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EXPLORE OUR PODCASTS: The So What from BCG | Imagine This | Me, Myself, and AI | Thinkers and Ideas | Climate Vision 2050 | American Metamorphosis | In Her Ellement
The So What from BCG
In this series, award-winning journalist Georgie Frost interviews the leading thinkers and doers at BCG on the trends, developments, and ideas that will shape and disrupt the future. Topics range from global warming, COVID-19, business resilience, and social inequity to the influence of digital technology on everything.
How Corporations and Startups Can Collaborate on Green Growth
BCG’s Hubertus Meinecke and NetZero’s Axel Reinaud explore the green business landscape.
Customer Strategy: It’s Personal
BCG’s Mark Abraham discusses personalization in the age of AI.
Up Close with Our CEO
BCG’s Christoph Schweizer discusses what he is hearing from CEOs—and the importance of focus, teaming, and personal health for leaders.
Imagine This...
When Quantum Computing Brings Breakthroughs . . . or Chaos
BCG’s Antoinne Gourévitch explores how quantum computers could create a new era of materials design or sow mayhem by upending password protection.
Sustainable and Affordable: When Housing Is No Longer in Crisis
Sustainable materials will be one feature of new urban housing. Move into our podcast for more details. Welcome!
Skip the Chips? When AI Meets Your Grocery Cart.
Going to the supermarket? Don’t forget your reuseable bags--and your personal wellness data.
When Government Knows What You Need Before You Do
AI-powered governments will accommodate individuals’ complex circumstances in a way that systems couldn’t in the past.
Me, Myself, and AI
This series from BCG and MIT Sloan Management Review connects with business leaders who have achieved big wins with their AI initiatives and—through straightforward, engaging conversation—finds out how they’ve done it.
Sharing AI Mistakes: Partnership on AI’s Rebecca Finlay
The nonprofit’s CEO makes a case for more openness around organizations’ AI missteps.
The Risks of Too Much AI: Fortune’s Jeremy Kahn
Fortune journalist and author of "Mastering AI: A Survival Guide to Our Superpowered Future" Jeremy Kahn discusses the risks of an overreliance on AI technologies.
Never Too Much AI: Upwork’s Andrew Rabinovich
On the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, Andrew Rabinovich, vice president of AI and machine learning at Upwork, explains how the platform wants AI to redefine how projects are matched with resources.
Ethically Sourced Creativity: Shutterstock’s Alessandra Sala
Alessandra Sala, senior director of data science and AI at Shutterstock, shares how the company has evolved from a stock photo service to a leading provider of ethical AI training data, with 825 million curated assets. Sala emphasizes Shutterstock’s commitment to fairness and transparency, highlighting its innovative royalty model that encourages diverse content and sets a new standard for responsible AI practices.
Thinkers and Ideas
This podcast from the BCG Henderson Institute (BHI) unearths inspiring and thought-provoking insights from leading thinkers about influential ideas on business, technology, economics, and science. Martin Reeves, chairman of the BCG Henderson Institute, and Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, global chief economist of BCG, host the series.
Making Sense of Chaos with Doyne Farmer
In Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics For a Better World, J. Doyne Farmer challenges traditional economic models, which rely on simplistic assumptions and fail to provide accurate predictions.
Co-Intelligence with Ethan Mollick
In Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI, Ethan Mollick explains how to engage with AI as a co-worker, a co-teacher, and a coach.
The Intelligence of Intuition with Gerd Gigerenzer
In The Intelligence of Intuition, Gerd Gigerenzer challenges a commonly held view of intuition—namely, that it is somehow inferior to logical rationality.
Climate Capitalism with Akshat Rathi
In Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions, Akshat Rathi tells the stories of people around the world who are building impactful solutions to tackle climate change.
Climate Vision 2050
BCG's most imaginative podcast yet is set in the year 2050, yet it is not a work of fantasy. We're exploring how the world radically reduced carbon emissions and saved itself from climate change catastrophe. Immerse yourself in the climate action journey that makes this net-zero world possible.
Driven to Adapt
Electric vehicles have revolutionized the automotive industry and created a sustainable circular economy. Today in 2050, the internal combustion engine is a relic of the past. At the Paulista Grand Prix in São Paulo, race car driver Bela Tanaka goes neck and neck with Rahul Gonzalez for a chance at the top 5.
