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Loneliness at work

The Lonely Century’s Noreena Hertz
Even before the pandemic forced us to stay home, loneliness was snaking its way through our lives, says economist Noreena Hertz, affecting everything from how we vote to how we work. The author of The Lonely Century, Noreena has advice for businesses about how loneliness impacts productivity, the bottom-line advantages of in-person connection — and why kindness is key to retaining talent.
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Pandemic Planning, Phase Two

Jefferson University Hospital’s Dr. Bon Ku
Toward the end of 2020, some saw signs that the Covid pandemic was soon to be over. But as Dr. Bon Ku says in this prescient conversation, without significant change, we will just sleepwalk into another cycle of pandemic.
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On the frontlines of scale: hospitals

Association of American Medical Colleges’ Dr. David Skorton
Dr. David Skorton, head of the Association of American Medical Colleges, shares what health institutions are grappling with as pandemic sets in —how they need to rethink how they operate, and what all of us can learn from this moment.
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Crisis data is the story of our times

Crisis Text Line’s Nancy Lublin
Crisis Text Line provides free, confidential crisis counseling via text, 24/7. To help counselors meet the moment, they anonymize and analyze real-time data on how their users are feeling – and that data is telling them the story of the onset of pandemic.
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Podcast: Episode 41: Masters of Scale

Entrepreneurship as a second act

Goop’s Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow transitioned from Hollywood star to start-up founder with her lifestyle brand Goop by leaning into what she knew, embracing what she didn’t, and coming up with strategies to fill the gap.

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Podcast: Episode 28: Masters of Scale

What great founders do at night

Thrive Global’s Arianna Huffington
To survive your entrepreneurial journey, you have to learn to recharge. In fact, knowing when to turn the lights out may be key to keeping the lights on. But you have to know when and HOW to refuel. Few know this better than Arianna Huffington, who dramatically scaled the Huffington Post — and then experienced profound physical burnout. Her venture Thrive Global now scales the idea of balance across an organization.
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