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Leadership is a process. These are the stories about the journey we all take learning to lead. On our show we talk about how people can lead teams more effectively, how organizations can enhance their approaches to developing the leaders of tomorrow, and we talk to our guests…
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Why Smart Leaders Make Bad Decisions (opens the original)
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Smart leaders make bad decisions all the time. But why? In this episode, we explore the story of Kodak, a company that helped invent the digital camera yet still struggled to navigate the transformation of photography. It’s a fascinating example of how optimism, existing success, and our own assumptions can make risks surprisingly difficult to see before a decision goes wrong. As we prepare for the release of Matthew’s new book, The Upside of Downside Thinking , we use this episode as the first
Preparing for a Future We Can’t Predict (opens the original)
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In this episode, we explore how past generations reacted to groundbreaking technologies like the telephone, ATMs,and spreadsheets and why so many confident predictions turned out to be wrong. Along the way, we’ll uncover Roy Amara’s famous observation that we tend to overestimate the short-term impact of new technologies while underestimating their long-term effects. As leaders navigate the AI revolution, history offersan important reminder: the future is almost never what we predict — Upcoming
The Hidden Architects of Success (opens the original)
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What do shipping containers, barcodes, and time zones have in common? At first glance, not much. They’re ordinary, often overlooked systems that most of us rarely think about. But each quietly transformed the way the world works. In this episode, we explore the hidden innovations that made modern commerce, transportation, and retail possible, and what they reveal about leadership. While most people focus on visible outcomes, great leaders understand that lasting success is built on foundations t
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