Out of Office
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Listen Now: Misconception
11 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reality TV stars are freezing their eggs on camera. Lawmakers in DC are debating federal protection for IVF. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being...
BNP Asset Management CEO: Making Mistakes is a Law of Nature
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sandro Pierri had no clue what mutual funds were when he first ventured into the world of finance. Today, the boy who grew up in a small Italian villa...
John Chambers: Former Cisco Chief on Leadership Lessons from a Child
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 p...
Julia Hartz: Eventbrite CEO on Activating Her Mamma Bear
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At the start of the pandemic, Julia Hartz realized she might lose everything she had spent 14 years building. So the co-founder and CEO of Eventbrite ...
Bobbi Brown's Second Act: A Clean Makeup Brand That's Distinctly Bobbi
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
More than 30 years ago, a new mom, tinkered with creating lipsticks from her bedroom in a New York City suburb, found a chemist who manufactured it fo...
CFA’s CEO on The World’s Toughest Exam and More
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the early days of her career, Marg Franklin took the formidable CFA exam. It didn’t go according to plan. An exhausted new mother, she dozed off,...
One Night in a Manila Slum Sparked a Global Movement
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Hugh Evans was 14, he spent one night in a Manila slum as part of a school trip.Surrounded by crawling cockroaches and rancid garbage, he tossed ...
A Celebrity Chef in Earthquake-Ravaged Turkey
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hours after the earthquake that flattened parts of Turkey and Syria, celebrity chef and founder of World Central Kitchen, José Andrés turned up in I...
Sixty Thousand on the Waitlist: Why Women Are Flocking to This Club
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Carolyn Childers grew up in a town so small it had no traffic lights. Now, the club she co-foundered - Chief - connects more than 20,000 women in busi...
LL Bean’s Great Grandson and Company Chairman Takes us Inside the Outdoor Business
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Over 100 years ago, L.L. Bean combined leather with rubber to create a unique shoe that would keep his feet warm when he went fishing. The result? The...
Dropbox CEO: On Work, Guitars and Steve Jobs
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dropbox is best-known for its service that lets consumers easily sync files between computers. At least, that's how began 15 years ago. Today, it's a ...
Serial Entrepreneur: The Many Lives of Marc Lore
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Marc Lore founded two e-commerce startups and sold them for $550 million and $3.3 billion before spending the last five years running Walmart’s onli...
Catherine Powell: My Super Power? Vulnerability
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Powell draws on her tenure at Disney - and now Airbnb - to explain how vulnerability translates into courage. The head of hosting at the ren...
Jim Rogers: The Secret to Profitable Investing? Be Boring
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Rogers grew up poor in a town so small that his phone number consisted of one digit: 5. He was desperate to see the world. He gave himself a deadl...
Lavanya Chari: Crushing it with Empathy
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“You are not aggressive enough.” That’s the feedback banker Lavanya Chari was given early in her career. Over the years, she learned that being ...
Patrick Spence: The CEO of Sonos on Supporting Underdogs and Fighting Giants
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Patrick Spence joined Research in Motion, few people had heard of the company. That was before it became a global sensation as the maker of Black...
John Chambers: Former Cisco Chief on Leadership Lessons from a Child
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 p...
From Bankruptcy to a Billion Dollar Business
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Weber has been the chief executive of Brooks Running since 2001. In his newly released book, “Running With Purpose,” Weber talks ...
Kağan Sümer: Building Europe’s Fastest Unicorn
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From bread-baking to DIY home renovation, many people started new activities during the pandemic. Kağan Sümer started a new company. Over the la...
Women at Work: An Honest Chat with Luminary’s CEO
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic has been rough on everyone, but women in particular have suffered as they try to juggle Zoom calls with their endless responsibilities at...
VISA CEO: On the 3 C’s of Leadership - and Stepping in to Lead a Church Choir
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The CEO of Visa often talks about the 3 C’s of leadership: courage, curiosity and communication. He talks about the myriad influences that have shap...
Bring on a Four-Day Work Week. This Bank Has.
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The CEO of British fintech company, Atom Bank, Mark Mullen moved his company to a four-day work week last year. Employees work fewer hours, for the sa...
Cirque du Soleil: Lessons from the Circus
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic-induced carnage that swept through live entertainment didn’t spare one of the most recognizable names in the industry. Cirque du Soleil...
