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CEOs and business leaders, management consulting senior partners, ground-breaking professors, thought-provoking writers and journalists, record-setting athletes and coaches, and award-winning actors and celebrities discuss the key issues facing the business world and broader society. Get free access to our newsletter, Monday Morning at 8 am, along with sample episodes from our training programs on www.strategytraining.com. Go to https://www.firmsconsulting.com/promo.

Episode Date
441: How do I know what is corporate strategy (Strategy Skills classics)
Apr 17, 2024
440: What is the big picture thinking? (Strategy Skills classics)
Apr 15, 2024
439: How to think about financial strategy | management consulting (Strategy Skills classics)
Apr 10, 2024
438: Scenario planning's common problems (Strategy Skills classics)
Apr 08, 2024
437: Google's Laura Mae Martin on How to Be Productive
Apr 03, 2024
436: Selling Services to PE Firms with Aimably’s Founder and Stanford Grad, Claire Milligan
Apr 01, 2024
435: Stanford University’s Jeremy Utley. AI’s brainstorming and problem-solving potential
Mar 27, 2024
434: Conditions for great PowerPoint slides (Strategy Skills classics)
Mar 25, 2024
433: Digital strategy expert, Venkat Venkatraman. How Real-Time Data and AI Will Power the Industrial Future
Mar 20, 2024
432: One of the world's leading experts on strategy and innovation, Vijay “VG” Govindarajan. How Real-Time Data and AI Will Power the Industrial Future
Mar 18, 2024
431: Design the value chain you need | value chain analysis (Strategy Skills classics)
Mar 13, 2024
430: Chief evangelist of Canva and host of the Remarkable People podcast, Guy Kawasaki, on Lessons from the world's most remarkable people
Mar 11, 2024
429: Benchmarking analysis (Strategy Skills classics)
Mar 06, 2024
428: Vice President of SCADpro, Paul Stonick. The Business Value of Design and The Cost of Not Innovating
Mar 04, 2024
427: Ex McKinsey and LBS lecturer, Dr. Rebecca Homkes, on high growth strategy
Feb 28, 2024
426: Professor of Neuroscience, Dr. Charan Ranganath, on Memory, Neuroscience, and Discovery
Feb 26, 2024
425: Former President of Nike's Consumer-Direct Division and Former Executive Vice President and COO of PepsiCo Discuss Strategies from Women Who've Made It—Christiana Smith Shi and Grace Puma
Feb 21, 2024
424: CEO of Churchome, David Kroll, on Using Modern Technology to Scale Your Nonprofit Organization and Grow Your Community
Feb 19, 2024
423: Value chain mapping (Strategy Skills classics)
Feb 14, 2024
422: Harvard grad and Cerebral data science team leader, Akshay Swaminathan, on winning with Data Science
Feb 12, 2024
421: A Visionary Business Leader and Best Selling Author, Mark A. Mears. What's LOVE Got to Do With Leadership?
Feb 07, 2024
420: What a strategy workshop will not give you at the end (Strategy Skills classics)
Feb 05, 2024
419: The one thing every consulting case study must produce (Strategy Skills classics)
Jan 31, 2024
418: The most important output in a consulting study | management consulting project | benefits case (Strategy Skills classics)
Jan 29, 2024
417: A professor of global politics at University College London, Brian Klaas. FLUKE: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
Jan 24, 2024
416: Consulting workshop best practices (Strategy Skills classics)
Jan 22, 2024
415: If VCs & Gov. join forces we can solve society’s biggest problems. With venture capitalist and lecturer at Stanford University, Arun Gupta
Jan 17, 2024
414: How to resign from your job the right way (Strategy Skills classics)
Jan 15, 2024
413: Best-selling author and Harvard Business School professor, Ranjay Gulati — Courageous Leadership
Jan 10, 2024
412: Overall goal of every consulting interaction (Strategy Skills classics)
Jan 08, 2024
411: How important is corporate strategy? (Strategy Skills Classics)
Jan 03, 2024
410: How to run a scenario planning session (Strategy Skills Classics)
Jan 01, 2024
409: Being competitive the right way (Strategy Skills classics)
Dec 27, 2023
408: Professional values on studies (Strategy Skills classics)
Dec 25, 2023
407: If objective function is known, It's not a corporate strategy (Strategy Skills classics)
Dec 20, 2023
406: How to communicate recommendations (Strategy Skills classics)
Dec 18, 2023
405: New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Rich Horwath — How to Develop Your Strategic Fitness
Dec 13, 2023
404: B2B Sales Expert, Rana Salman, on Internal and External Strategies for Optimizing Your Sales Conversations and Communicating Solutions
Dec 11, 2023
403: Grooming corporate leaders (Strategy Skills classics)
Dec 06, 2023
402: Consulting: Confidence & getting results (Strategy Skills classics)
Dec 04, 2023
401: How to conduct a value chain analysis (Strategy Skills classics)
Nov 29, 2023
400: What the NYPD teaches us about complex corporate strategy (Strategy Skills classics)
Nov 27, 2023
399: 5 tips to fight fatigue (Strategy Skills classics)
Nov 22, 2023
398: Northwestern University Professor, Lan Nguyen Chaplin — How to Disrupt a System That Was Built to Hold You Back
