The Successful Strategist
In five-minute episodes of The Successful Strategist, Mitchell Muncy – a consultant and co-founder or chief executive of five start-ups – cuts through jargon and myth to help you answer the most important questions any organization can ask. For-profit or non-profit, business executive or philanthropist, Fortune 500 or startup, CEO or front-line, listen to develop an engaging and rewarding approach to strategy, management, and governance.
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Mitchell Muncy, Founder and Principal of Prospera LLC, introduces The Successful Strategist, a podcast on strategy, management, and governance, dedicated to helping you address the most important questions any organization can ask.
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Culture does not eat strategy for breakfast. The fifth and final episode in a series on the definition of strategy.
Previous episode: Defining Strategy: Testing Hypotheses (S3:E23)
Related episodes: Fit, the Fourth Element of Strategy (S1:E14); Real Strategy Development (S1:E16)
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Two critical reasons you should think of your strategy as a hypothesis. The fourth episode in a series on the definition of strategy.
Previous episode: Defining Strategy: Making Choices (S3:E22)
Related episodes: Strategy Is Not a Guarantee (S1:E25); Why Strategy: Miracles and Bullseyes (S2:E5)
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Four points to understand about making strategic choices. The third episode in a series on the definition of strategy.
Previous episode: Defining Strategy: Becoming Unique (S3:E21)
Related episodes: Why Strategy: You Already Have a Strategy (S2:E1); Executive Decisions Are Not Strategy (S1:E24)
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Becoming unique is more important than beating the competition. The second episode in a series on the definition of strategy.
Previous episode: Defining Strategy: Solving Problems (S3:E20)
Related episodes: What Is Winning? (S1:E6); The Threat of Growth (S3:E3)
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Three consequences of strategy as a problem-solving activity. The first episode in a series on the definition of strategy.
Previous episode: Strategy Consultants: Five Essential Qualities (S3:E19)
Related episodes: Why Strategy: Defining the Problem Is the Problem (S2:E2); Strategic Plans: What's the Problem? (S2:E21)
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Four qualities Richard Branson looks for in a consultant, plus one. The ninth and final episode in a series on key roles in strategy development.
Previous episode: Strategy Consultants: What Is the "Outside View"? (S3:E18)
Related episodes: CEOs and Strategy: Two Temptations (S3:E11); The Secret Question (S2:E18)
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What do strategy consultants offer? The eighth episode in a series on key roles in strategy development.
Previous episode: Boards and Strategy: Four Ways to Be Constructive (S3:E17)
Related episodes: Bad Is Stronger Than Good (S1:E2); Real Strategy Development (S1:E16); Chief Strategy Officers: Independent Insiders (S3:S13)
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Four ways board members can be independent and constructive at the same time. The seventh episode in a series on key roles in strategy development.
Previous episode: Boards and Strategy: Four Ways to Serve (S3:E16)
Related episodes: What Makes a Plan "Strategic" (S2:E20); Executive Decisions Ae Not Strategy (S1:E24)
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Four ways board members must serve the organization as a whole. The sixth episode in a series on key roles in strategy development.
Previous episode: Boards and Strategy: Three Steps (S3:E15)
Related episodes: The Fit Test (S2:E10); Key Functions Are Not Strategy (S1:E22)
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How should CEOs and boards work together on strategy? The fifth episode in a series on key roles in strategy development.
Previous episode: Chief Strategy Officers: Six Roles (S3:E14)
Related episodes: Defining the Problem Is the Problem (S2:E2); Give Me Options (S2:E23)
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Six ways to think about the chief strategy officer’s role. The fourth episode in a series on key roles in strategy development.
Previous episode: Chief Strategy Officers: Independent Insiders (S3:E13)
Related episodes: Planning Is Not Strategy (S1:E18); Executive Decisions Are Not Strategy (S1:E24)
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What do chief strategy officers do? The third episode in a series on key roles in strategy development.
Previous episode: The CEO and Strategy: Two Mindsets (S3:E12)
Related episodes: Strategy Is Not a Function (S1:E17); What's the Problem? (S2:E21)
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Is your CEO a restless babysitter or a devoted parent? The second episode in a series on key roles in strategy development.
Previous episode: The CEO and Strategy: Two Temptaions (S3:E11)
Related episodes: The Barriers to Success (S1:E9); Choice, The First Element of Strategy (S1:E11)
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Strategy is the CEO's main job. The first episode in a series on key roles in strategy development.
Previous episode: The Threat of Strategy (S3:E10)
Related episodes: Strategy Is Not a Function (S1:E17); Exclusion, The Third Element of Strategy (S3:E13)
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When is it time to change strategies? The tenth and final episode in a series on threats to good strategy.
Previous episode: The Threat of Impatience (S3:E9)
Related episodes: The Most Important Strategy Question (S1:E10); The Durability Question (S2:E17)
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Innovation requires continuity. The ninth in a series of episodes on threats to good strategy.
Previous episode: The Threat of Confusion (S3:E8)
Related episodes: The Barriers to Success (S1:E9); We're Not Alone (S2:E22)
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Three reasons others may be confused about your strategy. The eighth in a series of episodes on threats to good strategy.
Previous episode: The Threat of the Best and the Good (S3:E7)
Related episodes: The Meaning Test (S2:E8); What Are You Talking About? (S2:E24)
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Being the best is impossible, but you can't succeed being good. The seventh in a series of episodes on threats to good strategy.
Previous episode: The Threat of Information (S3:E6)
Related episodes: There Is No Best Solution (S2:E3); We're Not Alone (S2:E22)
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Information can't do your thinking for you. The sixth in a series of episodes on threats to good strategy.
Previous episode: The Threat of Easy Questions (S3:E5)
Related episodes: Strategy Is Not a Guarantee (S1:E25); The Most Important Strategy Question (S1:E10)
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