Beyond the Case
A podcast where global leaders from the Harvard Business School Owner/President Management (OPM) community join in a personal capacity and share the real decisions, failures, and mental models behind building enduring companies.
This podcast is independent and not affiliated with Harvard Business School.
Beyond the Case
Latest Episodes
From Poker to Entrepreneurship: Making Decisions Without All the Cards - Matt Widdoes
Matt Widdoes’s journey from entrepreneurial parents and professional poker to leading growth teams and founding MAVAN reveals a consistent approach: pursue learning, build trusted relationships, and make tho...
From Father-Son Partnership to a Tata Acquisition - Prashant Kandoi
This conversation with Prashant Kandoi is largely about family business, entrepreneurship, succession, values, and learning through experience.Prashant grew up watching his father build an electrical business from the ground up af...
The Power of Pattern Recognition - Richard Chen
In our living group, Richard was often seen as the wise one, the person we looked to for a thoughtful, well-researched view of a case. His reflections in this conversation reveal why: he has learned to turn experience into a personal philosophy...
Becoming Who the Journey Requires - Jay Shah
Jay Shah’s journey reflects the power of combining deep expertise with curiosity, resilience and an openness to change. Influenced by his father’s commitment to excellence, Jay built a career at the intersection of architecture and technology, ...
The Early Lesson That Made Me Rethink Wealth, Success, and Happiness - Pedro Thompson
Pedro Thompson's life philosophy was shaped long before he became a CEO, investor, or entrepreneur. Growing up in a family that had once been wealthy but lost everything taught him an early lesson that external success is fragile, while charact...
