In this episode, Rich sits down with renowned strategist, psychologist, and innovation expert Dr. Max McKeown. As the author of The Strategy Book, SuperAdaptability, and several other bestsellers, Max brings a uniquely creative lens to the world of strategic thinking — blending research, live visual art, and a deep appreciation for paradox.

Together, Rich and Max explore what strategy really is, how imagination fuels innovation, and why developing a rhythm to your strategic work is essential in today’s ever-changing world. With insight, humor, and sharp metaphors, this episode offers a powerful reframing of how leaders can shape the future.

If you're looking to reconnect with the why behind your strategy — and equip yourself with creative tools to thrive — this episode is for you.

“Strategy is about shaping the future.”

(00:00) Deep Dive Interview with Dr. Max McKeown

In this segment, Rich highlights the value chain as a powerful tool for sharpening strategic thinking. Originally developed by Michael Porter, the value chain breaks a business into primary activities (like production, operations, marketing, or sales) and the supporting secondary activities that enable them. By mapping these activities—whether at the industry level, such as bean production through roasting in the coffee industry, or at the company level, like Uber’s operations spanning rides, delivery, and freight—leaders can see where differentiation and costs shape customer value. Comparing your value chain against competitors’ makes it easier to identify areas of competitive advantage and disadvantage, offering a practical way to practice strategic thinking.

This listener Q&A tackled the question, “How can I tell if my strategy is working?” Rich explained that one common pitfall is changing strategies too quickly without truly testing them. The key lies in setting measurable objectives with clear timeframes, then building in milestones to track progress along the way. For example, instead of aiming vaguely to increase sales by 15% over the year, a leader might target 3% growth in Q1, 6% by Q2, and 10% by Q3. These checkpoints create a clear rhythm for evaluation, allowing leaders to adjust thoughtfully rather than guessing whether their strategy is paying off.

To close the episode, Rich shared a quote from Olympic gold medal gymnast Shannon Miller, who observed that at the highest levels of competition, everyone is talented and works hard, but what separates the gold medalists from the silver medalists is the mental game. The insight applies equally to business: mental fitness is a strategic advantage. Rich encouraged listeners to build their own mental game by starting the day with short “mental workouts” to increase focus and resilience, positioning themselves to perform at their best when it matters most.

📘 SuperAdaptability

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In this episode, Rich sits down with Mo Edjlali, mindfulness innovator, entrepreneur, and founder of Mindful Leader. With more than 25 years of cross-industry experience, Mo has helped shape how mindfulness is applied in the workplace. His book, Open MBSR, reimagines the future of mindfulness in organizational life.

Together, Rich and Mo explore the intersections of mindfulness, leadership, and strategy—examining how leaders can build self-awareness, navigate paradoxes, and bring greater presence to their decision-making.

If you're curious about how contemplative practices can influence performance and leadership, this conversation offers practical insights and powerful reframes.

“The practice of mindfulness is paying attention to the present moment with openness and curiosity.”

“Just turn off the noise and be alone with your thoughts. And there's no excuse not to do that.”

“I think it's very difficult to have situational awareness if you don't have             self-awareness. And if you do have situational awareness, but you don't have self-awareness, then it might be difficult to share what you've discovered in ways that are effective and that rally folks around.”

“I'm a staunch advocate for this idea of dialectic thinking to get us to just remember that idea of balance, almost like the yin and the yang… We have to find balance, to think in paradox, like we could accept who we are fully and we could want to become a better person.”

Leadership inconsistency is one of the top reasons employees leave organizations. Just as athletes want referees to call the game consistently, teams want their leaders to act with clarity and stability. One powerful tool? Leadership principles. These short, actionable statements help guide how leaders show up and make decisions — every day. By practicing them consistently, leaders build trust, foster alignment, and create the conditions for lasting performance.

Listener Question: How do you define leadership?

