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Top leaders from NVIDIA, Walmart International, TIAA, Goldman Sachs and NYU share career advice, leadership lessons and practical ways to stay resilient through uncertainty in an AI age. This an inspiring collection of advice and personal anecdotes shared at this spring's commencement addresses can help anyone from new grads to veteran professionals navigate coming AI shifts and other big career pivots.
In this episode:
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang on AI and maximizing your potential
TIAA CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett on the advice she gives her team
Social Psychologist Jonathan Haidt's 3 tips on how to have an amazing life
Former Walmart CEO Kathryn McLay's advice on the early career moment that helped her keep perspective
Goldman Sachs Chairman & CEO David Solomon on why he still DJs - and the importance of cultivating passions outside of work
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Carnegie Mellon Commencement address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZh_0uRgrg4 Social Psychologist Jonathan Haidt, NYU Commencement address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvoyGjK8vTA TIAA CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett, Florida A&M Commencement address:
About this episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taN6-b7bqAk Former Walmart CEO Kathryn McLay, High Point University Commencement address:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxpja7ih1VI Goldman Sachs Chairman & CEO David Solomon, Wharton MBA Commencement address:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSop6XzzY9wRelated Episodes:
The Attention Crisis: How leaders can fix focus and happiness in an AI Era - psychologist Jonathan Haidt
Read here - transcript: https://tinyurl.com/yc45ccc3
Listen here - Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/3zyur7s5
Watch here - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bXp43TMMAI
Adam Grant: Future leaders won't succeed without this key trait
Read here - Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/fbym95jy
Listen here - Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/ys2dtftj
Watch here - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buVVIpttzUA
Nick Thompson, The Atlantic: Why one CEO sets 'non -goals' - and what ultramarathons taught him about focus and mental toughness
Watch here - YouTube: https://youtu.be/Xh9PLsyptgA
Listen here - Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bdbrspj7
Read here - Listen: https://tinyurl.com/mtdhe37w
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Workslop – low-quality work produced through poor human-AI collaboration – is wasting time, slowing teams down and limiting the productivity gains leaders expect from AI. But the problem isn't always the technology – it's often a signal to leaders that teams need more support. Workslop often reflects unclear standards, weak direction and poor feedback. In this episode, BetterUp CEO Alexi Robichaux explains why AI can amplify both good and bad leadership standards, and why leaders need to define what excellent work looks like before AI scales a team's output. He also shares how AI coaching can help managers find ways to hone hard-to-improve soft skills, practicing difficult conversations, tricky performance reviews and tough feedback, all in a safe space before those moments happen with real teams.
Key takeaways in this episode:
AI amplifies clarity or confusion. Set clear standards before AI scales your team's work.
Workslop is a leadership warning sign. Poor AI output can reveal unclear direction and weak feedback. It can be a sign teams need more guidance or support.
Managers need practice. AI coaching can help leaders sharpen direction and rehearse how they give feedback or tackle difficult conversations.
Rethink how you invest in people. AI investment is overwhelming planning conversations. But are you putting that diligence into how you develop your talent?
About this guest:
Website: https://www.betterup.com/
Research: The Hidden Cost of AI-Generated Busy Work: https://www.betterup.com/workslop
Article: Workslop: Why AI performance depends on how we think, talk and lead: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/why-ai-performance-depends-on-how-we-think-talk-and-lead/
About this episode:
Read here - Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/alexi-robichaux-ai-workslop-leadership-coaching
Watch here - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTAbIqqAf4YRelated episodes:
How to Lead People Through AI Change: Questions to Ask from a Transformation ExpertRead here - transcript: https://tinyurl.com/ykk9r7hb
Listen here - Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yc2azrwv
Watch here - Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/yyv24pvd
The Attention Crisis: How leaders can fix focus and happiness in an AI Era - psychologist Jonathan Haidt
Read here - transcript: https://tinyurl.com/yc45ccc3
Listen here - Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/3zyur7s5
Watch here - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bXp43TMMAI
Adam Grant: Future leaders won't succeed without this key trait
Read here - Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/fbym95jy
Listen here - Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/ys2dtftj
Watch here - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buVVIpttzUA
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Are you building game-changing AI solutions? Or just automating low-stakes work that makes the "irrelevant efficient"?