Can Business Have a Heart?
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Best Buy announced that it hired Hubert Joly to turn around the struggling consumer electronics retailer in 2012, the stock tanked as investors q...
The CEO of Siemens USA on Why It’s Ok to Be Nice
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Told she was too nice to be a successful leader, Barbara Humpton reflects on her trailblazing journey to the top job of a global tech giant. She’s c...
This Is the Moment He Realized the World Would Beat COVID
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The CEO of Pfizer recalls the moment he realized Pfizer had the first Covid vaccine — it was emotional. Albert Bourla believes nothing is impossible...
This CEO Wants to Get You a Job
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Hyams did not have the typical journey to the c-suite. Over the years, he aspired to be an architect, a professional musician, and a software en...
This Filmmaker Wants You to Vote Out Your Leaders
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Academy and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Eva Orner's latest documentary, Burning, takes an unflinching look at the devastating wildfires that ravaged ...
An Immigrant Kid’s Rise to Internet Payment King
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As a kid, Sebastian Siemiatkowski often felt life was unfair. The son of immigrants, he watched his parents struggle to find work and pay for grocerie...
A Low Profile CEO Turns Things Around at Valentino
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Italian couture house Valentino’s sales are almost back at pre-pandemic levels. With a renewed focus on its iconic rock studs and V-logo, Jacopo Ven...
Sal Khan: Educating the World, One Person at a Time (Rebroadcast)
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 re...
Escape From Kabul: How These Women Barely Made It Out of Afghanistan
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kamal Ahmad is the founder of the Asian University of Women. Based in Bangladesh, it’s for students from displaced communities - a large number come...
The Qatar Airways Story: Boarding School Discipline and No BS
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Qatar Airways is rated the world’s best airline. Behind its success: boarding school discipline and no bullshit. The Group CEO, His Excellency Akbar...
A Rancher in Nebraska Sparked Changes at PBS
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Mark Dixon: From Sandwich Salesman to Billionaire Businessman
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of Europe's most successful entrepreneurs, Mark Dixon talks about the importance of starting early. The founder of the serviced office group IWG s...
Sonu Shivdasani: Crisis Gives Birth to Opportunity
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sonu Shivdasani, the Founder and CEO of the sustainable luxury resort group Soneva, says he has been fortunate enough to experience many crises in his...
Amazon: The Book, the Business, and the Backstory
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author and Bloomberg journalist Brad Stone takes us behind the scenes of a company that changed the world. In his new book, Amazon Unbound, Stone trac...
Mark Hoplamazian: Chief Empathy Officer – The Modern-Day CEO
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The President and CEO of Hyatt Hotels Corporation has had a tough year. Covid-induced lockdowns brought the hospitality industry to its knees. But, th...
Barkha Dutt: Her Father’s Death Brings This Story Home
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 g...
Victoria Tsai: Is Done Being Invisible
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The founder and CEO of luxury skincare brand, Tatcha, speaks about the importance of starting a conversation about uncomfortable topics. Racism. Sexis...
Antonio Neri: The Artist and the CEO
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The President and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise talks about his journey from call center to the corner office. A multi-faceted personality, Antoni...
Howard Schultz: Living Proof of the American Dream
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bloomberg Live features Howard Schultz in this special live episode of Out of Office. There’s no corporate talk here. Instead, we ask questions news...
Sal Khan: Educating the World, One Person at a Time
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From tutoring a cousin in math to creating an online platform that provides anyone, anywhere in the world a free top-notch education, Sal Khan, the fo...
Trinny Woodall: On Business, Beauty and Reinventing Herself at 50
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The entrepreneur who shot to fame with the makeover series “What Not To Wear” talks about founding a makeup business, Trinny London, at 50. With h...
Rocco Forte: My Father Was My Best Mentor
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up, Rocco Forte knew how well his father’s business was doing by the calibre of their summer holidays. The more successful, the more exotic ...
Anya Hindmarch: Designing With Purpose
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mother, stepmother, entrepreneur, author and globally recognised luxury handbag designer Anya Hindmarch joins Mallika Kapur for this special, live epi...
Vas Narasimhan: Leadership Lessons From My Grandmother
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 N...
The Conversations That Inspired Us in 2020
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We got close. We got personal. And we heard from a wide range of global leaders as they navigated one of the most tumultuous years in memory. During t...
