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Managing employees’ AI-related stress is the key to unlocking the technology’s potential.

Columbia Business School professor Dante Donati explains the guardrails needed to ensure AI improves outcomes rather than deepening inequality.

Today's AI systems are powered by vast models trained on data from across the internet. But this approach has stalled in the complex and critical field of healthcare, because while AI excels at retrieving facts, it falls short in handling the nuanced realities of clinical environments.

Tom Steyer, co-executive chair at Galvanize Climate Solutions, discusses how innovation, policy, and collective action can win the climate war.

In the final episode of the season, hosts Ray Horton and Sandi Wright lead listeners into an engaging live discussion with eight distinguished Columbia Business School alumni, whose careers in social enterprise span industries from climate adaptation to financial inclusion, education equity, and impact investing.

During an event hosted by the School’s Distinguished Speaker Series, the former CEO shared how Shake Shack grew from a single hot dog cart into a global brand — without compromising quality, culture, or community.

Michael Posner, the Jerome Kohlberg Professor of Ethics and Finance at NYU’s Stern School of Business, is director of the school’s Center for Business and Human Rights, a long-time leader in the field, luminary thinker, advocate, former State Department Official, and the author of the new book, Conscience Incorporated. 

Seven days, five Italian cities, six company visits, and more than a dozen engaging sessions—the “CAFE in Italy” Global Immersion course took 16 graduate students on a deep dive into the heart of Italian family enterprises. Led by Professor Gaia Marchisio, participants met with owners, next‐generation leaders, and seasoned advisors. Stops included Barilla, Petrolifera Italo Rumena (PIR), Ascoli Bottoni, Acetaia Giusti, Ferragamo, and Frescobaldi, as well as discussions with DeAgostini, Bocconi University, Association of Italian Family Businesses, and Fideuram Intesa Sanpaolo. Students gained behind‐the‐scenes insight on succession, brand evolution, governance, and family values. The result was a vivid illustration of how tradition and innovation can combine to keep family legacies thriving across centuries.