Strategy and disruption
Jeff & Staney DeGraff — The Art of Change
Organisations love innovation, but they hate their innovators. Jeff and Staney DeGraff close out the trilogy with paradox mindset, the seven paradoxes, and why the man who saved Operation Warp Speed got passed over for promotion.
Jeff DeGraff and Staney DeGraff 1:22:51 27 Apr 2026
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Creativity and innovation practice
Creativity Is a Skill: Jeff & Staney DeGraff on the C.R.E.A.T.E. Method
Creativity is not a gift. It is a skill. Jeff and Staney DeGraff return with the CREATE method that turns ordinary teams into compounding inventors.
Jeff DeGraff and Staney DeGraff 51:13 22 Apr 2026
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Leadership and change
Innovation Isn't Harmony—It's Conflict
What if innovation doesn't come from alignment but from constructive conflict? This episode explores the Innovation Code and the four archetypes that make new ideas work.
Jeff DeGraff and Staney DeGraff 57:22 15 Apr 2026
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AI and autonomy
AI and the Octopus Organization
Steven Wunker and Jonathan Brill explore how AI reshapes organisations through distributed intelligence, autonomy, and faster decision-making.
Steven Wunker and Jonathan Brill 08 Apr 2026
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Strategy and negotiation
Split the Pie: Barry Nalebuff on Fair Negotiation, Game Theory, and Better Deals
Barry Nalebuff explains the Split the Pie method, showing how data, logic, and game theory can produce fairer deals.
Barry Nalebuff 01 Apr 2026
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Case studies and disruption
Nokia Saw iPhone Coming — So What Went Wrong?
Timo Partanen explains why Nokia tracked Apple early and still failed to turn warning signals into action.
Timo Partanen 24 Mar 2026
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Reinvention and leadership
Nokia's Comeback Explained: Emotion, Strategy & Boardroom Decisions
Nokia didn't just collapse. It reinvented itself. This episode explores how leadership, emotion, and boardroom decisions shaped that recovery.
Timo Partanen 18 Mar 2026
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Corporate failure analysis
Everyone Thinks the iPhone Killed Nokia. They're Wrong!
The real reason Nokia collapsed had more to do with fear, leadership pressure, and Symbian lock-in than with the iPhone alone.
Aidan McCullen 10 Mar 2026
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Emotion and strategy
Who Killed Nokia?
Quy Huy and Timo Vuori unpack how fear, shared emotion, and distorted truth-telling undermined Nokia from the inside.
Quy Huy and Timo Vuori 05 Mar 2026
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Case studies and strategy
The Spectacular Rise and Fall of BlackBerry
Jacquie McNish traces BlackBerry's rise, leadership struggles, and strategic blind spots in a story that mirrors many incumbent traps.
Jacquie McNish 23 Feb 2026
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Corporate innovation
Corporate Innovation Strategy: Return Maps, Managing Up & Forecasting with Chuck House
Chuck House explains managing up, using return maps, and aligning strategy so intrapreneurs can get permission to win inside large companies.
Chuck House 18 Feb 2026
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Digital transformation
Digital Transformation Playbook: 10 Years On with David Rogers
David Rogers revisits Digital Transformation Playbook to show how AI, platform strategy, and business model disruption have changed the field.
David Rogers 11 Feb 2026
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Strategy and reinvention
Behind the Music: The Strategic Genius of Taylor Swift Part 2
Kevin Evers explores the strategy behind Taylor Swift's reinventions, brand evolution, and business power.
Kevin Evers 03 Feb 2026
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Strategy and reinvention
The Strategic Genius of Taylor Swift with Kevin Evers
Kevin Evers joins Aidan to examine how Taylor Swift built not just a music career but a global business empire through reinvention and strategic intent.
Kevin Evers 28 Jan 2026
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Communication and leadership
From Rambling to Impact: The Power of Making a Point
Joel Schwartzberg shares practical tools for sharpening your message, speaking with clarity, and leading with more precision.
Joel Schwartzberg 21 Jan 2026
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Insights and decision-making
Unlocking the Power of Insights with Gary Klein
Gary Klein explains how people and organisations can spot insights, avoid flawed mental models, and make smarter decisions.
Gary Klein 14 Jan 2026
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Technology and media
Classic Enhanced Audio Episode: Scott Galloway on Algorithms, Tech Giants, and the Retail Apocalypse
Scott Galloway discusses platform dominance, the future of media, and how big tech rewrites the rules of retail and advertising.
Scott Galloway 14 Jan 2026
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Disruption and growth curves
Navigating the Accelerated S-Curve with Paul Nunes
Paul Nunes explains why traditional S-curves are collapsing and how leaders can survive hyper-speed innovation.
Paul Nunes 06 Jan 2026
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Reinvention and life transitions
Why Transitions Are Harder Than We Expect
Teresa Amabile explores the emotional, psychological, and structural dimensions of retirement and major life transitions.
Teresa Amabile 30 Dec 2025
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Innovation history and disruption
Epic Disruptions: Scott D. Anthony on 11 Innovations That Changed the World
Scott D. Anthony explores 11 world-changing innovations, the hidden patterns of disruption, and what leaders should learn from history.
Scott D. Anthony 22 Dec 2025
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