Last year at this time the Boston Red Sox had already packed up their lockers and headed home after finishing last in their American League East division. This year, they're in the World Series. We talk to Red Sox COO Sam Kennedy about how the Sox turned their team around in a year. Then HBS Professor Stephen Greyser weighs in on the risks and rewards of leveraging the Red Sox brand to expand beyond baseball.

David Wertime is a founding editor of the online magazine Tea Leaf Nation. The site features English-language news stories about China, sourced entirely through Chinese social media. Last week Tea Leaf Nation was acquired by the Foreign Policy Group, a division of the Washington Post Company. We talked to David earlier this year about this new media model, and the challenge of starting out in a struggling industry in a country that restricts press freedom.

As the world waits for an end to the crisis in Syria, President Obama is facing arguably the most challenging foreign policy situation of his presidency. HBS Professor of Business Administration Gautam Mukunda, author of Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter, comments today for The Business on leading in times of crisis. What are the constraints in this situation, and how will Obama decide what to do?

Victoria Ransom (MBA 2008) never expected to start a company. She talks to Brian about her journey from a small New Zealand farming community to co-founder and CEO of social media marketing company Wildfire, acquired last summer by Google for $350 million.

HBS Professor of Management Practice Bill George discusses the US Supreme Court decision to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, also known as DOMA, and the role of business and business leaders in social change.

This week Brian talks to Michael I. Norton, co-author of the book Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending, about why Mike says changing how we spend our money makes us happier.

: Russ Wilcox (MBA 1995) has helped revolutionize the publishing and nuclear energy industry as the co-founder of E Ink and Transatomic Power. He is also an entrepreneur in residence at Harvard Business School, working on his next big idea and helping MBAs pursue their startup dreams. He talks with The Business host Brian Kenny about entrepreneurship, changing the world, and his motto "make meaning, then make money."

There is no time like the new year to make a resolution to be a better (business) you! Some of our guests from the past year share the best advice they have ever received during their careers in various business sectors.

From post 9/11 to the Catholic Church and Penn State Football, many notable organizations have “leadership blind spots”. Professor Max Bazerman talks about the power of noticing in leadership position and how noticing can enhance an organization.