This Week in Business

Whether or not we realize it, algorithms have taken over a big part of our lives. This technology is embedded in every major tech platform and web-enabled device we come in contact with, and influences the everyday decisions we make: what we buy, where we eat, whom we date, how we work, and more. Host Dan Loney talks with Kartik Hosanagar, Professor of Technology and Digital Business, and Marketing, at the Wharton School, to discuss his new book, A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence: How Algorithms Are Shaping Our Lives and How We Can Stay In Control. Kartik's research demonstrates that instead of surrendering ourselves to this world of algorithmic decision-making, we need to arm ourselves with a better, deeper and a more nuanced understanding of it. Find out more about his new book on this episode of Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you the type of person who keeps to yourself at the office—even when something upsets you? Host Laura Zarrow talks with Liz Fosslien, co-author and illustrator of "No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Emotions at Work", to elaborate more on the idea that open, frank communication leads to a more productive and happier work environment for everyone on [email protected]: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CWGBZ4S/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two years ago, Amazon entered the grocery market with its purchase of Whole Foods. Now, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the e-commerce giant is planning to launch urban grocery stores separate from the Whole Foods chain. Host Dan Loney talks with Barbara Kahn, Marketing Professor at the Wharton School, and Mark Cohen, Director of Retail Studies at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business, to look at what makes these urban grocery stores different than the existing Whole Foods and Amazon Go models, and why Amazon is choosing to expand down this route of retail on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kim Wilford, General Counsel for GoFundMe, joins host Doug Collom to discuss how she's helping to advance corporate initiatives to improve the world's largest social fundraising platform on Bay Area Ventures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elon Musk is under fire from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yet again for his "reckless" use of Twitter regarding Tesla company updates. The SEC is currently questioning tweets the chief executive of Tesla sent out last month about the car company’s production levels. Musk says his tweets are covered by free speech. The SEC disagrees and wants him held in contempt for violating a 2018 settlement that restricts his social media posts regarding his company. In 2018 Musk got into trouble for falsely tweeting that he was taking his company private, which caused stocks to soar. This lead to the SEC settlement in which Tesla and Musk were each fined $20 million and he had to step down as chairman of the board. Host Dan Loney talks with John Paul MacDuffie, Management Professor at the Wharton School and Director of the Program on Vehicle and Mobility Innovation at The Mack Institute for Innovation Management, and Charles Elson, Director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, to discuss more about this recent legal turmoil and how it is affecting Tesla in the eye of the consumers on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chinese tech giant Huawei is suing the U.S. government, alleging the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act prohibiting government agencies from buying its equipment or contracting with other companies violates the Constitution. Huawei argues US Congress doesn't have a good reason for this ban to be put in place, and that they are being singled out. US official allege that Huawei equipment could be used by the Chinese government to spy on Americans - Huawei denies such an accusation. Currently, Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer and daughter of the founder, Meng Wanzhou, continues to be held in Canada and faces extradition to the U.S. on fraud charges. Host Dan Loney takes a deeper look at these allegations with Regina Abrami, Senior Fellow in Management at Wharton, Director of the Global Institute at The Lauder Institute, and Head of its International Studies Faculty, and Richard Dasher, Director of the US-Asia Technology Management Center at Stanford University, on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rebecca Masisak, CEO of TechSoup, joins hosts Nick Ashburn and Sherryl Kuhlman to discuss how TechSoup organized a nonprofit international network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that provides technical support and technological tools to other nonprofits, and where they see their business growing in the next few years on Dollars and Change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you believe that tax breaks are reserved only for the ultra-wealthy, you might be paying too much to the IRS! Sandra Block, Senior Editor at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, joins host Kent Smetters to discuss her recent piece "10 Tax Breaks for the Middle Class" on Your Money. Listen in to see if you qualify for any of these current tax breaks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philadelphia has become the first major U.S. city to ban “cashless” stores. The city is making this move, in part, to protect those "unbanked" consumers who may not have credit cards and only use cash. The law, which goes into effect on July 1st, exempts some businesses including parking structures, rentals requiring a security deposit, and those with a membership model. Amazon, for example, was informed they could work around the law, as long as membership is required. So are restrictions on cashless businesses ultimately good for consumers and for the municipalities and will other metropolitan areas follow Philly's lead? To discuss more on this complex issue, host Dan Loney is joined by William Greenlee, Democratic Philadelphia City Councilman-at-large and co-sponsor of the bill, Mehrsa Baradaran, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and the Robert Cotten Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law at the University of Georgia School of Law and author of  The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap, and Jay Zagorsky, Economist and Senior Lecturer of Markets, Public Policy and Law at Boston University’s School of Management on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Today we are featuring speakers from the recent Wharton’s Customer Analytics and Working Nation’s Town Hall, “The Future is Now: Closing the Data Analytics Skills Gap.” In this segment, we hear from the event's key speaker, Allen Blue, Co-Founder of LinkedIn. Allen joins host Dan Loney to discuss how LinkedIn partners with Working Nation to help identify new types of data analytics job roles and share them across the platform's network in hopes of finding new workers to be trained across their own skills gap and into data analytics on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Today we are featuring speakers from the recent Wharton’s Customer Analytics and Working Nation’s Town Hall, “The Future is Now: Closing the Data Analytics Skills Gap.” In this segment, we discuss how data analytics are solving today's real world problems. Ravi Kandikonda, SVP of Marketing and Strategy & Planning at Comcast, and Steve Kern, Deputy Director of Quantitative Sciences at the Gates Foundation, join host Dan Loney to discuss how their companies are using data to piece together solutions and strategic advances on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Today we are featuring speakers from the recent Wharton’s Customer Analytics and Working Nation’s Town Hall, “The Future is Now: Closing the Data Analytics Skills Gap.” In this segment, we discuss how data analytics skills can be integrated into standard education. Wharton Marketing Professor and host of Wharton Moneyball Eric Bradlow and Melanie Harris, Chief Information Officer for the School District of Philadelphia, join host Dan Loney to discuss how we can encourage student to learn 'digital literacy' and data analysis on Knowledge@Wharton.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SpaceX recently became the first private company to successfully dock a spacecraft built to transport astronauts from Earth to the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon carried about 400 pounds of supplies and an instrumented astronaut test dummy named Ripley, after Sigourney Weaver's character from the “Alien” film series. Host Dan Loney is joined by Greg Autry, Director of the Southern California Commercial Spaceflight initiative and IAIN BOYD, the James E. Knott Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Faculty Director of Government Relations at the University of Michigan, to discuss the implications of this successful mission on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ethan Bernstein, Edward W. Conard Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, joins host Peter Cappelli to discuss his research on the effects of an open office plan on workers' collaboration habits, as outlined in his recent paper "The impact of the ‘open’ workspace on human collaboration" on In the Workplace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Lyle Cain specializes in arthroscopy and treatment of sports-related injuries, as well as open and arthroscopic treatment of knee, shoulder and elbow injuries. He works at the famed Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Center and is also the Team Physician for the University of Alabama and other universities. Dr. Cain joins hosts Cade Massey, Shane Jensen, and Eric Bradlow to discuss advancements in sports medicine over the last 20 years, how rehab practices have changed, what injuries he's seeing more of these days, and where innovation is taking the field of sports medicine in the future on Wharton Moneyball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam Hall, Chief Product Officer of GrubHub, joins host Christian Terwiesch to talk about the future of food delivery and innovation in food delivery technology on Work of Tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you’ve ever hosted a party, the chances are good that you used Evite to send out invitations. Victor Cho, Wharton grad and CEO of Evite, joins host Mike Useem to discuss how he came to lead the world’s top online and text invitation service on Leadership in Action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The issue of immigration has been a topic of heightened conversation here in the United States and also around the world. Over the last few years there have been thousands of people migrating from parts