Guest Episodes

“Potential Designer Dialogues”

LeaderTalks Guest

22. July 2023

Georgiy Michailov as guest with Jürgen Ruff in the podcast

26 Min

From intern to managing director – and at SMP for 20 years. This is the exciting career path of our Managing Partner Georgiy Michailov. He talks about why he has been loyal to SMP for so long in the podcast “Potential Designer Dialogues” with Jürgen Ruff. He also explains why he believes management consultants get paid to leave. The two discuss capitalism and its consequences and he reveals why he is not looking forward to the future.

Curious about more? You can hear the whole conversation here.

*Available in German only

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