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Meet The Leader

World Economic Forum

In these one-on-one conversations, host Linda Lacina interviews the world's top leaders, change-makers and experts on the solutions they're building to tackle the world's biggest challenges,...

Episodes

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Inclusive tech and AI: What Every Tech Founder Should Prioritize

How can technology solutions expand access, equity and opportunity? Barbadian tech entrepreneur and technology expert Donnya Piggot speaks t...

40:19Oct 15, 2026

Sana Mir, trailblazing Pakistani cricketer: How sport made me a leader

A conversation on the relationship between sport and leadership, from teamwork and resilience to ambition and responsibility. The session ex...

37:07Oct 15, 2026

Hiring Is Changing: Why Human Judgment Still Matters in the AI Era: ManpowerGroup

Hiring managers are struggling to find the talent they need, while job seekers face one of the toughest markets in recent memory. Jonas Pris...

27:58Aug 31, 2026

Be less reactive: A Buddhist monk on how mindful leaders make better decisions

In a fast-moving world, the ability to pause and reflect gives leaders a valuable edge: the clarity to make better decisions, sidestep confl...

18:25Aug 24, 2026

The books that shaped and inspired 5 tech founders

In this episode of Meet the Leader, five founders share books that have helped them drive sector-leading innovation and navigate uncertainty...

11:47Aug 17, 2026

Find your purpose after major setbacks: Katie Piper on how to adapt, reinvent and lead

What do you do when life changes in an instant—and the future you expected disappears? Advocate, activist and author Katie Piper explains ho...

24:56Aug 10, 2026

How to Focus on What Matters Most: 5 Leaders' Effective Strategies

How do you focus on what matters most in a distracted and noisy world? In this special Meet the Leader episode, leading thinkers and adventu...

21:06Aug 3, 2026

How to Face Uncertainty and Take Action: Lessons from a Blind Sailor's Pacific Crossing

How can leaders move forward when pressure is high and the way is not clear? Blind adventurer Hiro Iwamoto and his 'seeing eye Doug" guide D...

35:05Jul 27, 2026

AI and Jobs series: How entry level jobs are changing in an AI era

Entry-level jobs provide a special window into the wider changes we'll see to job design and skill development. In this episode of Meet the...

21:56Jul 21, 2026

AI and Jobs Series: Fixing the Skills Mismatch and Navigating Upskilling's 'Messy Middle' - An Expert Explains

New research shows many labor markets face a skills mismatch, not a talent shortage. And in the 'messy middle' of the AI transformation, tha...

28:25Jul 13, 2026

AI and Jobs Series: What one company stopped doing - an HR exec shares lessons shaping the future of work

As AI grows more powerful and takes on more rote work, what should humans stop doing? Fertility benefits company Progyny took on this questi...

27:57Jul 6, 2026

5 leaders from NVIDIA, Goldman Sachs and more share career advice for uncertain times

Top leaders from NVIDIA, Walmart International, TIAA, Goldman Sachs and NYU share career advice, leadership lessons and practical ways to st...

21:46Jun 8, 2026

AI 'workslop' is a leadership problem. Here's how to fix it

Workslop – low-quality work produced through poor human-AI collaboration – is wasting time, slowing teams down and limiting the productivity...

22:47May 26, 2026

How to Lead People Through AI Change: Questions to Ask from a Transformation Expert

Are you building game-changing AI solutions? Or just automating low-stakes work that makes the "irrelevant efficient"? Nigel Vaz, Publicis S...

35:26May 18, 2026

What women's sports reveals about building future leaders: Deloitte's Lara Abrash

How can we strengthen leadership pipelines? One overlooked answer: Invest in women's sports. Data shows that investment in women's sports cr...

23:37May 11, 2026

The Attention Crisis: How leaders can fix focus and happiness in an AI Era - Psychologist Jonathan Haidt

As tech and AI transform productivity and free us from rote work, will humanity finally crack happiness? Maybe not, warns Jonathan Haidt. Th...

22:23May 4, 2026

How mentoring shaped top leaders - and how it's changing in an AI era

As more professionals turn to AI for career guidance, is human mentorship extinct? Not by a long shot, according to our experts. Mentors wil...

26:55Apr 22, 2026

What Astronauts Know About High-Performing Teams (That Many Don't Understand)

Teamwork beats raw talent. It's a fact astronauts know well but one that Earthbound teams can sometimes overlook. European Space Agency astr...

25:01Apr 7, 2026

Meet The Leader at 200: 20 Leaders Share Their Best Tips, Aha Moments and Advice

Learn when you listen. Know your strengths can be weaknesses. Take your space before someone takes it for you. This 200th 'Best of' episode...

50:00Apr 2, 2026

Why Smart Ideas Don't Always Land — and How to Build Creative, Curious Teams

In an AI era, the real competitive advantage won't come from generating more ideas, but picking the right idea to take forward. Leaders who...

25:29Mar 27, 2026