantum encryption first is in a massive position of advantage strategically” -James Appathurai [19:38]“If you don't know whether your communications are reliable within your own system, then how can you know what to do? You are paralyzed” -James Appathurai [23:15]“I think when it comes to quantum and to a certain extent AI, it is really the U.S and China that are in the lead” -James Appathurai [25:16]“We are not in the same world we were in 20 years ago, we are now in an era of strategic competition, and that strategic competition is driven by technology” -James Appathurai [35:38]“When push comes to shove, walls go up: but I think what we need to do is take advantage of the moments when push hasn't yet come to shove” -James Appathurai [42.39]“The U.S doesn't get as much credit as it should for everything it does over here” -James Appathurai [47:18]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastJames AppathuraiLinkedIn: James Appathurai Twitter: James Appathurai Facebook: James Appathurai Official Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryWhat happens when a tech-savvy entrepreneurial young man from Africa comes to America for school? It's his first time in the US and what does he learn? As he describes on this episode of The Sydcast, George Boateng learns that he is black. That simple, and powerful, observation will strike many listeners as profound, yet George understands that his identity is what he makes it to be. As we will hear, that includes an EdTech start-up that is teaching young people in Africa to code, an effort to mentor young Africans to develop solutions to the real problems they are confronting, and his own work on his Ph.D. in Switzerland.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.George Boateng George Boateng is a Computer Scientist, Engineer, Educator, and Social Entrepreneur who has been recognized as a Pioneer in the 2021 MIT Technology Review's 35 Innovators Under 35. He is currently a PhD Candidate and Doctoral Researcher at ETH Zurich, Switzerland focusing on Applied Machine Learning, and a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Cambridge, U.K. George is also the CEO and co-founder of SuaCode.ai, an EdTech AI start-up that is enabling young Africans to learn to code using smartphones and AI. He is also the President and co-founder of Nsesa Foundation, an education nonprofit that is training and mentoring young Africans to be innovators. He previously worked as an Applied Scientist at Amazon (Alexa AI) and a Software Engineer at Sapho (acquired by Citrix). George has a BA in Computer Science and an MS in Computer Engineering from Dartmouth College, U.S. where he was an E.E. Just STEM Scholar and an E.E. Just Graduate Fellow.Insights from this episode: What George learned along the wayWhat it means to have an impact on people's livesWhat led George to start the coding companyHow George is able to manage his time (doing his Ph.D. and running a startup)George's journey to engineeringGeorge's journey to Dartmouth UniversityWhat it means to show up in America coming from AfricaInsights on how arthritis led him to wearable technologyQuotes from the show:“The goal was to teach people across Ghana to code so that we can reach more people” -George Boateng [9:03]“We have a lot of good data, we haven't made good use of it yet, but I think at some point it will really be useful data that other companies might want” -George Boateng [13:28]“Now is the single best time to have talent of any type because you are going to be in such demand, and you're going to get paid for it, maybe more than you have been before” -Sydney Finkelstein [13:49]“One of the challenging aspects of coming to the US was having to embrace this new identity called black” -George Boateng [32:49]“I have been in Ghana all my life, the concept of race was not part of my experience” -George Boateng [33:03]“I think there's got to be an evolutionary reason for it, but we do like to separate people into groups and when they don't exist, we create them, and if they do exist, we highlight them” -Sydney Finkelstein [34:03]“I consider myself an accidental academic because the main reason i am in academia is because I didn't get a job. If I had gotten a job, I definitely wouldn't be doing my PhD” -George Boateng [34:41]“Very few people ever have it figured out, you just have to do the best you can and you try to go for it” -Sydney Finkelstein [45:56]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastGeorge Boateng LinkedIn: George Jojo Boateng Twitter: George Boateng Instagram: George Boateng Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode SummaryScholar, leadership guru, author, speaker, and influencer, for the last 7 years Christine Riordan has been President of Adelphi University in New York. How did she get there? How did her leadership work translate to when she was sitting in the corner office? How did she navigate running a large university during Covid? And how does she think about women and leadership? A master class on leadership, with Christine Riordan.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Christine RiordanChristine Riordan (MBA, Ph.D.) is the 10th President of Adelphi University in New York and has been since 2015. Since starting, Chris has established the University's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and has helped launch 50 new academic degree programs. She also sits on a number of boards including those of RE/MAX Holdings and the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU).Prior to becoming Adelphi's President, Riordan occupied roles including Executive Consultant at State Farm, Dean of University of Denver's College of Business, and Associate Dean at TCU, to name a few. Chris is an expert in leadership, talent development, career success, and diversity. She has published 70 articles and is authoring Shift Happens: How to Adapt and Thrive in a Rapidly Changing World of Work—a book on helping employees adapt to the changing workplace. Chris's TEDx talk, “Dare to Be Extraordinary,” has received more than 26,000 views.Insights from this episode: How to create an inclusive environmentHow to involve people in creating an inclusive environmentChris' journey to being university presidentChris' challenges as a presidentNavigating classes during covidHow Chris helped her university to respond to the pandemic from an academic standpointHow she helped her community with resources to tap into during the pandemicHow Chris helped her community to navigate in the new environment with the COVID-19 pandemicHow to successfully fundraiseChris' mission to help every student succeedWhat are the attributes of good leadershipQuotes from the show:“One of the things that was really important for me was to be able to make an impact on students' lives” - Christine Riordan [5:36]“Diversity is easy but it's useless if it doesn't have inclusion, and I think the hardest work is to make sure people are included” - Christine Riordan [9:23]“The job of not just a leader but almost anyone in any significant senior position with responsibility is to figure out what that puzzle is” - Sydney Finkelstein [19:01]“I think when you are trying to accomplish things then the challenge and opportunity again is to try to find that shared goal and commonality” - Christine Riordan [30:55]“From a leadership standpoint, it is really important to understand who you are serving and understand their desires and make sure you are communicating constantly with them” - Christine Riordan [39:09]“To do all the work around diversity, equity, and inclusion and belonging, you have to be very intentional” - Christine Riordan [44:31]“To me the number one capability that a leader has to have is adaptability ” - Christine Riordan [46:11]“Even if someone has the capabilities to do a particular job, if they do not have the right mindset, they are not going to be successful” - Christine Riordan [47:05]Stay connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastChristine RiordanWebsite: christineriordan.comLinkedIn: Christine Riordan Twitter: Christine M. Riordan Instagram: Christine M. Riordan (@prezriordan) Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

An Athlete's Life, with Anouk PattyEpisode Summary:So many people are afraid of change, but sometimes we get to talk to someone whose life is a case study of change. When it was clear that Anouk Patty – an NCAA champion ski racer – would not be good enough to reach Olympic medal heights, she changed. Business school and a successful career in tech strategy and deal-making followed. When Anouk realized that she was not living her true self, this mother of two came out as gay, at age 40. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer, she became an even more empathetic and passionate leader. An honest and inspirational conversation with Anouk Patty, on The Sydcast.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Anouk Patty Born into a skiing family in France and raised in Vermont, Anouk Patty was practically destined to make it onto the US Ski team at age 14. Yet after a few years as a global top-30 skier, Anouk was ready to leave behind the “single-minded focus that it takes to be a world-class athlete.” She went on to ski at Dartmouth, where she claimed an NCAA title, and then to JP Morgan in New York where she launched her professional career. After earning her MBA at Harvard Business School and doing a stint at Bain Consulting, Anouk jumped on the tech bandwagon at Intuit. She spent 10 years there before taking some time off to be a mom and (finally) have some time to reflect on her life and what she wanted. As a result, she got divorced, came out as gay, and decided to head back to work doing strategic partnerships at HP. Today, Anouk holds a similar role at Dropbox, sits on numerous ski-related boards, and is a recent survivor of breast cancer. She describes herself as “intensely curious about life, business, opportunities, and people.”Insights from this Episode The age range ski racer's usually reach the peak of their careersThe challenges of being an athleteThe importance of the single-minded focus for an athleteThe differences between an excellent athlete and a world championThe difficulties Anouk faced when she transitioned to the business worldHow Anouk ended up working on Wall StreetThe skillsets from the athletic world that have served Anouk the most in businessAnouk's experience choosing an alternative career pathHow Anouk decided that she was going to retire temporarily to be a momHow being gay has affected Anouk as a leaderHow the workspace has changed in the past decadesHow Anouk dealt with being diagnosed with breast cancerWhat advice Anouk would give to her younger selfQuotes from the Show: "It's a pretty brutal sport. You're out there in the cold, it's freezing... whether its raining or cold or whatever it is you have to be out there and they're long days" - Anouk Patty [09:30]"I love hanging out with people that are trying to be the best in the world at something. There's only one number one at any point in time, so most people are not gonna hit that, but that doesn't mean you can't try it" - Sydney Finkelstein [20:11]"When I was actually trying to get the job and going through recruiting, I had a number of different firms say to me: Well you should just go back into sports" - Anouk Patty [23:30]"When you make these life-changing shifts you feel like: Oh God, what am I letting go, and what am I giving up? Will I ever be able to find this sense of reward and satisfaction again?" - Anouk Patty [32:28]"[About breast cancer] You just never think that something like this could happen because we [the athletes] spend so much of our time taking care of our bodies, eating the right food and exercising everyday"- Anouk Patty [44:30]"If you want to get the best out of others, you have to bring your best and truest self to the table" - Anouk Patty[48:42]Stay Connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastAnouk PattyTwitter: Anouk PattyFacebook: Anouk PattySubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Dr. Lucy Gilbert: The Cancer-Curing DoctorEpisode Summary:Dr. Lucy Gilbert – an oncologist at McGill University – has developed a genetic AI-based test to detect early stage ovarian and endometrial cancers, the third highest cancer-killer of women. In this episode of The Sydcast, Dr. Gilbert shares her journey from Singapore to London to Montreal, one of six physician sisters, now closing in on a revolutionary advance in cancer treatment.