Leadership is the ability to set a clear direction and support others in achieving shared goals. Great leaders don't just chart a path — they equip their teams with the tools, training, and guidance to succeed. If you'd like to submit a question for this segment, visit strategyskills.com. Selected entries receive exclusive Strategic Minds swag.

Today’s Winsight comes from David Novak, former CEO of Yum! Brands:

“Take time to reflect. It’s the stillness that leads to the action.”

Strategic thinkers don’t just do — they pause. Set aside 30 minutes each week to step off the activity treadmill and ask yourself: What am I doing? Why am I doing it? How could I do it better? The stillness might just be your biggest advantage.

Open MBSR: Reimagining the Future of Mindfulness: https://www.amazon.com/Open-MSBR-Vision-Framework-Mindfulness/dp/1119988632

Mindful Leader: https://www.mindfulleader.org/

Mo Edjlali on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/medjlali/

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How can leaders develop winning strategy by solving competition-based problems?

In this episode, Rich sits down with Martin Reeves — chairman of the BCG Henderson Institute, prolific business strategist, and co-author of books like The Imagination Machine, Your Strategy Needs a Strategy, and his recently published work, Like: The Button that Changed the World. Martin shares why great strategies often require reframing the real problem, how leaders can deploy collective imagination, and why strategic advantage is always a moving target.

He also explores the rare but essential trait of ambidexterity — being able to exploit what works while continuing to explore what’s next — and outlines why in today’s fast-changing world, strategy must evolve from a plan to a practice.

“I have a very pragmatic definition of strategy in that it's any systematic, so not just random, any systematic pattern of thought or action which biases the probability, not the certainty, biases the probability of favorable competitive outcomes.”

“Well, the basic idea is you've got to solve a competitive problem and therefore what problem you're solving depends upon the competitive situation.”

“We kept bumping into this idea of what the strategists call ambidexterity, which is the ability to explore and exploit, to do the growth thing as well as the efficiency thing is extremely valuable, but also quite rare.”

“As a 35-year veteran strategist, I can't remember a single assignment where the given problem, the assumed problem, was the actual problem. There was always the need to reframe.”

“We may think about the strategy of large corporations in terms of efficiency and deduction and analysis, but actually now with the pace of change, also every company needs, even at scale, to be entrepreneurial and therefore it needs to deploy collective imagination.”

“So essentially, competitive advantage involves doing difficult and valuable things, which you can do, which create value for customers, but which are hard for others to imitate.”

Rich reflects on how to avoid chasing the shiny objects in your business and start assessing opportunities objectively. 

How can leaders prepare their teams for a productive strategy off-site meeting?

Former LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner’s perspective on effective time management and how you can apply it to your work.

(00:00) Deep Dive Interview with Martin Reeves

(52:46) Practice Makes Profit

(55:13) League of Strategic Minds

(57:10) Winsights, Ideas for Advantage

📕 Like: The Button That Changed the World

Strategic Thinking Institute Website

Rich Horwath on LinkedIn

Rich Horwath on YouTube

Rich Horwath on X

Rich Horwath on Instagram

STRATEGIC Book

Strategic Fitness System

Free Strategic Thinker Newsletter

Strategic Quotient (SQ) Assessment

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🎧 Listen on Spotify

How can leaders develop strategies that adapt to uncertainty and avoid the pitfalls of overconfidence?

In this episode, Rich sits down with Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman — Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King’s College London and one of the world’s leading scholars on strategy, international relations, and military history. Knighted for his contributions and the official historian of the Falklands Campaign, Sir Lawrence has authored seminal works including Strategy: A History, The Future of War, and The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy.

In this wide-ranging conversation, he shares insights on:

How strategy is more than a plan — and why it’s a continuous, iterative process

Why understanding your adversaries and allies is as important in business as in war

The dangers of hubris, overextension, and failing to listen to dissenting voices

How leaders can recognize when to adapt or reverse course without losing momentum

Sir Lawrence also offers timeless lessons for business leaders on reading context, anticipating friction, and practicing strategic empathy.

