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The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How do companies reinvent themselves without tearing apart what made them successful? In The Pivot Podcast, Lucas and Luna examine real-world cases of businesses that changed direction under pressure—and survived. Each episode dissects a single pivot: the strategic trigger, the financial calculus, the organizational cost. Lucas brings the journalist's instinct for numbers and timelines; Luna pushes back with operational skepticism, demanding to know who lost their job, which product line got…
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The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive DisruptionHow GE Survived The Industrial Reset
In 2018, General Electric faced a crisis that threatened to erase its century-old legacy. With debt mounting and stock prices collapsing, CEO John Flannery…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Adobe Survived The Subscription Shift
In 2013, Adobe was a legacy software giant facing an existential threat from digital piracy and the slow death of perpetual licenses. CEO Shantanu Narayen made…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Blockbuster Ignored The Pivot
The story of Blockbuster is often told as a cautionary tale of arrogance, but the real pivot wasn't just about streaming. It was about the brutal…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How LEGO Avoided Bankruptcy
In 2004, Lego was hemorrhaging cash and facing near-total collapse. Lucas and Luna dissect the specific operational pivot that saved the company: the radical…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Polaroid Survived The Digital Death Spiral
In 2001, Polaroid filed for bankruptcy after missing the shift to digital cameras. But the company didn't die—it reinvented itself as a cult-favorite…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Intel Survived The Manufacturing Crisis
For decades, Intel was synonymous with the computer chip. But by the early twenty twenties, the company had lost its lead in manufacturing efficiency to TSMC…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Starbucks Survived the Barista Crisis
In October twenty twenty six, we look at how Starbucks turned its biggest weakness into its strongest moat. When barista turnover hit forty percent and wages…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Lego Avoided Bankruptcy
In 2003, Lego was months from insolvency. This episode examines the specific operational pivot that saved them: focusing on core themes like Star Wars while…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Domino's Engineered A Pizza Pivot
In October 2026, we look back at the moment Domino's Pizza stopped being a food company and started acting like a logistics platform. It wasn't just…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Airbnb Survived the Remote Work Crash
In October 2026, we examine how Airbnb pivoted from a pandemic boom to a sustainable future. When remote work became permanent, travel patterns shifted…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Marriott Pivoted From Hotels To Real Estate
In October 2026, we look at how Marriott International executed a quiet but massive structural pivot from being a hotel operator to becoming the world's…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Adobe Survived The Subscription Shift
Lucas and Luna examine how Adobe transformed its core business model by abandoning perpetual licenses for the Creative Cloud subscription service. They explore…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Ford Survived The Software Pivot
Ford Motor Company’s journey from building cars to becoming a software-defined mobility company is one of the most difficult pivots in modern business history…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Domino's Built A Tech Empire On Pizza
In October of twenty twenty six, the idea that a pizza chain could be valued higher than many tech giants still feels like a plot twist. But it is exactly what…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Blockbuster Ignored the Pivot
Blockbuster’s collapse wasn’t just about being late to streaming; it was a masterclass in how incumbents misread their own moats. In this episode, we dissect…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Microsoft Survived The Cloud Pivot
In 2014, Satya Nadella took over Microsoft at a time when the company was widely viewed as irrelevant in the age of mobile and cloud computing. The previous…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Domino's Survived The Great Pizza Crisis
In October 2026, we look back at the most dangerous operational pivot in modern food service history. In 2019, Domino's faced a paradox: its digital…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Domino's Became A Tech Company
Domino’s Pizza didn’t just survive the digital age; it engineered its own obsolescence by becoming a logistics software company. In this episode, we trace how…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Netflix Pivoted From Streaming To Gaming
Netflix is no longer just a content studio. By late 2026, the streaming giant has quietly become one of the world's largest mobile gaming publishers. This…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Cisco Survived The Dot Com Crash
In October 2026, we look back at the most brutal market correction in tech history. When the dot-com bubble burst, Cisco Systems went from being the world’s…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Adobe Survived The Subscription Shift
In 2013, Adobe faced a choice that would define its next decade: cling to the $700 perpetual license model or pivot to a subscription service. Many analysts…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Blockbuster Missed The Pivot To Streaming
Blockbuster is the textbook example of a company that saw the future and chose to protect its legacy revenue stream instead. This episode examines the specific…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Blockbuster Missed The Pivot To Streaming
In this episode of The Pivot Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore why Blockbuster, despite having the capital and customer data to dominate streaming, failed to…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How IKEA Survived The Supply Chain Crisis
In October twenty twenty six, we look at how IKEA managed to keep furniture affordable during the global logistics squeeze. Lucas and Luna break down the…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Blockbuster Failed To Pivot To Streaming
Blockbuster is the textbook example of a company that saw disruption coming and chose to protect its legacy model instead. In this episode, we look at the…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How IBM Survived the Cloud Pivot
In 2014, Ginni Rometty took the helm of IBM with a mandate to kill its most profitable business unit. This episode explores how the legacy tech giant sold off…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Ford Mastered The Pivot From Cars To Software
In this episode of The Pivot Podcast, Lucas and Luna examine how Ford transformed its identity from a hardware manufacturer into a software-defined mobility…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Ford Mastered The Pivot From Cars To Software
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dissect Ford’s radical strategic shift from a hardware manufacturer to a software-defined mobility company. We explore how the…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Netflix Mastered The Pivot From DVD To Streaming
In this episode, we explore how Netflix transformed from a mail-order DVD rental service into the world’s leading streaming platform. We look at Reed Hastings’…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Lego Saved Itself From Bankruptcy