The questions teams you're not asking nearly enough. Vaz explains how to refine your thinking to ensure your solutions aren't locked into yesterday's way of working The hidden gap that can derail your AI transformation: What separates promising AI experiments from work that actually changes how a business performs? He breaks down the blindspots that hold real innovation back. Get the people part right. Incentives, expectations and old measures of success can slow AI adoption more than the technology itself. Vaz shares what leaders often underestimate when asking teams to work in a fundamentally new way. How to learn and unlearn. Your value as a leader will depend on your capacity to learn. He shares how to deploy existing experience for new solutions.
Nigel Vaz, Publicis Sapient's CEO and a digital transformation expert, talked to Meet The Leader to explain why many AI strategies fall short and what's needed to lead teams through technological change. In this episode, Vaz shares the questions that can refine your strategic discussions on AI and help close the gap between AI expectations and results. He also shares why the hardest part of AI transformation isn't the tech but getting the people part right -- and what helps teams transition.
Key Takeaways:Vaz shares key examples of how to put this thinking to work, including including a legacy modernization project that cut a 10-year timeline to under three and Publicis Sapient's own transition from a people-led services model to a people-and-product enterprise AI company. Learn more about this - including the innovative CEO GPT tool Publicis Sapient built that helps teams scale internal knowledge and context.
About this guest:
https://www.nigelvaz.com/about
https://www.publicissapient.com/About this episode:
Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/ai-transformation-leadership-future-of-work/
Related episodes:
How to upskill for an AI Age: Workera CEO Kian Katanforoosh
Read here - transcript: https://tinyurl.com/7rbsu62e
Listen here - Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2p9zfazz
Watch here - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOxIFpQcBCs
Adam Grant: Future leaders won't succeed without this key trait Watch here:
Read here - Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/fbym95jy
Listen here - Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/ys2dtftj
Watch here - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buVVIpttzUA
The Attention Crisis: How leaders can fix focus and happiness in an AI Era -psychologist Jonathan Haidt
Read here - transcript:: https://tinyurl.com/yc45ccc3
Listen here - Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/3zyur7s5
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How can we strengthen leadership pipelines? One overlooked answer: Invest in women's sports. Data shows that investment in women's sports creates a powerful yet under-appreciated talent pipeline, building future leaders, closing the gender gap and driving high-performing teams. Deloitte US Chair Lara Abrash shares insights from the firm's research on women's sports – both the billion-dollar economic opportunity it represents and the unsung way sports strengthens the leadership talent pipeline.
Abrash, active in a range of sports since her youth, will also break down the leadership skills, mindsets, and team dynamics sports uniquely cultivates. She'll share the personal experiences that shaped how she leads and the way she approaches talent and capability. Her personal lessons learned can help anyone understand what's needed to develop future leaders, improve team performance and build talent pipelines that last.
Key Insights:
Women's sports is growing rapidly - but remains an untapped sector and opportunity for economies and communities. Sports teaches girls how to team - but a range of factors make them more likely to drop out of sports than boys. Great leaders are great coaches. Abrash reminds us that "Managers manage outcomes while leaders lead people." Practice makes progress: Sports can build leaders who learn quickly from mistakes and adapt faster -- skills key for a fast-paced AI era. Sidestep the 'superwoman' myth: Sports shows we often accomplish more in groups. Women who admit they are less effective alone take the first step to building great teams and avoiding burnout.About this episode:
Transcript - read here: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/womens-sports-leadership-skills-gender-gap
Related report:
Deloitte Research - Game-Changers: Unlocking the Potential of Women's Sports: https://www.deloitte.com/global/en/Industries/tmt/perspectives/game-changers-unlocking-potential-women-sports.html
World Economic Forum - Sports for People and Planet: https://www.weforum.org/publications/sports-for-people-and-planet/
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What Astronauts Know About High-Performing Teams (That Many Don't Understand)
Read here: https://tinyurl.com/3h2xkyv9
Listen here: https://tinyurl.com/mrmtwnb4
Watch here: https://youtu.be/AI_7QcZy5A8
Why Smart Ideas Don't Always Land — and How to Build Creative, Curious Teams
Read here - Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/33b99j2u
Listen here - Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/5n8427nw
How to close gender gaps in tech - and the one skill AI can't learn
Read here - Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/s2ppr7s2
Listen here - Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/5xkkhd5w
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As tech and AI transform productivity and free us from rote work, will humanity finally crack happiness? Maybe not, warns Jonathan Haidt. This social psychologist, NYU professor and bestselling author of The Anxious Generation has spent years studying the links between happiness, technology, and societal change. Unless key steps are taken, he says, the technologies transforming work and communication could pull humans further from a sense of meaning, connection and purpose, taking happiness even further from our grasps.
