Taylor Swift's Masterclass in Strategic Leadership 🎤

Taylor Swift's $360 million masters buyback is a masterclass in long-term strategic thinking. Over six years, she transformed losing control of her life's work into complete victory.

In 2019, her albums were sold without consent. Instead of accepting defeat, Swift executed all Six Personas of Product Leadership: Political Navigator (public pressure), Innovation Architect (re-recordings), Strategic Orchestra Conductor (fan mobilization), Business Portfolio Choreographer (Eras Tour leverage), Vision Translator (inspiring industry change), and Talent Gardener (developing other artists).

Key lessons for product leaders:
• Understand all stakeholders' incentives—including opponents'
• Create competing solutions while pursuing your primary goal
• Mobilize your user base as strategic assets
• Use success to build leverage for bigger objectives
• Play the long game with disciplined execution

Her re-recordings outperformed originals by 3x-10x, undermining the value of what she was fighting to reclaim. The strategy worked so well that Shamrock sold back for roughly what they paid.

This week: Daily deep dives into each strategic phase.

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