I spent 20 years in executive roles at Oakley, adidas, TaylorMade, and K-Swiss — then built and sold my own brand to a VC firm. Now I run LiquidMind, a brand strategy advisory firm, and I share everything I know on this show.
The Visionary Chronicles is a weekly podcast for CMOs, founders, and brand leaders who want to build iconic, generational companies — not just survive the next quarter. Every episode delivers the brand strategy, visionary leadership, and product innovation frameworks that the world's most admired companies actually use.
Ranked #1 Visionary Podcast and Top 50 Global Marketing Podcast by Feedspot. Hosted by Bryan Smeltzer — bestselling author of The Visionary Brand (Readers Favorite Award) and The Visionary Leader (#1 Amazon Bestseller, Business Category).
What you will find here: brand strategy frameworks you can apply immediately, deep dives into history's greatest visionary leaders, real case studies from Oakley, Nike, Apple, Ford, and adidas, premium series built directly from the books, and guest conversations with executives who have done it at scale.
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The Road to Visionary Leadership | Effective Communication & Storytelling | Chronicle 4 of 8 | CHRONICLE 248
Episode 248
Friday, October 9, 2026 • Duration 42:21
Could three people repeat your vision back right now, without you in the room? If not, you do not have one.
Effective Communication and Storytelling | The Road to Visionary Leadership (Chronicle 4 of 8) | The Visionary Chronicles
EPISODE SUMMARY
This is Chronicle 4 of The Road to Visionary Leadership — an eight-part step-by-step guide from Bryan Smeltzer, drawn from his bestselling book The Visionary Leader and three decades of executive leadership at Oakley, adidas, TaylorMade, and K-Swiss. In this Episode, Bryan breaks down the five disciplines of communicating a vision: why the curse of knowledge makes the person who understands it best the worst person to explain it, why tension rather than evidence is what actually moves people, why your repetition count is roughly seven times too low, why abstraction is thermally inert and concrete language travels, and the only test that matters — whether three people can repeat your vision back without you in the room. Includes the Transmission Test — page four of your Visionary Leadership Blueprint. The complete eight-part course is available on Udemy.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Takeaway 1: You Cannot Un-Know It — why expertise makes you a worse communicator, invisibly
Takeaway 2: Tension Is The Engine — why a case asks for agreement, and agreement is not motion
Takeaway 3: Say It Until You Are Sick Of It — your third time is their first
Takeaway 4: Concrete Travels, Abstract Dies — can someone three levels down say no with it?
Takeaway 5: If They Cannot Repeat It, You Have Not Said It — optimize for transmission, not delivery
CHAPTER TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro to the Visionary Chronicles
2:45 The Three Person Vision Test
5:15 Overview of the Five Communication Concepts
8:30 Concept One The Curse of Knowledge
12:00 Case Study Segway vs Dollar Shave Club
15:45 Concept Two Story Shape and Tension
19:15 Why Corporate Visions Fail the Middle
22:30 Concept Three The Repetition Threshold
26:00 Consistency Lessons from M and Ms and BMW
30:15 Concept Four Concrete Language vs Abstraction
34:00 The Volvo Safety Patent Example
37:45 Concept Five The Transmission Test
40:15 Your Closing Challenge for the Week
42:22 End of Chronicle Four
SERIES BLOCK
📚 THE ROAD TO VISIONARY LEADERSHIP — Full Series
Ep 245 · Chronicle 1 | Cultivating a Visionary Mindset → CHRONICLE 1 of 8
Ep 246 · Chronicle 2 | Strategic Foresight and Planning → CHRONICLE 2 of 8
Ep 247 · Chronicle 3 | Building a Culture of Innovation → CHRONICLE 3 of 8
Ep 248 · Chronicle 4 | Effective Communication and Storytelling ← you are here
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About Bryan Smeltzer
Bryan Smeltzer is a bestselling author, business executive, entrepreneur, and brand strategist. He held executive leadership roles at Oakley, adidas, TaylorMade, K-Swiss, and Schutt Sports, founded a men's apparel brand and sold it to a VC firm, and now leads LiquidMind Inc. — a global brand strategy advisory firm. He hosts The Visionary Chronicles, ranked #1 Visionary and Top 50 Global Marketing Podcast by Feedspot.
