{"podcast":{"title":"Harvard Business Review","slug":"harvard-business-review-7777387","podcast_index_feed_id":7777387,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VG7900701114","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/980142f0-0d9c-11f1-9b6f-b39130a8b54a/image/fd144eac00da8bd04368206590cf5ad8.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"HBR","episode_count":511,"summary":"At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. We try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We encourage comments, critiques, and questions. We expect our community to be a safe space for respectful, constructive, and thought-provoking discussion. We reserve the right to remove or turn off comments at our discretion. We do not tolerate bullying, name-calling, or abusive language related to identity, including race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, age, or region; spam; copyright violation; extreme profanity; or p*rnography.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T12:22:10.972032+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387"},"episode":{"title":"Stable Leadership in Chaotic Times","slug":"stable-leadership-in-chaotic-times","published_at":"2026-07-20T12:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/stable-leadership-in-chaotic-times","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG9424313689.mp3?updated=1778674213","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG9424313689.mp3?updated=1778674213","summary":"Steady Leadership in Tumultuous Times 5 Dec 2025 --- If leaders and companies abandon their values when pressured, they weren’t really values in the first place, argues University of Houston professor Brené Brown. In this episode of IdeaCast, the author and researcher explains her views on finding strong ground as a leader, using sports metaphors and examples of how companies could and should be leading in today’s world. Brown’s latest book is “Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit.”#BreneBrown #leadership #HarvardBusiness #StrongGround 00:00 The Metaphor of Strong Ground 00:55 Introduction Brene Brown 01:10 Leadership in Uncertain Times 03:22 Systems Theory and Leadership 5:35 Artificial Intelligence at Organizations 07:10 The Importance of Authenticity 9:55 What Strong Ground Means in Business 15:15 Pocket Presence as a Leadership Concept 19:00 Grounded Competence and Pattern Recognition 27:45 Why We Still Struggle to be Good Leaders 30:05 What You Can Do Now To Be a Better Leader Books, tools, and more: store.hbr.org Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #YourCareer #Career #Job #Work #Business #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool Copyright © 2025 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Steady Leadership in Tumultuous Times 5 Dec 2025 --- If leaders and companies abandon their values when pressured, they weren’t really values in the first…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2840,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/harvard-business-review-7777387/episodes/stable-leadership-in-chaotic-times/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/stable-leadership-in-chaotic-times.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}