(00:00) Deep Dive Interview with Sir Lawrence Freedman

(54:35) Practice Makes Profit

(56:23) League of Strategic Minds

(58:43) Winsights, Ideas for Advantage

“Strategy is one of those things that you do without calling it strategy. So if people at any time are working out how to achieve what they want to achieve and looking at the means available, they're engaging in strategy.”

“It's easier to have a good strategy if you've got resources, much harder if you don't have resources, which is why, incidentally, a lot of the most ingenious strategic thinkers have been underdogs because they really needed to work at it.”

“The thing about strategy is it's a continual process. So I kind of talk about it as a sort of soap opera rather than a three-act play. You don't suddenly say, now I'm done.”

“If you look at why military strategy fails most, it's because of underestimation of your adversaries.”

“Most strategy, let's say 50% of strategy is defensive. I don't know how much that's taught in business schools, but that's the way in practice a lot of it's gonna work because you're just being caught out. So it's against the ability to read situations.”

Rich shares a practical exercise for conducting a meeting audit — helping leaders reclaim time and improve organizational efficiency by aligning meetings with strategic purpose.

Listener Question:

Rich outlines the importance of clear agendas, pre-work, interactive dialogue, and actionable takeaways to transform standard meetings into value-creating sessions.

Michael Porter reminds us:

“It’s healthy for people to disagree, but there comes a time when discussion ends. Strategy is about picking a direction and getting everybody really excited about it.”

Leaders who decide decisively and align teams behind a clear direction outperform those who linger in consensus-building.

Sir Lawrence Freedman’s Books on Amazon:

Strategy: A History

The Future of War: A History

Command: The Politics of Military Operations

The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy (4th Edition)

Sir Lawrence’s Substack: https://samf.substack.com/

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How can you apply the mental training techniques of world-class achievers to maximize your performance?

In this episode, Rich sits down with Dr. Nate Zinsser — performance psychologist, long-time director of West Point’s Center for Enhanced Performance, and author of The Confident Mind. Dr. Zinsser shares practical tools for building unshakable confidence, how to mentally prepare for high-stakes moments, and why envisioning your wins before they happen is a key to sustained success.

He also explains how athletes, warriors, and business leaders can all train their minds to adapt to any situation they face — and why a “first victory” begins before you ever walk into the room.

Key Quotes:

“I define confidence as a state of certainty that you will have about a particular ability, a particular skill or competence, a sense of certainty that allows you to bypass conscious analysis and thought about what you’re doing and basically execute unconsciously.”

“You are in that spotlight, your body is going to surge. And you can either choose to say, ‘I’m excited. This is cool. Look at my body turning on.’ Or you can go, ‘Geez, I’m getting real nervous. I don’t like this.’ Choose wisely. It’s going to happen.”

“And proper envisioning is a skill. It is a skill that, as I've said before, improves with practice. And sometimes you have to start with very simple things.”

“Confidence is how you think on the inside. Arrogance is what you put out to the world.”

“If success produced confidence, you'd have a ton of it. No, it's not about the success that you've had. It's about your willingness to emotionally invest in your own success, to allow it to build.”

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Practice Makes Profit:

Rich shares how leaders can prepare for important events the same way elite athletes prepare for game day — by creating a daily mental workout to train their minds for high performance.

League of Strategic Minds:

How can leaders train for confidence the same way they train for physical performance? Is it really possible to "practice" in your mind?

Winsight:

Is your team winning? Are you outperforming the competition in providing superior value to customers? In its most basic form, strategy is how you plan to win. If you’re not currently winning, then create a new strategy.

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🔗 Links:

Find The Confident Mind by Dr. Zinsser here: https://www.amazon.com/Confident-Mind-Battle-Tested-Unshakable-Performance/dp/0063014831

Learn more about Dr. Zinsser at his website: https://www.natezinsser.com/about

Strategic Thinking Institute Website: https://www.strategyskills.com/

Rich Horwath on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richhorwath/

Rich Horwath on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RichHorwath

Rich Horwath on X: https://x.com/RichHorwath

Rich Horwath on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richhorwathceo/

STRATEGIC  Book: https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Direction-Advantage-Executive-Excellence/dp/1394215339

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If plans don’t always pan out, how can we best prepare for the future?

