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Outthinker is a growth strategy consulting firm committed to helping businesses, companies and
corporations solve problems that matter. We help managers, teams and business units rapidly reach
strategic clarity through a proprietary strategy process rooted in 10 years of research, facilitation of over
300 strategy sessions, and the training of over 5,000 executives. Our approach the
Outthinker
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cess is
captured in our most recent book, "Outthink the Competition" (John Wiley) and draws on
three other business strategy books we have published. We serve midmarket
and Fortune 500
companies and corporations including Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Nestle/Purina, Citibank, and
others.

08/15/2026

Technology is getting democratized. Culture can’t be.

Philipp told us why people — not tech — become the only lasting differentiator.

“Those companies that swap out talent, that don’t make that investment, they are the ones that risk becoming commoditized and being sidelined.”

Where does your company actually invest first? 👇

Full episode: outthinker.com/podcast/

08/14/2026

How you exit people tells everyone who stays what you actually value.

Why offboarding is a culture decision, not an HR one:
“We as humans and employees take notice of how we’re being treated.”

The cost shows up as eroded trust, lower engagement, and falling productivity — plus what he calls survivor syndrome among the people left behind.

What did your company get right (or wrong) the last time it let people go? 👇

Full episode — outthinker.com/podcast/

08/13/2026

75% of people job hunting are looking for the same role they just lost.
Most of them won’t find it.

Philipp Muelbert of LHH told us ~60% of the people they support end up making a full career pivot — not by choice, but because the role they had no longer exists anywhere.

Not just at their old company. Across the market.

🎧 Full episode with Philipp — outthinker.com/podcast/

What’s one role you’ve watched quietly disappear in your industry?

08/12/2026

AI transformation fails for one of three reasons.

Philipp Muelbert breaks down what actually separates companies that pull this off:

Skills — do your people have the right technical tools and training?
Culture — are they ready for the discomfort that comes with change?
Organization — are your processes actually rebuilt for it, or just AI-flavored?

Miss one, and the other two don’t matter.

Which one is your company still missing? 👇

08/05/2026

Most companies would rather hire externally than move someone internally. That’s a $140K mistake per person.

Philipp Muelbert lays out the real math on the new episode of Outthinkers — separation costs, outplacement, rehiring, training, all of it.

Drop a number: what’s the biggest hidden cost your org has never tracked? We’re reading every comment.

Save this for your next headcount conversation.

https://outthinker.com/podcast

08/04/2026

AI transformation fails for one of three reasons.

Philipp Muelbert (LHH) breaks down what actually separates companies that pull this off:

Skills — do your people have the right technical tools and training?
Culture — are they ready for the discomfort that comes with change?
Organization — are your processes actually rebuilt for it, or just AI-flavored?

Miss one, and the other two don't matter.

Which one is your company still missing? 👇

07/23/2026

AI can’t merge two company cultures. But it can buy you the time to try.

David Fubini on the Outthinker Podcast, breaking down what AI actually does in M&A integration.

Speeds up the data
Doesn’t touch the people

Where do you draw that line?

Full episode - Outthinkers Podcast https://outthinker.com/podcast/

07/22/2026

Everyone obsesses over where to compete. David says that's the easy half.

His definition of strategy: choosing where to compete and how — and the "how" is the part most companies skip.

From our conversation on the Outthinker Podcast.

Which one does your team spend more time on?

Outthinkers podcast: https://outthinker.com/podcast/

07/21/2026

There’s no silver bullet for organizational mechanisms.

Every organization is a live mechanism, not a static plan.

Strategy work is creating assumptions, then challenging them, constantly.

The answer isn’t a universal framework — it’s staying true to your own dimensions and finding what works for your org.

What’s one assumption about your organization you’re overdue to challenge?

And do not miss the full episode https://outthinker.com/csopodcast/

07/20/2026

The ABC of strategy, according to Claudio Finol.

Awareness. Bet. Construction.

On the new CSO Podcast episode, Claudio Finol breaks down why 70% of strategy is just understanding the tensions and opportunities already inside your org — before you ever pick a solution.

Which letter is your team weakest on: A, B, or C?

Don’t miss the full episode https://outthinker.com/csopodcast/

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