# Meet The Leader

A podcast by World Economic Forum. In these one-on-one conversations, host Linda Lacina interviews the world's top leaders, change-makers and experts on the solutions they're building to tackle the world's biggest challenges, the habits they can't work without, and their lessons learned, all from the World Economic Forum

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## Latest episodes

- [Microsoft's Lisa Monaco: What Leaders Need to Know About Digital Sovereignty](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/9f857c8ff33f) (2026-10-27, 26 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_Lisa_Monaco_Microsoft_-_LL_fix_mixdown_10192026.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Inclusive tech and AI: What Every Tech Founder Should Prioritize](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/25e753fc8c5e) (2026-10-15, 41 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_AMGFL_Business_of_belong_-_more_equitable_tech-_Taz_edit_3.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Sana Mir, trailblazing Pakistani cricketer: How sport made me a leader](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/f8c2c0a68670) (2026-10-15, 38 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/AMGFL_-_Leadership_in_Sport_-_Taz_edit_use.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Hiring Is Changing: Why Human Judgment Still Matters in the AI Era: ManpowerGroup](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/9caa6b34defd) (2026-08-31, 28 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/44695_-_MTL_-_Jonas_Prising.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Be less reactive: A Buddhist monk on how mindful leaders make better decisions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/86a92af2d7df) (2026-08-24, 19 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_EP_XXX_Kacha_Mahadumrongku_Taz_edit_2.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [The books that shaped and inspired 5 tech founders](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/37fda1929861) (2026-08-17, 12 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_Founders_top_book_recs_2026_-_Taz_Edit.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Find your purpose after major setbacks: Katie Piper on how to adapt, reinvent and lead](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/34f6fd449515) (2026-08-10, 25 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/44978_Katie_Piper_MTL.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [How to Focus on What Matters Most: 5 Leaders' Effective Strategies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/779d93ebbce0) (2026-08-03, 22 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_ep_212_How_to_focus_on_whats_important_-_Taz_edit_2.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [How to Face Uncertainty and Take Action: Lessons from a Blind Sailor's Pacific Crossing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/2ad69d4d9a1c) (2026-07-27, 36 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/44348_-_MTL_-_Hiro_Iwamoto_1.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [AI and Jobs series: How entry level jobs are changing in an AI era](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/3cf4d3882887) (2026-07-21, 22 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_-_Ai_and_Jobs_-_Ai_and_Entry_Level_MIXDOWN_1.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [AI and Jobs Series: Fixing the Skills Mismatch and Navigating Upskilling's 'Messy Middle' - An Expert Explains](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/20a671fda520) (2026-07-13, 29 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_Maria_Flynn_JFF_-_Taz_Edit_2_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [AI and Jobs Series: What one company stopped doing - an HR exec shares lessons shaping the future of work](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/1ceeff6c6183) (2026-07-06, 28 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_Cassandra_Pratt_Progyny_-_Taz_Edit_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [5 leaders from NVIDIA, Goldman Sachs and more share career advice for uncertain times](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/5eafd03b39f1) (2026-06-08, 22 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/44091_-_MTL_207_Commencement__mixdown_v5.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [AI 'workslop' is a leadership problem. Here's how to fix it](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/dd9aa297352f) (2026-05-26, 23 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/44132_-_MTL_ep_206_-_Alexi_Robichaux.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [How to Lead People Through AI Change: Questions to Ask from a Transformation Expert](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/a76093f45992) (2026-05-18, 36 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_205_Nigel_Vaz_-_AI_transformation_05182026_file_to_publish_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [What women's sports reveals about building future leaders: Deloitte's Lara Abrash](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/f0be02ce7d83) (2026-05-11, 24 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_Lara_Abrash_-_04242026_mixdown-Libsyn.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [The Attention Crisis: How leaders can fix focus and happiness in an AI Era - Psychologist Jonathan Haidt](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/d30b763e77cc) (2026-05-04, 23 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_video_podcast_-_43836_-_MTL_-_Jonathan_Haidt.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [How mentoring shaped top leaders - and how it's changing in an AI era](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/751327382ad0) (2026-04-22, 27 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_Mentoring_Advice_2026_mixdown_1.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [What Astronauts Know About High-Performing Teams (That Many Don't Understand)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/5dcc32fe2d0a) (2026-04-07, 26 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_video_podcast_-_43455_-_MTL_-_Samantha_Cristoforetti.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Meet The Leader at 200: 20 Leaders Share Their Best Tips, Aha Moments and Advice](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/bba24900d95f) (2026-04-02, 50 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/ep_200_Lessons_so_far__mixdown_Taz__1.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Why Smart Ideas Don't Always Land — and How to Build Creative, Curious Teams](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/b7394b628ff4) (2026-03-27, 26 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_Paul_Hoffman_Liberty_Science_Taz_Mixdown_1.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Matt Damon and Gary White: Why the Global Water Crisis Is Really a Finance Problem](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/c15c52fc3538) (2026-03-16, 33 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_video_podcast_-_43315_-_Matt_Damon_Gary_White.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Suleika Jaouad: Harnessing Creativity and Curiosity to Lead Through Uncertainty](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/65fbc180d06e) (2026-03-12, 38 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_Suleika_Jouaud_alt_03122026_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Burnout: 4 Leaders share real-world stories and how to cope](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/5bcbf985221e) (2026-03-07, 27 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_ep00_-_Burnout_-_Jere_Edit_mixdown_03052025.