of Africa or from war-torn Syria, among other countries, to various parts of Europe. Michael Doyle, Professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and Visiting Scholar at University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House, says the average time a refugee is in exile is about 18 years. Michael joins host Dan Loney on Knowledge@Wharton to discuss his recent workshop, “Model International Mobility Declaration”, which focused on ways to address and improve the standards and regulations governing those moving between borders, whether as visitors, workers, entrepreneurs, refugees, victims of trafficking, et cetera, and fill in key gaps in international law. Professor Doyle is a former Secretary-General and Special Adviser to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sometimes designed objects reject their users: a computer mouse that doesn't work for left-handed people, for example, or something as simple as color choices can render a product unusable for millions. These mismatches are the building blocks of exclusion. In her book "Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design", Kat Holmes describes how design can lead to exclusion, and how inclusive design methods can be a source of innovation and growth, especially for digital technologies. Host Dan Loney talks with Kat about her book on Knowledge@Wharton. Book: https://www.amazon.com/Mismatch-Inclusion-Simplicity-Technology-Business/dp/0262038889 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has announced his candidacy for President of the United States in 2020. His policy agenda includes a single payer healthcare system, "Medicare for All.” Under this plan, the current system, including Medicare and Medicaid, would go away, with some exceptions for elective procedures. This proposal has been controversial because of the high costs of implementing such a government program that covers all Americans. But could a national health insurance program work for the United States? Host Dan Loney talks with Mark Pauly, a Professor of Health Care Management and Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School, and Rob Field, a Professor of Law and Professor of Health Management and Policy at Drexel University and lecturer in Wharton’s Healthcare Management Department, to find out more about the possibilities of shaking up US health care systems on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Host John Barkett speaks with Chuck Smith, Co-Founder and CEO of Dixie Brands, a top selling edibles company, to learn about his founders story and journey into the cannabis business almost 10 years ago, and how his company has evolved with the changing landscape. CannaBusiness: A Look at the Marijuana Industry examines the current and future state of the marijuana industry across a range of topics such as legal landscape, policy barriers, investing in cannabis, medical marijuana, and marketing a product that is still technically illegal at the federal level. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Host John Barkett speaks with Dr. Stuart Titus, CEO Of Medical Marijuana, Inc., to discuss the legitimacy and benefits of cannabis as a prescribed medicine, and how this field will continue to evolve. CannaBusiness: A Look at the Marijuana Industry examines the current and future state of the marijuana industry across a range of topics such as legal landscape, policy barriers, investing in cannabis, medical marijuana, and marketing a product that is still technically illegal at the federal level. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Host John Barkett speaks with Stephen DeAngelo, Co-Founder of Harborside (the world's largest medical marijuana dispensary), and Paul Seaborn, Professor at the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business, to discuss the legal landscape surrounding the marijuana industry such as state law versus federal law, medical versus recreational, and more. CannaBusiness: A Look at the Marijuana Industry examines the current and future state of the marijuana industry across a range of topics such as legal landscape, policy barriers, investing in cannabis, medical marijuana, and marketing a product that is still technically illegal at the federal level. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Host John Barkett speaks with John Hudak, a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, and Seth Goldberg, Partner and Head of Duane Morris Cannabis Interdisciplinary Group, to discuss the regulatory implications around marijuana, such as examining state-level legalization, banking regulations, barriers to business, and more. CannaBusiness: A Look at the Marijuana Industry examines the current and future state of the marijuana industry across a range of topics such as legal landscape, policy barriers, investing in cannabis, medical marijuana, and marketing a product that is still technically illegal at the federal level. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Host John Barkett speaks with Troy Dayton, CEO of The ArcView Group (a cannabis investment and market research firm), to discuss how venture capitalists and everyday people can currently invest in a cannabis business. CannaBusiness: A Look at the Marijuana Industry examines the current and future state of the marijuana industry across a range of topics such as legal landscape, policy barriers, investing in cannabis, medical marijuana, and marketing a product that is still technically illegal at the federal level. