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Global innovation starts with admitting what you don’t know. MIT engineer Amos Winter walks through the three tests that tell you whether a problem is worth solving, why companies keep misreading emerging markets, and why AI still can’t do the part that matters most. The uncomfortable question he leaves open: what happens when you reverse innovate so well that the people who inspired your product get left behind?Amos Winter is the Germeshausen Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and director of the K. Lisa Yang Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Center. He invented the Leveraged Freedom Chair and co-authored Global by Design with Dartmouth’s Vijay Govindarajan.📈 Why emerging markets are growing at twice the rate of wealthy markets, and what that means for your growth plan♿ How a summer research trip to Tanzania turned into an all-terrain wheelchair and a company🧭 The three merits test (problem, innovation, value) for deciding if a problem is worth your time💧 How Toro and MIT cut 58% of the plastic from a drip emitter and halved its pumping power🪒 How Gillette sent engineers to watch people shave in India and built a razor that still sells about two in three shavers there🤖 Why AI can’t yet integrate unwritten data, feel the physical world, or build rapport over a cup of tea01:07 Why Emerging Markets Are the Biggest Growth Opportunity03:39 Why Perspective Is a Designer’s Most Powerful Tool04:39 What Does Global by Design Mean?06:47 How a Grad Student Invented an All-Terrain Wheelchair10:21 How to Broaden Your Perspective Beyond Design Thinking11:24 How to Know If a Problem Is Worth Solving15:32 Where Companies Get Emerging Markets Wrong18:04 How to Understand What Customers Need in a New Market19:35 How Toro and MIT Built a Better Drip Irrigation Emitter22:41 Why “Better Than Nothing” Innovation Can Do Harm24:44 Why AI Can’t Solve Global Problems Yet28:51 The Risk of Reverse Innovating Too Well29:53 How to Avoid Cannibalizing Your Core Business31:23 How Gillette Won the Indian Razor Market33:27 Advice for Innovators: You Don’t Have All the Answers35:00 Where to Learn MoreAbout the Guest:Amos Winter leads MIT’s GEAR Center, which builds high-performance, low-cost technologies for water, agriculture, and health in resource-constrained communities. He is also launching Winter Works Consulting, an innovation strategy and engineering firm.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amos-g-winter-13548b6MIT: https://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/[email protected] Center: https://www.gear.mit.edu/Winter Works Consulting: https://www.winterworksconsulting.com📖 Get Global by Design:Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1647820758Publisher: https://store.hbr.org/product/global-by-design-how-to-create-innovations-that-scale-travel-and-transform/10468About the Host:Paula Caligiuri is a Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business and co-host of International Business Today. Her research focuses on cultural agility, global leadership, and workforce development.Northeastern: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/paula-caligiuri/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulacaligiuriInternational Business Today Podcast:📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InternationalBusinessToday🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2y21XexVdXEiTBdZQIuSyf🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/international-business-today/id1665009512💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-business-today-by-northeastern-university/🌐 https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/podcasts/international-business-today/🎓 Want to build the skills to lead innovation across borders? Explore Northeastern’s online business programs → https://online.northeastern.edu/#ibtpodcast #northeasternuniversity #globalinnovation #amoswinter #emergingmarkets #reverseinnovation #productdesign #mit #globalbydesign #innovationstrategy #businesspodcast

Alnylam lost half its value in a single day. John Maraganore reveals how RNAi therapeutics survived the crash.John Maraganore spent 20 years turning an unproven idea into six approved drugs and a $25 billion company. A failed phase three trial once wiped out $4 billion of value overnight. He explains why every biotech needs a portfolio, not a single bet, and what it took to rebuild.