Today we talk with William (Bill) N. Anderson, CEO of Roche Pharmaceuticals. Anderson joined Roche in 2006, leading the Immunology Business Unit in Genentech. He was appointed Head of Global Product Strategy in 2013, became CEO of Genentech in 2017, and assumed his present role in 2019. He holds Master of Science degrees in Management and Chemical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Today we talk with David Burkus, whose forward-thinking ideas and bestselling books are changing how companies approach innovation, collaboration, and productivity.

Today we talk with Roger L. Martin, Thinkers50’s 2017 #1 management thinker. Roger is a trusted strategy advisor to the CEOs of companies worldwide including Procter & Gamble, Lego and Ford, and a Professor Emeritus at the Rotman School of Management at University of Toronto

Today we talk with David Musto, president, and CEO of Ascensus, the largest independent retirement and college savings services provider in the U.S. With more than 30 years of experience in financial services, Musto previously served as president of Great-West Investments, executive vice president of Empower Retirement, and CEO of J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services.

In March, we were all sent into our storm shelters because Covid-19, a metaphorical hurricane, was coming straight at us. As we hunkered down to wait out the storm, socially distant from each other, we heard the winds howling, we watched the news, and we waited for the all-clear. Now it’s June, and for some, the all-clear has sounded - or at least the mostly-clear.

Today we talk with Thomas Koulopoulos, a futurist and the author of thirteen books, including Reimagining Healthcare: How the Smartsourcing Revolution Will Drive the Future of Healthcare and Refocus It on What Matters Most, the Patient.

Today, we talk with Emily Heyward, author of OBSESSED: Building a Brand People Love from Day One. Emily is the Co-founder and Chief Brand Officer at Red Antler, where she helps founders develop purposeful, strategic visions for their startups and has led branding efforts for top companies such as Casper, Allbirds, and Boxed.

Today we talk with Dr. Omar Lateef, CEO of the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago about the coronavirus and its effect on healthcare leadership. During his time at Rush, Lateef has served as chief medical officer, and is a former associate dean of medical sciences at Rush University.

Today we talk with Dr. Ivan Misner, the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI (Business Network International), the world’s largest business networking organization. Called the “Father of Modern Networking” by CNN, Misner is a New York Times bestselling author, a columnist for Entrepreneur, and has been a university professor as well as a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of La Verne.

Today we talk with Chip Conley, “rebel hospitality entrepreneur” and New York Times bestselling author. At age 26, Chip founded Joie de Vivre Hospitality (JdV), transforming an inner-city motel into the second largest boutique hotel brand in America.

Today we talk with Dr. Mark Goulston, a sought-after conflict management coach, advisory board member at Tanto Capital Partners, and consultant to Fortune 500 leaders, entrepreneurs and educators across the nation. Goulston was a UCLA professor of psychiatry for over 25 years, and is a former FBI and police hostage negotiation trainer.

Part 2 of our talk with Jim McKelvey about his new book, The Innovation Stack, and how the coronavirus is impacting business leaders and entrepreneurs.

Today we talk with Jim McKelvey about his new book, The Innovation Stack, and how the coronavirus is impacting business leaders and entrepreneurs.

Don’t expect a nice clean ending to the pandemic. It will be gradual, it will be bumpy, it will feel over before it is, and then it will stop feeling over and we’ll be right back in it. It will end sooner for some than for others. The fear of COVID-19 will continue, social distancing will permanently change habits, work won’t ever be the same, and neither will travel.

Today we talk with Bruce Daisley, former VP at Twitter and author of EAT SLEEP WORK REPEAT: 30 Hacks For Bringing Joy To Your Job.

Human systems - like your organization - are always complex adaptive systems. And ironically, by forcing us apart, the pandemic is amplifying our ability to synchronize with each other, just like a flock of starlings.

There will come a time when we turn our attention from “coronavirus” to “recovery.” While it’s too early to start sending non-essential workers back to offices, it would be wise to start thinking about how your company will recover from this crisis.

Today we talk with Laurie Cooke, President and CEO of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA) about the coronavirus and its effect on her, on the HBA, and on the advancement and impact of women in the business of healthcare.

It’s hard for many of us to visualize the good that can come from a pandemic—and the economic and social chaos in which much of the world finds itself. But David Komlos is CEO of Syntegrity, which primarily works with Fortune 500 companies that have “become stuck” at some inflection point, are in trouble or otherwise need help either turning around or finding the path forward. Komlos shares advice on how to do this in the following interview with Chief Executive.

This lesson in exponentiality doesn’t just apply to fighting a global pandemic. It is a critical takeaway for leaders to apply to other exponential challenges we face more frequently, like when we realize that a merger is going south or a digital transformation initiative is badly off-track.