This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Ilias Simpson, President at Cart.com and Payam Zamani, Chairman & CEO, One Planet Group and Inspirato and author of Crossing the Desert.Ilias discussed his journey from a college athlete to a CEO, highlighting his experience in logistics and supply chain management. He emphasized the importance of leadership, t…

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Kirstie Papworth, author of Compassionate Leadership and Ravin Jesuthasan, co-author of The Skills-Powered Organization: The Journey to the Next-Generation Enterprise.Papworth emphasized the misconception that compassionate leadership is weak, citing research showing that compassionate leaders foster higher emp…

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Terence Mauri, founder of the Hack Future Lab, and author of The Upside of Disruption, Mark Abraham, Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and co-author of Personalized, David Edelman, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School and co-author of Personalized and Jon Reed, Cofounder at diginomica.Terenc…

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Matt Yanchyshyn, VP, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace and Partner Services and John Nosta, President at NostaLab.Matt highlighted the growth of AWS Marketplace, which now offers over 42,000 products with ROIs over 200-300%. He emphasized the importance of speed and innovation, noting that AI and large lang…

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Brian Solis, Head of Global Innovation at ServiceNow & author of Mindshift: Transform Leadership, Drive Innovation, and Reshape the Future and Pascal BORNET, the founder and former leader of the “AI and Automation” practices at McKinsey & Company and Ernst & Young and author of Irreplaceable: The Art of Standin…

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Laura Urquizu Barasoain, CEO & President of Red Points, George Mathew, Managing Director at Insight Partners and William Ury, Author of Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict.Laura discussed the evolution of digital risks and the importance of AI in combating online fraud, highlighting Red …

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed John Kreul, Chief Information & Digital Officer at Jewelers Mutual Group, Krystle C., Senior Vice President, Marketing & Digital Business at Jewelers Mutual Group and Barry Conchie and Sarah Dalton, Co-authors of The Five Talents That Really Matter: How Great Leaders Drive Extraordinary Performance.This episode…

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Jeremy Kahn, author of Mastering AI: A Survival Guide to Our Superpowered Future and AI Editor at Fortune Magazine and Larry Dignan, Editor in Chief, Constellation Research.We focused the discussion around the dual promise and pitfalls of AI integration across industries. Jeremy Kahn's recent book, "Mastering A…

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Bonnie Hayden Cheng, Author of The Return on Kindness and Andrew Chow, author of Cryptomania: Hype, Hope, and the Fall of FTX's Billion-Dollar Fintech Empire.Dr. Bonnie Hayden Chen discussed her book "The Return on Kindness," emphasizing the importance of kindness in leadership. She debunked myths about kindnes…

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Anand Iyer, PhD, MBA, Chief AI Officer at Welldoc, Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt, Google’s first (and former) Chief Innovation Evangelist and author of What's Next is Now: How to Live Future Ready and Jeff Wetzler, author of Ask: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You for Unexpected Breakthroughs in Leadershi…

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Chris Morgan, AVP, Product Innovation at Jenzabar, Mo Bunnell, author of Give to Grow: Invest in Relationships to Build Your Business and Your Career and Dominic Ashley-Timms and Laura Ashley-Timms, Co-authors of The Answer Is A Question.This episode featured discussions on various topics. Mo Bunnell introduced…

This week on episode 371, we interviewed Beth Rudden, CEO of Bast.ai and author of AI For the Rest of Us and Elliott Parker, CEO and founder of venture builder High Alpha Innovation and author of The Illusion of Innovation: Escape “Efficiency” and Unleash Radical Progress.This discussion on DisrupTV featured insights from Beth Rudden and Elliot Par…

This week on episode 370, we interviewed Cristina Alaimo and Jannis Kalliniko, Co-authors of Data Rules: Reinventing the Market Economy, Charles Henderson, EVP of Cyber Security Services at Coalfire and Ron Miller, Enterprise Reporter at TechCrunch.Cristina Alaimo and Jannis Kalliniko discussed their book "Data Rules," emphasizing the sociological …