To progress on any big challenge ahead will depend on restoring focus, trust, and purpose. Haidt warns that AI and social media may be weakening all three—making intentional leadership more critical than ever. He shares research-backed insights that can help us better understand a fragmented, distracted world and the urgent challenge this brings to leaders running teams in a changing AI era.
Key Takeaways:
Where happiness really comes from - and what people often misunderstand
Understanding the attention crisis and what's contributing to it
How AI and digital habits fragment attention and decision-making and undermine trust
Simple practices and approaches to reclaim focus, connect with others and lead meaningful change more effectively
This interview was recorded in January 2026 at the Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
About this episode:
Read here - Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/jonathan-haidt-happiness-focus-habits-ai
Watch here - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bXp43TMMAI
About this guest:
https://jonathanhaidt.com/
Books and initiatives referenced in this episode:
The Anxious Generation https://www.anxiousgeneration.com/
The Righteous Mind https://righteousmind.com/
The Happiness Hypothesis https://www.happinesshypothesis.com/
The Constructive Dialogue Institute www. constructivedialogue.org
Related episodes:
Nick Thompson, The Atlantic: Why one CEO sets 'non -goals' - and what ultramarathons taught him about focus and mental toughness
Watch here - YouTube: https://youtu.be/Xh9PLsyptgA
Listen here - Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bdbrspj7
Read here - Listen: https://tinyurl.com/mtdhe37w
IRC's David Miliband: How leaders can meet the moment in an increasingly disordered world
Watch here - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABadygYvsZ0&t=16s
Listen here - Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/42hzpvvm
Read here - Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/3vk4723b
What most people get wrong about progress: Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker
Watch here - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2IJjZs4E7A
Listen here - Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/4r69a5pr
Read here - Transcript:: https://tinyurl.com/3smrwev9
Radio Davos - The Anxious Generation: how phone-free schools can reverse a mental health pandemic
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As more professionals turn to AI for career guidance, is human mentorship extinct? Not by a long shot, according to our experts. Mentors will continue to be critical in shaping talent, but will make their mark not by sharing expertise but by leveraging truly human skills -- by meeting changing needs in time and by being a champion that unlocks potential, not just directs it.
Key insights:
- Mentorship is moving from expertise to emotional intelligence
- The best leaders will continue to prioritize people over output aloneIn this moment of change, Learn how the top minds of our time have been changed by their own mentors and how an AI era will reshape how mentors guide teams and drive potential.
Some of the leaders featured in this episode:
-Workera's founder Kian Katanforoosh - on how mentorship is changing thanks to new technologies, and what it needs to be effective
-Limak Holding's Ebru Ozdemir - on bridging gaps through her initiative Global Engineer Girls and the traits great mentors share
-Habitat for Humanity's Jonathan Reckford - on what he learned from his grandmother and godmother on setting standards for himself
-Samantha Cristoforetti, European Space Agency - on what astronaut Butch Wilhelm taught her about the experience of the workday
-Organizational Psychologist Adam Grant - on how a diving coach helped him rethink risk and the simple question that he asks himself to this dayRelated episode:
Meet The Leader at 200: 20 Leaders Share Their Best Aha Moments and Lessons Learned
Read here: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/episode-200-top-tips-pivots-lessons-learned/
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Teamwork beats raw talent. It's a fact astronauts know well but one that Earthbound teams can sometimes overlook. European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti shares what space crews understand about building teams that work well together – and the shift that preparation undertook to make that happen. She shares what mentors taught her about being a great team member and why the 'experience' of the work day is as important as the task at hand. She also details other lessons learned from her more than 200 days in space, including:
-Why the best leaders are great followers-Why space sovereignty will shape the next phase of space collaboration. "You want to be an equal partner—not just a customer."