Green is the New Black
Clothing recycling along with second-hand and rental markets have significantly decreased waste in the fashion industry. Today in 2050, every garment tells a story. This transparency about an item’s provenance empowers consumers to make responsible choices. At Tokyo Fashion Week, model Emiko Ikeda must decide if they should take a stand against unethical clothing manufacturing.
The Mangrove Manifesto
In 2050, mangrove forests are thriving across Southeast Asia’s shorelines, protecting coastal communities from flooding and erosion. The region is a world leader in nature-based solutions to climate challenges. Environmental scientist Danilo Manolo travels through a protected mangrove forest in a national park in Malaysia to halt an illegal logging operation.
From Future to Fork
Controlled-environment agriculture allows farmers to grow fruits and vegetables indoors all over the world and even on Mars. Vertical farms are interwoven into the fabric of our cities, and produce is grown in greenhouses in less densely populated areas. Farmer Louisette Thibault must contain a pest outbreak at indoor farming facilities in and around Montreal, Canada.
American Metamorphosis
Is the US a country in flux? Emmy-nominated journalist Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani digs into America’s most complex challenges in this podcast from BCG and Atlantic Re:Think. Through deep storytelling, episodes explore transformative insights and ways to repair our country’s cracks.
The Way Forward
Christoph Schweizer, BCG's Global CEO, Kristen Kish, Iron Chef co-host, and Seth Dobrin, the president of the Responsible AI Institute, discuss how to build our future with empathy, from the kitchen to the data lab.
Transform to Perform
We hear from an Olympic marathon runner and a former fMRI brain researcher about how to stay composed under pressure, and learn how these insights can be applied to the energy sector as it strives to meet the demands of a greener future.
Recover and Discover
Emerge from setbacks with a new perspective.
The F Word
Jacqueline Novogratz, the CEO and founder of the Acumen Fund, Julie King, a best-selling author, and Juliet Grabowski, a managing director and partner at BCG, discuss how we can learn to embrace failure.
In Her Ellement
Digital expert Suchi Srinivasan and product designer Corin Lines, both from BCG, talk to the women at the vanguard of technology in business, art, education, and more. How did these leaders get where they are, and what made them realize they had arrived—that they were in their element?
Being Courageous with Element Bioscience’s Molly He
Many expert women decide to take the plunge into entrepreneurship - but what are the realities of this decision? For today’s guest, Molly He, CEO and co-founder of Element Biosciences, it was never her dream, but something she saw as a means of pushing the groundbreaking scientific work she was doing forward. Molly grew up in an economically disadvantaged village in rural China. She studied hard while at the same time developing her skills as a professional sprinter. At the end of high school, she decided to take a leap of faith and move to the US. In retrospect, Molly acknowledges that this was a courageous thing to do and that she used this courage and optimism throughout her career.
Introducing Fintech Files from BCG Platinion
This week on In Her Element, we're bringing you Fintech Files, a podcast from BCG Platinion. A show where we delve deep into the dynamic landscape of Fintech, NeoBanks, and the Digital Banking world, sparking insightful conversations with industry disruptors from around the globe. In this episode, we ask the question: “How many globally lack access to banking?” Astonishingly, one in three. In this insightful conversation, Vera Futorjanski, former Head of Communications at Rocket Internet and founding member of Dubai Future Accelerators, shares her journey. Emphasizing the transformative role of technology, she explores challenges and strategies to enhance accessibility and diversity in finance through education and innovation.
Data and Impact with Starbucks Coffee Company’s Emily Miner
Leadership puts you in the spotlight. Others will scrutinize everything you do, and you must challenge yourself to remain honest and authentic throughout. This is something that today’s guest, Emily Miner, learned by trial and error. Emily is Vice President of Partner Science and Business Operations at Starbucks Coffee Company. She started her career in the academic world as an anthropologist. However, an early career experience switched her on to the idea of large data sets being a force for great impact in the world.
Flexibility in Tech with Juniper Network's Sharon Mandell
A career in technology isn’t usually associated with flexibility. But Sharon Mandell, CIO of Juniper Networks has managed to carve out an incredible career that has allowed her to also spend time with her family. But how did she do this? Sharon almost became a professional ballet dancer but switched suddenly to a degree in computer science. Her father might not have been happy, but it was the start of a career that took her across several high-profile organizations and roles. Her advice to anyone looking to work with AI is that you should never be afraid to ask questions.
