Podcasts by Olus Files
Sharing my extensive, unique, multi-industry C-Suite, commercial experience across financial services, telecommunications, consumer goods, healthcare care and non profit industries on business strategy, marketing, management, leadership and public policy. Follow me on LinkedIn. http://linkedin.com/in/olu-akanmu-88280a. Twitter @OluAkanmu. Please send questions and comments to olusfilespodcast@gmail.com
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Growth Mindset: Fostering a Culture of Innovation and Transformation in Organizations from 2023-11-04T17:30:45
10 Reasons Why (Traditional) Companies Struggle with Innovation. A leading Insurance Company invited me recently to speak to them on this topic at their Managment Retreat. The podcast discusses the...
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Blue Ocean #Strategy in #Payments and Financial Services from 2023-11-03T15:10:27
I was recently invited to speak to the Advance #Management Program Class of the Lagos Business School on this topic. I thought it would be useful to do a podcast edition of my presentation and shar...
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Innovation Challenge in Traditional Firms (Part 2): Marketing Myopia, Legacy Anchors & Solutions from 2021-11-03T18:54:48
This continues from the Part 1 episode, discussing why traditional firms struggle to innovate and why they are being beaten by #agile upstarts with potential existential crises. In this episode, we...
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Innovation Challenge in Traditional Firms (Part 1): Efficiency Pursuit & Unintended Consequences from 2021-11-03T18:34:39
Why do traditional firms struggle to innovate? Why are they being beaten by agile, nimble upstarts and facing existential crises? I discuss three cases of large traditional firms, Alitalia, General...
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Customer Insights as the Heart of Strategy for Scale and Precise Targeting from 2021-09-14T22:30:52
What customer insights are, how to discover them and their application to building and scaling your business --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olusfiles/message
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Digital disruption of traditional businesses and what we can do about it from 2021-07-15T20:45:39
On Digital disruption challenge in the consumer goods industry. What lessons could the consumer goods industry learn from financial services and other industries being massively disrupted? Was invi...
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40 Leadership Reflections- Part 2 from 2021-06-06T07:13:18
In this Part 2 episode, I share another 22 Leadership Reflections, using the reflective verses style of the Stoic Philosophers of the Roman Classics. This follows Part 1 of this series where I had ...
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40 Leadership Reflections- Part 1 from 2021-06-03T22:35:07
I share 40 Leadership Reflections in this podcast that will help you to be a better leader using the reflective verses style of the Stoic Philosophers of the Roman Classics. This Part 1 of the podc...
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Customer Lifetime Value: Ten Business Lessons from 2021-05-01T18:35:21
How do you drive and maximize revenue and returns from your customers today and in the future? You need a long sight of the value of your customers beyond today to maximize the returns of your inve...
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Good P and L (Profit and Loss) Management: Ten Lessons from 2021-01-19T07:13:33
At a senior point in your career, you will transit from your functional leadership line to General Management and Business Leadership where you will have P and L responsibilities. What does it take...
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Continous and Adaptive Learning for Good Careers: 9 Lessons from 2020-11-05T22:31:38
Life opportunities will not always present themselves to you the way you expect it. This podcast discusses how to learn continuously and adaptively to build strong careers in a dynamic, constantly ...
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Driving the Rapid Adoption of New Products and Innovation: The ACCORD model from 2020-09-08T07:40:34
Are you an entrepreneur launching new products or innovation or a Product, Business or Marketing Manager doing same? This podcast is for you. This podcast discusses how to drive rapid adoption of n...
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Beyond Borders: How African Brands Can Achieve Global Leadership from 2020-08-23T18:51:28
Why is Africa dominated by global brands? Is there a path to global leadership for brands of African origin? How could brands of African origin win even within their own continent? With analysis...
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14 Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills and Be a Better Manager from 2020-06-23T15:21:47
Your communication skill is a key determinant of how you far you would go in your career either in business, government or in not for profit sectors. Your communication skills will also determine y...
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Building Business Differentiation for Enduring Success from 2020-06-06T17:55:24
You business can’t be very successful if you are just like everyone else. How do you build your differentiation? Why do many firms and services in the same industry look the same, simply copies of...
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Marketing Myopia-Why it happens in business and it’s solutions. from 2020-05-18T03:41:29
When businesses suffer from marketing myopia, they miss great growth opportunities, their long term existence might even be threatened. Why does this happen and how should Organizations deal with t...
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Reflections on Leading Execution from 2020-05-10T20:16:51
What does it take to execute your strategy and program successfully? Strategy is a mere intent unless it gets done? How do you translate your strategy usually in various power- point documents to r...
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Sustainable Business and Commercial Strategy for Digital Start-ups from 2020-04-26T16:21:35
What is the greater social purpose of digital start ups? How could they build a sustainable business and translate their innovations to commercial success? This is a critical question as a great te...
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