Poole Podcast

In the Poole College of Management, we’re on a mission to create an innovative and collaborative intellectual environment. By balancing industry and academia, we’re developing and supporting leaders with entrepreneurial mindsets and the skills to solve our world’s problems.

This is how we think and do at NC State.

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Season 2 EPISODES

Episode 5: Leadership in a Post-COVID World (June 6, 2022)

Bradley Kirkman and Donald Thompson discuss the future of work through the lens of emotional intelligence, generational differences in leadership, and diversity in the C-suite. Donald Thompson is an executive coach, CEO of The Diversity Movement, and host of the Donald Thompson Podcast. Bradley L. Kirkman is the General (Ret.) H. Hugh Shelton Distinguished Professor of Leadership in the Poole College of Management at NC State University.

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Episode 4: How AI is Driving Data Decisions in Business, with Haroon Abbu and Bill Rand (May 10, 2022)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be leveraged in business for so many things including data analytics and enhancing the customer experience. But there are concerns about AI as well, such as loss of actual human jobs and facial recognition bias. Today, we dive into AI and how it’s taught in the classroom.

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Episode 3: Two Masters of Accounting: Christine Holmes and Professor Kathy Krawczyk (April 18, 2022)

Accounting isn’t just debits and credits; it’s a dynamic profession that is constantly changing. In this episode, hear Poole College graduate and Ernst & Young Senior Partner Christine Holmes (’88) and Poole Professor Kathy Krawczyk discuss what drew them to accounting and how the industry has changed over their careers.

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Episode 2: Hard Truths, Mistakes and Lessons in Entrepreneurship, with Mike Glennon and Professor Jon Carr (March 21, 2022)

When former NC State quarterback Mike Glennon founded his virtual coaching platform Emulate Sports, he quickly learned how difficult it was to get a startup off the ground. But he also learned how much potential there was to make money – if the startup was successful. Today, Glennon and Jon Carr, professor of entrepreneurship, talk about the hard truths of entrepreneurship, and how the clinical model at the NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic is helping students to “fail safe” to better prepare them for their next chapter.

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Episode 1: The Future of Work with Google Managing Director Teena Piccione and HR Professor of Practice Beth Ritter (Feb. 21, 2022)

We’ve heard the term “The Great Resignation,” and some would argue that it should be called “The Great Reshuffle” because employees aren’t leaving the workforce – they’re finding the greener grass at another company.  So what can employers do to build an attractive corporate culture and retain talent?

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