Nov 20, 2023
398: CEO and Founder of Vanderbloemen Search Group, William Vanderbloemen — A guide to hiring the best talent
Nov 15, 2023
397: Period case studies (Strategy Skills classics)
Nov 13, 2023
396: CEO OF KUSI Global, Inc. and Harvard University Fellow, Talia Fox — The Power of Conscious Connection
Nov 08, 2023
395: The organizational design stream (Strategy Skills classics)
Nov 06, 2023
394: Avoiding the strategy echo chamber (Strategy Skills classics)
Nov 01, 2023
393: What makes it a transformation study? (Strategy Skills classics)
Oct 30, 2023
392: USA Champion Gymnast turned entrepreneur & VC, Lisa Carmen Wang — Overcoming Good Girl Brainwashing
Oct 25, 2023
391: How to complete logical case studies? (Strategy Skills classics)
Oct 23, 2023
390: $42 million in fees for one engagement (Problem)
Oct 18, 2023
389: $42 million in fees for one engagement (Assets)
Oct 16, 2023
388: President of WillowTree, Tobias Dengel — How AI Will Return Communication To Its Most Natural Form: Voice
Oct 11, 2023
387: $42 million in fees for one engagement (Person)
Oct 09, 2023
386: Three career path options for consulting partners (Strategy Skills classics)
Oct 04, 2023
385: When should you not brand yourself ex McKinsey (Strategy Skills classics)
Oct 02, 2023
384: Great Management Consultants are Artists (Strategy Skills classics)
Sep 27, 2023
383: How to handle a "horrible" client (Strategy Skills classics)
Sep 25, 2023
382: How and when a consultant must disagree (Strategy Skills classics)
Sep 20, 2023
381: How to get to $500k per month in 4 years (with Samuel Moses)
Sep 18, 2023
380: Private Equity Firm CEO on Power, Success and Getting Results (with Rick Walker)
Sep 13, 2023
379: Ex Microsoft AI Strategy Expert on Strategy and Vision in the era of Artificial Intelligence (with Brian Evergreen)
Sep 11, 2023
378: Director of the Advanced Management and Leadership Programme at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School, Dr. Andrew White — The New Archetype of Business Leadership
Sep 06, 2023
377: The Fourth-Generation CEO of Premier Dental, Julie Charlestein — How to Create a Healthy Succession Plan
Sep 04, 2023
376: The Global Customer Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce, Tiffani Bova — The Experience Mindset: Changing the Way You Think About Growth
Aug 30, 2023
375: The first Chief Digital Officer in the history of the Fortune 500, Atif Rafiq — Decision Sprint: The New Way to Innovate into the Unknown and Move from Strategy to Action
Aug 28, 2023
374: Wharton School Professor of Management and Vice Dean for the MBA for Executives Program, Mauro F. Guillén — Embracing a post-generational mindset to live a long and fulfilling life
Aug 23, 2023
373: CEO and co-founder of Reboot.io, Jerry Colonna — Leadership and the Longing to Belong
Aug 21, 2023
372: Former President of Disney Stores Worldwide Jim Fielding — Leading Consumer Products Groups at the World’s Largest Media Companies, Leading Disney Stores Worldwide, Time Management, Biggest Lessons Learned While at Disney
Aug 16, 2023
371: McKinsey’s Emily Field — Power to the Middle, Reimagining the Roles of a Mid Level Manager, The Key to the Future of Work
Aug 14, 2023
370: Harvard MBA Manisha Thakor — Financial Services Thirty Years Career, Hungry Ghost Mindset, How to Stop Being a Workaholic, Dealing with Work Addiction
Aug 09, 2023
369: World leading expert on perfectionism, Thomas Curran — The Perfection Trap: Embracing the Power of Good Enough
Aug 07, 2023
368: Should I email the full deck to participants before the strategy workshop? (Strategy Skills classics)
Aug 02, 2023
367: Are the analyses always the same for a strategy workshop? (Strategy Skills classics)
Jul 31, 2023
366: What if the client demands more analyses? (Strategy Skills classics)
Jul 26, 2023
365: What happens if the client asks for proof of the strategy? (Strategy Skills classics)
Jul 24, 2023
364: How confident must I be to lead the workshop? (Strategy Skills classics)
Jul 19, 2023
363: What is corporate strategy? (Strategy Skills classics)
Jul 17, 2023
362: What is a conceptual thinker? (Strategy Skills classics)
Jul 12, 2023
361: Former McKinsey Consultant Darryl Stickel — Building Trust With Consulting Clients, Testing Trust Deficit Within Your Team, Sharpening Trust as a Skill, The Most Effective Levers You Can Pull To Build Trust
Jul 10, 2023
361: Why you should read Bill Matassoni's memoir (Strategy Skills classics)
Jul 05, 2023
360: Columbia University’s Steven Cohen, Environmentally sustainable growth
Jul 03, 2023
359: Ex senior McKinsey Partner and worldwide strategy practice co-leader, Kevin P. Coyne (Strategy Skills classics)
Jun 28, 2023
358: Workshop structure, process and outcome (Strategy Skills classics)
Jun 26, 2023
357: Philosopher Ivo Brughmans — Paradoxical Leadership, Management Consulting, Polarities, Dilemmas, The Metaphor of the Bus, Being Driven from Inside
Jun 21, 2023
356: Former Bain & Company Director Michael Farmer — Differences Between McKinsey, Bain and BCG, Strategy Consulting, Helping Ad Agencies and Their Clients Navigate the Changes in the Media Landscape, Transformation of a Creative Ad Agency (Huge)
