Outthinker

Three Days Inside Banking’s Next Moves

Kaihan Krippendorff shares key insights from three days with 17 banking leaders in Miami and what they reveal about banking’s next competitive moves.

Oct 12 • Kaihan Krippendorff

Stop Fighting Your Wiring

Kaihan Krippendorff explores why the key to better performance may be less about fixing weaknesses and more about aligning people with the work they’re…

Oct 5 • Kaihan Krippendorff

September 2026

Give Your People a Stake in the Game

Kaihan Krippendorff opened the GGOB Conference with a challenge: What if the rules that made your industry successful are now the ones holding it back?

Sep 28 • Kaihan Krippendorff

The Courage to Hit Rewind

Knowing when to stop can be as strategic as knowing when to start. Kaihan Krippendorff shares how Steve Jobs and Ron Johnson chose to hit rewind.

Sep 21 • Kaihan Krippendorff

Stop Fighting for Your Competitor’s Customers

Kaihan Krippendorff's interview w/Apple Store creator Ron Johnson reveals you should stop fighting for market share & start turning noncustomers into…

Sep 14 • Kaihan Krippendorff

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When an Algorithm Decides Which Ideas You Can Share

Meta rejected Kaihan Krippendorff’s post featuring Eric Ries as “political.” The reason why raises a bigger question about AI, power, and who gets to…

Sep 8 • Kaihan Krippendorff

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August 2026

What Is Your Leadership Brand?

Great leadership isn’t about likability. A strong leadership brand comes from authenticity, consistency and how people feel after working with you.

Aug 31 • Kaihan Krippendorff

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Can We Afford to Stop Too Soon?

Kaihan Krippendorff asks: Are leaders killing good investments too soon? KPIs can reveal progress long before ROI appears.

Aug 24 • Kaihan Krippendorff

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The Right Time to Grow

Kaihan Krippendorff explains why not every season is a season to scale, and how leaders can tell when growth will strengthen the business rather than…

Aug 17 • Kaihan Krippendorff

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Your Chief of Staff May Already Be the Chief Strategy Officer

How the executive closest to the CEO turns direction into coordinated action.

Aug 10 • Kaihan Krippendorff

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Avoiding Strategic Drift: How Strategy Officers Keep Companies On Course

Kaihan Krippendorff explores how strategy offices prevent drift and keep priorities, resources and execution aligned.

Aug 3 • Kaihan Krippendorff

July 2026

What Constraints Reveal: What We Choose to Keep Says Everything About What We Value Most

As Kaihan prepares to move from Miami to Seattle, he reflects on how constraints clarify what matters and help companies return to their core

Jul 27 • Kaihan Krippendorff

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