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December 2025

The Pulte Homes Blueprint: Building Through Empowerment and Capital Discipline
Our Outthinker List spotlights PulteGroup, an under-the-radar giant that built culture & disciplined capital allocation to protect margins & fuel growth
 • Kaihan Krippendorff
The Customer Experience Strategy: How a Small Act of Recognition Reshaped My Loyalty
A forgotten REI credit turned a frantic post-holiday errand into a powerful lesson in customer lifetime value
 • Kaihan Krippendorff
The Strategy Role Is Evolving. Where Do You Fit?
This 5-Minute Quiz Reveals Your True Role
 • Kaihan Krippendorff
Adobe: The Future of Digital Experiences
My conversation with VP of Corporate Strategy and Incubator Malte Bernholz shows why Adobe earned its place on the Outthinker List.
 • Kaihan Krippendorff
Uncertainty is the Price of a Better Future
If 2025 was good, do not let comfort steal 2026. Step into the unknown with intention.
 • Kaihan Krippendorff

November 2025

From Sales to Lifetimes: Deere & Co. is Winning Through Lifetime Value
A member of the Outthinker List, Deere is shifting from product sales to customer lifetime value with connected machines, engaged acres, and recurring…
 • Kaihan Krippendorff
Corporate Change Makers: A Community for Those Shaping the Future
Join the Outthinker Accelerators Network—a community for strategists and leaders who see what others miss.
 • Kaihan Krippendorff
Landfill of Gold: Unearth the Treasure Hidden in Your Discarded Ideas
Companies that store and revisit “not now” ideas move faster when disruption hits. Here’s how to turn your idea graveyard into a gold mine.
 • Kaihan Krippendorff
Navigating Strategic Winds: Reflections On the Long Journey to Thinkers50
Strategy isn’t about predicting the future—it’s about learning to move with it.
 • Kaihan Krippendorff
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