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Rapid Response

Urgent insights from the best in business

The pace of change in our culture is unprecedented and shows no signs of slowing. So what is most important to pay attention to when striving to innovate, create, and lead? From the team behind Masters of Scale, Rapid Response features candid conversations with today’s top business leaders navigating real-time challenges. Hosted by the former editor-in-chief of Fast Company, Bob Safian.

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Design’s dominance sparks a blockbuster IPO
Figma’s Dylan Field
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Figma’s Dylan Field
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What's next for marketing and platforms
Meta’s Alex Schultz
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Meta’s Alex Schultz
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After devastating aid cuts, Mercy Corps keeps fighting
Mercy Corps’ Tjada D’Oyen McKenna
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Mercy Corps’ Tjada D’Oyen McKenna
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How IKEA’s diversity and climate action boosted business
Ingka Group’s Jesper Brodin
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Ingka Group’s Jesper Brodin
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Historic changes across high fashion
WSJ. Magazine’s Sarah Ball
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WSJ. Magazine’s Sarah Ball
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A go-to guide for stablecoins and crypto’s future
Circle’s Jeremy Allaire
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Circle’s Jeremy Allaire
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Music biz at a crossroads
Music journalist Sowmya Krishnamurthy
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Music journalist Sowmya Krishnamurthy
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NFL returns, ESPN’s big streaming bet & more
The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand
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The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand
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Grab’s rise from rideshare to superapp
Grab’s Anthony Tan
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Grab’s Anthony Tan
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Hollywood’s hottest AI partner
Runway’s Cristóbal Valenzuela
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Runway’s Cristóbal Valenzuela
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Lessons from Steve Jobs, Gap & J.Crew
Retail Icon Mickey Drexler
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Retail Icon Mickey Drexler
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Dating is down. So why is Hinge thriving?
Hinge’s Justin McLeod
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Hinge’s Justin McLeod
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Inside AI’s healthcare boom
Philips’ Jeff DiLullo
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Philips’ Jeff DiLullo
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Is it ‘economic Halloween’ in the US?
Political Economist Mark Blyth
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Political Economist Mark Blyth
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Slutty Vegan on the rebound
Slutty Vegan’s Pinky Cole
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Slutty Vegan’s Pinky Cole
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Employers adapt to ICE raids and a workforce on edge
American Business Immigration Coalition’s Rebecca Shi
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American Business Immigration Coalition’s Rebecca Shi
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Inside the high-stakes world of government contracts
GovExec’s Frank Konkel
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GovExec’s Frank Konkel
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Blocking AI crawlers to save the internet
Cloudflare’s Matthew Prince
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Cloudflare’s Matthew Prince
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AI will break the career ladder; that’s good news
LinkedIn’s Aneesh Raman
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LinkedIn’s Aneesh Raman
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From Colbert to Trump’s WSJ lawsuit, Axios’ Sara Fischer on media turmoil
Axios’s Sara Fischer
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Axios’s Sara Fischer
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Record ticket sales and big brand energy
Golden State Valkyries’s Jess Smith
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Golden State Valkyries’s Jess Smith
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Trump’s chilling effect on big business
Harvard Business Review’s Adi Ignatius
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Harvard Business Review’s Adi Ignatius
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Becoming the go-to app for natural disaster tracking
Watch Duty’s John Mills
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Watch Duty’s John Mills
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PBS fights for its future
PBS’s Paula Kerger
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PBS’s Paula Kerger
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Canva’s $35B design biz is quietly taking over the workplace
Canva’s Cliff Obrecht
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Canva’s Cliff Obrecht
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Can Yahoo’s brand rise again?
Yahoo’s Jim Lanzone
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Yahoo’s Jim Lanzone
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Empowering leaders amid Trump’s global aid cuts
War Child’s Dr. Samantha Nutt
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War Child’s Dr. Samantha Nutt
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Key branding takeaways from Cannes Lions 2025
Autodesk’s Dara Treseder
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Autodesk’s Dara Treseder
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Trump vs Musk, superintelligence, and the next wave of AI
Masters of Scale’s Reid Hoffman
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Masters of Scale’s Reid Hoffman
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Redefining how we all deal with money
Block’s Amrita Ahuja
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Block’s Amrita Ahuja
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Trump’s impact on crypto & your portfolio
Crypto Journalist Laura Shin
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Crypto Journalist Laura Shin
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Scott Kirby on Newark, safety & customer care
United Airlines’ Scott Kirby
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United Airlines’ Scott Kirby
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Sports business at a crossroads
ESPN’s Sarah Spain
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ESPN’s Sarah Spain
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Hollywood eyes big business at the box office
Ankler Media’s Janice Min
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Ankler Media’s Janice Min
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OLIPOP’s gutsy play to dethrone Coke and Pepsi
Ben Goodwin
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Ben Goodwin
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The 2 million volunteers fixing immigration
Welcome.US’s Nazanin Ash
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Welcome.US’s Nazanin Ash
How to build a pro sports team in 16 days (with Toronto Tempo President Teresa Resch)
How to build a pro sports team in 16 days (with Toronto Tempo President Teresa Resch)
Delta's CEO gives a blunt reality check on AI hype (Ed Bastian) | Rapid Response
Delta's CEO gives a blunt reality check on AI hype (Ed Bastian) | Rapid Response
Canva's Cameron Adams on pivoting the design giant into an AI company | Rapid Response
Canva's Cameron Adams on pivoting the design giant into an AI company | Rapid Response
Bettina Stix: What it takes to help Venezuela fast | Rapid Response
Bettina Stix: What it takes to help Venezuela fast | Rapid Response
Gap CEO on revitalizing the brand (w/ Richard Dickson) | Rapid Response
Gap CEO on revitalizing the brand (w/ Richard Dickson) | Rapid Response
CMO Dara Treseder on the creator economy, World Cup ads & Cannes Lions 2026 | Rapid Response
CMO Dara Treseder on the creator economy, World Cup ads & Cannes Lions 2026 | Rapid Response
Gina Raimondo: Why rival AI giants are funding her $500M worker plan | Rapid Response
Gina Raimondo: Why rival AI giants are funding her $500M worker plan | Rapid Response
Building a protein brand through backlash (David Protein CEO Peter Rahal) | Rapid Response
Building a protein brand through backlash (David Protein CEO Peter Rahal) | Rapid Response