🧠 How Greek immigrant parents shaped his drive to build something new🚨 Why losing $4 billion in a day after a failed trial made Alnylam stronger📌 Why John insists every biotech needs a portfolio, not one drug, to survive💸 How Alnylam raised $7.5 billion before its first drug reached market🔥 Why he refused to raise drug prices even when it was standard practice⚡ How AI-powered Corsera Health aims to prevent heart attacks before they happen00:41 Why do biotech companies build a portfolio of drug candidates instead of betting on one?02:35 What does it take to transition from a scientific role to a business leadership role?04:48 What is RNA interference (RNAi) and how does it work as a drug platform?09:57 How do biotech companies raise capital before they have an approved product?10:52 How do pharmaceutical licensing and partnership deals typically work?13:00 How do drug companies decide when to stop a failing clinical program?15:18 Why is intellectual property strategy critical for a biotech startup?17:38 How do drug developers work with the FDA to get a new class of medicine approved?21:15 Why Alnylam Never Raised Drug Prices24:07 How should a company respond to a clinical trial safety crisis?25:52 How a Drug Portfolio Strategy Saved Alnylam31:33 Building City Therapeutics and Corsera Health39:43 How is AI expected to change drug discovery and development?44:33 What career advice helps someone break into the biotech industry?About the Guest:John Maraganore, PhD, was the founding CEO and a director of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals from 2002 to 2021, where he led the discovery and commercialization of the first six RNAi therapeutic medicines, raised over $7.5 billion in capital, and built $25 billion in market value. He is now co-founder and executive chair of City Therapeutics and CEO of Corsera Health.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-maraganore/Company bio: https://www.citytx.com/john-maraganoreAbout the Host:Ravi Sarathy is a Professor of International Business and Strategy at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business and co-host of International Business Today. His research focuses on global strategy, technology management, and international business.Northeastern: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/ravi-sarathy/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravi-sarathy-5848705/International Business Today Podcast:📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InternationalBusinessToday🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2y21XexVdXEiTBdZQIuSyf🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/international-business-today/id1665009512💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-business-today-by-northeastern-university/🌐 https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/podcasts/international-business-today/🎓 Curious how biotech companies actually get built? Explore Northeastern's online business programs → https://online.northeastern.edu/

As the Banking and Capital Markets Lead at LayerZero, the market-leading cross-chain interoperability protocol that has secured $300+ billion in value transferred across 170+ blockchains, Cameron explains how blockchain interoperability really works and the future of the global financial markets moving onchain.📉 How legacy blockchains can't handle the volume of the NYSE🌉 Why 3rd party bridges present challenges, and LayerZero's 1st party model works🚨 How LayerZero's architecture allows asset issuers to own their cross-chain security stacks💸 How stablecoins became crypto's first successful onchain asset class⚡ Why LayerZero is building Zero, a new layer-1 blockchain built for institutional scale🧠 What Cameron thinks will happen going into 2027More on LayerZero here: https://layerzero.network/blog/zero-the-decentralized-multi-core-world-computer01:44 Public Money vs Private Money Explained04:46 TradFi vs DeFi: Can They Coexist07:59 How DeFi Advantages Threaten Traditional Banking09:33 Self-Custody vs Institutional Custody11:08 Why Isolated Blockchains Are a Problem14:04 Building a TCP/IP for Blockchains18:16 Third-Party Bridges vs First-Party Bridges22:40 Preventing Bridge Hacks and Contagion Risk24:01 How Validators Secure Cross-Chain Transfers30:10 Why Every Blockchain Wants LayerZero39:01 Why Stablecoins Are DeFi's Killer App46:42 Will Only Three or Four Blockchains Survive48:14 Inside Zero, LayerZero's New Layer 154:03 Zero's 2 Million TPS for Capital Markets Trading55:30 Agentic AI and Machine to Machine Payments58:28 The Future of Central Bank Digital Currency1:00:03 Tokenizing Repos and Idle CollateralAbout the Guest: Cameron Nili is the Banking and Capital Markets Lead at LayerZero, where he helps institutions design compliant, multi-chain digital asset strategies. Before LayerZero, he was an Executive Fellow at the World Economic Forum's Center for Financial and Monetary Systems and a Senior Manager in Accenture's banking practice.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameron-nili/Company bio: https://layerzero.network/blog/thetradfidebateWorld Economic Forum bio: https://www.weforum.org/stories/authors/cameron-nili/About the Host:Ravi Sarathy is a Professor of International Business and Strategy at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business and co-host of International Business Today. His research focuses on global strategy, technology management, and international business.Northeastern: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/ravi-sarathy/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravi-sarathy-5848705/International Business Today Podcast:📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InternationalBusinessToday🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2y21XexVdXEiTBdZQIuSyf🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/international-business-today/id1665009512💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-business-today-by-northeastern-university/🌐 https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/podcasts/international-business-today/🎓 Ready to lead in the global economy of tokenized finance? Explore Northeastern's online business programs → https://online.northeastern.edu/

