S1 E3: Ursula Burns: The powerhouse CEO

Today’s bonus guest is Dr Chris van Tulleken, he's the author of the bestselling book Ultra Processed People, an infectious diseases doctor and broadcaster. Now for anyone who’s been listening to Big Fish for a while, you’ll know that this book absolutely changed my life. It’s an ...  Show more

Frankie Bridge is best known for her pop career - she was a member of one of the UK’s most successful girl bands, The Saturdays, and pop group S Club Juniors, which she joined at just 12-years-old. She’s also the Sunday Times bestselling author of OPEN: Why Asking for Help Can Sa ...  Show more

Ursula Burns, CEO of Xerox from 2009 to 2016, rose from humble beginnings to become the first Black woman to lead a Fortune 500 company. In this interview with HBR editor-in-chief Adi Ignatius, she talks candidly about the frequent challenges and occasional advantages of being "t ...  Show more

In this episode, Felix, Mihir and Semafor’s Liz Hoffman debate the backlash against woke CEOs. Did America’s corporate leaders go too far when they embraced broad social and political goals? Does corporate activism ultimately undermine political action? What’s the cost of cutting ...  Show more

Will the United States ever get it together? That’s what President Biden says he is often asked by other world leaders.  Bianna Golodryga, standing in for Christiane Amanpour speaks with historian and staff writer for The Atlantic, Anne Applebaum, and Richard Ben-Veniste, who was ...  Show more

Shellye Archambeau knew as a teenager she wanted to grow up and become a CEO. But when Shellye started as an undergraduate at the Wharton School of Business in 1980, there were just two female CEOs of large corporations, and none of the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies were Black. D ...  Show more