Best Sarah Dobson Podcasts (2025)

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608. Sarah Dobson, Design of Brand for Entrepreneurs 31:29

19d ago31:29

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Show Notes: Sarah Dobson, founder and creative director at Design of Brand, discusses their niche in helping founders of companies establish their brand identity. They offer a process that includes brand strategy, naming, and creating a visual identity system for launch or relaunch. She explains what a brand identity entails and provides examples o…

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Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Amy LeClair, PhD 40:48

3d ago40:48

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In this episode, I sit down with Amy LeClair, PhD — a medical sociologist and recent K to R Essentials graduate — for a powerful conversation about moving from being a perpetual collaborator to pursuing independent research, describing how she found support through structured mentorship and community during a pivotal career phase. She discusses the…

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610. Vanessa Liu, Co-founder & CEO of Sugarwork 23:12

5d ago23:12

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Show Notes: Vanessa Liu, co-founder and CEO of Sugarwork, talks about how this tool helps enterprises capture tacit knowledge by acting as a guide. Sugarwork helps companies capture specific information at scale and enables sharing, and guides companies to ask specific questions to elicit the required insights. How the Sugarwork Platform Works Vane…

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609. Ami Parekh, Chief Health Officer at Included Health 35:43

12d ago35:43

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Show Notes: Ami Parekh discusses the business model and services of Included Health, a company that provides personalized healthcare. Included Health partners with self-insured employers and health plans to improve the way working Americans and their families receive healthcare. Included Health Services About a third of Fortune, 100 companies, and …

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You Can't Do It Alone: Finding Your People During the K to R Transition 12:26

17d ago12:26

12:26

Have you ever tried to navigate a major life change completely on your own? As someone who once proudly wore the "I'll figure it out myself" badge, I've learned through experience that community isn't just helpful during transitions—it's absolutely essential. This episode explores the transformative power of finding your people during the K to R tr…

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607. Chad Oakley, Current State of the Job Market for Consultants 56:15

26d ago56:15

56:15

Chad Oakley, CEO of Charles Aris, a second-generation executive search firm, discusses their 55-year history and their focus on four areas. Charles Aris specializes in strategy and go-to-market practice, which places individuals into corporations, private equity firms, and portfolio companies. Chad explains their areas of expertise and mentions tha…

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606. Joe O’Mahoney, Helping Boutique Consulting Firms Scale Up 41:52

1M ago41:52

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Show Notes: Joe O’Mahoney is a part-time professor of consulting at Cardiff University and a leading authority on the growth and sale of boutiques and small consultancies. He has spent 20 years researching consultancies and interviewing hundreds of owners and senior leaders. He has developed a growth drivers model, which includes factors like leade…

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Our Academic Story: Dr. Shandra and Dr. Dar 36:57

1M ago36:57

36:57

In this episode Dr. Shandra and Dr. Dar come together to share their personal journeys from challenging beginnings to academic and professional success. They reflect on overcoming adversity, building resilience, and the importance of seeking and accepting help along the way. Both hosts discuss their struggles with confidence, academics, and family …

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When It Feels Like You Can't Catch A Break 14:25

1M ago14:25

14:25

If you’ve been feeling like you just can’t catch a break, this episode is for you. In the last five years, early-career researchers have had to navigate two major crises—first the pandemic, and now a new wave of funding instability and institutional upheaval. There’s no playbook for how to move through something like this. And yet, you’re still her…

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605. Chris Freeberg, Building deck.support, which brings MBB-tools to GSlides 41:23

1M ago41:23

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Show Notes: Chris Freeberg is the co-founder of deck.support, a company that brings some of the best tools for PowerPoint into Google Slides. Chris and cofounder Dimitri Limberopoulos recognized the need for increased functionality in Google Slides as more companies were switching from PowerPoint to Google Slides but wanted a larger variety of tool…

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Why Your Podcast Isn’t Working (Even When You’re Doing Everything “Right”) 12:31

2M ago12:31

12:31

You’re consistent. You’re publishing. You’re doing everything “right”—but your podcast still isn’t moving the needle for your business. What gives? In this episode of Bizcasters, I break down the 4 core areas every business podcast needs to get right if it’s going to generate real results: Content, Visibility, Monetization, and Strategy. You’ll hea…

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How a Podcast Series Can Warm Leads Without the Sales Ick 14:10

2M ago14:10

14:10

Struggling to follow up after networking events or sales conversations? A limited podcast series might be your secret weapon. In this episode, I break down why most follow-up messages fall flat—and how a podcast series can help you create connection, show your value, and make sales easier (without ever feeling salesy). You’ll hear creative examples…

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Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Brienne Miner, MD MHS 32:13

