For years, modern medicine has promised certainty—more data, sharper diagnostics, faster answers. Yet some spiritual moments defy logic and explanation. Instances where coma patients awaken after weeks of silence, or individuals once immobilized by Lewy Body disease rise and walk with strength. These are modern-day miracles, often grounded in faith and prayer, reminding us that healing can transcend science.
On this episode of The Reboot Chronicles, Dr. Marc Siegel joins us to explore the profound intersection of medicine and miracles. A clinical professor at NYU, Fox News Senior medical analyst, and the medical director of SiriusXM’s Doctor Radio’ for nearly two decades, Dr Siegel has been a trusted guide through the most pressing public health challenges of our time. A best-selling author, with his sixth book out entitled, The Miracles Among Us: How God’s Grace Plays a Role in Healing, Dr. Siegel takes us beyond the boundaries of medical protocol to explore how faith can heal in ways medicine cannot. Follow along as we reflect on Marc’s remarkable career and personal reboots shaped by science, epidemics, faith, and miraculous recoveries.
Supermarkets and grocery stores are a staple of our daily lives. They are a business that most visit weekly and are so used to that they can navigate the aisles blindfolded. This familiarity is due in part to the fact that grocery stores can go decades without modifying their layout. It is the exact type of industry that needs a reboot to bring it into 21st century consumer demands. Imagine an intelligent cart that not only guides you to your favorite aisles and most-purchased items but also surfaces personalized offers so you never miss out on your favorite pleasures.
Imagine a shopping experience that anticipates your needs, transforms routine errands into discovery, and makes the store feel like it was designed just for you. On this episode of The Reboot Chronicles Show, we’re joined by Gadi Graus, the CEO of A2Z Cust2mate, who has made all of that a reality—and is shaking up grocery retail with cutting-edge technology. With more than 30 years of experience and a knack for scaling innovation across borders, Gadi brings a unique perspective to the table. He’ll walk us through how AI is transforming stores and reimagining shopper experiences—while also sharing leadership lessons from his remarkable journey, moving from the risk-averse world of law to embracing risk as opportunity in tech.
Building on our recent global markets episodes, we now turn to one of the most urgent and fascinating conversations of our time: energy. From powering nations to fueling the explosive growth of AI, the energy sector is at the center of innovation, geopolitics, and technological transformation. As data centers expand and tech giants demand ever more power, the question of how we generate, manage, and reinvent energy has never been more critical. That’s why, in this episode of The Reboot Chronicles Show, we’re diving deep into the worldwide energy landscape—examining both global dynamics and the challenges here at home.
To unpack the urgency of all this is Dan Brouillette, a true heavyweight in American energy policy and international energy diplomacy. Dan’s remarkable career spans from commanding tanks in the U.S. Army to serving as the U.S. Secretary of Energy. Along the way, he’s influenced nuclear strategy, national security, Fortune 100 leadership, and high-stakes negotiations that stabilized oil markets between the United States, Russia, and Saudi Arabia. He’s the ideal voice to help us unpack how America can expand its energy future, meet the demands of the AI revolution, and reflect on the personal reboots that have shaped his extraordinary journey.
Behind the scenes of the world’s biggest companies lies a powerful, often invisible engine: high-stakes B2B transactions that move billions across borders. These deals are the lifeblood of global commerce—and when they go wrong, the ripple effects can be seismic. That’s why insuring and protecting them isn’t just smart—it’s essential.
On this episode of The Reboot Chronicles Show, we sit down with someone who doesn’t just understand this world—he’s reshaping it. Meet Artur Wisniewski, COO Allianz Trade Americas, part of the global powerhouse Allianz Group. With over $900 billion in assets under management and 156,000 employees across 70 countries, Allianz is one of the largest insurers and asset managers on the planet.
Artur has spent the last two decades modernizing financial infrastructures across continents. From rebooting legacy systems to pioneering automation, AI, and data intelligence, he’s been at the forefront of helping businesses navigate risk, scale smartly, and future-proof their operations.