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The Road to Visionary Leadership | Building a Culture of Innovation | Chronicle 3 of 8 | CHRONICLE 247
Episode 247
Monday, September 28, 2026 • Duration 40:05
EPISODE
Name your last three failures. Now name where those people are today. That is your innovation culture — not the poster.
EPISODE 247 | SERIES | The Road to Visionary Leadership | A Step-by-Step Guide | CHRONICLE 3 | Building a Culture of Innovation | August 2026
EPISODE DESCRIPTION
This is Chronicle 3 of The Road to Visionary Leadership — an eight-part step-by-step guide from Bryan Smeltzer, drawn from his bestselling book The Visionary Leader and three decades of executive leadership at Oakley, adidas, TaylorMade, and K-Swiss. In this module Bryan breaks down the five disciplines of building a culture of innovation: why culture is what you tolerate rather than what you say, why you should lower the cost of being wrong instead of the failure rate, why ideas die in the middle of your organization and the middle is being rational, how to shelter a new venture from the core's metrics without exiling it from the core's assets, and why a company that cannot kill things cannot innovate. Includes the Innovation Culture Audit — page three of your Visionary Leadership Blueprint.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Takeaways:
• Culture Is What You Tolerate — how to read your real culture from your last three failures
• Lower The Cost Of Wrong — why courage does not scale but arithmetic does
• Ideas Die In The Middle — and why the middle is being perfectly rational
• Protect It From The Core — shelter from the metrics, connection to the assets
• Kill Well Or Stop Starting — why you have a capacity problem, not an idea problem
Chapters
0:00 Intro and Series Overview
3:15 Defining a Culture of Innovation
6:45 Concept 1 The Permission Structure
10:30 Auditing Your Last Three Failures
14:00 Concept 2 Lowering the Cost of Being Wrong
17:45 Lessons from 3M and the Post-it Note
21:00 Concept 3 Why Ideas Die in the Middle
24:30 Sony vs Apple and the iPod Lesson
28:00 Concept 4 Protecting New Bets from Core Metrics
31:15 Steve Jobs and the Macintosh Pirate Flag
34:30 Concept 5 The Importance of the Kill Discipline
37:00 Richard Branson and the Virgin Innovation Model
39:00 Final Thoughts and Exercise
40:05 End
The Road to Visionary Leadership Series | Strategic Foresight & Vision Planning | Chronicle 2 of 8 | CHRONICLE 246
Episode 246
Monday, September 7, 2026 • Duration 45:07
EPISODE 246 | SERIES | The Road to Visionary Leadership | A Step-by-Step Guide | CHRONICLE 2 | Strategic Foresight and Vision Planning | July 2026
Kodak invented the digital camera and declined it. Foresight is not prediction — it is preparation. Here is step two.
Episode Description: This is Chronicle 2 of The Road to Visionary Leadership — an eight-part step-by-step guide from Bryan Smeltzer, drawn from his bestselling book The Visionary Leader and three decades of executive leadership at Oakley, adidas, TaylorMade, and K-Swiss. In this module Bryan breaks down the five disciplines of strategic foresight and planning: why the signal is never hidden and disruption is a permission problem rather than a detection problem, how to plan for three futures instead of one forecast, why backcasting from a ten-year destination surfaces the impossibility that forward planning hides, how to classify every move as a no-regret move, a real option, or a big bet, and why the most valuable page of any plan is the triggers nobody writes. Includes the Foresight & Planning Worksheet — page two of your Visionary Leadership Blueprint.
Chapters
0:00 Intro and the Eight Part Series Overview
2:45 Prerequisites from Chronicle One
5:10 Foresight vs Prediction Explained
8:30 Concept 1 The Signal and Lessons from Kodak
13:15 Why Nintendo Succeeded with the Wii
15:40 Concept 2 Planning for Three Futures in a Cone
19:50 Disney and the Move to Streaming
22:15 Concept 3 Backcasting vs Forecasting
27:00 Amazon and IKEA Case Studies
31:10 Concept 4 Categorizing Your Strategic Bets
36:45 Concept 5 Building Triggers for a Living Plan
40:20 The Cautionary Tale of Peloton
43:15 Final Review and How to Apply the Framework
45:07 End
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Takeaways:
• The Signal Is Never Hidden — why disruption is a permission problem, not a detection problem
• Plan For The Plural — three futures, and funding what works in more than one
The Road to Visionary Leadership Series | The Mindset Shift Every Visionary Leader Makes | Chronicle 1 of 8 | CHRONICLE 245
Season 5 · Episode 245
Monday, August 24, 2026 • Duration 37:39
Every vision workshop you have attended failed — because vision is not an output you can schedule. Here is step one.