In 2003, Lego was nearly bankrupt, bleeding cash on failed video games and theme parks while ignoring its core brick. Under Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, the company…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Blockbuster Ignored the Streaming Pivot
Blockbuster is often remembered as a cautionary tale, but its collapse wasn't just about ignoring Netflix. This episode explores how Blockbuster's…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Marriott Pivoted From Hotels To Real Estate Finance
Marriott International didn't just survive the shift away from traditional hospitality; it reinvented its balance sheet to become a master of real estate…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Starbucks Turned Coffee Into Real Estate
In this milestone episode, we explore how Starbucks transformed from a regional roaster into a global real estate powerhouse. We look at the specific strategic…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Salesforce Turned Legacy Into A Platform
In this episode of The Pivot Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how Salesforce evolved from a simple CRM tool into an enterprise ecosystem worth hundreds of…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Marriott Turned Real Estate Into A Cash Machine
In this episode of The Pivot Podcast, we explore how Marriott International transformed its balance sheet by spinning off its property portfolio into a real…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Ford Survived the Electric Transition
Ford Motor Company bet big on electric vehicles, risking billions to shift its legacy manufacturing. This episode explores how the automaker navigated supply…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Domino's Became A Tech Company
Most people still think of Domino's as a pizza chain, but the real story is about how it reinvented itself as a technology company that happens to sell…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Cisco Survived The Dot Com Crash
In 2001, Cisco Systems was the most valuable company in the world, trading at a price to earnings ratio that seemed immune to gravity. Then the dot-com bubble…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Adobe Defied The Subscription Shift
In this episode of The Pivot Podcast, Lucas and Luna examine how Adobe successfully transitioned from selling expensive boxed software to a subscription-based…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Domino's Became a Tech Company
In this episode, we dig into the surprising reality that Domino's Pizza isn't really a restaurant chain anymore—it's a technology company that…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Domino's Built a Tech Empire
In this episode of The Pivot Podcast, Lucas and Luna dissect how Domino's Pizza transformed from a struggling fast-food chain into one of the world's…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Adobe Defied The Subscription Shift
In 2013, Adobe stood on the edge of a cliff. Their creative software was beloved but their revenue model was broken, reliant on expensive annual upgrades that…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Blockbuster Ignored the Streaming Pivot
In this episode, we examine how Blockbuster failed to pivot despite having the chance to buy Netflix for just fifty million dollars in two thousand six. Lucas…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Adobe Defied The Subscription Shift
In September of 2013, Adobe made a decision that seemed like financial suicide: they killed their perpetual software licenses and forced customers onto a…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Domino's Saved Itself By Becoming A Tech Company
Domino's Pizza isn't really a pizza company anymore. In this episode of The Pivot Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how the chain transformed from a…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Domino's Survived the Pizza Crash
In 2009, Domino's stock was near its lows while the company’s pizza quality was widely mocked. Instead of hiding, CEO Patrick Bunker embraced the…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Domino's Survived the Pizza Crash
In 2008, Domino's was dying. Sales were flat, reputation was toxic, and customers hated the food. The CEO made a radical move: he admitted the pizza…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How IBM Turned Legacy Into A Cloud Giant
In this episode of The Pivot Podcast, Lucas and Luna examine how IBM shifted from hardware dominance to a $10 billion hybrid cloud business. They explore the…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How a Cargo Ship Became an Energy Giant
In 2019, Maersk was the world's largest container shipping line. By 2026, it is one of the leading green hydrogen producers in Europe. This episode…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Marriott Turned Its Real Estate Into A Cash Machine
Marriott International has quietly executed one of the most successful business model pivots in hospitality history, shedding nearly two-thirds of its hotel…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Domino's Survived the Pizza Crash
In 2008, Domino's stock was near its lows and customers openly called their pizza unappetizing. Instead of hiding from the feedback, CEO Patrick Doyle…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Salesforce Saved Itself By Becoming A Platform
In 2015, Salesforce was the fastest-growing enterprise software company in history, yet its future looked surprisingly fragile. Its core product, a customer…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Netflix Survived Its Own Disruption
We look at how Netflix navigated the treacherous pivot from DVD mailers to streaming, and then from licensing content to becoming a studio itself. In this…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Domino's Survived the Pizza Crash
In 2008, Domino's Pizza faced a public relations nightmare when customers openly called their food terrible. Instead of hiding, CEO David Brandon launched…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Nokia Survived the Smartphone Collapse
In September 2026, we look back at the most dramatic corporate pivot in modern history. When Nokia lost its grip on the mobile phone market to Apple and…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Block Transformed From Square to Cash App Empire
In this episode, we dive into the radical strategic pivot of Block, formerly known as Square. We trace how Jack Dorsey’s vision shifted from helping small…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How a Family-Owned Brewery Pivoted to Non-Alcoholic Beer
In this episode of The Pivot Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the unlikely success story of a century-old family brewery that bet its future on non-alcoholic…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Lego Pivoted to Save Its Brick Empire
In episode 175 of The Pivot Podcast, Lucas and Luna look at how Lego, the world's largest toy company, faced a near-death experience in the early 2000s…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How Novonesis Pivoted to Microbial Solutions
In this episode of The Pivot Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how Novonesis, formed from the merger of Novozymes and Chr. Hansen, pivoted from traditional…
- The Pivot Podcast with Fexingo: How Businesses Change Direction and Survive Disruption
How a Steel Giant Pivoted to Green Hydrogen
In this episode of The Pivot Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how SSAB, a Swedish steelmaker, is reinventing itself around fossil-free steel using green…