Archive - Careers & Character

#17 - Arthur Goldberg - The Books Don’t Run the Race

Listen now | From starting to work at age 12 in Johannesburg, to building and backing insurance ventures in London, and now advising CEOs across Europe…

13 hrs ago •

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Konstantin Dreyer

1:04:17

July 2025

#16 - Cliff Go - Ask Better Questions

Listen now | From growing up in the Netherlands and building a global food brand with his brothers, to teaching at INSEAD and mentoring future leaders…

Jul 14 •

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Konstantin Dreyer

46:05

#15 - Professor Omar Toulan - Helping Others Reach Their Full Potential

Listen now | From advising at the White House and consulting at McKinsey, to teaching for two decades at McGill and now mentoring students as Dean of…

Jul 7 •

Konstantin Dreyer

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1:06:21

#14 - Fang Yuan - Humans Deserve to Be Loved

Listen now | From a small village in China to quality management across multiple industries, and now fatherhood and an MBA in Switzerland, this is the…

Jul 4 •

Konstantin Dreyer

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44:56

June 2025

#13 - Abdulaziz Akbar - Your Edge Lies in Consistency and Persistence, Not in Brilliance

Listen now | From growing up in Kuwait and studying petroleum engineering in Colorado to managing institutional portfolios and now pursuing an MBA in…

Jun 30 •

Konstantin Dreyer

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51:36

#12 - Auni Mirabrishami - Lessons in Leadership, on and off the Field

Listen now | From discovering cricket via a Netflix documentary and playing in her San Francisco backyard to co-founding a nonprofit that’s reshaping…

Jun 24 •

Konstantin Dreyer

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49:54

#11 - José Parra Moyano - Why Does the World Need You

Listen now (46 mins) | From exploring his curiosity as a self-described “kid at heart” to earning a PhD and later founding his own startup, this is the…

Jun 19 •

Konstantin Dreyer

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46:27

#10 - John & Konsti - What We Learned From Our First 10 Episodes

From Idea to Impact: Our First Season of Careers & Character

Jun 17 •

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Konstantin Dreyer

50:55

#09 - Katinka Wodschow - Unleashing Creativity in Strategy and Team Coaching

Listen now (43 mins) | From directing school musicals as an “acting director” to structuring deals and executing strategies in private equity, and…

Jun 10 •

Konstantin Dreyer

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43:09

#08 - Kilian Graulich - How To Manifest Your Dream Career

Listen now | From pursuing handball at a high level to leading teams and board meetings at McKinsey and, ultimately, finding his niche as a family…

Jun 5

1:02:58

#07 - Oliver Zeidler - After Defeat, Always Come Back Stronger

Listen now | From being a top-10 German swimmer to winning gold in the Men’s Singles Sculls at the 2024 Olympic Games to embarking on a new journey in…

Jun 2

59:05

May 2025

#06 - Georg B. Lauritsen - 95% of Skills Can Be Trained

Listen now | From learning to sail on Danish waters as a five-year-old novice to charting new waters in strategy consulting and now bringing all his…

May 29

52:22

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