Jun 19, 2023
355: McKinsey senior partner, Kate Smaje. Winning in the age of digital and AI
Jun 14, 2023
354: Former Microsoft executive & CEO of Snowflake, Bob Muglia. The future of AI
Jun 12, 2023
353: Management skills analysis challenges (Strategy Skills classics)
Jun 07, 2023
352: Corporate strategy analysis process (Strategy Skills classics)
Jun 05, 2023
351: Advanced predictive problem solving (Turquoise Eyes: A Novel about Problem Solving & Critical Thinking)
May 31, 2023
350: Finalize the overall storyboard for the client (Strategy Skills classics)
May 29, 2023
349: Business unit strategy: Core & critical (Strategy Skills classics)
May 24, 2023
348: Dr. Luana Marques (Harvard professor), How to transform anxiety into power
May 22, 2023
347: How to start shifting to the career you've always wanted - Author program Q&A 7 (Strategy Skills classics)
May 17, 2023
346: How to write a book even if you're "too junior" - Author Program Q&A 6 (Strategy Skills classics)
May 15, 2023
345: Martin Reeves (Boston Consulting Group), The Imagination Machine
May 10, 2023
344: Should I wait to publish a solo book? Author Program Q&A 5 (Strategy Skills classics)
May 08, 2023
343: Is it expensive? Author Program Q&A 4 (Strategy Skills classics)
May 03, 2023
342: What is the ROI? Author Program Q&A 3 (Strategy Skills classics)
May 01, 2023
341: Ex McKinsey expert on war games, John Horn. How to read your competitors
Apr 26, 2023
340: Is it a good time now or should I wait until I become more senior? Author Program Q&A 2. (Strategy Skills classics)
Apr 24, 2023
339: Is this good for my career at this point in time? Author Program Q&A 1. (Strategy Skills classics)
Apr 19, 2023
338: Yale's Ryan McAnnally-Linz, What makes a good life?
Apr 17, 2023
337: How publishing a book fast-tracked me to partnership (Strategy Skills classics)
Apr 12, 2023
336: Initial logic and objective function (Strategy Skills classics)
Apr 10, 2023
335: Sandeep Chennakeshu, How to build a resilient and lasting business
Apr 05, 2023
334: Bain's Rishi Dave, The secret of top sellers
Apr 03, 2023
333: Gaia Bernstein, Managing screen time and addictive technology
Mar 29, 2023
332: Oscar Trimboli, The art of listening
Mar 27, 2023
331: Michael P. Leiter, Ph.D. How to beat burnout
Mar 22, 2023
330: Christina Maslach, PhD, Extinguishing burnout and workplace stigma
Mar 20, 2023
329: McKinsey's Venkat Atluri, How to thrive in the ecosystem economy
Mar 15, 2023
328: Structure of the visioning workshop
Mar 13, 2023
327: Promoting women into senior roles (Strategy Skills classics)
Mar 08, 2023
326: How too much debt impacts cost of capital (Strategy Skills classics)
Mar 06, 2023
325: What is the role of government (Strategy Skills classics)
Mar 01, 2023
324: John U. Bacon, Developing a team of leaders (Strategy Skills classics)
Feb 27, 2023
323: Ben Pring, How should we regulate tech? (Strategy Skills classics)
Feb 22, 2023
322: Luke Burgis, What fuels our desires? (Strategy Skills classics)
Feb 20, 2023
321: Jenn Lim, Go beyond happiness (Strategy Skills classics)
Feb 15, 2023
320: Harvard's Frank Cespedes, Managing sales in a world of constant change (Strategy Skills classics)
Feb 13, 2023
319: Harvard's Sandra Sucher, What is the foundation of trust? (Strategy Skills classics)
Feb 08, 2023
318: Mark Mahaney, 10 proven rules to succeed in tech stock investing (Strategy Skills classics)
Feb 06, 2023
317: Scott O'Neil, How to thrive where you're at (Strategy Skills classics)
Feb 01, 2023
316: Tim Bottke, Redefining digital transformation
Jan 30, 2023
315: Suneel Gupta, The hidden meaning behind failure
Jan 25, 2023
314: Bill Carr, What drives Amazon’s success? (Strategy Skills classics)
Jan 23, 2023
313: Why approve investments with negative returns? (Strategy Skills classics)
Jan 18, 2023
312: Handling client's difficult questions (Strategy Skills classics)
Jan 16, 2023
311: How accurate was our financial model for the market entry strategy study? (Strategy Skills Classics)
Jan 11, 2023
310: Top-down view of energy (Strategy Skills classics)
Jan 09, 2023
309: Dr. Wendy Suzuki, How to improve your performance, the right way
Jan 04, 2023
308: Management consulting storyboards (Strategy Skills classics)
Jan 02, 2023
307: Adi Ignatius, Diving deep into enduring business ideas
Dec 28, 2022
306: Carolyn Buck Luce, Be your own hero
Dec 26, 2022
305: Dr. Mindy Weinstein, How to use scarcity to drive sales
Dec 21, 2022
304: Dr. Ella F. Washington, DEI: The foundation of workplace utopia
Dec 19, 2022
303: Frank O’Connell, Building careers and lasting relationships
Dec 14, 2022
302: Ravi Sarathy, Understanding cryptocurrency and blockchain
Dec 12, 2022
301: Audemars Piguet & leadership (Strategy Skills classics)
Dec 07, 2022
300: Market trends analysis (Strategy Skills classics)
Dec 05, 2022
299: How to convert insights into strategy maps (Strategy Skills classics)
Nov 30, 2022
298: How do I know what is corporate strategy (Strategy Skills classics)
Nov 28, 2022
297: What is the big picture thinking? (Strategy Skills classics)
Nov 23, 2022
296: Nick Santhanam, Is there a decline in US industrial prowess?
