Deb Liu on Reinventing Leadership
In this Leaders50 podcast, Deb Liu—former PayPal, Facebook, and Ancestry CEO and co‑founder of Women in Product—shares how she redefines leadership through a product‑first mindset. Liu stresses that career trajectories are rarely linear; she landed at PayPal by walking up to a recruiter, then let her customer‑obsession drive product decisions. She argues that true product leadership begins with visceral empathy, citing her experience as a power eBay seller who knew PayPal’s pain points inside out. She illustrates her feedback philosophy with concrete examples: at Ancestry she hosted monthly dinners asking employees what they would change with a magic wand, and at Intuit she leveraged her personal use of TurboTax to win a board seat. These stories underscore her belief in creating a ‘permission structure’ that invites candid input. The conversation points to broader implications—leaders must treat people as products, embed diverse voices, and stay agile as technology waves like AI reshape markets. Liu’s approach offers a roadmap for executives seeking sustainable innovation and inclusive culture.
Tarang Amin on Reinventing Leadership
The podcast features Tarang Amin, chairman and CEO of e.l.f. Beauty, discussing how he has reinvented leadership by embedding equity, diversity and a high‑performance culture into a fast‑growing cosmetics company. Amin explains that e.l.f. grants equity to every employee each year,...
Having the Negotiation Conversation
Mary Gray Jacobson of Fuqua’s Career Management Center explains how to conduct a negotiation conversation, whether for a job offer, salary raise, or promotion. She advises sending a brief email to schedule a phone call rather than negotiating via email, opening...
Behavioral Interview Questions
The video explains what behavioral interview questions are and why employers rely on them to gauge future performance. Interviewers start with “Tell me about a time when…” to elicit concrete examples. They evaluate three dimensions: how the candidate acted without explicit...
Taught at Fuqua: The AI Footprint #shorts #ai
The Fuqua School of Business has launched a new course called “The AI Footprint,” aimed at examining the massive environmental and social consequences of artificial‑intelligence systems. The class frames AI development as perhaps the largest infrastructure undertaking of our...
Taught at Fuqua: Operations Management #shorts
Operations Management is the engine that shapes product quality, price, and delivery speed, as explained in the Fuqua short. The video emphasizes that inefficient processes raise costs and erode consistency, while well‑run operations turn into a strategic advantage. The presenter outlines...
Cam Harvey: AI and the Decoupling of Jobs From Economic Growth
Cam Harvey’s latest "Through The Noise" episode centers on the historic release of Anthropic’s Claude 4.6—an AI model written entirely by other AIs—signaling the first large‑scale instance of recursive self‑improvement. He argues this breakthrough decouples traditional employment trends from economic growth,...
Cam Harvey: The Seven Risks of the Iran War
Cam Harvey’s latest "Through the Noise" episode dissects the seven intertwined risks of the emerging Iran war, emphasizing why this conflict commands far more market attention than past regional wars. He frames the danger through the lens of global interconnectedness,...
Cam Harvey: Gold’s Wild Week: Why Prices Surged Then Fell 11%
Cam Harvey explains the wild week in gold, where the metal climbed past $5,000 in mid‑January before plunging 11% on Jan 30, marking the most dramatic single‑day move since the 1980s. The rally was fueled by a meme‑like frenzy: Chinese investors drove...
Cam Harvey: Gold’s Strength Reflects a Changing World
Cam Harvey’s latest Through The Noise episode examines why gold has surged to record highs, focusing on its unique supply constraints and evolving demand drivers. He explains that gold mining is highly inelastic—new mines take years to develop—so even modest demand...