This is Chronicle 1 of The Road to Visionary Leadership — an eight-part step-by-step guide from Bryan Smeltzer, drawn from his bestselling book The Visionary Leader and three decades of executive leadership at Oakley, adidas, TaylorMade, and K-Swiss. In this opening module Bryan breaks down the five disciplines that build a Visionary mindset: separating the laws of your industry from its habits, using the fifth why to expose what nobody has revisited, running a ten-year clock and a ninety-day clock simultaneously, extracting usable data from failure instead of just carrying the scar, and why the mindset is built by daily practice rather than discovered in a moment. Includes a five-part exercise — the Visionary Mindset Audit — that produces page one of your Visionary Leadership Blueprint.
Chronicles
0:00 Introduction to the Road to Visionary Leadership
2:10 Overview of the Eight Part Series Curriculum
4:45 Why Traditional Vision Exercises Fail
7:30 Concept 1 The Frame and Laws vs Habits
11:15 Industry Examples Airbnb and Red Bull
14:20 Concept 2 Curiosity and the 5 Whys
17:00 The Warby Parker Case Study
19:45 Concept 3 The Long View and the Two Clocks
22:50 Strategic Lessons from Patagonia
25:15 Concept 4 The Failure Reframe as Data
28:40 James Dyson and the Power of Prototypes
31:20 Concept 5 Designing Daily Mindset Practices
34:10 Final Thoughts and Exercise Instructions
36:00 Resources and How to Connect
Takeaways:
• The Law-or-Habit Test — how to find the undefended territory in your industry
• The Fifth Why — why the first answer is a mechanism, never a reason
• The Two Clocks — running a ten-year and a ninety-day horizon at once
• Failure Is Proprietary Research — the four-question extraction method
• Design For Your Worst Week — how to build practices that actually survive
HUMAN + AI LEADERSHIP | How Visionary Leaders Balance Machine Intelligence with Human Judgment | CHRONICLE 244
Episode 244
Friday, August 7, 2026 • Duration 36:58
Machine or human? It is a false choice — and the leaders who accept the framing have already lost.
CHRONICLE 244 | The Visionary Chronicles Podcast | The Visionary Leader | June 2026
Takeaways:
The four things AI cannot do — and why they are what leadership has always been about
How to draw the judgment line using reversibility and stakes — and why irreversible stays human
The fluency trap — why confident AI output is the real risk, and the three habits that defeat it
The human premium — why taste, trust, and conviction appreciate as intelligence becomes abundant
How to build an augmented organization: judgment expected, reasoning visible, humans accountable
CHRONICLES:
0:00 Intro and the False Choice of AI
2:50 The Difference Between Data and Judgment
5:40 Concept 1: The Division of Labor
9:15 Lessons from Yeti and Netflix
12:30 Concept 2: Drawing the Judgment Line
16:10 Case Studies: Tesla and Starbucks
19:45 Concept 3: Avoiding the Fluency Trap
23:15 The Coca-Cola New Coke Warning
26:40 Concept 4: The Human Premium
30:20 Concept 5: Building an Augmented Organization
34:00 Summary and Reclaiming Your Decisions
35:45 Final Thoughts and Call to Action
THE VISIONARY LEADER
📘 If this episode resonated with you, grab a copy of The Visionary Leader — The Success Principles of the World's Greatest Visionaries. Available now wherever books are sold. As a thank you to podcast listeners, the eBook is available for just $1.99. Your purchase supports the show and helps future Visionaries find the content. 🔗 Purchase | The Visionary Leader → https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNKVZ72B
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Abraham Lincoln | The Visionary Leader Who Preserved the Soul of a Nation Through Unwavering Commitment | CHRONICLE 243
Episode 243
Thursday, July 23, 2026 • Duration 40:43
ABRAHAM LINCOLN | The Visionary Leader Who Preserved the Soul of a Nation Through Unwavering Commitment | EPISODE 243
He failed more publicly than most leaders ever will — then led a fractured nation through its darkest hour and never wavered.
