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  • How the CEO of Rolls-Royce Turned an Underperforming Company Around

    October 27, 2026 · 30 min

    In early 2023, Tufan Erginbilgiç took over as CEO of the U.K.’s legendary jet engine and power systems giant Rolls-Royce. Despite its legacy and a culture steeped in engineering brilliance, Rolls-Royce had underperformed for more than a…

  • Restructuring Mobile Game Giant Supercell for a Turnaround

    October 13, 2026 · 37 min

    Founded in 2010, Supercell was a Finland-based mobile gaming company that had developed and launched five global hit mobile games. The company’s early philosophy was that it could produce hits by designing the company to appeal to top…

  • Getting Your Boss to Buy into Your Strategy (from “Coaching Real Leaders”)

    October 6, 2026 · 51 min

    You have a strategy you believe in. But what happens when your boss doesn’t? “Cold Call” presents this bonus episode from the podcast “Coaching Real Leaders,” where host and executive coach Muriel Wilkins works with an ambitious leader…

  • Considering the Future of the BBC and Its Funding Model

    September 29, 2026 · 28 min

    With viewership of the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) in decline, the country’s Culture Minister must recommend a new funding model for the venerated public institution which will allow the broadcaster to succeed in an increasingly…

  • Dare to Be Bad at Something (From Fixable)

    September 22, 2026 · 26 min

    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…

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  • How GEO Is Changing the Role of Brand Manager

    September 15, 2026 · 31 min

    AthenaHQ, a startup that helps brands monitor, protect, and optimize their visibility across conversational AI engines like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini was founded in 2025. Co-founded by Andrew Yan, the company built a platform that…

  • Best of Cold Call: The Bumpy Road to Expanding a Fleet of Electric School Buses

    September 1, 2026 · 32 min

    How do you scale innovation in a fragmented system you don’t fully control? That is the challenge Highland Electric Fleets faced as it worked to replace diesel school buses with electric vehicles across the United States. In this episode…

  • Can an AI-Powered Scribe Curb Physician Burnout?

    August 18, 2026 · 24 min

    In 2024, Mass General Brigham, the largest health system in Massachusetts, piloted an AI-powered, ambient note-taking and transcription program among a subset of clinicians to address increasing rates of staff burnout and turnover…

  • Why Metaphysic AI Looked to Hollywood for a Digital Rights Model

    August 4, 2026 · 24 min

    Founded in 2021, AI generative video company Metaphysic first rose to fame through viral deepfake videos. It achieved a significant milestone with "Here," the first major film to use AI for de-aging actors, including Tom Hanks. The company…

  • How a Museum Marketing Team Used AI to Bring People Closer to Art

    July 21, 2026 · 27 min

    In 2025, Harvard Art Museums considered using generative AI in a marketing campaign to increase visitor engagement and membership. Looking to boost attendance and appeal to a younger audience base, and facing intensified competition for…

  • Are We Entering a New Age of Creativity with the Help of AI?

    July 7, 2026 · 30 min

    In March 2024, The Atlantic announced a strategic content and product partnership with artificial intelligence giant OpenAI. OpenAI would license The Atlantic’s content to train its models and respond to user queries, while The Atlantic…

  • How School of Rock Created Structure in Order to Scale with Agility and Creativity

    June 23, 2026 · 37 min

    In the summer of 2021, School of Rock was a youth-oriented music education company with 291 franchise- and company-owned schools globally. Before Rob Price became CEO in 2017, School of Rock’s nonconformist culture led to variability in…

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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.