Angus Thirlwell: Going Full Circle
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Co-founder and CEO of chocolate brand Hotel Chocolat, Angus Thirlwell talks about going full circle, from growing up in the Bahamas to owning a co...
Dan Schulman: Social Justice, Martial Arts, and No Suits, Please
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As a young boy, his mother pushed him around in a stroller through civil rights marches. That memory and his parents' activism played a key role in sh...
Jesper Brodin: Leading with Humanity, Humility, and Music
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This summer, IKEA employees from around the world formed a virtual band and performed together to beat the pandemic blues. On lead guitar was the CEO ...
Steve Palmer: Tackling the Dark Side of Kitchen Culture
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When Steve Palmer started off in the hospitality business, he routinely drank and took drugs on the job, during 18-hour, high pressure kitchen shifts....
Andy Puddicombe: A Former Monk Takes Meditation to the Masses
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The co-founder of guided meditation app Headspace, Andy Puddicombe talks about the years he spent training to be a monk, how he ended up in Silicon Va...
Celeste Burgoyne: Leadership, Representation, and a Daily Walk
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fresh out of college, a job in retail was supposed to be a temporary gig until Celeste Burgoyne got a real job. Twenty years later, she’s the Presid...
Jane Mosbacher Morris: Consumerism with a Conscience
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Passionate about using business as a force for good, Jane Mosbacher Morris left a career in counter terrorism to launch To The Market, a company that ...
Jennifer Estabrook: A Life so Unusual, It’s a Movie
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The President of FILA, North America accepted this role when her predecessor died suddenly in 2019. She had no time to grieve. Jennifer Estabrook sold...
John Roa: Fame, Fortune and Nearly Dying Because of It
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A self-made entrepreneur, John Roa was riding high. In his early 30s, his days were packed with power meetings, parties, photo shoots and trips on pri...
Erin Brockovich: Who Needs Superman?
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Twenty years after a Hollywood film made her a household name, Erin Brockovich is continuing to fight for water safety. Her new book, Superman's Not C...
Gigi Chao: Take Me as I Am
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gigi Chao made international headlines when her father offered a one-billion-Hong Kong dollar marriage bounty to any man who would marry her. Her resp...
Mike Flewitt: What the Factory Floor Taught This CEO
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He likes working with cars and with people. But a headmaster’s son who used to restore bikes for friends in Liverpool, never imagined he would end u...
A War Refugee's Daughter: Bo Young Lee (Rebroadcast)
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Uber’s Chief D&I officer shares the dramatic story of her family’s escape from North to South Korea and how that’s shaped her attitude towar...
Asma Khan: Why This Chef Does Not Hire Men
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With no formal training and an all-women crew of South Asian immigrants in her kitchen, Asma Khan is redefining the culinary scene in the United Kingd...
Audrey Tang: Biology Should Not Determine One’s Destiny
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Digital Minister of Taiwan talks about the role technology and trust played in Taiwan’s handling of the pandemic. The world’s first openly tra...
Cherie Blair: I Am Not Prepared To Wait
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Leading lawyer, wife of a former British Prime Minister and committed campaigner for women's rights, Cherie Blair says she won’t wait for her grandd...
Alfred Chuang: “The Greatest CEO”
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A young boy from Hong Kong who was denied a visa to attend high school in the US went on to have a wildly successful career as a technology executive ...
Julie Deane: The Business That Started On A Kitchen Table
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Deane wanted to send her children to a better school. To fund their education, she launched a business from her kitchen table with 600 pounds an...
Jayne-Anne Gadhia: Different or Difficult?
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia has always challenged established norms. But by being different, she's often mistaken for being difficult. In this wide ranging...
Introducing: Blood River, A New Podcast From Bloomberg
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The killers of Berta Caceres had every reason to believe they’d get away with murder. More than 100 other environmental activists in Honduras had be...
Zach Sims: Everyone Must Code
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The thirteen-year-old boy who started his first business selling iPhone cases from China, is now the thirty-year-old CEO of Codecademy - one of the wo...
Jane Goodall: Life Lessons
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sixty years ago, a young woman ventured into the Tanzanian forest and made a groundbreaking discovery: that wild chimps can use tools. It challenged c...
Introducing Foundering
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Neumann had a vision: to make his startup WeWork a wildly successful company that would change the world. He convinced thousands of other people ...