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“Instead of planning, we should invest more in preparing. Because planning is usually external. It's timelines, it's spreadsheets, it's steps, it's milestones, all of those things. But preparing is internal. It's your mind state, it's your emotional readiness to adapt.”

“ Innovation is a permission problem, not an idea problem. People don't need more creativity. They need more psychological safety to use it.”

 ”If you wanna create an environment for innovation, I would recommend using rituals and not rules. Rituals are sticky and they're human… Leaders have specific values in an organization that they wanna activate, bring to life. I think rituals are the best way to actually do that.” 

Practice Makes Profit: Making collaboration seamless by assessing alignment.

League of Strategic Minds [listener question]:    What strategy myths hold organizations back from being more successful?

Winsights: Ideas for Advantage:     Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, said, “I bet 70 percent of the innovation we do focuses on slightly improving a process. That incremental invention is a huge part of what makes Amazon tick.” Do you and your team have a process to stimulate innovative thinking throughout the year so that you're always providing new value to your customers? Innovate and evolve or risk becoming obsolete.

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(00:00) Deep Dive Interview with Frederik

(47:34) Practice Makes Profit

(50:34) League of Strategic Minds 

(53:16) Winsights, Ideas for Advantage 

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Links:

Submit a question for Rich to the League of Strategic Minds: https://www.strategyskills.com/strategic-minds-podcast/ 

Frederik Pferdt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fgpferdt/

Rich Horwath on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RichHorwath

Rich Horwath on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richhorwathceo/

Strategic Thinking Institute Website: https://www.strategyskills.com/

Inc. Magazine’s Top 4 book for 2024: STRATEGIC  Book: https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Direction-Advantage-Executive-Excellence/dp/1394215339

New executive development platform: Strategic Fitness System: http://www.Strategic-Fitness-System.com

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/57wbZTtLJhznc4OBCe0OE6?si=c2c74bbb9b4340e0&nd=1&dlsi=f9d56ce5aafd4941

How does a long-term entrepreneur identify a good idea, scale it, and stay committed to that vision over 30 years? 

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“ If you don't maintain the culture, it'll be a bad culture.” 

“When I think about whether I like what I'm doing, I base it on two factors. One, do I like the people I'm working with? And two, am I learning new things?”

“Sometimes you have to force a learning function on the organization because it's important. Because the landscape shifts and you don't want to get caught flat-footed.”

“Find your unit that you're going to evaluate things on. What is it? What is that process? And then make sure you can always pull back the layers to make sure that element is working well.”

Practice Makes Profit: Solve challenges effectively and efficiently with solutional thinking. 

League of Strategic Minds [listener question]:    How can I help my team be more innovative

Winsights: Ideas for Advantage: Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay and HP Enterprises, said, “First, you need the right strategy. Less than perfect execution against the right strategy will probably work. 100 percent execution against the wrong strategy, won't.” Does your team have a strategy that you believe in and can help win in the market? If not, all the time you're spending on execution and tactics is being wasted. The motto is ready, aim, fire not just keep firing. Think first.

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(00:41) Deep Dive Interview with Angie

(47:27) Practice Makes Profit

486:57) League of Strategic Minds 

(50:11) Winsights, Ideas for Advantage 

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Links:

Submit a question for Rich to the League of Strategic Minds: https://www.strategyskills.com/strategic-minds-podcast/ 

Angie Hicks on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angie-hicks-30566/

Angi: https://www.linkedin.com/company/angi/

Rich Horwath on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RichHorwath

Rich Horwath on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richhorwathceo/

Strategic Thinking Institute Website: https://www.strategyskills.com/

Inc. Magazine’s Top 4 book for 2024: STRATEGIC  Book: https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Direction-Advantage-Executive-Excellence/dp/1394215339

New executive development platform: Strategic Fitness System: http://www.Strategic-Fitness-System.com 

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/57wbZTtLJhznc4OBCe0OE6?si=c2c74bbb9b4340e0&nd=1&dlsi=f9d56ce5aafd4941 

What military strategies and tactics can business leaders leverage to position their companies for success? 

