Roy Swisa on $DJCO
The episode features Roy Swissa, who recently consulted for Daily Journal (DJCO) as the company navigates a pivotal transformation. Swissa explains DJCO’s three‑legged business model: a court‑case management SaaS platform, a legacy legal‑journal printing operation, and a sizable portfolio of marketable securities that historically generated substantial gains under Charlie Munger’s stewardship. Swissa highlights the company’s shift under new CEO Steven Miles Jones from a service‑oriented, pay‑when‑satisfied model to a product‑focused, subscription‑based SaaS offering. Leveraging his data‑science background, he used AI to scrape and analyze public RFPs across states, uncovering evidence of improved win‑rates and tighter project‑management milestones—signs that the strategic pivot is gaining traction. Key metrics discussed include DJCO’s market cap around $650 million, roughly $500 million tied up in marketable securities, and a $20 million margin loan. Swissa argues that after accounting for taxes and debt, the operating business’s intrinsic value may be modest, but the securities portfolio adds a significant, often under‑appreciated, asset base. He cautions investors to weigh the time cost of deep research against potential upside, noting that many analysts overlook the regulatory‑protected niche of legal‑tech SaaS. The conversation underscores that DJCO’s transformation could unlock hidden cash flow and improve margins, making it a compelling, albeit niche, play for value‑oriented investors. However, the market’s perception of the sum‑of‑parts valuation remains volatile, especially as AI and broader tech trends reshape the legal‑software landscape.
Leadership Behaviors That Create a Culture of Continuous Improvement
The webinar, hosted by Kexus VP of Innovation Mark Graven and co‑founder Dr. Greg Jacobson, explored the leadership habits needed to embed a culture of continuous improvement in any organization, from hospitals to manufacturing firms. They framed Kaizen not as...
60 Seconds with Marta Slawinska From Poland
In a brief, 60‑second video, Marta Slawinska, a Polish HR leader, shares her personal credo and why she deliberately chose a people‑focused role. She frames her work as a mission to help others grow by embracing discomfort and celebrating humanity’s diversity. Slawinska...
How Workplace Networks Evolve During Mergers and Acquisitions
The Ripple Effect podcast episode examines new research from Wharton assistant professor Tianyang on how workplace social networks shift during mergers and acquisitions, with a focus on gender‑specific responses. By studying referral patterns among physicians, the study reveals that men...
Blythe Masters, CEO of FNZ, on the Future of Wealth and the Power of Resilience
The Innovators Exchange episode spotlights Blythe Masters, now CEO of FNZ Group, a global wealth‑technology platform that processes roughly $2.3 trillion for more than 30 million end‑customers. Masters recounts a circuitous 33‑year journey that began with a gap‑year temp job photocopying dense...
InformationWeek Podcast: Reengineering Your Supply Chain to Be Resilient
The InformationWeek podcast episode focuses on re‑engineering supply‑chain resilience for data‑center operators and cyber‑security firms. Host Xiao Pierre Ruth interviews Lee Rossi, CTO of Simspace, and Pierre Deoce, CEO of Zimmana Analytics, to explore how organizations can safeguard operations against...
Beyond the Numbers Operational Excellence Drives Deal Value
The episode centers on why operational excellence matters throughout the M&A lifecycle, especially for midsize manufacturing platforms. Host Roger Agenaldo interviews Henning Bronze and Gizai of Komoto Consulting, who argue that financial models alone miss critical plant‑level realities that can...
Analysis of the Q4 2025 U S Bank Freight Payment Index
The episode dissects the Q4 2025 US Bank Freight Payment Index, positioning the domestic truck market in what hosts describe as the ninth inning of a freight recession. While demand shows modest signs of recovery, capacity constraints dominate the narrative, prompting a...
James Kellet Interview: Experience on Introducing Tech Solution Into a Traditional Industry
James Kellet discusses how a traditionally stubborn shipping sector is finally opening to technology, recounting his early attempts to replace manual Excel sheets and leather notebooks with digital tools. He notes that the industry’s reputation for being "stodgy" is rapidly...
