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Strategy at Scaledriversselect: How Steve Hall Found the Ignition Point to Disrupt the Used Car IndustryWhen I asked Verne Harnish, who he recommended we interview to gain insights into effective scaling strategies, Steve Hall was one of the first names he mentioned—and for good reason. As the founder of driversselect, Steve transformed the used car retail industry through innovative business practices and a strong organizational culture that drove exceptional performance. His journey culminated in a successful acquisition by Sonic Automotive, one of the largest auto retailers in the U.S.What sets Steve apart is his ability to combine analytical thinking with heartfelt leadership. He not only mastered the op...2025-03-2549 min
Outthinkers#134—Sandra Matz: The Intersection of Human Behavior and AIs Psychological TargetingSandra Matz is the David W. Zalaznick Associate Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, in New York, where she also serves as the Director of the Center for Advanced Technology and Human Performance. As a computational social scientist with a background in psychology and computer science, Sandra studies human behavior and preferences using a combination of big data analytics and traditional experimental methods. Her research, and the topic of this podcast, uncovers the hidden relationships between our digital lives and our psychology with the goal of helping businesses and individuals make better and more e...2025-01-2429 min
Outthinkers#47—Pete Newell: Lessons in Accelerating InnovationPete Newell is a nationally-recognized innovation expert whose work is transforming how the government and other large organizations compete and drive growth. He is the CEO of BMNT, an innovation consultancy and early-stage tech accelerator that helps solve some of the hardest real-world problems in national security, state and local governments, and beyond. Pete is a founder and co-author, with Lean Startup founder Steve Blank, of Hacking for Defense (H4D)®, an academic program that focuses on solving national security problems. It has in turned created a series of sister courses—Hacking for Diplomacy, Hacking for Oceans, Hac...2022-05-1320 min
Outthinkers#13—David Robertson: Innovating Around the Core of Your CompanyDavid Robertson is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he leads the IEM and EPGM programs. He is one of the most experienced Faculty Directors at MIT, having directed executive programs for dozens of companies over the past 15 years. From 2014 through 2017, David was the host of Innovation Navigation, a weekly radio show and podcast that focuses on the management of innovation. Each week he interviewed thought leaders from industry and academia. David is the author of the award-winning book about LEGO’s near-bankruptcy and spectacular recovery—Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the...2021-06-2521 min
Disrupt Yourself Podcast with Whitney JohnsonKaihan Krippendorff: Give Failure Its DueWhen picturing disruptive innovators, many people picture the lone genius entrepreneur: Steve Jobs or Bill Gates in a garage, working outside of The System to get their product to market. But is this really how great innovations are created and incubated? In Driving Innovation From Within, Author Kaihan Krippendorff delves deep into the 30 most transformative innovations of the last 30 years. What he found was that despite the stereotype it is actually employees that push the boundaries of innovation, and we do a disservice to employees everywhere when we perpetuate the notion that you have to be an...2019-10-2943 min
IntangiblesAgility - Kaihan Krippendorf 011Dr. Kaihan Krippendorff, (@kaihan) is an author, a speaker, a business strategy consultant. He’s written books, articles, blogs and consulted to some of the most forward-thinking companies of today. We talk about what mental agility is, how it manifests itself in individuals and organization. We contrast mental agility with linear thinking. And then we go through the process in a way that lends itself to innovation. Finally, we conclude with some case studies, to further illustrate the value of mental agility.2017-10-0238 min