Oct 1, 202630 minS0
<p>For more than two decades at FedEx, Rebecca Yeung helped bring robotics, autonomous vehicles, and physical AI into one of the world’s largest logistics networks. Now an advisor to companies including Dexterity, she...
About this Podcast:
Corporate innovation sounds exciting until it gets real. Hard Lessons: War Stories from the Corporate Innovation Frontlines is a deep dive into the moments when enterprise innovation pushed limits, broke norms, and forced hard decisions. We talk with innovation leaders inside the world’s largest companies about the deals, bets, pilots, partnerships, and restructurings that shaped outcomes they couldn’t reach any other way. Each episode unpacks one defining moment. What triggered it. What was at risk. Who had to say yes. Who advocated against it. How it played out. And the hard-earned lessons that only come from doing the work, not talking about it.
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What is Hard Lessons about?
Corporate innovation sounds exciting until it gets real. Hard Lessons: War Stories from the Corporate Innovation Frontlines is a deep dive into the moments when enterprise innovation pushed limits, broke norms, and forced hard decisions.
What has Hard Lessons covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Scaling Physical AI in the Real World with Rebecca Yeung" (1 October 2026, 30 minutes), "Scaling Physical AI in the Real World with Rebecca Yeung" (1 October 2026, 30 minutes), and "Geopolitics, Tariffs, and Corporate Foresight with Drew DeLong" (8 September 2026, 32 minutes).
How often does Hard Lessons publish?
Hard Lessons publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 31 minutes across 4 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Hard Lessons?
Booking probability for Hard Lessons is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Hard Lessons requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Hard Lessons's contact route on record: public web form.
Who should pitch Hard Lessons?
The strongest fits for Hard Lessons are Business & Management Consulting.
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Hard Lessons is a general podcast with 4 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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- Oct 1, 202630 min
For more than two decades at FedEx, Rebecca Yeung helped bring robotics, autonomous vehicles, and physical AI into one of the world’s largest logistics networks. Now an advisor to companies including Dexterity, she...
- Sep 8, 202632 minS0
<p>Drew DeLong works at the intersection of corporate strategy and national interest, where the boundaries between public policy and business have blurred. With a background spanning key roles at the State Department...
- Sep 8, 202632 min
Drew DeLong works at the intersection of corporate strategy and national interest, where the boundaries between public policy and business have blurred. With a background spanning key roles at the State Department, FAA...
- May 22, 202630 minS0
<p>Suman’s work sits at the collision point of AI ambition and enterprise reality. From Aetna and Highmark to Merck and Pfizer, he has repeatedly been asked to build new data science and AI capabilities inside complex...
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- May 19, 202630 minS0
<p>In this episode of the Hard Lessons podcast from Silicon Foundry – which advises Fortune 500 companies on emerging technology and innovation strategy – Suman Giri, Vice President and Head of Commercial AI...
- May 7, 202635 minS0
Across Nike and American Express, Elaine Barsoom had a front-row seat to one of the hardest problems in corporate innovation: how to turn promising technology into something a large organization can actually absorb. She...
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