-Why the gender gap in space is closing. Learn why some astronaut classes are at parity and what it teaches other sectors about talent pipelines
This interview was recorded in January 2026 at the Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
About this episode:
Read here - Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/samantha-cristoforetti-esa-teamwork-leadership
Watch here - YouTube: https://youtu.be/AI_7QcZy5A8
About this guest:
European Space Agency: https://www.esa.int/
Related episodes:
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He's building 'gas stations' in space. How it can drive the space economy - Orbit Fab
Read here - Transcript:
https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/daniel-faber-orbit-fab-space-economy
Listen here - Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2s3tscms
Meet the startup building the first commercial space station - Axiom
Read here - Transcript:https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/tejpaul-bhatia-space-economy-axiom/
Listen here - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3FjNtzxmBucpgnZ4xhagxe
Be your own role model - a female rocket scientist, pioneer and science influencer explains
Read here - Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/2aukahwy
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Learn when you listen. Know your strengths can be weaknesses. Take your space before someone takes it for you. This 200th 'Best of' episode collects hard-won lessons learned and one-of-a-kind moments from this podcast's past 6 years. Listen to the late Jane Goodall recall a transformative run-in with a grumpy cabbie or hear the critical question that helped AWS teams get future-ready. It's a hit parade of top names, from IKEA to Microsoft, from Misty Copeland to Matt Damon, drawing insights and turning points that have shaped CEOs, startup founders, actors, activists, fashion designers, AI pioneers, best-selling authors and more find solutions and drive meaningful change.
In this episode:
Unexpected turning pointsJane Goodall, Jane Goodall Institute, on connecting with people you disagree with (Recorded 2021)
Al Gore, Former US Vice President and founder of the Climate Reality Project, on his climate communication turning point (Recorded 2021)
An AI Powered FutureSwami Sivasubramanian, AWS, on the question that got teams future-ready (Recorded 2024)
Adam Grant, organizational psychologist and Wharton professor, on how to practice the soft skills an AI era will need most (Recorded 2025)
Suleika Jaouad, best-selling author, on thinking beyond our 'resume virtues' (Recorded 2026)
Bringing people together:Diane von Fürstenberg, fashion designer, on a habit she swears by (Recorded 2024)
Misty Copeland, ballerina and activist, on unlocking potential (Recorded 2025)
Jagan Chapagain, IFRC, on why effective listeners are learners (Recorded 2024)
Brad Smith, Microsoft, on having a personal sounding board (Recorded 2024)
Seeking innovationMatt Damon and Gary White, founders - Water.org, on the value of experimentation and failure (Recorded 2026)
Nela Richardson, Chief Economist - ADP, on thinking outside the box (Recorded 2024)
Gail Whiteman, Rainn Wilson, Arctic Basecamp on rethinking communication (Recorded 2023)
Advice they swear byDaphne Koller, AI pioneer and insitro founder, on how strengths can become weaknesses (Recorded 2024)
Fidelma Russo, CTO - Hewlett Packard Enterprise, on knowing yourself (Recorded 2024)
Ulrika Biesèrt, CHRO - Inkga Group / IKEA, on taking your space (Recorded 2024)
Meeting the momentJonathan Reckford, Habitat for Humanity, on how serving others to bridge division (Recorded 2024)
John Amaechi, psychologist, leadership expert and author, on finding your inner giant (Recorded 2021)
David Miliband, IRC, on how leaders can navigate an increasingly disordered world, and the change that will be needed next (Recorded 2025)
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Meet The Leader - Adam Grant: Future leaders won't succeed without this key trait
Watch here - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buVVIpttzUA
Meet The Leader - Ballerina Misty Copeland: Unlocking potential and a leader's most 'vital' role
Watch here - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNwmJJMRt4o&t=1s
IRC's David Miliband: How leaders can meet the moment in an increasingly disordered world
Watch here - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABadygYvsZ0&t=16s
Listen here - Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/42hzpvvm
Read here - Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/3vk4723b
Matt Damon and Gary White: Why the Global Water Crisis Is Really a Finance Problem
Watch here - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95kccQuFUk
Listen here - Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/ybwhf395
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In an AI era, the real competitive advantage won't come from generating more ideas, but picking the right idea to take forward. Leaders who foster cultures of creativity and curiosity will build teams better able to sharpen focus, challenge assumptions, and execute in the most effective and compelling ways.
