Economics & Strategy Podcast
55 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago -DePaul University’s Economics & Strategy Podcast is a monthly conversation with individuals who use frameworks discussed in Economics and Business Strategy & Decision Making. The interviewees will represent multiple industries and institutions, and hold various roles within their organizations. The premise of the podcast is to examine how economics and other related strategy frameworks are practically applied in real-world situations.
Homepage Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
Episode 053: Part 2 Luke Balderson, Arc3 Gases
June 11, 2024 12:00 - 55 minutes - 39.5 MBJune is part 2 with Luke Balderson and a great discussion on leadership and organizational culture. We explore how Luke made the connection between these two interdependent concepts and how they create sustainable business success. The servant-based leadership model discussed here begins at the top and requires discipline to scale and maintain. However, done well, this model, of selflessly developing and enabling talent, creates a self-sustaining culture in its likeness and the benefits are ...
Episode 052: Luke Balderson, Arc3 Gases
May 15, 2024 14:47 - 56 minutes - 41.2 MBFor May, we begin a two-part interview with Business Strategy & Decision Making alumnus Luke Balderson. This part 1, dives deep into Luke's multidecade career in the far reaching and fascinating industrial gases industry. Luke is a composed, experienced, and highly capable executive in a sector that demands clear thinking and strategic insight. These skills were honed by a remarkable father, a natural inclination to listen and learn, and an education that enables him to synthesize informat...
Episode 051: Roxy Kozyckyj, AdvaMed
April 10, 2024 13:45 - 59 minutes - 40 MBFor Episode 51, MS-EPA graduate Roxy Kozyckyj joins us. Roxy is Senior Director, State Government & Regional Affairs for the advanced medical technology association AdvaMed and has spent most of her career in healthcare policy, from advocacy, to intern, to analyst, capitol hill fellow, and finally lobbyist. This experience gives her the ability to see how policy goals that serve everyone, require working, step-by-step through the interested parties. Roxy openly admits game theory plays a ro...
Episode 050: Andrew Zarkowsky, The Hartford
March 12, 2024 11:58 - 56 minutes - 40.6 MBIt’s the end of winter term, and we’re talking insurance; you’ll be surprised by what you hear. Andrew Zarkowsky, MBA 2018, is Technology Industry Practice Leader for the insurance giant The Hartford and specializes in underwriting technology firms. In this episode, Andrew explains what’s unique about insurance for technology firms and shares how today’s insurance companies rely on technology, data, and research to forecast risk and prevent client losses. Andrew also has an interesting stor...
Episode 049: Mollie Markham, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
February 13, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 36.9 MBFor February, we host yet another successful woman from the economics department’s graduate program, Mollie Markham. After a brief learning experience pursuing politics at the front lines in DC, she discovered what she doesn’t want in a career. Fully embracing that lesson and, with some great counsel from family, she entered DePaul’s graduate program. The rest is or will be legend as Mollie is now a Program Specialist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Her timing could not have had bet...
Episode 048: Check In with Dave Ziegelski, National Material L.P.
January 09, 2024 13:00 - 36 minutes - 28.9 MBTo kick off 2024, we begin a new, and perhaps recurring version of this podcast called Check Ins. Here, we’re going to welcome back previous guests to update the topics we discussed in our original interview. For our inaugural episode, we welcome back Dave Ziegelski. Dave is Vice President of Information Technology for National Material L.P.; a partnership of over 30 business units in steel, metals, and related operations that is now one of the largest suppliers of steel in America. That is ...
Episode 047: Part 2 Marcin Taraszkiewicz, HDR, Inc.
December 12, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBFor December we offer part 2 with MBA alumnus, and rail industry veteran Marcin Taraszkiewicz. In this episode we talk about trains, trains, and more trains. Yes, Marcin plays with big toys on big projects, but his work really exists at the nexus of rail technology and client goals. His industry recognized expertise helps clients navigate those often-competing forces towards better project outcomes. These large projects tend to have a host of competing stakeholder interests, and things can g...
