In this episode of Minds Worth Meeting, host Whitney Jennings speaks with Columbia Business School professor Sheena Iyengar, a global authority on decision-making and choice. On the show, we talk about Sheena’s best-selling book, “The Art of Choosing,” as well as her just-released new book “Think Bigger: How to Innovate.“ Sheena discusses the six-step method…
In this episode of Minds Worth Meeting, host Whitney Jennings speaks to Stern Strategy Group founder Susan Stern. Even after her retirement, the values Susan holds dear are instilled throughout our organization and make us what we are today. In this episode, Susan discusses how she got her start in public relations, the story of…
Jennifer Chatman’s framework reveals the details of a company’s culture, then offers key levers for change that help strategies succeed.
In our first episode of the new Minds Worth Meeting podcast from Stern Strategy Group, Zoe Chance, author of “Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen,” sits down with host Whitney Jennings to delve deep into the world of persuasion and influence and how to make it a…
When looking for ways to solve problems in business, there’s a lot of talk about frameworks, blueprints and playbooks. But Caltech mathematical physicist Spyridon “Spiros” Michalakis, PhD. (SPEE-ros mee-ha-LAH-kiss), isn’t interested in slides and graphs; his goal is to connect and inspire. With what he playfully calls “the quantum way of thinking,” Spiros explains that the secret…
A former senior NASA robotics researcher and Mars Exploration research engineer at the space agency’s storied Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), co-founder of a trailblazing ed-tech company, and dean of the 10,000-student strong College of Engineering at The Ohio State University, Ayanna Howard, Ph.D., is a true leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics engineering. According…
Why do organizations spend so much money trying to get things done with technology but fail so often? According to Geoff Parker, the Charles E. Hutchinson ’68A Professor of Engineering Innovation and executive director of the Master of Engineering Management Program at Dartmouth College, technology is widely available but not utilized properly, with the necessary…
With the world continuing to reel from geopolitical destabilization and deepening economic crises, organizations must be prepared to nimbly navigate the current state of global uncertainty. From pandemic-related supply chain disruptions and ever-changing geopolitics to record inflation and soaring energy costs, it’s vital for leaders to be able to embrace uncertainty, adapt quickly and build…
In a variety of just released and upcoming books, our clients are taking on topics as diverse as the organizational resilience that comes out of exceptional leadership, especially in crises, a timely update about Vladimir Putin’s geopolitical influence, and insights into just how consequential the process of picking a president is. Written by leading experts…
How do leaders create workplace cultures that inspire true inclusiveness and make all employees feel like they belong? How can organizations turn everyday crises into opportunities? Simmons University President Lynn Perry Wooten, Ph.D., has built a career out of transforming these challenging questions into competitive advantages, showing that organizations don’t have to succumb to crises…
Author and futurist Ari Wallach says it’s vital to think ahead – way ahead – to enrich our lives and the lives of future generations
Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim’s new book shows leaders how to simultaneously achieve social good and financial success.