This week on episode 369, we interviewed Dr. David Bray, Distinguished Fellow at Stimson Center and Business Executives for National Security, Miriam Vogel, President and CEO of Equal AI and Teresa Carlson, General Catalyst Advisor, PagerDuty Board Member, Finch AI Board Member/Investor, Commure and Karat Board Member, Vice-Chair White House Histor…

This week on episode 368, we interviewed Ryan Aytay, CEO of Tableau, John Mullins, PhD, London Business School professor and author of Break the Rules! The Six Counter-Conventional Mindsets of Entrepreneurs that Can Help Anyone Change the World and Leslie Zane, Author of The Power of Instinct: The New Rules of Persuasion in Business and Life.Topics…

This week on episode 367, we interviewed Grant Halloran, CEO of Planful, Kartik Hosanagar, UPenn Wharton professor and director of the Wharton AI Center and Steve Dennis, renowned thought leader on business strategy and innovation, former senior leader at two Fortune 500 companies, top global retail influencer and author of Leaders Leap: Transformi…

This week on episode 366, we interviewed Christopher Lochhead, thirteen-time #1 bestselling CoAuthor, #1 charting business dialogue podcaster, co-creator of Category Pirates and is best known as a "godfather" of Category Design and Matt Beane, Author of The Skill Code: How to Save Human Ability in an Age of Intelligent Machines.Topics covered inclu…

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Dominic Rizzo, ex-Google leader and founder of Google’s OpenTitan Project and founder and CEO of zeroRISC, Alex Dang is a CEO, a senior technology executive, and an advisor on technology and innovation and co-author of The Venture Mindset and Michael Norton, Author of The Ritual Effect.Topics covered include:📌 …

This week on a special edition episode, we interviewed Michael Israel, CIO New England Patriots, Josh Carley, VP, Technology, TD Garden & Boston Bruins, Brian Shield, SVP, CTO Boston Red Sox and Jay Wessland, CTO Boston Celtics.DisrupTV is a weekly podcast with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11 AM PT/ 2 PM ET every Friday…

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Caroline Wong, Chief Strategy Officer at Cobalt, and Joe Davis, Managing Director and Senior Partner at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Author of The Generous Leader.Topics covered include:📌 Security challenges In the eye of the AI storm: 2024 study highlights the push-pull relationships cyber security te…

This week on episode 363, we interviewed Jeff Willinger, Microsoft MVP, Advisory and Digital Experience Director, James Whitemore, Chief Growth Officer at Celigo and Joe Boggio and Peter Leyden, Co-founders of Reinvent Futures and Hosts of The AI Age Begins, https://peterleyden.substack.com/, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOpnRrvcqCaa8ddT8hYs3mg…

This week on episode 361, we interviewed Sally Helgesen, Author, Speaker and Leadership Coach, Conrad Shaw, UBI Trial Manager & Series Co-Creator of Bootstraps docuseries, Co-Founder of Comingle, Co-Founder of Income to Support All Foundation and Creator of UBIcalculator and Scott Santens, Founder and President of Income to Support All Foundation.S…

This week on episode 361, we interviewed Eric Best, Co-founder and CEO of SoundCommerce, Kunal Agarwal, CEO of dope.security and Maisie Ganzler, Chief Strategy and Brand Officer of Bon Appétit Management Company and Author of You Can't Market Manure At Lunchtime: And Other Lessons from the Food Industry for Creating a More Sustainable Company.Kunal…

This week on episode 360, Guy Kawasaki, Chief evangelist at Canva, former chief evangelist at Apple, former trustee at Wikipedia, and Author of 16 books including Think Remarkable: 9 Paths to Transform Your Life and Make a Difference and Michael Southworth, CEO of Babel Street.Guy talked about his new book, Think Remarkable, and he shared what insp…

This week on episode 359, we interviewed Paul Daugherty, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Accenture and Eric Siegel, Author of The AI Playbook: Mastering the Rare Art of Machine Learning Deployment.Paul brought us up to speed on Accenture's plans on investing in AI over the next three years. He also touched on how AI is reinventing the wa…

This week on episode 358, we interviewed Robert C. Wolcott and Kaihan Krippendorff, Co-authors of Proximity: How Coming Breakthroughs in Just-in-Time Transform Business, Society, and Daily Life, Jeremie Kubicek - Speaker/Best Selling Author, Co-author of The Communication Code: Unlock Every Relationship, One Conversation At A Time and Jon Reed, Co-…

