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Cold Call

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.

Website ↗ Last published 27 October 2026 300 posts collected by Sputnik

Said on Cold Call

“Stewart, who ran it logically, called up his counterpart, who was running the Candy Crush team within King Digital Entertainment and said, I'm running Clash of Clans with 17 people. You have comparable revenues. How big is your team? And the answer was 700. … So inevitably, you've got to conclude that 700 may not be the right answer, but 17 is clearly not the right answer.” — Jeffrey Rayport, Cold Call
Jeffrey Rayport · 13 Oct 2026 Listen →
“This technology is changing way too fast to make it profitable or valuable if we jump in when we're not ready. Because by the time we get the organization to be ready, then that technology will be obsolete.” — Susanna Gallani, Cold Call
Susanna Gallani · 18 Aug 2026 Listen →
“It is, from a user's perspective, an enormous black box. You put things into it, and you don't really know what happens to those things…” — Susanna Gallani, Cold Call
Susanna Gallani · 18 Aug 2026 Listen →

Hosts

Cold Call is hosted by Brian Kenny , Robin Passias , Brian Kenney , Robin Paschas and Craig McDonald .

Recent Episodes

  1. 27 Oct 2026

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

    With Nitin Nohria

  2. 13 Oct 2026

    Restructuring Mobile Game Giant Supercell for a Turnaround

    With Jeffrey Rayport

  3. 6 Oct 2026

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

    With Muriel Wilkins

  4. 29 Sep 2026

    Considering the Future of the BBC and Its Funding Model

    With Henry McGee and David Remnick

  5. 22 Sep 2026

    Dare to Be Bad at Something (From Fixable)

    With Frances Frei and Anne Morriss

  6. 15 Sep 2026

    How GEO Is Changing the Role of Brand Manager

    With Julian De Freitas and Andrew Yan

  7. 1 Sep 2026

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

    With Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Duncan McIntyre

  8. 18 Aug 2026

    Can an AI-Powered Scribe Curb Physician Burnout?

    With Susanna Gallani

  9. 4 Aug 2026

    Why Metaphysic AI Looked to Hollywood for a Digital Rights Model

    With Zoe Cullen and Danielle Lee

  10. 21 Jul 2026

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

    With Julian De Freitas and John Connolly

  11. 7 Jul 2026

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

    With Caroline Elkins

  12. 23 Jun 2026

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

    With Tatiana Sandino , Jeffrey Rayport , Rob Price and Stacey Ryan

Guests

Jeffrey Rayport (8 episodes), Mitch Weiss (7 episodes), Geoffrey Jones (6 episodes), Mike Toffel (5 episodes), Henry McGee (5 episodes), Christina Wing (5 episodes), George Serafeim (5 episodes), Leslie John (5 episodes), Jill Avery (4 episodes), Suraj Srinivasan (4 episodes), Bill George (4 episodes), Tsedal Neeley (4 episodes), and 237 more.