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Lucy Gilbert Dr. Lucy Gilbert is a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and the Department of Oncology at McGill University. She heads the tertiary/quaternary care Gynecologic Cancer Service of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) as well as its Women's Health Research Unit which is active in multinational clinical trials investigating new precision therapies for gynecologic cancers thus providing practical and immediate benefits for women with gynecologic cancer. Her research focuses on novel therapeutic options for the treatment of ovarian and uterine cancers as well as technologies for their early detection. She has set up a network of satellite clinics as part of the DOvEE (Diagnosing Ovarian and Endometrial Cancers Early) project, which provides open access investigations for women with symptoms associated with gynecologic cancers. Dr. Gilbert and her team have recently developed a genomic uterine pap test to identify the somatic mutation. A sample is taken from the uterus and then uses machine learning to discriminate cancer from benign /normal samples. This test, which is currently being offered to women aged 45 – 70 years, has the potential to detect these cancers while they are confined to the gynecologic organs and still curable. The project received 6.4M GAPP funding to start the phase III clinical trial which started on May 10, 2021. In recognition of her outstanding leadership in cancer research, Dr. Gilbert was recently nominated as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Women in Canada 2021.Insights from this Episode The racism and sexism Lucy faced during her life professionally and personallyLucy's thoughts on today's generational anxietyHow economically challenging was maintaining six daughters for his fatherLucy's experience moving to MontrealWhat does Lucy think about the placebo effect and how it affects cancerLucy's work and advances in cancerHow problematic is ovarian cancer nowadaysWhat is the BRCA testWhat advice would Lucy give to her younger selfQuotes from the Show: “[About her father] He considered us assets and he made us believe that the only limits were what we set for ourselves and if you wanted to be a provider for your family that's what you did” - Lucy Gilbert [05:08]“Health and education, I believe it should not be left to market forces, it should be almost a fundamental right…you will not get a good society and ultimately and impact all of us if we do not invest in a reasonable amount of health for everyone regardless of their ability to pay and a reasonable amount on education” - Lucy Gilbert [13:56]“[About the placebo effect] I tell patients what we do with surgery and chemotherapy…is the tip of the iceberg” - Lucy Gilbert [28:40]“[About the test] It picks up somatic mutations inside, tells them about prevalent cancers but we also do a saliva test simultaneously which picks up the BRCA genes talk about the genetic susceptibility to these cancers” - Lucy Gilbert [44:17]Stay Connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastLucy GilbertLinkedIn: Lucy GilbertWebsite: Dr. Lucy GilbertSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode Summary:Every once in a while our guest on The Sydcast seems to do everything well. Jay Rosenzweig, this week's guest, is a great example. Entrepreneurial “breathing” is in his bones, whether that means building a major executive search firm, investing in dozens of Web 3.0 startups, or spearheading major initiatives at multiple non-profit organizations (including the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights). Add in music recording artist, publisher of the most important report in Canada on the status of women in leadership, mentor to NBA players and company founders alike, and you start to get the picture. Jay Rosenzweig is all about impact, which makes him the perfect guest for The Sydcast.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Jay RosenzweigJay Rosenzweig is an internationally renowned social impact entrepreneur, humanitarian, trained lawyer, and leadership strategist. The founder of Rosenzweig & Company, Rosenzweig is an expert in designing, building, and attracting world-class teams. He consults with public and private companies, including large global corporations; emerging growth to mid-sized businesses; professional services firms; and private equity and venture capital firms. He invests in and advises several leading-edge tech companies across North America and beyond. Rosenzweig has been immersed in global human rights causes for well over two decades and has been internationally recognized for the Annual Rosenzweig Report on equality, which he has published for the past seventeen years. Rosenzweig's Annual Report has received endorsements and contributions from a wide range of leaders and personalities such as Justin Trudeau, Alyssa Milano, Sheryl Sandberg, Mark Cuban, Deepak Chopra, Van Jones, Zainab Salbi, CEOs and Board Chairs of major corporations, and several other artists, humanitarians, politicians and business leaders. He is the Chair of the Board of Irwin Cotler's Raoul Wallenberg Centre For Human Rights. In addition, he sits on a number of other purpose-driven boards supporting causes ranging from healthcare, youth empowerment, refugee protection, and anti-gun violence. Rosenzweig is an outspoken advocate against Antisemitism, racism, and all forms of hate and discrimination. He invests in businesses whose mission is to foster a world that gives equal opportunities for all, including greater access to education, capital, and mobility. Rosenzweig's work has been featured in several publications, including The New York Times, Fast Company, The Guardian, Business Insider, BNN Bloomberg, Cheddar, Bold TV, Digital Trends, Business Rockstars, Globe & Mail, National Post, Toronto Star, Huffington Post, and Thrive Global. He earned three degrees at McGill University: Philosophy, Civil Law, and Common Law. In addition, he completed the Harvard Law School Negotiation Program, taught by expert negotiator Roger Fisher, author of Getting To Yes. Rosenzweig is an avid songwriter, having collaborated with a number of well-known recording artists. Insights from this EpisodeJay's mindset of curiosityWhat has helped Jay to have an open mind to criticismJay's philosophy to explore the opportunities that life offersJay's professional trajectoryHow did Jay end up working on startups and foundersWhat is the skill set needed to thrive in life and businessWhat is going on in the digital sectorWhat inspired Jay to work towards promoting female leadershipWhat according to Jay's perspective is one of the biggest issues for female workers in the business worldHow Jay was introduced to the music worldQuotes from the Show: “I think for a lot of individuals, and I coach a lot of individuals as well, ego gets in the way and defense mechanisms prevent individuals from actually seeking out criticism” - Jay Rosenzweig [16:41]“I take criticism in an objective way if you will, as a mean of self-improvement even if I receive irrational criticism, I don't let that affect me, so it's a matter of really going more deeply into yourself to understand really the only thing you can control 100% is how you're feeling inside of yourself” - Jay Rosenzweig [17:32]“My philosophy it's always been: when you see these windows of opportunity, when you see these cracks in the door, walk through them” - Jay Rosenzweig [19:50]“Success to me is not based on events that happen or based on results, success to me is because you have no control or very little control of what comes at you very often, so to me, success is how you respond to what is thrown at you” - Jay Rosenzweig [34:20]“The idea is to put a mirror to the corporate world in terms of the iron clad data of what the status of women is in leadership” - Jay Rosenzweig [45:21]“I'd say to myself, it's going to be alright, enjoy the journey” - Jay Rosenzweig [57:54]Stay Connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastJay RosenzweigLinkedIn: Jay RosenzweigWebsite: Jay RosenzweigTwitter: Jay RosenzweigInstagram: Jay RosenzweigSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Ben Casnocha is an entrepreneur and cofounder of Village Global, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm that has funded hundreds of startups and the co-author, with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, of The Start-Up of You: Adapt, Take Risks, Grow your Network, and Transform Your Career. He delivers keynote speeches on business and globalization and has appeared on CBS's The Early Show, CNN, and CNBC. He is the coauthor of the New York Times bestselling management book The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age (with LinkedIn chairman Reid Hoffman and entrepreneur Chris Yeh). He started and scaled several ventures, including an e-government software company (Comcate) that currently delivers hosted CRM solutions to hundreds of local governments in America, an online education business, and a top tier boutique management training business. In this podcast, he shares: His view on what the future of work will look like, and why embracing randomness and building your network will become ever more important Why we should stop thinking of employees as “family” or “free agents” but rather as allies on a “tour of duty” Whether we are experiencing today a true shift in the nature of the employer-employee contract, or whether the pendulum will swing back __________________________________________________________________________________________"One of the new terms is the concept of portfolio careers because we realized that in the last 10 years, there are so many people who don't just have one job. Their career is stitched together, different a lot of writers and speakers and consultants run this at the high end. And at the low end, it's gig workers and everywhere in between. And so people are stitching together kind of braiding the modern career together in a way that's very different than the 40-hour-a-week company man." -Ben Casnocha__________________________________________________________________________________________Episode Timeline:00:00—Introducing Ben + The topic of today's episode1:51—If you really know me you know that...2:13—What is your definition of strategy?2:54—Could you tell us about your book, The Startup of You?5:44—What do you think has changed in the job market that prompted you to change the title of your book from the first to the second edition?7:41—Can you tell us about how leadership has changed from authority to creating followership?9:24—What are the implications of your insights into how hiring consequently changes because of these insights?10:50—What are your thoughts of how the average tenure of CEOs has changed in the last 10 years to be much shorter?12:58—Do you believe that the shift of power from the employer to the employee is permanent or will swing back at some point?16:36—Could you talk to us about your idea of luck?18:38—What put you on the path of entrepreneurship that led you to Village Global, your venture capital firm?20:13—Where can people follow you and your work?__________________________________________________________________________________________Additional Resources: Personal Page: https://casnocha.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bencasnochaBooks: https://casnocha.com/booksVillage Global Site: https://www.villageglobal.vc/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bencasnocha

