The Parlor Room

In this special episode, host Chris Linnane shares exclusive, unaired clips from his conversations with Harvard Business School faculty members Sunil Gupta, Anthony Mayo, Christina Wallace, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and V.G. Narayanan–all on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI).

Harvard Business School Professor V.G. Narayanan, senior associate dean for HBS Online and Executive Education, joins host Chris Linnane to uncover how financial statements communicate the essentials of business and why accounting is a universal language connecting companies of all sizes.

Harvard Business School Professor Nancy Koehn joins host Chris Linnane to provide a unique insight into how crisis brings out extraordinary leadership, revealing the true strength of self-awareness, emotional intelligence, ambition, and courage.

Harvard Business School Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee joins host Chris Linnane to provide a unique insight into how companies can gain and sustain competitive advantage with business strategy.

Harvard Business School Professor Anthony Mayo joins host Chris Linnane to explore what distinguishes good leaders from great ones, emphasizing how emotional intelligence enables leaders to excel in dynamic environments.

Harvard Business School Professor Sunil Gupta joins host Chris Linnane to unpack data analytics' pivotal role in digital marketing and offers strategies for optimizing marketing efforts across different consumer engagement levels.

As mentioned in Poets&Quants, The Parlor Room's second season kicks off with Harvard Business School Professor Amy Edmondson joining host Chris Linnane to discuss how organizations can foster teaming through clear communication, psychological safety, and intelligent failure.

In this special bonus episode, Jen Stave, launch director of Harvard’s Digital Data Design (D^3) Institute, discusses artificial intelligence's transformative impact across industries, the need for global regulation, and the importance of making AI technologies accessible and affordable.

Today, we're sharing a special episode of Think Big, Buy Small, a new podcast from our friends at Harvard Business School.

In The Parlor Room's Season 1 finale, host Chris Linnane shares his favorite questions and answers from his conversations with Harvard Business School faculty.

In this second episode featuring exclusive bonus content, host Chris Linnane shares unaired clips from his conversations with Harvard Business School faculty members Linda Hill, Mihir Desai, Forest Reinhardt, and Joshua Margolis. Tune in for their insights on leadership's imperatives, finance education, and learning through the case method.

In this special episode of The Parlor Room, host Chris Linnane shares hidden gems from his conversations with Harvard Business School faculty members Mike Wheeler, Jill Avery, Jeff Bussgang, and Nien-hê Hsieh. Tune in for their insights on negotiation, branding, entrepreneurship, and ethics.

Great leadership requires being both a value creator and a game changer. In this episode of The Parlor Room, host Chris Linnane sits down with HBS Professor Linda Hill to explore what that means through the lens of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine development. They also discuss the paradoxes of management and the three roles leaders must play to innovate and meet customers' needs in the digital age.

In this episode, host Chris Linnane and Harvard Business School Professor Forest Reinhardt discuss the tragedy of the commons and how businesses can navigate the complex challenges of climate change.

Host Chris Linnane welcomes Harvard Business School Professor Joshua Margolis to The Parlor Room to discuss how to develop yourself as a leader and dive into the story of how the CEO of the world's largest denim jeans company inspired and engaged employees to implement change and drive performance.

Harvard Business School Professor Nien-hê Hsieh joins host Chris Linnane in The Parlor Room to discuss the proliferation of AI in the workplace and how Theranos' story imparts vital ethical lessons.

HBS Senior Lecturer Jeff Bussgang joins host Chris Linnane in The Parlor Room to discuss the rise of generative AI, how to come up with good business ideas, why experimentation is vital to finding product-market fit, and how to raise venture capital successfully.

What can you learn about brand portfolio strategy from Marriott's $13.3 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts? Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer Jill Avery joins host Chris Linnane in The Parlor Room to answer that question and discuss how Marriott overcame the challenge of managing its robust 30-brand portfolio.

In this episode of The Parlor Room, Harvard Business School Professor Mike Wheeler speaks with host Chris Linnane about how negotiation's improvisational nature makes it much like jazz. He also shares stories about a former president's photo and the acquisition of a television system to illustrate strategies for succeeding at the bargaining table.

In this debut episode of The Parlor Room, host and Harvard Business School Online Creative Director Chris Linnane sits down with HBS Professor Mihir Desai to discuss how Apple's financial model contributes to its success and illustrates a critical lesson about risk management.

Harvard Business School Online is excited to introduce The Parlor Room, a new podcast featuring entertaining, insightful conversations with HBS professors that demystify vital business concepts and provide practical takeaways for your career.