Liberty Science Center CEO Paul Hoffman is a noted expert on connecting the public to the sciences. He'll explain how that major cultural institution makes complex ideas clear and irresistible. The long-time science writer, puzzle maker, brainstorming expert and former head of the Encyclopaedia Britannica shares lessons from his eclectic background on how leaders can harness a team's natural curiosity to drive fresh thinking and innovation.
You'll learn:
Why clarity matters in innovation - and why the audience is usually right
How to model the creative behaviors you want to see in your team
Which qualities creative, curious teams always have in common
This episode was recorded at the Urban Transformation Summit, San Francisco (October 2025).
About this week's guest:
Liberty Science Center: https://lsc.org/
Paul Hoffman: http://thephtest.com/
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Nick Thompson, The Atlantic: Why one CEO sets 'non -goals' - and what ultramarathons taught him about focus and mental toughness
Watch here - YouTube: https://youtu.be/Xh9PLsyptgA
Listen here - Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bdbrspj7
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Build a culture of innovation: HPE's Chief Technology Officer shares what's needed
Listen here: https://tinyurl.com/bdfmtxbk
Read here: https://tinyurl.com/5kwr6x6tThis simple question helped Amazon teams get future ready: AWS AI and data chief
Read here - Transcript: http://tinyurl.com/3k3vvaex
Listen here - Spotify: http://tinyurl.com/yckpbtpe7 top innovators share strategies that drive cutting edge solutions:
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2.1 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water. Solving this problem will take more than charity - it will take innovation and a new approach to scaling partnerships, building awareness and raising funding. In this episode, Water.org's co-founders Matt Damon and Gary White share key efforts to fix the 'financial plumbing' connecting people and capital, helping to bridge the water gap for 85 million around the world, including: Water Credit (a specialized microfinance solution funding safe water and sanitation solutions) and Water Equity (an asset manager mobilizing private investment in water and sanitation). The two explain why creating an economic flywheel for change can bring truly sustainable solutions. They also share what they've learned about scale and from each other in a partnership that has now spanned 17 years and the role a new campaign for the public, Get Blue, can play.
This episode was recorded at the Annual Meeting in Davos in January 2026.
About this episode:
Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/matt-damon-water-crisis-gary-white-finance-innovation
About this week's guests:
Water.org
Get Blue campaign: https://getblue.water.org/
Related session at the 2026 Annual Meeting in Davos
Water in the balance
https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/water-in-the-balance/
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IRC's David Miliband: How leaders can meet the moment in an increasingly disordered world
Watch here - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABadygYvsZ0&t=16s
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What most people get wrong about progress: Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker
Watch here - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2IJjZs4E7A
Listen here - Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/4r69a5pr
Read here - Transcript:: https://tinyurl.com/3smrwev9
Nick Thompson, The Atlantic: Why one CEO sets 'non -goals' - and what ultramarathons taught him about focus and mental toughness
Watch here - YouTube: https://youtu.be/Xh9PLsyptgA
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For Suleika Jaouad, a best-selling author and 3-time cancer survivor, journaling became a life-changing creative outlet during her battles with leukemia as well as a powerful tool for navigating uncertainty. It also became a surprising way to connect with others leading to singular projects that have stuck a chord with hundreds of thousands such as her book, The Book of Alchemy, and her 300,000 member Substack, The Isolation Journals, projects that merge journal prompts and personal essays from the top creative minds of our time. She breaks down practical ways anyone can carve out time for reflection, curiosity and vulnerability and how such a practice can strengthen resilience and connection while sharpening clarity in an age defined by noise and loneliness. And in an era where we write prompts for AI, but question ourselves less and less, she reminds us of the role deeper thought plays in understanding our world and ourselves better. This is a conversation about choosing meaning over motion—and learning to live each day with intention.
