Leeds Business Insights Podcast

Season Three:听Featured Guests

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The听Leeds Business Insights podcast听is back for its third season, offering listeners even more thought-provoking conversations with Leeds alumni, faculty and friends.听New episodes of Leeds Business Insights are released every other week on Wednesdays.

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Brian Higgins

Teaching Assistant Professor, Leeds School of Business

Brian Higgins听joins host Amanda Kramer to talk about misperceptions many have about working in sales, the art of a good conversation, surprising skills taught in sales courses at Leeds, and the unique mentorship opportunities available here. .

Operating Partner, MidOcean Partners

Brock Weatherup is a Leeds alumnus and consumer growth board executive, three-time Exit Startup CEO founder, multi-billion dollar C-suite leader, and an active early stage investor. He sits down with host Amanda Kramer to discuss his accomplishments, reflect on getting diagnosed with multiple sclerosis just 18 months ago, finding comfort in risk, and diving into opportunities even if you don't feel 100% prepared. .

Alixandra Barasch

Associate Professor of Marketing, Leeds School of Business

Researcher Alix Barasch discusses what makes customers enjoy their experiences, how companies can then create experiences that make consumers more immersed or more engaged in the moment, the pros & cons of 5G and more immersive content, as well as posting posed vs candid photos. .听

Ethan Poskanzer

Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship,听Leeds School of Business

Ethan听Poskanzer studies how organizations can select and connect people to develop innovative ideas and how the opportunity to innovate can be democratized and made more inclusive. He joins us to discuss the science behind matching entrepreneurs and mentors, some striking data in how gender factors into mentor/mentee relationships, and what we can learn from pitch evaluation & sequencing. .听

President/CEO, SWENSON

Case Swenson, alumnus and president/CEO at Swenson in the San Francisco Bay area, joins us to talk about the dynamic and ever-growing commercial construction and real estate development industry. He shares the trends and challenges he is seeing in the construction and real estate space, so-called 鈥済reen building,鈥� the skillset needed to enter this industry, and what he's learned from scaling a 4 generation family-owned business. .

Gloria Urrea

Assistant Professor of Operations Management, Leeds School of Business at CU 麻豆影院

Gloria Urrea听studies operations of humanitarian organizations (HOs), whose mission is to alleviate human suffering and improve the quality of life of the most vulnerable population.听She joins host Amanda Kramer to discuss crowdfunding in emergency support situations, mobilizing donors without burning them out, weighing volunteer experience, and the power of transparency. .

Richard Wobbekind

Leeds School of Business Associate Dean for Business & Government Relations, Senior Economist and Faculty Director of the Business Research Division

Brian Lewandowski

Executive Director of the Business Research Division,听Leeds School of Business

Leeds Business Research Division's Richard Wobbekind and Brian Lewandowski join us for a discussion about the economy and a look ahead that touches on听the current status of inflation and interest rates on a national and state level, the status of labor shortages and where cryptocurrency fits in the economy.

Founder, Happiness Squad, and Author, "Hardwired for Happiness"

Ashish Kothari joins host Amanda Kramer to debunk myths surrounding happiness & success, help us find happiness in our work, job crafting, and how we can integrate more happiness, gratitude and good habits into our own lives. .

Shaun Davies

Associate Professor and听Research Director of the Burridge Center for Finance, Leeds School of Business

Silicon Valley and Signature Bank are two of the top three largest bank failures in American history, both in terms of dollars, but also on an inflation-adjusted basis. And they happened just a few days apart. To get more insight on this incredible financial event, we sat down with Shaun Davies. .

Owner and Founder, Lola Red PR

Alexis Walsko is a Leeds alumna and founder of Minneapolis-based agency Lola Red, starting the company when she was just 22 years old. This episode dives into all things PR and strategy, touching on the history of traditional PR and the rise of the influencer, what to look for in an influencer and how to evaluate their effectiveness in your campaigns, micro vs macro influencers, and Alexis鈥� work in the early days of Love Your Melon. .

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Season Two:听Featured Guests

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The second season of Leeds Business Insights featured conversations with听CEOs, venture capitalists, economic forecasters and thought leaders plus discussions with other influential members of the CU 麻豆影院 community.听

Lawrence Williams

Associate Professor, Leeds School of Business

In his research, Dr. Williams examines the subtle influence of environmental cues on consumer behavior, the impact of psychological distance on consumers鈥� emotional judgments, and the mechanisms of self-regulation and self-control.听In this episode, Lawrence discusses the importance of self-expression, intrinsic and extrinsic rewards of consumption, and where purpose-driven branding & products fall into the mix. .

Jeff York

Research Director, Leeds School of Business Deming Center for Entrepreneurship

Brad Werner

Teaching Assistant Professor, Leeds School of Business; Teaching Director, Deming Center for听Entrepreneurship

Jeff and Brad discuss how they meld their research with real-world experiences and what practical insights they have to share with new entrepreneurs. .