EY Consultant Builds a Framework for a Healthcare Consulting Case Question #shorts
The video outlines an EY consultant’s framework for tackling a healthcare‑consulting case, centering on the classic build‑or‑buy decision. The presenter breaks the analysis into organic (build) growth—core expansion, service diversification, and digital channel development—and inorganic (buy) strategies such as partnerships...
How BeHive Consulting Improves Financial Journeys
The video features a conversation with Jade, co‑founder of BeHive Consulting, about the firm’s mission to fuse behavioral science with traditional management consulting. Drawing on her economics background and a master’s in behavioral science, Jade explains that the company exists...
The Insightful Leader Live: Can Business Negotiation Strategies Work with Friends and Family?
The Insightful Leader Live featured Kellogg professor Lee Thompson discussing whether business negotiation tactics translate to interactions with friends and family. Thompson outlined core negotiation concepts—BATNA, the “orange” metaphor, and the importance of framing—to help listeners who lack formal training...
L&D Budgets: Today's Cuts, Tomorrow's Gaps
The video addresses how current L&D budget cuts disproportionately affect frontline leadership development, warning that today's reductions could create gaps in tomorrow's leadership pipeline. Research cited shows cuts hit frontline development harder than executive programs; as AI reshapes work, leaders need...
L&D Budgets: Develop the Whole Leader
The video argues that leadership development budgets must target the "whole leader," combining timeless relational abilities with new skills required by today’s volatile environment. It frames leadership as a social process rooted in relationships, trust, and influence—capabilities that remain constant...
L&D Budgets: From Information to Transformation
The video argues that learning‑and‑development budgets must shift focus from merely delivering information to driving genuine leadership transformation. It challenges the default cost‑per‑learner mindset, urging organizations to ask what will truly solve the complex challenges leaders face, such as ambiguity...
Why Do People Resist Gender Gap Initiatives?
The podcast episode examines why gender‑diversity programs often encounter resistance, even among employees who claim to value equality. Eleanor Flynn, an organizational‑behavior professor at London Business School, argues that the missing piece is not ideology or self‑interest but the lay...
The McKinsey Website Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary
The video marks the 30th anniversary of McKinsey’s corporate website, tracing its launch on February 29, 1996, and celebrating three decades of digital evolution. From an initial 350 daily visits from 20 countries, the site grew to over one million monthly users...
Mastering Market Leadership - Strategic Insights for Senior Managers Webinar Recording February 2026
The webinar introduced Alliance Manchester Business School’s executive education portfolio, highlighting a series of four‑day short courses designed for senior managers to sharpen leadership capabilities and earn a professional diploma in leadership. The flagship offering, "Unlocking Strategic Competitive Advantage," scheduled...
Expert Witness Reveals Lessons
The live discussion centered on the anatomy of ERP failures, with Eric Kimberling of Third Stage Consulting introducing Fred Hler, director of the firm’s expert‑witness practice. The conversation highlighted that ERP implementations fail at alarming rates—often quoted above 80%—and that...
Consulting Vs. Software: Who Wins the IT Budget War? #shorts
The IT spending landscape is rapidly shifting, with organizations allocating more budget to software solutions than to traditional consulting services. Automation and artificial intelligence are accelerating this transition, enabling enterprises to implement scalable tools without extensive human advisory. As AI-driven...
The 10x Organization: Redesigning for the AI Era with Org Topologies
The podcast introduces Org Topologies as a framework for redesigning enterprises in the AI era, positioning it as a language for visualizing how value moves from concept to cash. Host Dave West and authors Alexi Kichki and Roland Flem explain...
How NASA Organized the Moonshot
The video explains how NASA’s 1958 moon‑shot was organized, focusing on the rapid creation of the agency by merging three distinct government bodies and the external consulting role McKinsey played in shaping its structure. McKinsey was tasked with turning three disparate...
Returns at a Crossroads: The State of Reverse Logistics & Circularity
Supply Chain Now’s latest episode tackles the growing importance of reverse logistics and circularity, framing returns management as a strategic lever for retailers and luxury brands. Hosted by Scott Luton and Deborah Dole, the discussion features NRF’s Vice President of...
The #1 Executive Blind Spot
Executives routinely underestimate how consuming enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations are, treating them like routine IT upgrades instead of operational overhauls that demand sustained senior and key-user engagement. Consultants say clients must participate deeply—defining requirements, testing, making rapid decisions and...