Episode 046: Marcin Taraszkiewicz, HDR, Inc. (Part 1)
November 14, 2023 13:00 - 47 minutes - 33.3 MBNovember begins a 2-part podcast with MBA alumnus Marcin Taraszkiewicz from the global design & engineering firm HDR. In this part 1, Marcin explains how he went from a design focused engineer to senior leader for large, multidisciplinary transportation projects. A transformation that took time, some failure, learning to ask questions, and how to value those answers. He gives some great examples of how being open to learning, by whatever means, he developed skills and interests that he didn’...
Episode 045: Alla Antonov, Rio Tinto
October 10, 2023 12:00 - 54 minutes - 42.2 MBOctober brings in MBA alumna Alla Antonov, to discuss her role as Principal Advisor, Commercial Strategy at the mining giant Rio Tinto. Alla specializes in Rio’s borates market. Rio, though, is a global, diversified firm with many products and an interesting business structure of four distinct operational entities and a single commercial team, Alla's home, serving as its primary market interface for all products. This is a great business with competitive advantage and high returns to capit...
Episode 044: Howard Gilman, LinkedIn
September 12, 2023 12:00 - 46 minutes - 36.5 MBLet’s welcome strategy alumnus Howard Gilman to the podcast. Howard currently serves as Lead Deal Desk Strategist for LinkedIn’s Sales Solutions group. LinkedIn, as a firm, is many things though; software company, social media platform, hiring & recruiting services, and more. So, what’s the product, and who’s the customer? Well, it depends. For Howard’s group, it's firm’s looking for market intelligence to grow their business but what about the others? Such is the nature of a multi-sided pla...
Episode 043: Jason Knoespel, Evolent
August 08, 2023 12:00 - 48 minutes - 32.4 MBFor August, MS-EPA alumnus Jason Knoespel joins us to discuss his work as Managing Director, Client Analytics at Evolent; a provider of technology, reporting, and intelligence services designed to increase efficiency & patient outcomes for its healthcare partners. Jason talks about his current work, new developments in value-based care, information sharing and big data, and the potential of non-traditional health determinants. Evolving markets do make strategy challenging, but Evolent recent...
Episode 042: Amy Wilson, AWS
July 12, 2023 23:24 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBIn our July episode MBA alumna Amy Wilson joins us to discuss her work at the market leading cloud services provider Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amy sells AWS offerings to state and local governments that operate in Windows environments. In this increasingly competitive industry, there are reasons why this segment would seem difficult to crack; even for AWS. So how do they overcome these difficulties? Using the strategic principle of looking ahead and reasoning back. AWS looked ahead to ea...
Episode 041: Dain Rideau, Torc Robotics
June 13, 2023 12:00 - 42 minutes - 28 MBThis episode welcome’s strategy alumnus Dain Rideau. As a Product Manager for autonomous vehicle developer Torc Robotics, he works on connecting vehicles to information. Torc, a subsidiary of industry leading OEM Daimler Truck, focuses on self-driving trucks and while this space is filled with strategic uncertainty, this OEM partnership is a strategic marvel. Why? During uncertainty, a leading firm’s priority is to protect its position. This partnership allows Daimler to participate in the ...
Episode 040: Liam Bruno, Walgreens Boots Alliance
May 09, 2023 12:00 - 48 minutes - 37.8 MBThis month we meet Liam Bruno, a Double Demon currently serving as Senior Manager for Procurement at Walgreens. Liam’s focus is on integrating ESG into day-to-day operations. ESG is, of course, well established and proven to create value when executed well, but there are many obstacles. Still, forward thinking firms like Walgreens are widening their definition of stakeholder to include social and environmental interests; seeing the potential payoff of cooperation between this wider interest...
Episode 039: Philip Costa Hibberd, Automation Boutique
April 10, 2023 18:18 - 50 minutes - 38.7 MBIn this episode we meet entrepreneur Philip Costa Hibberd. Philip designs and builds robotic process automation, or RPA, for clients in the finance industry. He solves a productivity problem by automating rote computer tasks often done by highly paid analysts. This is a great example of firm-level microeconomics where investments change production functions and the allocation of resources towards more efficient use. Seems intuitive but nice to see theory meet reality. Efficiency is always a...
