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Rapid Response

The pace of change in our culture is unprecedented and shows no signs of slowing. So what is most important to pay attention to when striving to innovate, create, and lead? From the team behind Masters of Scale, Rapid Response features candid conversations with today's top business leaders navigating real-time challenges. Hosted by the former editor-in-chief of Fast Company, Bob Safian.

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Labubu, FOMO, and the live shopping boom, with Whatnot’s Grant LaFontaine

28 Nov 2025
22m
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Live shopping transforms digital commerce by replicating the social, experiential nature of in-person retail. Whatnot, a platform valued at $11.5 billion, succeeds by fostering community-driven interactions where sellers provide expertise and authentic engagement rather than relying on automated, algorithm-heavy models...

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Beyond the Parade: Macy’s navigates tariffs, turbulence and retail evolution

25 Nov 2025
23m
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Rebuilding American courage and character, with General Stanley McChrystal and Baratunde Thurston

21 Nov 2025
24m
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AI: The new frontier for mental health support?

18 Nov 2025
29m
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Inside Sesame Street’s toughest year yet, with CEO Sherrie Westin

14 Nov 2025
29m
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How to get funded now: VCs Reid Hoffman, Aileen Lee, and Stacy Brown-Philpot, with Van Jones

11 Nov 2025
27m
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What Ken Burns’ The American Revolution warns us about today

07 Nov 2025
32m
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Branding truths and tariff myths, with Autodesk’s Dara Treseder & Flexport’s Ryan Petersen

04 Nov 2025
29m
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Inside a crisis turnaround, with The Honest Company and the National Women’s Soccer League

31 Oct 2025
26m
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Chobani & Patagonia CEOs break down where values meet profit

28 Oct 2025
27m
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How AI redefines your workplace, with Meta’s Clara Shih, Box’s Aaron Levie, and LinkedIn’s Aneesh Raman

24 Oct 2025
30m
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The New York Times ‘will not be cowed’, with CEO Meredith Kopit Levien

21 Oct 2025
25m
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What really shapes our economic future, with Federal Reserve of San Francisco CEO Mary Daly

17 Oct 2025
30m
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Airbnb’s bet on an IRL future, with Brian Chesky

14 Oct 2025
32m
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Possible: Stephen Colbert isn’t so sure about AI (with Reid Hoffman)

10 Oct 2025
55m
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OLIPOP’s gutsy play to dethrone Coke and Pepsi, with Ben Goodwin

07 Oct 2025
30m
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Do businesses still have a social responsibility? with The B Team’s Leah Seligmann

03 Oct 2025
30m
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Design’s dominance sparks a blockbuster IPO, with Figma's Dylan Field

30 Sep 2025
26m
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What Meta’s CMO sees coming next for marketing and platforms

26 Sep 2025
34m
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After devastating aid cuts, Mercy Corps keeps fighting, with Tjada D’Oyen McKenna

23 Sep 2025
31m
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