Bridget McCormack on Customer and Business Impact at the American Arbitration Association
Bridget McCormack, president and CEO of the American Arbitration Association, outlined how AI‑driven innovation has reshaped the organization’s service model. Strategic transformation initiatives accelerated case processing, enhanced client outcomes, and generated measurable financial gains. The changes illustrate how a century‑old...
Most Consulting Rankings Get This Wrong
The video outlines a new consulting firm ranking methodology that prioritizes real-time market positioning over traditional brand perception. Released in February 2026, the authors stress that the list is intended as a snapshot of where firms stand in the global...
On the Mind: MWC Day Three
At MWC, Skyfora explained how it converts existing cellular infrastructure into weather sensors by measuring GNSS signal delays through the atmosphere to derive humidity and precipitable water vapor. The startup has patented the approach, validated its measurements against radiosonde benchmarks...
On the Mind: MWC Day Two
At Mobile World Congress Day Two, Deloitte’s Julie Shen led a panel of Intel and Deloitte executives to map the next wave of telco‑driven edge computing and AI. The discussion framed 2026 as the "year of telco main‑character energy,"...
Bridget McCormack on Avoiding “Pilot Purgatory” At American Arbitration Association
Bridget McCormack explains how the American Arbitration Association (AAA) sidesteps the dreaded “pilot purgatory” by embedding experimentation within a formal, funded innovation platform. The organization treats every new concept as a candidate in a structured funnel, moving ideas from ad‑hoc...
Podcast Ep262: Microsoft’s Bundling Regulatory Issues, Best SI's In the Market, SAP RISE
Episode 262 of the Transformation Ground Control podcast dives into three core topics: Microsoft’s ongoing bundling regulatory challenges, a discussion on the top system integrators in the market, and an overview of SAP’s RISE offering. Host Eric Kimberling and guest...
Bridget McCormack on American Arbitration Association’s Partnership with QuantumBlack for Impact
The American Arbitration Association (AAA) announced a strategic partnership with QuantumBlack, the advanced analytics arm of McKinsey, to co‑develop an AI‑driven arbitrator platform. The collaboration builds on three years of internal AI experimentation across case management, legal, engineering, and marketing...
QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey
QuantumBlack, McKinsey’s AI practice, emphasizes a human‑centered approach to advanced analytics. It blends human insight with machine learning to deliver tangible outcomes across industries. The firm highlights a culture of continuous learning, challenging assumptions, and rapid adaptation as core to...
Beyond the Deck | Episode 3: Culture, Strategy and the Super App Shift with Nourhan Farhat
Beyond the Deck Episode 3 features Nourhan Farhat, VP of People, Strategy and Ventures at Kareem, discussing how the company’s culture, strategic vision, and the regional super‑app shift intersect to drive growth. Farhat emphasizes that culture “eats strategy for breakfast, lunch and...
Top Consulting Firms 2026 – The New Ranking Is Live
The episode announces the release of the 2026 Top Consulting Firms ranking, a free, data‑driven list compiled by Strategy Simplified after months of industry research, interviews, and surveys. Unlike popularity‑based lists, the ranking measures firms across five criteria—prestige, growth trajectory,...
Turn Learning Into Action With Kure
The video introduces CURE, a dedicated project workspace designed to bridge the gap between Lean Six Sigma theory and real‑world execution. It positions the tool as the next logical step after learners have defined problems, identified waste, and explored root...
Why AI Won’t Wipe Out White-Collar Jobs | The Economist
The Economist’s video tackles the hot question of whether artificial intelligence will eradicate white‑collar work. Host Rosie and analyst Alex argue that, rather than a job apocalypse, AI is more likely to transform office roles into human‑machine hybrids. Recent labor data...
Deloitte Global 2025 C-Suite Sustainability Report
The Deloitte Global 2025 C‑suite Sustainability Report, now in its fourth year, shows senior executives ramping up ESG investments. More than half of the leaders surveyed report tangible benefits, including revenue growth and enhanced brand reputation. The study highlights a...
