Ranked #1
Too Big to Succeed: How to Make Government Work | Diego Piacentini
Too Big to Succeed: How to Make Government Work | Diego Piacentini
Innovation gets harder the older, larger, and more complex an organization becomes. Government agencies that have been a... Read more
27 Apr 2023
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53mins
Ranked #2
Welcome to the Wellness Era | Dave Kimbell, CEO of Ulta Beauty
Welcome to the Wellness Era | Dave Kimbell, CEO of Ulta Beauty
It's no surprise that CivicScience data show that Americans' levels of stress are still running high after the coronavir... Read more
16 Mar 2023
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45mins
Ranked #3
Minding What Matters | Chris Cuomo of NewsNation
Minding What Matters | Chris Cuomo of NewsNation
How are we supposed to know what really matters anymore? That used to be what the news was for. Reporters would uncover ... Read more
8 Mar 2023
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55mins
Ranked #4
Politics and Tech: Why Can't We All Just Get Along | Congressman Mike Doyle
Politics and Tech: Why Can't We All Just Get Along | Congressman Mike Doyle
Our elected leaders used to set the tone of political discourse. Today, politicians take cues from their tribe, gleaning... Read more
22 Sep 2022
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52mins
Ranked #5
Leading from the Bottom: How Systems Thinking Can Revitalize Everything From the Ground Up | Jeff Wilke, co-founder and chairman of Re:Build
Leading from the Bottom: How Systems Thinking Can Revitalize Everything From the Ground Up | Jeff Wilke, co-founder and chairman of Re:Build
This week on The Dumbest Guy in the Room, host John Dick welcomes Jeff Wilke, who played a major role in building Amazon... Read more
14 Sep 2022
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47mins
Ranked #6
Did COVID Save Retail? The Painful But Essential Lessons of the Pandemic | Shelley Bransten of Microsoft
Did COVID Save Retail? The Painful But Essential Lessons of the Pandemic | Shelley Bransten of Microsoft
It's no secret that the pandemic changed everything that businesses knew about their customers overnight. But old habits... Read more
8 Sep 2022
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52mins
Ranked #7
Remaking Media: How to Build Trust in an Ever-changing Landscape | John Battelle, co-founder of Wired and The Recount
Remaking Media: How to Build Trust in an Ever-changing Landscape | John Battelle, co-founder of Wired and The Recount
Like many things in our country, media is broken – badly. It's hard to know where to start to fix it. Media outlets who ... Read more
31 Aug 2022
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58mins
Ranked #8
Bringing Economics to the Masses: Finding Hope in Today's Economic Uncertainty | Michelle Meyer of Mastercard
Bringing Economics to the Masses: Finding Hope in Today's Economic Uncertainty | Michelle Meyer of Mastercard
The U.S. economy is absolutely massive. It’s also extremely complex, and that makes it difficult from the political pers... Read more
24 Aug 2022
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46mins
Ranked #9
Failing on Purpose: Changing the Way We Think About the World's Biggest Problems | Astro Teller, CEO of X
Failing on Purpose: Changing the Way We Think About the World's Biggest Problems | Astro Teller, CEO of X
It’s almost impossible to keep up with all the crises in America today. There’s inflation, energy costs, drug prices, me... Read more
17 Aug 2022
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52mins
Ranked #10
Return to Health: How Healthcare Needs to Change in the Post-COVID Era | Norman de Greve, CVS Health Chief Marketing Officer
Return to Health: How Healthcare Needs to Change in the Post-COVID Era | Norman de Greve, CVS Health Chief Marketing Officer
The health implications of the pandemic are staggering. Tens of millions of Americans got COVID, as many as 1 million ma... Read more
16 Dec 2021
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43mins