Episode 038: Aaron Pagel, University of Oregon (PART 2)
March 14, 2023 12:00 - 50 minutes - 44.2 MBIn this Part 2 with Aaron Pagel, we learn more about his practice of wandering, and how ultimately that inspired him to ask an interesting question; what is hype? Turns out, isolating hype as a function itself, apart from its context, is relatively uncharted territory with little precedent or literature to lean on. So, he decided to enter a PhD program and find out for himself. The open-ended, scholarly research process is the perfect sandbox to create and test these ideas. Is this a final ...
Episode 037: Aaron Pagel, University of Oregon (PART 1)
February 14, 2023 13:00 - 43 minutes - 37.5 MBThis month, I’m delighted to welcome my friend and creator & original host of this podcast Aaron Pagel. Aaron is currently pursuing a PHD at University of Oregon in Management Strategy with emphasis on Hype. However, his path getting there was anything but a straight line. He joins us for part one of a two-part interview to discuss his unorthodox career path, lessons learned along the way, and where he’s going now. His story is a reminder that opportunity comes in unexpected ways, and at s...
Episode 036: Paulina Costa, Kalsec
January 10, 2023 13:00 - 42 minutes - 33.6 MBTo start the year, I spoke with DePaul MBA Alumna Paulina Costa, Sales Director – Americas at Kalsec. Paulina has always been a natural in sales but completing her MBA positioned her to become sales lead for Kalsec’s entire Latin American territory. Kalsec is a global provider of taste and sensory solutions. Which means, they research, test, and produce the all-natural ingredients used by CPG companies to ensure their products are safe and delicous. This critical input market has seen some c...
Episode 035: Rachel Burke, Uptake
December 13, 2022 13:00 - 38 minutes - 27.2 MBFor December’s episode, I was honored to speak with US Military Veteran, Double-Demon, and MBA Strategy Alumna Rachel Burke. Rachel’s impressive combination of career experiences landed her at the seemingly perfect spot as Director of implementation at the Industrial AI firm Uptake. Here we discuss that combination, Uptake’s fascinating work, and why her role is a great example of the strategic concept of specific investments. These types of investments, whether human or physical, signal a c...
Episode 034: Dan Jungels, Panduit
November 08, 2022 13:00 - 41 minutes - 32.1 MBThis month DePaul MBA alumnus Dan Jungels and I discussed how to successfully enter new markets. A topic Dan knows well as he was fortunate enough to go straight from the Business Strategy & Decision Making classrooms into the exact challenge he’d been training for. In his current role as Manager of Renewable Energy Strategy and Business Development at the manufacturer Panduit, he has helped plan, executed, and continually adapt to just such an expansion. In this episode we learn Panduit's p...
Episode 033: Dave Ziegelski, National Material LP
October 11, 2022 12:00 - 49 minutes - 41.6 MBIn this episode I hosted DePaul MBA alumnus Dave Ziegelski, Vice President of Information Technology at National Material LP, to discuss his career in IT and the increasingly important role it plays in strategic planning. It IS a digital world and IT touches everything in it, connecting resources & people through process & data. Through Dave’s career he’s accumulated both deep knowledge and some healthy perspective on the subject. While his knowledge has earned him a seat in the strategic pl...
Episode 032: Alison Tinnon, StudioNorth
September 13, 2022 12:00 - 40 minutes - 33.3 MBTo welcome a new academic year, I was joined by MBA alumna Alison Tinnon, Senior Campaign Manager at StudioNorth. As an agency-based marketing professional Alison helps other firms navigate their own strategic goals. This puts her right at the nexus of markets and firms and economists love that! It also requires a clear understanding of both a firm’s current positioning in the eyes of customers & competitors and, tactically, how to get them where they want to go. In this episode, Alison desc...
Episode 031: Carsten Raaum, CBRE
August 09, 2022 11:01 - 44 minutes - 39 MBIn this late summer edition, DePaul MSEPA Alumni Carsten Raaum and I discuss his research work at the real estate giant CBRE. In his role as Associate Research Director, Global Research he studies macroeconomic issues, and analyzes their potential impact on global markets and industry sectors; a super interesting role to be sure. For strategy development, this kind of information is vision and, in the right hands, can serve as a divining rod to opportunity. While few will ever find a strateg...