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Why one CEO sets 'non-goals' - and what ultramarathons taught him about focus and mental toughness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/3cdde952331c) (2026-02-23, 41 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/42992_-_MTL_-_Nick_Thompson_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [How to close gender gaps in tech - and the one skill AI can't learn](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/30761dbcf6b1) (2026-02-19, 26 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_Ayumi_Moore_Aoki_02192026_mixdown_-_File_for_publication_02192026.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Be your own role model - a female rocket scientist, pioneer and science influencer explains](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/6957257027bf) (2026-02-12, 18 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_Mishaal_Ashemimry_-_Jere_Edit_mixdown-File_for_publication.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [The questions top Davos leaders are asking to start 2026](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/de31a9005e41) (2026-02-05, 28 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_AM26_Questions_to_ask_mixdown_02072026_for_publication.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [How to upskill for an AI Age: Workera CEO Kian Katanforoosh](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/5f1bb6be1a00) (2026-01-30, 37 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_Kian_Katanforoosh_Workera_-_Taz_Edit_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Davos 2026: Conversation with Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/69e3009c4670) (2026-01-24, 32 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/AM26_-_MTL_-_Jamie_Dimon_mixdown_1.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Davos 2026: Conversation with Jensen Huang, President and CEO of NVIDIA](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/fe8765e52cc6) (2026-01-23, 34 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/AM26_MTL_-_Jensen_Huang_mixdown_for_publication.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Davos 2026: Conversation with Elon Musk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/b3b6e60d6858) (2026-01-23, 33 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/Am26_MTL_Elon_Musk_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Davos 2026: IMF's Kristalina Georgieva on what's next for AI, skills and the global economy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/7831ce021abd) (2026-01-22, 28 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/Ep_187_Kristalina_Georgieava_IMF_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [IRC's David Miliband: How can leaders meet the moment in a more disordered world](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/681295ed485f) (2025-12-08, 33 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/42363_-_MTL_-_David_Miliband_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [15 top leaders share the books that changed them: 2025 Books Roundup](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/86678ca19938) (2025-12-05, 27 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_2025_book_recommendations_fix_12022025_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [How unjust incarceration at 17 inspired one man's quilt art and activism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/95be81568a52) (2025-11-24, 19 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_-_GaryTyler_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [How can we harness human creativity in an AI age? Chanel culture exec weighs in](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/65ee5075e277) (2025-11-17, 23 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/42096_-_MTL_YanaPeel_Audio_FINAL_1.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [He's building 'gas stations' in space. How it can drive the space economy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/6bc818c4eb54) (2025-11-14, 23 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_Orbit_fab_fix_11172025.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Cyber readiness, deep fakes and social engineering: Key questions to stay ahead of the next attack](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/56b2afe3e68c) (2025-10-30, 33 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_Vinod_Bange_Baker_McKenzie_-_Jere_Edit_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [AI will reshape knowledge work. What leaders should ask, do and learn now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/920630e77f2c) (2025-10-21, 26 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/41336_-_MTL_-Eiso_Kant.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Former Microsoft Supply Chains Exec: What's needed to drive culture change for sustainability](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/653603cbce09) (2025-10-13, 39 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_Donna_Wharton_-__Taz_Edit_mixdown_1.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Remembering Jane Goodall and her legacy of hope](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/a46f6a15ae73) (2025-10-03, 39 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_Gill__Jane_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [2 simple questions help this carbon removal CEO focus on what matters: Charm Industrial](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/fcaaebcc5dc3) (2025-09-26, 36 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_Charm_Industries_Peter_Reinhardt_09252025_mixdown_use.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [This company launched with $600 a decade ago. How it's using data and AI to boost yields for millions of small-scale farmers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/6f236fa36a91) (2025-09-09, 23 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/40788_-_MTL_-_Alloysius_Attah_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [The web is 'fragile.' How to protect the world's most important information - and how crypto could help](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/5b9c0afc8575) (2025-08-18, 56 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/40521_-_MTL_-_Marta_Belcher_FINAL_1.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- ['Woeful' data can hold tech and AI back: What's needed to save lives, prevent catastrophes: Gecko Robotics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/1a60ff8dddd0) (2025-08-11, 33 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/40432_-_MTL_-_Jake_Loosararian_Full_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [50% of world GDP depends on nature. What's needed to restore land and protect economies: UNCCD's Ibrahim Thiaw](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/afaabaa38b68) (2025-07-31, 26 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_Ibrahim_Thiaw_-_UNCCD_mixdown_file_for_publication.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Rebuilding trust after turmoil and coaching teams for results that matter: USA Gymnastics CEO](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/5b65175e8dac) (2025-07-28, 54 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_40266_LiLiLeung_Full_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [Tough calls, earning buy-in, and the 'Courage to be Disliked': Cisco's Liz Centoni on driving big change](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/3fdff0881523) (2025-07-24, 29 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_Ep_171_-_Liz_Centoni_Cisco_-_Jere_Edit_mixdown_2_-_published_episode.mp3?dest-id=4231753
- [How to bridge the $400 trillion retirement savings gap - what leaders can do](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1534915560/2bc7433bc6d0) (2025-07-16, 27 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/839e8316-85a0-463a-bc5f-7852c410c6c7/MTL_Yie_Hsin_Hung_mixdown_edit_2_-_use.mp3?dest-id=4231753

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