{"podcast":{"title":"The Strategy Skills Podcast: Strategy | Leadership | Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving","slug":"the-strategy-skills-podcast-strategy-leadership-critical-thinking-problem-solving-431195","podcast_index_feed_id":431195,"rss_url":"https://strategyskills.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.firmsconsulting.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/b/b/8/dbb87cad4c06da1d/SS_art_4.png","author":"Kris Safarova for Firmsconsulting.com","episode_count":500,"summary":"CEOs and business leaders, management consulting senior partners, ground-breaking professors, thought-provoking writers and journalists, record-setting athletes and coaches, and award-winning actors and celebrities discuss the key issues facing the business world and broader society. Get free access to our newsletter, Monday Morning at 8 am, along with sample episodes from our training programs on www.strategytraining.com. Go to https://www.firmsconsulting.com/promo.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T22:22:19.528722+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strategy-skills-podcast-strategy-leadership-critical-thinking-problem-solving-431195"},"episode":{"title":"650: Climate Leader and Bestselling Author, Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson, on Closing the Climate Action Gap","slug":"650-climate-leader-and-bestselling-author-dr-katharine-k-wilkinson-on-closing-the-climate-action-gap","published_at":"2026-05-06T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strategy-skills-podcast-strategy-leadership-critical-thinking-problem-solving-431195/650-climate-leader-and-bestselling-author-dr-katharine-k-wilkinson-on-closing-the-climate-action-gap","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strategy-skills-podcast-strategy-leadership-critical-thinking-problem-solving-431195","url":"https://strategyskills.libsyn.com/650-climate-leader-and-bestselling-author-dr-katharine-k-wilkinson-on-closing-the-climate-action-gap","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/strategyskills/650_FSS_Dr._Katharine_K._Wilkinson_e_lio_mio_192kb_compressed.mp3?dest-id=291244","summary":"This discussion explores climate change through the lens of leadership, human behavior, and systems design, drawing on Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson's experience across academia, consulting, and nonprofit leadership. Rather than revisiting scientific consensus, the conversation focuses on a more practical question: why progress remains uneven despite clear evidence and available solutions. A central theme is the structural disconnect between natural systems and modern economic models. As Wilkinson observes, \"that is not how nature functions… everything in nature is cycles. There is no such thing as waste.\" Yet many industries continue to operate on linear, extractive models—creating tension between how systems work and how they are designed. Her experience in consulting reinforces that execution challenges are rarely technical alone. \"Often they were about people… leadership and culture,\" with outcomes shaped by alignment, values, and clarity of purpose rather than strategy in isolation. The discussion also reframes climate as a broader systems risk. Wilkinson highlights that \"we are actively outstripping seven of nine planetary boundaries,\" underscoring that the issue extends beyond emissions into the stability of core systems that support economic and social life. At the same time, there is a critical perception gap. \"89% of people around the world want to see more climate action… it's just that they think they're in the minority.\" This misalignment between private concern and perceived consensus limits coordinated action, particularly within institutions. On engagement, the conversation challenges the assumption that more data drives change. \"It is not a shortage of good, robust science… but it's now kind of wound up in people's identity.\" More effective entry points a…","meta_description":"This discussion explores climate change through the lens of leadership, human behavior, and systems design, drawing on Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson's experi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3032,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-strategy-skills-podcast-strategy-leadership-critical-thinking-problem-solving-431195/episodes/650-climate-leader-and-bestselling-author-dr-katharine-k-wilkinson-on-closing-the-climate-action-gap/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strategy-skills-podcast-strategy-leadership-critical-thinking-problem-solving-431195/650-climate-leader-and-bestselling-author-dr-katharine-k-wilkinson-on-closing-the-climate-action-gap.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}