Everyone says nobody needs a degree anymore. Kate Klepper spent 25 years running MBA programs and explains why that headline is wrong.Is an MBA still worth it when AI is reshaping every job and headlines keep telling you to skip the degree? Kate Klepper has spent two decades deciding who gets into MBA programs, and she argues that navigating this much uncertainty is exactly what the degree is built for.Kate Klepper is now Dean of the Graduate School at Babson College after two decades leading graduate programs at Northeastern's D'Amore-McKim School of Business. She has built MBA, specialty master's, and online programs and served on the board of the Graduate Management Admission Council.🎓 Why Kate Klepper says the "nobody needs a degree" headlines are wrong, and what the earning studies actually show⚡ How an MBA trains you to make well-informed decisions while the tectonic plates of AI are still shifting🔄 What makes the MBA a career-pivot engine: same industry and new function, or a jump to a whole new field🧠 Why she calls them critical skills, not soft skills, and how a messy team becomes a leadership sandbox🤝 How negotiation coaching became the service alumni come back for years after they graduate🌍 Why students now push business schools to treat social impact and profitability as connected, not opposing02:08 How Graduate Business Education Has Changed Since 200503:10 Kate Klepper's Path Into Business Schools06:33 The Real ROI of an MBA: Costs vs Returns08:21 Is an MBA Still Worth It in 2026?09:00 Why Anyone Can Use an MBA to Change Careers11:06 Who Actually Needs an MBA, and When14:01 Does an MBA Still Matter in the Age of AI?17:00 Critical Skills: How to Lead Messy, Real Teams19:30 Career Services, Placement, and Negotiation Coaching23:01 Co-op and Experiential Learning That Goes Global27:02 The MBA as a Network and a Brand29:24 Why There Are So Many Specialized MBA Programs31:44 Flexible, Stackable, and Hybrid MBA Formats33:37 20 Years of the Online MBA and What 2020 Changed34:44 Is There a Typical MBA Student Anymore?38:04 How to Get the Most Out of an MBA39:16 Should Business Be Socially Responsible?41:26 Kate Klepper's Next Chapter: Leading BabsonAbout the Guest:Kate Klepper is Dean of the Graduate School at Babson College, where she leads the graduate portfolio. She previously spent two decades as associate dean for graduate programs at Northeastern's D'Amore-McKim School of Business, and earlier served as Babson's dean of graduate admissions. She holds an MBA from Northeastern and a BS from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-klepper-she-her-6a39a73/Babson bio: https://www.babson.edu/about/our-leaders-and-scholars/office-of-academic-affairs/office-of-the-provost/dean-of-the-graduate-school/Northeastern bio: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/kate-klepper/About the Host:Ravi Sarathy is a Professor of International Business and Strategy at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business and co-host of International Business Today. His research focuses on global strategy, technology management, and international business.Northeastern: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/ravi-sarathy/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravi-sarathy-5848705/🎬 Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/vuOFhmyR6JEInternational Business Today Podcast:📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InternationalBusinessToday🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2y21XexVdXEiTBdZQIuSyf🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/international-business-today/id1665009512💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-business-today-by-northeastern-university/🌐 https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/podcasts/international-business-today/🎓 Thinking about your own next move? Explore Northeastern's flexible online business programs → https://online.northeastern.edu/

90% of India's GDP comes from 100 districts. Dr. Amit Kapoor breaks down the real India growth story.India adds 5 million new graduates to its workforce every year, but only 2.8 million find jobs. Dr. Amit Kapoor explains why India's growth is so unevenly spread, why graduate underemployment is becoming structural, and whether AI fixes India's teacher shortage or just makes people lazier.Dr. Amit Kapoor is Honorary Chairman of the Institute for Competitiveness, India, and Visiting Scholar at Stanford University. His latest book, The Elephant Moves, was co-written with former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.