Listen in as Artur pulls back the curtain on; How trade credit insurance quietly powers our global economy, how AI and automation are transforming financial ecosystems, and what it takes to lead billion-dollar investments that reboot industries. It’s a strategic blueprint in resilience, reinvention, and the art of safeguarding the world’s most critical transactions. Join us as Artur guides us through the future of financial protection—and why it matters to all of us—now more than ever.
The global economy is constantly evolving with forces like Automation, Robotics and artificial intelligence redefining the global workforce and how businesses drive growth and innovation at scale. As the Magnificent Seven Tech giants lay off tens of thousands of people leveraging AI to drive out repetitive, mundane tasks, the labor force is challenged to broaden their skillset and redefine their value to stay relevant. Getting an understanding of what is happening in the economy on both a global and a national level has never been more important. In this episode of The Reboot Chronicles Show, we’re joined by economist and commentator Peter Morici to help make sense of the forces driving today’s economic landscape.
Peter is one of America’s most unfiltered and respected economic voices. He has served as Chief Economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission, authored 18 books, and is a familiar guest on CNN, Fox Business, CNBC, and Newsmax. He brings perspective with a historical lens towards economic cycles that infuse logic and experience to help navigate uncertain times. This is precisely why we wanted Peter on the program. To unpack what’s really happening beneath the headlines. To gain insights on how to advance during this consequential AI moment and take advantage of the tremendous opportunity to Reboot to stay relevant.
Artificial Intelligence and the potential productivity benefits continue to be an area of focus across industries, yet AI’s influence now extends into our culture. From deepfakes and cloned voices to AI-generated art and virtual influencers, a new wave of synthetic content is transforming media and testing our ability to trust what we see and hear.
In this episode of The Reboot Chronicles, Henry Ajder,founder of Latent Space Advisory and program lead of Generative AI and Business at the University of Cambridge joins us to discuss this shift. Henry has spent the better part of a decade decoding how synthetic media will alter trust and creativity. He is with us today to help understand what a synthetic age of media really means for business, leaders, governments, and everyday people.
Launching a startup is daunting—especially when you're navigating the journey without guidance or mentorship. Even well-funded ventures struggle, and those that beat the odds are so rare they're dubbed "Unicorns." Our next guest on the Reboot Chronicles Show has helped countless start-ups become successful and redefined what we here at the Reboot Chronicles believe to be key components in rebooting organizations.
Brad Feld is a legendary figure in the startup world whose influence runs deep and wide. As co-founder of both the Foundry Group and Techstars, Brad has helped shape the very ecosystem that fuels innovation today. He was an early investor in breakout successes like Zynga and Fitbit, spotting potential long before they became household names. Beyond investing, he's also a prolific author whose books have become essential reading for founders navigating the rocky-road highs and lows of entrepreneurship.
Through his success and headline investments, Brad has built a legacy through his philosophy of giving first, radical honesty about mental health, and a pursuit of personal and professional rebooting. Join us for a deep dive into Brad Feld’s remarkable journey, as we uncover the stories, insights, and hard-won lessons that can help you—and continue to shape the future of business.
Most businesses are rapidly deploying AI to be more competitive, but some are struggling to adapt, or worse, think Microsoft Co-Pilot is enough adaptation. Sectors like consulting, accounting, and law firms, are in big trouble and many are facing an Opportunity Crisis. Our next guest is reaching that point in their evolution, but instead of being disrupted, they are choosing to reboot themselves as the disruptors who can create and lead the next generation of business.
Jim Peko is CEO of Grant Thornton, part of Grant Thornton International, an $8 billion group with 76,000 employees in hundreds of offices worldwide. Jim is making no small plans for their reboot; they have brought in a top private equity partner to think bigger and accelerate Jim's plans. Listen in as we unpack this ambitious reboot and how, through a billion-dollar investment from New Mountain Capital, they plan to supercharge the AI-enabled services sector—and how you can be an AI disruptor.
From Olympic runways to boardroom breakthroughs, Simon Arkel knows how to raise the bar—and clear it. On this episode of The Reboot Chronicles, we’re joined by this two-time Olympian and five-time NCAA All-American whose journey is a masterclass in reinvention.
