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

In this episode, golf coach and entrepreneur Eric Corgorno shares his tips on growing a business and social media following. He transformed his business revenue from $80K to $1.5 million in less than 5 years and increased his followers to 500K+. Eric emphasizes consistency, quality content, and modeling success for YouTube, offering insights on content creation, equipment, and monetization strategies.

Author Finnian Kelly discusses Intentionality, blending science and spirituality for self-transformation. Topics include breathwork for leaders, beliefs in leadership, accessing the universal mind, and setting intentions for personal growth.

Dr. Rebecca Homkes discusses strategies for leading breakthrough growth in volatile times, emphasizing proactive choices and learning loops. She delves into navigating confirmation bias, strategy transitions, and finding passion in consulting. Tips for managing a busy schedule and promoting her book are also highlighted.

Payam Zamani, Unicorn Founder and CEO of One Planet Group, shares lessons from building a billion-dollar IPO, creating a 'people-first' culture. His journey from fleeing Iran to reacquiring AutoWeb is a story of resilience. The podcast covers challenges of starting a business in the early internet days, raising venture capital, and the importance of businesses beyond profit. Zamani's book 'Crossing the Desert' offers wisdom for navigating life's struggles with hope and guidance.

Professor of Finance at London Business School, Alex Edmans, discusses the importance of distinguishing trustworthy evidence from misinformation. Topics include navigating bias in decision-making, ethical business practices, critical thinking in relationships, media manipulation, cross-cultural management challenges, and executive decision-making mechanics.

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 458, featuring an interview with the CEO of Fireflies.ai, Krish Rameni. In this episode, Krish took us back to the early days of starting their company, Fireflies.ai, and how they stayed motivated despite the challenges. He shared valuable advice from the lessons he learned throughout his career that will be useful for individuals who are starting their careers or planning to transition into the world of startups. Krish Ramineni is the Co-Founder and CEO of Fireflies.ai, an AI meeting assistant that transcribes, summarizes, and analyzes meetings. Named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Krish graduated from UPenn. He was one of the youngest Product Managers at Microsoft, leading projects in customer voice and growth. He has guest lectured at Stanford on machine learning and holds patents in workflow automation. Krish is a thought leader in SaaS/AI and an active startup advisor. Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy Studies free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/OverallApproach McKinsey & BCG winning resume free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/resumepdf Enjoying this episode? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

Dr. Mark G. Shrime, author of 'Solving for Why,' discusses finding purpose, reflection, service, competing in American Ninja Warrior, time management, prioritizing deep work, book selection, and discovering personal purpose. The podcast provides insights on aligning actions with one's 'why' and promoting a purposeful life.

Author Paul Epstein shares insights on making better decisions faster by using the Hands Equation, integrating head and heart. He discusses strategies for leaders to enhance decision-making and team culture. Learn about effective communication of feedback, balancing mindset, authenticity, and actions for success, mastering morning routines, and balancing work and personal life for career success.

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 455, featuring an interview with the author of Ping Pong Leadership: 18 Principles to Succeed at Any Table in Business, Sports, and Life, Justin Bookey. In this book, Justin distills lessons from a beloved global sport into 18 actionable and unforgettable "Pong Principles." Justin has spent decades as a competitive table tennis player, trained with national and world champions, and won medals at the US Open. He is an Emmy-nominated content creator and strategist, and he's worked with leaders at global companies to accomplish their business goals. As these two worlds overlapped, Justin realized that the core principles he learned while training to compete at the table also apply to success in business and leadership. Ping Pong Leadership is a powerful guide to success at any table. Justin Bookey is a former lawyer, an award-winning marketing strategist, and global ping pong player. He's had the good fortune of learning from some of the best and brightest in several arenas while working with leaders at Disney, Sony, Honda, Qualcomm, XPRIZE, and more. After practicing communications law for several years in Washington, DC, he transitioned to web content development. He's earned Emmy nominations for feature documentaries he produced, and Telly, Viddy, and ADDY awards for digital marketing campaigns he spearheaded. Upon moving to LA, Bookey stepped up his training with Olympian and world-class table tennis coach Wei Wang. His efforts with her and other national/world champions helped him win medals at the US Open and the US national championships. He learned different leadership cultures while studying in India and teaching in Japan, and has played table tennis on seven continents. He grew up in Seattle, Washington, and now lives and works in Santa Monica, California, where he also runs PongFit, a nonprofit that builds fitness and community through ping pong. Get Ping Pong Leadership here: https://rb.gy/wbgkae Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy Studies free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/OverallApproach McKinsey & BCG winning resume free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/resumepdf Enjoying this episode? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 454, featuring an interview with the author of Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality, Benjamin Shestakofsky. This book draws on nineteen months of participant-observation research inside a successful Silicon Valley startup, and examines how the company was organized to meet the needs of the venture capital investors who funded it. Investors push startups to scale as quickly as possible to inflate the value of their asset. Benjamin Shestakofsky shows how these demands create organizational problems that managers solve by combining high-tech systems with low-wage human labor. Behind the Startup explains how the gains generated by these companies are funneled into the pockets of a small cadre of elite investors and entrepreneurs. Shestakofsky compellingly argues that we must focus less on fixing the technology and more on changing the financial infrastructure that supports it. Benjamin Shestakofsky is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is affiliated with AI at Wharton and the Center on Digital Culture and Society. He is the author of Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality (on sale March 19, 2024, University of California Press). Shestakofsky's research centers on the relationship between work, technology, organizations, and political economy in the age of AI. Articles based on his research for Behind the Startup have been awarded the 2021 Star-Nelkin Paper Award from the American Sociological Association's (ASA) Section on Science, Knowledge, and Technology and the 2019 W. Richard Scott Article Award from the ASA's Section on Organizations, Occupations, and Work. His research has been supported by the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy and the UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. His work has been featured in the Financial Times, Axios, and in a publication of the World Economic Forum. Author website: https://www.benjaminshestakofsky.com/ Book website: Behind the Startup: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520395039/behind-the-startup X/Twitter: @bshestakofsky Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy Studies free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/OverallApproach McKinsey & BCG winning resume free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/resumepdf Enjoying this episode? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo