The Chief Strategy Officer Podcast
The Chief Strategy Officer Podcast brings you conversations with global executives who lead strategy to share their unique experiences in tackling complex challenges, navigating disruptive technologies, and driving impactful growth.
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Episodes
12 episodes
Agile Budgeting: Capital Allocation at the Pace of Change
Today, we are tackling a topic that holding back most organizations from adapting to our rapidly changing business environments, a topic rooted in a habit that is so engrained in most companies that we don’t even think about changing it: bud...
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37:34
Working with Investment Bankers: Strategy First, Deal Second
If you’re a strategy leader stepping into M&A or refining your inorganic growth strategy, there’s one relationship that can either propel you forward or hold you back: your relationship with investment bankers. In this episode, we di...
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28:25
Making Purpose a Strategic Advantage
Welcome to another episode of The Chief Strategy Officer Podcast! Today, we’re tackling a topic that sits at the heart of every successful organization: purpose. For years, the question of what purpose an organizatio...
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35:12
Mastering M&A: Strategy, Integration, and Effectiveness
Welcome to another episode of The Chief Strategy Officer Podcast! Today, we’re diving into a pivotal topic for strategy leaders: how to approach mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to accelerate your company’s strategic goals. Joinin...
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Episode 9
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32:53
Expanding Your Impact: A CSO's Roadmap to Board Service
In this episode, we’re diving into an increasingly hot topic for chief strategy officers: joining external advisory boards. We feature three accomplished chief strategy officers who serve on numerous public and private boards : Desi...
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Episode 8
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40:09
Making Strategic AI Investments
Welcome to another episode of The Chief Strategy Officer Podcast. Today’s discussion centers on one of the most transformative and rapidly evolving topics in business— artificial intelligence. We’re joined by three distinguished strategy ...
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Episode 7
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38:05
Designing and Operating an Effective Strategy Office (Part 2)
In this episode, we're joined by Eric Goldstein, Chief Strategy Officer at TIAA, to explore the challenges and opportunities of setting up and operating a strategy office. With over six years at TIAA and an impressive background in investment b...
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Episode 6
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37:04
Designing and Operating an Effective Strategy Office (Part 1)
In today’s episode, we're diving deep into the intricate process of designing and operating a successful strategy office. This is a critical discussion for any newly appointed CSO or those looking to fine tune their existing strategy office.&nb...
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Episode 5
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48:22
How to Integrate Sustainability into Corporate Strategy
In this episode, we are joined by three chief strategy officers who are also responsible for sustainability in their organizations. Alpa Sutaria of WestRock, Paula Kovarsky of Raizen, and Maisie Ganzler of Bon Apetit Management Company.I...
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Episode 4
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48:41
The Unexpected Role of the Strategy Office
How Southern Glazer's Office of Strategic Management Built an Enduring Strategic AdvantageSouthern Glazer's Wine & Spirits is the largest wine and spirits distributor in the United States, serving over 240,000 customers acros...
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Episode 3
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39:59
Scaling Smart: Strategy in Growth-Stage Organizations
Corporate strategy in growth-stage companies can be very different from strategy in mature organizations. In this episode, we hear from three chief strategy executives who are effectively navigating the strategic journeys for their scaling orga...
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Episode 2
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33:39
How to recruit and build a diverse strategy team
As much as companies promise and commit to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, the reality is corporate strategy, especially at the senior level, remains a male-dominated field. Some chief strategy officers have made it their mission ...
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Episode 1
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