OUT OF OFFICE
Get ready to get personal. Out of Office brings you unconventional conversations about life and leadership, hosted by Bloomberg’s Mallika Kapur.
Tune in to hear newsmakers talk about things they don’t get asked about in the office. Their childhood. Dreams. Mentors. Failure. Triumphs. Family. And love. Because all these influences define how they lead and make them who they area.
You can find the series on Apple, Spotify, Bloomberg.com or wherever you usually go for your podcasts.
EPISODE:
Bobbi Brown’s Second Act: A Clean Makeup Brand That’s Distinctly Bobbi
More than 30 years ago, a new mom tinkered with creating lipsticks from her bedroom in a New York City suburb. She found a chemist who manufactured it for her and they split the $15 earned per tube. So began Bobbi Brown’s journey that eventually made her a global, household name. Bobbi sold her company in 1995, and after waiting out a 25-year non-compete period, she is back for her second innings. She recently launched Jones Road, a clean beauty brand. In this episode, Bobbi talks about her phenomenal career, why family remains her strength, what makes a woman beautiful and the story behind WTF, her new foundation which is all the rage.
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Sal Khan: Educating the World, One Person at a Time
In one of our most popular episodes from this year, the poster boy for online education talks about remote learning during the pandemic, the social return on education, why parents around the world use his videos – Bill Gates included – and why he doesn’t go a day without meditating. Out of Office brings you all that with Sal Khan…
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Former Cisco Chief on Leadership Lessons From a Child
A legend in the tech industry, the former CISCO CEO reveals why a chat with a young girl at a work function turned out to be a pivotal moment in his professional and personal life. In this candid and informal chat, John talks about disruption, dyslexia and why he’s always motivated to do the right thing.
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From the Edge of bankruptcy to Billion-Dollar Running Brand
Jim Weber has been the chief executive of Brooks Running since 2001. In his newly released book, “Running With Purpose,” Weber talks about how he turned a company that was on the brink of bankruptcy into a billion-dollar consumer brand..
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A Rancher in Nebraska Sparked Changes at PBS
PBS CEO Paula Kerger is pressing ahead with some of the most ambitious changes in programming that the public television network has seen in years. A harsh open letter from filmmakers prompted most of the change. A Nebraska rancher took care of the rest.
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Barkha Dutt: Her Father’s Death Brings The Story Home
As a second wave of Covid-19 ravages India, one of the country’s best known journalists, Barkha Dutt, continues to shine a light on the pandemic’s grave impact on the marginalized. Dutt recently lost her father to the disease. Covering this story is now personal. Through her exhaustive reporting from the frontlines, she’s giving voice to the hundreds and thousands of others who don’t have one…
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Vas Narasimhan: Lessons From My Grandmother
A young boy who picked up life lessons from his grandmother, a woman with a limited education, now heads a globally renowned healthcare company. Vas Narasimhan, the CEO of Novartis, tells us why he keeps a picture of his grandmother on his desk and talks about his Indian American identity. He shares how he’s navigating the pandemic and why he jumped into the Rhine River.