The Insightful Leader

Epizodes

• Insight Unpacked S3E4 | Does Climate Policy Stand a Chance? 08.06.2026 31min

  America passed its biggest-ever climate bill … only to reverse course three years later. In the fourth episode of "Insight Unpacked: Can We Still Build a Green Economy?" experts discuss why policy solutions struggle to stick.
• Insight Unpacked S3E3 | Why Wall Street Slowed Its Roll on Sustainability 25.05.2026 32min

  A few years ago, the stock market was wild about green tech and ESG funds. And then it wasn't. We look at why in the third episode of "Insight Unpacked: Can We Still Build a Green Economy?"
• Insight Unpacked S3E2 | Why Companies Can't Keep Their Climate Commitments 11.05.2026 27min

  They say they want to do better. In the second episode of "Insight Unpacked: Can We Still Build a Green Economy?" we look at an oil company, a tech giant, and an Italian energy provider to explore why net-zero pledges have barely moved the needle.
• Insight Unpacked S3E1 | The Climate Crisis Is Here. Will We Ever Fix It? 27.04.2026 32min

  Saving the planet is going to take more than net-zero pledges and shopping green. In the first episode of our series, "Insight Unpacked: Can We Still Build a Green Economy?" we take the current temperature of the climate fight.
• Introducing Insight Unpacked, Season 3 20.04.2026 2min

  Introducing Insight Unpacked, Season 3: Can We Still Build a Green Economy? In the last decade, we've seen powerful people and organizations take on the issue of climate change — making big pledges to reduce their carbon emissions by adapting their fleets, retrofitting their offices, or going paperless. And yet global emissions are still at or near record highs. So what gives? In this five-episode season, we're asking: If climate change is already reshaping our environment, is there anything that companies, investors, policymakers, technologists, and ordinary people can do to turn things around? And are we even capable of doing that? There's reason for hope. But our work is certainly cut out for us.
• When It Comes to Biases, AI's Only Human 13.04.2026 16min

  The AI models informing many of our decisions are riddled with preconceptions. On this episode of The Insightful Leader, two experts outline how bias creeps in.
• Automation, Answers, and Advice—a Playbook for AI Adoption 09.03.2026 16min

  So you've tinkered with AI, but now you want to level up. Here are tips from Kellogg faculty on using the tech more effectively.
• The Global Trends Shaping the Way We Do Business 23.02.2026 16min

  Uncertainty is everywhere. On this episode of The Insightful Leader, we examine the effect of geopolitics on everything from Barbies to Sharpies.
• How Do Those Valentine's Day Roses End Up in Your Bouquet? It's Complicated. 09.02.2026 9min

  Millions of blooms. Two continents, One day. And a very busy airport. On this (rerun) episode, we hear how our favorite symbol of love gets from point A to point B. 
• The Authentic Appeal of Influencer Marketing 26.01.2026 16min

  On this episode of The Insightful Leader, learn why companies should embrace the social-media testimonial, warts and all.
• Focus on Your Story, Not Your Résumé 08.12.2025 14min

  As your career progresses, it can be easy to get stuck in a narrow professional lane. Learn how to break free on this episode of The Insightful Leader.
• I Respectfully Disagree 24.11.2025 19min

  From ketchup on hot dogs to politics, it can be hard to talk constructively about polarizing issues. On this episode of The Insightful Leader, we play a game to recognize the traps we often fall into and learn how to avoid them.
• In Workplace Negotiations, Put the Relationship First 10.11.2025 17min

  It's not just about salary. On this episode of The Insightful Leader's "Ask Insight," we hear how to approach some common work tensions by finding common ground.
• Managing Layoffs without Compromising Your Morals 27.10.2025 18min

  There's no "correct" approach to laying people off, but on this episode of The Insightful Leader, we discuss how you can maintain your integrity through the process.
• When We Get Too Comfortable, It's Tough to Take Flight 13.10.2025 13min

  On this episode of The Insightful Leader, an executive coach offers three tales of leaders who let complacency get in the way of success. 
• How to Stay Resilient in the Face of a Major Setback 09.06.2025 15min

  When 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."
• Insight Unpacked S2E6 | When a Healthcare Expert Becomes a Patient 27.05.2025 18min

  In 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.
• Preventing a Potential Culture Clash at Work 12.05.2025 15min

  On this episode of The Insightful Leader: when Fuyao Glass opened a U.S. factory, it underestimated the importance of translating company culture.
• Workers Are Stressed Out. Here's How Leaders Can Help. 07.04.2025 16min

  On 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. 
• What Rom-coms Can Teach Business Leaders 17.03.2025 11min

  On this episode of The Insightful Leader, we'll discuss how these movies can help us navigate conflict and tackle power dynamics.