9 Oct 2026 · 46 min
PEST, PESTEL / PESTLE, STEP, STEEP, STEEPLE, etc., are slight variations of frameworks used for macroenvironmental analysis. Irrespective of the specific taxonomy used, scanning the external environment regularly is essential to identify critical long-term trends and shape proactive strategies. Ultimately, these frameworks provide crucial guidance for managers navigating complex, ever-changing global business landscapes.
S1 · E19 · 10 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
Value Chain Analysis (VCA) is a strategic method used to identify how a company’s internal activities generate competitive advantage.
S1 · E18 · 3 Apr 2026 · 45 min
Successful learning is not a universal ability but a result of relational compatibility and the technical ease with which specific knowledge can be communicated. There are specific mechanisms and obstacles associated with interorganizational and internal knowledge transfer.
S1 · E17 · 28 Mar 2026 · 58 min
The Resource-Based View (RBV) of the firm is a strategic framework that shifts focus from external market conditions to a company's internal tangible and intangible assets. Central to this perspective is the VRIO analytical framework, which evaluates whether resources are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and supported by the Organisation to determine their potential for creating a sustained competitive advantage.
S1 · E16 · 21 Nov 2025 · 38 min
Power dynamics or political currency - How to execute your agenda in a complex organisation? How is power acquired, held and lost? Why do some people have power and others don't?
S1 · E15 · 20 Nov 2025 · 31 min
Psychological Safety is often misunderstood as group cohesion, ignoring performance or softness. Nothing could be farther from the truth. In reality, it is about leaders demonstrating situational humility and responding productively. Psychological safety is a necessary but not sufficient condition for high performance - it must be balanced with high standards, accountability, and a focus on results.
S1 · E14 · 18 Nov 2025 · 41 min
Human motivation in the workplace is a complex and widely misunderstood topic. This episode discusses intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of behaviour, from Maslow's foundational need hierarchy, to Herzberg's two-factor theory, to the latest in behavioural science.
S1 · E13 · 27 Oct 2025 · 43 min
What makes organisational change and transformation fail, and what is needed to make change stick?
S1 · E12 · 26 Oct 2025 · 56 min
Intense competition leads to blood in the water - red oceans. Companies can win by leveraging innovation to create blue oceans - uncontested markets, where they can rule the waters.
S1 · E11 · 25 Oct 2025 · 1 hr 5 min
Why did The Eastman Kodak Company, which invented the digital camera, not only get left behind in the race of digital, but almost got wiped out by the digital camera wave? How can successful, outstanding companies do everything "right" and still lose their market leadership, or even fail as new technology develops?
S1 · E10 · 24 Oct 2025 · 1 hr 5 min
How do innovations, ideas, messages and even rumours spread? How, why, and at what rate new ideas and technologies spread through a population or social system depends on relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability.
S1 · E9 · 22 Oct 2025 · 36 min
Life is uncertain, as is the business environment. This episode focuses on strategic decision-making and risk management in uncertainty.
S1 · E8 · 20 Oct 2025 · 1 hr 13 min
Leadership has shifted from command-and-control to coaching to meet the demands of the modern, rapidly changing workplace. Successful leaders must adopt the role of teacher and coach to unlock employee potential, foster learning, and drive organisational performance.
S1 · E7 · 19 Oct 2025 · 55 min
Why companies should not define their market, focusing on their own products - and how it can lead to stagnation and potential failure. Companies should rather focus on the customer's needs and desires.
S1 · E6 · 18 Oct 2025 · 52 min
The rule of three for competitive markets determines the market structures for these. It warns of the dangers of trying to emulate the players on the other end of the spectrum.
S1 · E5 · 17 Oct 2025 · 38 min
What are the fundamental ways firms can achieve a defendable position in an industry? Why is trying to be everything to everybody a recipe for disaster?
S1 · E4 · 16 Oct 2025 · 58 min
What is the vaunted Balanced Scorecard and how can it be used as a strategic management tool? Why is it considered more holistic and meaningful than traditional short-term financial metrics of company performance?
S1 · E3 · 15 Oct 2025 · 43 min
Sure, you have heard of Porter's Five Forces. But do you truly understand them? Is it only your competitors with whom you compete for value (profits)? What really are the five competitive forces that determine industry profitability and shape strategy?
S1 · E2 · 14 Oct 2025 · 37 min
It is easy to get bogged down in theoretical discussions about the leaders vs the manager. But in organisational settings, what is leadership in the real world? And what works?
S1 · E1 · 13 Oct 2025 · 55 min
"Strategy" is one of those terms often bandied about. However, more often than not, people use it incorrectly - referring either to tactics or plans, neither of which is strategy. So, what is strategy, and what is strategic thinking in business?
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