Synopsis
Monthly audio reports from the Kellogg School of Management that provide ambitious business leaders the research and expertise needed to drive growth.
Episodes
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How to Stay Resilient in the Face of a Major Setback
09/06/2025 Duration: 15minWhen Kellogg’s Craig Wortmann lost a portion of his leg to cancer, he felt like he lost part of his identity, too. On this episode of The Insightful Leader podcast, he offers a guide to “bouncing back better.”
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Insight Unpacked S2E6 | When a Healthcare Expert Becomes a Patient
27/05/2025 Duration: 18minIn this bonus episode of our series, “Insight Unpacked: American Healthcare and Its Web of Misaligned Incentives,” a healthcare economist must make critical decisions with partial information. Also: Do you have advice on how to be a good healthcare consumer? Any lessons you learned the hard way? Professor David Dranove wants to hear from you. Send him an email at d-dranove@kellogg.northwestern.edu, and write "shopping for healthcare" in the subject line.
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Preventing a Potential Culture Clash at Work
12/05/2025 Duration: 15minOn this episode of The Insightful Leader: when Fuyao Glass opened a U.S. factory, it underestimated the importance of translating company culture.
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Workers Are Stressed Out. Here’s How Leaders Can Help.
07/04/2025 Duration: 16minOn this (rerun) episode of The Insightful Leader: You can't always control what happens at work. But reframing setbacks, and instituting some serious calendar discipline, can go a long way toward reducing stress.
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What Rom-coms Can Teach Business Leaders
17/03/2025 Duration: 11minOn this episode of The Insightful Leader, we’ll discuss how these movies can help us navigate conflict and tackle power dynamics.
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How Should You Present Yourself at Work?
24/02/2025 Duration: 23minBe yourself! No, not like that. On this episode of The Insightful Leader, we help you navigate the competing advice about how much to share and hold back. This episode originally aired in January of 2024.
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Avoiding the Likability Trap at Work
03/02/2025 Duration: 11minPlus: insecure employees and a flagging culture. On this episode of The Insightful Leader's "Ask Insight," a conversation with Professor Harry Kraemer. This is a (favorite!) rerun. We'll have a couple more in the coming weeks, with new episodes to follow. Stay tuned!
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You Have an Idea for a New AI Tool. Now What?
13/01/2025 Duration: 09minOn this episode of The Insightful Leader: two researchers offer tips on how to get AI development right.
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Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi on Her Climb to the Top
23/12/2024 Duration: 28minOn this episode of The Insightful Leader, Kellogg’s Ellen Taaffe interviews her mentor about success, self-belief, and supporting the next generation of leaders.
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How to Get Delegation Right, Part 3 of 3
11/12/2024 Duration: 11minOn this episode of The Insightful Leader’s “Ask Insight,” we finish our conversation by getting real about the emotional stakes that make delegating hard.
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How to Get Delegation Right, Part 2 of 3
10/12/2024 Duration: 10minOn this episode of The Insightful Leader’s “Ask Insight,” our conversation continues with a discussion of which tasks and functions to delegate—and which to keep.
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How to Get Delegation Right, Part 1 of 3
09/12/2024 Duration: 15minIt’s a tricky skill to master. On this episode of The Insightful Leader’s “Ask Insight,” a Kellogg professor and executive coach says it begins with assessing your team members and playing to their strengths.
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The AI Risks Your Business Should Avoid
26/11/2024 Duration: 13minOn this episode of The Insightful Leader, why your trade secrets may not be safe, and other considerations.
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How Huy Fong’s Sriracha Went from Hot to Not
11/11/2024 Duration: 21minWhen missteps knocked the famous “rooster sauce” off its pedestal, a competitor seized the moment. On this episode of The Insightful Leader: Why one brand sizzled and the other fizzled.
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How to Grow as a Leader Without Burning Yourself Out
28/10/2024 Duration: 14minIn this episode of The Insightful Leader, a former president at Kraft Foods explains why “sometimes just working harder is a complete waste of time.”
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Third-Party Cookies Are Crumbling. What’s a Marketer to Do?
14/10/2024 Duration: 17minNew rules are making it harder to track customers’ online behaviors. On this episode of The Insightful Leader, we look at what this means for companies large and small.
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Insight Unpacked S2E5 | American Healthcare—Is This the Best We Can Do?
22/07/2024 Duration: 49minIn the final episode of our 5-episode series, “Insight Unpacked: American Healthcare and Its Web of Misaligned Incentives,” we travel overseas, and through our own backyard, in search of a way forward. On this episode, we hear from Kellogg faculty members Craig Garthwaite, Amanda Starc, and David Dranove. We also talk to Murray Ross, vice president of Kaiser Permanente's Institute for Health Policy and Government Relations. Visit the episode page for supplementary materials.
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Insight Unpacked S2E4 | The Bargain That Fuels Big Pharma
15/07/2024 Duration: 26minWhat will we pay for the next groundbreaking drug? In episode 4 of our 5-episode series, “Insight Unpacked: American Healthcare and Its Web of Misaligned Incentives,” we explore the trade-off at the heart of pharmaceutical innovation. On this episode, we hear from Kellogg faculty members Amanda Starc and Craig Garthwaite, as well as Boston University School of Law’s Kevin Outterson. Visit the episode page for supplementary materials.
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Insight Unpacked S2E3 | The Misadventures of Insuring America
08/07/2024 Duration: 37minIn episode 3 of our 5-episode series, “Insight Unpacked: American Healthcare and Its Web of Misaligned Incentives,” we explain how insurance companies became everybody’s favorite villain. On this episode, we talk to Kellogg faculty members Craig Garthwaite, David Dranove, and Paul Campbell, alongside Wharton School professor Robert Lawton Burns. Visit the episode page for supplementary materials.
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Insight Unpacked S2E2 | The Power of the Physician's Pen
01/07/2024 Duration: 31minWe rely on doctors to keep us healthy. In episode 2 of our 5-episode series, “Insight Unpacked: American Healthcare and Its Web of Misaligned Incentives,” we learn at what cost. On this episode, we talk to Kellogg professors Craig Garthwaite, David Dranove, and clinical associate professor Paul Campbell about the role doctors play in the expense and complexity of the American healthcare system. Visit the episode page for supplementary materials.