Voices of Experience

Voices of Experience


Latest Episodes

AI’s Future: What You Need to Know Before VOE
April 22, 2024

This is a special edition of the VOE Podcast, designed to serve as a primer for our next in-person speaker series: "Voices of Experience: Denvers AI Future." That discussion will cover the future of

Beyond Winning: Building a Successful Sports Franchise
March 18, 2024

In just their second season, the NHL's Seattle Kraken put together a solid record, made the playoffs and even won their first-round playoff series. But during an 82-game pro hockey season, losses are

Partnering With Communities—And Your Competition
February 19, 2024

If youre distilling Mary Beth Cote-Jenssens career into three words, theyd be sustainability, water and partnership. As a global water stewardship executive at PepsiCo, she knows the importance of

How Humans Fit Into an AI Future
January 22, 2024

Artificial intelligence is entering the business world, welcome or not. Binh Diep (MBA 2012), general manager at Slalom, a consulting firm, is doing his best to prepare his company and his clients for

Reasons to Rock the Boat
December 18, 2023

After spending time at Amazon and Meta (formerly Facebook), Stephen Newton knows what a visionary leader looks like. Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg certainly fit the bill. Now, Newton is looking to ba

Predictions, Decisions and Getting it Wrong
November 13, 2023

It's 2008. The economy is taking a nosedive. The government is bailing out the country's top mortgage lenders. And Doug Duncan walks into a new job at Fannie Mae. The ship has steadied over the past 1

Five Ways to Build a ‘Culture of Opportunity’
October 23, 2023

Staring down a surprise $26,000 bill after his first semester in college, Terrence Cummings was certain his dream of higher education was dashed. He persevered, using that experience as his career Nor

Steering a Struggling Startup Toward Success
September 25, 2023

Chris Dawson says he's always been attracted to big challengesand he certainly found one when he became CEO of Arcimoto earlier this year. The Oregon-based electric vehicle company was floundering: i

Lessons From a CEO’s Notebook
May 30, 2023

In a thick, well-loved, black sketchbook, Kirsten Benefiel keeps the lessons she's learned over her career as an executive. Benefiel's resume includes stops at Accenture, Newmont Mining, ViaWest and H

Scaling Everest—and DEI Work
April 24, 2023

Lauren Guthrie wasn't much of a trekker or backpacker, but there she was, climbing 9,000 feet to reach the base camp at Mount Everest. The opportunity to join an all-Black team of climbers was too goo