Episode Summary:Shelley Zalis is an entrepreneur, provocateur, connector, CEO, champion of women and equality, and (as some have called her) “chief troublemaker.” What makes Shelley so fascinating is that she simply refuses to accept the status quo when it's broken, and what's broken is the experience – both on the job and at home – of so many working women. The platform she has created and continues to nurture and innovate is The Female Quotient: “We Are in the Business of Equality.” On this episode of The Sydcast, the never-ending campaign to close the gender gap, with Shelley Zalis.Sydney Finkelstein:Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Shelley Zalis:Shelley Zalis, known as the “chief troublemaker,” is a pioneer for online research, movement leader, and champion of gender equality. She is an internationally renowned entrepreneur, speaker, mentor, mother, and founder and CEO of The Female Quotient. Zalis rewrites the rules and innovates solutions to impact real change. In 2000, she left the corporate world to found OTX (Online Testing Exchange), which became one of the fastest-growing research companies in the world. She sold OTX to Ipsos in 2010 and then led global innovation in more than 80 countries at Ipsos OTX. Today, as CEO of The Female Quotient, Zalis works with Fortune 500 companies to advance gender equality across industries. The FQ's signature pop-up experience, the FQ Lounge (formerly the Girls' Lounge), brings a Home of Equality to major conferences, companies, and college campuses around the world. The FQ Lounge is the gathering place for leaders of all levels at events such as the World Economic Forum, Cannes Lions, Consumer Electronics Show, and the Milken Institute Global Conference. Through the destination-turned-movement, Zalis has connected more than 18,000 women in business and created the largest female-led community to transform workplace culture. Insights from this EpisodeWhat gave Shelley the idea to start OTXWhat Shelley learned as founder and CEOWhat problems Shelley faced when launching her business about online research?Where did she get her “the defying status quo” mindsetWhat it's like being a female CEOThe role of gender barriers in the business environmentWhat competition really is for women in businessHow is competition a bad thing?What have successful women learned that young people – men and women – in their 20's or early 30's haven't learned?Quotes from the Show: “[About online research business idea] I didn't have the money to do it, I didn't I would be writing, it was so ahead of its time, I had to make it the right time ” - Shelley Zalis [13:42]“As we started, I hated titles, I never wanted anyone to talk to someone because of their title or because of the company. I want people to discover people…because I believe you learn something from everyone not because of the title that you wear” - Shelley Zalis [18:39]“As a CEO, gender aside, I want to talk about being a conscious leader and I would like to take gender out of the equation and say: as a conscious leader we need to make decisions in our organizations that are good for caregivers” - Shelley Zalis [24:24]“Historically women in business have been trained to be competitive because there's been such a scarcity of jobs at the top so few women get to the top” - Shelley Zalis [31:41]“Once women were proud to be women and be collaborative and be feminine and own their strength and not hide it, not try to act like a man and bring their emotive powers to the table, it was game-changing” - Shelley Zalis [36:06]“I don't believe in one mentor, one mentor doesn't have all the knowledge, you learn bits and bites of advice from different people who have been there, done that” - Shelley Zalis [39:29]“I've been working on the power of connectivity which its been our global exchange talking to women over hundred countries listening to hear of what they all need to close the gaps” - Shelley Zalis [45:27]Stay Connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastShelley ZalisWebsite: The Female QuotientLinkedIn: Shelley ZalisTwitter: Shelley ZalisFacebook: Shelley ZalisInstagram: Shelley ZalisSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode Summary:Recently, Syd launched a set of four online courses on the Coursera platform – the Strategic Leadership “specialization” – getting a first-hand view of how education has shifted from traditional classroom to digital media. Since the Sydcast is all about learning, it seems appropriate for the first episode of Season 4 to kick off with the CEO of that digital education company, Jeff Maggioncalda. Not only is Coursera the biggest online education start-up with over 100 million learners around the world, but the company is also creating a complex ecosystem where traditional suppliers of learning – universities – are as much business partners as they are competitors. On this episode of The Sydcast, the story of a CEO in the booming yet quickly morphing education sector that is looking to change how each of us learns.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Jeff Maggioncalda Jeff Maggioncalda joined Coursera as CEO in June 2017 and since then helped the company grow to over 100 million learners and 7,000+ institutions, served by high-quality learning content from 250+ of the world's top universities and industry educators. He previously served for 18 years as the founding CEO at Financial Engines Inc, a company co-founded by economist and Nobel Prize winner William Sharpe. Financial Engines grew rapidly under Jeff's leadership, providing high-quality online investment advice that has helped millions of people save and prepare for retirement. Jeff has also worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and Cornerstone Research and continues to serve as a Director of Silicon Valley Bank, Inc. He holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor's degree in Economics and English from Stanford University. In his free time, Jeff is a lifelong learner and proud dad, and enjoys studying music theory and spending time with his wife and three daughters.Insights from this EpisodeWhat is CourseraHow Coursera was foundedWhy Coursera is a rapid changer enablerTechnology and globalization relationship with CourseraSuccess factors of CourseraWhat's the general population of Coursera learnersHow did Jeff end up being the CEO of CourseraSydney's course on CourseraWhat advantages does this “era of resignation” has brought to CourseraHow do academic institutions use CourseraHow does Coursera as an organization manage failureWhat does Jeff think most of the time about as a CEOWhat does Jeff think about CEOs addressing social issues in the public eyeHow does Coursera help their workers to balance their timeWhat advice would Jeff give to his younger selfQuotes from the Show: “I thought everybody knew Coursera, its a hundred million people that are learners in Coursera but turns out that's not the case”- Sydney Finkelstein in “The Sydcast” [08:25]“[About Coursera] We are certainly facilitating a very different and more accessible way of learning than only being able to go on a four-year on-campus program ”- Jeff Maggioncalda in “The Sydcast” [10:45]“I teach certain things that I want more people to access so the fact that Coursera came out of universities but it was really the entrepreneurship of professors”- Jeff Maggioncalda in “The Sydcast” [14:10]“The exclusive audience of great teachers was the people sitting in the classrooms, it doesn't have to be that way”- Jeff Maggioncalda in “The Sydcast” [23:21]“We're now in the world of the so-called “great resignation” and what really means is like reconsideration of our lives”- Sydney Finkelstein in “The Sydcast” [32:06]“[About entrepreneurship] Even if it's something that the student wants, even if it is less expensive, even if it is higher quality, it doesn't mean that you're gonna have a successful business”- Jeff Maggioncalda in “The Sydcast” [39:37]“[About Coursera's culture] It's that combination of loving to learn and translating learning into impact”- Jeff Maggioncalda in “The Sydcast” [42:54]“I think what good investors celebrate is rapid learning and often you can't learn unless you fail”- Jeff Maggioncalda in “The Sydcast” [44:01]“What we haven't yet completely figured out … is how do we want to redeploy strategically the way we use physical space to run our company, to attract people, to engage employees ”- Jeff Maggioncalda in “The Sydcast” [56:54]Stay Connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastJeff Maggioncalda Coursera: Strategic Leadership: Impact, Change, and Decision-Making SpecializationLinkedIn: Jeff MaggioncaldaSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Big tech is in the spotlight these days, but Microsoft keeps a low profile. It has escaped the flak while shaping the post-Covid world. Company veteran Jeff Teper joins Vasant Dhar in episode 36 of Brave New World to explain their vision for the future, and to share his views on Web 3.0. And oh, by the way -- Teams is the nascent Metaverse. Useful resources: 1. Jeff Teper at Stern and Twitter. 2. Aswath Damodaran on Investing -- Episode 33 of Brave New World. 3. The Product Book -- Josh Anon with Carlos González de Villaumbrosia. 4. Jaime Teevan at Microsoft. 5. The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age -- Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha and Chris Yeh. 6. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success -- Carol S Dweck. 7. Accidental Empires -- Robert X Cringely.

