G&U Greatest Hits*
*according to JustinThe episodes Justin enjoyed most, is proudest of, or would hand to someone who asks where to start.
Leadership lessons
of a corporate misfit.
Profitable wins, painful mistakes, and candid conversations about leading people, products, and organizations—without the corporate varnish.
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Name It & Claim It Innovation w. Jim Weber
Episode 58 · 46 min
Host Justin McMenamy continues the multi-episode conversation with Jim Weber about leadership lessons and innovation, revisiting Jim’s advice that companies should declare themselves innovative even if they aren’t.
“Demand for talented leaders outstrips supply by at least tenfold.”
The Whole Point
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6 episodes
Innovation: Is It More Than a Feeling?
Justin McMenamy and Jim Weber explore whether innovation is a feeling—or a discipline.
7 episodes
SkunkWorks Culture
Kelly Johnson’s rules, adapted for building a market-disrupting organization.
5 episodes
Authors
Because sometimes you should judge a book by its author.
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Episode 56 · 34 min
Sales is Life w/ Drew Norton
Episode 55 · 52 min
Blackbelt Math w/ Jim Weber
Episode 54 · 56 min
The Dumbest Guy in All the Right Rooms w/ Michael Kainatsky
Episode 53 · 57 min
The Art of Category Creation w/ Dale Koch
Episode 52 · 50 min
Stars & Sneetches w/ Jim Weber
Episode 51 · 44 min
Are Leaders Born or Taught? w/ Brent Adamson
Episode 50 · 46 min
Be A Challenger, Not A Jerk w/ Brent Adamson
Episode 49 · 56 min
The Velvet Hammer w/ Jim Weber
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The short version
Shorts greatest hits.No doomscrolling required.
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From Episode 19
The Insulting & Confrontational Leader
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From Episode 31
Defying Tradition, David Sterling & the SAS
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From Episode 48
Most Leadership Isn’t an Emergency
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From Episode 14
The Employee Opinion Survey
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From Episode 35
The True Test of Character
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From Episode 46
Can Too Much Structure Can Kill Innovation?
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From Episode 55
The Four Horsemen of the Innovation Apocalypse
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From Episode 41
Stop Asking “What Do You Want to Be?”
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From Episode 46
The “All Rope Team” Test of Real Relationship
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From Episode 20
Metrics Demotivation
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Actual executive.Questionable influence.
About Justin
Less interested in leadership titles. More interested in what leadership does for people.
Justin McMenamy has spent more than twenty years working where engineering, product, innovation, and organizational leadership collide—often messily.
Grody & UnPrOfEsSiOnAL is his attempt to examine those experiences honestly: without pretending he was always the hero, without using villains for target practice, and without sanding away the parts that make the stories human.