📉 How India's per capita income drops to $1,200 once you remove the top 10% of earners📊 Why the top 100 districts generate 90% of India's GDP and 87% of its exports🚨 Why Dr. Kapoor thinks graduates working as domestic help is a national failure💸 How a TCS entry level salary has barely moved in real terms over the last decade⚡ Why AI could solve India's teacher shortage or make an entire generation lazier🧠 The three sectors he says can absorb India's next wave of workers00:00 Intro00:53 Meet Dr. Amit Kapoor and His 20 Year Journey With Michael Porter02:53 Why Half of India's Population Still Lives at Subsistence Level14:36 Can India's 1.4 Billion Person Market Fuel 10% Growth on Its Own?20:16 India's Real Advantage: Turning a Young Workforce Into Productivity22:41 The True Number of Indians Entering the Workforce Each Year32:36 Why India's Growth Is Concentrated in Just a Few States37:10 Inside India's Aspirational District Program40:06 Will AI Replace Jobs or Rebuild India's Broken Classrooms?44:32 Dr. Amit Kapoor's Advice for Executives Betting on India48:15 The Books Behind Dr. Amit Kapoor's Thinking on India's EconomyAbout the Guest:Dr. Amit Kapoor is Honorary Chairman of the Institute for Competitiveness, India, Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, and President of the India Council on Competitiveness. He is affiliate faculty at Harvard Business School's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness and has authored multiple books and over a thousand opinion pieces on India's economic development.LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/competitivenessInstitute bio: https://competitiveness.in/team/Personal website: https://amitkapoor.com/📖 Get The Elephant Moves: India's New Place in the World (with Amitabh Kant):Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Moves-Indias-Place-World/dp/0670097446Publisher: https://www.penguin.co.in/book/the-elephant-moves/📖 Get The Age of Awakening: The Story of the Indian Economy Since Independence:Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Age-Awakening-Amit-Kapoor/dp/0670090891Publisher: https://www.penguin.co.in/book/the-age-of-awakening/About the Host:Ravi Sarathy is a Professor of International Business and Strategy at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business and co-host of International Business Today. His research focuses on global strategy, technology management, and international business.Northeastern: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/ravi-sarathy/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravi-sarathy-5848705/🎬 Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/XkeY9w7R6jUInternational Business Today Podcast:📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InternationalBusinessToday🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2y21XexVdXEiTBdZQIuSyf🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/international-business-today/id1665009512💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-business-today-by-northeastern-university/🌐 https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/podcasts/international-business-today/🎓 Want to understand global markets like this? Explore Northeastern's online business programs → https://online.northeastern.edu/#ibtpodcast #northeasternuniversity #amitkapoor #indiaeconomy #futureofwork #aiinbusiness #globalbusiness #economicdevelopment #jobcreation #institutecompetitiveness #businesspodcast #highereducation

Bitcoin fell over 50% from its $126K peak. Ravi Sarathy breaks down what is really driving the Bitcoin winter and what has to change for it to end.You have probably watched Bitcoin swing from $126,000 down below $60,000 and wondered whether this is a crash or just another cycle. Ravi Sarathy walks through the real forces moving the price: profit-taking, treasury unwinds at companies like Strategy, capital rotating into AI, ETF outflows, and long-term holders quietly changing their minds. The question he leaves open is the one that matters most: are the whales selling the top, or already buying the bottom?This is academic analysis of the crypto economy from Ravi Sarathy, professor and author of Enterprise Strategy for Blockchain. It is not investment advice.📉 Why Bitcoin fell over 50% from its $126,000 October 2025 peak to below $60,000💸 How Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) sold roughly $216 million in Bitcoin to service debt and pay preferred dividends⚡ Why speculative capital is rotating out of Bitcoin and into AI investments📊 What Glassnode data shows: 170,000 Bitcoin sold in one month, then net accumulation returning in July 2026🏦 How Bitcoin ETF outflows force managers to sell coins and push the price lower🪙 Why Bitcoin's 21 million hard cap makes its price hyper-sensitive to marginal float00:00 Intro00:07 Why We Are in a Bitcoin Winter: The 50% Drop from $126K01:03 Why a 50% Bitcoin Crash Is Not Unusual01:44 Reason 1: Profit-Taking After the Peak02:19 The Treasury Trade and Why Companies Bought Bitcoin03:27 How Strategy (MicroStrategy) Was Forced to Sell Bitcoin05:21 Reason 2: Speculative Capital Moving from Bitcoin to AI05:57 Reason 3: Selling Bitcoin to Buy Stablecoins06:25 Reason 4: Bitcoin ETF Outflows Explained07:43 Reason 5: What Long-Term Holders and Whales