Speeches, Interviews & Presentations

The title is self-explanatory. I gave variations of this speech many times to many audiences. Here are two of them. I think the UCSD one is better thought through.

A presentation to the Women's Leadership Forum at BlackRock. A unique perspective on how to get your requests granted. The advice is to think about creating an "asking capital account" where deposits need to precede withdrawals. How can one make deposits into this account? And what's the right way to make withdrawals?

I gave versions of this presentation to several audiences over the years. This one comes from a UBS-sponsored hedge fund conference in Zurich in 2011. It covers several hedge fund related lessons that I learned the hard way. It's actually one of my worst presentations, but it was received far better than it deserved to be.

Three pieces of advice that I didn't know when I graduated with my Ph.D.:   I covered the importance of hair color, the importance of liking what you do, and the importance of relationships.

Another one with a self-explanatory title. This presentation walks through the events of the financial crisis in an effort to (a) clarify what happened and why, and (b) assign blame to the right places.

Did a presentation to the UCSD student body about the role of "big data" and data sciences in forecasting stock market returns. Here's the flyer and a version of the presentation deck. I gave versions of this presentation to many different audiences toward the end of my BLK career.

Self-explanatory. Gave this presentation to a high school class at Glendale Academy in Glendale, Arizona. It covers the policy mistakes made during the Great Depression and why they were made, concluding that the Great Recession didn't turn into another Great Depression because we learned from history...and that's why we study history.

I've always maintained that culture is the most important driver of long-run business success. Because of that belief, I talked about culture a lot. These are a sampling of my presentations on the topic. There's obviously a lot of overlap between all of them.

Because I had a senior position in business, I was often asked to talk about leadership. Attached are some interviews and presentations I gave on the topic. There's a lot of overlap between each of these.

Here is a collection of random presentations, speeches and interviews that were each one-offs (given only once or twice). Topics vary.