What's Your Widget? with Will Spokes

Will Spokes

What's Your Widget? is a podcast for leaders and organizations who want to better understand their potential to leverage the power of organizational culture and strategy to create meaningful and sustainable competitive advantage.

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4. Bricolage and how practicing it can make your organization more innovative with Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks

Will's guest on this episode is Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks (JSB), Professor of Management and Organizations and Faculty Director of the Impact Studio at the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business. In this episode, Will and JSB discuss the concept of...

Jul 20, 2020

26 min

3. What is strategic planning and what role should it play in the life of an organization? with Brad Killaly

Will's guest on this episode is Brad Killaly, Associate Dean for the Full-Time and Global MBA Programs at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and Faculty member in the Department of Strategy. In this episode, Will and Brad discuss...

Jun 25, 2020

37 min

2. The Little-known Story of the Colt-45, the Story of Browning Trail Cameras, and Leading a Global Business through a Pandemic with Mark Gregory

Will's guest on this episode is Mark Gregory, CEO of Browning Trail Cameras. Mark is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and Harvard Business School. In 2011, much to his surprise, Mark embraced the life of an entrepreneur and started Browning...

Jun 23, 2020

40 min

1. COVID-19, Systemic Racism, & Organizational Culture with John Pearson

Will's guest on this episode is John Pearson, Assistant National Coordinator for Reformed University Ministries. In this episode, Will and John discuss the impact of COVID-19 and George Floyd's death on the culture of the organization he helps to lead...

Jun 17, 2020

40 min