The Chief of Staff: A CEO’s Secret Weapon
BCG’s Judith Wallenstein reveals how this role powers CEO success.
This Boston Consulting Group podcast series looks around the corner of today’s big business and social issues. The goal—the so what—is to make sense of today and prepare busy leaders and executives for the day after tomorrow.
Award-winning British 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. This is not your typical business strategy podcast.
Hubertus Meinecke, BCG’s global climate and sustainability lead, and Axel Reinaud, CEO of NetZero, discuss what climate startups can learn from large corporations and vice versa. Corporations have capital that startups need but take a long time to make decisions. Startups are fast moving and have strong technical skills but are short on the capital that large corporations can provide.
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BCG’s Judith Wallenstein reveals how this role powers CEO success.
BCG’s Mark Abraham discusses personalization in the age of AI.
BCG’s Christoph Schweizer discusses what he is hearing from CEOs—and the importance of focus, teaming, and personal health for leaders.
BCG’s Tad Roselund describes how to become surprise averse.
BCG’s Sagar Goel calls for reskilling and continuous learning in an evolving world.
BCG’s Edward Crouch discusses how brands can stand out in a crowded market of reward and membership programs.
BCG’s Brian Collie addresses challenges facing the electric vehicle industry.
BCG’s Kilian Berz explains how banks continue to struggle 15 years after the global financial crisis—and what they can do to recover.
BCG’s Paul O’Rourke explains why organizations should rethink their approach to cybersecurity.
BCG’s Daniel Azevedo explores a possible shift in economic power to the Global South.
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Georgie Frost is an award-winning freelance finance broadcaster and journalist. She began her career as a sports journalist at the Guardian Media Group before hosting sports shows on BBC Radio. In 2014, she created a daily finance-based talk radio show on Share Radio, winning honors as the financial broadcaster of the year and as one of the top five best new presenters in the UK at the APA Awards. She has written for the Financial Times, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Mail and appeared as a sports and financial commentator in national newspapers as well as on ITV, Sky Sports Mix, and BBC One. She has written and hosted the Daily Mail’s “This is Money” podcast for the past ten years.
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