Much of this episode is devoted to how modern networks and media are influencing what has become a major shooting war between Russia and Ukraine. Dmitri Alperovitch gives a sweeping overview. Ukraine and its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, clearly won the initial stages of the war in cyberspace, turning broad Western sympathy into a deeper commitment with short videos from downtown Kyiv at a time when Zelenskyy was expected to be racing for the border. The narrative of determined Ukrainian resistance and hapless Russian arrogance was set in cement by the end of the week, and Zelenskyy's ability to casually dial in to EU ministers' meetings (and just as casually say that this might be the last time the ministers saw him alive) changed official Europe's view of the conflict permanently. Putin's failure to seize Ukraine's capital and telecom facilities in the first day of the fight may mean a long, grinding conflict. Russia is doing its best to control the narrative on Russian networks by throttling Facebook, Twitter and other Western media. And it's essentially telling those companies that they need to distribute pro-Russian media in the West if they want a future in Russia. Dmitri believes that that's not a price Silicon Valley will pay for access to a country where every other bank and company is already off-limits due to Western sanctions. Jane Bambauer weighs in with the details of Russia's narrative-control efforts—and their failure. And what about the cyberattacks that press coverage led us to expect in this conflict between two technically capable adversaries? Nate Jones and Dmitri agree that, while network wiping and ransomware have occurred, their impact on the battle has not been obvious. Russia seems not to have sent its A-team to take down any of Ukraine's critical infrastructure. Meanwhile, as Western nations pledge more weapons and more sanctions, Russian cyber reprisals have been scarce, perhaps because Western counter-reprisals are clearly being held in reserve.  All that said, and despite unprecedented financial sanctions and export control measures, initiative in the conflict remains with Putin, and none of the panel is looking forward to finding out how Putin will react to Russia's early humiliations in cyberspace and on the battlefield.  In other tech news, the EU has not exactly turned over a new leaf when it comes to milking national security for competitive advantage over U.S. industry. Nate and Jane unpack the proposed European Data Act, best described as an effort to write a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for non-personal data. And, as always, as a European effort to regulate a European tech industry into existence.   Nate and I dig into a Foreign Affairs op-ed by Chris Inglis, the Biden administration's National Cyber Director. It calls for a new Cyber Social Contract between government and industry. I CTRL-F for “regulation” and don't find the word, likely thanks to White House copy editors, but the op-ed clearly thinks that more regulation is the key to ensuring public-private cooperation.   Jane reprises a story from the estimable “Rest of World” tech site. It turns out that corrupt and abusive companies and governments have better tools for controlling their image than Vladimir Putin—all thanks to the European Parliament and the U.S. Congress, which approved GDPR and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act respectively. These turn out to be great tools for suppressing stories that make third-world big shots uncomfortable. I remind the audience once again that Privacy mainly Protects the Privileged and the Powerful.    In closing, Jane and I catch up on the IRS's latest position on face recognition—and the wrongheadedness of the NGOs campaigning against the technology.  Download the 396th Episode (mp3) You can subscribe to The Cyberlaw Podcast using iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or our RSS feed. As always, The Cyberlaw Podcast is open to feedback. Be sure to engage with @stewartbaker on Twitter. Send your questions, comments, and suggestions for topics or interviewees to CyberlawPodcast@steptoe.com. Remember: If your suggested guest appears on the show, we will send you a highly coveted Cyberlaw Podcast mug! The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of their institutions, clients, friends, families, or pets.

Much of this episode is devoted to how modern networks and media are influencing what has become a major shooting war between Russia and Ukraine. Dmitri Alperovitch gives a sweeping overview. Ukraine and its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, clearly won the initial stages of the war in cyberspace, turning broad Western sympathy into a deeper commitment with short videos from downtown Kyiv at a time when Zelenskyy was expected to be racing for the border. The narrative of determined Ukrainian resistance and hapless Russian arrogance was set in cement by the end of the week, and Zelenskyy's ability to casually dial in to EU ministers' meetings (and just as casually say that this might be the last time the ministers saw him alive) changed official Europe's view of the conflict permanently. Putin's failure to seize Ukraine's capital and telecom facilities in the first day of the fight may mean a long, grinding conflict. Russia is doing its best to control the narrative on Russian networks by throttling Facebook, Twitter and other Western media. And it's essentially telling those companies that they need to distribute pro-Russian media in the West if they want a future in Russia. Dmitri believes that that's not a price Silicon Valley will pay for access to a country where every other bank and company is already off-limits due to Western sanctions. Jane Bambauer weighs in with the details of Russia's narrative-control efforts—and their failure. And what about the cyberattacks that press coverage led us to expect in this conflict between two technically capable adversaries? Nate Jones and Dmitri agree that, while network wiping and ransomware have occurred, their impact on the battle has not been obvious. Russia seems not to have sent its A-team to take down any of Ukraine's critical infrastructure. Meanwhile, as Western nations pledge more weapons and more sanctions, Russian cyber reprisals have been scarce, perhaps because Western counter-reprisals are clearly being held in reserve.  All that said, and despite unprecedented financial sanctions and export control measures, initiative in the conflict remains with Putin, and none of the panel is looking forward to finding out how Putin will react to Russia's early humiliations in cyberspace and on the battlefield.  In other tech news, the EU has not exactly turned over a new leaf when it comes to milking national security for competitive advantage over U.S. industry. Nate and Jane unpack the proposed European Data Act, best described as an effort to write a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for non-personal data. And, as always, as a European effort to regulate a European tech industry into existence.   Nate and I dig into a Foreign Affairs op-ed by Chris Inglis, the Biden administration's National Cyber Director. It calls for a new Cyber Social Contract between government and industry. I CTRL-F for “regulation” and don't find the word, likely thanks to White House copy editors, but the op-ed clearly thinks that more regulation is the key to ensuring public-private cooperation.   Jane reprises a story from the estimable “Rest of World” tech site. It turns out that corrupt and abusive companies and governments have better tools for controlling their image than Vladimir Putin—all thanks to the European Parliament and the U.S. Congress, which approved GDPR and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act respectively. These turn out to be great tools for suppressing stories that make third-world big shots uncomfortable. I remind the audience once again that Privacy mainly Protects the Privileged and the Powerful.    In closing, Jane and I catch up on the IRS's latest position on face recognition—and the wrongheadedness of the NGOs campaigning against the technology.  Download the 396th Episode (mp3) You can subscribe to The Cyberlaw Podcast using iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or our RSS feed. As always, The Cyberlaw Podcast is open to feedback. Be sure to engage with @stewartbaker on Twitter. Send your questions, comments, and suggestions for topics or interviewees to CyberlawPodcast@steptoe.com. Remember: If your suggested guest appears on the show, we will send you a highly coveted Cyberlaw Podcast mug! The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of their institutions, clients, friends, families, or pets.

