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The CEO Signal

Semafor Podcasts
Artificial Intelligence
Pwc
Allstate
The CEO Signal
Starbucks
Verizon
CEO
GSK
AI In Healthcare
IBM
Aspen Institute
AGI / Robotics / Quantum Computing
Leadership / Management
Customer Experience
Cisco
Semaphore
Hybrid Cloud
AI Skilling / Reskilling
Board / Governance
Tom Wilson

When the business world moves, these are the leaders making the decisions that shape it. The CEO Signal is a new show hosted by Penny Pritzker — investor, business builder, and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce — and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Semafor’s CEO Editor. Episodes are released every two weeks. Building on The CEO Signal newsletter, read by the world’s top chief executives, the show bring... more

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In this episode of The CEO Signal, Chuck Robbins talks about the people decisions behind a transformation as sweeping as Cisco's repositioning for the age of AI. He says executives need to “disagree and commit,” but warns that CEOs shouldn't tolerate... more

"There should be more voices" in the corporate world speaking up on societal issues, Allstate CEO Tom Wilson says in this episode of The CEO Signal. “CEOs need to stand up and decide what’s important to them, what’s important to their customers — and... more

“If somebody’s going to punch me, I’m going to punch back,” Verizon CEO Dan Schulman says in this episode of The CEO Signal.

Schulman, who came out of retirement six months ago to lead the $200 billion telecoms company, reveals that he initially tur... more

What does it take to make big bets inside a public company?

In this episode of The CEO Signal, IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna discusses how he thinks about major strategic decisions at a moment of rapid technological change — from hybrid cloud ... more

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Recent Guests

Chuck Robbins
Chairman and CEO of Cisco
Cisco
Episode: Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins on AI transformation, hard decisions, and leading at speed
Tom Wilson
CEO of Allstate (guest)
Allstate
Episode: Allstate CEO Tom Wilson on trust, purpose and why CEOs should speak up
Dan Schulman
CEO of Verizon (former PayPal executive, telecom veteran)
Verizon
Episode: Dan Schulman, Verizon CEO, on AI, layoffs and punching back
Arvind Krishna
Chairman and CEO of IBM
IBM
Episode: Arvind Krishna, IBM CEO, on Big Bets, AI, and Quantum
Emma Walmsley
Former CEO of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
GSK
Episode: Emma Walmsley on Leading and Leaving GSK
Brian Niccol
CEO of Starbucks
Starbucks
Episode: Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol on Leading Through Turnarounds

Hosts

Penny Pritzker
Host of The CEO Signal, investor and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce; frequently appears as a lead host guiding conversations with senior executives.
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson
Co-host and Semafor CEO Editor; brings editorial leadership and deep business coverage to the conversations.

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4.9 out of 5 stars from 23 ratings
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    Very informative conversation

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    Pat Virginia
    United States2 months ago

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Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins on AI transformation, hard decisions, and leading at speed
Q: What leadership practices does Robbins use to keep Cisco nimble in a fast-changing AI era?
He highlights being the pace car, communicating relentlessly, empowering and hiring people who can move quickly, and creating AI education initiatives across the company to keep teams up to speed.
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins on AI transformation, hard decisions, and leading at speed
Q: How did Cisco handle the silicon and Splunk acquisitions in terms of integration and culture?
He explains that while the acquisitions brought cultural fit challenges, they were necessary to consolidate into a single architecture and expand security and data capabilities, with ongoing communication to align teams and sales motions.
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins on AI transformation, hard decisions, and leading at speed
Q: Tell us about the transition Cisco made from a primarily hardware company to a broader software and AI platform.
Robbins describes balancing hardware strength with software and recurring revenue, emphasizing that Cisco needed to accelerate software adoption while maintaining hardware leadership, which laid the groundwork for their current AI-focused strategy.
Allstate CEO Tom Wilson on trust, purpose and why CEOs should speak up
Q: What do you make of the fact that fewer of your peer CEOs are willing to speak about this stuff at the moment?
He expresses disappointment but emphasizes that others have their own objectives; he believes there should be more voices and that leaders should decide what matters to them and their customers.
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol on Leading Through Turnarounds
Q: How do you balance speed and quality when testing pilots before scaling?
Start with low-risk, high-visibility changes, run pilots to validate data, and if results are favorable, scale; stay data-informed but avoid over-dependence on hunches.

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The recent episodes center on leadership in times of rapid technological change, with a strong emphasis on AI adoption, workforce transformation, and strategic pivots at large organizations. Conversations commonly explore how senior executives steer large-scale turnarounds, manage cost-structure shifts, and re-skill or reorient teams to compete in an increasingly automated and data-driven economy. Notable threads include the balance between AI-enabled capabilities and human-centric customer experiences, governance and board dynamics during disruption, and how leaders communicate strategy under pressure from activists, investors, or market scrutiny. A recurring pattern is the combination of practical leadership playbooks—pilot tests, staged ... more

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6. Brian Niccol

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