Stanford Graduate School of Business is celebrating its Centennial with a new four-part podcast, GSB at 100. The series captures the spirit of our centennial year through the voices of faculty, students, alumni, and staff.
In the first episode, listeners visit the GSB’s archives, uncovering telegrams from Herbert Hoover — whose vision led to the school’s founding — and hear reflections from professors Anat Admati, Susan Athey, Michele Gelfand, Amir Goldberg, Matteo Maggiori, and Jeffrey Pfeffer.
A second episode shifts the focus to the staff who bring the GSB to life, like Arthel Coleman in residential services and Courtney Payne in student support. Their stories reveal the ethos and culture that sustain the GSB’s mission, and offer a behind-the-scenes look at the efforts that make it all possible.
The third episode heads into the classroom, sitting in on Interpersonal Dynamics and Leading with Values and considering the how-to of financial accounting and the creative rush of marketing.
The final episode in the series will feature material recorded at our Centennial celebration on October 10, as well as reflections from students, alumni, and a few surprise guests.
Together, GSB at 100 presents a scrapbook of memories, ideas, and breakthroughs as the GSB celebrates its first century and looks around the corner to what the next hundred years may hold.
GSB at 100 launches September 17, with a new episode out each month. Find it wherever you get your podcasts.
For 100 years, we’ve been dedicated to the things that haven’t happened yet, and the people who are about to dream them up. In 2025, we celebrated our Centennial through stories and events.
Full Transcript
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Courtney Payne: Stanford Graduate School of Business. This is Courtney, how may I help you?
Kevin Cool: Thirty years ago, the GSB was housed in a single building — and still had a front desk. Since then, the school has grown and transformed in countless ways. But what matters most endures.
Nancy Gross: If you just can change a little bit of the world, that’s all you really need to do. And I just feel that every day here.
Arthel Coleman: I know everyone here that I work with strives for something great.
Michele Gelfand: The magic here, and I will say it’s magical, is the simultaneous focus on humility, but also impact.
Kevin Cool: GSB at 100, a new podcast created especially for the GSB community, brings together faculty, staff, alumni, and students to reflect on what makes this school so special.
Listen in, as the GSB celebrates its Centennial.
GSB at 100: four episodes, starting September 17, wherever you get your podcasts.
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