The Now Generation: Teaching Supply Chain with Simulations, Stories, and Systems
Supply Chain Now’s ‘Now Generation’ episode spotlights Texas Christian University’s approach to preparing students for rapid entry into supply‑chain roles, featuring TCU adjunct Ryan Goodwin—senior director of supply chain technology at Trinity Industries and co‑founder of the Texas Tabletop Society—and...
Avoid Vendor Lock in & Project Failure
The video warns that vendor lock‑in is a leading cause of digital‑transformation project failure, especially in large ERP rollouts. It stresses the need for modular, API‑first architectures and early negotiation of exit clauses. By applying rigorous vendor due diligence and...
S/4HANA Journey and Fortune-Telling Your Business Success #shorts
The video offers practical closing advice for firms embarking on, or already deep into, an SAP S/4HANA transformation. The speaker emphasizes that the initiative must be business‑led, with clear ownership from the line side rather than being relegated solely to...
EY Consultant Builds a Framework for a Pricing Consulting Case Question #shorts
The video presents an EY consultant’s three‑step framework for a pricing‑case interview, centered on a hotel’s February revenue target. First, the analyst quantifies revenue to date, bookings for the final week, and remaining room inventory to gauge whether the target...
Médiation Géopolitique : Nouvelles Puissances Médiatrices vs Les Néo-Prédatrices | ESSEC Webinar
The ESSEC‑hosted webinar examined the evolving landscape of geopolitical mediation, contrasting emerging mediating powers with what speakers termed “neo‑predatory” actors. Led by Aurien Colson, director of the Iréné Centre, the discussion traced historical cases—from Oslo’s 1993 OLP‑Israel talks to Dayton’s...
IT Operations Are Not Ready for AI Agents: How to Respond Today
The Gartner ThinkCast preview warns that IT operations are ill‑prepared for the surge of AI agents and that CIOs are pressing for AI‑driven cost reductions. Speakers Autumn Stanish and Paul Delori cite that 52% of CIO priorities for 2026 are cost‑cutting,...
Turning Every Service Call Into Opportunity: Human + AI Performance at Scale
The video outlines Intel’s initiative to transform inbound service calls into revenue‑generating interactions by layering artificial intelligence onto traditional call‑center operations. By teaming with McKinsey and Google, Intel built a platform that automatically transcribes, categorizes, and analyzes calls, delivering real‑time insights...
Avoid Costly Mistakes & Vendor Traps
Third Stage Consulting released a video highlighting a suite of free resources designed to help enterprises avoid costly mistakes and vendor traps during digital transformation initiatives. The offering includes the 2026 Digital Transformation Report, 2025 reports on AI strategy and...
Ep73 “The Dangers of Group Think on Decision Making” With Adi Sunderam
The podcast episode “The Dangers of Group Think on Decision Making” features Jules Van Binsburgen, Jonathan Burke, and Harvard professor Adi Sunderam discussing how people update beliefs and the pitfalls when they restrict the set of models they consider. They explain...
Reinvention Before Disruption: Leadership Lessons on Change Management | Tomorrowist
Logos, a faith-focused software and content company, shifted from a perpetual-license model to subscription under outgoing CEO Bill McCarthy, who has moved to chairman as Chris Mura takes the CEO role. The move required continuous development and triggered a J-curve...
GA 620 | Is Your Lean Operating System Talking or Singing? With Royden Johnson
The Gemba Podcast episode with South African lean practitioner Royden Johnson explores whether a lean operating system is merely "talking" or truly "singing," using the metaphor of rhythm to illustrate the depth of engagement required for sustainable improvement. Johnson frames...
Strategy& Insider Podcast - Episode 43 with Dr. Kahina Lang
Dr. Kahina Lang, head of NextGen Drug Delivery at Merk Group, describes building an agile, startup-style international research unit of 40+ experts across three continents focused on organ- and cell-specific mRNA delivery using nanoparticle carriers. The team aims to direct...
What Does It Take to Achieve and Sustain Growth?
McKinsey partners Jill Zucker and Greg Kelly say most executives aspire to growth but fail to convert intent into sustained, profitable results. Their research finds 63% of companies collect customer data but only 15% use it to guide growth, and...