Strategic Seeing by Svyatoslav Biryulin

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Strategic Seeing by Svyatoslav Biryulin

Sharpen your strategic thinking by listening to this podcast from a person with thirty years of experience as a CEO, board member, and strategy consultant. Tune in for an engaging episode on strategic thinking every week. Narrated by AI.

  1. Episode 18. When Vision Inspires, Outcome Backfires: Focus on the problem, not on the solution

    3 DAYS AGO

    Episode 18. When Vision Inspires, Outcome Backfires: Focus on the problem, not on the solution

    “Don’t fall in love with your solution. Fall in love with the problem.” Paul GrahamCan you imagine a startup that raised $1.7 billion in the initial investment and shut down only six months after launch?Its name was Quibi. In 2020, it promised to revolutionize the way people are entertained. But today, its name is a synonym for failure. Quibi’s business model involved creating 10-minute clips that would be watched on mobile during commutes. Unfortunately, it launched in 2020, w...

    8 min
  2. Episode 17. No-Strategy Approach: Embrace Layered Strategic Thinking Instead

    15 OCT

    Episode 17. No-Strategy Approach: Embrace Layered Strategic Thinking Instead

    "If you define the problem correctly, you almost have the solution."Steve JobsThere’s an old joke. A man was walking through the desert and found an old brass lamp. He rubbed the lamp, and a genie popped out of it.“Listen,” said the genie, “I am too old, so I can grant any wish, but only one. So, think carefully.”The man thought for an hour or so and then said: "I wish I had everything!"“No problem, man,” the genie replied. A soft chime sounded, and the genie said: “Now you already had everyt...

    11 min
  3. Episode 16. Annual Budgeting Is a Pricey Illusion – Time to Dump It for Good

    8 OCT

    Episode 16. Annual Budgeting Is a Pricey Illusion – Time to Dump It for Good

    Autumn has arrived, and companies worldwide have kicked off their annual round of that tiresome, pointless, and utterly useless game called budgeting, aka Annual Strategic Planning. This has about as much to do with planning as rearranging office furniture has to do with a growth strategy. I believe there is a much better and faster way to save our planet from global warming than green transition and other initiatives: we should cancel annual budgeting. I am joking, of course.&...

    9 min
  4. Episode 15. Once Trusted, Then Ousted: Customers Have Fired Nike's CEO

    1 OCT

    Episode 15. Once Trusted, Then Ousted: Customers Have Fired Nike's CEO

    “June 28th, 2024. Nike Q2 24 financial results. 25bn of market cap lost in a day (70 in 9 months). 130 million shares exchanged in the stock market (13 times the average number of daily transactions). The lowest share price since 2018, - 32% since the beginning of 2024. It was the judgment day for Nike.”That day, Nike had its worst day in the stock market since going public in 1980. On September 19, Nike Inc. announced that John Donahoe, the company's CEO, was ousted. Nike’s board of di...

    13 min
  5. Episode 14. Stay Ahead of the Curve: Glimpse Into the Future of Your Industry

    24 SEPT

    Episode 14. Stay Ahead of the Curve: Glimpse Into the Future of Your Industry

    You have a strategy? It will fail. All strategies fail sooner or later. They fall victim to our inability to predict the future.The only certainty about the future is that it will be different than we expect. But those who think about the future in a structured way gain an advantage. In this episode, I’ll tell you about a tool that can be of much help if you also want to stay ahead of the curve.

    9 min
  6. Episode 13. Close the Gap: Align Your Leadership with the Company’s Real Strategy

    17 SEPT

    Episode 13. Close the Gap: Align Your Leadership with the Company’s Real Strategy

    Most CEOs are under the illusion that they are managing their companies. No, I am not kidding. Leonardo DiCaprio's character in the 'Shutter Island' film is Edward "Teddy" Daniels. He believes he is a U.S. marshal who came to the Ashecliffe Hospital for the criminally insane on the island to investigate a case.But then he is shocked to learn that he’s not Teddy Daniels. The story he believed to be his real life was just an illusion. I believe that the CEOs of 124 organizations ...

    7 min
  7. Episode 12. Your Employees Love Their Job? That’s Not Enough. Give Them a Reason to Love Your Customers

    10 SEPT

    Episode 12. Your Employees Love Their Job? That’s Not Enough. Give Them a Reason to Love Your Customers

    One of the biggest misconceptions in management is believing that employees work for a company. This is like thinking that the citizens of a country work for its government. Managers who believe they are bosses are definitely stuck in the past. Buy them a new calendar.A company, or its management, represents the minority that should create enough value for the majority – its employees – so that it can capture significant value from them. And a clear, inspiring mission statemen...

    9 min
  8. Episode 11. Yahoo!, Focused Strategy, and Magical Thinking: What We Can Learn from Yahoo's Failure

    3 SEPT

    Episode 11. Yahoo!, Focused Strategy, and Magical Thinking: What We Can Learn from Yahoo's Failure

    In the 2000 movie Frequency, a secondary character named Gordo becomes happy and wealthy thanks to Yahoo shares he bought before. He did it because his friend John, the main character, established contact with the past with an old radio. John from 2000 advised six-year-old Gordo from the past to remember the "magic word:" "Yahoo."Guess who paid for the product placement. The film was greenlighted for production in January 1999. At the time, Yahoo stock was at its peak. But then thin...

    7 min
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