Rebecca Minkoff on how to avoid failure as a founder

Should you push back on your CEO? Become a creator? Is college still worth it? Those are some of the questions Jamie Dimon, John Stankey and LinkedIn's Editor in Chief Daniel Roth got into when they sat down together at JPMorganChase in Manhattan. They were there to celebrate a 125-year relationship between JPMorganChase and AT&T. But the conversation quickly moved from the past to what work and careers look like now.

When Lyft CEO David Risher started, he had to let 26% of his team go. "Our prices when I started were just too high. We weren't paying drivers enough." On this episode of This Is Working, David shares the hard calls he had to make when he became CEO, and how he took the company from losing money to its first full year of profitability. We also get into why he still drives his own Lyft every six weeks, and the rider conversation that changed how he thinks about pricing.

PwC's global chairman Mohamed Kande is working with some of the world's biggest companies in real time as the rules of business are being rewritten. On this episode of This Is Working, LinkedIn Editor in Chief Dan Roth asks him: what does it take to lead when AI has changed the rules? In their conversation, Mohamed also gets into why AI can give you expertise but will never give you judgment, why the best leaders right now are willing to be students again, and why avoiding tough calls is just "lazy leadership."

"It sounds sexy to call yourself a founder. But this is a long game." Rebecca Minkoff has been playing it for almost two decades, and she came ready to talk about the parts nobody warns you about. She didn't hold back, on what happens after you take investor money, how to know when it's time to sell, and why a great idea means nothing without product market fit.

The best careers are built on curiosity. Bill Gurley — the legendary Benchmark Capital investor behind Uber, Zillow, and Snapchat — makes that case in his new book, Runnin' Down a Dream. I sat down with him on the same day we published LinkedIn's annual Skills on the Rise list, and his message felt like a perfect companion to it: the skill that makes all the others possible is being a continuous learner. And for that, Bill says, you need to have fascination.

Even though in 1969 people predicted that computers would kill all jobs, the workforce nearly doubled in 50 years. Bank of America Chairman and CEO, Brian Moynihan, is betting history will repeat itself. In this episode of This Is Working, the CEO and Chairman of Bank of America explains why AI will augment-- rather than replace-- workers, why frameworks are key to trying new things, and why curiosity is the trait that he values the most when building a team. To get more leadership insights like these in your inbox, subscribe to the free This Is Working newsletter.

On this week's episode of This Is Quick, Lazard CEO Peter Orszag is in the hot seat. Peter shares the best advice he's ever gotten, his biggest learning as CEO, and the one interview question he always asks. To get more leadership insights like these in your inbox, subscribe to the free This Is Working newsletter.

In this episode of This is Working, Lazard CEO Peter Orszag sits down with Dan Roth to break down what real leadership looks like when the stakes are high. He makes the case for being fact-based, having a point of view, and speaking truth to power even when it feels risky, because credibility compounds. Peter also shares why AI is reshaping everything from internal feedback loops to the broader economy.

In this week's episode of This is Quick, Bonnie Brennan, CEO of Christie's, shares: The best career advice she’s ever received What she really looks for when hiring How to give feedback in a way that leads to real change To get more leadership insights like these in your inbox, subscribe to the free This Is Working newsletter.

Christie's CEO Bonnie Brennan has a simple philosophy: "We're in the business of getting business." In this episode of This Is Working, Bonnie breaks down how she leads one of the world's most iconic auction houses by: Showing up when there's no business at stake  Staying relevant for the next generation of collectors by embracing new categories, like handbags and NFTs. Empowering her team to bring risky ideas forward (like the one that led to a $69.3 million NFT sale) Subscribe to the This is Working newsletter for more great insights: linkedin.com/thisisworking