Your Partner for Media and Strategy

Talented Strategies® brings two disciplines under one governance structure: a media division that produces and places credible public narrative, and a strategy division that advises leadership teams on positioning, policy, and organizational direction.

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Two divisions, one structure

Media that carries the message. Strategy that earns it.

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Media division

Talented Media

Editorial production, broadcast and podcast development, and message placement for leaders who are accountable to a public audience.

  • Long-form interview and documentary production
  • Executive commentary and op-ed development
  • Press readiness and spokesperson preparation
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Strategy division

Talented Strategies®

Advisory work on positioning, governance, and growth for institutions, boards, and mission-driven organizations navigating change.

  • Organizational strategy and operating reviews
  • Board advisory and governance counsel
  • Stakeholder and policy engagement planning
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Capabilities shared across both divisions

Engagements are staffed from a single bench, so media production and strategic counsel arrive as one recommendation rather than two disconnected workstreams.

Positioning and narrative

Define what an organization stands for, then express it consistently across every audience that matters.

Board and governance counsel

Support directors and executive committees through succession, restructuring, and public accountability.

Broadcast and podcast production

Develop, record, and release long-form programming with editorial standards that hold up to scrutiny.

Editorial and thought leadership

Draft commentary, research summaries, and keynote material in the leader's own voice.

Executive media preparation

Rehearse interviews, testimony, and town halls so leadership speaks with clarity under pressure.

Stakeholder engagement

Map the coalitions, regulators, and communities that decide whether an initiative succeeds.

Dr. Kenneth Harris, founder of Harris Strategy & Media Group

Leadership

Dr. Kenneth Harris, Jr.

Founder and Chief Strategist, Talented Strategies®

Dr. Harris built the group around a simple conviction: an organization cannot communicate its way past a weak strategy, and a strong strategy stays invisible without disciplined media. He works directly with principals across both divisions, pairing academic rigor with the practical demands of leaders who answer to boards, funders, and the public.

Doctoral scholarship
Research-led approach to organizational and public-sector problems
Advisory practice
Counsel to executives, boards, and mission-driven institutions
Media leadership
Programming, commentary, and public communication at scale
Platform and speaking
Keynotes, panels, and moderated conversations on leadership
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Perspectives from the practice

Working notes from current engagements, written for executives and boards rather than for the communications trade.

  • Strategy division

    Narrative is a governance question

    When a board approves a direction without approving how it will be explained, the explanation gets written for them by someone else.

  • Media division

    Long-form still moves decision-makers

    A twenty-minute conversation with a credible host does more for institutional trust than a quarter of fragmented posting.

  • Holding company

    One bench, two mandates

    Keeping media and strategy under one structure removes the translation loss that costs organizations both time and credibility.

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How an engagement begins

Step 1

Confidential brief

A short conversation with Dr. Harris to establish the decision at stake and who must be convinced.

Step 2

Assessment

A structured read of position, audience, and exposure, delivered as a written recommendation.

Step 3

Division mandate

Strategy, media, or both are assigned with a named lead, a schedule, and agreed measures.

Start with a confidential brief