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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. 

Jul 26, 2019

Tricia Griffith is the CEO and president of Progressive Insurance, the 3rd largest auto insurance company in The United States.  In 2018, Tricia became the first women to be named Fortune’s Businessperson of the year.  She leads Progressive’s 33,000 employees. We discuss a range of issues including culture, managing...


Jul 19, 2019

Peter Singer has been dubbed by many as the “world’s most influential living philosopher.”  Singer is a professor of bioethics at Princeton University.  He has written co-authored, edited or co-edited more than 50 books, untold number of articles and his writings have appeared in more than 25 languages. Singer is...


Jul 12, 2019

Stephen P. Willams and Jeff Schatten discuss the promise of blockchain, some of the attributes and challenges inherent in cryptocurrencies and the ways in which blockchain might change the world.  

Stephen P. Williams is a writer, journalist, and author, with over a dozen published books. Author of Blockchain: The Next...


Jul 5, 2019

Barry Schwartz and Jeff Schatten discuss why we work, what motives excellence, the and role that money plays in performance.         

Barry Schwartz is an emeritus professor of psychology at Swarthmore College and a visiting professor at the Haas School of Business at Berkeley. He has spent forty years thinking and...