Business Weekly: 11/12/2021

Preparing for the worst might sound a little paranoid, but more people are embracing the prepper mindset and buying emergency supplies. As preparedness becomes a growing business, we visit a survival demonstration, speak to a supplier of emergency kit, and hear from a Swedish Civ ...  Show more

Headspace started life as a mindfulness app. Now it's partnering with the US Navy and investing in artificial intelligence for mental health support.The company's CEO Tom Pickett speaks to us about therapy, the increasing role of technology, and tackling burnout at scale.If you'd ...  Show more

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine presents a new level of disruption to an already fragile global trade system. Sara Menker, the CEO of Gro Intelligence, a data research firm with deep insights on global supply and demand, joins Rapid Response for the second time to discuss these disr ...  Show more

Six Routes travels to Germany, where the BBC’s Simon Jack explores how the euro crisis has exposed the country’s unusual relationship with debt. Marketplace's Krissy Clark meets entrepreneurs Jan and Feride of Uslu airlines -- a company that has taken inspiration from Germany's w ...  Show more

Annette Brüls is a senior executive with more than 20 years of experience in the medical device industry, and she has been the CEO of Medela since 2018. Medela is a global medical device company from Switzerland. It was founded in 1961 as a family company. Medela is still family- ...  Show more

On today’s show we are covering the fourth segment in our mini-series on business planning. On Monday’s show we talked about the company mission. We then spoke about the ten year and the three year plan. On yesterday’s show we spoke about the one year plan. Today we’re talking ...