At no other point in history the #corporate and #academic worlds been so deeply at odds. The former sees the latter as useless bureaucrat over-thinkers, while the latter sees the former as money-driven opportunists placing profit over principle. But Dr. Davide Sola is rallying against this. His experience spans both the #boardroom and the #classroom. Early into his #career, he worked at #McKinsey while simultaneously enrolled as a #Enterprise #Economics PhD student at the University of Torino. "There’s this idea that academic means rigorous but irrelevant. I don’t believe that. You can be both," he says. The mission to bring #academia and #corporate closer together is still something Davide continues today, now almost two decades since his time at McKinsey and Torino. He's currently the #CEO of Strategy in Action ("a strategy solution built to give C-Suite [executives] what they need") and a #business professor at ESCP Europe.Speaking with Ethan on the Build to Last podcast, he discusses the future of #consulting, how to #scale, and the #strategy behind a generations-lasting business.