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Strategic Minds

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 Are you tactical or strategic? Research shows that it’s the difference between bankruptcy and a Kevlar competitive advantage. In a world where bad strategy is the leading cause of business failure, and only one out of every four leaders are truly strategic, strategic fitness is the meta-skill of elite executives. On Strategic Minds, you’ll journey with New York Times & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Rich Horwath into conversations with extraordinary leaders and world-class experts to learn new ways to think, plan, and act strategically. You’ll discover game-changing insights, tips, and techniques to turbocharge your performance and position you as a true difference-maker in your arena.Rich Horwath Economía Exito Profesional Gestión Gestión y Liderazgo
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  • Cultivating a Future Ready Mindset

    Cultivating a Future Ready Mindset
    May 20 2025

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

    In this episode, Rich sits down with Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt who was Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist and is now a Stanford educator and an Executive-in-Residence and Visiting Fellow at NYU Stern.

    In this conversation, he shares insights into how to ritualize and embody cultural values, how to prepare for the future and the power of choosing to show up.

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    Key Quotes:

    “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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    Time stamps:

    (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/


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


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

    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
    Sign up for Rich’s free Strategic Thinker Newsletter: https://www.strategyskills.com/subscribe/


    [Subscribe to the Podcast]
    On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strategic-minds/id1748877976

    On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/57wbZTtLJhznc4OBCe0OE6?si=c2c74bbb9b4340e0&nd=1&dlsi=f9d56ce5aafd4941
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    55 m
  • Playing the Long Game: Growing a Startup into a Household Name

    Playing the Long Game: Growing a Startup into a Household Name
    Mar 4 2025
    How does a long-term entrepreneur identify a good idea, scale it, and stay committed to that vision over 30 years? In this episode, Rich sits down with Angie Hicks, Co-founder and Chief Customer Officer at Angi, formerly Angie’s list. They discuss building a business from the ground up, leading employees and external partners, and maintaining enthusiasm for a long-term goal. ---------Key Quotes: “ 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 innovativeWinsights: 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.--------Time stamps:(00:41) Deep Dive Interview with Angie(47:27) Practice Makes Profit486:57) League of Strategic Minds (50:11) Winsights, Ideas for Advantage ---------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 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richhorwath/Rich Horwath on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RichHorwathRich 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/1394215339New executive development platform: Strategic Fitness System: http://www.Strategic-Fitness-System.com Sign up for Rich’s free Strategic Thinker Newsletter: https://www.strategyskills.com/subscribe/[Subscribe to the Podcast] On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strategic-minds/id1748877976On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/57wbZTtLJhznc4OBCe0OE6?si=c2c74bbb9b4340e0&nd=1&dlsi=f9d56ce5aafd4941
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    52 m
  • Battle-Tested Strategy: Lessons from a Four-Star General

    Battle-Tested Strategy: Lessons from a Four-Star General
    Feb 18 2025

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

    In this episode, Rich sits down with four-star General Robert Brown, President and CEO of the Association of the United States Army. General Brown is an experienced commander who has led at every level, from platoon through Army Service Component Command, leading a group of over 100,000 soldiers.

    In this conversation, he discusses military strategy and best practices for navigating the modern Fog of War, sharing his insights on red teaming, after action reviews, and leadership principles.

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    Key Quotes:

    “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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    Time stamps:

    (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 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richhorwath/

    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
    Sign up for Rich’s free Strategic Thinker Newsletter: https://www.strategyskills.com/subscribe/


    [Subscribe to the Podcast]
    On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strategic-minds/id1748877976

    On Spotify

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