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Conversations about building businesses, shaping careers and adapting to change.

Outside of the Classroom explores the decisions, challenges and experiences behind how people build businesses, shape careers and adapt to change.

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When Past Success Becomes a Constraint

Why successful decisions can become self-reinforcing—and make it harder for organizations to see and pursue different paths as conditions change.

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Deep Dive: “When I Let Go of What I Am, I Become What I Might Be” - Understanding Path Dependency and Avoiding Organizational Lock-In

This Deep Dive episode presents the topic of Path Dependency and Organizational Lock-In: What starts as a strength—efficient routines, consistent messaging, deeply held values—can evolve into a blind spot

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Natalie Riviere : Going against the grain - building community through business

Determined to make a difference

Nidale Chehade: Taking a Chance on Yourself

Courage over fear

Derek Bartlett and Paul May: Building more than a business

Building something beyond the business

James Stauch: Perspective - Thinking deeper in a world that moves faster

Balancing speed for delivery with thinking

Garie Adamson: 100 Miles and still going - Building a brand that outlasts the moment

Longevity and being global

Deep Dive: Understanding Scar Tissue

Ensure it informs your judgment, without narrowing it

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Natalie Riviere : Going against the grain - building community through business

Determined to make a difference

Nidale Chehade: Taking a Chance on Yourself

Courage over fear

Derek Bartlett and Paul May: Building more than a business

Building something beyond the business

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