Oct 27, 2025
Vik Malhotra, McKinsey senior partner and coauthor of CEO Excellence and A CEO for All Seasons, examines the strategic pressures that now define the CEO role: a “30- to 40-year tech revolution,” intensifying geopolitics, shifting consumer behavior, and demographic change. As he notes, “every business at some level...
Oct 22, 2025
Few leaders have run Fortune 500 giants on different continents. Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld has.
As CEO of Siemens (Germany) and Alcoa (U.S.), he has led global transformations across industries and advised presidents and heads of state.
In this interview, Klaus shares:
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Why time management is a myth and energy is the real...
595: What AI Can’t Replace: Former design lead at IDEO on Safe Danger, Trust, and the Future of Work
Oct 20, 2025
In this week’s Strategy Skills episode, we spoke with Ben Swire, author of Safe Danger and former leader at IDEO.
His thesis is trust and psychological safety aren’t byproducts. They’re designable conditions. And when designed correctly, they create room for calculated risk, creativity, and deeper collaboration.
Oct 15, 2025
Scott Harris, a New York City real estate broker with more than $2 billion in career sales and author of The Pursuit of Home, reframes buying and selling property as an emotional journey—“a place where life is happening for you”—that requires the same discipline leaders apply to strategy, systems, and people....
Oct 13, 2025
In this episode, Jim Murphy, New York Times bestselling author, shares how leaders can build resilience, reframe fear, and operate at their highest level under pressure. His approach blends performance psychology, neuroscience, and spiritual discipline.
1. Identity Beyond Roles
Murphy emphasizes the risk of anchoring...