
About this episode
John Hillen, James C. Wheat Professor in Leadership at Hampden-Sydney College and author of The Strategy Dialogues: A Primer on Business Strategy and Strategic Management, joins the show to talk about how to think strategically in war, business, and life.
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• 01:55 Introduction
• 02:31 An Army start
• 05:17 Cold War ends
• 10:14 The Gulf
• 13:15 Changing styles
• 18:00 73 Easting
• 22:59 Policy and business
• 26:09 Strategos
• 29:04 In the doing
• 32:17 Inside out & outside in
• 36:41 Seeking horizons
• 42:22 Goals are not strategy
• 43:42 Call of Duty
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