2M ago32:13

32:13

In this episode, I sit down with Brienne Miner, MD MHS—a physician, researcher, and recent K to R Essentials graduate—for a powerful conversation about what it really looks like to step into your role as a PI with clarity and purpose. Brienne shares how her clinical work with older adults and their care partners shaped her research questions—and ho…

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A Strategic Reset When You’re Feeling Powerless 14:52

2M ago14:52

14:52

When the funding landscape feels chaotic, it’s easy to spiral into overwhelm or freeze in place. But one of the most powerful things you can do right now is come back to the work that grounds you. In this episode, I’m sharing a moment from inside K to R Essentials that reminded all of us—myself included—how much clarity and confidence can come from…

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Short-Term Panic vs. Long-Term Strategy: How to Make Better Career Decisions 14:45

2M ago14:45

14:45

When the decisions you make are often short-term, reactionary, and misaligned with where you actually want to go. In this episode, we’re talking about the difference between making decisions from a place of fear versus a place of clarity—and why it matters. If you’ve ever felt pressure to just do something without a clear plan, or rushed into commi…

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604. Stephan Meier, Author of The Employee Advantage 28:31

3M ago28:31

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Show Notes: Stephan Meier, a professor at Columbia Business School, is the author of the book "Employee Advantage." He teaches the business strategy core class, which is required for all MBA students. Stephan also teaches an elective on the future of work, focusing on how treating employees and labor interacts with technology and business strategy.…

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Overcommitted and Off-Track? How to Reclaim Your Time for the Work That Matters 15:40

3M ago15:40

15:40

Defining your North Star—the long-term vision for your research—is one thing. Actually aligning your daily work with it? That’s where things get tricky. Most researchers don’t realize just how misaligned their time and commitments are until they take a hard look at where their energy is going. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it. In this episod…

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603. Dori Yona, Founder of Simple Closure, How to Shut Down a Business 41:54

3M ago41:54

41:54

Show Notes: Dori Yona, founder of Simple Closure, explains the process of shutting down a company. The process is painful, manual, and bureaucratic, with an average time of nine to 12 months. It can cost companies thousands of dollars or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees. Many companies end up doing it incorrectly, leading to fines and …

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Navigating Institutional Chaos Without Losing Sight of Your Career Goals 17:09

3M ago17:09

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With so much uncertainty in higher education, research funding, and institutional policies, it’s easy to feel like the ground is constantly shifting beneath you. But instead of reacting to institutional panic or the latest funding changes, you need a way to stay grounded in what actually matters—your research and the impact you want to have. That’s…

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602. Jacob Bank, Founder of Relay.app, No-code AI Agents 37:35

3M ago37:35

37:35

Show Notes Jacob Bank, founder and CEO of Relay.App, talks about the rise of AI agents, a type of chatbot that can work on your behalf in the background. He explains that AI agents can perform tasks similar to junior-level employees or interns. How AI Agents Work An example of an AI agent working on your blog post is Chat GPT, which can automatical…

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K to R Essentials Behind the Scenes: The Proposal Development Plan That Saves You Time & Stress 17:16

3M ago17:16

17:16

This episode wraps up our K to R Essentials Behind the Scenes mini-series with a look inside the final month of the program—Planning. If you’ve been following along, you know that we start with the big-picture vision for your career, then build the leadership and strategy skills you need to make that vision a reality. In this final stage, we take e…

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601. Nikola Lazarov, Co-Founder & CEO at Eilla AI 25:30

3M ago25:30

25:30

Nikola Lazarov is the co-founder and CEO of Eilla AI, a tool that provides AI workers for private market intelligence. Nikola is an AI engineer who started his career at a London-based hedge fund, Marble Bar Asset Management, where he worked as a quant. He realized the value of AI in structuring unstructured data for private companies and decided t…

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K to R Essentials Behind the Scenes: How to Strategically Map Your Next Steps 12:25

3M ago12:25

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In this episode of K to R Essentials Behind the Scenes, we’re diving into strategy—the third month of the program and where we shift from big-picture vision work into pragmatic, strategic decision-making. One of the most important exercises we do in this phase is connecting your North Star to the next research idea you’ll pursue and the grant appli…

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600. Jeff Sinclair, The History of the Operations Practice at McKinsey 51:24

3M ago51:24

51:24

Jeff Sinclair, a senior global leader at McKinsey, discusses the history of operations at the firm. The firm was initially known as a strategy firm and did some organization and marketing work. However, in the 1980s, clients began to draw more attention to operations, particularly in the automotive industry in Europe and North America. Operations b…

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K to R Essentials Behind the Scenes: Cultivating Leadership from Within 11:13

4M ago11:13

11:13

This episode continues our special miniseries, K to R Essentials Behind the Scenes, offering an inside look at our coaching calls. K to R Essentials is structured around four key themes—Vision, Leadership, Strategy, and Planning—and this series explores each one. In this episode, we dive into the second theme: Leadership. One of the foundational pr…

