In Reality: Lessons from Leaders and Entrepreneurs

Host John Rebecchi explores how culture, creativity, and passion ignite the drive to start and sustain new ventures. Using Google’s Notebook LLM, this episode synthesizes interviews with three founders to illuminate diverse paths to entrepreneurial success. The featured entrepreneurs are:

• Snigdha Sur, founder of The Juggernaut

• Thulani Ngazimbi, creator of The Rad Black Kids

• Sue Wilkowski, founder of Casa de Spin and seria...

In this episode, host John Rebecki explores how innovators identify opportunities, build strategies, and sustain passion through challenges. Drawing from expert insights by Craig Dubitsky (Hello Products, Colgate-Palmolive), Lorraine Marchand (The Innovation Mindset), Joe Batista (Dell, HP), and Golan Shaked (Kiwi.com, Deezer), the discussion highlights that successful innovation stems from empathy, curiosity, and disciplined execu...

Hosted by John Rebecchi, this episode explores how AI and data analytics are transforming business, education, and society. The conversation blends insights from four experts — Josh Nafman, Dr. Amir Gefen, Jonah Lopin, and Sarah Nagy — into an AI-generated discussion on innovation, strategy, and human-AI collaboration.

Across all perspectives, the episode stresses that the defining skills of the AI era are curiosity, adaptability, ...

This podcast episode is the Season 11 premiere of "In Reality," hosted by John Rebecchi. The episode represents a new format where AI technology is being used to repurpose and synthesize content from over 60 previous episodes spanning 10 seasons.

Key Format Changes

The show has adopted an innovative approach using Google's AI-powered Notebook LM to analyze past episodes, group them by shared themes, and create new 20-minute episode...

In this groundbreaking season of In Reality: Lessons from Leaders and Entrepreneurs, we’re using artificial intelligence to reimagine our most powerful conversations. By analyzing over 60 episodes and organizing them into key themes—like leadership, strategy, innovation, and data science—we’ve created fresh, 20-minute episodes that distill essential lessons from top industry voices. Tune in to hear how AI can transform storytelling...

How do you take one of the most complex and high-stakes processes in business, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and bring clarity and innovation to it? In this episode, host John Rebecchi (M.B.A. ’83), Ph.D. welcomes Kison Patel, Founder and CEO of DealRoom, a project management platform designed specifically for complex financial transactions. With over a decade of experience as an M&A advisor, Kris witnessed firsthand the ...

The pace of technological disruption is accelerating, and with it, the risks businesses face have become more complex and interconnected. In this relaunch episode, host John Rebecchi (M.B.A. ’83), Ph.D. welcomes Catherine A. Allen, New York Tech's Board of Trustee, and Founder and Chairman of the Board of The Santa Fe Group, a strategic consulting company based in Santa Fe, NM. The Santa Fe Group, specializes in briefings to C-leve...

Artificial intelligence continues to advance and the stories of innovators and companies driving this transformation are evolving just as quickly. Their stories are worth hearing again. In this special relaunch from Season 8, we revisit John Rebecchi’s (M.B.A. ’83, Ph.D.) engaging conversation with Sarah Nagy, CEO of Seek AI. Originally recorded during the early rise of generative AI, Nagy reflects on her journey from Quant, specia...

In this episode, host John Rebecchi (M.B.A. ’83, Ph.D.) welcomes rugby legend Stuart Krohn, whose influence reaches far beyond the field. A standout All-American at UC Santa Barbara in 1986, Krohn's career took him from UC Santa Barbara and the University of Colorado-Boulder to Stade Toulousain in France, where he helped secure a national championship. Krohn then went on to lead Valley RFC in Hong Kong to eight consecutive champion...

In this episode, host John Rebecchi (M.B.A. ’83, Ph.D.) sits down with Perry Carpenter, an award-winning author, speaker, and cybersecurity expert. With over two decades of experience, Perry has dedicated his career to understanding how cyber criminals exploit human behavior. As the Chief Human Risk Management Strategist at KnowBe4, he helps businesses build a strong cybersecurity culture.

We will explore the critical need for orga...

In this episode, host John Rebecchi (M.B.A. ’83, Ph.D.) sits down with Linda Rust, Principal and Founder of SecuriThink. As a strategic cybersecurity advisor, Linda specializes in crisis management and mission-critical programs, providing guidance to Fortune 100 C-suite executives, Board members, private equity firms, and business owners.

Linda will share best practices and strategies to help leaders evaluate and strengthen their s...

In this episode, John Rebecchi (M.B.A. ’83), Ph.D., welcomes Radoslaw (Radek) Nowak, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Management and expert in strategic management and managerial effectiveness, to share insights from his research. Nowak holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has experience as a manager and business consultant at Fortune 500 companies in the United States before transitionin...

Welcome to Season 10, Episode 1 of the New York Institute of Technology’s AACSB-accredited School of Management In Reality Podcast! Host John Rebecchi (M.B.A. '83), Ph.D. kicks off the season with special guest, Douglas London, a decorated 34-year CIA veteran who served in executive roles and as Chief of Station across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. He was a senior intelligence representative to the President and a CIA subject ...

We are thrilled to announce that Season 10 of School of Management's podcast series “In Reality: Lessons from Leaders and Entrepreneurs" is set to launch on January 27, 2025. In this season, we will focus on Risk Management, one of the most crucial areas of today's business operations. We will explore topics including cybersecurity, third-party risk, and the impact of artificial intelligence. Some of our expert guests this season w...

In this episode, John Rebecchi (M.B.A. ’83), Ph.D., welcomes Craig Dubitsky for his third appearance on the In Reality Podcast. Craig, a visionary entrepreneur who continues to push the boundaries of innovation, is the co-founder of happy® products, a coffee brand launched in collaboration with Robert Downey Jr. He also founded Hello Products LLC (acquired by Colgate-Palmolive), co-founded eos products, was a founding board member ...

In this episode, our host John Rebecchi (M.B.A. ’83), Ph.D., sits down with John Magliocco (B.S. '85), President of Arrow Linen Supply Company Inc., a family-owned business since 1947, providing linen services to industries like food & beverage, healthcare, and schools across New York City and beyond. As a 3rd-generation leader with over 40 years of experience, John has played a key role in establishing Arrow as a market leader...

In this episode, our host John Rebecchi (M.B.A. ’83), Ph.D., sat down with Thulani Ngazimbi (B.S. '11, M.S. '14), Founder and Chief Creative Officer of The Rad Black Kids, a sustainability-driven long-board and streetwear brand. Drawing from his Zimbabwean roots, Ngazimbi designs products that share powerful stories of Africans in the diaspora, challenging cultural monoliths and reshaping perceptions.

We will gain insights on how c...

In this episode, host John Rebecchi (M.B.A. ’83), Ph.D., sits down with Bob Miglani, Keynote Speaker, Bestselling Author, Leadership Coach and Founder & CEO of Hoot and Embrace the Chaos. Bob's remarkable journey began when he arrived in the U.S. from India with his family at the age of 9, carrying just $75 and a strong determination to pursue the American dream. With over 20 years of executive experience at Pfizer and in entre...

The growth phase occurs after a startup’s launch and can pose significant challenges for founders. During this time, leaders strive to scale their companies for rapid growth; however, scaling can stretch resources and test the founder's abilities in all aspects of the business. This is the journey our guest has experienced. In this episode, our host John Rebecchi (M.B.A. ’83), Ph.D. welcomes Garrett Delph, founder and CEO of Clarit...