Outthinkers
The Outthinkers podcast is a growth strategy podcast hosted by Kaihan Krippendorff. Each week, Kaihan talks with forward-looking strategists and innovators that are challenging the status quo, leading the future of business, and shaping our world.
Chief strategy officers and executives can learn more and join the Outthinker community at https://outthinkernetwork.com/.
Episodes
127 episodes since 2024
#124—Brian Evergreen: Beyond Digital—The Era of Autonomous Transformation
Brian Evergreen, author of Autonomous Transformation: Creating a More Human Future in the Era of Artificial Intelligence, named a Next Big Idea “Must-Read” and for which Brian was shortlisted for the 2023 Thinkers50 Breakthrough...
September 06, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 124
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34:52
#123—Christina Alaimo: The Hidden History of Data and its Role in Modern Strategy
Cristina Alaimo, is the Assistant Professor of Digital Economy and Society at Guido Carli University in Rome, Italy and soon to be Associate Professor at ESSEC Business School in France. Her research focuses on innovatio...
August 09, 2024
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Episode 123
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40:00
#122—Stephan Meier: Employee-Centricity as a Competitive Advantage
Stephan Meier, is Chair of the Management Division and the James P. Gorman Professor of Business Strategy at Columbia Business School whose work lies at the intersection of behavioral economics, business strategy, and the future of work....
July 26, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 122
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34:14
#121—Proximity: How Coming Breakthroughs in Just-in-Time Transform Business, Society, and Daily Life
The world has undergone a transformation in the past century, as the industrial revolution turned many luxuries into everyday commodities. Then, at the turn of the century, the advent of the internet compounded this supply and demand shift. Now...
July 12, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 121
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40:23
#120—Matt Beane: Mastering the Learning Gap: Skill Building in an AI-Augmented World
Matt Beane, is an Assistant Professor in the Technology Management Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has conducted extensive field research with robots and AI seeks to uncover systematic positive exceptions that ...
June 28, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 120
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35:37
#119—Christopher Marquis: Re-examining Business Externalities for Social Good
Christopher Marquis, the Sinyi Professor at the University of Cambridge Judge School of Business. Chris writes a regular column for Forbes and his work has appeared in the Boston Globe, Washington Post, Fortune, TIME, Foreign Policy,...
June 12, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 119
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30:21
#118—Bruce Vojak: Decoding the Minds of Serial Innovators
Bruce Vojak, is Managing Director of Breakthrough Innovation Advisors, LLC, and serves on the Advisory Board of Midtronics, Inc., JVA Partners, and the Board of Directors of Micron Industries Corporation, and is a Senior Fellow with The ...
May 31, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 118
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25:57
#117—Min Jung: A Neuroscientist's Insights into Unleashing Creativity
Min Jung is a vice director of the Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions at the Institute for Basic Science in South Korea and a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Tec...
May 17, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 117
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26:47
#116— Cathy Hackl: Expanding Our Actual and Virtual Reality with Spatial Computing
Cathy Hackl is a globally-recognized tech & gaming exec, futurist, & speaker focused on spatial computing, virtual worlds, augmented reality, AI, & gaming platforms strategy. She’s the co-CEO of Spatial Dynamics, a spatial co...
May 01, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 116
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27:13
#115—Amy Edmonson: Cultivating Psychological Safety to Foster Risk-Taking and Innovation
Amy C. Edmondson the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, renowned for her research over the last 20 years on psychological safety and teaming. Her award-winning work has appeared in The New...
April 19, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 115
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31:03
#114—John Winsor: Unveiling the Potential of Open Talent
John Winsor is a prominent figure in strategic marketing and product innovation, known for his deep understanding of future work trends and open talent strategies. Hisexpertise in collaboration, co-creation, and open innovation has m...
April 05, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 114
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31:35
#113—Jeanne Liedtka: Design Thinking: Unleashing Creativity in Business
Jeanne Liedtka is the Professor of Business at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business, where she teaches both MBAs and executives, as well as consulting on innovation, organic growth and design thinking. Je...
