Meet the Leader

Ballerina Misty Copeland: Unlocking potential and a leader’s most ‘vital’ role

2025年3月31日

 • 28 Minutes

How can we recognize potential and unlock it? Misty Copeland was the first Black woman to be promoted to principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. But as a child she almost quit after her first class – until an early teacher convinced her to return. Misty talks to Meet The Leader about the ways dance changed how she navigated life and how it taught her key skills such as resilience, empathy and curiosity. She shares how she uses her perspective and experience to found the Misty Copeland Foundation and develop a free afterschool program that reinvents how dance is taught to bridge diversity gaps while also teaching key leadership skills. She shares why these skills and approaches are vital to driving future change and what any leader can learn about elevating others.

How can we recognize potential and unlock it? Misty Copeland was the first Black woman to be promoted to principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. But as a child she almost quit after her first class – until an early teacher convinced her to return. Misty talks to Meet The Leader about the ways dance changed how she navigated life and how it taught her key skills such as resilience, empathy and curiosity. She shares how she uses her perspective and experience to found the Misty Copeland Foundation and develop a free afterschool program that reinvents how dance is taught to bridge diversity gaps while also teaching key leadership skills. She shares why these skills and approaches are vital to driving future change and what any leader can learn about elevating others.

Understanding spatial technology -- and how leaders can prep for the next tech shift

2025年3月26日

 • 31 minutes

Spatial technology will extend computing beyond screens. In the process it will change how we communicate with each other and interact with technology as a whole. Future Dynamics founder and spatial computing expert Cathy Hackl will help us understand this emerging field, what could scale it further and what could hold it back. She also also share how it could transform how we work, how we learn, how we preserve memories, and even what can be owned (virtual air rights, for instance, could bring their own mixed bag of business opportunities and regulatory challenges). She explains how companies and leaders should be thinking about now, how they can get ready and share advice she gives CEOs to help them better prepare for Gen Alpha, the next generation of workers.

Spatial technology will extend computing beyond screens. In the process it will change how we communicate with each other and interact with technology as a whole. Future Dynamics founder and spatial computing expert Cathy Hackl will help us understand this emerging field, what could scale it further and what could hold it back. She also also share how it could transform how we work, how we learn, how we preserve memories, and even what can be owned (virtual air rights, for instance, could bring their own mixed bag of business opportunities and regulatory challenges). She explains how companies and leaders should be thinking about now, how they can get ready and share advice she gives CEOs to help them better prepare for Gen Alpha, the next generation of workers.

How ‘positive masculinity’ can bridge gender gaps - and improve both men's and women’s lives

2025年3月6日

 • 25 minutes

Masculinity is having a moment. Leveraging it - in the right way - can help men and women succeed while bridging the gender gap both at work and at home. Gary Barker is the founder of Equimundo, a non-profit dedicated to research and solutions that help bring men into connected, equitable, caring versions of manhood. He shares the insights gleaned since this organization’s founding more than a decade ago – a group that has collected the largest dataset on men, masculinity and gender equality and that publishes the only global report on men’s involvement in parenting and care work. He breaks down the blindspots that can hold organizations back and the best practices that can drive the much needed norm changes. 

Masculinity is having a moment. Leveraging it - in the right way - can help men and women succeed while bridging the gender gap both at work and at home. Gary Barker is the founder of Equimundo, a non-profit dedicated to research and solutions that help bring men into connected, equitable, caring versions of manhood. He shares the insights gleaned since this organization’s founding more than a decade ago – a group that has collected the largest dataset on men, masculinity and gender equality and that publishes the only global report on men’s involvement in parenting and care work. He breaks down the blindspots that can hold organizations back and the best practices that can drive the much needed norm changes. 

Wharton psychologist Adam Grant: How to rethink the work day - and the soft skill future leaders need

2025年2月28日

 • 35 minutes

Big shifts must happen to ready teams for a work future that requires agile thinking and collaborating with emerging tech. Organizational psychologist, best-selling author and Wharton professor Adam Grant shares research-backed strategies that help develop leaders and work relationships across an organization as well as help teams practice critical soft skills like analysis and creativity that are often overlooked and undervalued. He explains why future workers will need to become “job crafters,” and the one trait leaders won’t be able to work without. He’ll also share what a college job as a magician taught him about engaging skeptics (and prompting critical thinking) and why he swears by keeping a “To-Don’t” list. .

Big shifts must happen to ready teams for a work future that requires agile thinking and collaborating with emerging tech. Organizational psychologist, best-selling author and Wharton professor Adam Grant shares research-backed strategies that help develop leaders and work relationships across an organization as well as help teams practice critical soft skills like analysis and creativity that are often overlooked and undervalued. He explains why future workers will need to become “job crafters,” and the one trait leaders won’t be able to work without. He’ll also share what a college job as a magician taught him about engaging skeptics (and prompting critical thinking) and why he swears by keeping a “To-Don’t” list. .

IMF's Gita Gopinath: What's ahead for economic growth in 2025

2025年1月22日

 • 20 minutes

How will inflation, conflict and technological change shape economies in the year ahead? The International Monetary Fund’s First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath sat down with Meet The Leader at the World Economic Forum‘s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland to share what's next for global growth. She identified the statistics that she found most compelling and the risks and opportunities leaders must prioritize in 2025. She also described the pivot countries will need to make in fiscal policy to tackle historic levels of global public debt (levels that could hit the $100 trillion mark) and how "optimism bias" could stand in the way. 

How will inflation, conflict and technological change shape economies in the year ahead? The International Monetary Fund’s First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath sat down with Meet The Leader at the World Economic Forum‘s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland to share what's next for global growth. She identified the statistics that she found most compelling and the risks and opportunities leaders must prioritize in 2025. She also described the pivot countries will need to make in fiscal policy to tackle historic levels of global public debt (levels that could hit the $100 trillion mark) and how "optimism bias" could stand in the way.