Nov 26, 2025
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 how to make better personal-finance decisions.
After decades studying markets and investor behavior, Campbell saw a...
Nov 24, 2025
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, and builds products.
In this in-depth interview, Phil shares the playbook behind “Irresistible Change”, his...
Nov 19, 2025
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 give us the future that we deserve,” and how this led to a disciplined focus on balance, diversifying...
Nov 17, 2025
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 public school board, teaching at Harvard, and writing Why School Boards Matter.
In this episode, we discuss:
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How Levy...
Nov 12, 2025
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. She identifies the recurring obstacle as the “brain bully”, the inner critic that turns preparation into paralysis,...