In this premium episode of The Visionary Chronicles, Bryan Smeltzer profiles Abraham Lincoln as the ultimate study in Visionary commitment — drawn from Chapter 7 of his bestselling book The Visionary Leader. Bryan breaks down how Lincoln's commitment was forged through repeated failure, anchored to a single fixed vision, strengthened by a famous team of rivals, communicated with unmatched clarity, and tied to a legacy beyond his own lifetime. You'll learn five leadership lessons every founder, CMO, and executive can apply — plus a direct challenge to commit to your vision the way Lincoln did. If you are building something meant to outlast you, this is your framework.
You will learn why Lincoln’s commitment was the ultimate study in perseverance and how his ability to embrace dissent through a team of rivals created a stronger, more unified vision. From the brevity of the Gettysburg Address to the moral weight of the Emancipation Proclamation, this discussion breaks down five essential insights for leading with humility, honesty, and authenticity. Brian Smeltzer shares his decades of executive experience at brands like Oakley and Adidas to show how these historical lessons apply to your day-to-day leadership today.
Chapters
0:00 Intro / The Visionary Leader
2:45 Responsibility / The Quote of Tomorrow
5:30 History / Why Lincoln Was a Visionary
8:15 Insight 1 / Commitment Through Failure
11:45 Insight 2 / Unwavering Singular Purpose
15:30 Insight 3 / The Team of Rivals Strategy
20:45 Insight 4 / Moving a Nation with Words
26:15 Insight 5 / Moral Leadership and Legacy
32:00 Summary / Lincoln’s Greatest Accomplishments
36:30 Challenge / Your Weekly Leadership Goal
39:00 Closing / Upcoming Series and Connections
Takeaways:
Why commitment is proven in how you respond to failure — not in success
How Visionary Leaders Decode the Future | Insight Separates Visionaries from Managers | THE INSIGHT | The Visionary Leader | CHRONICLE 242
Episode 242
Thursday, July 16, 2026 • Duration 42:25
How Visionary Leaders Decode the Future | Insight Separates Visionaries from Managers | EPISODE 242
CHRONICLE 242
The Visionary Chronicles Podcast
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The Visionary Leader, The Success Principles of The World’s Greatest Visionaries
Welcome back to The Visionary Chronicles, the podcast that explores what sets true visionaries apart from everyday leaders.
Before we dive into today's episode, I'm excited to share that my new book, The Visionary Leader, The Success Principles of The World’s Greatest Visionaries is now available and has already become a bestseller. This book extracts the essential principles that transform ordinary leaders into extraordinary Visionaries, and today's episode draws directly from these powerful insights.
I am proud to announce that The Visionary Leader just made the Amazon #1 Bestseller Business Category list! Thank you to all who supported it’s launch and success throughout the past several months!
INTRO |
Welcome back to The Visionary Chronicles. On this Episode we're diving deep into one of the most critical yet misunderstood capabilities of transformative leadership: The Power of Insight.
Vincent Van Gogh once said, "If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things."
This quote perfectly captures what we're exploring today—how great Visionary leaders leverage insight not just as information, but as a powerful tool to create and lead generational companies.
This episode draws from Chapter 5 of my new book, The Visionary Leader, The Success Principles of The World’s Greatest Visionaries, which is now available for purchase. If what we discuss today resonates with you, I encourage you to grab a copy—it's a deep dive into the frameworks that separate market leaders from followers.
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The Future of Leadership | Emerging Trends & the Evolving Role of the Visionary Leader | CHRONICLE 241
Episode 241
Friday, July 3, 2026 • Duration 21:46
The Future of Leadership | Emerging Trends & the Evolving Role of the Visionary Leader
The leaders who will define the next decade aren't reacting to the future. They're building it. Here's the framework.