Nov 21, 2022
295: Daphne Jones, Winning against all odds
Nov 16, 2022
294: How to think about financial strategy | management consulting (Strategy Skills classics)
Nov 14, 2022
293: Scenario planning's common problems (Strategy Skills classics)
Nov 09, 2022
292: Conditions for great PowerPoint slides (Strategy Skills classics)
Nov 07, 2022
291: Mauro Porcini, Designing company culture
Nov 02, 2022
290: Design the value chain you need | value chain analysis (Strategy Skills classics)
Oct 31, 2022
289: Linda Yates, Driving company growth through ventures
Oct 26, 2022
288: Benchmarking analysis (Strategy Skills classics)
Oct 24, 2022
287: Value chain mapping (Strategy Skills classics)
Oct 19, 2022
286: Dr. Cindy McGovern, Redefining sales and personal brand
Oct 17, 2022
285: Ashish Kothari, The best practices to live a happy and fulfilling life
Oct 12, 2022
284: Julia Boorstin, The commonalities of thriving female leaders
Oct 10, 2022
283: Wendy Smith, A strategy to navigate a paradox
Oct 05, 2022
282: Sean McLain, Success to downfall: The story of Carlos Ghosn
Oct 03, 2022
281: David Noble, MOVE: A framework to reinforce the leader in you
Sep 28, 2022
280: Jeff Lerner, Starting a business from scratch
Sep 26, 2022
279: Dr. Richard Winters, What makes you a great leader?
Sep 21, 2022
278: What a strategy workshop will not give you at the end (Strategy Skills classics)
Sep 19, 2022
277: The one thing every consulting case study must produce (Strategy Skills classics)
Sep 14, 2022
276: The most important output in a consulting study | management consulting project | benefits case (Strategy Skills classics)
Sep 12, 2022
275: Cassie Holmes, Living life to the fullest: How to spend your time with no regrets
Sep 07, 2022
274: Bill George, Integrating emerging leaders with purpose and authenticity
Sep 05, 2022
273: Consulting workshop best practices (Strategy Skills classics)
Aug 31, 2022
272: How to resign from your job the right way (Strategy Skills classics)
Aug 29, 2022
271: Overall goal of every consulting interaction (Strategy Skills classics)
Aug 24, 2022
270: Ten warning signs for a consulting workshop (Strategy Skills classics)
Aug 22, 2022
269: Gaurav Gupta, The principles of change management
Aug 17, 2022
268: Ashley Menzies Babatunde, The act of wellness
Aug 15, 2022
267: Christie Hunter Arscott, Redefining risk: How to build a career through bold actions
Aug 10, 2022
266: How important is corporate strategy? (Strategy Skills Classics)
Aug 08, 2022
265: Touraj Parang, Why you should plan an exit path
Aug 03, 2022
264: Ash Ali & Hasan Kubba, Discover your unfair advantage
Aug 01, 2022
263: Julio Mario Ottino, The coexistence of art, technology, and science
Jul 27, 2022
262: Amanda Lotz, Netflix with ads: Is it a good strategy?
