Out of Office Podcast
1) Listen Now: Misconception
Reality TV stars are freezing their eggs on camera. Lawmakers in DC are debating federal protection for IVF. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being invested in slick startups that market fertility ...Show More
2) BNP Asset Management CEO: Making Mistakes is a Law of Nature
Sandro Pierri had no clue what mutual funds were when he first ventured into the world of finance. Today, the boy who grew up in a small Italian village sits at the helm of BNP Paribas Asset Managemen...Show More
3) Cirque du Soleil: Lessons from the Circus
The pandemic-induced carnage that swept through live entertainment didn’t spare one of the most recognizable names in the industry. Cirque du Soleil’s revenues went from millions to zero in two days a...Show More
4) John Chambers: Former Cisco Chief on Leadership Lessons from a Child
A legend in the tech industry, the former CISCO CEO reveals why a chat with a young girl at a work function turned out to be a pivotal moment in his professional and personal life. In this candid and ...Show More
5) Julia Hartz: Eventbrite CEO on Activating Her Mamma Bear
At the start of the pandemic, Julia Hartz realized she might lose everything she had spent 14 years building. So the co-founder and CEO of Eventbrite activated her mamma bear. She got fierce. She move...Show More
6) Bobbi Brown's Second Act: A Clean Makeup Brand That's Distinctly Bobbi
More than 30 years ago, a new mom, tinkered with creating lipsticks from her bedroom in a New York City suburb, found a chemist who manufactured it for her and they split the $15 earned per tube, even...Show More
7) CFA’s CEO on The World’s Toughest Exam and More
In the early days of her career, Marg Franklin took the formidable CFA exam. It didn’t go according to plan. An exhausted new mother, she dozed off, only to wake up two hours later. Eventually, she pa...Show More
8) One Night in a Manila Slum Sparked a Global Movement
When Hugh Evans was 14, he spent one night in a Manila slum as part of a school trip.Surrounded by crawling cockroaches and rancid garbage, he tossed and turned while his host, a local boy, slept soun...Show More
9) A Celebrity Chef in Earthquake-Ravaged Turkey
Hours after the earthquake that flattened parts of Turkey and Syria, celebrity chef and founder of World Central Kitchen, José Andrés turned up in Istanbul. Since then, he’s been driving to the worst-...Show More
10) Sixty Thousand on the Waitlist: Why Women Are Flocking to This Club
Carolyn Childers grew up in a town so small it had no traffic lights. Now, the club she co-foundered - Chief - connects more than 20,000 women in business across the US and has 60,000 more on the wait...Show More