PNC C-Speak: The Language of Executives, features frank and lively conversations on leadership and life. Hosted by Carolyn Jones, market president and publisher of the Boston Business Journal, far left; Jon Bernstein, regional president of PNC Bank; and Saskia Epstein, senior vice president, client and community relations, with PNC Bank, each episode profiles a well-known local business leader and explores their personal career path and today’s most pertinent business topics. Hear their stories, including pivotal highlights from their lives and forward-thinking insights. Listen here and subscribe to PNC C-Speak at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/%20c-speak-the-language-of-executives/id1587932421/ (Apple Podcasts), https://open.spotify.com/show/0JktOGXObtNmMbzKuBPF9S?si=I8mWEhbaSLiE7JEkebQKkQ&dl_branch=1&nd=1 (Spotify) or wherever you get your podcasts.
Money, markets and momentum: The decisions business leaders are making now
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The latest episode of PNC C-Speak, called Money, Markets and Momentum: Decisions Leaders are Making Now, features Amanda Agati, chief investment officer for PNC, alongside Katherine Craven, executive vice president for administration and finance at Babson College, and Yvonne Hao, chief operating officer and general partner of Flagship Pioneering.
Together, they discuss how executives can make confident decisions despite market volatility, policy uncertainty and rapid technological change.
“This is a time for decision-makers to lean in,” Agati says. “You can’t be a passive bystander in this kind of an environment.”
The conversation also covers the signals shaping investment and capital allocation and the importance of balancing immediate demands with long-term goals.
Subscribe to C-Speak so you never miss an episode. Listen on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c-speak-the-language-of-executives/id1587932421), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/0JktOGXObtNmMbzKuBPF9S?si=I8mWEhbaSLiE7JEkebQKkQ&dl_branch=1&nd=1), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhM5Aa8BvjqqKI4LGqcPc4o8xjgKyg2L8) or wherever you get your podcasts.
Download a transcript of this episode here (https://media.bizj.us/view/img/13270699/draft2pncliveevent-1.pdf).
17 Aug 2026
Flagship Pioneering’s Yvonne Hao on her unconventional leadership journey and “paranoid optimism”
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On the latest episode of PNC C-Speak, Yvonne Hao, chief operating officer and general partner of Flagship Pioneering and former Massachusetts secretary of economic development, discusses her unconventional leadership journey — from startups and private equity to public service and life sciences.
Hao shares her philosophy of “paranoid optimism” and how it helps drive progress. The conversation also explores Flagship Pioneering’s unique model for innovation, the potential of AI and why Hao views mistakes as “two-way doors.”
Subscribe to C-Speak so you never miss an episode. Listen on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c-speak-the-language-of-executives/id1587932421), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/0JktOGXObtNmMbzKuBPF9S?si=I8mWEhbaSLiE7JEkebQKkQ&dl_branch=1&nd=1), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhM5Aa8BvjqqKI4LGqcPc4o8xjgKyg2L8) or wherever you get your podcasts.
Download a transcript of this episode here (https://media.bizj.us/view/img/13252968/pnc-cspeakyvonne-hao.pdf).
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