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    Taking Stock with Shelley Bransten

    Taking Stock with Shelley Bransten, spotlights the life stories and journeys of leaders, influencers, and disruptors at the intersection of brands, retail, and technology, with new episodes monthly.
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    Episodes (10)

    The data analytics and AI innovator

    The data analytics and AI innovator

    Join Shelley as she talks with Deepak Jose, Global Director of Demand Analytics at Mars. Deepak talks about the role of data and analytics in purpose-led consumer goods like Mars, business planning for generations not quarters and how the Japanese concept of “Ikigai” has influenced his life and career.  

    Shelley Bransten | LinkedIn (host)
    Deepak Jose| LinkedIn (guest)

    "Mars and Microsoft work together to accelerate Mars’ digital transformation and reimagine business operations, Associate experience and consumer engagement"

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    Leadership lessons from an executive coach

    Leadership lessons from an executive coach

    Join Shelley for this extended episode as she talks with Eva Archer-Smith about her career as an executive coach. Eva goes all the way back to her very first job and how experience as an executive in both the oil and airline industries led her to become an executive coach. Learn about her lessons learned along the way, why she believes everybody should walk through life open-minded and open-armed and her purpose to help people rediscover the joy and courage in their work.


    Episode Chapters:
    02:45 – My first job
    08:50 – Lessons learned
    11:22 – 2 things I’m noticing
    12:38 – Experience is a good teacher
    16:00 – The skill of asking
    20:50 – School thinking
    21:36 – A Farmer’s Story
    25:46 – The transition to coaching
    31:40 – Coming to terms with reality
    32:50 – Neuroscience findings
    37:51 – Fun Five

    Shelley Bransten | LinkedIn (host) 
    Eva Archer-Smith| LinkedIn (guest) 
    Microsoft Cloud for Retail
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    The journey of a serial entrepreneur

    The journey of a serial entrepreneur
    Join Shelley as she talks with Lily Kanter about her life as a serial entrepreneur. Lily charts her early days at Microsoft to becoming an entrepreneur starting Serena & Lily, Boon Supply and Averylily. Learn about the big lessons learned along the way, advice to other budding entrepreneurs and how companies can think about profit and philanthropy in the same breath.
     
    Shelley Bransten | LinkedIn (host)
    Lily Kanter| LinkedIn (guest)
     
     
    Watch all episodes on Microsoft Cloud's YouTube channel: Taking Stock Live - a conversation with Shelley Bransten

    Resilient Retail

    Resilient Retail
    Join Shelley as she talks with Daniel Newman, CEO, The Futurum Group. Daniel talks about the findings of their latest research on ‘Resilient Retail.’ Learn about the 3A’s of resilient retail (Adapt, Anticipate and Absorb), and the major traits of the ‘most resilient’ retailers on the planet.
     
    Shelley Bransten | LinkedIn (host)
    Daniel Newman | LinkedIn (guest)
     
     
    Watch all episodes on Microsoft Cloud's YouTube channel: Taking Stock Live - a conversation with Shelley Bransten

    Autonomous Stores: The Future of Retail

    Autonomous Stores: The Future of Retail
    Join Shelley as she talks with Tomasz Blicharksi. EVP of the Management Board, Żabka Group, Managing Director of Żabka Future about the future of retail. Tomasz talks about how Zabka is bringing their vision of “making lives easier” to life and why visiting a store in the future should be like opening the door to your fridge. Also learn about his 3 big bets for future retail success.
    Shelley Bransten | LinkedIn (host)
    Tomasz Blicharski| LinkedIn (guest)
     
     
    Watch all episodes on Microsoft Cloud's YouTube channel: Taking Stock Live - a conversation with Shelley Bransten

    What we're seeing

    What we're seeing
    Join Shelley as she talks with John Dick, Founder & CEO, at Civic Science, a real-time market intelligence company. Recorded prior to the 2022 holiday season, John gives us his predictions for the future of the retail industry. Specifically, the changing customer context, trends he expects to stick, and potential winners & losers for 2023. Listen in to find out how many of his predictions have already come true.
     
    Shelley Bransten | LinkedIn (host)
    John Dick| LinkedIn (guest)
     
     

    Leadership Lessons with Mom.B.A

    Leadership Lessons with Mom.B.A

    Join Shelley as she talks with Karyn Schoenbart, Former CEO, NPD Group, about her journey from college graduate to high-performing CEO. Karyn shares her lessons learned along the way, how she overcame imposter syndrome and what lied behind her decision to write the bestselling book “Mom.B.A.”

    Shelley Bransten | LinkedIn (host)

    Karyn Schoenbart | SiteLinkedIn (guest)

    Microsoft Cloud for Retail

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    The rise of recommerce

    The rise of recommerce
    Join Shelley as she talks with Andy Ruben, CEO & Founder, Trove, about his journey from being Walmart’s first Chief Sustainability Officer to founding Trove. Listen in as he talks about why the future of retail will be just as much about having customers bring things back to stores for resale as it will be to buy new things. Welcome to the word of recommerce.
     
    Shelley Bransten | LinkedIn (host)
     
    Andy Ruben | Trove | LinkedIn (guest)

    Microsoft Cloud for Retail

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    The sustainability imperative

    The sustainability imperative

    Join Shelley as she talks with Elisabeth Brinton, Corporate Vice President, Sustainability at Microsoft about her life’s work: sustainability. Elisabeth talks about why and how organizations of all types, sizes, and sectors will need to fundamentally transform common practices to meet the new sustainability imperative. And how, in fact, sustainability can be a force for multi-bottom line growth and profitability.

    Shelley Bransten | LinkedIn (host)

    Elisabeth Brinton | LinkedIn (guest)

    Microsoft Cloud for Retail

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    Accenture Song’s Nina Holdaway

    Accenture Song’s Nina Holdaway

    Shelley Bransten welcomes Accenture Song’s Nina Holdaway. This is part 2 of their conversation, where Nina talks about why CMOs are increasingly ‘decluttering’, the survivor, strive, and thriver framework, what sets ‘thrive’ CMOs apart from the rest, and the top 3 pieces of advice for 2022.

    Taking Stock with Shelley Bransten

    Shelley Bransten | LinkedIn

    Nina Holdaway | LinkedIn

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