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Podcast: The Strategy Skills Podcast: Strategy | Leadership | Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving
Episode: 637: Growth and Innovation at Scale, with Former IBM, Microsoft, and Salesforce Executive Jason Wild
Description: Jason Wild discusses the discipline of building and scaling businesses through careful capital allocation, operational focus, and a clear understanding of risk. He explains how leaders often misjudge growth by pursuing expansion without fully understanding the underlying economics, noting that "growth only creates value when the returns exceed the cost of capital." He emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between revenue growth and value creation, and why many organizations confuse activity with progress. In his view, strong operators develop a detailed understanding of where value is truly generated and concentrate resources there rather than spreading them thinly. <...