Are Doing09:16 Why Long-Term Holders Control 75% of Bitcoin Supply10:28 How Rates, the Dollar, and War Create a Risk-Off Market11:43 Why Bitcoin's Price Is So Sensitive to Marginal Float12:17 Is Bitcoin Digital Gold? The Case for a Long-Term Hedge14:11 Final Take (Not Investment Advice)About the Host:Ravi Sarathy is a Professor of International Business and Strategy at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business and co-host of International Business Today. He is the author of Enterprise Strategy for Blockchain (MIT Press) and researches global strategy, technology management, and international business.Northeastern: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/ravi-sarathy/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravi-sarathy-5848705/📖 Get Enterprise Strategy for Blockchain: Lessons in Disruption from Fintech, Supply Chains, and Consumer Industries:Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Enterprise-Strategy-Blockchain-Disruption-Industries/dp/0262047160Publisher (MIT Press): https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047166/enterprise-strategy-for-blockchain/🎬 Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/as1Zxifbwf8International Business Today Podcast:📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InternationalBusinessToday🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2y21XexVdXEiTBdZQIuSyf🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/international-business-today/id1665009512💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-business-today-by-northeastern-university/🌐 https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/podcasts/international-business-today/🎓 Want to understand the forces reshaping global finance? Explore Northeastern's online business programs → https://online.northeastern.edu/#bitcoin #bitcoinwinter #cryptocurrency #ibtpodcast #northeasternuniversity #ravisarathy #digitalgold #bitcoinprice #stablecoins #bitcoinetf #cryptomarket #businesspodcast

Bitcoin is shrinking inside its own economy. Ravi Sarathy explains why the 2026 Bitcoin winter is a story about the rest of crypto growing.Everyone frames the Bitcoin winter as Bitcoin failing. Ravi Sarathy makes the opposite case: Bitcoin's slide is really a sign of how fast the rest of the crypto economy is expanding around it. He maps the full ecosystem, from stablecoins and Ethereum to Solana, DeFi, and tokenized securities, to show why Bitcoin now does fewer of the jobs crypto users actually need. If Bitcoin keeps becoming a smaller slice of a bigger pie, what does that mean for its future demand?This is academic analysis of the crypto economy from Ravi Sarathy, professor and author of Enterprise Strategy for Blockchain. It is not investment advice.🧊 Why blockchain has been in steady decline and stagnation for six to eight months🪙 How stablecoins reached a $310 billion market cap, up from $250 billion a year earlier⚡ Why Solana exists: cheap, high-frequency payments and even agentic AI machine-to-machine transactions🏛️ How the Clarity Act, the GENIUS Act, and Europe's MiCA are reshaping the crypto ecosystem🔗 Why blockchains need interoperability, and how Chainlink's LINK token bridges them📉 Why Bitcoin is becoming a smaller slice of a fast-growing crypto economy00:00 Intro00:15 Why We Are in a Bitcoin Winter: The Two-Part Framework00:53 Bitcoin as Part of the Larger Crypto Ecosystem01:21 What Is a Crypto Ecosystem?01:57 Comparing the Financial Ecosystem to Crypto02:35 How Regulation Is Reshaping Crypto: Clarity Act, GENIUS Act, MiCA03:09 Why Stablecoins Solve Bitcoin's Volatility Problem03:48 Stablecoins by the Numbers: A $310 Billion Market04:20 What You Can Actually Do with Stablecoins06:30 Programmable Money: Ethereum and Its Use Cases07:30 Why Solana Exists: Cheap, High-Frequency Transactions08:03 DeFi Explained: Staking, Yield Farming, and Perpetuals08:32 Why Blockchains Need Interoperability: Chainlink and LINK09:39 Tokenized Securities and a More Complex Crypto Economy10:02 Why Bitcoin Is Becoming a Smaller Slice of Crypto11:07 Conclusion and What Is Next (Not Investment Advice)About the Host:Ravi Sarathy is a Professor of International Business and Strategy at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business and co-host of International Business Today. He is the author of Enterprise Strategy for Blockchain (MIT Press) and researches global strategy, technology management, and international business.Northeastern: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/ravi-sarathy/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravi-sarathy-5848705/📖 Get Enterprise Strategy for Blockchain: Lessons in Disruption from Fintech, Supply Chains, and Consumer Industries:Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Enterprise-Strategy-Blockchain-Disruption-Industries/dp/0262047160Publisher (MIT Press): https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047166/enterprise-strategy-for-blockchain/🎬 Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/e1CUfbmFncsInternational Business Today Podcast:📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InternationalBusinessToday🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2y21XexVdXEiTBdZQIuSyf🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/international-business-today/id1665009512💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-business-today-by-northeastern-university/🌐 https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/podcasts/international-business-today/🎓 Curious how technology is rewiring global business? Explore Northeastern's online business programs → https://online.northeastern.edu/#bitcoin #bitcoinwinter #cryptocurrency #ibtpodcast #northeasternuniversity #ravisarathy #stablecoins #ethereum #solana #defi #cryptoeconomy #businesspodcast