Episode 030: Brittany Strebel, Ford Motor Company
July 12, 2022 12:00 - 40 minutes - 31.3 MBThis month, I caught up with DePaul MBA Alumna Brittany Strebel; Lincoln Operations Manager at Ford Motor Company. I was lucky to attend graduate school with Brittany and learned quite a bit from this smart, composed and savvy woman. In this episode, Brittany takes us through her 10+ year career at Ford and describes the current transformation taking place at the legendary automaker. A transformation dictated by changing market preferences and full of opportunity for growth and innovation. By...
Episode 029: Bryan Davis, Ryan Specialty
June 14, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes - 28.6 MBTo cap off the academic year, I talked with DePaul MBA Alumnus Bryan Davis, Senior Treasury Manager at Ryan Specialty. Bryan has many strengths and a lot of experience in the strategically vital area of Treasury Management. This episode serves as a reminder that strategic plans are only as good as the people executing them. Like links in a chain, if each business area isn’t aware of, and prepared for the what, when, and how of their firm’s strategic plans, those plans are likely to fail. We ...
Episode 028: Anthony Palcheck, Zebra Ventures
May 10, 2022 12:00 - 44 minutes - 33.8 MBThis month I talked with DePaul MBA Alumnus Anthony Palcheck; Strategic Business Development Advisor at Zebra Ventures, the venture capital arm of Zebra Technologies. Zebra has been on a roll and, as you’ll hear, that success results from a series of good decisions made by leadership with a clear vision and good communication skills. Their success pivoting from a hardware manufacturer to a vertically integrated solutions provider is a masterclass in business transformation and working your w...
Episode 027: Doug Edgar, White Harvest Energy
April 12, 2022 12:00 - 44 minutes - 35.2 MBThis month I was delighted to discuss alternative energy with DePaul MBA Alumnus Doug Edgar, VP of Operations at White Harvest Energy. In this discussion we explored Doug's background, the obstacles he faces prophesizing alternative energy solutions, and discovered how value creation, value capture, and coopetition coexist to benefit all of White Harvest Energy’s stakeholders.
Episode 026: Kelly Kester, Cardinal Health
March 08, 2022 12:00 - 39 minutes - 32 MBIn this episode I had the good fortune to speak with DePaul Alumnus Kelly Kester. Kelly currently serves as Senior Manager - Corporate Strategy & Business Development at Cardinal Health. We reviewed her unique career journey and discussed how Cardinal Health uses vertical strategies to offer both value to their customers & provide safe harbor from a highly competitive core business.
Episode 025: Andy Polacek, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
February 08, 2022 12:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBThis month we are thrilled to host DePaul Double Demon, Andy Polacek. Andy is a Senior Economic Research Analyst with Insurance Initiative at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He speaks with me about how insurance markets develop and how we are currently dealing some highly correlated risks that may defy our standard mechanisms of insurance and de-risking.
Episode 024: Erik Lindholm, Deloitte Technology
January 11, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBIn this episode, Erik Lindholm, Digital Transformation Lead at Deloitte, talks with us about how he considers what resources are available and what is the best strategy that is going to maximize the success of those resources. This is called consonance. The musical definition of this is the combination of notes which are in harmony with each other due to the relationship between their frequencies, which is a powerful way to view the relationship between resources and strategy!
Episode 023: Jennifer Asplund, AT&T
December 14, 2021 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBThis month we are joined by AT&T Vice President of Mobility Customer Care, Jennifer Asplund. Jennifer not only sits in a position that has a 30,000 ft view of a highly competitive industry within one of its most powerful established firms, but she also has over 15 years of experience within AT&T that ranges from front line store operations to product development. The main focus of our conversation is related to the human component of value creation, strategy development, and innovation.
Episode 022: John Adams III, Zekelman Industries
November 10, 2021 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBJohn Adams III is the Inside Sales & Customer Support Manager at Zekelman Industries, a firm that manufactures steel piping for large scale construction projects. The steel industry is a part of well developed supply chain and is highly competitive, making relationship maintenance important and price competition possible. John speaks with me about how his firm creates value without falling into the price competition trap. Surprisingly, one of those value adds is an award winning website!