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599. Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Author of Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World 43:19

4M ago43:19

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Show Notes: Anne-Laure Le Cunff, author of Tiny Experiments and founder of Ness Labs, shares her approach to understanding her own life and why she does things the way she does. Anne-Laure explains that self anthropology is a powerful tool for problem-solvers and doers to understand their own lives and prioritize their priorities. By embracing unce…

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K to R Essentials Behind the Scenes: How We Clarify Your Vision 11:21

4M ago11:21

11:21

This episode kicks off a special miniseries, K to R Essentials Behind the Scenes, offering an inside look at our coaching calls. K to R Essentials is structured around four key themes—Vision, Leadership, Strategy, and Planning—and this series explores each one. The focus of this episode is vision—the foundation of a successful research career. One …

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598. Harsh Sahai, AI-powered Due Diligence 49:38

4M ago49:38

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Show Notes: In this episode of Unleashed, Will Bachman interviews Harsh Sahai, CEO and co-founder of Bridgetown Research, a company that has built an AI tool and he talks about it in this episode. Harsh previously worked at McKinsey, where he focused on commercial due diligence. He also ran a machine learning lab at Amazon, where they researched se…

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597. Jim Ettamarna, A Framework for Commercial Excellence 30:58

4M ago30:58

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Show Notes: Jim Ettamarna, a renowned expert in commercial excellence, defines it as incorporating commercial efficacy and efficiency. He believes that there are two key branches to drive down in this area, and it holds tremendous potential for clients and organizations. Jim's framework for commercial excellence is value creation, which involves un…

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How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others (Revisited) 9:36

4M ago9:36

9:36

In the high-stakes world of academia, competition is everywhere—from landing a faculty position to securing grant funding. It's easy to fall into the trap of comparing yourself to others, but instead of success, this can lead to self-sabotage. In this episode, we explore how comparison, competition, and critique—although vital in academia—often wor…

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596. Bart Sayer, Looking Beyond the Mirror: The Business and Science of Beauty. 34:44

4M ago34:44

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Show Notes: In this episode of Unleashed, Will Bachman interviews Bart Sayer, an expert on the beauty industry. Bart worked for nine years at the Estée Lauder Companies, most recently as the International General Manager for one of its largest brands, Clinique, managing the $1B P&L. Previously, Bart was a partner at Booz & Company (now Strategy&, p…

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595. Robert Garmaise, AI Marketplace Insights 24:14

5M ago24:14

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Rob Garmaise, VP of AI research at Info-tech Research Group, is at the forefront of Info-tech research, helping clients identify best practices across their IT operations. They conduct extensive primary and secondary research, speaking with industry experts and other clients to understand the drivers of value and proof that a given practice leads t…

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Protecting Your Capacity for Thoughtful Research in 2025 and Beyond 8:30

5M ago8:30

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Learning to navigate uncertainty is essential for a successful research career. In this episode, I reflect on the challenges we face as researchers—both in the broader funding landscape and our personal and professional lives—and share practical strategies to stay grounded and focused amidst the unknown. I dive into the foundational tools that help…

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594. Marilyn Lin, SaaS Customer Support 28:51

5M ago28:51

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Show Notes: Marilyn Lin, a customer support thought leader with over two decades of experience, discusses the importance of customer support in driving business success in the Software as a Service (SaaS) industry. She has led global Technical Support Teams that not only resolve issues but also foster customer loyalty, drive renewals, and inform pr…

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593. Scott Markman, Conducting a Brand Diagnostic 47:40

5M ago47:40

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Show Notes: Scott Markman, founder of MonogramGroup, discusses his journey as an entrepreneur and the challenges he faces in the private equity sector. Scott kicks off the conversation with a quick introduction to his podcast, "Beer Stories for Private Equity," which focuses on issues related to the firms, companies they own, and consultants. About…

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Nursing School Journey with Aryss Richardson 52:04

5M ago52:04

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In this episode Aryss Richardson, a first-year nursing student, discusses her journey from premed aspirations to discovering her true calling in nursing. Aryss shares the pivotal moment that led her to change paths, a sermon that resonated with her deeply, and the successful entrance exam that confirmed her decision. Aryss offers invaluable advice …

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592. Matthew Hunt, Generating Clients through LinkedIn Thought Leadership 25:24

6M ago25:24

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Show Notes: Matthew Hunt talks about Demandii, a firm that helps busy B2B executives create snackable content for LinkedIn from a single monthly interview. Matthew explains that most clients struggle with time, and they don't know how to create content or want to do it. Demandii offers a structured approach where they interview executives privately…

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End-of-Year Reflection and Intention Setting: Tools to Close the Year with Clarity 14:43