Corporate Social Responsibility Instructor, Leeds School of Business

Jennifer Forman coaches businesses and individuals on social responsibility and sustainability practices through the Leeds School of Business Certificate of Corporate Social Responsibility program. In this episode, Jennifer outlines what she calls 鈥淏ig Sustainability鈥� and shares advice for connecting your company's culture and values with causes where they can make a positive difference. .

Erick Mueller

Executive Director of Deming Center for Entrepreneurship and Adjunct Professor, Leeds School of Business

A lifelong entrepreneur, Erick is dedicated to helping new entrepreneurs, and business owners start and grow their businesses. In this episode, he talks about how to apply the lessons he鈥檚 learned to the current moment and business landscape. .

Mike DelPrete

Scholar-in-Residence, Leeds School of Business

Mike DelPrete is听an internationally recognized expert and thought-leader in real estate tech.听This episode, he shares some of the most exciting innovations in real estate鈥攊ncluding iBuying鈥攁s well as the unintended ways these new models are impacting property markets.

Associate Professor of Law, 麻豆影院 Law School

Are you election ready? This episode, Sloan Speck joins us to talk about tax law and the many policies that Congress will have to deal with after the 2022 midterm elections. .听

Ovunc Yilmaz

Assistant professor of Operations,听Leeds School of Business

If you鈥檝e ever bought tickets to a concert or sporting event, you know what it鈥檚 like to watch prices rise and fall 鈥� and to sweat over finding the perfect seats for your budget and enjoyment. Ovunc Yilmaz is an expert in the dynamic market of live events ticketing, and joins us to offer his insights into a $20 billion industry. .

Richard Wobbekind

Leeds School of Business Associate Dean for Business & Government Relations, Senior Economist and Faculty Director of the Business Research Division

Brian Lewandowski

Executive Director of the Business Research Division,听Leeds School of Business

Leeds Business Research Division's Richard Wobbekind and Brian Lewandowski offer glimpses of what to expect in Colorado鈥檚 economy heading into 2023. Today鈥檚 episode takes listeners on a deep dive into employment rates, inflation, the pandemic鈥檚 lasting economic impacts, and more.

Partner,听Foundry Group

How do venture capitalists recruit and fund new talent? Jaclyn Freeman Hester, partner at the Foundry听Group and Leeds alumna, shares her experience and what entrepreneurs should consider when it comes to VC funding. .

CEO,听Barnes & Noble Education鈥�

Michael Huseby is a CU alumnus who has been managing the challenges of digital transformation in a number of industries, including retail communications, and now education as CEO of Barnes & Noble Education.

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Inaugural Season: Featured Guests

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The inaugural season of Leeds Business Insights looked听at trending topics in a business world coming out of a global pandemic that changed the way we live and work. Leeds faculty, alumni and friends鈥攔epresenting industries such as finance, travel and听tourism, operations, and marketing鈥攅xamined developments like the supply-chain crisis, the hospitality sector's rebound,听scaling and selling a business and听accelerating demographic changes, with an eye to useful takeaways for listeners.听

Sabrina Volpone

Professor

What makes diversity work at work? And how has the value of DEI changed in hybrid and remote settings? Sabrina shares insights from her research that will have you rethink the way your teams operate.听听|听Read more

G. 'Ravi' Ravishankar

Professor

A听veteran of supply chain, lean transformation, product innovation strategy听and technology transfer, Ravi discusses the current supply-chain crisis and offers a long-term outlook on when to expect improvements. 听| Read more

Senior vice president, 麻豆影院 Resort Finance & Special Events

Clark's听team听is responsible for听building the Disney brand and听maintain 麻豆影院 Resorts' financial plans. He talks about how he听managed to provide memorable experiences for听guests during a pandemic. 听| Read more

Sarah Zechman

Professor

An expert in financial communications and disclosures, Sarah听shares her insights into SPACs (special purpose acquisition companies) and what makes a SPAC successful from a public-launch perspective. 听| Read more

Jane Miller

Leeds Advisory Board member;听co-founder, Haevn

Jane Miller has more than 35 years' executive experience in the food industry, working with startups and the Fortune 500. She was most recently CEO听of听Lily's Sweets and has extensive experience in听the natural and organic industry. 听| Read more

Peter McGraw

Professor

Businesses need to pivot as听more people embrace听the single life.听Peter explains this demographic phenomenon and the adjustments businesses need to make. 听| Read more

Sanjai Bhagat

Professor

The war in Ukraine is devastating, in human terms.听Less dire听is the economic angle, but it's still worth considering.听Sanjai discusses the interconnected global energy markets and what the long game looks like for the United States. | Read more

Philip Fernbach

Professor

An expert on overconfidence and what he calls the knowledge illusion, Philip shares how people overestimate their understanding of the world鈥攁nd the consequences that has for everyone.听听|听

President, Worldwide TV and Digital Distribution, Lionsgate
The movie industry wasn't alone in being disrupted by technology and the pandemic. Jim shares what he learned watching his industry grapple with seismic change鈥攁nd how those lessons apply in every industry. | Read more

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Professor

麻豆影院 has become a home base for the natural and organics products industry. Does that mean you should jump right into the market with your organic hummus recipe?听听|听