Jul 25, 2022
261: Saleem Ali, The power of citizen science
Jul 20, 2022
260: Adam Markel, How to build long-term resilience
Jul 18, 2022
259: How to run a scenario planning session (Strategy Skills Classics)
Jul 13, 2022
258: Being competitive the right way (Strategy Skills classics)
Jul 11, 2022
257: Professional values on studies (Strategy Skills classics)
Jul 06, 2022
256: J.S. Nelson, Business ethics as a competitive advantage
Jul 04, 2022
255: Edward Sullivan, The employee first generation
Jun 29, 2022
254: Dr. Adam C. Bandelli, Relational intelligence: The key to transform relationships
Jun 27, 2022
253: Richard Rumelt, How to solve the crux
Jun 22, 2022
252: Jan Bonhoeffer M.D., Care: The missing piece of leadership
Jun 20, 2022
251: Barry Nalebuff, The radical way to negotiate
Jun 15, 2022
250: Tom Eddington, Climate change: The root cause of COVID
Jun 13, 2022
249: If objective function is known, It's not a corporate strategy (Strategy Skills classics)
Jun 08, 2022
248: What is a conceptual thinker? (Strategy Skills classics)
Jun 06, 2022
247: How to communicate recommendations (Strategy Skills classics)
Jun 01, 2022
246: Grooming corporate leaders (Strategy Skills classics)
May 30, 2022
245: Consulting: Confidence & getting results (Strategy Skills classics)
May 25, 2022
244: Satish Nambisan, Managing digital and globalization
May 23, 2022
243: Richard Hawkes, How do leaders integrate?
May 18, 2022
242: Eric Pliner, A guide to difficult decision making
May 16, 2022
241: Alex Bäcker, The key to happiness and success
May 11, 2022
240: Amy Herman, The artistic way of problem solving
May 09, 2022
239: Dan Saladino, The value of food diversity
May 04, 2022
238: Kian Gohar, How radical adaptability sustains continuous change
May 02, 2022
237: Ryan Jenkins & Steven Van Cohen, How to defeat loneliness through connection
Apr 27, 2022
236: David Siegel, How to conquer as a new CEO
Apr 25, 2022
235: John Boudreau & Ravin Jesuthasan, Seeing through the future of work
Apr 20, 2022
234: John A. List, Setting up scale: How to avoid voltage drop
Apr 18, 2022
233: Susan MacKenty Brady, Cultivating your best self through inclusivity
Apr 13, 2022
232: Dr. Natalie Petouhoff, Shaping empathy from the perspective of your employees and customers
Apr 11, 2022
231: Ravi Venkatesan, The triumph within mindset and self belief
Apr 06, 2022
230: Don Schmincke, The compelling saga: How to lead an organization toward success
Apr 04, 2022
229: Michael Reddington, Mindset shift: The key to effective communication
Mar 30, 2022
228: Fred Glass, Seizing opportunities: How Indianapolis kept the Colts
Mar 28, 2022
227: Ben M. Bensaou, Innovation through customer collaboration
Mar 23, 2022
226: Alicia Hare, A brighter approach to leadership
Mar 21, 2022
225: Mark Sirower, How to thrive and win in M&A
Mar 16, 2022
224: Patricia Stark, How to build genuine connections
Mar 14, 2022
223: How to conduct a value chain analysis (Strategy Skills classics)
Mar 09, 2022
222: Stan Bernard, MD, M.B.A., How to win the game as a transcender
Mar 07, 2022
221: What the NYPD teaches us about complex corporate strategy (Strategy Skills classics)
Mar 02, 2022
220: How and when a consultant must disagree (Strategy Skills classics)
Feb 28, 2022
219: 5 tips to fight fatigue (Strategy Skills classics)
Feb 23, 2022
218: Kindra Hall, How to control your life through storytelling
Feb 21, 2022
217: Period case studies (Strategy Skills classics)
Feb 16, 2022
216: The organizational design stream (Strategy Skills classics)
Feb 14, 2022
215: Catherine Bell, How to awaken company's humanity
Feb 09, 2022
214: Emily Bermes, How to thrive as a new generation executive
Feb 07, 2022
213: Avoiding the strategy echo chamber (Strategy Skills classics)
Feb 02, 2022
212: What makes it a transformation study? (Strategy Skills classics)
Jan 31, 2022
211: How to complete logical case studies? (Strategy Skills classics)
Jan 26, 2022
210: Three career path options for consulting partners (Strategy Skills classics)
Jan 24, 2022
209: When should you not brand yourself ex McKinsey (Strategy Skills classics)
Jan 19, 2022
208: Great management consultants are artists (Strategy Skills classics)
Jan 17, 2022
207: Tesla's strategy. Co-hosted by Bill Matassoni (Strategy Skills classics)
Jan 12, 2022
206: Can a functional partner lead the workshop over a sector partner? (Strategy Skills classics)
Jan 10, 2022
205: Does the strategy workshop offer precise answers? (Strategy Skills classics)
Jan 05, 2022
204: Adam Levin, How to protect yourself from cyber threats
Jan 03, 2022
203: Should I email the full deck to participants before the strategy workshop? (Strategy Skills classics)
Dec 29, 2021
202: Jeff Rosenblum, What is good marketing?