Episode 021: Jordan Blue, AIRINC
October 12, 2021 12:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBJordan Blue is the West Coast Director for AIRINC, a firm that specializes in employee mobility. Employee mobility conjures a pretty clear image of employees moving from place to place. You might think of this as simply a firm that coordinates logistics of employee relocation. This might have been an accurate description at the beginning of this industry, but now that barely scratches the surface.
Episode 020: Jeff Lemonds, Casappa Corp.
September 14, 2021 13:41 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBDePaul MBA alumnus, Jeff Lemonds is the Managing Director at Casappa Corporation, which is a firm that specializes in hydraulic systems. Hydraulics are a very old technology that is inside almost all machinery with moving mechanical parts. Jeff talks with me about his industry’s dynamics, how COVID has disrupted the supply chain, and how his firm views the next step of innovation for this very established technology.
Episode 019: Lauren Lipovic, Esri
August 10, 2021 11:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBLead Product Marketing Manager at Esri, Lauren Lipovic speaks with us about the GIS industry, which stands for geographic information system. GIS is one of those services & products that we often overlook, but consider any kind of dynamic map you’ve encountered. Every single one is GIS and each provides vital information for daily routines, but also massive resource management for large organizations. The applications are endless, and Lauren's job is to understand that demand curve.
Episode 018: Carlie Frisch, SPINS
July 13, 2021 06:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBCarlie Frisch is a DePaul MBA Alumnus and Client Insights Manager at SPINS, a wellness-focused data technology company. Carlie talks with me about the growth of the ‘naturals’ industry within consumer packaged goods. The CPG industry is a very competitive space that must quickly respond to changes in consumer preferences while leveraging massive economies of scale to keep costs low. Yet in the face of those challenges, natural products continue to find ways to successfully innovate and disru...
Episode 017: Louise Anderson, Blue Cross of Illinois
May 11, 2021 06:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBThis month we are joined by Senior Manager of Corporate Development at Blue Cross of Illinois, Louise Anderson. Health insurance in the US is a quagmire of complex interactions with lots of moving parts between providers, insurers, governments, and patients. Louise talks with me about how the health insurance industry is organized and how an aging population and the very recent influx of telehealth technology are factors in the industry’s response to inflationary healthcare spending and publ...
Episode 016: Bob Schiller, National General Insurance
April 13, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBBob Schiller is the Countrywide Product Manager at National General Insurance (an Allstate Company). Insurance is at the foundation of de-risking many other activities, making them more accessible and fueling economic development. That also means that insurance can be inherently slow to innovate. However, technology and consumer preferences have drastically changed in the past decade, which is forcing relatively quick changes for insurance in the forms of M&A, technology adoption, and produc...
Episode 015: Marty Friel, Ameriprise Financial Services
March 09, 2021 07:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBDePaul MS-EPA Alumnus, Marty Friel, is a financial advisor with Ameriprise Financial Services which is a highly competitive industry for 2 reasons. Firstly, the service is usually only differentiated by the way products are packaged and the relationships with advisors. Secondly, its hard to judge the quality of an investment strategy even after years of being a client. Marty talks about how using strategy frameworks has super charged his ability to differentiate himself & demonstrate his qua...
Episode 014: Bradley Lerner, Equipment International
February 09, 2021 07:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBIn this episode, we are joined by DePaul MBA Alumnus and COO of Equipment International, Bradley Lerner. In Feb 2020, Bradley had recently stepped into his role as the operations leader for a Chicago based firm that sells and services industrial laundry solutions. He began surveying the lay of the land and developing a strategic plan… and then the lockdowns began. One year later, Bradley talks with us about his experience balancing the responsibilities of crisis manager and strategic leader.
Episode 013: Tom Lubinski, adidas
January 12, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBIn this episode we are joined by DePaul Triple Demon Tom Lubinski, Product Manager at adidas. As you might expect from the competitive nature of sports, the sports apparel industry is similarly competitive. Jobs at firms are coveted by sports lovers, so high performance expectations tend to be intrinsically built into company cultures. This permeates into the everlasting chase of identifying new trends across cultures, sports, and market segments, which must be drilled down into the products...