Episode Summary:Sarah Apgar – Princeton and Dartmouth alum, Iraqi war vet, volunteer fire fighter and EMT, and startup founder – wants to create a fitness and wellness movement based on the FitFighter steelhose product. In three conversations over the last year, we learn about Sarah and her company, her life as a Mom, her aspirations for her business, and how the relentless move toward growth requires constant adjustment and deep resilience.Sydney Finkelstein:Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Sarah Apgar:Sarah Apgar is the Inventor of the Steelhose®, Founder of FitFighter® and Creator & Team Captain of the SteelSisters®. FitFighter is a strength and mobility system originally designed to help firefighters learn skills and be better prepared for their job. Sarah's signature innovation, the Steelhose®, was featured in 2020 on ABC's Shark Tank, and is now available to trainers, coaches, gyms, teams, physical therapists, and the general public, to keep us ready for our everyday mission. The SteelSisters® is a nationwide team of young women aged 13-30 who support each other, celebrate strength, share knowledge, and do what's worth fighting for. Sarah is an Iraq War Veteran, All-American Collegiate Athlete, Fitness Professional, former Volunteer Firefighter and Warby Parker Executive, and mom of 2 little girls. In addition to her primetime Shark Tank debut, Sarah and FitFighter® have been featured in Rolling Stone, Mens Health Magazine, Muscle and Fitness, Essence, ABC News, USA Sports Radio, Armed Forces Network, and Oxygen Magazine, and performed for clients the likes of ESPN, FDNY, and the United States Military. Sarah promotes and celebrates the power of teams, women leaders, and public service, contributing a portion of sales to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Tower Foundation. Prior to launching FitFighter, Sarah was an executive at Warby Parker, overseeing the opening of the first 50 bricks and mortar retail stores in the US and Canada. Sarah has an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a BA from Princeton University, and is a graduate of the Princeton Army ROTC Program. She lives in Port Washington NY with her husband, Ben Smith, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, her two young daughters, Emory and Arlyn, and canine Louisiana. Sarah is an avid skier, hiker, triathlete, and just about anything outdoors, and adores baking, cable reruns, and making people smile.Insights from this Episode:What is FitFighter and its purpose How Sarah got to the idea to found FitFighter The importance of the subscription model for FitFighterQualities that entrepreneurs must have How Sarah involves her children in her FitFighter lifeFitFighter's journey through Covid-19Sarah's experience on Shark Tank and the challenges she facedHow Shark Tank helped boost FitFighterHow Sarah manages her time as a mom and as an entrepreneur The challenges that partnerships have brought to FitFighterSarah's experience hiring a CEO for FitFighterFuture business plans for FitFighterQuotes from the Show: “Now we've just experienced this incredible shift in folks not being able to get out there to their gym, we've seen billions of dollars come out of the market of gym memberships…so what it's done is really explode companies that developed products that you can have in your home”- Sarah Apgar in “The Sydcast” [12:26] “I've never thought of FitFighter as just a product…I don't think I would invest my life in that, there's a lot of great companies that produce great products but ultimately this (FitFghter) is a lifestyle change and shift and rethinking the paradigms around fitness and wellness”- Sarah Apgar in “The Sydcast” [38:27] “[About life balance for Sarah and her team] We're all sort of facing mental health challenges and struggles, from isolation. I like to think that we're actually kind of living our best FitFighters life when it comes to strength and fostering a healthier, happier lifestyle that has some balance”- Sarah Apgar in “The Sydcast” [58:33] “Whether or not you're actually starting a business is not the point, is whether you're creating and seeking opportunities to experience new things and to learn along the way, is really a mindset”- Sydney Finkelstein in “The Sydcast” [01:05:21] “[About looking for a CEO] I've never had a co-founder, I've had great people at the table with me, friends, strategic advisors from the beginning and a couple of terrific early team members, but I never had that person who you can call up three, four, five times a day”- Sarah Apgar in “The Sydcast” [01:18:55] Stay Connected: Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastSarah ApgarWebsite:https://www.sarahapgar.com/Instagram: Sarah ApgarLinkedIn: Sarah ApgarTwitter: Sarah ApgarDartmouth College: Sarah ApgarFitFighter:Instagram: FitFighterCompany Website: https://www.fitfighter.com/Training Platform:https://classes.fitfighter.com/catalogSizzler:Sizzler FitFighter Brand Trailer: Brand TrailerFitFighter App:FitFighter AppYouTube Channel: FitFighterSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode Summary:Italy. Food. Artisans. Culture. That is the life Professor Danielle Callegari is immersed in, and when you hear about it you'll probably say, why didn't I think of it! Except then you'll need to spend years writing a book on Dante, then start the next book, cloistered in Italian libraries with no air conditioning during Roman summer. Danielle's story is a story of the professor building a career, a brand, and a platform, an inside look at what it really takes to make it in academia.Sydney FinkelsteinSyd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Danielle CallegariDanielle Callegari is Assistant Professor in the Department of French and Italian at Dartmouth College and Councilor of the Dante Society of America. Her teaching and research focuses on Italian literature and food and beverage studies. Her first book, Dante's Gluttons: Food and Society from the Convivio to the Comedy, is forthcoming with Amsterdam University Press in spring 2022. She is also the co-host of Gola (patreon.com/golapod), a podcast on Italian food and beverage culture, with Katie Parla.Insights from this EpisodeHow Danielle's interest on Italian culture beganHow Danielle navigates through the investigation worldDanielle's concerns on having a PhD in HumanitiesThe story behind the Dante Society of AmericaThe purpose of Danielle's book “Dante's Gluttons: Food and Society”Danielle's ideas for her next bookThe importance of creating a brand as an academic and professorSecrets about Danielle's experience in Italy during Covid-19The success of the Gola Podcast Danielle's networking strategiesQuotes from the Show: “Many people probably don't understand that if you're not publishing as a professor you're not standing up in front of the class as a teacher very long, and whether that's books or articles or mix of the two”- Sydney Finkelstein in “The Sydcast” [11:35] “Everyone must eat, it's just perfectly universal, there is not time or place where humans haven't had a relationship with food, and as a result of that, [food] becomes the ultimate point of reference” - Danielle Callegari in “The Sydcast” [31:44]“[About Danielle's experience on libraries] I've found things I didn't know existed and that no one knew existed that fit into my research in a very special way and that's a kind of Indiana Jones moment”- Danielle Callegari in “The Sydcast” [46:54]“[About her teaching method] Talking about things like social order, soft power, economic viability, so it's the place where we start and we outline all the ways in which food culture becomes something that communicates much more than what is apparently on the surface”- Danielle Callegari in “The Sydcast” [56:08]“To me universities that continue to offer standard learning just in the classroom without a strong experiential component are living on borrowed time”- Sydney Finkelstein in “The Sydcast” [01:01:55]Stay Connected: Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastDanielle Callegari Instagram: Danielle Callegari Podcast: Gola PodcastSociety: Dante Society of AmericaDartmouth College: Danielle Callegari | Faculty DirectorySubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode Summary:Did you ever feel like you didn't deserve the job you had? That you were faking it, and would soon be found out? That's impostor syndrome in action, and my former MBA student Catharine Keene has been dealing with it for years. In this episode she tells her story, including how she's figured out how to keep it under wraps as she starts her post-MBA career at one of the world's leading consulting firms.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Catharine KeeneCatharine Keene is a consultant at Bain & Company. She received her Bachelor of Science in biology from Tufts University, her Master's in Education from University of Pennsylvania, and her MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Prior to consulting, Catharine taught high school biology at St. Paul's School in Concord, NH, and worked in customer experience and lifecycle marketing at ClassPass. A lifelong lover of the outdoors, Catharine hopes to incorporate sustainability into her consulting work, leveraging the power that businesses have to drive positive environmental change.Insights from this EpisodeCatharine's learnings from Tuck School of Business How Catharine experienced Covid-19 as a studentHow the imposter syndrome has affected CatharineCatharine's experience at Bain & CompanyCatharine's tools to deal with the impostor syndromeHow to build relationships oriented to mentorshipQuotes from the Show: “[About the impostor syndrome] It's not just a little bit of self-doubt, which is normal for most of us, but the self-doubt kind of takes hold, it starts to take over and it can be debilitating”- Sydney Finkelstein in “The Sydcast” [02:32]“As a woman, both in academic settings and in professional settings, women have historically been a little quieter than men and specially in male dominated fields, so that is a stereotype that I want to actively work to counter”- Catharine Keene in “The Sydcast” [13:04]“[About growth mindset] My modeling has lots of room to improve, rather than I will never be an excel genius like some other people that I may encounter”- Catharine Keene in “The Sydcast” [16:58]“Internally for me it has been important to counter negative thoughts with tangible facts that I know about the work I've done, both at being so far at Tuck and then my previous career, and then also engage people which are helpful in creating good habits”- Catharine Keene in “The Sydcast” [32:42]“Breaking down that perceived need to be perfect all the time really helps come back at impostor syndrome”- Catharine Keene in “The Sydcast” [34:00]“In my experience the people who have been the strongest mentors are people that I have a great connection with on a personal level as well, and it takes time for both people to unravel the different layers of who they are in work and outside of work”- Catharine Keene in “The Sydcast” [38:40]“I am reconciling what it means to keep passion and drive in mind while also letting it be okay that there will be periods when you're just present where you are and not running so fast towards the next goal”- Catharine Keene in “The Sydcast” [42:26]Stay Connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastCatharine KeeneLinkedIn: Catharine KeeneSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode Summary:Successful MBA leaves high-paying Wall Street job to build a start-up dedicated to helping women manage their careers and families. Joyce Cadesca tells us why she made this move, and in this As It Happens series, visits with us three times over the last year to talk about the challenges and wins she's racked up. The truth: it hasn't been easy, but for this single mom of color the path she's on is a true life passion, replete with reinvention and re-learning, but no regret.