817: Culture by Design: How Leaders Drive Strategy, Execution, and Performance with Krista White

For this episode, let's revisit one of the classics by Strategy Skills where we talk about one of the issues that we deal with at Firmsconsulting and which many ex employees of major consulting firms (e.g. ex McKinsey and ex BCG consultants) encounter as they embark on building their own boutique consulting firms or even when they join other consulting firm as employees. Enjoying our podcast? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

9 Touko 202210min

How do you become an outstanding management consultant? Should you excel at analysis? Should you master problem-solving? Should you become the world's most gifted communicator? You could master all of the aforementioned items and still be an average management consultant at best. Great management consultants have all these skills but they have one more quality that makes them great, they are not just competent business people but they are also artists. For this episode, let's revisit one of the classics by Strategy Skills where we explain the mindset we encourage teams to use on the study. This is the mindset I used in my career and it is very different from what you would expect. Enjoying our podcast? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

4 Touko 202223min

For this episode, let's revisit one of the classics by Strategy Skills with Bill Matassoni, where we discussed a topic about Tesla's strategy. Every now and then, someone comes along and makes the subject of management both fun and insightful. That's what Bill Matassoni has done in his memoir—a combination of compelling stories and contrarian substance—that covers his forty-year career selling what he calls "ephemeral things." In addition to the memoir, Bill plays host to a series of videos that are entertaining, irreverent, and filled with his conviction that marketing is the primary driver of progress in both commercial and social markets. We will soon release Bill Matassoni's memoir and documentary series. If you would like to read a bonus chapter, view advance content and receive other exclusive strategy material, please sign up below. Enjoying our podcast? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

2 Touko 202233min

For this episode, let's revisit one of the classics by Strategy Skills, where we discuss whether a strategy (functional) partner can/should lead the workshop over an energy (sector) partner. There is a difference, and the answer is not obvious. Enjoying our podcast? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

27 Huhti 202219min

For this episode, let's revisit one of the classics by Strategy Skills, where we answer a question, "Does the strategy workshop offer precise answers?" Enjoying our podcast? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

25 Huhti 202214min

Welcome to an episode with a recognized expert on cybersecurity, privacy, identity theft, fraud, and personal finance, Adam Levin. In this episode, Adam speaks about various digital threats that individuals and organizations face today. He shares that anyone can be a cyber-crime target: consumers, businesses, companies, or the government. He shares valuable insights about cybersecurity and ways to protect yourself and your organization from cyber-crimes. Adam K. Levin is the Former Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, the founder of CyberScout, and co-founder of Credit.com. He is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Michigan School of Law. Levin is a sought-after speaker who, during his career in the public and private sectors, has shared his expertise with numerous state and federal regulators and legislative committees, and appeared before a wide variety of organizations—government, law enforcement, public interest, education, human resources, insurance and financial services—throughout the United States and Europe. Levin's mission is to educate consumers, businesses, law enforcement officials, and lawmakers on identity management and protection, privacy, credit, and election security issues. He has appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS Evening News, CNBC Closing Bell, MSNBC, Fox Business, Fox & Friends, ABC World News Tonight, ABC News Nightline, PBS Nightly Business Report, and many others. His radio appearances include NPR, ABC News Radio, Bloomberg Radio, the Associated Press Radio, CBS News Radio, 1010 Wins, WTOP and SiriusXM. Levin is also a regular commentator for print and digital journalism, including the New York Times, Associated Press, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and the Chicago Tribune. Check out a fun cybersecurity podcast with Adam Levin: "What the Hack with Adam Levin" is true cybercrime with dad jokes. It's a no-shame zone for anyone who's ever been scammed, hacked, phished or cyber-bushwhacked. Every week, it features fascinating people talking about the terrifying, annoying, embarrassing, or infuriating things they've experienced online. Join consumer affairs veteran Adam Levin with co-hosts Beau "Hack Me" Friedlander and Travis "Here's What Actually Happened" Taylor for a good story and tips on how to make yourself a little harder to hack. Get Adam's book here: Swiped: How to Protect Yourself in a World Full of Scammers, Phishers, and Identity Thieves. Adam Levin: https://amzn.to/3sKTO42

20 Huhti 20221h 6min

For this episode, let's revisit one of the classics by Strategy Skills, where we answer a question, "Should I email the full deck to participants before the strategy workshop?" Enjoying our podcast? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

18 Huhti 202213min

Welcome to an episode with one of the leading innovators in digital marketing, Jeff Rosenblum. In this episode, Jeff speaks about effective marketing and advertising that both informs and inspires. He shares how businesses can help customers feel empowered to solve their problems and create a better customer experience.  We will learn why businesses that embrace empowerment, transparency, and authenticity are essential in today's marketing world.  Jeff Rosenblum is an author, a documentary filmmaker, and an advertising agency founder. He is widely regarded as one of the leading innovators in the field of digital marketing and has worked on teams that have helped revolutionize dozens of industries. Jeff is the co-writer and director of a groundbreaking documentary about the advertising industry's future, The Naked Brand. It reveals the surprising story about corporations' ability to improve the world, one small step at a time. Jeff is the Founding Partner of Questus, a digital marketing agency that has worked with some of the world's most influential brands, including American Express, Apple, Bloomberg, Capital One, Discovery Channel, Disney, Driscoll's, General Mills, Ford, ESPN, The New York Times, Suzuki Motorcycles, The NFL, The Wall Street Journal, Universal Orlando, Verizon and more. When he's not driving his team and his clients crazy, Jeff is on an Advisory Board for the Make-A-Wish Foundation as well as Special Spectators. Jeff and his family built a school in a remote village in Nepal while working with the BuildOn organization. Despite barely graduating college, he has lectured at some of the world's top universities and presented at some of the marketing industry's most influential conferences. Get Jeff's book here:  Exponential: Transform Your Brand by Empowering Instead of Interrupting. Jeff Rosenblum: https://amzn.to/3EmxAr5   Enjoying our podcast? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

13 Huhti 202256min