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Whitney Zimmerman

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“Finance Doesn’t Have an Answer for That”: Tim Koller on Four Decades of Strategy and Value

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“Finance Doesn’t Have an Answer for That”: Tim Koller on Four Decades of Strategy and Value

Whitney Zimmerman

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Oct 25

The Power of the Strategic Initiative Postmortem

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The Power of the Strategic Initiative Postmortem

Whitney Zimmerman

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Oct 16

Holding on to the ‘Why’ in Strategy: A Conversation with Yale Cognitive Scientist Frank Keil

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Holding on to the ‘Why’ in Strategy: A Conversation with Yale Cognitive Scientist Frank Keil

Whitney Zimmerman

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Oct 9

The CEO’s undelegatable roles in strategy — a Strategy and Value excerpt in McKinsey Quarterly

I am pleased to share an excerpt from our forthcoming book Strategy and Value: The Four Foundations That Drive Long-Term Performance…

The CEO’s undelegatable roles in strategy — a Strategy and Value excerpt in McKinsey Quarterly

Whitney Zimmerman

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Sep 1

New Book Preview: Strategy and Value

Strategy and Value: The Four Foundations That Drive Long-Term Performance will be published by Wiley on November 17. I wrote it with Tim…

New Book Preview: Strategy and Value

Whitney Zimmerman

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Jul 15

Three minutes on my new HBR OpEd

For a three minute video, see my LinkedIn or Substack post. Medium doesn’t enable me to directly upload a video.

Whitney Zimmerman

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Jun 1

2026 Strategy Science Conference Panel on the Future of the Profession

2026 Strategy Science Conference Panel on the Future of the Profession

Whitney Zimmerman

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May 27

Sustaining a Shared Reality: How Past Technology Waves Have Impacted Strategy

In 1972, a thirty-year-old McKinsey partner named Lou Gerstner published an article in Business Horizons titled “Can Strategic Planning Pay…

Sustaining a Shared Reality: How Past Technology Waves Have Impacted Strategy

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Apr 9

Where Do Great Strategies Come From?

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Where Do Great Strategies Come From?

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Apr 3

My Mental Models: Autocatalytic Transposition

TL;LC (Too Long; Let’s Chat) — this post is designed both to be read and to be used. Feed it to your favourite GenAI tool to explore the…

My Mental Models: Autocatalytic Transposition

Whitney Zimmerman

Whitney Zimmerman

Whitney is a consultant, counsellor, and coach to strategy leaders and other executives. He leads McKinsey's Strategy Leadership work globally.

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