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Host John Barkett speaks with Ricardo Baca, Founder of Grasslands (a content strategy firm) and thought leader in the legal cannabis space, and Elizabeth Hogan, VP of Brands for Willie Nelson's GCH Inc., to discuss the intricacies around marketing a federally illegal product, combating the stigma around marijuana products, and more. CannaBusiness: A Look at the Marijuana Industry examines the current and future state of the marijuana industry across a range of topics such as legal landscape, policy barriers, investing in cannabis, medical marijuana, and marketing a product that is still technically illegal at the federal level. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert Garrett, CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health Network, and Donald Parker, CEO and President of Carrier Clinic, join hosts Sherryl Kuhlman and Sandi Hunt to discuss their work to battle the opioid crisis, depression and the teen suicide epidemic by expanding behavioral health access on Dollars and Change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The A380 was supposed to revolutionize commercial air travel. Instead, just 14 years after its first test flight, Airbus’ A380 Superjumbo is being phased out. The final A380 will roll off the assembly line in 2021. To find out why, host Dan Loney talks with Roger W. Clark, Founding Member of The Clark Law Group and visiting Professor at Rutgers University Law School where he teaches aviation law, and Kenneth Button, a Public Policy Professor at George Mason University’s Schatz School of Policy and Government, on Knowledge@Wharton.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Lobosco, VP of Talent Solutions for LinkedIn, joins hosts Peter Cappelli and Dan O'Meara to discuss LinkedIn's recently released Global Talent Trends Report which explores the four big trends fueling the transformation of global workplaces on In the Workplace. Report here: https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/blog/trends-and-research/2019/global-recruiting-trends-2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are many highly successful introverts, from Bill Gates to Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Jane Finkle is a career coach and a consultant with over 25 years of experience, and she joins host Dr. Dawn Graham to discuss tips from her new book "The Introvert's Complete Career Guide: From Landing a Job, to Surviving, Thriving and Moving on Up" on Career Talk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve Vai, American guitarist and composer, winner of 3 Grammy awards (with 13 nominations), and owner of Favored Nations record label, joins host Americus Reed last week for a discussion on marketing strategies for musicians and label owners on Marketing Matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greg Valliere, Chief US Policy Strategist at AGF Investments, joins hosts Jeremy Schwartz and Liqian Ren to discuss the impact of current politics on the markets and the U.S. economy on Behind the Markets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you have a “friend” who is super smart, has a great career, holds a graduate degree, has even saved a chunk of money for retirement, but who keeps making the same dumb mistakes when it comes to money? Is this “friend” you? - Jill Schlesinger, CBS News Business Analyst and host of "Jill on Money" podcast, joins host Dan Loney to discuss her new book on avoiding costly mistakes with money, "The Dumb Things Smart People Do with Their Money" on [email protected] - https://www.amazon.com/Things-Smart-People-Their-Money/dp/0525622179 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There is currently a measles outbreak hitting Washington State and northwest Oregon with over 50 people now infected with measles. There is talk of a new bill being passed to make it harder for parents to opt out of the measles vaccine and anti-vaxxers are protesting this move. Host Dan Loney talks more about this controversy with Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center and Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Infection Diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Dr. Peter Jay Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College and Co-Director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, and Daniel Salmon, Director of the Institute for Vaccine Safety based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dan Altman, Founder of North Yard Analytics and Adjunct Professor of Economics at NYU's Stern School of Business, joins hosts Cade Massey, Adi Wyner, and Shane Jensen to discuss how he got into the field of soccer analytics and what type of work he does with clubs in most of the major leagues around the world on Wharton Moneyball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosts Sandi Hunt and Nick Ashburn talk with Shadrack Frimpong, Founder and CEO of Cocoa 360. Shadrack grew up without running water and electricity in rural Ghana and became the first person in his village to attend college in the US, where he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2015 and is currently enrolled to complete his master's degree in NonProfit Leadership. Frimpong founded Cocoa360 and pioneered the "farm-for-impact” health equity model; a tuition-free girls' school and community