Farooq Kathwari is the Chairman, President, and CEO of Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. an American furniture chain founded in 1932. The company now has more than 300 stores across the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Farooq has been President of the company since 1985 and Chairman & CEO since 1988.
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This week I am joined by Ragu Gurumurthy, the Chief Innovation and Digital Officer at Deloitte. Today we are talking about a hot topic--digital transformation. What it actually means, what it looks like to be a digitally transformed company, what skills are needed to achieve transformation and much more.
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My guest this week is Omar Hatamleh, the Chief Innovation Officer, Engineering at NASA and Executive Director of the Space Studies Program at the International Space University.
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Abe Greenspoon is the Program Lead for Canada’s Free Agents, a Government of Canada program launched in 2016 that proposes a new model for workforce mobilization. Abe has been in the public service of Canada for about 10 years.
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Amber Grewal is the Chief Talent Officer at Intel, a company with over 107,000 employees in 36 countries around the world. Prior to Intel Amber was the Corporate Vice President, Head of Global Talent Acquisition at IBM and the Vice President of Global Talent Acquisition at GE.
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My two guests today are Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri, the Chief Human Resource Officer at TPG and Anna Edwin, who is the Global Head of Talent Development at TPG. Our conversation today explores how TPG is shaping great experiences for their employees, the changes they’ve made to the performance review process, the mentoring opportunities they offer, how the role of leadership is changing, how Anna and Anilu think of the future of work. You will also hear Anna and Anilu’s advice to managers on how to give intentional, effective feedback.
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This week’s guest is Chetan Dube, CEO at IPsoft, an American multinational technology company which primarily focuses on Artificial Intelligence. Join us as we talk about AI of the past and the future. You will hear what kind of AI IPsoft is currently designing and building, whether or not AI can become as creative as humans, who or what Amelia is, and what we can do as individuals to prepare for what’s to come. With Chetan’s prediction that the workforce will be 50-50 digital and human by 2025 this is an important discussion you won’t want to miss.
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This week’s guest is Cameron Hedrick, Citi’s Chief Learning Officer. Citi is addressing a lot of key issues including climate change, urbanization, AI and automation, changing demographics, and plenty of others. Today in my conversation with Cameron you will hear some examples of what they are doing to deal with these issues and the importance of organizations taking a stance on controversial topics.We also talk about how learning has changed over the past few decades, how Citi is upskilling employees, how to measure corporate culture, what it’s like to work at Citi and much more.
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My guest today is Haenim Sunim, bestselling author and Zen Buddhist teacher. Join us as we discuss what a typical day looks like for a Zen Buddhist teacher and monk, how we can reclaim joy in our lives and work, Haemin’s thoughts on technology, practical steps to take to combat stress and much more.
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My guest today is Christy Gillenwater, the President & CEO of the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce. Christy has been in the Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development field for over 20 years and she is at the forefront of Chattanooga’s Velocity 2040 initiative which is helping the city prepare for the future of education, infrastructure, collaboration, thriving and leadership. You will hear more about this initiative in today’s conversation as well as what role business plays in the future of cities, what individual citizens can do to shape their own city, Christy’s view of AI and automation and much more.
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