Folks, but you're listening to this probably in late August or early September.

So we're only six, seven, eight weeks away from our M conference in Chicago October 26,

and 27.

I hope to see you there.

It's the highlight of our year.

We'll have 10 executives from all across the pantheon of the manager tools community

who have graciously agreed to not only attend the conference for two days, but also speak.

And as I say, it's the highlight of our year, continues to grow.

And I encourage you to come to our website and sign up.

You'll have a hoot or your money back.

Welcome to manager tools.

This week, a special edition of manager tools, we're airing here on manager tools, a cast

that was released for executive tools, which if you're not a licensee, you wouldn't have

been able to hear an interview with the strategy genius Richard Rammelt.

It was so good I expected the cast to be 30 to 45 minutes long, but Professor Rammelt

ended up continuing to impress me.

So it became a two-parter, and this is the first of two parts.

This is the best description of what strategy is that I've ever heard.

We know that some managers are thinking about their future, and to some degree want you

to know what you're missing with executive tools so you'll consider becoming a licensee.

One thing real quick before we start, the audio quality from our guest, Professor Rammelt,

is not that good, and we apologize for that.

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