CHRONICLE 241 │ The Visionary Chronicles Podcast │ May 2026
In this episode of The Visionary Chronicles, Bryan Smeltzer unpacks the five forces reshaping visionary leadership over the next decade — drawn from his book The Visionary Leader and 30 years of executive leadership at Oakley, adidas, and TaylorMade. Bryan breaks down how AI is augmenting the executive role, why adaptive culture is now a competitive moat, how human-centered leadership drives performance in an AI-saturated workplace, the anatomy of purpose-driven leadership, and how Legacy Leaders operate on two time horizons simultaneously. If you are a CMO, founder, or executive leader building for the next decade — this is your framework.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
• How to lead alongside AI systems — and why strategic judgment is now the most defensible executive skill
• Why adaptive organizations win — and the structural shifts Visionary Leaders are making right now
• How to build human-centered culture as a durable competitive advantage
• The anatomy of purpose-driven leadership — and the three questions every Visionary Leader must answer
• How Legacy Leaders operate on two time horizons: 90-day execution and 1,000-day architecture
CHAPTER TIMESTAMPS
Chapters
0:00 Intro and the Evolution of Leadership
2:45 The Five Forces Reshaping Modern Business
5:10 Concept 1: The AI Augmented Leader
8:30 Concept 2: Building an Adaptive Organization
11:15 Concept 3: Human-Centered Leadership and Culture
14:20 Concept 4: The Purpose-Driven Brand Strategy
17:45 Concept 5: The Legacy Leader and Long-Term Vision
20:00 Weekly Challenge and Final Thoughts
21:15 Where to Find The Visionary Leader Book
The Committed Leader | The Foundation Visionary Leaders Build Generational Brands Upon | The Visionary Leader Series | CHRONICLE 240
Episode 240
Thursday, June 18, 2026 • Duration 33:58
Everyone has a vision. Almost no one has the commitment to see it through. Here is what actually separates them.
CHRONICLE 240 | The Visionary Chronicles Podcast | Premium | The Visionary Leader | May 2026
In this premium episode of The Visionary Chronicles, Bryan breaks down the single trait that separates leaders who build generational brands from those who simply talk about them — commitment.
Drawn from Chapter 7 of his bestselling book The Visionary Leader, and three decades of executive leadership at Oakley, adidas, and TaylorMade, Bryan reveals why commitment is strategic rather than emotional, how it must be expressed in visible action, why it has to be shared across a team to last, and the daily practices Visionary leaders use to sustain it. If you are a CMO, founder, or executive leader building something meant to outlast you, this is your framework.
Takeaways:
Why commitment is strategic — built into your systems, not dependent on how you feel
How to express commitment in visible action so your team actually follows it
Why shared commitment is the only kind that survives — and how to build the ecosystem
The daily commitment toolkit Visionary leaders use to sustain their vision
Why commitment is a daily choice — and how that choice compounds into a legacy
📘 If this episode resonated with you, grab a copy of The Visionary Leader — The Success Principles of the World's Greatest Visionaries. Available now wherever books are sold. As a thank you to podcast listeners, the eBook is available for just $1.99. Your purchase supports the show and helps future Visionaries find the content. 🔗 Purchase | The Visionary Leader → https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNKVZ72B
💼 Work with Bryan directly on your brand strategy: LiquidMind Advisory → https://liquidmindsite.com/advisory Sessions One 2 One (Free 15-min intro) → https://tidycal.com/bryansmeltzer/free-15-minute-introductory-meeting-with-bryan
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The AI-First Leader | How Visionary Leaders Are Rewriting the Leadership Playbook with Artificial Intelligence | CHRONICLE 239
Season 5 · Episode 239
Thursday, June 11, 2026 • Duration 41:36
Most executives ask: Will AI replace me?
The Visionary Leader asks: How do I lead better with AI than without it?