hospital sustained by proceeds from a cocoa plantation. He leads a team of over 35 full-time staff members who have cared for 3000 patients, serve 8 communities, reach over 35,000 farmers and currently educate 120 young girls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Would you buy brand-name ice cream or shampoo that came in a reusable container? A company called Loop is working with a number of consumer product companies, including Nestle, PepsiCo and Proctor & Gamble, to work towards "zero waste" initiatives. With reusable containers, you would place your empty Crest mouthwash bottle in a separate recycling bin that would be picked up and taken to a cleaning and sterilization facility, and refilled with the product for you or another customer. Host Dan Loney talks with Americus Reed, Marketing Professor at the Wharton School and host of Marketing Matters, and Eric Orts, Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics and Director of the Initiative for Global Environmental Studies at the Wharton School, about the sustainability impact this service could have when picked up by major brands, and how likely consumers are to adapt to this new greener model on Knowledge@Wharton.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Federal regulations mandate pilots must retire when they are 65 years old. But there is no such law in place for doctors. When are doctors too old to treat patients? And what should the criteria be to determine their retirement? A new report in the Journal of the American Medical Association Surgery examines this issue and recommends protocols for testing older doctors for health and competence, though it doesn't specify at what age that should happen. Some hospitals have instituted a policy of review for physicians when they turn 70 years of age. The AMA study estimates about a quarter of all practicing physicians in the U.S. are over the age of 65. To help explore these questions, host Dan Loney is joined by the three researches from the University of Washington who worked on this report: Patchen Dellinger, a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Surgery, Thomas Gallagher a Professor in the Department of Bioethics and Humanities, and Carlos Pellegrini, a Professor in the Department of Surgery and former Chief Medical Officer at the University of Washington Medicine.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2017 there were over 47,000 opioid-linked deaths in the United States – a six percent increase from 2016, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Massachusetts is now suing Purdue Pharma, maker of Oxycontin, and members of the Sackler family, one of the wealthiest families in America and owners of Purdue Pharma. The suit alleges the Sacklers made billions of dollars as their company pushed doctors to prescribe the pain killer, assuring the drug had a low risk of misuse, even though they knew it was highly addictive. Purdue is also accused of failing to report doctors who were overprescribing the drug. The company is facing hundreds of different suits by state and local governments across the country. Host Dan Loney is joined by Rob Field, Professor of Law and Professor of Health Management and Policy at Drexel University and a lecturer in the Health Care Management Department of the Wharton school, and Keith Humphreys, Professor and Section Director for Mental Health Policy at Stanford University and Senior Research Career Scientist at the VA Health Services Research Center, to discuss these allegations and more on the opioid epidemic on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Reibstein, Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School and host of Measured Thoughts, joins host Dan Loney to discuss his recent B-School Seminar presented to congressional staffers that focuses on nation branding as it applies to the U.S., and why a country should care about their brand globally and the role that public policy plays in shaping and communicating that brand to the world. They will also discuss the 2019 U.S. News and World Report list of the best countries that rates a country’s wealth and success, the policies that create opportunities, and the people who lead the change and its history. This seminar is part of the Penn Wharton B-School for Public Policy, a new monthly series of faculty-led seminars for policymakers on Knowledge@Wharton. For more information about how to get involved with Penn Wharton B-School for Public Policy, visit: https://publicpolicy.wharton.upenn.edu/b-school/get-involved/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Bell, Director of Corporate Communications and Social Media at Kia Motors America, joins host Rob Coneybeer to discuss Kia's work with self-driving cars on Launch Pad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jon Carter, Chief Digital Officer & Chief Technology Officer at Snap Kitchen, joins host Rob Coneybeer to discuss how this startup makes healthy, handmade meals for busy people on Launch Pad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bob Anderson, Founder, Chairman, and Chief Development Officer of The Leadership Circle and the Full Circle Group, joins hosts Jeff Klein and Anne Greenhalgh to discuss his new co-authored book "Scaling Leadership: Building Organizational Capability and Capacity to Create Outcomes that Matter Most" on Leadership in Action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last week, the