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 ...
1 Des 202555min
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...
26 Nov 202556min
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...
24 Nov 202558min
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...
19 Nov 20251h 1min
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...
17 Nov 202553min
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...
12 Nov 202553min
600: Jamie Dimon & CEOs Are Rethinking Capitalism – Here's What That Means for You
Is capitalism still working, or is it due for an upgrade? In this must-watch episode, authors Seth Levine and Elizabeth McBride discuss insights from their book Capital Evolution, sharing what they ...
10 Nov 202554min
599: Joy at Work in the Age of AI: The Pain Is Optional (with Bree Groff)
"Most people can't remember the last time they went to bed and thought: today was fun." In this conversation with Bree Groff, author of Today Was Fun, we recenter the conversation on joy, pleasure, ...
5 Nov 202546min