Simon’s pole vaulting career was built on grit, resilience, and relentless pursuit—qualities that now define his impact in the healthcare industry. Simon has served as CEO across multiple ventures, most notably steering DeepLens, a pioneering platform for clinical trial patient-matching, through its successful acquisition by Paradigm Health. Today, he’s at the helm of Ryght Inc., where he’s harnessing generative AI to revolutionize Biopharma site selection—making it faster, smarter, and more cost-effective.
Simon’s journey is one of ongoing evolution from early promise to Olympic excellence, and now a visionary leader reshaping healthcare through technology. Join us as we unpack the many reboots that shaped his path—and explore what’s next on his horizon.
You know the song MMMBop. You probably danced to it. But do you know the man behind it? Taylor Hanson went from topping charts in 27 countries to brewing up a business empire. In an industry that often trades authenticity for applause, Taylor and his two brothers chose ownership over dependency—when he was just nine years old! Celebrity guests often bring star power—but few bring the depth of reinvention and a journey that includes global fame, entrepreneurial grit, and a mission-driven future.
On this episode of the Reboot Chronicles Podcast, Taylor shares his remarkable musical career journey, where they have sold 16 million records, with eight Top-40 Albums, three Top-40 singles, and three Grammy nominations. This musical fame was only their beginning. Today, Taylor is the co-founder of Hanson Brothers Beer Company, a craft brewery rooted in community and creativity, and is actively developing a nonprofit initiative focused on civic engagement and social impact. In a business that often sidelines authentic voices, Taylor’s path underscores the power of speaking up, standing firm, and creating ventures that reflect your values. Listen in for some fun stories and a few surprises.
Long before brand-building became a buzzword and athletes were expected to be media-savvy moguls, our guest on this episode of the Reboot Chronicles Show, Jan Stephenson, was already rewriting the rules.
Born under the sun-drenched skies of Sydney, Australia, she stepped onto the LPGA Tour in 1974 with a swing as fearless as her spirit—and a vision that would forever change the face of women’s golf. In a sport steeped in tradition, Stephenson brought charisma, controversy, and championship grit, capturing 16 LPGA titles, including three majors, and earning Rookie of the Year honors in her debut season.
But her legacy isn’t just etched in scorecards—it lives in the way she turned golf into a stage, and herself into a story of inspiration, resilience and lasting impact by transforming reboot moments into opportunities. Having beat cancer twice, she is fierce in the face of adversity; showing no signs of slowing down as she shares her passion with her foundation, as an entrepreneur and a champion for the sport of golf around the world.
David Butler’s life is a classic reboot story, from the courts of NBA Basketball to Wall Street Titan and co-CEO of Dimensional Fund Advisors. A powerhouse in the boardroom and on the court, David’s career has been anything but conventional. A Rhodes Scholar candidate and Pac-12 Basketball Hall of Honor inductee, he was an All-American at UC Berkeley and drafted to the Boston Celtics. When his NBA career was sidelined by a strike and injury—David was faced with a serendipitous moment in his life that many would have missed—and pivoted with purpose, launching a remarkable Reboot journey shaped by discipline and a vision.
A powerful force on the court, David has Rebooted Dimension into a $850B powerhouse to become a leading global financial services group. Long before the me-too AI train, instead of chasing hot stock tips, they redefined the financial advice model with a systematic, research-based investment approaches that have outperformed their competitors. Listen in as we unpack David’s remarkable personal journey and how a former pro baller became a Wall Street Trailblazer.
When a CEO steps into a company with the mindset of initiating a full-scale reboot, it’s not just a refresh—it’s a renaissance. My best reboots have been built on three foundational pillars: People - Platform - Passion. Platform (my favorite) often becomes the keystone of growth, especially when you reimagine it not just as infrastructure, but as a conduit—an engine of connection. Think of Amazon as the digital bridge between consumers and merchants, or Facebook as the social circuitry linking lives across the globe. Platforms, in their purest form, are the connective tissue of modern enterprise—rebooting how ideas, services, business models, and relationships flow between entities. And when done right, they don’t just support the business—they redefine it.