This week on episode 357, we interviewed Grant Halloran, CEO of Planful, Jeremy Utley, Author of Ideaflow, Kian Gohar, Founder and CEO at Geolab and Chris Deaver, Co-author of Brave Together: Lead by Design, Spark Creativity and Shape the Future with the Power of Co-Creation.Grant talked about issues around scaling a SaaS company and the impact of …

This week on episode 356, we interviewed Clint Oram, Chief Strategy Officer at SugarCRM, Patrick McGinnis, Co-founder & Coach at XQuotient and Inventor of FOMO, Elaine Lin Hering, Author of Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully.Clint touched on the intersection of GenerativeAI and CRM, he explained what's h…

This week on episode 355, Dr. David Bray, Distinguished Fellow - Stimson Center and Business Executives for National Security, Rhonda Vetere, Advisor, Global C Suite Technology Executive, STEM Global Ambassador, 2x Author, and All World Athlete Ironman 70.3, Teresa Carlson, General Catalyst Advisor, Finch AI Board Member/Investor, Commure and Karat…

This week on episode 354, we interviewed Dr. Paramjit "Romi" Chopra, M.D, CEO at Mimit Health, Gyner Ozgul, CEO of SMC Roofing Solutions and Kate Bravery, Author of Work Different: 10 Truths for Winning in the People Age.Romi shared lessons learned from navigating digital transformation in the healthcare industry and Gyner discussed the headwinds i…

This week on episode 353 we interviewed Tim Eun, CEO & founder of Socratics.ai , Jerry Colonna, Author of Reunion: Leadership and the Longing to Belong and Rebecca Homkes, Author of Survive, Reset, Thrive: Leading Breakthrough Growth Strategy in Volatile Times.Tim shared how he built SocraticsAI and the role AI plays in the financial world, while J…

This week on episode 352, we interviewed Marta Cruz, Co-founder & General Partner at NXTP Venture, Patricia Pastor, Founder & General Partner at NextTier Ventures, and Raj Badarinath, Chief Marketing and Product Officer at Rootstock.Marta and Patricia discussed getting into venture capital and becoming entrepreneurs and the future of the venture ca…

This week on episode 351 we interviewed Crawford Del Pete, President of IDC, Carmen Vetere, Chief Marketing Officer at O’Reilly Media, and Eric Potterat and Alan Eagle, Co-authors of Learned Excellence: Mental Disciplines for Leading and Winning from the World's Top Performers.We discussed economic demand, tech adoption trends, AI's role in the fut…

This week on episode 350 we interviewed Graham Sheldon, Chief Product Officer of UiPath and Huggy Rao, Author of The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder.Graham discussed how he sees AI and automation coming together and where he sees the convergence of RPA with BPM, workflow, process mining, …

This week on episode 349 we interviewed Larry Chinski, VP of Global IAM Strategy at One Identity, Elisa van Dam, Vice President for Allyship & Inclusion at the Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership and Susan MacKenty Brady, founding CEO of The Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership.Larry explained why he feels that id…

This week on DisrupTV, we hosted a special edition episode live from Davos with Dr. David Bray, Distinguished Fellow - Stimson Center and Business Executives for National Security, Sandy Carter, Chief Operating Officer at Unstoppable Domains, Rhonda Vetere, Board Of Directors, Advisor, Global C Suite Technology Executive, Perry Hewitt, CMO at DataD…

This week on episode 348 we interviewed Frank Schneider, Vice President, AI Evangelist at Verint, Mark Minevich, Chief Digital AI Strategist, Global Social Innovation Technology Executive & Chair, UN Advisor, Private Investor and Author Columnist and W. Russell Neuman, Author of Evolutionary Intelligence: How Technology Will Make Us Smarter, foundi…

This week on episode 347 we interviewed Amy Edmondson, Author of Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well and Matt Abrahams, Author of Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You’re Put on the Spot.We discussed the science of failing well, psychological safety and standards in failure science, intelligent failures, how to…

