June 28, 2020 Matt Renner, Microsoft President, US Enterprise Listen on: With the world sheltered at home, schools closed and millions of people across the globe attempting to work and learn remotely, demand for Microsoft services has skyrocketed. I took a look behind the scenes with Matt Renner, President of US Enterprise at Microsoft and a tech industry…
June 23, 2020 Tim Draper, Founder at Draper Associates/DFJ/Draper University Listen on: The pandemic has had a devastating impact on global economies, but at the same time created new opportunities for innovation and venture capital. I recently spoke with legendary Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper, about today’s venture capital economy the present situation for capital…
June 16, 2020 Pauline Brown, Chairman, LVMH North America Listen on: On this episode of The Reboot Chronicles I discussed brand aesthetics, luxury and the new AI with my friend Pauline Brown, author, SiriusXM host, and former NA Chairman of LVMH, a company with over 75 iconic brands and $60 billion in revenue. I asked Pauline…
June 9, 2020 Toby Eduardo Redshaw, SVP, Enterprise Innovation, and 5G, Verizon Listen on: With $132 billion in revenue, serving 99% of Fortune 500’s, 1600 retail locations and 135K employees, Verizon has become a dominating global technology company that is investing in transforming the future of business. I invited a good friend and colleague Toby…
June 3, 2020 Zaffrin O’Sullivan, CEO, Five Dot Botanics Listen on: The CEO of Five Dots Botanics, Zaffrin O’Sullivan, recently joined me on The Reboot Chronicles. A few years ago she had plenty on her plate, as Head of Business and Legal Affairs for BBC Studios, Founder of Female Founders in Beauty, mother of three –…
June 3, 2020 Scott Miller, EVP & CMO, Franklin Covey and Best-Selling Author Listen on: I have been a fan of Dr. Stephen Covey for years. He was renowned for his research on leadership culminating in a best seller 7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleand the founding of Franklin Covey, a top-tier leadership development firm…
May 26, 2020 Dawn Dobras & Annie Jackson, Co-founders, Credo Listen on: Ditch the dirty list and become a ‘badass’! Now more than ever, clean beauty curiosity is rising amid COVID impacted shoppers. Prestige clean beauty, according to NPD, is seeing an 11% increase despite the overall 14% decline the beauty industry has experienced during this current…
May 14, 2020 Raheel Khan, VP Corporate Category, & Innovation Strategy Estee Lauder Companies Listen on: As a student of business history, I am impressed with family-enterprise organizations that continue to have family members involved, even after they are public and may not have controlling interest in the company. Having been a board member of…
May 12, 2020 Pravir Malik, Head of Organizational Sciences, Zappos.com Listen on: In 2009, Zappos became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon as part of a $1.2 billion acquisition. Aside from the price tag and the fact that Amazon was buying one of its key competitors at the time, the acquisition was also notable for another…
May 9, 2020 John Hagel, Co-Chairman, Deloitte Center for the Edge Listen on: Every industry is facing an onslaught of change brought about by COVID-19, and the consultancy industry is no exception. In some cases, the very definition of competition is changing as firms must pivot to suddenly focus their attention internally to address how…
