HBR IdeaCast

Dave Ulrich, cofounder of the RBL Group and coauthor of "The Leadership Code: Five Rules to Lead By."

Bob Sutton, professor of management science and engineering at Stanford University and author of the HBR article "How to Be a Good Boss in a Bad Economy."

Paul Osterman, professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and author of "The Truth About Middle Managers."

Bill Drayton, founder and CEO of Ashoka.

Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, senior adviser at Egon Zehnder International and coauthor of the HBR article "The Definitive Guide to Recruiting in Good Times and Bad."

Ann Livermore, executive vice president of Hewlett-Packard's Technology Solutions Group.

Dick Beatty, professor of human resource management at Rutgers University and coauthor of "The Differentiated Workforce."

Rita McGrath, Columbia Business School professor and coauthor of "Discovery-Driven Growth."

Umair Haque, director of the Havas Media Lab.

Paul Levy, president and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

Henry Mintzberg, professor of management at McGill University.

John Quelch, Harvard Business School professor and coauthor of the HBR article "How to Market in a Downturn."

Philip Lay and Todd Hewlin, managing directors at TCG Advisors and coauthors of the HBR article "In a Downturn, Provoke Your Customers."

Bronwyn Fryer, HBR senior editor and author of the case study "The Layoff."

Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist and op-ed columnist for The New York Times.