by Gregory Heller | Jun 17, 2026 | Episodes
First-year Foster MBA (Class of ’27) Tejash Bagri explains how he turned a stalled application into an interview by building a go-to-market prototype before reaching out — and what that says about standing out when every candidate has the same AI tools. A...
by Gregory Heller | Jun 11, 2026 | Episodes
Ahmad Ghabboun built a Demo Day–winning AI product during his MSIS program — after arriving with no plans to work in AI at all. He breaks down how his mindset shifted, how his design background made him a stronger prompter, and how to build AI fluency that actually...
by Gregory Heller | Jun 4, 2026 | Episodes
Hannah Hoffmaster went from a self-described two-out-of-seven in technical skill to building multi-agent AI tools in a single year at Foster. This episode is for anyone — technical or not — trying to understand what genuine AI fluency looks like and how to build it....
by Gregory Heller | May 22, 2026 | Episodes
Nathan Fitzgerald didn’t come up through tech. He spent years as a lobbyist, moved into marketing, got laid off in 2024, and treated that moment as a forcing function: how do I build a skill set that doesn’t become obsolete? That question led him to...
by Gregory Heller | May 15, 2026 | Episodes
Anshula Singh came into Foster’s MBA program with five years of software engineering experience — building products at Salesforce and ServiceNow, working with machine learning, helping train early LLMs from the inside. She wasn’t new to AI. She was already...
by Gregory Heller | Mar 17, 2026 | Episodes
Ted Jordan spent 24 years at Microsoft as a global program and account manager before becoming a consultant, professional speaker, and guest lecturer at UW Foster School of Business. His talk — From Outsider to Ally — reframes how we think about networking: less about...
by Gregory Heller | Feb 25, 2026 | Episodes
Layoffs are back in the headlines. Job postings are down. Hiring cycles are longer. What does that mean for MBA students and other professionals navigating today’s market? In this episode, I speak with Steve Jaffe, author of The Layoff Journey: From Dismissal to...
by Gregory Heller | Jan 21, 2026 | Episodes
Most presentation failures don’t happen because the presenter lacks insight. They happen because the artifact is wrong. If you’ve ever watched someone read dense slides out loud—or sent a slide deck as a pre-read only to get confused questions later—you’ve seen this...
by Gregory Heller | Jan 14, 2026 | Episodes
Data doesn’t persuade. Insight does. In this episode, I break down what effective data visualization really means—and why most charts fail to do their job. This isn’t about making slides look prettier. It’s about helping your audience think clearly,...
