Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines, embodies a rare kind of leadership—the ability to balance empathy with a deep sense of conviction when the stakes couldn’t be higher. In 2005, he stood alone in bankruptcy court when 180 airlines had filed before him and only a few survived. At the height of COVID, with Delta’s business literally grounded globally, he refused to furlough a single employee. He blocked middle seats for over a year because protecting his people mattered more tha...

Larry Culp is one of the most private and respected CEOs in the world. Over seven years, he orchestrated what many call the greatest turnaround in modern business, rescuing GE from $140 billion in debt and splitting it into three independent world-class companies—GE Aerospace, GE HealthCare, and GE Vernova. In this rare conversation, Larry reveals how he did it: by slowing the game down, embedding a culture of continuous improvement, and choosing ruthless focus over comfortable synergy. In th...