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
136 episodes
#133—Ethan Mollick: How AI Will Enhance—Not Replace—Our Work
Ethan Mollick, is the Ralph J. Roberts Distinguished Faculty Scholar and Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he studies the effects of artificial intelligence on work, entrepreneurship, and ...
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Episode 133
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26:22
#132—Andrew Hill: Decoding the FT and Schroders Best Business Book of the Year Award
Andrew Hill, is senior business writer at the Financial Times and consulting editor, Financial Times Live. He is author of Ruskinland (2019), about the enduring influence of Victorian thinker John Ruskin and Leaders...
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Episode 132
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35:48
#131—Marcus Collins: Culture: The Hidden Force Shaping Behavior and Belonging
Dr. Marcus Collins is an award-winning marketer and cultural translator, the former chief strategy officer at Wieden+Kennedy, New York, and a marketing professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. Marcus ...
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Episode 131
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31:15
#130—JP Pawliw-Fry: Culture Under Pressure—The Last 8%
JP Pawliw-Fry, is world-renowned keynote speaker and New York Times bestselling author, also coaches Navy Seals, professional athletes and their coaches on high performance. As the founder of IHHP and an expert in cu...
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Episode 130
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27:32
#129—Oscar Munoz: United's Strategic Revival Through Employee Empowerment
Oscar Munoz, is the former CEO and Chairman of United Airlines. Oscar has led an accomplished career, spanning senior financial positions at Coca-Cola, Pepsico, AT&T, and US West. He also served as President and COO of North American...
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Episode 129
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39:32
#128—David Edelman: Personalization as Competitive Advantage in the Age of AI
David Edelman is a Harvard Business School Fellow and Executive Advisor at BCG. David spent over 30 years as a chief marketing officer at Aetna/CVS, as well as building consultancy businesses in digital and marketing transformation ...
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Episode 128
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31:36
#127—Rebecca Homkes: Mastering Change—The Survive, Reset, Thrive Framework
Rebecca Homkes, is a high-growth strategy expert and CEO and executive advisor. She is a Lecturer at London Business School, Faculty at Duke Corporate Executive Education, Advisor and Faculty at the Boston Consulting Group focused on AI ...
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Episode 127
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30:31
#126—William Duggan: Navigating the Corporate Labyrinth—A Guide for Internal Innovators
William Duggan is lecturer of strategy and innovation at Columbia Business School, and the author of four books on innovation: Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement (2007); Creative Strategy: A Guide for Innova...
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Episode 126
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28:25
#125—Frederik Pferdt: Cultivating a Future-Ready Mindset
Frederik Pferdt is Google's first Chief Innovation Evangelist and author of "WHAT'S NEXT IS NOW: How To Live Future Ready.” During his time at Google, Frederik played a pivotal role in shaping one of the world's most...
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Episode 124
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33:06
#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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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 ...
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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,...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Episode 109
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34:49