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Patrick Thean

Patrick Thean

Co-founder of Rhythm Systems, Wall Street Journal bestselling author, and CEO coach helping leaders achieve breakthrough execution.

Aug 9, 2026

Succession Stories

Succession Stories

235: Why Execution Beats Strategy Every Time with Patrick Thean, Rhythm Systems

Aug 9 · 38m

Laurie Barkman
Laurie BarkmanHOST
13:18
What was the exit on the second one, Patrick?
Patrick Thean
Patrick TheanGUEST
13:22
The exit was really because I think we survived the internet.
Patrick Thean
Patrick TheanGUEST
13:26
So we were part of the internet bubble.
Patrick Thean
Patrick TheanGUEST
13:28
So the bubble burst, right? And a lot of internet companies got washed out.
Patrick Thean
Patrick TheanGUEST
13:32
We morphed our company.
Patrick Thean
Patrick TheanGUEST
13:34
We had revenues.
Patrick Thean
Patrick TheanGUEST
13:35
We went from, we started off as a e-learning company.

7 MINS LATER

Laurie Barkman
Laurie BarkmanHOST
20:33
Why is execution so much harder than strategy? You

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