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“Too much information has become the fog of war. It used to be not enough. Now it's too much… Now you've got to look through haystacks of information, thousands of haystacks of information, to try to find that golden needle in the haystack that will help you make a decision.” 

“ I've seen somebody say to me: ‘Here’s my strategy, it’s 15 pages.’ And it's like, hey, it's gonna fail, You might as well stop. Start again. Can't be 15. Nobody's gonna read it.”

“ The key is creating a learning environment where people want to learn and that after action review helps you learn and overcome those issues that may be buried if you didn't pull them out. It's like pulling a band aid off. You can't be thin skinned. Sometimes it's tough.”

Practice Makes Profit: Increasing team velocity through a decision inventory. 

League of Strategic Minds [listener question]:   What's the best way to tell if someone is strategic? 

Winsights: Ideas for Advantage:    Sun Tzu, the Chinese general and philosopher, wrote, “Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances.” Are you and your team repeating the same tactics year after year and expecting some type of miraculous change?  Carve out time to think strategically about the changes in your market and with your customers. Stop procrastinating and start innovating.

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(00:00) Deep Dive Interview with General Brown

(54:57) Practice Makes Profit

(56:17) League of Strategic Minds 

(57:31) Winsights, Ideas for Advantage 

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Links:

Submit a question for Rich to the League of Strategic Minds: https://www.strategyskills.com/strategic-minds-podcast/ 

General Brown on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-brooks-brown-1981usma/

AUSA.org: https://www.ausa.org/

Strategic Quotients Assessment: https://www.strategyskills.com/strategic-quotient-assessment/ 

Rich Horwath on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RichHorwath

Rich Horwath on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richhorwathceo/

Strategic Thinking Institute Website: https://www.strategyskills.com/

Inc. Magazine’s Top 4 book for 2024: STRATEGIC  Book: https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Direction-Advantage-Executive-Excellence/dp/1394215339

New executive development platform: Strategic Fitness System: http://www.Strategic-Fitness-System.com

On Spotify

: https://open.spotify.com/show/57wbZTtLJhznc4OBCe0OE6?si=c2c74bbb9b4340e0&nd=1&dlsi=f9d56ce5aafd4941

What strategic thinking techniques can leaders apply from a world poker champion to better position themselves for success? 

In this conversation, Darren gives us insight into preparation and execution, how to adapt on the fly, assessing and reading competition, and maintaining emotional control to make good decisions. 

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“You really can't think about the money that much. You have to execute the strategy and you shouldn't be thinking in dollars or anything like that. You should be thinking in numbers and players and the relationships between our strategies. I think a lot of mistakes I've seen at big final tables come from players that get a little overwhelmed by the moment or the thinking about the money. That stuff you really shouldn't be thinking about until after the tournament.”

“ The biggest thing for me is objective self evaluation, where I'm looking at how I played, I'm looking at the decisions from a distance and saying, was this hand played well? Was this the right play against this player in that situation? And really remaining confident that even though you're losing, and in poker tournaments, you actually lose 80 percent of the time.”

“ Know who you're playing against….because  everybody has different strategies. You have loose players, tight players. You have ones that don't want to play big pots. You have ones that maybe don't play as many hands preflop….So really, try to understand your opponent. Uh, what they're trying to do with the table, what their general strategy is.”

Practice Makes Profit: Reducing mental fatigue and burnout by batching your work. 

League of Strategic Minds [listener question]:  What's the best way to align strategies between different functional areas?

