Lead From the Heart

For decades, companies have searched for CEOs capable of transforming organizations through their vision, confidence, and force of will. But what if we’ve been looking for the wrong kind of leader? Constantine Alexandrakis is the CEO of Russell Reynolds Associates and the author of The Catalyst CEO. Throughout his career, he has worked closely with many of the world’s largest organizations, giving him a front-row seat to how CEOs are selected, how executive teams function, and why some organizat

Paula Goldman has been thinking about the role AI should play in our workplaces long before the current boom. As Salesforce’s first Chief Ethical and Humane Use Officer, she has spent years helping one of the world’s largest technology companies determine how powerful technologies can be developed and deployed in ways that earn trust and serve people. Her work has included building ethical frameworks, establishing safeguards, engaging employees and stakeholders, and helping make ethical decision

Sherry Turkle is one of the most influential voices in the study of how humans relate to technology, and this conversation with her covers new ground on that subject. Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT, founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self, and a licensed clinical psychologist. For nearly five decades, beginning with the earliest days of personal computing, she has studied the psychological and social co

What happens when the machines we build begin to reshape the way we think about ourselves? For centuries, every major technological revolution has forced humanity to confront the same fundamental question: As our tools become more powerful, what remains uniquely human? Financial Times journalist, Sarah O’Connor has spent years exploring that question. In her remarkable book, We Are Not Machines, she examines how technology has transformed the world of work—from the agricultural revolution to the

Paul Osterman is Professor Emeritus of Human Resources and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and one of the most important scholars examining how the structure of work is profoundly changing in organizations today. His research focuses on a growing and often overlooked shift in employment: the rise of “disposable workers.” Osterman estimates that roughly 35% of today’s workforce now falls into this category in some form. While public attention often centers on gig work — Uber driv

In an era marked by rising depression, loneliness, distractibility, burnout and overall declining well-being, many leaders are searching for more effective ways to support their own flourishing and that of their teams. In this compelling conversation, Cortland Dahl, PhD, shares truly transformative insights from his new book, Born to Flourish: How New Science and Ancient Wisdom Reveal a Simple Path to Thriving, co-authored with renowned neuroscientist Richard J. Davidson. Dahl serves as a Contem