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Hosted by Gregory Heller · business · EN · 100 episodes
Conversations on Careers and Professional Life, from the Foster School of Business office of MBA Career ManagementHost Gregory Heller has conversations with University of Washington and Foster School faculty, staff, alumni, executives, current MBA candidates and other experts relating to career development, planning, and resilience. If you're navigating a career change, pursuing your MBA, or looking to develop a resilient mindset to help you with your job search, this podcast may be for you!
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Signup to Generate a PitchConversations on Careers and Professional Life, from the Foster School of Business office of MBA Career ManagementHost Gregory Heller has conversations with University of Washington and Foster School faculty, staff, alumni, executives, current MBA candidates and other experts relating to career development, planning, and resilience.
Conversations on Careers and Professional Life is hosted by Gregory Heller. The show has published 100 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "PNW Climate Week: State of Climate Tech VC in the PNW Round Table" (20 July 2026, 78 minutes), "AI Ready: Archit Gupta on Overcoming the Cold Start and Building a Socratic Tutor With AI" (23 June 2026, 41 minutes), and "AI Ready: Hannah Hoffmaster - How a Non-Technical Student Became AI-Ready in One Year" (4 June 2026, 33 minutes).
Conversations on Careers and Professional Life publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 24 minutes across 100 episodes.
Booking probability for Conversations on Careers and Professional Life is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Conversations on Careers and Professional Life requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Conversations on Careers and Professional Life's contact route on record: verified email.
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Gregory Heller hosts Conversations on Careers and Professional Life, a business show with 100 episodes published.
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Episode #11
Episode summary: Five Pacific Northwest climate tech investors — recorded live at Pacific Northwest Climate Week 2026 — break down where climate tech venture capital is actually flowing this year, why Seattle still...
Episode #7
Archit Gupta went from never having written a line of code to building AI tools that grade hundreds of student cases and a Socratic AI tutor for a graduate class — in one year. Archit is graduated from Foster's MSBA...
Episode #4
<p > Hannah Hoffmaster went from a self-described two-out-of-seven in technical skill to building multi-agent AI tools in a single year at Foster. This episode is for anyone — technical or not — trying to understand...
Episode #3
<p > On this episode, I speak wtih Léonard Boussioux — Assistant Professor, Foster School of Business; Adjunct, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, UW. PhD, MIT (machine learning & operations...
Episode #2
<p>Nathan Fitzgerald didn't come up through tech. He spent years as a lobbyist, moved into marketing, got laid off in 2024, and treated that moment as a forcing function: how do I build a skill set that doesn't become...
Episode #1
<p>Anshula Singh came into Foster's MBA program with five years of software engineering experience — building products at Salesforce and ServiceNow, working with machine learning, helping train early LLMs from the...
Conversations on Careers and Professional Life
<p > Two questions are on every student's mind right now: How will AI affect the job I'm trying to get? And how do I show up actually ready to use it?</p> <p > AI Ready — a miniseries from Conversations on Careers and...
Episode #2
<p > Ted Jordan spent 24 years at Microsoft as a global program and account manager before becoming a consultant, professional speaker, and guest lecturer at UW Foster School of Business. His talk — From Outsider to...
Episode #1
<p >Layoffs are back in the headlines. Job postings are down. Hiring cycles are longer.</p> <p >What does that mean for MBA students and other professionals navigating today's market?</p> <p >In this episode, I speak...
Episode #15
<p >In this episode I break down the difference between slide decks and slide docs—and talk about designing intentionally for each.</p> <p >Many presentation problems don't stem from weak ideas or poor analysis. They...
Episode #14
<p >Data doesn't persuade. Insight does.</p> <p >In this episode, I break down what effective data visualization really means—and why most charts fail to do their job. This isn't about making slides look prettier. It's...
Episode #13
<p >The Glance Test is a simple but powerful rule for slide design: if your audience can't understand the point of a slide within a few seconds, the slide isn't doing its job.</p> <p >In this episode, I explain why...
Episode #12
<p >Many presentations fall apart not because the ideas are weak, but because the slides are doing too much at once. When a single slide contains multiple messages, charts, or competing points, the audience stops...
Episode #99
Foster Alumni Share What They Listen For When They Interview Job Candidates <p >Every fall and winter, MBA students gear up for behavioral interviews with an understandable mix of anticipation and anxiety. We spend...
Episode #12
<p >In this episode of Conversations on Careers & Professional Life, we go inside the Autumn Quarter Integrated Case Competition at the Foster School of Business—a one-week sprint where MBA teams analyze an acquisition...
Episode #11
<p >On this episode I share a principle that shows up again and again in great communication but is often overlooked by professionals: you have to earn attention before you earn understanding.</p> <p >Too many...
Episode #10
<p>Structure isn't a formatting exercise. It's the foundation of every clear, persuasive communication. Whether you're giving a presentation, writing an email, or leading a meeting, structure is the difference between...
Episode #9
<p>On this episode, I cover the ABCs of professional communication, just as I teach them to my MBA students.</p> <p >One of the simplest ways to elevate your professional communication—whether you're writing an email...
Episode #8
Logos, Ethos, Pathos: The Ancient Keys to Modern Persuasion <p >In this episode of Conversations on Communication, I explore three timeless principles that sit at the heart of all persuasive communication: Logos, Ethos...
Episode #7
<p >In this episode of Conversations on Careers and Professional Life, I explire one of the most powerful frameworks for structuring clear, persuasive business communication: the Minto Pyramid Principle.</p> <p >The...
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