Dec 27, 2021
201: When consultants overbill a client (Strategy Skills classics)
Dec 22, 2021
200: Jason Goldsmith, The art of self-coaching and awareness
Dec 20, 2021
199: Are the analyses always the same for a strategy workshop? (Strategy Skills classics)
Dec 15, 2021
198: What if the client demands more analyses? (Strategy Skills classics)
Dec 13, 2021
197: What happens if the client asks for proof of the strategy? (Strategy Skills classics)
Dec 08, 2021
196: Kay Formanek, Embracing diversity in the workplace
Dec 06, 2021
195: How confident must I be to lead the workshop? (Strategy Skills classics)
Dec 01, 2021
194: Your body image impacts your confidence, which impacts your leadership (Strategy Skills classics)
Nov 29, 2021
193: Shir Nir, Lifestyle check: Improvement through self-assessment
Nov 24, 2021
192: Sabrina Horn, How to lead with authenticity
Nov 22, 2021
190: Simon Mainwaring, Lead with we workshop
Nov 17, 2021
191: Carole Robin, Connecting across differences
Nov 17, 2021
189: Michael Sacca and Mike Belsito, Customer empathy: User persona or jobs to be done?
Nov 15, 2021
188: Simon Mainwaring, The future of collaborative leadership
Nov 10, 2021
187: Jon Picoult, Why customer experience matters
Nov 08, 2021
186: Amanda Lotz, How the internet disrupted media industries
Nov 03, 2021
185: Why you should read Bill Matassoni's memoir (Strategy Skills classics)
Nov 01, 2021
184: Kent Taylor, The man behind the success of Texas Roadhouse (with Travis Doster)
Oct 27, 2021
183: How to start shifting to the career you've always wanted - Author program Q&A 7
Oct 25, 2021
182: What is corporate strategy? (Strategy Skills classics)
Oct 20, 2021
181: How to handle a "horrible" client (Strategy Skills classics)
Oct 18, 2021
180: Jonathan Brill, Turn uncertainty into opportunity
Oct 13, 2021
179: How to write a book even if you're "too junior" - Author Program Q&A 6
Oct 11, 2021
178: Should I wait to publish a solo book? Author Program Q&A 5
Oct 10, 2021
177: Matt Blumberg, How to build a successful startup
Oct 04, 2021
176: Kayvan Kian, Step back to move forward
Sep 29, 2021
175: David Bradford, What makes a good leader in 2021
Sep 27, 2021
174: Is it expensive? Author Program Q&A 4
Sep 22, 2021
173: What is the ROI? Author Program Q&A 3
Sep 20, 2021
172: Charlene Li, Grow your business via disruption
Sep 15, 2021
171: April Rinne, Rethinking humanity's beliefs
Sep 14, 2021
170: Gary Hamel, Everyone should be the manager
Sep 09, 2021
169: Tom Eisenmann, Startups and their wrong decisions
Sep 07, 2021
168: Jeff Kavanaugh, Unleashing your employees
Sep 02, 2021
167: Mike Zani, How data science could boost your workforce
Aug 31, 2021
166: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the bet of the century. Tim Higgins (WSJ reporter)
Aug 28, 2021
165: Rob Lachenauer, How family businesses span generations
Aug 01, 2021
164: Josh Baron, Family business during the pandemic
Jul 31, 2021
163: Is it a good time now or should I wait until I become more senior? Author Program Q&A 2.
Jul 24, 2021
162: Is this good for my career at this point in time? Author Program Q&A 1.
Jul 22, 2021
161: How publishing a book fast-tracked me to partnership
Jul 22, 2021
160: Rob Barnett, Increase your hire-ability
Jul 14, 2021
159: Ash Fontana, The AI-first company
Jun 23, 2021
158: Location is leverage or proximity is leverage (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #29, part 3)
May 26, 2021
157: Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook's AI advantage (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #29, part 2)
May 25, 2021
156: 7-Eleven’s inconvenient truth about convenience (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #29, part 1)
May 24, 2021
155: Taming the beast tech has become with actionable solutions. With Cognizant's Ben Pring
May 20, 2021
154: Harvard's Gorick Ng on career secrets
May 19, 2021
153: The experience economy strategy (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #28, part 2)
May 18, 2021
152: The checkmate asset the world doesn’t know China is attracting (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #28, part 1)
May 17, 2021
151: Jonathan Byrnes, MIT. Build a targeted business that the likes of Google & Amazon can’t match
May 16, 2021
150: A strategy expert vs. a CEO (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #27, part 3)
May 14, 2021
149: Sanctions are like punishing your spouse by letting them date other people (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #27, part 2)
May 13, 2021
148: Three people that influence you the most (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #27, part 1)
May 12, 2021
147: What's going to happen seven moves down the chessboard (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #26)
May 03, 2021
146: Interview with 5-time tech CEO Josh Linkner about building a culture of innovation
May 02, 2021
145: When promotions end and the runway ends (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #25)
Apr 28, 2021
144: If Disney+ is just starting with streaming, where is Disney+ going? (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #24)
Apr 21, 2021
143: Jim Hemerling, BCG. Co-author of "Beyond Great: Nine Strategies for Thriving in an Era of Social Tension, Economic Nationalism, and Technological Revolution"
Apr 14, 2021
142: The Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils aren’t sports organizations (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #23)
Apr 13, 2021
141: Tesla is not an electric car company (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #22)
Apr 05, 2021
140: The unspoken truth about strategy (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #21)
