Cold Call distills Harvard Business School's legendary case studies into podcast form. Hosted by Brian Kenny, the podcast airs every two weeks and features Harvard Business School faculty discussing cases they've written and the lessons they impart.
Cold Call
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296 episodes
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Cold Call distills Harvard Business School's legendary case studies into podcast form. Hosted by Brian Kenny, the podcast airs every two weeks and features Harvard Business School faculty discussing cases they've written and the lessons they impart.
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Publishing Since
9/16/2016
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Recent Episodes
September 22, 2026
Dare to Be Bad at Something (From Fixable)
Sometimes the only way to win is by finding the courage to lose. Cold Call presents a special episode from TED’s Fixable podcast. In it, the show’s hosts, Leadership Coach Anne Morriss and Harvard Business School Professor Frances Frei, challenge leaders to “dare to be bad” in order to free up capacity to excel at more important things. They share insight on the power of a strategic “no,” the value of ruthless prioritization, and how Steve Jobs and Apple delivered breakthrough innovation by strategically underperforming. Frances also explains why you can’t always trust your own instincts, and Anne reflects on the lessons she learned in her early days of parenting.
September 15, 2026
How GEO Is Changing the Role of Brand Manager
Host Brian Kenny interviews Harvard Business School associate professor Julian De Freitas and AthenaHQ co-founder and CEO Andrew Yan about how generative engine optimization is reshaping brand management.
September 1, 2026
Best of Cold Call: The Bumpy Road to Expanding a Fleet of Electric School Buses
Host Brian Kenny interviews Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Highland Electric founder and CEO Duncan McIntyre about scaling electric school bus innovation across fragmented systems.
296 total episodes available with 71 transcripts
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