Season 2 — PODCAST — Breakthrough Builders

Creating Customer Love

How Sheila Vashee brought the customer focus shown by leading consumer brands to business customers at Dropbox, architecting a groundswell of devotion based on clear communication and continuous adaptation.

Season 2Jesse PurewalMarch 17, 2021dropbox marketing, brand love, opendoor, dropbox, growth teams, growth marketing, growth marketing teams, best women entrepreneurs, sheila vashee, best women leaders, basis set ventures, customer love

A Moment for Tea

How Steve Schwartz, Founder and CEO of Art of Tea, innovated on 5,000 years of tradition to build a distinctive brand around ritual and resilience.

Season 2Jesse PurewalMarch 10, 2021best premium tea, steve schwartz, best tea, steve schwartz ceo, customized tea, best ceo stories, art of tea

Nurturing our Disruptive Nature

Charlene Li, analyst and best-selling author, shares her perspectives on business disruption, personal bravery, and having the courage to discover the future.

Season 2Jesse PurewalMarch 3, 2021business transformation, groundswell, breakthrough woman leaders, digital disruption, best woman leaders, best thought leaders 2021, altimeter, how do i deal with business disruption, research on digital disruption, research on digital trends, altimeter at prophet, charlene li, altimeter group

The Spirit of Possibility

A creator’s look at the breakthroughs that shaped how we log on, connect, and live. Gurdeep Pall, CVP at Microsoft reflects on decades spent innovating at the forefront of networking, communications, and autonomous systems.

Season 2Jesse PurewalFebruary 24, 2021accomplished sikh immigrants, who invented vpn, who led microsoft skype acquisition, microsoft, artificial intelligence, machine learning, microsoft cvp, best technology builders, skype, sikh leaders, who invented tcp ip, best technology innovators, gurdeep singh pall, autonomous systems, gurdeep pall, most successful indian executives, skype history

Love and Truth in Work and Life

Kim Scott, author and executive coach, talks about candor and storytelling in business writing, and about how her coaching, writing, and leadership roles work in harmony.

Season 2Jesse PurewalFebruary 17, 2021kim scott, leadership, just work, diversity, executive coaching, cognitive biases, inclusion, management, equity, radical candor

Time as Competitive Advantage

Bill Carr, former VP of Digital Media at Amazon, shares the simple, powerful mechanisms Amazon invented for slowing down, getting things right, then scaling at speed.

Season 2Jesse PurewalFebruary 9, 2021innovation, pr faq, pr faq process, amazon pr faq, bill carr, jeff bezos, intrapreneurship, working backwards, startup culture, leadership principles, amazon

The Courage to Change

Kellie McElhaney, professor at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, shares her view on the economic, social, and emotional impacts of having the courage to make real change - in life and in business.

Season 2Jesse PurewalJanuary 27, 2021gender and leadership, berkeley, csr, haas, equity fluent leadership, business strategy, corporate social responsibility, haas school of business, equity gender and leadership, egal, equity fluency

Following Clues, Creating Belonging

Andrea Robb is a talent advisor, designer, and leadership coach. In her conversation with Jesse, she draws on her experiences as a talent executive and consultant to lay out a vision for the future of the workplace experience and of talent management.

Season 2Jesse PurewalJanuary 20, 2021workforce of the future, leadership, future workforce, workforce strategy, belonging, talent strategy, employee engagement, airbnb, covid

The Chemistry of Leadership

Mike Stern, CEO of the Climate Corporation, combines scientific rigor and empathetic leadership to innovate and build businesses in agriculture.

Season 2Jesse PurewalJanuary 12, 2021leadership, innovation, breakthrough builders, agro tech, agriculture, big data