Mar 29, 2021
139: The six tools of successful leaders (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #20)
Mar 22, 2021
138: Mothering a strategy (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #19)
Mar 15, 2021
137: Blair Sheppard, PwC global strategy head and author. On four urgent global crises and their strategic solutions
Mar 11, 2021
136: Rethinking M&A (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #18)
Mar 09, 2021
135: Apple disrupts a decades-old value chain migration (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #17)
Mar 01, 2021
134: How to stop blaming Covid and start building revenue growth, with Kent Billingsley
Feb 26, 2021
133: The single biggest strategy shift for the next few decades (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #16)
Feb 22, 2021
132: Apple car & Amazon's core strategy (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #15)
Feb 15, 2021
131: Defense is not a strategy (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #14)
Feb 08, 2021
130: How to create a career strategy for an executive (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #13)
Feb 01, 2021
129: The nuances of a private equity strategy (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #12)
Jan 25, 2021
128: How to eliminate bureaucratic red tape and bad excuses, with Martin Lindstrom
Jan 21, 2021
128: How to eliminate bureaucratic red tape and bad excuses, with Martin Lindstrom
Jan 21, 2021
127: Fear is not a strategy (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #11)
Jan 18, 2021
126: One of the biggest strategy shifts ever in the next 10 to 20 years (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #10)
Jan 11, 2021
125: Netflix vs. Disney+ vs. AppleTV vs. HBO Max (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #9)
Dec 21, 2020
124: What Bob Dylan teaches us about digital strategy (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #8)
Dec 14, 2020
123: Career strategies don't build themselves (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #7)
Dec 07, 2020
122: What is strategy, Understanding Michael Porter, ex HBR editor & MBB partner. Joan Magretta
Dec 04, 2020
121: Strategy is in the details (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #6)
Nov 30, 2020
120: Focus only on valuation is shortsighted (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #5)
Nov 23, 2020
119: How to be a leader (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #4)
Nov 16, 2020
118: How to build a pandemic strategy (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #3)
Nov 09, 2020
117: Interview with the former CEO of Dunkin' Donuts, Robert Rosenberg
Nov 06, 2020
116: What is Netflix’s real strategy? (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #2)
Nov 02, 2020
115: Tech, pandemics, growth, valuation (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #1)
Oct 26, 2020
114: Design thinking. With IBM Director, Damon Deaner
Oct 14, 2020
113: Interview with McKinsey senior partner, Aaron De Smet (Houston office)
Sep 23, 2020
112: IBM Vice President & Senior Partner, North American Talent & Transformation Leader, Victoria Pelletier
Aug 25, 2020
111: Interview with Airbnb Chief Ethics Officer Rob Chesnut
Aug 05, 2020
110: Ex senior McKinsey Partner and worldwide strategy practice co-leader, Kevin P. Coyne
Jul 30, 2020
109: Bain senior partner Sarah Elk, co-author of Doing Agile Right
Jul 18, 2020
108: McKinsey's Tim Koller, coauthor of Valuation, leader of McKinsey Corporate Finance practice
Jul 11, 2020
107: Consulting workshop best practices
Jun 09, 2020
106: Overall goal of every consulting interaction
Jun 02, 2020
105: Advanced predictive problem solving (Turquoise Eyes: A Novel about Problem Solving & Critical Thinking)
May 26, 2020
104: How to resign from your job the right way
May 09, 2020
103: The secretive world of Samsung, the South Korean tech giant. Geoffrey Cain
Apr 15, 2020
102: Current crisis = golden opportunity to transform your life
Mar 19, 2020
101: Interview with McKinsey partner Peter Dahlström on the source of competitive advantage in the digital era
Feb 28, 2020
100: What a strategy workshop will not give you at the end
Feb 18, 2020
99: The one thing every consulting case study must produce
Feb 04, 2020
98: Ten warning signs for a consulting workshop
Jan 30, 2020
97: The most important output in a consulting study | Management consulting project  | Benefits case
Jan 21, 2020
96: "Are you undervaluing your customers?" with Bain & Company's Rob Markey
Jan 14, 2020
95: Value chain mapping | When value chain analysis are useful | Strategic management
Jan 07, 2020
94: Design the value chain you need | Value chain analysis | Management consulting
Dec 31, 2019
93: How to Manage Like Amazon (with CEO Advisor Ram Charan)
Dec 11, 2019
92: Senior partner at McKinsey & a global leader of their Organization Practice
Oct 25, 2019
91: How do I know what is corporate strategy
Sep 24, 2019
90: What makes corporate strategy different
Sep 21, 2019
89: How important is corporate strategy?
Aug 27, 2019
88: Scenario planning's common problems
Aug 23, 2019
87: How to think about financial strategy | management consulting
Jul 10, 2019
86: Finalize the overall storyboard for the client
Jul 10, 2019
85: Management consulting storyboards
Jun 07, 2019
84: How accurate was our financial model for the market entry strategy study?
Jun 07, 2019
83: Netflix's strategy. Discussion with Bill Matassoni (former McKinsey and BCG senior partner)
May 06, 2019
82: Can you swap out the partner during a strategy consulting engagement
Apr 19, 2019
81: How to convert insights into Strategy Maps
Mar 19, 2019
80: How to handle a "horrible" client?