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Joyce CadescaJoyce Cadesca is an experienced general management leader who is devoted to social justice, inclusion, and equity. Her corporate work experience includes finance, strategy, and human resources roles at leading global Fortune 100 companies such as Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. Her life purpose is to empower individuals to achieve their educational, family, and professional goals. She is the Founder and President of famHQ LLC, a tech-enabled family concierge, holistic coaching, and dedicated childcare service designed to maximize time, energy, and success for busy working mothers. Joyce was inspired to create famHQ based on her challenges as a busy corporate mom and through her work as a professional development coach and child-care advocate for underserved families. Through partnerships with reliable companies, supportive co-founders, and an experienced in-house staff, Joyce offers an affordable, user-friendly “one stop app” through famHQ to give working moms access to resources that help you set goals and crush them. Outside of famHQ, Joyce serves as a Professional Development Coach at Management Leadership for Tomorrow, working with MBA students as they define their career paths. Also, as Resident Director of ‘A Better Chance Lower Merion', Joyce advocates for providing educational access to underserved high school students. Her previous nonprofit work experience also includes education program management and classroom teaching. Joyce earned an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University.Insights from this EpisodeJoyce's process of being admitted into Tuck School of Business at DartmouthJoyce's experience at J.P. MorganJoyce's experience as a single working momAbout famHQAbout having co-founders in famHQHow to deal with doubt as a entrepreneurAbout the constant famHQ adaptation process to changesJoyce's future plans for famHQWhy famHQ shifted their focus to moms of color Quotes from the Show:"I do believe in the idea of a calling, I believe that I was called to help young students to gain the opportunities that I was exposed to, because my life was so drastically changed by those opportunities ”- Joyce Cadesca in “The Sydcast” [09:31]“[About shifting from the for-profit to non-profit sector] What I have gained by leaving that behind far exceeds the salary that I had, not monetarily right?, not financially, but the piece of mind that I'm doing what I love and what I was called to do, a balanced person, it exceeds that money that I left behind”- Joyce Cadesca in “The Sydcast” [19:01]“I have to admit there were moments, I think every entrepreneur has moments like this where you're in the middle of a pandemic, your kid is home half time or whatever the situation is, or you're maybe I should just go and do this the easy way, maybe I should go back to my stable corporate life”- Joyce Cadesca in “The Sydcast” [38:53]“[About facing doubt as an entrepreneur] I used to say when I was in one of those situations, well what's the worst thing that could happen? And not always but usually the worst thing that could happened is something you can deal with" - Sydney Finkelstein in “The Sydcast” [41:00]“[About entrepreneurship] Be ready for the grind, the resilience and resourcefulness it takes to get through some tough nights, and also the self-awareness to work with partners who may not agree with you”- Joyce Cadesca in “The Sydcast” [1:02:50]Stay Connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastJoyce CadescaInstagram: Joyce CadescaLinkedIn: Joyce Cadesca FamHQLinkedIn: famHQ | Family ConciergeInstagram: famHQ Website: http://www.famhq.org/Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode Summary:At It Happens: MBA student Lia Parker-Belfer re-enters the workforce with her summer internship at Uber. Dedicated to a career of impact, joining legendary bro-culture Uber is a purposeful challenge, akin to many Gen Z'ers and Millennials who must come to terms with aspirational values in the corporate world. In this episode, we follow Lia, before and after, comparing expectations and reality, to see what she learned about Uber, and about herself.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Lia Parker-BelferLia Parker-Belfer is a graduate student pursuing an MBA at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and an MPA at the Harvard Kennedy School. Lia grew up in Brookline, MA and received her BA from Hamilton College. Prior to graduate school, Lia was a consultant with Deloitte's Government and Public Services practice in Washington, DC. During this time, she helped US federal agencies and nonprofit organizations better serve their constituents and customers and work through complex challenges. Lia is currently exploring ways to leverage technology for social good. Upon completing her dual degree in 2023, Lia hopes to work at the intersection of the public and private sectors, advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Lia's passion for DEI stems from her lived experience as a Chinese woman adopted by Caucasian parents and raised in the Jewish faith. Lia is committed to creating community and fostering cultures of belonging wherever she goes. During her first year at Tuck, Lia founded If You Knew Me, a podcast designed to illuminate surprising connections, broaden perspectives, deepen understanding, and spark rich conversation within the Tuck community. Insights from this EpisodeThe backstory of the “If You Knew Me” PodcastWhy Lia picked business schoolWhy Lia chose Uber to do her internshipLia's constant pursue for an intersection between the private and public sectorHow to build relationships even in remote environmentsHow Lia's internship experience is different or common from her classmatesLia's experience of taking in person classes during Covid-19What Lia learned from working on UberHow to identify and understand if a job is the right fit for youLia's future plans of joining technology with social goodQuotes from the Show:“I wanted to work at a company where the product I could really see a tangible connection to helping people, and so Uber actually did make a little bit of sense for me when I thought about how it grants people access, transportation and that might not be otherwise available to people and specifically during the pandemic”- Lia Parker-Belfer in “The Sydcast” [12:16]“Redefining what that impact actually looks like and I think you can have a day to day in the communities you're part of, without maybe having that CEO title for example”- Lia Parker-Belfer in “The Sydcast” [21:14]“[About serving to your community] The more gratitude you have the more you personally benefit in terms your own personal mental wellbeing and happiness ”- Sydney Finkelstein in “The Sydcast”- [23:04]“It was challenging to find opportunities to be in the CSR or social impact space for a summer that is so short and also that's not in my job title”- Lia Parker-Belfer in “The Sydcast” [37:45]“Being an individual contributor doesn't mean you're truly alone, and I think I had that misconception because really you are surrounded by resources, you do have a team ”- Lia Parker-Belfer in “The Sydcast” [45:48]Stay Connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastLia Parker BelferEmail: lparkerbelfer@gmail.comLinkedIn: Lia Parker-BelferPodcast: If You Knew Me Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode Summary:As It Happens: Follow puzzle-maker Kaylin Marcotte as she builds her startup JIGGY during Covid – growing, pivoting, and getting her first big break. In two conversations over four months, we get an inside look at how Kaylin and her startup manage early growth while learning both what she needs to do next and who she is as an entrepreneur and a person.