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Powerhouse companies like GE invest in tomorrow’s leaders by running extensive internal training programs to groom employees to become corporate superstars. An area of enormous strength for GE is the way the company identifies and builds leaders, as the large number of CEOs who once worked for GE testifies. Knowledge@Wharton talked with Susan Peters, GE’s chief learning officer, about GE and leadership. …

How GE Builds Global Leaders: A Conversation with Chief Learning Officer Susan Peters

Mauro F. Guillén, an expert in economies of the world, sits down with Knowledge@Wharton High School to discuss how every day we become more aware of, and connected with, people in other parts of the globe – and the resulting opportunities and challenges.…

Globalization ‘Defines the Modern World’

Leaders can draw lessons -- good and bad -- from the examples set by American presidents. Presidential historian Richard Norton Smith gives 10 rules to judge a president and subsequently, any leader.…

Ten Ways to Judge a President: Leadership Lessons from History

Peter Guber joined Columbia Pictures in 1968 and within three years was studio chief, leading Columbia through an era of hits, including "Shampoo", "The Way We Were", "Taxi Driver" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". He was named chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures in 1989. Under his tenure, the studio released "Basic Instinct", "A Few Good Men", and "Sleepless in Seattle". He speaks about how storytelling is the key to influencing people.…

Hollywood’s Peter Guber: Embracing the Art of Storytelling

Steve Wozniak is proof that, with a little clever thinking, techno geeks can become billionaires. He and high school friend Steve Jobs co-founded Apple and in doing so forever changed the course of technology development. What does “Woz” love even more than building cool devices? A good laugh.…

Steve Wozniak on Apple, Steve Jobs and the Value of a Good Prank

While Wharton junior Evan Chen spends his days studying new product development, he is always thinking of how these new business skills can be used to help non-profits and NGOs around the world. Chen, past co-president of Penn International Business Volunteers, talked with Knowledge@Wharton High School about giving back and connecting social impact and responsibility to his ultimate career goals.…

Evan Chen Explores a Global Mission to Use Business Skills for Social Good

As vice chairman of the Sun Group, Shiv Khemka has led his global company through many difficult situations – all the while able to fall back on his own deeply rooted value system. In this podcast, Khemka talks to Knowledge@Wharton High School about why it is important to start focusing at a young age on principles and leadership.…

Shiv Khemka on Leadership and Tapping Your Core Values to Navigate Life’s Challenges

Eighteen and entrepreneurial. That is fast becoming the million-dollar mission of kids around the globe. Starting a business is thrilling, impressive and profitable, which makes it all the more enticing to young business owner wannabes. Boris M. Silver is the founder of Sport Interactiva, a maker of sports applications – including Total Sports Fan, Premier League Fantasy Football and Premier League Soccer -- on social networks like Facebook and Bebo. In this podcast, Silver talks about starting Sport Interactiva, which he sold in 2008, and the value of working for a small business.…

Boris M. Silver Scores Big with Sports Apps on Social Networks

Nike's first "green" basketball sneaker released a few years ago -- the Air Jordan XX3 -- was the outcome of a company-wide effort to regain its footing following a backlash over its use of factory sweatshops in the late 1990s. As Nike's recent plays show, a company's reputation is increasingly linked to the ethical standards by which it operates. Corporate responsibility is just smart business.…

Just Do It – But Ethically, Please

Nat Turner is one of four founders of Invite Media, a company founded in 2007 that sells technology allowing ad agencies to log in and buy advertising space on websites. In 2010, a mere two years after Turner graduated from college, Google bought Invite Media for $70 million. In this interview, Turner talks to Knowledge@Wharton High School about teenage entrepreneurship, multi-tasking and the value of a good internship.…

Nat Turner: Young, Entrepreneurial and Google-Owned