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Breaking new ground, Think Fast, Talk Smart steps into the world of live events, bringing together an eager audience of LEAD students from Stanford University and a top-notch panel of former podcast guests: Jesper B. Sørensen, Sarah Soule, Jonathan Levav, and Szu-chi Huang. Topics include crafting strategy for successful leadership and tips on how to effectively lead a hybrid team. This episode also features an interactive audience segment, where various participants of the Stanford LEAD program answer the three questions traditionally posed to guests. To hear more from each of these Stanford GSB professors, find their episodes on the podcast. Strategic Success: How to Communicate Your Gameplan (https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights...) In this episode, Jesper Sørensen explores why organizational strategy can be both top-down and bottom-up. From Dreaming to Doing: How We Set and Achieve Goals (https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights...) In this episode, we speak with Szu-chi Huang about an essential ingredient of human behavior: motivation. Leading From Home: How to Create the Right Environment for Communication (https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights...) In this podcast episode, Jonathan Levav discusses the importance of not just knowing what your audience needs to hear, but how they need to hear it. Words Matter: How to Make Your Communication Inclusive ( (https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights...) In this episode, Sarah Soule shares research that shows how subtle word choice can invite inclusion, or can reinforce harmful stereotypes.

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