FAILURE: The Science of Learning From Your Mistakes
Failure is inevitable. How we respond to it makes all the difference. Today, Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson joins us to discuss the critical distinction between destructive failures a...
9 Nov 202358min
HOW TO KNOW A PERSON: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply (with David Brooks)
For the past four years, New York Times columnist and acclaimed author David Brooks has been trying to learn the skills that go into seeing others, understanding others, making other people feel respe...
2 Nov 20231h 4min
HIDDEN POTENTIAL: Adam Grant on the Science of Achieving Greater Things
We live in a world that worships talent, a world that cheers natural athletes, exalts child prodigies, and venerates virtuosos. But admiring people who are blessed with innate abilities can lead us to...
26 Okt 20231h 7min
FACIAL RECOGNITION: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It
When tech journalist Kashmir Hill got a tip about a mysterious app, Clearview AI, that claimed it could identify anyone based on just one photo, she was skeptical. But when she found out the app was f...
19 Okt 202352min
Daniel Pink and Brian Lowery Aren’t Sure That You Exist
Daniel Pink is going through an existential crisis. The culprit? A new book by Stanford professor Brian Lowery. --- If you want to attend our November 1st event with Daniel Markovits and Jennifer Breh...
12 Okt 202347min
Susan Cain on the Power of the Bittersweet (2022)
Have you ever been brought to tears by a TV commercial? Do you relish rainy days? Are your favorite songs sad ones? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you, dear listener, know the pow...
5 Okt 20231h 14min
HUMAN COMPATIBLE: Can We Control Artificial Intelligence?
Stuart Russell wrote the book on artificial intelligence. Literally. Today, he sits down with Rufus to discuss the promise — and potential peril — of the technology he's been studying for the past 40 ...
28 Sep 20231h 11min
UNREASONABLE HOSPITALITY: The Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
When he was 26, Will Guidara took the helm of a middling brasserie in New York City called Eleven Madison Park. A decade later, it was named the best restaurant in the world. How did he pull off this ...
21 Sep 20231h 6min