March 22, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 113
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30:48
#112—W. Russell Neuman: AI's Role in Evolutionary Intelligence
W. Russell Neuman is Professor of Media Technology at New York University, a founding faculty of the MIT Media Lab, he served as a Senior Policy Analyst in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. His books l...
March 08, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 112
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34:20
#111—Tobias Dengel: Voice Technology: Unlocking Efficiency and Evolution
Tobias Dengel is President of WillowTree, a TELUS International Company. WillowTree designs and builds digital experiences for the world’s largest brands, and they sit at the forefront of this breakthrough. Tobias understands voice techn...
February 23, 2024
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Episode 111
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25:26
#110—Sukhinder Singh Cassidy: Embracing Risk, Agility, and Resilience for Success
Sukhinder Sing Cassidy is the leader of the growth and performance of Xero globally. With more than 25 years’ experience in Silicon Valley as a CEO, digital leader and board member, she has experienced building and scaling global compani...
February 09, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 110
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29:05
#109—Jayshree Seth: Effective Collaboration and Innovation Between Science and Business
Jayshree Seth is a Corporate Scientist at 3M who currently holds 80 patents for a variety of innovations, with several additional pending. Jayshree was appointed 3M’s first ever Chief Science Advocate in 2018 and as is using her scientif...
January 25, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 109
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34:49
#108—Jean-Manuel Izaret: Mastering Your Pricing Strategy: Tips and Insights from JMI of BCG
Jean-Manuel Izaret, or, JMI as he often prefers to go by, is a BCG managing director and senior partner and the global leader of the Marketing, Sales & Pricing practice based in San Francisco. His work as a BCG Fellow focus...
January 12, 2024
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Episode 1
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30:24
#107—Sheena Iyengar: Demystifying the Relationship Between Creativity and Innovation
Sheena Iyengar is the S.T. Lee Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, where she has taught since 1998. A graduate of both Wharton and Stanford, she is one of the world's experts on choice and innovation. Famously kn...
December 22, 2023
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Episode 1
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28:47
#106—David Lancefield: Strategy and Culture in Tandem
David Lancefield is a catalyst, strategist and coach to senior executives, professionals and entrepreneurs. Over the last 25 years, David has worked with organizations on strategy, innovation, culture from start-ups to blue chi...
December 08, 2023
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Episode 1
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23:09
#105—Bob Sutton: Leveraging Friction in Your Organization
Bob Sutton is an organizational psychologist and professor of Management Science and Engineering at the Stanford Engineering School. He has given keynote speeches to more than 200 groups in 20 countries, and served on numerous ...
November 24, 2023
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Episode 105
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28:14
#104—Andy Binns & Ellie Amirnasr: Paving a Path of Success for Corporate Explorers within Your Organization
In this episode, Andy Binns, co-founder and Director of Change Logic, and an award-winning author who publishes articles on innovation strategy and execution in established firms is joined by an additional guest, Ellie Amirnasr, director of dig...
November 10, 2023
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Episode 104
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32:37
#103—Shannon Banks: Unlocking the Power of Social Leadership and Purpose
Shannon Banks is managing director of Be Leadership, and an award-winning facilitator, consultant, and coach. A pioneer in the field of social leadership, she founded her company in 2014 to help organizations bring their purpos...
October 27, 2023
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Episode 103
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23:41
#102—Matt Abrahams: Optimizing Your Strategic Communication Toolkit
In this episode, Matt Abrahams, leading expert in communication with decades of experience as an educator, author, podcast host, and coach shares some of his top insights into strategic communication. He gives us a holistic exp...
October 13, 2023
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Episode 1
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22:16
#101—Bob Muglia: The Critical Role of People in Digital Transformation and the Future of AI
Bob Muglia is a data technology investor and business executive, former CEO of Snowflake, and past president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Division. His rich background as a long-time leader in the tech space afforded him the...
September 29, 2023
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Episode 1
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25:04
#100—Outthinkers Reaches 100: Special Highlights Episode
Dear listeners, this week we celebrate our 100th episode. We want to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and listenership, as we treat you to a compilation of some of our favorite insights over the past years. Below you'll find ...
September 15, 2023
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Episode 1
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43:47