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The Advisors: McKinsey's Rise to Influence
Listen now | How The Firm became the elite management consulting firm and the impact on business in the 20th century.
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Ruben Ugarte
3:38:28
Bonus Content: The Advisors: McKinsey's Rise to Influence
Diving deeper into the McKinsey approach and thinking.
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Ruben Ugarte
10:50

September 2024

The rise of management consultants
Three ideas that led to the creation and rise of McKinsey & Company
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Ruben Ugarte
The Long Term
Running ultra-marathons by doing less, seeking out the truth and exploring alternative paths.
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Ruben Ugarte
2

August 2024

Instant Memories: Polaroid's and Edwin Land's Impossible Work
Understanding what it means to think in decades while trying to solve nearly impossible goals.
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Ruben Ugarte
2:30:03
Bonus Content: Instant Memories: Polaroid's and Edwin Land's Impossible Work
Seeing Edwin Land, the SX-70 and Polaroid in color and in video.
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Ruben Ugarte
14:00
Are you relying on genius?
Plus the three categories of books and why one cannot relieve the past.
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Ruben Ugarte

July 2024

What is the central question of your life?
Plus the multiverse in strategic discussions and games to hone mental skills.
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Ruben Ugarte
"We can't decide so we cheat and bundle 12 objectives under 3 priorities"
Why it is hard to limit your strategy to three priorities and what you can do about it.
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Ruben Ugarte
A tool to gauge the effectiveness of your succession planning
How leaders can ensure their team is ready to take over, years before a leader steps down.
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Ruben Ugarte

June 2024

Friday Thread #03: Running Meetings People Love
Meetings are unavoidable in most organizations but there's plenty of room for improvement.
Measuring the progress and success of a strategy
Plus the role of counterweight metrics in preventing catastrophic results from hitting the wrong metrics.
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Ruben Ugarte
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