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Lessons from Ray Ozzie

Ray Ozzie, builder of Lotus Notes, founder of Groove Networks, and former Microsoft Chief Software Architect, studies how people and devices connect—and how software leaders can manage scale while recognizing when a technology model is nearing its limits.

Lessons from Rana el Kaliouby

Rana el Kaliouby, a computer scientist and entrepreneur who co-founded Affectiva, explores the gap created by machines’ blindness to nonverbal cues and offers a practical framework for ethical software, human-computer interaction, and company leadership.

Lessons from Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren, a designer who grew a single necktie line into a global brand, demonstrates how a consistent aesthetic can travel across clothing, home decor, and lifestyle goods while defining an enduring and recognizable personal style.

Lessons from Rachel Botsman

Rachel Botsman, an author and academic studying how technology rewires human trust, traces the shift from institutions to distributed trust and explains the trust leap required to earn confidence as systems and social norms evolve.

Lessons from Raaz Herzberg

Raaz Herzberg, Wiz’s Chief Marketing Officer and VP of Product Strategy, treats marketing as an extension of problem-solving, showing how a product-first approach can guide technical product building, rapid scale, and leadership beyond prior functional experience.

Lessons from Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino, a writer and director steeped in pop culture and obscure film history, examines how nonlinear structure, stylized violence, rhythmic dialogue, and storytelling craft can transform familiar material into distinctive work within American independent cinema.

Lessons from Philip Lacor

Philip Lacor, a go-to-market operator across European and US companies, focuses on the difficult transition to enterprise sales: structuring teams, managing revenue, and ensuring organizations genuinely adopt the new tools they choose to buy.

Lessons from Philip Freise

Philip Freise, Co-Head of European Private Equity at KKR, advocates entrepreneurial capital: moving beyond pure financial engineering to partner directly with European technology and media companies while scaling businesses, navigating market swings, and managing dealmaking’s human side.

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