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Kaylin MarcotteKaylin is the founder & CEO of JIGGY, a direct-to-consumer jigsaw puzzle brand on a mission to modernize and elevate the humble jigsaw, and support female artists around the world. Prior to launching Jiggy, Kaylin founded Village Strategies, a marketing consultancy, and was the first employee at theSkimm, running its community marketing, social media and Skimm'bassadors. Kaylin holds a BA in political science and economics from Barnard College. She lives in Brooklyn, NY and spends her free time doing jigsaw puzzles of course, and running a 30-day plastic-free challenge program with her sister, Mackenzie.Insights from this EpisodeHow JIGGY worksWhat the science behind playing puzzles isThe differences of between being a female founder and male founder Kaylin's entrepreneur journey and what inspired her to found JIGGYThe community building process of JIGGYWhat the JIGGY Puzzle Club isKaylin's experience of being on SharkTankQuotes from the Show:“[About entrepreneurship] I thought it was a much more straightforward process and that, you know, you have an idea, you wanna get something made, there's these factories, they make it and you pay them and that's that”- Kaylin Marcotte in “The Sydcast” [15:13]“[About Syd's experience on a class called ‘Art & Money'] The ways in which the art market works are really unusual, and there's a bit of wild west here”- Sydney Finkelstein in “The Sydcast” [21:57]“[About women in the art world] Gender representation it's a big issue in terms of gallery space, museum space” Kaylin Marcotte in “The Sydcast” [24:33]“[About dealing with competitors in the market] As your business grows and people hear about you more you will have copycats, and what I've learned about all of this is that you can't avoid people copying you and if you have to sue them to keep them away is a really bad way to live, you don't have enough money to keep doing that”- Sydney Finkelstein in “The Sydcast” [26:05]“[About her experience on Shark Tank] The idea of just releasing control and not even knowing until it's live on TV, what that edit is gonna be, you know, you don't see anything before hand, it's definitely nerve wracking” Kaylin Marcotte in “The Sydcast” [48:51]“[About the founder syndrome] What's next, what's the new shiny opportunity or what else should we do and finally I had an advisor and he was like yes of course like innovator die, always thinking of those things, but also like part of scaling is the less sexy, just you do what you've already done 10 times over ”- Kaylin Marcotte in “The Sydcast” [1:00:21]Stay Connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastKaylin MarcotteWebsite: https://jiggypuzzles.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jiggypuzzles/Shark Tank: Kaylin Marcotte on the Shark TankSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode Summary:Starting a job as a new CEO is not easy. Starting at the same time as a global pandemic is tougher. Now add in that the CEO – my guest, Lucy Lieberman – is running the travel company Tablet Hotels and you get the picture. With a career that went from digital startups in the early days of the Internet to managing global brands, Lucy has experience with pretty much every aspect of marketing, and she brings it all to her role as CEO. On this episode of The Sydcast, Lucy walks us through her path to the top, how she thinks about leadership, and some of the exciting new ideas she's been spearheading to help emerge from the Covid crisisSydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Lucy LiebermanLucy Lieberman is CEO of Tablet Hotels, the hotel experts at the MICHELIN Guide. She joined Tablet as Chief Marketing Officer in 2019 to scale the brand globally following its acquisition by Michelin, bringing more than 20 years of expertise in marketing, product development and operations to the role. Lieberman previously spent 10 years with Ogilvy and Mather, most recently serving as Managing Director. At Ogilvy, she was responsible for delivering marketing ROI for brands such as InterContinental Hotels Group, American Express, IKEA and BlackRock. Earlier in her career, Lieberman served as a founding team member of two technology startups, oversaw product development for a mobile startup, and helped lead operations and project management for digital marketing agencies. She holds a BA from Georgetown University in Studio Art and French and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.Insights from this EpisodeHow Tablet Hotels workThe difficulties of running a travel company during Covid-19How the partnership between Michelin and Tablet Hotels was formedLucy's journey to becoming the CEO of Tablet Hotels Lucy and Syd's first experiences on business with the internetHow the travel behavior has changed because of Covid-19Quotes from the Show:“[About traveling] For quite a while now, my philosophy has been quite different, I'll see what I see in terms of the famous places...but I much rather just kind of walk around and experience”- Sydney Finkelstein in “The Sydcast” [4:41]“When you get any job offer you think about could I even do this, is this insane or is this completely common sense and there is not even anything to question about it ”- Lucy Lieberman in “The Sydcast” [15:07]“You can't go out thinking that everything you're going to do is going to be flawless and amazing and game-changing”- Lucy Lieberman in “The Sydcast” [42:05]“We definitely saw a real shift in where people were traveling away from metropolitan destinations and big hotels and people were really gravitating towards smaller properties, properties that had bungalows or cottages or stand alone units, villas, those were insanely high demand”- Lucy Lieberman in “The Sydcast” [50:38]“When I was growing up I was taught that business and capitalism were almost dirty, that the path in life needed to be more noble and more about education and the wellbeing of society in some ways”- Lucy Lieberman in “The Sydcast” [59:30]Stay Connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastLucy LiebermanLinkedIn: Lucy LiebermanFacebook: Lucy LiebermanInstagram: Lucy LiebermanTablet HotelsWebsite: Tablet HotelsTwitter: Tablet HotelsFacebook: Tablet HotelsInstagram: Tablet HotelsPinterest: Tablet HotelsSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode Summary:Sometimes you know what you want to do with your life, and for Bianca Smith, that was baseball. Professional baseball. Her path to becoming the first Black woman to coach in professional baseball is a story of grit, single-minded focus, and force of personality. Still only 30 and a coach at a minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, Bianca tells us how she got there and what life is like when you're a 5-foot-tall woman teaching professional male athletes how they could be better baseball players.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Bianca SmithBianca Smith finished her 1st season with the FCL Red Sox in 2021. Prior to the Red Sox she was an Assistant Athletic Director and Assistant Baseball Coach/Hitting Coordinator at Carroll University. Smith has also coached at Case Western Reserve University (where she earned her dual JD/MBA) and the University of Dallas, as well as worked in Baseball Operations in the front offices of the Texas Rangers, the Cincinnati Reds, and MLB's Commissioner's Office. Smith graduated from Dartmouth College in 2012 where she played varsity softball and club baseball.Insights from this EpisodeThe journey into the baseball major leaguesThe transition from front office work into coachingThe skill sets and mindset that are necessary to be a coachHow to build relationships of trust with your players as a coachThe psychological side of coachingThe challenges of being a woman in the coaching environmentWhy analytics are helpful in sportsQuotes from the Show:“One thing I can say about Bianca is that she is simply not a stoppable force because along with driving passion she brings a learning mindset to everything she does”- Sydney Finkelstein in “The Sydcast” [05:40]“Professional baseball is a little bit different because, yes your individual stats matter to your contract, but overall the goal is still, you're gonna win a world series and you can't win a world series by yourself, the team wins the world series not you”- Bianca Smith in “The Sydcast” [14:27]“As a coach, one of the biggest things I think you need is just to be open minded, don't come in thinking that you know everything because I guarantee you in any sport you're never gonna know everything”- Bianca Smith in “The Sydcast” [25:31]“The best players are the ones that can adjust on their own because they have that body awareness, they know what they're looking for, they know what they did wrong and they are able to make that adjustment in game”- Bianca Smith in “The Sydcast” [30:07]“[About statistics] The best coaches are the ones that know when to use it and in what situation”- Bianca Smith in “The Sydcast” [46:03]“Ignore the criticisms and the expectations and do what you want to do”- Bianca Smith in “The Sydcast” [1:01:09]Stay Connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastBianca SmithLinkedIn: Bianca SmithTwitter: Bianca Smith Instagram: Bianca SmithSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode Summary:Imagine carrying a burden of self-doubt and insecurity while everyone else only sees a smart young woman taking on the world of business. At some point something has to give, and for my guest on this episode of The Sydcast it did, via a nervous breakdown and an epiphany that has led to a new career of helping fellow Latinas come to terms with a culturally-derived inferiority complex that holds back an immense talent pool from fulfilling their potential. This is the inspirational and gripping story of Valeria Aloe.Sydney FinkelsteinSyd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Valeria AloeValeria Aloe, founder of Abundancia Consciente (Conscious Abundance), has designed and facilitated bilingual programs on cultural narratives, entrepreneurship, stress management, and more, coaching women and minority leaders, teams, and business owners throughout the U.S. and in 14 Latin American countries.Before launching her practice, she worked +20 years in business development, marketing, and finance in leading companies across 7 countries, including Procter & Gamble, Citibank, Reckitt Benckiser, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and TIAA. Born in Argentina and living in the U.S. since 2002, Valeria is on a mission to support Latinas who navigate new spaces as first-generation, as well as Allies who seek to become more assertive mentors and sponsors by understanding the Hispanic culture from within. She wrote “Uncolonized Latinas” (New Degree Press, Dec'21), a book that casts a new light on the limiting cultural narratives holding Latina women back, and that provides strategies and insights for career success and upward mobility. She holds degrees in Business Administration and in Finance from Universidad Catolica Argentina, an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and a Master in Spiritual Sciences.Insights from this EpisodeHow Valeria's childhood was like growing up in ArgentinaHow Valeria kept up with the expectations of her parentsDifferences between studying in Argentina and in the United StatesChallenges that Valeria faced as a Latina women when she emigrated to the United StatesValeria's adapting process as a Latina women