This week on DisrupTV, we hosted a special edition episode to announce the top 15 books of 2023! It wasn't easy to narrow it down to just 15 books, so tune in to hear all details on these exceptional books and authors!DisrupTV is a weekly podcast with hosts R "Ray" Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday…

This week on episode 346 we interviewed Wendy Leshgold, co-founder of The Fast Forward Group and author Fast Forward: 5 Power Principles to Create the Life You Want in Just One Year and Jon Reed, Cofounder at Diginomica.We discussed how anyone can fast-forward to a better version of themselves in just one year, the importance of sharing your goals,…

This week on episode 345 we interviewed Joe Corbin, CEO of Jumpmind, Marga Hoek, three-time CEO, Chair, and Board Member and author of Tech for Good: Imagine Solving the World’s Greatest Challenges and Rich Horwath, Author of Strategic: The Skill to Set Direction, Create Advantage, and Achieve Executive Excellence.We discussed, retail technology, r…

This week on episode 344, we interviewed Hugo Sarrazin, CPO of UKG, Scott Osman and Jacquelyn Lane, Co-authors of Becoming Coachable and Michelle Penelope King (PhD), author of How Work Works.We discussed the importance of being coachable, AI and the HTM space, consumerization of AI in the enterprise, challenges of applying AI in a B2B context and …

This week on episode 343 we interviewed Sonny Singh, Co-founder and CEO of Beluga and Suneel Gupta, Author of Everyday Dharma: 8 Essential Practices for Finding Success and Joy in Everything You Do.We discussed, cryptocurrency trends, FTX, the crypto winter in Silicon Valley, the arrival fallacy, what Dharma is and how to find yours and much more!D…

This week on episode 342, we interviewed Marisa Thalberg, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment, Inc., Dave Donatelli, CEO of Riverbed and Felice B. Ekelman and Julie P. Kantor, Authors of Thrive with a Hybrid Workplace: Step-by-Step Guidance from the Experts.We discussed the skills the modern CMO has to hav…

This week on episode 341, we interviewed Thomas Kurian, CEO at Google Cloud, Bill Holstein & Michael G. McLaughlin, Co-authors of Battlefield Cyber: How China and Russia are Undermining Our Democracy and National Security.We discussed AI, cloud computing, detecting threats, leadership lessons, battlefield cyber, Tik Tok, cryptocurrency, the cyber w…

This week on episode 340 we interviewed Dr. Geeta Nayar, Nationally Recognized Leader in Health IT, Author of ‘Dead Wrong’ available Oct 2023, Rheumatologist, Zocdoc Advisor, ATA & UM Miller School of Med Alumni Boards, Former CMO of AT&T and Salesforce and James Burstall, CEO of Argonon and Author of THE FLEXIBLE METHOD: Prepare to Prosper in the …

This week on episode 339, we interviewed Oren Wortman, VP of Cybersecurity Services, Sygnia, Trevor Rodrigues Templar, CEO of Aviso AI and Catalina Daniels & James Sherman, authors of Smart Startups: What Every Entrepreneur Needs To Know—Advice from 18 Harvard Business School Founders.We discussed smart startups, fundraising, software supply chain …

This week on DisrupTV episode 338, we interviewed Frances Frei and Anne Morriss, co-authors of Move Fast & Fix Things.Frances Frei and Anne Morriss discuss the trade-off between speed and excellence, metabolic rate, building trust, and empowering people to move fast. They emphasize the importance of urgency, empathy, and fixing things when trust is…

This week on episode 337, we interviewed Mike Hayes, Chief Operating Officer, VMware; and Author, Never Enough: A Navy SEAL Commander on Living a Life of Excellence, Agility, and Meaning and David Dodson, Author of The Managers Handbook.Mike Hayes joined us first and dove into what he's learned across all the different organizations and roles he's …

This week on DisrupTV episode 336, we interviewed Chris Roeder, Executive Managing Director, Broker Lead, Lisa Sun, Author of GRAVITAS: The 8 Strengths That Redefine Confidence and Henry King and Vala Afshar, Co-Authors of Boundless.Chris joined us for a deep dive into the commercial real estate landscape. He discussed what makes him optimistic abo…