U.S. Justice Department has filed charges against tech giant Huawei alleging they have, among other things, violated the Iran Sanctions, stolen industrial secrets of American carrier T-Mobile and obstructed a criminal investigation. The Chinese telecom company is the biggest supplier of phone and internet network equipment in the world and is the second biggest cellphone producer. The indictments come two months after Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who is also daughter of the company’s founder, was arrested in Canada. China's foreign ministry yesterday called on the U.S. and Canada to release Wanzhou. The timing coincides with top officials from China holding a two days of trade talks with the Trump Administration in Washington. Host Dan Loney talks with Jacque DeLisle, a Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, Director of the Center for East Asian Studies, and Deputy Director of the Center for the Study of Contemporary China, and Richard Dasher, the Director of the U.S.-Asia Technology Management Center at Stanford University, to discuss how this case might play out on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 35-day partial government shutdown left 800,000 workers either on furlough or working without pay. It also affected nearly 10,000 companies who contract with the departments that were shutdown. Many people picked up other jobs during the closure, and others were moved from government contracts to working in the private sector. What we don’t know yet is whether these people will return to their jobs or whether there will be a mass exodus from the public sector, particularly as the president is warning another could happen as soon as next month. Host Dan Loney talks with Paul Light, a Professor of Public Service at New York University and Bill Resh, an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California’s Sol Price School of Public Policy, about the repercussions of the longest US government shutdown on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're featuring a series this month called “2019: A Look Ahead” and conclude our series with a look at women in leadership positions and how the Me Too movement has influenced businesses. A December report by The World Economic Forum said it would take 202 years for gender parity in the workplace – much longer than the 170 years estimated in 2016. But a study by the annual Women CEO Report said that 2018 was a great year for women, who made up over one-fifth of the newly installed CEOs last year. California took a bigger step than other states when it passed a law requiring publicly listed companies with headquarters in the state to have at least one woman on their board by the end of this year. And 2019 has started with an increase of women sworn in to the 116th United States Congress. So what might we see in the year ahead for women in 2019? Host Dan Loney is joined by Katherine Klein, a Professor of Management at the Wharton School, Vice-Dean of the Wharton Social Impact Initiative, and co-host of Dollars and Change, and Janice Madden, University of Pennsylvania Professor of Regional Science and Sociology, to discuss the implications of these shifts for women on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosts Dave Reibstein and Suneal Bedi talk with AnneMarie Suarez-Davis, Vice President of US Snacks Marketing at Kellogg Company, and Luke Cole, Head of Brand Build and Marketing for at The Kraft Heinz Company, about their Super Bowl LIII ads and their brand strategies for 2019 on Measured Thoughts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gillette released a new one minute, 48 second commercial on Twitter recently that has generated a lot of divided, emotional reactions from consumers. The ad tackles the issues of “toxic masculinity” – bullying, sexist talk, and violence – linking them to their signature tag line “the best a man can get.” It's the latest example of a brand taking on social issues of the day. While the ad has generated some criticism, with some men saying they will no longer use their razors, has this move been overall a win for them? Host Dan Loney is joined by Michael Kehler, a Professor of Masculinity Studies at the University of Calgary in the Werklund School of Education Research, and Hank Boyd, a Clinical Professor in the Marketing Department at the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business, to discuss the strategy behind the commercial on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Ann Greenhalgh talks with Rob Nabors, Director of Policy and Government Affairs at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to learn more about how his team develops and implements strategies to help mobilize the resources, political commitment, and public commitment necessary to achieving the foundation’s programmatic goals on Leadership in Action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Special: Wharton Moneyball is broadcasting LIVE from Radio Row at the Atlanta Conference Center in preparation for Super Bowl LIII. Tune in this half as they talk to NFL Network Analyst Bucky Brooks about NFL analytics, scouting, and performance evaluations. They also talk with Alex Anthopoulos, EVP and General Manager of the Atlanta Braves, about his career path to GM by age 32, baseball analytics, and what he's excited about for this upcoming season of baseball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.