in an American collegeThe difficulties of constructing relationships in the United States as a member of the Hispanic communityHow imposter syndrome affects the Hispanic cultureHow gender roles in the Hispanic community impose pressure on Hispanic womenHow COVID-19 has affected Hispanic familiesQuotes from the Show:“As an obedient Latina, I worked hard while keeping my head down. Played with self doubt and a sense of unworthiness”- Valeria Aloe in “Uncolonized Latinas” [05:36]“[About Valeria's parents] I still remember they saying to me: You're going to be the first female in the family to go to college”- Valeria Aloe [11:30]“The initial conversation with my parents was like, you either study business or you study law or medicine, the traditional careers...there is this cultural relief that, that's where you can do better”- Valeria Aloe [27:53]“Leaving Argentina was very emotional, it was a one way ticket, we had no idea what to expect”- Valeria Aloe [32:50]“[About Valeria's experience in a US college] I was so intimidated and I felt so inferior in a way when I came here, that I used to only surround myself with Spanish speakers in the beginning. I was intimidated to approach people”- Valeria Aloe [35:04]“There is a cultural silence among hispanics. We come from cultures of struggle, so we accept that struggling is what it is and we'll go through that and we don't even talk about it”- Valeria Aloe [36:50]“When I was 20 I said, I want to be one of those facilitators, I want to be of those in the front of the room helping people with their own mindset, with their own challenges ”- Valeria Aloe [56:19]Stay Connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastValeria AloeLinkedIn: Valeria Aloe Instagram: Valeria Aloe Book: Check in at Valeria's website for updates on availability: www.ConsciousAbundance.netAbundancia ConscienteWebsite: www.ConsciousAbundance.netYoutube: Abundancia Consciente USASubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode Summary:Imagine taking a career break for 11 years and then returning to face an entirely different world of work, technology, and even culture. Carol Fishman Cohen did it, and quickly came to realize that there are many thousands of others – mostly women – who are looking to make the same transition. They had high-powered jobs, and now they want to get back in the game. As it turns out, hundreds of companies are thinking the same thing – how do we tap into this experienced talent pool? And so was born iRelaunch, Carol's work force re-entry consulting and training business that is normalizing the concept of a “career break” while demonstrating the value that “relaunchers” bring to the table. I think this is more a movement than a company, and Carol Fishman Cohen will tell you why, on this episode of The Sydcast.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Carol Fishman CohenCarol Fishman Cohen is the CEO and Co-founder of iRelaunch, a career reentry consulting, training and events company. iRelaunch has worked with over 200 clients on career reentry programs and programming. iRelaunch produces the iRelaunch Return to Work Conferences, and leads a community of nearly 100,000 "relaunchers" looking to return to work after career breaks of one to over 20 years. iRelaunch co-leads the STEM Reentry Task Force with the Society of Women Engineers, the groundbreaking career reentry initiative in its sixth year in which program managers from 34 leading employers to date have joined for top guidance on launching return to work programs at their respective organizations. Corporate giants that have launched return to work programs through this initiative include Johnson & Johnson, Raytheon Technologies, Apple, Merck, Northrop Grumman, P&G, IBM, Ford and Cummins. Cohen's TED talk "How to get back to work after a career break” has over 3.6 million views and has been translated into 30 languages. She is the author of the Harvard Business Review Magazine articles “The 40-Year-Old Intern,” and the recently released “Return-to-Work Programs Come of Age,” writes regularly for HBR Online and has presented on career reentry topics nearly 800 times. Cohen has been featured dozens of times in the major media. Her return to work at Bain Capital after an 11-year career break is the subject of a Harvard Business School case study and iRelaunch is the subject of a Stanford Graduate School of Business case study. Cohen is a graduate of Pomona College and Harvard Business School.Insights from this EpisodeHow Carol came up with the iRelaunch idea?How “returnship” programs have evolved over timeConcerns of employers and managers towards the returnship programsThe implications for a relauncheriRelaunch's purposeWhat a career break really isWhy a relauncher is valuable for a companyThe experience of the relaunchers after completing the iRelaunch programAdvice for people who are looking to take a career break Quotes from the Show:“Executives tell me or CEO's tell me how tough it is to find great people. The first thing I ask them is where are you looking? So often they're looking at the same places”- Sydney Finkelstein [2:18]“People take these career breaks [because] of an external factor and not related to their work performance” - Carol Fishman [13:45]“[About the relaunchers] They are recruited and hired now, more with the idea that they are gonna come into the teams and get hired after the program ends ” - Carol Fishman [17:57]“[About iRelaunch] Our mission since our founding in 2007 has been to normalize the career path that includes a career break” - Carol Fishman [32:05]“The career break forces you to step back and reflect on whether you are on the right career path to begin with and where we can have the most value to an organization” - Carol Fishman [40:57]Stay Connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastCarol Fishman CohenLinkedIn: Carol Fishman CohenTwitter: Carol Fishman CohenInstagram: Carol Fishman Cohen Book: Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms Who Want to Return to WorkHBR article:"Return to Work Programs Come of Age"HBS case study on return to Bain capital after 11 years: HBS case studyStanford GSB case study: Stanford GSB case study TED x talk: "How to get back to work after a career break"IRelaunchWebsite: https://www.irelaunch.com/LinkedIn: iRelaunch Twitter: iRelaunchFacebook: iRelaunch Instagram: iRelaunch Youtube: iRelaunchPodcast: 3, 2, 1 iRelaunch PodcastSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Episode Summary:Episode 112. Julie Quenneville is a path-breaking CEO whose personal journey reads like a greatest hits of modern challenges for women who want to make an impact. From being married to a partner that wanted her at home, to navigating multiple male-dominated professional settings, to bringing up children as a single Mom with a high-powered career, Julie has, and is, living her own life. Add in a dedication to mentoring other women, the ability to communicate her message in powerful ways, and a forthright honesty that comes through in our entire conversation, and Julie Quenneville's story is a master class in the art of becoming the person you want to be.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Julie QuennevilleJulie Quenneville is the President and CEO of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation. Her vast knowledge of philanthropy, business and government relations has made her a sought-after speaker on multiple platforms. Whether as a commentator, panelist or media expert, Julie communicates her message in a dynamic and engaging way. She is a change agent, passionate about the need for innovative research as a global responsibility. As someone who has excelled in her field, Julie offers her expertise to business, corporate, community, health care and government leaders. She is a proud mentor, particularly passionate about empowering young women. Julie has been named a TOP 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada.Insights from this EpisodeJulie's journey into leadershipJulie's life philosophyThe impact of mentorship on Julie's professional career and as a womanSecrets to why the McGill University Health Centre has had such successChallenges the McGill University Health Centre has faced during Covid-19Challenges Julie faced as a working mom during Covid-19Quotes from the Show:“Women bring diversity to executive teams, but the nature of that diversity is not simply that there are women sitting around the table, is their life experience, so often different than men's life experience ”- Sydney Finkelstein [2:27]“[About women during covid] Many of these women have dropped out of the fast track, sometimes out of the entire workforce because so much of the responsibility to cope rests on women in most families”- Sydney Finkelstein [3:09]“When we choose a different kind of lifestyle to balance being a wife, a mother and a leader, there's still a lot of judgement” - Julie Quenneville [2:42]“I was never satisfied just observing and watching, which is what journalist are supposed to do” - Julie Quenneville [11:33]“The turning point for me was living everyday like it's my last, and when I returned to school I joined absolutely every extracurricular activity” - Julie Quenneville [12:50]“There's absolutely no going back to pre-covid. The world is completely different” - Julie Quenneville [36:08]“[About sexual harassment in the work place] This is your workplace, these are not your friends, you have to maintain a certain level of professionalism” - Julie Quenneville [42:25]“I think the male leaders play a role in ensuring that the work place is professional” - Julie Quenneville [46:57]“I have been successful because of the mentors that I have had” - Julie Quenneville [48:56]“If you have the right partner and the right support network around you, there is absolutely no reason to turn down career opportunities” - Julie Quenneville [54:40]“I believe that my children are better today or stronger today, and much more resilient and agile because of their mom's career” - Julie Quenneville [56:04]Stay Connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastJulie QuennevilleLinkedIn: Julie Quenneville Website :https://www.juliequenneville.com/McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) FoundationWebsite: https://muhcfoundation.com/Twitter: MUHC Foundation Facebook: MUHC FoundationInstagram: MUHCFoundationSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.