The Strategy Skills Podcast: Strategy | Leadership | Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving podcast

The Strategy Skills Podcast: Strategy | Leadership | Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving

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.

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.

 

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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... more

10 Dec 2025

52 MINS

52:33

10 Dec 2025


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608: Harvard Professor and former CEO of Medtronic, Bill George, on How Leaders Should Manage Challe...

Bill George, former CEO of Medtronic and Harvard Business School Executive Fellow, explain... more

08 Dec 2025

55 MINS

55:40

08 Dec 2025


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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 bette... more

03 Dec 2025

56 MINS

56:10

03 Dec 2025


#497

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, explaine... more

01 Dec 2025

55 MINS

55:13

01 Dec 2025


#496

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... more

26 Nov 2025

56 MINS

56:10

26 Nov 2025


#495

604: How Design Thinking Rebuilt IBM and Reached 400,000 Employees

Phil Gilbert led one of the most significant cultural transformations in corporate history... more

24 Nov 2025

58 MINS

58:03

24 Nov 2025


#494

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 placi... more

19 Nov 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:21

19 Nov 2025


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602: Harvard's Scott Levy on His Path from Investment Banking to Public Education and Leading in Unc...

Scott Levy spent two decades as an investment banker at firms like J.P. Morgan, advising c... more

17 Nov 2025

53 MINS

53:20

17 Nov 2025


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601: Former CNN and NBC News Anchor Lynn Smith on Building Authentic Presence and Excellent Communic...

Lynn Smith, former national news anchor for NBC News, MSNBC, and CNN Headline New, and now... more

12 Nov 2025

53 MINS

53:12

12 Nov 2025


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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, auth... more

10 Nov 2025

54 MINS

54:10

10 Nov 2025


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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... more

05 Nov 2025

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46:41

05 Nov 2025


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598: From Gas Station Cashier to Billion-Dollar CEO with Shirin Behzadi

What does it really take to go from working as a gas station cashier to leading a billion-... more

03 Nov 2025

54 MINS

54:53

03 Nov 2025


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597: McKinsey Senior Partner, Vik Malhotra, on What Distinguishes the Best Leaders

Vik Malhotra, McKinsey senior partner and coauthor of CEO Excellence and A CEO for All Sea... more

27 Oct 2025

47 MINS

47:36

27 Oct 2025


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596: Ex-Siemens & Alcoa CEO Klaus Kleinfeld on AI, Energy & Leading at the Highest Level

Few leaders have run Fortune 500 giants on different continents. Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld has. ... more

22 Oct 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:38

22 Oct 2025


#486

595: What AI Can't Replace: Former design lead at IDEO on Safe Danger, Trust, and the Future of Work

In this week's Strategy Skills episode, we spoke with Ben Swire, author of Safe Danger and... more

20 Oct 2025

59 MINS

59:49

20 Oct 2025


#485

594: $2 Billion NYC Real Estate Broker on the Strategy of Homeownership

Scott Harris, a New York City real estate broker with more than $2 billion in career sales... more

15 Oct 2025

51 MINS

51:42

15 Oct 2025


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593: New York Times Bestselling Author on How to Overcome Fear & Build Emotional Resilience (with Ji...

In this episode, Jim Murphy, New York Times bestselling author, shares how leaders can bui... more

13 Oct 2025

51 MINS

51:56

13 Oct 2025


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592: London School of Economics Lecturer on AI, Strategy, and the Future of Marketing

This week's podcast features Jenna Tiffany, London School of Economics lecturer, sharing a... more

08 Oct 2025

54 MINS

54:47

08 Oct 2025


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591: Founder and CEO of Xenopsi Ventures on Behavioral Science That Sells

MichaelAaron Flicker, founder and CEO of Xenopsi Ventures and coauthor of Hacking the Huma... more

06 Oct 2025

49 MINS

49:03

06 Oct 2025


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590: Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author on What Good Leaders Can Learn From Bad Bosses

Mita Mallick, Wall Street Journal–bestselling author and workplace strategist, examines ho... more

01 Oct 2025

52 MINS

52:08

01 Oct 2025