Leadership and Transformation with Rita McGrath and Sharmla Chetty
In this week’s Thought Sparks Podcast episode, Rita McGrath, a Columbia University Business School Professor, C-Suite strategist, business founder and best-selling author, speaks with Sharmla Chetty, CEO of Duke Corporate Education and expert on human-centered leadership, AI, and workforce transformation. 0:00 Introduction 0:57 Sharmla's Story: Growing Up Under Apartheid 3:30 Systems Change: From Personal to Global 10:27 Overton Windows & Tipping Points 12:51 The Global Economy: Uneven Worlds & Emerging Markets 16:22 A Once-in-a-Century Inflection Point (Carlota Perez's Framework) 21:41 The End of Competitive Moats: Strategy in the Age of AI 23:16 Strategic Centering: Five Ways to Define Your Company 26:18 Purpose, Ecosystems & the Role of Government 27:59 Trust as the New Currency 28:34 Remote Work, Human Connection & Social Capital 38:15 The Future of Education: New Models 45:37 Executive Education Reimagined: Duke CE's Approach 41:21 Do We Still Need Degrees? 47:05 The Care Economy & Kindness as a Capability 58:42 Distributed Leadership & Navigating Complexity 59:28 A Human-Centered Economy: Closing Reflections Want to learn more about Rita’s ideas and hear more of her conversations with business leaders and innovators? Listen to more Thought Sparks Podcast episodes on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...) and Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/0xmTsYX...) . https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... https://open.spotify.com/show/0xmTsYX... Watch Thought Sparks episodes on YouTube ( / @rgmcgrath ) . https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcyX... Follow Rita on LinkedIn ( / ritamcgrath ) , Instagram ( / ritamcgrath.hub ) , X (https://x.com/rgmcgrath) and Blue Sky (https://bsky.app/profile/rgmcgrath.bs...) . / https://x.com/rgmcgrath https://bsky.app/profile/rgmcgrath.bs... Connect with Rita on TikTok ( / rgmcgrath ) and Instagram ( / ritamcgrath.hub ) . / rgmcgrath / Sign up for her Thought Sparks Newsletter on Substack (https://thoughtsparks.substack.com/) . https://thoughtsparks.substack.com/ Learn more about Rita, her books and ideas at RitaMcGrath.com (http://ritamcgrath.com/) .
