Former Walmart SVP Sam Dunn shares operational lessons from working under Sam and Rob Walton, breaking down the costly Hypermart rollout and how leadership stabilized profits after a shattered 99 quarter growth streak.
An HVAC operator breaks down the playbook for moving from technician to owner, covering acquisition audits, debt restructuring, route density, and firing toxic clients to build real systemic equity in a service business.
VendorMint's executive team breaks down how suppliers can recover profit lost to retail chargebacks, combining human led strategy with technology to dispute invalid compliance penalties and fix costly item setup errors.
Elise Mitchell breaks down how leaders can navigate disruption without perfectionism or fear, sharing frameworks for frontline awareness, conflict resolution, and empowering teams to think for themselves under pressure.
John Rhodes of Jack Link's breaks down how the protein snack leader navigates beef supply constraints, price pack architecture, and Walmart Connect optimization to protect margins amid rising costs and shifting demand.
Elise Mitchell breaks down the neuroscience behind organizational change, revealing how leaders can shift teams from threat to reward mindsets and make decisive calls with a practical framework for navigating uncertainty.
Rachel Heisten and Alissa Owsley of Life Work Talent explain how leaders can escape the functional expert trap, shifting from fixed headcount toward dynamic skills and curiosity to build teams ready for an AI driven future.
Slalom's Andrew, Jack, Erica, and Marco break down how enterprises can scale generative AI safely, covering governance frameworks, citizen developer empowerment, and turning pilot programs into trusted production systems.
Amanda Wolf and Toby Wily unpack how AI agents and LLMs are reshaping product discovery, sharing tactical strategies for optimizing content across Walmart, Amazon, and Sam's Club to win in the era of agentic commerce.
Competing against retail giants is tough, but Harps Food Stores thrives through a powerful employee ownership model and smart tech. Learn how this 178-store regional grocer uses an ESOP, automated AI inventory, and localized fresh departments to scale without losing its identity.
Friction in shopping kills profit. As consumer search shifts to AI, waiting to adapt means losing market share. A panel of retail experts breaks down agentic shopping, generative engine optimization, and how to structure your product data so algorithms confidently recommend your items.
Pushing a business past the point of structural failure is the fastest way to kill it. Fractional COO Tony Franco explains how to break out of the founder trap, simplify bloated tech stacks, and scale sustainably using clean data architecture and focused operational KPIs.
Andy Wilson and former P&G leader Tom Muccio break down how the historic Walmart and Procter & Gamble partnership moved to a true one-company model. Learn the mechanics of collaboration, from mirror teams and shared retail data to building trust by focusing on issues instead of positions.
Discover what it really takes to grow emerging and challenger CPG brands in the Walmart and Sam’s Club ecosystem. Paradox Retail CEO Allisha Watkins joins us to break down retail media, shopper personas, and the foundational strategy required to scale velocity without wasting spend.
Discover the critical difference between complicated tactical problems and complex human relationships in leadership. Learn how to escape the functional expert trap, shift to dynamic skill counts, and build a resilient organizational culture capable of navigating volatility with ease.
Discover the critical difference between complicated tactical problems and complex human relationships in leadership. Learn how to escape the functional expert trap, shift to dynamic skill counts, and build a resilient organizational culture capable of navigating volatility with ease.