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Thinkers & Ideas

BCG Henderson Institute

Inspiring and thought-provoking conversations with leading thinkers about influential ideas on business, technology, economics, and science. Hosted by Martin Reeves, Chairman of the BCG Hend...

Episodes

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Sea Change with Rana Foroohar

In Sea Change: America’s New Great Game in the Arctic Circle , Rana Foroohar argues that as melting ice turns the Arctic into the frontline...

30:23Oct 27, 2026

AI Native with Kai-Fu Lee

In AI Native: The Mandate to Transform Your Company , Kai-Fu Lee argues that real competitive advantage from AI does not come from buying ac...

32:57Oct 13, 2026

The CEO with Nitin Nohria

In The CEO: The Role, the Reality, the Responsibility , Nitin Nohria argues that the CEO’s real work is not making the big decisions persona...

31:31Sep 29, 2026

How Great Things Happen with George Newman

In How Great Ideas Happen: The Hidden Steps Behind Breakthrough Success , George Newman argues that great ideas are not conjured from within...

32:08Sep 16, 2026

Manage the Machine with Paula Goldman

In Manage the Machine: How to Harness Human-AI Collaboration at Work , Paula Goldman argues that AI has crossed over from being a tool to be...

29:56Sep 1, 2026

Global by Design with Vijay Govindarajan

In Global by Design: How to Create Innovations That Scale, Travel, and Transform , Vijay Govindarajan argues that the most powerful innovati...

29:23Aug 18, 2026

Blue Ocean Strategy with Renée Mauborgne

In Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant, Renée Mauborgne argues that lasting grow...

30:42Aug 4, 2026

From the Archive: Making Sense of Chaos with Doyne Farmer

As uncertainty continues to define the business landscape, we’re revisiting our conversation with economist and complexity scientist Doyne F...

31:16Jul 21, 2026

Crisis Engineering with Matthew Weaver and Mikey Dickerson

In Crisis Engineering: Time-Tested Tools for Turning Chaos Into Clarity , Matthew Weaver and Mikey Dickerson argue that organizational crise...

43:10Jul 7, 2026

The Irrational Decision with Ben Recht

In The Irrational Decision: How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose for Us , Benjamin Recht argues that the optimization and mathematical...

26:45Jun 23, 2026

AI Needs You with Verity Harding

In AI Needs You: How We Can Change AI’s Future and Save Our Own , Verity Harding argues that AI governance is too important to be left to te...

37:54Jun 9, 2026

Incorruptible with Eric Ries

In Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Companies Stay Great , Eric Ries argues that mission-driven companies face an invi...

36:15May 26, 2026

Inside the Box with David Epstein

In Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better , David Epstein argues that constraints—not freedom—are what drive creativity, clarity, an...

30:16May 13, 2026

Genius at Scale with Linda A. Hill

In Genius at Scale: How Great Leaders Drive Innovation , Linda A. Hill argues that innovation fails not because companies lack ideas, but be...

34:42Apr 28, 2026

Design Love In, with Marcus Buckingham

In Design Love In: How to Unleash the Most Powerful Force in Business , Marcus Buckingham argues that love—not engagement, satisfaction, or...

35:38Apr 14, 2026

BHI Presents: Winning the Rest of the 20s

In this special episode, Rich Lesser, BCG’s global chair, and Martin Reeves, former chairman of the BCG Henderson Institute, reflect on the...

27:22Mar 31, 2026

The Transformation Economy with B. Joseph Pine II

In The Transformation Economy: Guiding Customers to Achieve Their Aspirations , B. Joseph Pine II argues that an economic shift is underway,...

28:04Mar 17, 2026

The Doom Loop with Eswar Prasad

In The Doom Loop: Why the World Economic Order Is Spiraling into Disorder , Eswar Prasad argues that we are caught in a destructive feedback...

28:49Mar 3, 2026

The New Geography of Innovation with Mehran Gul

In The New Geography of Innovation: The Global Contest for Breakthrough Technologies , Mehran Gul examines how innovation works in different...

33:35Feb 17, 2026

Flourish with Daniel Coyle

In Flourish: The Transformative Power of Creating Community , Daniel Coyle investigates the ecosystems in which humans do their best work—fr...

31:51Feb 3, 2026