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What if the key to building a winning company isn’t charisma… but teaching everyone the score? In this episode of Unemployable with Jeff Dudan, Jeff sits down with Jack Stack, founder of the Great Game of Business and pioneer of open-book management. After surviving the collapse of International Harvester in the 1980s, Jack helped lead a leveraged buyout and discovered a painful truth: most leaders don’t truly understand their numbers. That realization became a movement. In this conversation, they break down: -Why companies hide financial information -Why financial literacy is the biggest leadership gap in business -How small operational wins compound into massive enterprise value -Why manufacturing matters -The danger of too much overhead and not enough direct labor -How teaching ownership changes people’s personal lives -Why talent — not strategy — will determine future valuations -The role of AI in leadership and business clarity -The simple principle that can change a child’s future Jack’s closing message is simple: “Teach a kid how to make a buck.” Learn more about The Great Game of Business

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