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Conversations on Careers and Professional Life

Feb 18, 2023

In late 2022, I had the opportunity to speak with four Foster School of Business MBA Alumni who are now on the other side of the interview table about what they are listening for from candidates in behavioral interviews. 

This episode features:

  • Adam Schmidt at Accenture
  • Sam Ead at Google
  • Claire Herting at...


Feb 17, 2023

On this episode, recorded in March of 2022, I spoke with two Foster MBA students, Connor Almon-Griffin (MBA 2023) and Doug Beach (MBA 2022) about their experience attending the ClimateCap -- The Global MBA Summit on Climate, Capital and Business in February of that year. ClimateCap, as you'll hear, brings together MBA...


Feb 2, 2023

Round, black and white photo of Gabriel Scheer set on a beige background with a purple gradient stripe on the lower fifth with white writing, "climat solutions startups and jobs with Elemental Excerlerator's Gabriel Scheer"On this episode, I speak with Gabriel Sheer, Director of Inovation and manager of the energy and mobility portfolios at Elemental Excelerator, a nonprofit startup accelerator about the current state of the climate tech/climate solutions startup space at the beginning of 2023. Gabriel is also a good friend. We first...


Nov 7, 2022

Podcast thumbnail image featuring circular photo of Christopher Barnes. Purple title text reading "Conversations on Careers and Professional life". White text on a purple gradient that reads "How sleep impacts work and the workplace with Prof. Christopher Barnes."My sleep hasn't been great for years. I never have trouble falling asleep, but I wake after about 5 hours and then have trouble getting back to sleep.  I average about 7 hours of sleep a night, sometimes more, sometimes less (an improvement over a few years ago). A few years back, after hearing author Matt Walker talk...


Sep 15, 2022

Jeff Perry, Foster Hybrid MBA '20, and founder of More Than Engineering, talks about his transition from engineer to coach of engineers and offers advice for how engineers can articulate their experience and value when switching careers. Visit ConversationsOnCareers.com for full episode show notes. Find additional...