273 Episodes

The Knowledge Project

The Knowledge Project explores the insights and decision-making of top leaders, entrepreneurs, and thinkers across various fields. It delves into the strategies and mindsets behind their success.

Episodes

Joe Liemandt: Alpha School and the Future of Education

Connor Teskey: Inside Brookfield’s Culture, Capital Allocation, and Competitive Edge

[Outliers] J.W. Marriott: Building an Empire Without a Master Plan

Inside the Mind of Robinhood Co-Founder Vlad Tenev

[Outliers] Phil Knight: The Obsession That Built Nike

The $2 Trillion Mind | Nicolai Tangen

The Psychology of Power | Michael Ovitz

How McDonald’s Took Over America | Ray Kroc [Outliers]

Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

The Multidisciplinary Approach to Thinking | Peter D. Kaufman [Outliers]

How to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones | James Clear

The Outlier Playbook: The Patterns Behind Enduring Success

Pierre Poilievre on the Role of Government, Freedom, and Affordability

Be Your Best in 2026: The Most Important Lessons from The Knowledge Project (2025)

Bernie Marcus: The Home Depot Story [Outliers]

How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

Mary Kay Ash: The Greatest Salesperson In History [Outliers]

7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

Charlie Munger: The Psychology of Human Misjudgment [Outliers]

Panera Founder Ron Shaich

Steve Wozniak: The Engineer Who Built Apple [Outliers]

Forensic Account: The Bubble No One is Talking About | Anthony Scilipoti

Jim Clayton: Turning Competitors’ Mistakes Into $1.7B [Outliers]

Building Great Businesses | Tracy Britt Cool

Hetty Green: The Witch of Wall Street [Outliers]

Barry Diller: Building IAC

Ed Stack: Lessons from Dick’s Sporting Goods [Outliers]

How To Build A Cult | Lulu Cheng Meservey

Fred Smith: The Story of FedEx [Outliers]

Why Everyone Is Wrong About AI (Including You) | Benedict Evans

Small Town Billionaire: How John Bragg Built 3 Empires [Outliers]

The Science of Lasting Love with Dr. Sue Johnson

Sol Price: The Retail Legend Who Taught Sam Walton, Jim Sinegal, and Jeff Bezos [Outliers]

Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

Katharine Graham: The Woman Who Took Down a President [Outliers]

Daniel Kahneman: Algorithms Make Better Decisions Than You

Les Schwab: Why Real Ownership Outperforms Experience, Capital, and Credentials [Outliers]

Harley Finkelstein: You Must Requalify for Your Role, Every Year

Jimmy Pattison: Building a $16B Empire Without Connections, Capital, or Credentials [Outliers]

Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi: Lessons from the Top

Anna Wintour: Vogue [Outliers]

Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

Harvey Firestone: Men and Rubber [Outliers]

Bill Belichick: 8x Super Bowl Champion on Winning, Leadership, and Discipline

Andy Grove: Only The Paranoid Survive [Outliers]

Elad Gil: How to Spot a Billion-Dollar Startup Before the Rest of the World

Rose Blumkin: Women of Berkshire Hathaway [Outliers]

Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan: Turning Ambitious Misfits into Founders

Henry Singleton: The Greatest Capital Allocator in History [Outliers]

Bret Taylor: A Vision for AI’s Next Frontier

Pierre Poilievre: What I Want to Build (and Break) To Fix Canada

Cornelius Vanderbilt: The First Tycoon [Outliers]

Bruce Flatt on Value, Discipline, and Durability

James Dyson: Against the Odds [Outliers]

Logan Ury: The Dating Myths You Need to Stop Believing

Estée Lauder: A Success Story [Outliers]

Josh Wolfe: Human Advantage in the World of AI

Andrew Mellon: America’s Secret Banker [Outliers]

David Heacock: Building Filterbuy

Timothy Eaton: How to Build an Empire (And Why It Crumbled) [Outliers]

Mickey Drexler: The Art of Selling with Retail's Merchant Prince

How to Win by Being Right and Contrarian: Lessons from Zappos to DoorDash

Codie Sanchez: Your Blueprint to Financial Freedom

Best of 2024: The Blueprint for a Transformative New Year

Charlie Hoehn: Write Something People Want to Read

Ryan Holiday: How to Win the War with Yourself

Adam Karr: The Investing Blueprint

John Mackey: Building Whole Foods

Rob Fraser: The Power of Focus

John Bragg: The Blueberry Billionaire

Erin Wade: The Mac and Cheese Empire

Matthew Dicks: The Storytelling Expert

April Dunford: The Marketing Expert

Brian Halligan: Building HubSpot into a Multi-Billion Dollar Company

Esther Perel: Cultivating Desire

Maya Shankar: The Toolkit to Accomplish Your Hardest Goals

#197 Michaeleen Doucleff: The 4 Biggest Mistakes Parents Make

Brent Beshore: Business Brilliance and Happiness at Home

Morgan Housel: Get Rich, Stay Rich