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How customer obsession is driving success at Lyft

June 17, 2026

When Lyft CEO David Risher started, he had to let 26% of his team go. "Our prices when I started were just too high. We weren't paying drivers enough." On this episode of This Is Working, David shares the hard calls he had to make when he became CEO, and how he took the company from losing money to its first full year of profitability. We also get into why he still drives his own Lyft every six weeks, and the rider conversation that changed how he thinks about pricing.

The playbook era is over

May 06, 2026

PwC's global chairman Mohamed Kande is working with some of the world's biggest companies in real time as the rules of business are being rewritten. On this episode of This Is Working, LinkedIn Editor in Chief Dan Roth asks him: what does it take to lead when AI has changed the rules? In their conversation, Mohamed also gets into why AI can give you expertise but will never give you judgment, why the best leaders right now are willing to be students again, and why avoiding tough calls is ju...

Rebecca Minkoff on how to avoid failure as a founder

April 02, 2026

"It sounds sexy to call yourself a founder. But this is a long game." Rebecca Minkoff has been playing it for almost two decades, and she came ready to talk about the parts nobody warns you about. She didn't hold back, on what happens after you take investor money, how to know when it's time to sell, and why a great idea means nothing without product market fit.