Bart Hedges's guest appearances

Bart Hedges

The Not Unreasonable Podcast

Tyler Cowen

Christy Ford Chapin

Bryan Caplan

Melissa Perri

Robin Hanson

Arnold Kling

Mary Hirschfeld

Chris Blattman

Scott Sumner

Cathy O'Neil

Alex Tabarrok

Agnes Callard

Stan McChrystal

Matt Moore

Bill Jenkins

OwlTail

Every manager wants the dynamism of an entrepreneurial spirit in their company. The benefits of empowering highly skilled people are enormous and there is a long list of organizations that do this well and these are some of the most successful companies on earth. But it isn't easy because risks can be very real and very scary. Listen to this clip from my conversation with Bart Hedges (two-time Reinsurance company CEO) on the tradeoffs between entrepreneurship and risk aversion in managing highly skilled teams in a Reinsurance company. Listen to this clip alongside my short essay "Herding Peacocks" which you can find on the blog at https://notunreasonable.com/?p=6900.  Twitter: @davecwrightSurprise, It's Insurance mailing listLinkedin Social Science of Insurance Essays

Every manager wants the dynamism of an entrepreneurial spirit in their company. The benefits of empowering highly skilled people are enormous and there is a long list of organizations that do this well and these are some of the most successful companies on earth.  But it isn't easy because risks can be very real and very scary. Listen to this clip from my conversation with Bart Hedges (two-time Reinsurance company CEO) on the tradeoffs between entrepreneurship and risk aversion in managing highly skilled teams in a Reinsurance company.  Listen to this clip alongside my short essay "Herding Peacocks" which you can find on the blog at <a href="https://notunreasonable.com/?p=6900" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://notunreasonable.com/?p=6900</a>.  Twitter: @davecwright <a href="https://notunreasonable.com/signup" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Surprise, It's Insurance mailing list</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-wright-73661214/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linkedin</a> <a href="https://notunreasonable.com/the-social-science-of-insurance/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Social Science of Insurance Essays</a>

[3-min clip] Entrepreneurs as Underwriters with Bart Hedges

[technical note: there is some garbled audio from time to time (especially around minute 55) because, well, Bart is calling in from a boat. Not the greatest connection. I've decided to leave it intact because you can still mostly make out what's going on. Apologies for this. Thanks for listening] Bart Hedges is an actuary, former teenaged entrepreneur and the son of a car salesman. He recently stepped down as the CEO of Greenlight Re, an affiliate of David Einhorn's Greenlight capital and an innovator in the reinsurance business. On top of it all, Bart's 'good guy quotient' is off the charts. I'm an admirer of Bart's and was thrilled to have the chance to dig into his perspective on the business and career so far. Please subscribe and be sure to rate the show on iTunes! Music by www.bensound.com. youtube: https://youtu.be/hiC9Sc51WH4Twitter: @davecwrightSurprise, It's Insurance mailing listLinkedin Social Science of Insurance Essays

[technical note: there is some garbled audio from time to time (especially around minute 55) because, well, Bart is calling in from a boat. Not the greatest connection. I've decided to leave it intact because you can still mostly make out what's going on. Apologies for this. Thanks for listening] Bart Hedges is an actuary, former teenaged entrepreneur and the son of a car salesman. He recently stepped down as the CEO of Greenlight Re, an affiliate of David Einhorn's Greenlight capital and an innovator in the reinsurance business. On top of it all, Bart's 'good guy quotient' is off the charts. I'm an admirer of Bart's and was thrilled to have the chance to dig into his perspective on the business and career so far. Please subscribe and be sure to rate the show on iTunes! Music by <a href="http://www.bensound.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.bensound.com</a>.  youtube: <a href="https://youtu.be/hiC9Sc51WH4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/hiC9Sc51WH4</a>Twitter: @davecwright <a href="https://notunreasonable.com/signup" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Surprise, It's Insurance mailing list</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-wright-73661214/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linkedin</a> <a href="https://notunreasonable.com/the-social-science-of-insurance/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Social Science of Insurance Essays</a>

Sales, CEOship and Unknown Unknowns with Bart Hedges