Don Schmincke: From MIT Planetary Physicist to Training CEOs (Strategy Skills ep. #230)

Don Schmincke: From MIT Planetary Physicist to Training CEOs (Strategy Skills ep. #230) For this episode (#230) of the Strategy Skills Podcast, we interviewed a best-selling author, Don Schmincke. Don is a former MIT and John Hopkins Institute researcher turned organizational strategic development consultant. He's the guy CEOs bring in when many other experts fail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-q0q2l4ue0&t=2229s When CEOs asked Don to research and analyze the high failure rates when it comes to strategic planning, management theory,  M&A, and culture change they didn’t realize the power of primal, genetic triggers he’d uncover, and that those primal triggers can help their companies grow much faster than the methods traditionally used by CEOs and executives. Yet, would it not be expected from an MIT and Johns Hopkins researcher with many adventures behind his belt: from getting nearly arrested as a capitalist spy in the Soviet Bloc, to getting shot off an aircraft carrier, to developing missile inertial guidance systems while his frat brothers took Vegas (later showcased in the movie “21”)? Don is a best-selling author and trains 700 CEOs annually. He also shares his unique methods at keynote speeches around the world. Don’s scientific methods make him the thought leader in applying anthropology, genetics, and evolution to strategic…