Episode 012: Kirsten Ahlen, Ahlen Consulting
December 08, 2020 07:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBIn this last episode of 2020, we speak with Double Demon, Kirsten Ahlen. Kirsten is a musician turned consultant that specializes in strategic management for Associations. She talks with me about the interesting industry landscape for Associations as well as the challenges of creating differentiated value. Associations have been forced to adopt technology solutions a much quicker pace as the industry begins to accept that our definition of normal is quickly becoming thing of the past.
Episode 11: Brian Raff, American Institute of Steel Construction
November 10, 2020 07:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBSteel Construction is at the heart of infrastructure level projects. Brian Raff speaks with me about how his industry works with firms and governments to advocate for legislation that achieves its intended purpose while still encouraging a level playing field. Brian talks with us about growing environmental awareness that has led to a more regulated steel construction industry. He describes how his industry is supportive of legislative goals, some misconceptions about steel, and about areas ...
Episode 011: Brian Raff, American Institute of Steel Construction
November 10, 2020 07:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBSteel Construction is at the heart of infrastructure level projects. Brian Raff speaks with me about how his industry works with firms and governments to advocate for legislation that achieves its intended purpose while still encouraging a level playing field. Brian talks with us about growing environmental awareness that has led to a more regulated steel construction industry. He describes how his industry is supportive of legislative goals, some misconceptions about steel, and about areas ...
Episode 010: Dan Ludovisi, Sargent & Lundy
October 13, 2020 04:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBThe energy industry is a complex network of power production, distribution, and delivery that cooperates across boundaries to support both our present and future economies. Dan Ludovisi, Mechanical Engineering Manager & Consultant with Sargent & Lundy, talks with me about the challenges faced by our society as we recognize the importance of moving toward to sustainable energy sources while our overall demand steadily increases. There’s no quick fix, but there are some interesting disruptions...
Episode 009: Maggie McHenry, Florence Crittenton Services
September 08, 2020 06:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBMaggie McHenry is the Director of Development at Florence Crittenton Services, a nonprofit that supports teen mothers & their children. Maggie describes how she approaches strategy from a nonprofit perspective while leveraging the frameworks that might seem more suited to for-profits. There are differences between these two models, but the underlying purpose of strategy remains the same: Find a unique & sustainable way to create and capture value in a challenging industry & dynamic competiti...
Episode 008: Sarah Wojtowicz, ITW
August 11, 2020 06:00 - 32 minutes - 44.3 MBThis month I had the pleasure of speaking with Strategic Sourcing Specialist, Sarah Wojtowicz. Procurement roles can sometimes be thought of as simply a business function that looks for the lowest price, but Sarah tells me about how much care and strategy is involve in every negotiation. Having a strong understanding of your industry, competition, the firm you’re negotiating with, and even the individual across the table can all affect the ultimate outcome of buyer/supplier relationship.
Episode 007: Casey Hartman, FedEx Express
July 14, 2020 06:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MB“Last mile” delivery is the most salient portion of the supply chain industry, but it is also the most complicated and costly part. In the past, the US has only really relied on UPS, USPS, and FedEx. However, the growth in scale and scope of Amazon, rapidly changing that landscape. What’s it like to compete in this industry? How will it change in the coming years, especially with our increasing reliance on those firms during the pandemic? It's big topic that Casey offers some wonderful insig...
Episode 006: Erin Jordan Spanski, Walker Sands
June 16, 2020 06:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBOn May 20th, we spoke with Erin Jordan Spanski, VP and Partner at Walker Sands, a premiere B2B marketing agencies. Marketing is already a challenging discipline because one must understand a plethora of complex interactions and motivations between the firm’s marketing mix and consumer. B2B marketing agencies have 2nd and 3rd orders of complexity. This bodes the question: how do you create value in a complex and opaque value chain?
Episode 005: Kristy Nitskoff, Vista Consulting Group
May 20, 2020 06:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBKristy Nitskoff is the Director of Talent Consulting at Vista Consulting Group and is a DePaul Alumnus with concentrations in Business Strategy & Decision-Making, as well as Leadership & Change Management. Filling open positions at any company can be quite stressful. There are important trade offs between filling the role quickly versus filling the role with the right person. Kristy talks with us about how she helps firms develop strategies to not only hire the right person, but do to so e...