6M ago14:43

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As the year comes to a close, it’s the perfect time to pause, reflect, and prepare for what’s next. In this solo episode, I’m sharing a practice that has been a cornerstone of my personal and professional growth over the last five years: end-of-year reflection and intention setting. This simple yet transformative exercise helps me acknowledge wins,…

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591. River Tompkins, 17-year-old Independent Consultant 19:26

6M ago19:26

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Show Notes: River Tompkins, a 17-year-old high school senior, started his own consulting practice in Austin, Texas, with five different clients. He provides services in the experimental education space, helping school owners implement systems and train teachers. His first clients were a group of schools in Florida, where he worked on implementing s…

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590. Jenelle Sheridan, How to Analyze a Retail Company 36:57

6M ago36:57

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Jenelle Sheridan, a former VP and GM at Athleta, discusses how to analyze a retail company. Jenelle has 15 years of experience in retail and e-commerce, working as a consultant and operating executive. She has experience in pre-revenue startups and larger enterprise businesses, and recently launched her consulting and advisory practice, Far View Pa…

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589. Gerd Schenkel, How to Analyze a Telecommunications Company 48:11

6M ago48:11

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Show Notes: Gerd Schenkel discusses his experience in creating new telco businesses and how to analyze a telecommunications company. Gerd has spent over 10 years as a consultant and 15 years as an executive in banking and telco. He aims to make a differentiation in consulting work by bringing together both worlds. Developing a Telco Company Gerd sp…

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Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Jaime Speiser, PhD 25:16

6M ago25:16

25:16

In this episode, I sit down with Jaime Lynn Speiser, PhD, an associate professor of Biostatistics and Data Science and a recent K to R Essentials graduate. Jaime shares her experience of navigating the unique challenges and opportunities as a statistician working across diverse subject matter areas, and how the program helped her build confidence, …

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588. Daniel Bauer, Creating a Summer Entrepreneurship Program 37:03

6M ago37:03

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Show Notes: Dan Bauer, a Harvard Business School graduate and independent consultant, talks about the NSLC “Business & Entrepreneurship” program , sponsored by Inc Magazine. The program offers a nine-day immersion in entrepreneurship for high school students aged 14 to 18 from around the world. The students are vetted on their GPAs, and the program…

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Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Clare Whitney, PhD MBE RN 16:34

6M ago16:34

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In this episode, I speak with Clare Whitney, PhD MBE RN, an assistant professor, and a recent K to R Essentials graduate. Clare shares her journey from feeling stretched too thin to finding her “North Star” in research, which has helped her focus on her work’s core mission: clinician moral well-being. Clare’s work as a nurse scientist and bioethici…

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587. Jonathan Schwartz, How to Analyze a Manufacturing Company 35:10

6M ago35:10

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Jonathan Schwartz discusses how to analyze a manufacturing company. Jonathan's background includes working in operations improvement, starting with manufacturing and then transitioning to banking and non-manufacturing roles. He has worked with private equity firms and has been a lean champion at a private equity firm. Sales and Operations Planning …

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Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Kristin Anderson, PhD 40:12

7M ago40:12

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In this episode, I sit down with Kristin Anderson, PhD, a K to R Essentials graduate and assistant professor at the University of Virginia. Kristin shares her inspiring journey from an uncertain start to a clearly defined and purpose-driven research career, rooted in her personal mission to develop cancer therapies for women’s health. Tune in to th…

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586. Sanjar Iyer, How to Analyze a Telecommunications Company 30:56

7M ago30:56

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Sanjay Iyer, a consultant for 25 years, discusses the evolution of telecommunications companies, focusing on network, infrastructure, quality, and coverage analysis. He explains that coverage is the first aspect of a network, determining the reach and number of homes it can deliver service to. The structure of networks has evolved over the years, w…

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585. Matt Sobieski, How to Analyze a Manufacturing Company 35:31

7M ago35:31

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Matt Sobieski discusses the process of helping a manufacturing plant improve its performance by understanding the problem statement and 47 different analyzes. He suggests talking to the plant manager or head of operations to understand the biggest challenges, cost buckets, operational constraints, and capacity constraints. Diving into One of 47 Ana…

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Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Caroline Sloan, MD MPH 26:50

7M ago26:50

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In this episode, I sit down with Caroline Sloan, MD MPH a recent graduate of the K to R Essentials program and a general internist, as she shares her journey of building a purpose-driven research path. Caroline reflects on the challenges and rewards of managing a dual role in clinical care and health services research and the transformation that le…

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584. Paul Millerd, Good Work 52:58

7M ago52:58

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Show Notes: Paul Millerd, author of The Pathless Path and Good Work talks about his books. He explains the behind-the-scenes process of writing about work and the relationship to it. He explains the origin story of The Pathless Path, and how falling love with a woman and with writing led to a complete change in his professional direction. Paul, who…

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