E-mail a friendApril 30, 2009
Former journalist turned strategic consultant Joshua Cooper Ramo talks about spending time in the Middle East and says the U.S. needs to recalibrate its instincts. Mike Krzyzewski, head of the Duke University men's basketball program, describes his coaching style and speculates on what can be expected from his team.
Joshua Cooper Ramo
Joshua Cooper Ramo
Strategic consultant talks about the problems with unregulated capitalism. (2:14)
Full interview. (12:12)
Joshua Cooper Ramo has been called "one of China's leading foreign-born scholars." Splitting his time between Beijing and New York, he's the youngest managing director in the history of Kissinger Associates—one of the world's leading strategic advisory firms. An award-winning journalist, he was formerly Time magazine's youngest-ever foreign editor. Ramo also spent two sabbaticals working at AIDS hospices in South Africa. In The Age of the Unthinkable, he offers a new model for understanding an unpredictable world.
Mike Krzyzewski
Mike Krzyzewski
Coack K talks about inspiring professionals to play for national pride, not money. (2:40)
Full interview. (14:39)
Under Mike Krzyzewski—known to his fans as Coach K— the Duke men's basketball program has become one of the nation's most successful. His teams have had high graduation rates, played in 21 NCAA tournaments and 10 Final Fours and won three national championships. Last year, he also led the U.S. men's team to Olympic gold. The 12-time National Coach of the Year is a former assistant coach at Indiana University and head coach at his alma mater, the U.S. Military Academy. He was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in '01.