MIT's John Richardson trains hostage negotiators and Fortune 500 execs. His #1 rule: never negotiate before doing this one thing first.Most people walk into a negotiation ready to make their case, and John Richardson says that's exactly backwards. He breaks down what to research before asking for a raise, why a hospital's organ donor requests jumped when staff stopped talking and started asking questions, and the exact line that gets a seller to negotiate against himself. By the end, you'll know why he still hasn't convinced his own family he's this good at it.John Richardson teaches negotiation at MIT Sloan and previously at Harvard Law, where he worked under Roger Fisher at the Harvard Negotiation Project. He is co-author of Never Settle: Persuasion and Negotiation Skills to Get What You Want.🎯 How researching market salary data before asking for a raise changes the entire negotiation🚨 Why leading with "I want a raise" is the biggest mistake most people make💡 The dishwasher trick his wife uses to always get the trash taken out📊 How a hospital's organ donor requests jumped once staff stopped talking and started asking questions🧠 Why "how did you arrive at that number" made a car salesman drop his price without a fight🔥 How Roger Fisher's WWII bombing missions over Japan led him to found the field of negotiationAbout the Guest:John Richardson teaches negotiation at MIT's Sloan School of Management and previously at Harvard Law, where he worked as an associate at the Harvard Negotiation Project. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Fire Academy and co-author of Never Settle: Persuasion and Negotiation Skills to Get What You Want.MIT Sloan: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty/directory/john-richardsonWebsite: https://www.neversettlenegotiate.com/📖 Get Never Settle: Persuasion and Negotiation Skills to Get What You Want:Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Never-Settle-Persuasion-Negotiation-Skills/dp/1668070375Publisher: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Never-Settle/Attia-Qureshi/9781668070376About the Host:Paula Caligiuri is a Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business and co-host of International Business Today. Her research focuses on cultural agility, global leadership, and workforce development.Northeastern: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/paula-caligiuri/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulacaligiuri🎬 Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/kynuFXpbx8oInternational Business Today Podcast:📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InternationalBusinessToday🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2y21XexVdXEiTBdZQIuSyf🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/international-business-today/id1665009512💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-business-today-by-northeastern-university/🌐 https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/podcasts/international-business-today/🎓 Want to negotiate like it's your job? Explore Northeastern's online business programs → https://online.northeastern.edu/#ibtpodcast #northeasternuniversity #johnrichardson #negotiationskills #neversettle #mitsloan #careeradvice #howtonegotiate #salarynegotiation #businesspodcast #leadershipdevelopment #damoremckim

Most CEOs are world-class managers. Bill George says they still lack the one quality that matters most.What AI can automate is disappearing. What remains is deeply human. Bill George, the executive who coined authentic leadership, argues that courage is the skill no classroom can teach — and the one leaders need most right now.George led Medtronic for a decade, growing its market cap from $1.1 billion to $60 billion, while building one of the most values-driven cultures in global business. He explains why leaders who manage upward in fear — whether of a toxic boss or a presidential tweet — will never get the best from their people. And why the real test of a leader isn't strategy. It's whether anyone actually wants to be on your team.About Bill George:Bill George is Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School and former Chairman and CEO of Medtronic, where he grew enterprise value by 60x over a decade. He is the bestselling author of True North and has served on the boards of Goldman Sachs, ExxonMobil, Novartis, and the Mayo Clinic.What you'll learn:🎯 Why authentic leadership is now the gold standard — and what it actually means