Rebecca Homkes , is a high-growth strategy expert and CEO and executive advisor. She is a Lecturer at London Business School, Faculty at Duke Corporate Executive Education, Advisor and Faculty at the Boston Consulting Group focused on AI and Digital Transformation and a former fellow at the London School of Economics Centre for Economic Performance. A global keynote speaker and recognized thought leader, she is also the global Faculty Director of the Active Learning Program with the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), leads several fintech accelerators, and serves on the boards of many high-growth companies. Rebecca's multifaceted roles give us a uniquely wide and deep perspective on how companies grow. Her work challenges us to realize that the mechanical, linear paradigm of strategy making that has dominated the field for the last 60-odd years cannot deliver sustained growth in volatility of today’s rapidly-changing world. She shares an alternative approach in her 2024 book Survive, Reset, Thrive: Leading Breakthrough Growth Strategy in Volatile Times. In this conversation, we dive into some of her powerful techniques around arming your company with the right mindset for the right time, and building a company that can learn and adapt through change. In this podcast, Rebecca shares: An insightful and concise overview of her "survive, reset, thrive" framework Why we should think of growth is loop not a line How to embed continuous learning loops in which you test, gaining insights, implement and share, and the iterating for improvement What uncertainty represents a great time to grow—and how to seize this opportunity _______________________________________________________________________________ Episode Timeline: 00:00 —Highlight from today's episode 1:06 —Introducing Rebecca + the topic of today’s episode 3:23 —If you really know me, you know that... 4:32 —What is your definition of strategy 05:10 —The "survive, reset, thrive" framework 8:30 —The learning loop vs. linear thinking 10:20 —Parrel paths: strategy and executing 12:59 — Beliefs and critical assumptions in strategy 17:28 —Addressing AI uncertainty in strategy 19:23 —Balancing waiting and acting in strategy 20:48 —Identify your learning loops 22:51 —Learning velocity as a growth differentiator 24:41 —The dynamics of survive, reset, and thrive modes 28:05 —The three elements of thriving organizations 29:15 —How can people follow you and continue learning from you? _______________________________________________________________________________________ Additional Resources: Personal website: www.rebeccahomkes.com Link to book: Survive, Reset, Thrive Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-homkes/ Thank you to our guest, our executive producer Zach Ness, our editor James Pearce, and the Outthinker team. If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, download, and subscribe. I’m your host, Kaihan Krippendorff—thank you for listening. Follow us at outthinker.com/podcast