Mar 11, 2019
79: Tesla's strategy. Co-hosted by Bill Matassoni
Feb 18, 2019
78: Should I email the full deck to participants before the strategy workshop?
Dec 29, 2018
77: Does the strategy workshop offer precise answers?
Dec 17, 2018
76: Why you should read Bill Matassoni's memoir
Dec 02, 2018
75: Interview with Bill Matassoni
Nov 30, 2018
74: When consultants overbill a client
Nov 18, 2018
73: Are the analyses always the same for a strategy workshop?
May 20, 2018
72: What if the client demands more analyses?
May 15, 2018
71: What happens if the client asks for proof of the strategy?
Jan 20, 2018
70: How confident must I be to lead the workshop?
Jan 12, 2018
69: Can a functional partner lead the workshop over a sector partner?
Oct 28, 2017
68: How to improve your performance, the right way
Oct 18, 2017
67: Your body image impacts your confidence, which impacts your leadership
Oct 08, 2017
66: Avoiding the strategy echo chamber
Sep 17, 2017
65: What makes it a transformation study?
Aug 29, 2017
64: What the NYPD teaches us about complex corporate strategy?
Aug 25, 2017
63: How to complete logical case studies?
Apr 27, 2017
62: Top-down view of energy
Dec 22, 2016
61: How to conduct a value chain analysis
Aug 28, 2016
60: Business unit strategy: Core & critical
Aug 13, 2016
59: What is corporate strategy
Aug 05, 2016
58: Structure of the visioning workshop
Jul 23, 2016
57: How too much debt impacts cost of capital
Jul 02, 2016
56: Why approve investments with negative returns?
Jun 22, 2016
55: How and when a consultant must disagree
Jun 13, 2016
54: 5 tips to fight fatigue
Jun 01, 2016
53: Key milestone for power study
May 26, 2016
52: Conditions for great powerpoint slides
May 17, 2016
51: Workshop structure, process and outcome
May 11, 2016
50: How to run a scenario planning session
Apr 27, 2016
49: Handling client's difficult questions
Apr 13, 2016
48: What is the big picture thinking?
Apr 05, 2016
47: Initial logic and objective function
Mar 31, 2016
46: Professional values on studies
Mar 22, 2016
45: Being competitive the right way
Mar 15, 2016
44: Promoting women into senior roles
Mar 01, 2016
43: Audemars Piguet & leadership
Feb 16, 2016
42: Consulting: Confidence & getting results
Feb 09, 2016
41: Benchmarking analysis
Feb 02, 2016
40: Market Trends Analysis
Jan 26, 2016
39: Value chain analysis
Jan 19, 2016
38: Period case studies
Jan 12, 2016
37: Visioning workshop overview
Dec 15, 2015
36: The organizational design stream
Dec 08, 2015
35: 3 career path options for consulting partners
Dec 01, 2015
34: When should you not brand yourself ex McKinsey
Nov 24, 2015
33: Great management consultants are artists
Nov 17, 2015
32: What is the role of government
Nov 10, 2015
31: If objective function is known its not a Corporate Strategy
Nov 03, 2015
30: What is a conceptual thinker?
Oct 27, 2015
29: EVA analysis
Oct 20, 2015
28: Managing the big picture vs. details
Oct 14, 2015
27: Management skills analysis challenges
Oct 06, 2015
26: McKinsey appointed to EE
Sep 29, 2015
25: Early EVA analyses
Sep 24, 2015
24: Power outages escalate
Sep 22, 2015
23: Managing fatigue as a partner
Sep 17, 2015
22: Challenged at the steering committee
Sep 15, 2015
21: Determining the capital requirements
Sep 10, 2015
20: Grooming corporate leaders
Sep 09, 2015
19: How to communicate recommendations
Sep 03, 2015
18: Corporate strategy analysis process
Sep 01, 2015
17: Evolving international business ideas
Aug 27, 2015
16: Governance in transformation studies
Aug 25, 2015
15: Keep the telecom license?
Aug 18, 2015
14: Invest in 4th gen. nuclear technology?
Aug 18, 2015
13: Women in consulting
Aug 06, 2015
12: Corporate strategy always lacks detailed analyses
Aug 06, 2015
11: Building leaders in broken companies
Aug 06, 2015
10: Implementation of the recommendations
Aug 06, 2015
9: Profit from the core
Aug 06, 2015
8: Top-down financial analyses
Aug 06, 2015
7: Transformation vs Corp. Strategy
Aug 06, 2015
6: 3 Critical Analyses for Overall Hypotheses
Aug 06, 2015
5: How Strategy Shapes the Structure
Aug 06, 2015
4: Flawed Corporate Strategy Case Studies
Aug 03, 2015
3: Early, Bold Hypotheses for the Study
Jul 28, 2015
2: Leadership Challenges on the Study
Jul 28, 2015
1: Bill Matassoni on Competitive and Comparative Advantage, Why Strategy is Less Analytic than it Seems and how McKinsey Really Makes Decisions
Jul 21, 2015