Taking Stock with Shelley Bransten
Taking Stock with Shelley Bransten, spotlights the life stories and journeys of leaders, influencers, and disruptors at the intersection of brands, retail, and technology, with new episodes monthly.
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The data analytics and AI innovator
07/20/2023
The data analytics and AI innovator
Join Shelley as she talks with Deepak Jose, Global Director of Demand Analytics at Mars. Deepak talks about the role of data and analytics in purpose-led consumer goods like Mars, business planning for generations not quarters and how the Japanese concept of “Ikigai” has influenced his life and career. Shelley Bransten | (host) Deepak Jose| (guest) "" Watch all episodes on - a conversation with Shelley Bransten
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Leadership lessons from an executive coach
06/20/2023
Leadership lessons from an executive coach
Join Shelley for this extended episode as she talks with Eva Archer-Smith about her career as an executive coach. Eva goes all the way back to her very first job and how experience as an executive in both the oil and airline industries led her to become an executive coach. Learn about her lessons learned along the way, why she believes everybody should walk through life open-minded and open-armed and her purpose to help people rediscover the joy and courage in their work. Episode Chapters: 02:45 – My first job 08:50 – Lessons learned 11:22 – 2 things I’m noticing 12:38 – Experience is a good teacher 16:00 – The skill of asking 20:50 – School thinking 21:36 – A Farmer’s Story 25:46 – The transition to coaching 31:40 – Coming to terms with reality 32:50 – Neuroscience findings 37:51 – Fun Five Shelley Bransten | (host) Eva Archer-Smith| (guest) Watch all episodes on Microsoft Cloud's YouTube channel:
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The journey of a serial entrepreneur
05/02/2023
The journey of a serial entrepreneur
Join Shelley as she talks with Lily Kanter about her life as a serial entrepreneur. Lily charts her early days at Microsoft to becoming an entrepreneur starting Serena & Lily, Boon Supply and Averylily. Learn about the big lessons learned along the way, advice to other budding entrepreneurs and how companies can think about profit and philanthropy in the same breath. Shelley Bransten | (host) Lily Kanter| (guest) Watch all episodes on - a conversation with Shelley Bransten
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Resilient Retail
04/03/2023
Resilient Retail
Join Shelley as she talks with Daniel Newman, CEO, The Futurum Group. Daniel talks about the findings of their latest research on ‘Resilient Retail.’ Learn about the 3A’s of resilient retail (Adapt, Anticipate and Absorb), and the major traits of the ‘most resilient’ retailers on the planet. Shelley Bransten | (host) Daniel Newman | (guest) Watch all episodes on - a conversation with Shelley Bransten
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Autonomous Stores: The Future of Retail
02/15/2023
Autonomous Stores: The Future of Retail
Join Shelley as she talks with Tomasz Blicharksi. EVP of the Management Board, Żabka Group, Managing Director of Żabka Future about the future of retail. Tomasz talks about how Zabka is bringing their vision of “making lives easier” to life and why visiting a store in the future should be like opening the door to your fridge. Also learn about his 3 big bets for future retail success. Shelley Bransten | (host) Tomasz Blicharski| (guest) Watch all episodes on - a conversation with Shelley Bransten
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What we're seeing
02/01/2023
What we're seeing
Join Shelley as she talks with John Dick, Founder & CEO, at Civic Science, a real-time market intelligence company. Recorded prior to the 2022 holiday season, John gives us his predictions for the future of the retail industry. Specifically, the changing customer context, trends he expects to stick, and potential winners & losers for 2023. Listen in to find out how many of his predictions have already come true. Shelley Bransten | (host) John Dick| (guest) Watch all episodes on
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Leadership Lessons with Mom.B.A
12/20/2022
Leadership Lessons with Mom.B.A
Join Shelley as she talks with Karyn Schoenbart, Former CEO, NPD Group, about her journey from college graduate to high-performing CEO. Karyn shares her lessons learned along the way, how she overcame imposter syndrome and what lied behind her decision to write the bestselling book “Mom.B.A.” Shelley Bransten | (host) Karyn Schoenbart | | (guest) Watch all episodes on Microsoft Cloud's YouTube channel:
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The rise of recommerce
12/06/2022
The rise of recommerce
Join Shelley as she talks with Andy Ruben, CEO & Founder, Trove, about his journey from being Walmart’s first Chief Sustainability Officer to founding Trove. Listen in as he talks about why the future of retail will be just as much about having customers bring things back to stores for resale as it will be to buy new things. Welcome to the word of recommerce. Shelley Bransten | (host) Andy Ruben | | (guest) Watch all episodes on Microsoft Cloud's YouTube channel:
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The sustainability imperative
11/22/2022
The sustainability imperative
Join Shelley as she talks with Elisabeth Brinton, Corporate Vice President, Sustainability at Microsoft about her life’s work: sustainability. Elisabeth talks about why and how organizations of all types, sizes, and sectors will need to fundamentally transform common practices to meet the new sustainability imperative. And how, in fact, sustainability can be a force for multi-bottom line growth and profitability. Shelley Bransten | (host) Elisabeth Brinton | (guest) Watch all episodes on Microsoft Cloud's YouTube channel:
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Accenture Song’s Nina Holdaway
09/22/2022
Accenture Song’s Nina Holdaway
Shelley Bransten welcomes Accenture Song’s Nina Holdaway. This is part 2 of their conversation, where Nina talks about why CMOs are increasingly ‘decluttering’, the survivor, strive, and thriver framework, what sets ‘thrive’ CMOs apart from the rest, and the top 3 pieces of advice for 2022. Shelley Bransten | Nina Holdaway | Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at
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