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CD's Take - Situations & Solutions
Every organization faces challenges. Every leader faces decisions. And every problem leaves clues.
On CD's Take: Situations & Solutions, leadership practitioner and doctoral researcher CD Rogers-Wright takes a closer look at real situations shaping organizations, teams, and institutions, and breaks down what's really happening beneath the surface.
Each episode covers one situation, one honest breakdown, and offers a fix leaders can actually use. Whether the topic is organizational change, workplace culture, crisis response, burnout, innovation, or leadership accountability — the question is always the same: what's really going on here, and what's the fix?
Created for Fellow Fixers everywhere, this podcast helps leaders move beyond assumptions, identify what’s broken, and take meaningful action.
Because hope is not a strategy. Accountability matters. And there's always a fix.
Contact: cdeerw71@gmail.com
CD's Take - Situations & Solutions
Latest Episodes
Costco: When the Promise Becomes the Product
Episode 9: Costco: When the Promise Becomes the ProductWhat happens when a company's most valuable product isn't what they sell, but what customers believe about them?In this episode of CD's Take: Situations & Solut...
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Lungi Bridge: The Bridge Matters but So Does the Deal
Episode 8: Lungi Bridge: The Bridge Matters but So Does the DealHow do you build the infrastructure a country needs without burdening the people it's supposed to serve?In this episode, CD looks beyond th...
eBay: When Ego Replaced Ethics
eBay: When Ego Replaced EthicsWhat happens when criticism becomes personal, and a leader’s offense becomes the organization’s agenda?In this episode, CD examines the eBay harassment scandal and the leadership failures that allowed...
Boeing & Pixar: Different Ways to Disagree with Different Results
CD contrasts Boeing’s 737 Max era with Pixar’s sustained creative success built on Ed Catmull’s Brain Trust, which delivers candid feedback without authority. CD outlines three failure patterns: confusing agreement with alignment, personalizing...
Ford: When Experience Walked Out and AI Walked In
In this episode, CD breaks down Ford's recent admission: after replacing hundreds of veteran engineers with AI-driven quality control, the company had to rehire 350 of them. Drawing on 25+ years of leadership experience inside Fortune 500 compa...