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Why Likeability Is Overrated at Work
The research is clear that being liked and being powerful are not the same thing. Jeffrey Pfeffer unpacks why the pursuit of likeability can quietly undermine your influence — and what to do instead.
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All Else Equal: Making Better Decisions
The hidden flaws in how we decide — and what to do about them.
Jonathan Berk & Jules van Binsbergen · Stanford GSB · Wharton
Market Shapers with Inder Singh
Harnessing capitalism for good.
Inder Singh · Founder · market-shaping pioneer
Pfeffer on Power
How power really works — and how to build it.
Jeffrey Pfeffer · Stanford GSB
Why This Universe?
The biggest ideas in physics, broken down.
Dan Hooper & Shalma Wegsman · Astrophysics
unSILOed
Ideas that connect across every field.
Greg LaBlanc · Interdisciplinary conversations
Culture Kit
The world of work is a work in progress.
Jenny Chatman & Sameer Srivastava · Berkeley Haas
Taxes for the Masses
Hot tax topics, in plain English.
Bridget Stomberg & Lisa De Simone · Accounting
Fanalytics
Quick takes and deep dives on sports analytics and fandom.
Mike Lewis · Emory · Marketing
Breaking Schemas
The only constant in life is change.
Latest episodes
With mounting pressure on the higher education system in the U.S., how can a university’s board of trustees make a difference in combating some of the issues these institutions face? Hosts and finance professors Jonathan Berk and Jules van Binsbergen are back for a new season of the All Else Equal podcast, and in this
All Else Equal is taking a short break over the summer and will be revisiting some of our favorite conversations from last season. The show will be back with new episodes soon. Solicited or not, advice on where to invest your money seems to be around every corner these days. But determining whether the advice is credib
All Else Equal is taking a short break over the summer and will be revisiting some of our favorite conversations from last season. The show will be back with new episodes soon. When the pandemic hit in 2020, working from home skyrocketed. Six years later, many companies have returned to in-person work, but hybrid model
All Else Equal is taking a short break over the summer and will be revisiting some of our favorite conversations from last season. The show will be back with new episodes soon. Whether it be in politics, public health, or corporate finance, why are people more likely to interpret facts or data in a way that fits their
Hema Srinivasan, formerly the Chief Access Officer of MedAccess, a leader of CHAI’s market shaping work, and a former country director for a major pharma company, joins host Inder Singh to discuss how market shaping in global health has evolved to use more formal tools like volume guarantees. They discuss when and how
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