576: Bain Senior Partner Sarah Elk on Doing Agile Right (Strategy Skills classics)
Sarah Elk, Senior Partner at Bain & Company and global leader of its operating model work, brings a clear, pragmatic lens to why so many large-scale change efforts fail to stick. Drawing on decades of...
11 Aug 20251h 1min
575: Ex McKinsey Expert on War Games, John Horn: How to Read Your Competitors (Strategy Skills classics)
John Horn, professor of economics at Washington University's Olin Business School and former McKinsey strategist, shares a disciplined framework for understanding competitive behavior by applying game...
6 Aug 20251h
574: McKinsey Senior Partner, Kate Smaje: Winning in the Age of Digital and AI (Strategy Skills classics)
For this episode, let's revisit one of Strategy Skills classics, where we interviewed Kate Smaje, Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company and Global Leader of McKinsey Digital. In this episode, Kate of...
4 Aug 202548min
573: How and when a consultant must disagree (Strategy Skills classics)
For this episode, let's revisit one of Strategy Skills classics, where we discuss when a consultant must dissent and how it should be done. Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in...
30 Jul 202514min
572: Improve Your Cognitive Performance with Herbs
Rachelle Robinett, founder of Pharmakon Supernatural and educator in holistic health, offers a clear, science-aware framework for supporting energy, focus, and stress regulation, without defaulting to...
28 Jul 202554min
571: Multi-Award-Winning Researcher Vanessa Druskat on Team Emotional Intelligence
Vanessa Druskat, organizational psychologist and professor at the University of New Hampshire, discusses team emotional intelligence (EI) as a predictor of sustained performance. Building on her found...
23 Jul 202553min
570: Former Biotech CEO and Harvard Medical School Faculty Member Margaret Moore on the Science of Good Leadership
Margaret Moore, faculty member at Harvard Medical School and former biotech CEO, brings decades of experience at the intersection of science, strategy, and human development to this conversation. In t...
21 Jul 202545min
569: Advisor to Microsoft, Google, and Hilton Executives Reveals How Leaders Create High-Performance Cultures Without Sacrificing Employee Joy
In this conversation with Bree Groff, author of "Today Was Fun" and who has advised executives at Microsoft, Google, Target, and Hilton through periods of organizational change, shares specific observ...
16 Jul 202548min
