# The Strategy Skills Podcast

> The Strategy Skills Podcast is FIRMSconsulting’s free business education show, launched in 2015. It combines narrated consulting studies with interviews on strategy, leadership, communication and problem-solving, and introduces listeners to the parent business’s paid StrategyTraining video library, books and coaching.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Los Angeles, United States
- **Founders:** Kris Safarova (Founder and CEO of parent FIRMSconsulting; podcast host)
- **Products:** The Strategy Skills Podcast, StrategyTraining Premium, FC Insider, Legacy, Monday Morning at 8 am
- **Notable:** Strategy Skills launched in 2015, independently documented in Ivey’s Fall 2019 alumni magazine., Featured alongside another alumni podcast in Ivey’s The Podcast Boom article in 2019., The current publisher page reports more than 14 million downloads across FIRMSconsulting podcast channels.

## Products & services

- **The Strategy Skills Podcast** — Free audio show combining consulting-study narration with interviews on strategy, leadership, communication and related business subjects.
- **StrategyTraining Premium** — Parent-company subscription: USD 167 per month; case interview programs and more than 1,000 episodes. Insider access after six consecutive months, beginning with the seventh renewal, subject to terms.
- **FC Insider** — Parent-company annual subscription: USD 2,004 per year; immediate Insider access, strategy project videos and more than 6,000 episodes.
- **Legacy** — Parent-company subscription: USD 497 per month; Insider content plus biweekly group coaching and selected additional content.
- **Monday Morning at 8 am** — Free FIRMSconsulting newsletter promoted through the podcast.
- **Strategy Control Room** — Parent-company document library including consulting studies, proposals and templates; separate access conditions and fees apply.
- **Books and private coaching** — FIRMSconsulting also sells business books and coaching, including the MasterPlan program.

## Achievements

- Strategy Skills launched in 2015, independently documented in Ivey’s Fall 2019 alumni magazine.
- Featured alongside another alumni podcast in Ivey’s The Podcast Boom article in 2019.
- The current publisher page reports more than 14 million downloads across FIRMSconsulting podcast channels.
- The public feed reached episode number 687 on September 30, 2026; episode numbering is not an audited count of unique original interviews.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Episode 655 featured BCG managing director and partner Kristy Ellmer discussing transformation and the human side of execution.
- **2026-09** — Episode 683 featured Copenhagen Business School finance professor Jesper Rangvid discussing the end of decades of declining interest rates.
- **2026-09** — Episode 687 revisited an interview with Justin Bookey, author of Ping Pong Leadership, on September 30.

## Links

- Website: https://firmsconsulting.com/strategy-podcast/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/firmsconsulting/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBeUWFTGiqPHMnENybTpPww
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/firmsconsulting/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Firmsconsulting/

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Last updated: 2026-10-09