Winsights: Ideas for Advantage:   Jensen Huang, the CEO of NVIDIA, said, “Our company is 30 days from going out of business. You're always on the way to going out of business. If you don't internalize that sensibility, you will go out of business.” Ask yourself this, are you and your team meeting to discuss your business model and how it needs to evolve?

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(00:41) Deep Dive Interview with Darren Elias

(37:48) Practice Makes Profit

(39:43) League of Strategic Minds 

(41:08) Winsights, Ideas for Advantage 

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Links:

Submit a question for Rich to the League of Strategic Minds: https://www.strategyskills.com/strategic-minds-podcast/ 

Darren Elias on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darren-elias-3a1432114/

BetMGM: https://www.linkedin.com/company/betmgm/

Rich Horwath on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RichHorwath

Rich Horwath on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richhorwathceo/

Strategic Thinking Institute Website: https://www.strategyskills.com/

Inc. Magazine’s Top 4 book for 2024: STRATEGIC  Book: https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Direction-Advantage-Executive-Excellence/dp/1394215339

New executive development platform: Strategic Fitness System: http://www.Strategic-Fitness-System.com

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/57wbZTtLJhznc4OBCe0OE6?si=c2c74bbb9b4340e0&nd=1&dlsi=f9d56ce5aafd4941

What are the business techniques leaders can learn from a Chess Master CEO and how should they be thinking about the future of AI? 

In this episode, Rich sits down with Alan Trefler, a chess master and the Founder and CEO of Pegaystems, the Enterprise Transformation Company that helps organizations Build for Change® with enterprise AI decisioning and workflow automation. Alan has earned multiple patents and overseen the expansion of Pega from start-up to a $1.3+ billion, global, public company with about 6,000 employees. 

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“The chess master will look and identify a set of candidates. They don't just stare at the position and magically figure out what to do. They say, ‘hey, here are three, four, five things that appear to be credible alternatives’ and then very methodically dig through them to figure out which might be the best one or what the holes are.”

“In the four decades of Pega’s existence, we've done five complete technology shifts….

And every single one of those encompass the risk of doing something that was materially different. And there's always risk when you're doing something the first time, or you're doing something that is hard. Ultimately I think evaluating those risks is key, but you also need to think about the risk of not making a change.”

“If you think of AI as an accelerant, as a way to, for example, tell you something about your business that you should make better and then you have the chance with your team to weigh in and don't necessarily do what the AI is telling you, but use the AI as a stimulus. Boy, you can use the AI as it exists now, and it can profoundly change the way a business works.”

Practice Makes Profit: Increasing productivity and efficiency by scoring and categorizing your interactions. 

League of Strategic Minds [listener question]:  What are the keys to running a good strategy offsite meeting? 

Winsights: Ideas for Advantage:  Jack Welch, former CEO of GE, said, “When the rate of change inside a company is slower than the rate of change outside, the end is in sight. The only question is when.” Are you and your team making changes internally in your thinking, processes, resource allocation, and structure each and every quarter?

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(00:44) Deep Dive Interview with Alan Trefler 

(43:50 Practice Makes Profit 

(45:48) League of Strategic Minds 

(48:27) Winsights, Ideas for Advantage 

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Links:

Submit a question for Rich to the League of Strategic Minds: https://www.strategyskills.com/strategic-minds-podcast/ 

Alan Trefler on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alantrefler/

Pegasystems: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pegasystems/

Rich Horwath on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RichHorwath

Rich Horwath on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richhorwathceo/

Strategic Thinking Institute Website: https://www.strategyskills.com/

Inc. Magazine’s Top 4 book for 2024: STRATEGIC  Book: https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Direction-Advantage-Executive-Excellence/dp/1394215339

New executive development platform: Strategic Fitness System: http://www.Strategic-Fitness-System.com

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/57wbZTtLJhznc4OBCe0OE6?si=c2c74bbb9b4340e0&nd=1&dlsi=f9d56ce5aafd4941