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400. Dr. Michael Orkin joins Dan Hesse to explain how Luck and Chance impact our daily lives


In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with Dr. Michael Orkin, author of The Story of Chance: What’s Luck Got To Do With It? to explain the difference between skill and luck, what to play and avoid at the casino, what sports betting advice is worth paying for, and whether synchronicity exists or not.  A distinguished professor, consultant, researcher and author with a wealth of experience that offers unique insights into the concepts of chance and luck, Dr. Michael Orkin holds a BA in Mathematics and a PhD in Statistics from the University of California, Berkeley. Throughout his career, Dr. Orkin has made significant contributions to the field of statistics, particularly in the gaming industry, where he frequently serves as a consultant. His extensive research has been published in numerous academic papers, and he has delivered invited talks on these topics, including a notable presentation at Google Tech Talks. Dr. Orkin is a Professor Emeritus of Statistics at California State University, East Bay, and he currently serves on the mathematics faculty at Berkeley City College. His expertise and experience make him a leading authority on the statistical principles underlying games, chance and the role of luck in various aspects of life. Listen to THE MENTORS RADIO podcast anywhere, any time, on any platform, just click here!

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396. Mark O. Hubbard joins Dan Hesse to discuss the impact Coach Ara Parseghian had on those around him

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394. Tim Grunhard joins Dan Hesse to discuss how mentorship from teammates and coaches changed his life

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391. Host Dan Hesse and award-winning writer Jon Gertner discuss the most innovative institution in history, Bell Labs

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390. Learn from Harvard’s Bill George: The CEO Who Built Medtronic’s Culture for Global Growth, with Host Tom Loarie

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389. Retired Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky joins Dan Hesse to discuss leadership, benefits of military training and the future of medical science

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with retired Johnson & Johnson Chairman and CEO Alex Gorsky about how the Army prepared him for business leadership, how to develop the skills essential to effectively running a large company, the most exciting developments on the horizon in healthcare, and how capitalism can be a force for good.  Listen to our radio podcast anywhere, any time, on any platform, click here!

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388. Healing your Company, Organization, Family from the Inside Out with guest Dr. Catherine Harrington and Host Tom Loarie

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387. Chancellor of University of Houston Renu Khator, Ph.D. on teaching Gen Z, leadership and breaking barriers, with Host Dan Hesse

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385. David Rubenstein talks with Host Dan Hesse about How To Lead

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Joe Montana on The Mentors Radio


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384. “Always be prepared to start,” Joe Montana shares tips for success on the field and in life with Host Dan Hesse

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376. Best-selling author Gretchen Rubin joins Dan Hesse to discuss how we can be happier and make those around us happier

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David Foster on The Mentors Radio with Dan Hesse


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374. Learn from David Foster, famed composer, musician, 16-times-Grammy Award-winner and a Mentor to the Stars

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Ursula Burns


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367. Where You Are is Not Who You Are, an Interview with CEO Ursula Burns

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with Ursula Burns, Chairwoman of Teneo and founding partner of private equity company Integrum Holdings. But Ursula is best known for serving as Chairwoman and CEO of Xerox during a 36-year-career there, where she became the first black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company.

In addition, Ursula serves on several private company boards, while also providing leadership counsel to several community, educational and non-profit organizations including the Ford Foundation, the MIT Corporation, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Mayo Clinic, among others. President Obama appointed her to lead the White House national program on STEM and she served as Chair of the President’s Export Council. Since February 2022, Ursula Burns has served as Vice Chair of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Advisory Council on Supply Chain Competitiveness.

Ursula holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from NYU.  She’s a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Academy of Engineering.

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365. How To Lead, with Guest Mentor David Rubenstein

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with David Rubenstein, the Co-Founder of one of the world’s largest and most successful private investment firms, the host of The David Rubenstein Show and other programs on Bloomberg TV and PBS, and the author of How to Lead. They discuss what Rubenstein has learned about leadership from interviewing the world’s greatest leaders. 

David Rubenstein is Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s  largest and most successful private investment firms. In addition to hosting The David Rubenstein show and other programs on Bloomberg and PBS, David chairs the boards of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Gallery of Art, the Economic Club of Washington, and the University of Chicago. David is also a Trustee of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Institute for Advanced Study, the National Constitution Center, the Brookings Institution, and the World Economic Forum. He’s a Director of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Rubenstein’s memberships and awards are too lengthy to list. He is especially known for his philanthropy. He’s an original signer of The Giving Pledge, and a leader in the area of Patriotic Philanthropy, having made transformative gifts for the restoration or repair of many of America’s most important monuments, and he’s provided long-term loans to the U.S. government of his rare copies of the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Emancipation Proclamation, the 13th Amendment, the first map of the U.S., and the first book printed in the U.S.  David recently bought the Baltimore Orioles. He is the author of four books and in this episode Dan and David discuss one of these books, namely, How to Lead.

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363. Kansas City Chiefs’ President Mark Donovan describes the Quest to Become the “World’s Team” and the “Taylor Swift Effect”

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George K. Simon, PhD


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362. Dr. George Simon on How to Recognize and Defeat Manipulators

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Greg Graves


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361. Greg Graves Lays Out Why Employee Ownership is Better for America

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Steve Case


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358. Tech Visionary Steve Case, founder of AOL, on how to deliver a compelling investor pitch and more

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George Brett


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356. Meet George Brett: How a willingness to be coached and listen turned an average hitter into one of the greatest to ever swing a bat

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