About this episode:
Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/suleika-jaouad-journaling-prompt-creativity-reflection
About this guest:
Book: https://www.suleikajaouad.com/the-book-of-alchemy
Substack: The Isolation journals: https://theisolationjournals.substack.com/
Watch her session at the 2026 Annual Meeting in Davos:
Healing With Sounds and Words
https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/healing-with-sound-and-words/
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Read here - Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/5een2u52
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Nick Thompson, The Atlantic: Why this CEO sets 'non-goals' - and what ultramarathons taught him about focus and mental toughness
Watch here - YouTube: https://youtu.be/Xh9PLsyptgA
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Burnout and work-related depression costs the world an estimated $1 trillion dollars a year in lost working days – and chances are you've felt that stress yourself. In this special compilation episode, highlighting interviews recorded over the past year, leaders share their personal experiences with burnout and exhaustion. They also offer practical, tactical steps for recognizing burnout early, setting boundaries, fostering psychological safety and building teams that are resilient — not just productive.
Leaders featured include:
-David Ko, CEO of Calm, who reveals the blind spots that leave employees unsupported — and why sharing your own mental health journey may be the most powerful tool leaders have for more resilient teams
-Kearney's Paula Bellostas Muguerza, who shares the frightening health crisis that forced her to face burnout head on and the questions that helped her reset her priorities
-Li Li Leung, former CEO of USA Gymnastics, on why it's key to normalize mental health support for teams and how gymnast Simone Biles' famous decision to withdraw at the Tokyo Olympics reshaped conversations around self-advocacy and psychological safety
-August CEO and social entrepreneur Nadya Okamoto - on hustle culture, "girl boss" burnout, finding joy, and why rest is now central to her success.About this episode:
Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/burnout-strategies-mental-health-leaders
Interviewers: Julia Rignot, Linda Lacina
Editor: Taz Kelleher, Jere Johannson
Studio Production: Gareth NolanAbout this week's guests:
Calm CEO David Ko
Website - Calm: Calm.com
Book - Recharge: Boosting your mental battery one conversation at a time: https://rechargethebook.com/Kearney's Paula Bellostas Muguerza
Website - Kearney: https://www.kearney.com/
Related Meet The Leader episode: Bridging the gap in women's health research, policy and innovation: Kearney
Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/5p22ebun
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/3jmahwwjLi Li Leung, former CEO of USA Gymnastics
Website - USA Gymnastics: https://usagym.org/
Related Meet The Leader episode: Rebuilding trust after turmoil and coaching for results that matter: USA Gymnastics CEO
Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/yc4dk2a8
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/mvwxcsazAugust CEO and social entrepreneur Nadya Okamoto
Website - August: https://www.itsaugust.co/
Related Meet The Leader episode: A Gen Z founder on breaking down big stigmas and surviving hustle-culture
Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/nadya-okomoto-august-period-poverty-startup/
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The Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson ran all his life but became an ultramarathoner in his 40s. Recommitting to the sport helped him break records and even get faster as he aged. The discipline he built also helped transform his approach to nearly every aspect of his life. His latest book, The Running Ground, focuses on his own personal journey with running, a sport that helped him cope with a cancer diagnosis in his 30s and later process his relationship with his complicated father. In this special conversation, Nick shares what running can teach leaders about the healthy habits that underpin success, pacing for the long game, and breaking through the mental barriers that derail progress. He details some of the strategies that help this father of 3 make time for what matters most including setting 'non-goals' to manage energy and not just time. As the leader driving digital transformation at a 169-year-old publication, he also reflects on navigating historic disruption and what he's learned from The Most Interesting Thing in Tech, the daily videos he posts exploring the most compelling tech trends of our time.