beyond the buzzword🧠 How Bill lost seven elections in a row and what that crucible taught him about relationships and leadership💡 Why courage cannot be taught in a classroom and how you build it through lived experience instead🔥 How Costco's CEO faced 17 attorneys general, a shareholder suit, and an activist investor — and got 98% of shareholders to back him anyway⚡ Why the skills being automated by AI make human qualities like empathy, compassion, and moral courage more valuable than ever📌 How to build a personal support team that keeps you grounded, bold, and honest with yourselfAbout the Guest:Bill George is Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School and former Chairman and CEO of Medtronic. Under his leadership, Medtronic's market capitalization grew from $1.1 billion to $60 billion. He is the author of multiple bestselling books on authentic leadership and has served on the boards of Goldman Sachs, ExxonMobil, Novartis, and the Mayo Clinic.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamwgeorge/Harvard Business School: https://www.exed.hbs.edu/faculty/william-georgeWebsite: https://billgeorge.org/📖 Find "True North: Leading Authentically in Today's Workplace, Emerging Leaders Edition" by Bill GeorgeAmazon: https://www.amazon.com/True-North-Authentically-Workplace-Emerging/dp/1119886104Publisher: https://billgeorge.org/book/true-north-emerging-leader-edition/About the Host:Paula Caligiuri is a Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business and co-host of International Business Today. Her research focuses on cultural agility, global leadership, and workforce development.Northeastern: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/paula-caligiuri/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulacaligiuriInternational Business Today Podcast:📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InternationalBusinessToday🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2y21XexVdXEiTBdZQIuSyf🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/international-business-today/id1665009512💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-business-today-by-northeastern-university/🌐 https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/podcasts/international-business-today/🎓 Ready to develop the leadership skills that AI can't replace? Explore Northeastern's online business programs → https://online.northeastern.edu/

AI is coming for knowledge workers first. Doug Atkinson, President of Solutions Review, says 52 million U.S. jobs are rated 7 out of 10 or higher for automation risk.Doug Atkinson founded Solutions Review, a digital media company with over a million subscribers across its platforms. He hosts The Human Conversation podcast, where he explores what humans will need to thrive in an increasingly automated world. What does AI replacing knowledge workers first mean for your career?📉 Why 52 million U.S. jobs rated high for automation risk are held by people with bachelor's and graduate degrees, not blue-collar workers🧠 Why "human in the loop" is mostly corporate PR, and what Doug actually sees happening inside companies adopting AI⚡ How Harvey AI plans to end the billable hour in legal, moving into accounting next, and why entry-level professionals won't see those rungs on the ladder anymore🎯 Why curiosity, resilience, and perspective-taking are the skills 94% of tech leaders say will matter most, and how education is not yet teaching them🌐 Why AI agents are the real killer app, not chatbots, and what happens when the revolution arrives packaged as a friendly sales call💡 The case for becoming a "mentor, orchestrator, and architect" rather than the smartest person in the roomAbout the Guest:Doug Atkinson is the President and Founder of Solutions Review, a digital media organization covering enterprise technology and business innovation. He hosts The Human Conversation podcast, exploring the human impact of AI on work, education, and society.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-atkinson-09b766/Solutions Review: https://solutionsreview.comThe Human Conversation Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHumanConversationAbout the Host:Paula Caligiuri is a Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business and co-host of International Business Today. Her research focuses on cultural agility, global leadership, and workforce development.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulacaligiuriNortheastern: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/paula-caligiuri/International Business Today Podcast:📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InternationalBusinessToday🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2y21XexVdXEiTBdZQIuSyf🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/international-business-today/id1665009512💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-business-today-by-northeastern-university/🌐 https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/podcasts/international-business-today/🎓 Ready to lead in the global economy? Explore Northeastern's online business programs → https://online.northeastern.edu/