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Demystifying Organizations

This management podcast tackles the big questions about leading organizations from some of the greatest thinkers of our time. Jeff Schatten PhD, a business professor at Washington and Lee University and in partnership with McGraw Hill Education, interviews top intellectuals, influencers and business executives about challenging topics that are essential to successful 21st century organizations-- insights you never knew you wanted to know. 

May 31, 2019

Renée Mauborgne is a professor of strategy at INSEAD.  She is also Co-Director of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute.

Mauborgne is ranked in the top 5 management gurus in the world in the Thinkers50 listing of the World’s Top Management Gurus, a title she has held for ten straight years. She is the highest...


May 24, 2019

Adam Grant and Jeff Schatten discuss Grant’s recent article “The Surprising Value of Obvious Insights” and the challenge that many managers have in adopting “best practices.”  They also discuss how to give constructive feedback.

Adam Grant has been Wharton’s top-rated professor for seven straight years. He...


May 17, 2019

Nancy Koehn and Jeff Schatten discuss why some leaders are able to excel in crisis situations.  They address key leadership issues such as whether leaders are born or created and the ways in which leaders navigate between values and strategy.  They also discuss the leadership legacy of Abraham Lincoln.

Nancy Koehn is a...


May 10, 2019

Edgar Schein, Peter Schein and Jeff Schatten discuss the benefits and potential challenges of “humble leadership,” when leaders establish a personal relationship model with subordinates instead of basing interactions on a quid pro quo mindset.  They discuss a wide range of issues relating to leadership, culture and...


May 3, 2019

Eugene Soltes and Jeff Schatten have a wide ranging discussion about white-collar crime and the complex motivations and factors that underlie corporate criminal behavior.   

Eugene Soltes is the Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.  Eugene has has been widely quoted...