Bestselling author, Sangeet Choudary - CEO of Platformation Labs, joins us to unpack all of this. A platform guru, he is an advisor to Fortune 50 CEOs, a Scholar at Dartmouth, a Fellow at UC Berkley, and holds key advisory roles in the Indian Government, World Economic Forum, Standard Bank, ING Bank and GPA—the largest food retailer in Latin America.
Listen in as we explore his latest book, Reshuffle: Who Wins When AI Restacks, and explore what I write about in Forbes: how AI is transforming knowledge economies, shifting expertise to AI tools—fundamentally altering our workflows and organization power dynamics.
Rewind to 2014, when the tech world was sort of dancing around the promise of the “digital future.” The term “digital transformation” was just beginning to gain traction, and “cloud computing” had become the darling of boardroom conversations, though many enterprises were still hesitant to fully embrace it. At the time, if you were one of the rare leaders who could see past the noise and around corners, and understood that data, cloud, and AI would become the backbone of enterprise reinvention, you would be on track to be one of the fastest-growing tech service providers in the ecosystem.
That, at least, is the case for our next guest on the Reboot Chronicles Show, Raj Mamodia. Raj is the chairman and CEO of Brillio, a tech service provider that partners with Global 1000 corporations to reboot themselves for growth and success in our crazy digital age. While others chased hype cycles and easy exits, Raj built a company grounded in execution, innovation, and long-term value creation. Today, Brillio is on a trajectory toward becoming a multi-billion-dollar market leader in digital services. Listen in as Raj unpacks how he navigated the early fog of digital transformation, resisted the lure of short-term trends, and built a company that’s helping the world’s largest enterprises thrive in a tech-driven future.
Leadership isn’t just about C-suite executives running big businesses. It’s about leading with values at every stage of your life, using tools to improve yourself, your work, your relationships—and rebooting yourself with balance to lead a better life.On this dynamic episode of The Reboot Chronicles Show, the world’s leading expert joins us to unpack all of this and much more. Harry Kraemer is the ex-CEO of Baxter, a best-selling author, and a Clinical Professor of Leadership at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. A friend and colleague, Harry has been a remarkable professor at Kellogg for over 20 years, has authored four impactful leadership-based bestsellers—and Chairman and CEO of Baxter—which he rebooted into a $12B company. Listen in for amazing insights and lessons that Harry has built over his decades as a top global CEO, professor, and author—with straight talk about what leadership is all about, why we should seek to understand before you are understood—and how to first relate and influence before you lead.
Most every C-suite leader wants AI to help their people perform tedious tasks better. We still live in a world where we are stuck doing too many time-consuming, lower impact tasks - like organizing spreadsheets, manually processing forms and data entry, or swiveling information from app to app across your company’s hundreds of applications. Ugh. Helping the corporate world get closer to a reality where humans are not mired in low-efficiency tasks is Mihir Shukla, Co-Founder and CEO of Automation Anywhere, an Agentic Process Automation (APA) pioneer delivering agentic solutions that leverage AI agents to get work done faster, better and more reliably.A Silicon Valley veteran, Mihir is a multi-decade pioneer of automation and has a vision to fully deliver an autonomous enterprise, where 80% of work is done through automation or AI-assistance. But what happens to our jobs? For Mihir, it’s important to note that an autonomous enterprise doesn't eliminate human work - it redefines it. Employees transition from managing repetitive tasks to overseeing AI-driven systems and teams, with the ability to make strategic decisions, drive new business models and focus on delivering strategic impact. Sound good?With incredible market momentum, top-shelf partners and customers, top marks from analysts and a vision to fuel the future of work by unleashing human potential, they are at the forefront of empowering 400 million automations and AI agent ‘digital workers’ to shape the enterprise of the future – today.
