The Strategy Skills Podcast: Strategy | Leadership | Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving Podcast
1) 610: Cas Holman on Play, Creativity, and the Future of Work
When was the last time you played, really played? For Cas Holman, founder and chief designer of Heroes Will Rise and star of Netflix's Abstract: The Art of Design, play isn't childish. It's the founda...Show More
2) 609: UCLA Professor and MD on How Gravity Shapes Your Health and Mind
Dr. Brennan Spiegel, Director of Health Services Research at Cedars-Sinai and Professor of Medicine and Public Health at UCLA, author of the book Pull, explains why illness is often a failure to manag...Show More
3) 608: Harvard Professor and former CEO of Medtronic, Bill George, on How Leaders Should Manage Challenging Times
Bill George, former CEO of Medtronic and Harvard Business School Executive Fellow, explains how leaders can stay grounded, principled, and effective in chaotic times. "It's a world of chaos and it req...Show More
4) 607: Raj Sisodia on Conscious Capitalism and How Business Can Heal the World
Raj Sisodia has spent his life asking one question: Can business make people's lives better instead of draining them? He holds a PhD in Marketing and Business Policy from Columbia University, co-found...Show More
5) 606: CEO Readiness: How Boards Decide Who Gets the Top Job
Byron Loflin, Global Head of Board Advisory at Nasdaq and co-author of CEO Ready, explained on the Strategy Skills Podcast why many talented executives never make it to the top. " Because you perform ...Show More
6) 605: Harvard Economist John Campbell on How to Stop Losing Money to a Broken Financial System
John Campbell, Professor of Economics at Harvard University and co-author of Fixed, joined the Strategy Skills Podcast to explain why the financial system often works against ordinary investors and ho...Show More
7) 604: How Design Thinking Rebuilt IBM and Reached 400,000 Employees
Phil Gilbert led one of the most significant cultural transformations in corporate history, as IBM's General Manager of Design, he helped the 400,000-person company reinvent how it thinks, listens, an...Show More
8) 603: A $3.6B CEO on the "Poverty of Dignity" in Corporate America
Bob Chapman, CEO of Barry-Wehmiller, explains how he built a $3.6 billion company by placing human dignity at the center of leadership. He describes the moment he recognized that "our history does not...Show More
9) 602: Harvard's Scott Levy on His Path from Investment Banking to Public Education and Leading in Uncertain Times
Scott Levy spent two decades as an investment banker at firms like J.P. Morgan, advising corporate boards and senior executives on risk, growth, and capital decisions. Then he pivoted, serving on a pu...Show More
10) 601: Former CNN and NBC News Anchor Lynn Smith on Building Authentic Presence and Excellent Communication
Lynn Smith, former national news anchor for NBC News, MSNBC, and CNN Headline New, and now executive communication coach, reframes public speaking as an internal leadership skill, not a performance. S...Show More