Strauss Zelnick: We Eat Last
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A smart young executive was once told he has no leadership skills. Today, he is a wildly successful business executive known for his grit, humility an...
Mark Foster: Seize the Opportunity
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A prominent technology leader is a student of history. The son of artists. And an optimist. Mark Foster, the Senior Vice President of IBM Services tal...
Joey Wat: Factory Floor to Corner Office
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The CEO of Yum China on steering the restaurant chain through the pandemic. She kept stores open so customers could get a meal and employees could kee...
Gillian Tans: What Can Go Wrong?
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Chairwoman of Booking.com talks about her journey from her first job, picking apples in the Dutch countryside, to her current role at one of the l...
Andy Hunter: The Unexpected Upside
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An online book selling platform has earned over $1.6 million for its network of indie book stores since the pandemic started, eating into Amazon’s b...
Kevin Rudd: A Prime Minister Reflects
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The 26th Prime Minister of Australia, usually based in New York, is enjoying a few months at home, close to the Queensland farm he grew up on. Now the...
Bob Greenblatt: Do What No One Else is Doing
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A young boy who grew up in the middle of corn fields dreamed of belonging to the razzle dazzle world of entertainment. Currently the Chairman of Warne...
Kevin Sneader: Demystifying McKinsey
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If it wasn’t for his job working at a student union bar, Kevin Sneader may never have landed one at the most powerful management consulting firm in ...
Pieter Elbers: The Crisis of a Century
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The CEO of a 100-year-old airline on navigating it through its worst crisis yet. From his early days supervising cargo loading to his current position...
John Vincent: Winning Without Fighting
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Co-founder and CEO of London based healthy fast-food chain Leon, John Vincent talks about his current priority - providing free hot meals to Britain’...
Ankiti Bose: Powered by Purpose
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The co-founder of fashion technology startup Zilingo, one of Asia’s hottest unicorns, is refocusing her business to help close the jarring gap betwe...
Jane Sun: Earning Zero
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The current pandemic has crippled the global travel and tourism industry and China’s largest online travel agency, Trip.com is feeling the heat. Its...
Francis Suarez: Facing the Virus
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Mayor of Miami, who tested positive for Covid-19 on dispelling myths, running the city from home and becoming the 'face of the virus.' The son of ...
Humility, Hard Work and a Free Meal with CP Gurnani
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
CP Gurnani used to watch his grandfather come home bone-tired and greasy after working at a peanut oil farm all day. Half a century later, the grandso...
A Double Minority with Dan Lee
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The powerful story of a gay Asian kid in the US who has committed his life and career to encouraging people to bring their "full self" to work. Learn...
Put People First, the Numbers will Follow with Jennifer Morgan
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Out of Office, the Co-CEO of SAP, Jennifer Morgan shares a secret for building a successful global business: focus on people. The ...
A Welcome Wake-up Call with Kathy Matsui
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Vice-Chair of Goldman Sachs Japan is the creator of the influential "womenomics" theory linking the advancement of women and economic development....
Pioneering Parents with Sheila Patel
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management on growing up in a multi-cultural family in 1960s New York and how that shaped her to think about the w...
A War Refugee's Daughter: Bo Young Lee
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Uber’s Chief D&I officer shares the dramatic story of her family’s escape from North to South Korea and how that’s shaped her attitude towar...
The Accidental Banker with Piyush Gupta
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He wanted to join India’s foreign service, is a self-confessed history buff, and spends his free time bird watching. The CEO of DBS, voted the world...
I Don't Need a Male Ally with Smriti Irani
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
India’s Minister of Women and Child Development on sweeping floors at McDonald’s, her meteoric rise to the highest corridors of political power, h...
Beyond Diplomacy with Ted Osius
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The former US Ambassador to Vietnam and being a gay diplomat, renewing his vows with Ruth Bader Ginsburg and why he calls Hanoi home Learn more about...
Leading in Crisis with Jim Murren
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International takes us back to a time he thought the world was coming to an end. He opens up about how he has navi...
The Bad Boy of Brexit?
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Tice, the Chairman of the Brexit Party talks about his upbringing, property, politics, and what he wants for Christmas. Learn more about your...
Introducing “Out of Office,” A New Show From Bloomberg Live
10 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready to get personal. Out of Office: Conversations about Life and Leadership, a new podcast series by Bloomberg Live, launches January 16 2020.Tu...