Author: Kris Safarova

  • Your Invitation to The Annual

    Your Invitation to The Annual

    Set a Bold Goal and Join Us… For a Transformative Year Happy New Year! This year, we will do something different for Insiders and Legacy members. Yes, we are going to be releasing powerful programs for both Insider and Legacy levels. Major updates and exciting changes are coming to both and we will share more soon. We also will be releasing very powerful…

  • Dave Durand, a 9-Figure Founder and E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year, on How to Be Successful

    Dave Durand, a 9-Figure Founder and E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year, on How to Be Successful

    Episode 513 of Strategy Skills is an interview with the author of Leading Giants: A Leader’s Guide to Maximum Influence, Dave Durand. In this episode, Dave Durand explains his decision to approach life as an adventure, without fearing mistakes and prioritizing the best ideas over being right. He talks about building successful organizations by creating…

  • Sparking Creativity and Making Innovation Happen with Duncan Wardle

    Sparking Creativity and Making Innovation Happen with Duncan Wardle

    For Strategy Skills episode 511, we interviewed the author of The Imagination Emporium: Creative Recipes for Innovation, Duncan Wardle. In this episode, Duncan discusses how to promote creativity in business and explains how the subconscious mind generates better ideas when we’re not at work. He introduces tools like “What If,” “Where Else,” and “How Else”…

  • The Strategic AI-PE Pathway

    The Strategic AI-PE Pathway

    It’s Not About What You Think Your Expertise Is…. It’s About Where Others See You Bring Value We just released a full new Insider program (a 3-part program)… Workbook: This program also comes with a downloadable workbook. You will see it as a downloadable document on the program page, the way you can access workbooks for Innovators vs. Summarizers, Overcome…

  • P&G and Walmart: The Story Behind the Groundbreaking Relationship with Tom Muccio

    P&G and Walmart: The Story Behind the Groundbreaking Relationship with Tom Muccio

    Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 510, an interview with the author of Collaborative Disruption, Tom Muccio. In this episode, Tom Muccio shares his experience leading Procter & Gamble’s collaboration with Walmart. By breaking down corporate barriers and focusing on mutual understanding, Tom helped both companies grow dramatically and expand their business from $350 million to…

  • Jamie Woolf, First Director of Culture at Pixar, on Constructive Disruption as a Force for Innovation

    Jamie Woolf, First Director of Culture at Pixar, on Constructive Disruption as a Force for Innovation

    For episode 509 of Strategy Skills, we have an interview with a renowned innovation cultivator, speaker, and founder of Creativity Partners, Jamie Woolf. In this episode, Jamie shared her remarkable experience working at Pixar under Ed Catmull’s leadership and explained its unique culture that combines art and technology to drive innovation. She explained the concept…

  • [9 New Episodes] Building an Electric Car Start-Up

    [9 New Episodes] Building an Electric Car Start-Up

    The Family Didn’t Trust Each Other, Let Alone the Buyer. Every Move Felt Like Navigating a Minefield. Building an electric car start-up: 9 new episodes Building an electric car start-up is not for the faint of heart. Picture standing at the edge of an industry known for brutal competition, staggering costs, and relentless innovation. Then…

  • 13 Tips for Writing Winning Consulting Proposals

    13 Tips for Writing Winning Consulting Proposals

    In a Saturated Market, a Single Compelling Graphic Can… Be Worth a Thousand Meandering Words. When it comes to consulting proposals, true mastery lies not merely in pristine logic but in how one’s vision leaps from the page. Even if you aren’t a member of the Strategy Control Room Advanced (SCRA), our internal massive reading…

  • Developing a Financial Services Strategy Proposal

    Developing a Financial Services Strategy Proposal

    We have just released Developing a Financial Services Strategy Proposal (109 SLIDES). It is accessible within the Strategy Control Room, Advanced Level. *** This winning proposal template/example is unique. The goal was to impress the private equity firm which had purchased the retailer, and serve as their advisor rather than working for the retailer, which was…