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Every long episode from Stanford Graduate School of Business, read in minutes: the key takeaways, the chapters, and a digest of the whole conversation. The mission of Stanford Graduate School of Business is to create ideas that deepen and advance our understanding of management and with those ideas to develop innovative, principled, and insightful leaders who change the world. This channel features thought leadership from world-…

Ep75 The Misleading Truth Behind IRR

The Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is a misleading metric for investment decisions, often leading to suboptimal choices due to its failure to account for scale and financing.

April 3, 2026

Depolarization through Courageous Citizenship with Braver Angels CEO Maury Giles

Learn to bridge political divides through Courageous Citizenship, focusing on empathy, active listening, and local problem-solving, rather than outrage.

March 25, 2026

What We Actually Learn From Experience

Learn how correlated learning formalizes intuition, enabling better decisions by understanding how outcomes of choices are linked, especially when relying on expert advice.

March 25, 2026

How Dating and Sports Explain the Job Market

Economics principles, seen in dating and sports, offer high-leverage insights for navigating the job market and making better resource allocation decisions.

March 11, 2026