Bob Safian

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Host at Masters of Scale: Rapid Response

Journalist, optimist, family man, delusional hoopster, founder of The Flux Group, host of Rapid Response, former editor of Fast Company

Articles

GE Vernova’s CEO on thriving through tariffs and supply chain shifts

6 days ago | devicedaily.com | Bob Safian |Robert Safian

GE Vernova’s CEO on thriving through tariffs and supply chain shifts Amid tariff whiplash and the rejuggling of global trade, GE Vernova’s CEO Scott Strazik is finding a way to stay “relentlessly optimistic.” Strazik returns to the Rapid Response podcast to share how the company plans to continue its success as one of Wall Street’s top-performing stocks, despite looming supply chain disruption and market unpredictability. This is an abridged transcript of an interview from Rapid Response,...
Inside ‘Signalgate’: How The Atlantic navigated a national security scandal

1 week ago | devicedaily.com | Bob Safian |Robert Safian

Inside ‘Signalgate’: How The Atlantic navigated a national security scandal When government officials accidentally included Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, in a Signal group chat discussing U.S. military plans, all hell broke loose.
5 perguntas para José Andrés, da World Central Kitchen | Fast Company Brasil

3 weeks ago | fastcompanybrasil.com | Bob Safian |Robert Safian

Como fundador da organização não-governamental World Central Kitchen, o renomado chef José Andrés domina a arte de liderar pessoas em meio a crises. Fundada em 2010, a WCK fornece refeições a vítimas de desastres, como no caso do grande terremoto de 2021 no Haiti e do furacão Helene, nos EUA, em 2024. Na semana passada, a entidade teve que suspender o atendimento na Faixa de Gaza por falta de suprimentos para produzir pães e refeições.
How Zipline's Keller Cliffton built the world's largest drone delivery network

1 month ago | fastcompany.com | Bob Safian |Robert Safian

Zipline's cofounder and CEO Keller Cliffton charts the company's recent expansion from transporting blood for lifesaving transfusions in Rwanda to retail deliveries across eight countries-including high-profile partnerships with the likes of Walmart, Chipotle, Panera, and the Mayo Clinic. Zipline's do-good health efforts and commercial deliveries are all part of Cliffton's vision for a radical, new transportation network that meets consumers' desire for accessibility and speed.
How Zipline’s Keller Cliffton built the world’s largest drone delivery network

1 month ago | finance.yahoo.com | Bob Safian |Robert Safian

Unlock stock picks and a broker-level newsfeed that powers Wall Street. Robert Safian Sat, May 3, 2025, 7:12 AM 7 min read In This Article: Zipline’s cofounder and CEO Keller Cliffton charts the company’s recent expansion from transporting blood for lifesaving transfusions in Rwanda to retail deliveries across eight countries—including high-profile partnerships with the likes of Walmart, Chipotle, Panera, and the Mayo Clinic.
José Andrés on AI, crisis tech, and rethinking the food system

1 month ago | fastcompany.com | Bob Safian |Robert Safian

As the founder of World Central Kitchen, renowned chef and humanitarian José Andrés has truly mastered the art of leading through crisis. Andrés shares insights from his new book, Change the Recipe -a candid collection of personal stories that doubles as a playbook for navigating uncertainty, breaking rules, and leading with heart. José also explores how AI is poised to reshape the food industry and more.
Inside ‘Signalgate’: How The Atlantic navigated a national security scandal

1 month ago | fastcompany.com | Bob Safian |Robert Safian

When government officials accidentally included Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, in a Signal group chat discussing U.S. military plans, all hell broke loose. The Atlantic’s CEO, Nicholas Thompson, joins Rapid Response to discuss the scandal now known as “Signalgate,” revealing insider details about how the story came to be and sharing how the publication thinks about fostering its success as a business while maintaining editorial independence.
Why one lawyer took a stand against Trump-era compliance

1 month ago | fastcompany.com | Bob Safian |Robert Safian

Many prominent law firms have recently found themselves in President Donald Trump’s crosshairs. Skadden, Arps attorney Rachel Cohen encouraged the firm to fight the government’s pressure, only to have her attempts rebuffed and to be effectively forced out from the firm. Cohen shares her fears about how the rule of law is changing in America, raising questions about the legal industry’s role in the checks and balances of the U.S. system of government.
Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson on resistance and resolve

2 months ago | fastcompany.com | Bob Safian |Robert Safian

Planned Parenthood is facing a new wave of existential threats, this time targeting its funding as a women’s health provider. Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court removed the federal right to abortion, Planned Parenthood President and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson shares why she’s now turned to the same court to protect her organization from an attack by South Carolina’s governor. Big funding attacks are also underway from Texas and the Trump Administration.
She helped create the U.S. Digital Service. Now it’s become the U.S. DOGE Service

2 months ago | devicedaily.com | Bob Safian |Robert Safian

She helped create the U.S. Digital Service. Now it’s become the U.S. DOGE Service Former U.S. deputy chief technology officer Jen Pahlka reflects on USDS’s transformation into the U.S. DOGE Service. As former U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Jen Pahlka helped to create the U.S. Digital Service (USDS).