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We’ve Been Thinking About Strategy All Wrong - Leading Through Complexity

In this episode of The Optimal Leadership Podcast, Serial CEO Wilf Blackburn is joined by Professor Maury Peiperl to explore what leadership really requires in a complex, ambiguous world. Together, they examine the interplay between purpose, context, and behaviour, and ask a central question: Do leadership theories truly hold up in real executive environments? This is not abstract theory. It’s a field-tested conversation grounded in lived leadership experience across continents and boardrooms. About Maury Peiperl Professor, Director, Investor and Musician. Maury is an authority on change, talent, trade, and leadership, particularly across markets and borders. He served as Dean of Cranfield School of Management (UK) and George Mason University (USA), and Professor at London Business School and IMD. He has advised multiple firms worldwide and serves on commercial and nonprofit boards in the USA and Europe. Maury holds a BS in Engineering from Princeton and an MBA and PhD from Harvard. Chapters: 00:00 - 00:15 – Introducing Dr. Maury Peiperl 02:18 – From Engineer to Organizational Psychologist 04:43 – Careers Are Rarely Linear 06:51 – What Leaders Don’t Know (And Should Ask) 08:45 – Renaissance Thinking & Broad Perspective 11:05 – Musical Thinking for Leadership 13:15 – Purpose, Context & Behaviour: Which Matters Most? 14:12 – Why Context Is Often the Most Overlooked Factor 16:37 – CEOs and the Attribution Trap 18:15 – Can Leaders Change? 19:31 – Should Purpose Shape Context—or Vice Versa? 20:58 – Purpose Is Not Created by CEOs 23:13 – Founder Purpose vs. Institutional Drift 26:50 – When Purpose Gets Lost 28:17 – Starting a Business Without Purpose 29:12 – Have Our Views on Leadership Changed? 31:12 – From Achievement to Contribution 33:38 – Why Leaders Should Develop Others First 36:03 – Behaviour vs. Culture: What Actually Changes? 37:29 – The Reality of CEO Turnover 39:45 – Mission Statements vs. Real Purpose 42:05 – Ethical Leadership in Complexity 43:00 – Stakeholder Mapping as a Tool for Influence and Sustainable Change 47:45 – Advice to the Next Generation of Leaders 54:18 – Questioning Assumptions in Complex Environments 56:47 – Humility as an Executive Discipline 58:00 – Final Reflections: Bridging Theory and Practice in Modern Leadership Follow Professor Maury Peiperl Linkedin -   / maurypeiperl   About The Optimal Leadership Podcast Hosted by Wilf Blackburn, author of Optimal Leadership and a global Serial CEO, the podcast brings together real executives and eminent scholars to ask one essential question: "Do leadership theories taught in classrooms actually work in the real world?" Optimal Leadership: ◼️ Learn more - https://optimal-leadership.com/ ◼️ Buy The Optimal Leadership book here - http://amazon.co.uk/dp/1068718536 ◼️ Join Email updates - https://optimal-leadership.com/#newsl... ◼️ Follow Wilf & Optimal Leadership - https://lnk.bio/optimal_leadership1 New episodes available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Keywords: Leadership, Purpose, Organizational Culture, Stakeholder Management, Ethical Decision-Making, Cultural Intelligence, Behavioral Cues, Contextual Leadership