Retail is a brutal industry where even the massive companies, that seem impossible to topple, can crumble. Crate and Barrel has long been a household name in American retail, which shaped how generations of consumers furnish their homes. What started as a small Chicago storefront in the 1960s has grown into a $2B global brand with over 100 locations, a powerful online presence, and sister brands like CB2 and Crate & Kids that continue to redefine the home shopping experience.In this episode of The Reboot Chronicles, we sit down with Gordon Segal, the co-founder of Crate and Barrel. As the Chairman and CEO, Gordon grew Crate & Barrel into a global home furnishings powerhouse, pioneering the accessible modern design movement that rebooted American retail through experiential store layouts, minimalist merchandising, and international sourcing. A pioneer in retail, Gordon helped create an accessible, design-forward brand long before “lifestyle retail” became a thing. Follow along as Gordon reflects on Crate and Barrel’s humble beginnings, keys to scaling a values-driven business, tough leadership transitions and reboots, and how staying true to culture remains a competitive advantage—even in an era of Amazon and Wayfair.
When it comes to the financial industry the word “NO” seems like their favorite response—many banks have VP’s of No! To a promising borrower who gets denied due to a hard-set credit model, or a working parent who has a steady income but a short credit history, banks are likely to say no to both of their loan requests. One of the ways to resolve this is rebooting how FICO scores work—but good luck getting the big dog banks to learn a new system. Sanjiv Das, the co-founder and president of Pagaya, is rebooting all of it. They are not changing how FICO scores work, but the loan system as a whole. Pagaya is an AI-powered underwriting platform connecting lending partners, like VISA, Master Card, US Bank, Ally, and SoFI with a network of over 130 institutional investors. Founded in Israel and taken public on the NASDAQ, Pagaya has optimized AI to underwrite “second-look” loans—the kind traditional lenders might decline—by partnering with financial institutions that want to expand credit access without all of risk.The billion-dollar company has experienced massive growth, evaluated over $2.6T in loan applications and generated $32B in new credit across millions of consumers through point-of-sale, personal, and auto loans. That’s a lot of data! With hundreds of data scientists, they continue to lead the industry, expanding their platform capabilities, that go beyond the old traditional FICA score systems—and they just launched a new $1 billion POS lending program.Sanjiv explains it all, from their underwriting engine designed to see people not just profiles to the immense power AI has on this industry and why this venture was worth leaving retirement for.
Being the biggest leader in your industry sector doesn’t guarantee the future anymore. These days it can be quite the opposite, as we continue to witness big-dog leaders being dethroned by the next generation of agile tech-enabled competitors.On this episode of The Reboot Chronicles Show we have a sit down with Wayne Levings, a CEO, Chief Client Officer, and Executive Committee Member at Kantar, to learn from one of the biggest reboots of our decade.For Kantar, the struggle over the last decade has been real, as they have been through multiple reboots, adapting to the global power shifts in the market. The first reboot came with a mandate to breakup some of the pieces and spinout the company from the WPP Mothership through a partnership with Bain Capital. Now on their own, Kantar is a $3.5B marketing data and analytics powerhouse with 25,000 employees operating in 100 countries. With massive backing from Bain they have an opportunity to invest in next-gen areas, like AI and automation, and seize what’s next. But it won’t be easy to fight back and disrupt the disruptive disruptors.Watch or listen as we unpack this exciting reboot in progress, as they search for the perfect balance of AI and human-driven data—with a sneak peek into the future in this frothy hyper-competitive market being disrupted by AI.
When it comes down to brands that put 110% into customer experiences, few have managed to create something as sweet Dylan’s Candy Bar. Since opening around the turn of this century, Dylan’s has grown into the world’s largest confectionery emporium and a multi-channel lifestyle brand with more than 7,000 SKUs across categories from gourmet sweets and nostalgic treats to fashion, accessories, and home decor. Through a blend of nostalgia, style, and an immersive experience whenever you interact with their product, it is hard not to feel like a kid again.
Often called the “Candy Queen”, Dylan Lauren is an entrepreneur, designer, daughter of fashion royalty, and CEO of Dylan’s Candy. The visionary who reimagined how the world experiences candy, Dylan has built one of the most iconic brands in retail-tainment, and become a cultural force – merging sweet nostalgia with cutting-edge design and philanthropic purpose. Listen in as she unwraps where her inspiration comes from, how she unleashed her inner child to turn classic candy stores into a playground for all ages, why her childhood dreams and an eye for color helped her create a brand that tastes as sweet as it did decades ago—and what her next reboot looks like.