Corporate Strategy
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232 episodes
Thanks.
Taking the time to express gratitude is important. Bruce and Clark walk down memory lane and expunge thanks upon all who deserve it in remembrance of this weird fowl-based holiday. Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know.
Stay Hydrated!
None of you asked, but we still listened. Here's a heaping helping episode dedicated to hydration, health, and snacks just for you! Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know. Visit our website:https://www.corporat...
Work More Hours, Get More Productivity?
Keeping up with the recent news, we discuss the latest around Twitter and its brand new, slightly questionable owner Elon Musk. Musk recently asked employees to work 84 hours a week, and we think that's pretty crummy. We talk all about how we d...
The Flow Zone
It is the middle ground between an open laptop and a closed laptop, between meetings and impromptu calls, and it lies between the pit of the first coffee and the summit of Bruce's lunch. Today we are taking you on a journey, through block...
Email Intros and Accountability
This episode was a journey! What started as an aimless discussion around how you start an email turns into a critique of executive leadership and how they dehumanize us. Better just to listen and discover for yourself. This week's call2...
"Your Idea Sucks" Dealing with Rejection in the Workplace
Time to work through everyone's favorite topic: rejection. While we aren't touching on how to deal with a failed job interview (yet), we dig into the feeling of having an idea, piece of work, or anything you put some effort into rejected by som...
Remote Relationships
Special guest Nathan will help us navigate the path of starting and maintaining extra-professional relationships. We discuss how to befriend your co-worker, why you should, and what advantages it can bring you. Love us, hate us, wanna b...
Quiet Quitting
It's all the rage, but what is it exactly? We break down and share our thoughts on "just doing what is expected of you" and give some tips to quit quietly and live your best life. Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know. ...
Retire Early or Live Comfortably? Let's Talk Finances
We finally did it! We managed to schedule not one but two guests around Clark's buck-wild calendar. Today we managed to sit down and talk through some stories of what has worked for us regarding investing and personal finance. Thanks to Alex an...
How to Train Your Leaders
It's been a minute, and we are sorry! We are bringing you 40 minutes of lived leadership experience and advice to make up for it. While leading is never easy, we may have cracked the code for learning how to lead and build yourself into the age...
Generalization v Specialization
"Jack of all trades" will be said a lot during this episode. We break down our own experiences as both jack of all trades and experts and discuss who should specialize or generalize and why. Love us, hate us, wanna berate us?...
Yearly Retrospective
I can't believe it has been a year of podcasts! In this episode, Bruce and Clark open up about what has been good, bad, and otherwise in producing this podcast for you all. Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know. <...
Taming Toxicity
This week we are responding to another listener-submitted topic. Thank you, and keep the suggestions coming! Dealing with toxic people is never easy. Sometimes they can be aggressive and uncorrectable, which drags the entire workplace down. Thi...
The Woes of the "Dead-End" Contributor and Cross-Geo Communication Tips
Wow, this might be our longest episode yet! This one is jam packed with listener submitted topics. We dive deep into addressing the challenges of being stuck in a dead-end individual contributor role when management positions are a...
Profane Professionalism
Fulfilling a listener request, we discussed professionalism in the workplace this week. Listen to the end to hear a special surprise. Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know. Reach out here:Reach out to us on Twitter...
LIFE Gets in the Way
Today we talk about dealing with life events that interrupt the precious corporate work we all do that is very important to everyone /s. Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know. Reach out here:Reach out to us on Twit...
Layoffs
Content Warning: This episode does briefly mention incidents of suicide at timestamp 24:45-26:00Today, we get a little heavy and talk about the corporate layoff. We get into the good, bad, and ugly along with providing some tips ...
Time to Talk Marketing
Clark finally convinced me to talk about what I actually do, and it turns out there's a heck of a lot to say. Today's ep covers corporate marketing from top to bottom, digging into campaigns, creative, demand gen, and how to make t-shirts with ...
Tales from the Cube: The Curious Case of the Vanished Product Manager
Things are about to get scary. Clark tells a horrifying tale that makes Bruce get angry, and you won't like him when he's angry...Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know. Reach out here:Reach out to us on Twitterh...
The MVPs Formerly Known as Customer Support
We have another special guest joining us on the podcast today: Jack. He brings tales from the land of customer support and helps lay the path for others starting to use the opportunity to build a better future for themselves. Love ...
Leaving a Job: Two True Stories
Today we recant two recent events in our lives regarding resignation. Understand the sad true tales of leaving and the all the reasons why. Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We wanna know. Reach out here:Reach out to us on Twi...
Welcome to the Water Cooler
Sometimes you need to step away from the desk and drink some cool clear water. Listen to our nightmares, job satisfaction, and fitness routines on this chilled down episode of Corporate Strategy. Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? ...
Engineering in the 21st Century: It’s Tough To Be a Dev
Following our product management episode we now dig into the other side of the product coin: the engineer. We recall our own history and remember the good/bad old days as developers. We continue the theme of talking C.A.C.C Culture, Autonomy, C...
Product Managers: Heroes or Villains of the Business?
Today we start a new series dissecting the team composition of various roles inside of your local corporate entity. Didn't mean for it to become a series but we spend 20 minutes talking about product managers so you know this is go...