CHRONICLE 239 | The Visionary Chronicles Podcast | May 2026
Episode Description:
In this episode of The Visionary Chronicles, Bryan Smeltzer breaks down the five operational
frameworks that define the AI-First CEO — drawn from The Visionary Leader and three decades of
executive leadership at Oakley, adidas, and TaylorMade. Bryan unpacks how Visionary Leaders use
AI as a strategic interrogation tool, how to compress decision cycles without sacrificing judgment,
why cultural coherence is the most underrated AI leadership challenge, how to build the talent
roles that AI makes newly possible, and why ethical architecture is a brand-building function —
not a compliance one. If you are a CEO, CMO, or founder building an AI-first organization,
this is the leadership playbook you need.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
• Why strategic interrogation — not technical fluency — is the most defensible executive skill in the AI era
• How to compress decision cycles using AI without sacrificing the judgment that makes decisions good
• Why cultural coherence is the most underrated AI leadership challenge — and how the best brands solve it
• The talent roles AI makes newly possible — and how Visionary Leaders are building them now
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📚 THE ROAD TO VISIONARY LEADERSHIP — 8-Part Series
Ch 1 · Ep 245 | Cultivating a Visionary Mindset
Ch 2 · Ep 246 | Strategic Foresight and Planning
Ch 3 · Ep 247 | Building a Culture of Innovation ← you are here
Ch 4 · Ep 248 | Effective Communication and Storytelling
Ch 5 · Ep 249 | Leading Through Change, Continuous Learning & Adaptation
Ch 6 · Ep 250 | Empowering and Developing Your Team
Ch 7 · Ep 251 | Measuring and Celebrating Success
Ch 8 · Ep 252 | Building a Legacy
🎓 Full course with worksheets on Udemy
CHAPTER TIMESTAMPS
BOOKS
📘 If this episode resonated with you, grab a copy of The Visionary Leader — The Success Principles of the World's Greatest Visionaries. Available now wherever books are sold. As a thank you to podcast listeners, the eBook is available for just $1.99. Your purchase supports the show and helps future Visionaries find the content. 🔗 Purchase | The Visionary Leader → https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNKVZ72B
ADVISORY
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Bryan Smeltzer is a bestselling author, business executive, entrepreneur, and brand strategist. He held executive roles at Oakley, adidas, TaylorMade, K-Swiss, and Schutt Sports, founded a men's apparel brand and sold it to a VC firm, and now leads LiquidMind Inc. — a global brand strategy advisory firm. The Visionary Chronicles is ranked #1 Visionary and Top 50 Global Marketing Podcast by Feedspot.
• Backcast, Do Not Forecast — why forward planning can only deliver you somewhere adjacent
• No-Regret Moves First — the three classes of move and the right sequence
• The Plan Is An Instrument — writing the triggers while you are still calm
📚 THE ROAD TO VISIONARY LEADERSHIP — 8-Part Series
Ch 1 · Ep 245 | Cultivating a Visionary Mindset
Ch 2 · Ep 246 | Strategic Foresight and Planning ← you are here
Ch 3 · Ep 247 | Building a Culture of Innovation
Ch 4 · Ep 248 | Effective Communication and Storytelling
Ch 5 · Ep 249 | Leading Through Change, Continuous Learning & Adaptation
Ch 6 · Ep 250 | Empowering and Developing Your Team
Ch 7 · Ep 251 | Measuring and Celebrating Success
Ch 8 · Ep 252 | Building a Legacy
📘 If this episode resonated with you, grab a copy of The Visionary Leader — The Success Principles of the World's Greatest Visionaries. Available now wherever books are sold. As a thank you to podcast listeners, the eBook is available for just $1.99. Your purchase supports the show and helps future Visionaries find the content. 🔗 Purchase | The Visionary Leader → https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNKVZ72B
💼 Work with Bryan directly on your brand strategy: LiquidMind Advisory → https://liquidmindsite.com/advisory Sessions One 2 One (Free 15-min intro) → https://tidycal.com/bryansmeltzer/free-15-minute-introductory-meeting-with-bryan
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Bryan Smeltzer is a bestselling author, business executive, entrepreneur, and brand strategist. He held executive roles at Oakley, adidas, TaylorMade, K-Swiss, and Schutt Sports, founded a men's apparel brand and sold it to a VC firm, and now leads LiquidMind Inc. — a global brand strategy advisory firm. The Visionary Chronicles is ranked #1 Visionary and Top 50 Global Marketing Podcast by Feedspot.
