Episodes

Jan. 21, 2026

Strategy Execution: A Leadership Perspective

Getting leadership on the same page with strategy execution is often a challenge. This episode features an interview with Whynde Kuehn, strategy transformation specialist and author of Strategy to Reality. The discussion focu...
Jan. 14, 2026

Strategy Execution: Setting Course for a Challenging Journey

William Ulrich and Charles Bowman’s Strategy Execution podcast, is based on their new book, tackles one of the main challenges facing organizations today, successfully executing on their business strategies while maximizing t...
Dec. 20, 2025

Politics, Culture and Sabotage: Roadmap to Program Failure

Every project has opponents who try to manipulate that project for their own gain. This is a well-hidden truth. As most people who have been associated with executing strategy are aware, good projects intentionally gone bad i...
Dec. 2, 2025

Incorporating AI and Cognitive Computing into Business Strategy

This episode of The North Star focuses on the practical role of cognitive computing and AI in organizations. Cognitive computing refers to technologies that learn at scale, reason, and interface with humans in a manner aligne...
Dec. 2, 2025

The AI-Powered Enterprise: Is Your Organization Prepared?

More and more organizations are seeking to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. AI is promoted as being able to transform every aspect of how organizations function, yet this vision is far from reality. As episode g...