Private Innovation in the Public Interest
Episodes
Episode 7: Companies Can Experiment Where Governments Can’t
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Sandro Cabral provides a profoundly simple answer to Anita’s pressing question: Why can’t governments solve public problems without assi...
Episode 6: Individual Social Entrepreneurs Can Succeed Where Governments Can’t
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Samina Karim describes two inspiring NGOs in Central America that succeed where local governments are unable to act.
Episode 5: Holding Companies Accountable Against Greenwashing
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Olga Hawn explains how the CSR movement paved the way for its greenwashing downfall by relying on professional PR firms to promote achieveme...
Episode 4: The Heavy Responsibility of Government Should be Taken More Seriously
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Civic leader and venture investor Kate Cummings joins Anita to talk about how little we teach in business schools about how governments operate.
Episode 3: Get Strategic by Scaling Up Well-Tested Approaches
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor and Dean Emeritus Roger Martin encourages company leaders to address critical public problems by leveraging their strengths: scaling proven ...
Episode 2: Let’s Right Wrongs That are Readily Fixable – And Do it Now
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Leo Pongeluppe discusses how online retailers charge higher prices in poorer areas of Rio’s favelas compared to wealthier neighborhoods ju...
Episode 1: Do Something! Do Anything! But Please Do it With a Clear Heart and Open Mind
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Subramanian Rangan highlights the transformative power of humility, good intentions, continuous learning, clarity of purpose, and, above all...