📚 THE ROAD TO VISIONARY LEADERSHIP — 8-Part Series
1 | Cultivating a Visionary Mindset ← you are here
2 | Defining Your Vision
3 | The Commitment
4 | Communicating the Vision
5 | Building the Team
6 | Executing the Vision
7 | Navigating Resistance
8 | Building the Legacy
📘 If this episode resonated with you, grab a copy of The Visionary Leader — The Success Principles of the World's Greatest Visionaries. Available now wherever books are sold. As a thank you to podcast listeners, the eBook is available for just $1.99. Your purchase supports the show and helps future Visionaries find the content. 🔗 Purchase | The Visionary Leader → https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNKVZ72B
📘 If this episode resonated with you, grab a copy of The Visionary Leader — The Success Principles of the World's Greatest Visionaries. Available now wherever books are sold. As a thank you to podcast listeners, the eBook is available for just $1.99. Your purchase supports the show and helps future Visionaries find the content. 🔗 Purchase | The Visionary Leader → https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNKVZ72B
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Bryan Smeltzer is a bestselling author, business executive, entrepreneur, and brand strategist. He held executive roles at Oakley, adidas, TaylorMade, K-Swiss, and Schutt Sports, founded a men's apparel brand and sold it to a VC firm, and now leads LiquidMind Inc. — a global brand strategy advisory firm. The Visionary Chronicles is ranked #1 Visionary and Top 50 Global Marketing Podcast by Feedspot.
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Bryan Smeltzer is a bestselling author, business executive, entrepreneur, and brand strategist. He held executive roles at Oakley, adidas, TaylorMade, K-Swiss, and Schutt Sports, founded a men's apparel brand and sold it to a VC firm, and now leads LiquidMind Inc. — a global brand strategy advisory firm. The Visionary Chronicles is ranked #1 Visionary and Top 50 Global Marketing Podcast by Feedspot.
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How clarity of communication turns a vision into a movement
Why the deepest commitment is to a vision beyond your own tenure
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Bryan Smeltzer is a bestselling author, business executive, entrepreneur, and brand strategist. He held executive roles at Oakley, adidas, TaylorMade, K-Swiss, and Schutt Sports, founded a men's apparel brand and sold it to a VC firm, and now leads LiquidMind Inc. — a global brand strategy advisory firm. The Visionary Chronicles is ranked #1 Visionary and Top 50 Global Marketing Podcast by Feedspot.
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He has held executive leadership positions in brand business development, multi-category product development, and global marketing at iconic brands such as; Oakley, TaylorMade, Adidas, K-Swiss, Schutt Sports, and others.
Bryan also founded a men's apparel brand and successfully ran it for ten years before selling it to a venture capital firm.
Following the release of his book, Bryan launched The Visionary Brand MasterCourse. Available at TheVisionaryFiles.com, this course features 18 video learning segments, totaling nearly two hours of training to unleash your brand leadership potential.
Bryan leads the LiquidMind team, a global brand strategy firm that collaborates iconic global consumer products brands, entrepreneurs, business leaders and start-ups.
The company empowers businesses and it’s leaders to think and act differently, cultivate passionate cultures, and execute strategies relentlessly.
For a more personalized and focused meeting, we offer Sessions One 2 One Advisory Services, providing personal leadership support, brand guidance through direct sessions led personally by Bryan. This service is ideal for those leaders looking for immediate guidance and long term strategic support.
📘 If this episode resonated with you, grab a copy of The Visionary Leader — The Success Principles of the World's Greatest Visionaries. Available now wherever books are sold. As a thank you to podcast listeners, the eBook is available for just $1.99. Your purchase supports the show and helps future Visionaries find the content. 🔗 Purchase │ The Visionary Leader → https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNKVZ72B
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About Bryan Smeltzer Bryan Smeltzer is a bestselling author, business executive, entrepreneur, and brand strategist. He held executive roles at Oakley, adidas, TaylorMade, K-Swiss, and Schutt Sports, founded a men's apparel brand and sold it to a VC firm, and now leads LiquidMind Inc. — a global brand strategy advisory firm. The Visionary Chronicles is ranked #1 Visionary and Top 50 Global Marketing Podcast by Feedspot.
Bryan Smeltzer is a bestselling author, business executive, entrepreneur, and brand strategist. He held executive roles at Oakley, adidas, TaylorMade, K-Swiss, and Schutt Sports, founded a men's apparel brand and sold it to a VC firm, and now leads LiquidMind Inc. — a global brand strategy advisory firm. The Visionary Chronicles is ranked #1 Visionary and Top 50 Global Marketing Podcast by Feedspot.
