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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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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
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The enterprise AI revolution is underway
Box’s Aaron Levie
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Box’s Aaron Levie
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Inside Trump’s crackdown on colleges
The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Evan Goldstein
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The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Evan Goldstein
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The one trait every leader needs today
General Stanley McChrystal
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General Stanley McChrystal
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Lyft’s bold plan to overtake Uber in the race for rideshare’s future
Lyft’s David Risher
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Lyft’s David Risher
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Musk and DOGE: Inside 100 days of chaos
Wired’s Katie Drummond
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Wired’s Katie Drummond
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The world’s largest drone delivery service comes for retail
Zipline’s Keller Cliffton
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Zipline’s Keller Cliffton
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Marc Lore wants an AI superapp to plan all your meals
Wonder’s Marc Lore
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Wonder’s Marc Lore
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From warzones to boardrooms: José Andrés on leadership learned in the kitchen
World Central Kitchen’s José Andrés
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World Central Kitchen’s José Andrés
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Resurrecting dire wolves is just the beginning
Colossal’s Ben Lamm
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Colossal’s Ben Lamm
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Finding opportunity in volatility
GE Vernova’s Scott Strazik
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GE Vernova’s Scott Strazik
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From Signalgate to wild tariff swings
The Atlantic’s Nicholas Thompson
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The Atlantic’s Nicholas Thompson
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When powerful law firms don’t defend themselves against Trump
Activist Rachel Cohen
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Activist Rachel Cohen
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Facing a blitz of government attacks
Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson
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Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson
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From data breach scandal to AI darling
Snowflake’s Sridhar Ramaswamy
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Snowflake’s Sridhar Ramaswamy
The new rules for leading in chaos: How to plan, prioritize, and stay calm | Summit 2026
The new rules for leading in chaos: How to plan, prioritize, and stay calm | Summit 2026
Eric Schmidt scores US vs. China: Who’s winning the AI race? | Masters of Scale Summit 2026
Eric Schmidt scores US vs. China: Who’s winning the AI race? | Masters of Scale Summit 2026
Can a cooperative keep up with modern retail? (with the CEO of REI)
Can a cooperative keep up with modern retail? (with the CEO of REI)
Is America losing its scientific edge? (with Transfyr’s Renee Wegrzyn)
Is America losing its scientific edge? (with Transfyr’s Renee Wegrzyn)
Can Hershey last another 132 years? Its CEO on the two things it'll take
Can Hershey last another 132 years? Its CEO on the two things it'll take
Rethinking humanitarian aid: Why survival isn't enough (Prosper Global CEO Tjada McKenna)
Rethinking humanitarian aid: Why survival isn't enough (Prosper Global CEO Tjada McKenna)
Codie Sanchez: Don't start a business. Buy one.
Codie Sanchez: Don't start a business. Buy one.
Axios CEO: Delete 25% of work that's pure waste (with Jim VandeHei)
Axios CEO: Delete 25% of work that's pure waste (with Jim VandeHei)