About this episode:
Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/nicholas-thompson-focus-running-ground
Youtube: https://youtu.be/Xh9PLsyptgA
About this guest:
https://www.nickthompson.com/
The Most Interesting Thing in Tech:
https://www.tiktok.com/@nxthompsonRelated Annual Meeting 2026 sessions:
Next Phase of Intelligence:https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/next-phase-of-intelligence/
Regulating at the speed of code:
https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/regulating-at-the-speed-of-code/
Internet up for grabs
https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/internet-up-for-grabs/Related podcasts:
Meet the Leader - Adam Grant: Future leaders won't succeed without this key trait https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buVVIpttzUA
Meet The Leader - 'I'll show you a real leader' - Platon, the photographer of power, on finding humanity in all of us
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While prospects for women in tech and AI have improved over the years, women still comprise just a fraction of the tech workforce. Ayumi Moore Aoki is the founder of Women in Tech Global, an organization with a presence in over 60 countries around the world, one designed to empower women in the sector. She shares how a leaky talent pipeline makes opportunity harder to seize, what's needed at each stage of women's careers to bridge gaps and what leaders can do to ensure they make the most of their team's talents. She'll also explain what skills will be more important than ever for leaders in an AI-powered workforce, the question she asks herself now more than at any time in her career, and the one topic that will define AI in the months ahead. Lastly, this advocate and founder also details how her background has prepared her to run WTG, from her time in South Africa during apartheid to her lessons learned as an entrepreneur.
Related links:
Women in Tech Global: https://women-in-tech.org/
Ayumi Moore Aoki: https://ayumimooreaoki.com/
Related reports:
Global Gender Gap Report: https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-gender-gap-report-2025/ Global Gender Gap Report
Global Parity in the Intelligene Age: https://www.weforum.org/publications/gender-parity-in-the-intelligent-age-2025/
Related episodes:
Be your own role model - a female rocket scientist, pioneer and science influencer explains
Listen here: https://tinyurl.com/y4n9cmec
7 women leaders on the books that shaped their lives
Listen: https://tinyurl.com/vuketc78
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Women comprise just a fraction of the aerospace sector - a field research says is poised for trillion-dollar growth in the years to come. Mishaal Ashemimry is the head of the Centre for Space Futures where she works to improve space policies and unlock the next phase of the space economy. She shares her experience as a woman not just in a male-dominated sector but in a region that for much of her life didn't have a formal space agency. She explains what slows the growth of women in aerospace and what's changing for the better in this sector. She also shares the mindsets and strategies she used to get her ideas heard and to create opportunity for herself, tactics that helped her become the first female aerospace engineer in the Gulf Cooperation Council and to found her own rocket startup.
About this episode:
Mishaal Ashemimry:
https://www.mishaalashemimry.com/home
https://www.youtube.com/@MishaalAshemimry/videos
Related World Economic Forum Initiatives:
Centre for Space Futures
https://www.spacefutures-sa.com/home
Report - Space: $1.8 Trillion Opportunity for Global Economic Growth
https://www.weforum.org/publications/space-the-1-8-trillion-opportunity-for-global-economic-growth/Transcript:
https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/mishaal-ashemimry-role-model-space-gender-gap
Related Episodes:
He's building 'gas stations' in space. How it can drive the space economy - Orbit Fab
Transcript:
https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/daniel-faber-orbit-fab-space-economy
Episode: https://tinyurl.com/2s3tscms
Meet the startup building the first commercial space station - Axiom
Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/tejpaul-bhatia-space-economy-axiom/
Episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3FjNtzxmBucpgnZ4xhagxeAn energy company is building the world's largest airplane. Here's why - Axiom
Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/mark-lundstrom-radia-climate-change/
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How can leaders navigate a world roiled by a host of uncertainties, from the impact of AI to jobs and economies, to an ever-warming world and increasing geopolitical conflicts? They can start by asking the right questions. In this special episode, with interviews recorded in Davos, leaders share what's top of mind for 2026. They give their thoughts on how leaders can navigate the unknown, their strategies to focus on what matters most and the key questions they're looking to answer at the start the year.
Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, the question to help navigate uncertainty Anne Walsh, Chief Investment Officer, Guggenheim Investment Management; Managing Partner, Guggenheim Partners on separating the signal from the noise Sunny Mann, Global Chair, Baker McKenzie, on tapping experts and building for resilience Nicholas Thompson, CEO, The Atlantic, on if we'll see the democratization of AI Jeremy Allaire, Founder and CEO, Circle, on how autonomous work will take shape Nikki Clifton, UPS Foundation, focusing on the right challenge Jonathan Haidt, author The Anxious Generation, on investing on habits for flourishing Suleika Jaouad, author and artist, on valuing meaning over momentum Adam Grant, Wharton Organizational Psychologist, on following the right leaders Jon Batiste, Grammy-winning musician, on making the future we imagine a reality
Featured in this episode:About this epsiode:
Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/questions-davos-leaders-are-asking-2026Related story: Davos 2026: 10 questions on leaders' minds
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/02/davos-2026-10-questions-on-leaders-minds/
Related sessions:
Davos 2026: Special address by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/davos-2026-special-address-ursula-von-der-leyen/Davos 2026: Special address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/davos-2026-special-address-by-mark-carney-prime-minister-of-canada/
Related epsiodes:
Meet The Leader: IMF's Kristalina Georgieva on what's next for AI, skills and the global economy
https://tinyurl.com/4ptf5ewp
Radio Davos: What just happened at Davos 2026
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3vB8W0ljH3VQeHAaf2sCuV
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Upskilling for an AI era will be critical. While it requires a strong grasp of individuals' skills and potential, data shows leaders wildly overestimate their own capabilities and can misjudge what their teams can offer. CEO Kian Katanforoosh of skills measurement platform Workera shares what's needed to bridge these gaps and what could be ahead to keep pace with changing needs. He offers a sneak peek at what the future could look like, tackling questions on how AI can reshape mentorship and why it might one day be unethical for a human (rather than a machine) to judge another human's capabilities. He also digs into: how prompting AI can help any leader refine their asks when managing humans; How his own assessments have helped him hone key leadership skills, and what war games have taught him about strategic thinking.
About this episode:
https://www.workera.ai/
Transcript:
https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/kian-katanforoosh-upskill-ai-age-workera
Related episode:
Do you need an AI mentor? This tech entrepreneur thinks so
https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/ai-skills-workera-kian-katanforoosh/
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JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon, the CEO of one of the largest banks in the world, has a frank and lively one-on-one conversation in Davos with Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes on a host of topics, including: what's needed to unlock growth; how rapid technological shifts could spur economic growth; how AI is integrated AI into the typical JPMorgan workday and how policy moves can impact economies and affordability. He also shares what's driven his successes, what his failures have in common and why not every question will have a simple answer.
About this episode:
Watch this conversation here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/conversation-with-jamie-dimon-chairman-and-ceo-of-jpmorgan-chase/
About the Annual Meeting
https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/
Radio Davos Daily
Meet The Leader's sister podcast Radio Davos will be publishing live from the Annual Meeting in Davos. To listen to these episodes, follow Radio Davos here: https://open.spotify.com/show/36D1oLAmsRimw70XV19Cdf
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How will AI's hotly anticipated growth take shape? And what makes this moment different than past technology cycles? Could it really spark labor shortages, not labor surpluses? These questions and others are answered In a special one-on-one session at the 2026 Annual Meeting in Davos where NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang digs into these themes with Larry Fink, the World Economic Forum's own Interim Co-Chair and BlackRock's President and CEO.
Recorded at the Annual Meeting in Davos Switzerland 2026.
Read a transcript of this episode here:
https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/conversation-with-jensen-huang-president-and-ceo-of-nvidia/About the Annual Meeting
https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/
Radio Davos Daily
Meet The Leader's sister podcast Radio Davos will be publishing live from the Annual Meeting in Davos. To listen to these episodes, follow Radio Davos here: https://open.spotify.com/show/36D1oLAmsRimw70XV19Cdf -
How can tech maximize the future of civilization? In a chat with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO discusses the role of robotics in tackling stubborn issues such as global poverty as well as how it could drive an expansion in the global economy. He also explores how reusable rockets will drop the cost of access to space, how he sees AI developing in the years ahead and his take on optimism.
Speakers: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla; Chief Engineer, SpaceX; CTO, xAI; and Laurence D. Fink, Chair and CEO, BlackRock; Interim Co-Chair, World Economic Forum.
This session was recorded at the Annual Meeting in Davos Switzerland, 22 January, 2026.
Read a transcript of this episode here:
https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/conversation-with-elon-musk-davos-2026About the 2026 Annual Meeting in Davos:
https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/
Radio Davos Daily
Meet The Leader's sister podcast Radio Davos will be publishing live from the Annual Meeting in Davos. To listen to these episodes, follow Radio Davos here: https://open.spotify.com/show/36D1oLAmsRimw70XV19Cdf - Visa fler
