Help Shape StratCinema: We Need Your Input

StratCinema has been live for a few hours now, and I’ve been watching how people use it. Some of you dive straight into Big Mistakes. Others browse by mood—scanning for “provocative” or “analytical.” A few have already burned through twenty videos.

This is exactly what I hoped for: real strategists using a real library in their own way.

But here’s the thing about launching something new—you can plan all you want, but the users always teach you what actually matters. And right now, while StratCinema is still in Beta, I need your help to make it better.

What’s Working? What’s Not?

First, the basics: How’s your experience been?

I’m curious about both the big things and the small ones:

Is the site easy to navigate, or are you getting lost?
Are the genre categories making sense, or should they be organized differently?
Are the video descriptions and timestamps helpful for deciding what to watch?
Is the “30-second rule” actually working in practice, or does it feel weird to bounce between videos?
What’s missing that would make you visit more often?

You can reach me directly at [email protected] or just reply to any of my emails. Honest feedback helps—don’t worry about being polite. If something’s broken or confusing, I want to know.

What Videos Should We Add?

The current library is a starting point, but it’s far from complete. I’m constantly curating new content, and I need your eyes and ears.

What strategic cases or videos have you seen that belong in StratCinema?

Maybe it’s:

A company turnaround story that blew your mind
A strategic failure that everyone should study
A YouTube channel that consistently delivers real insight (not just “tips”)
A conference talk that changed how you think about strategy
A documentary or case study you keep referencing in your work

Send me links. Tell me what grabbed you about it. If it meets the bar—genuine strategic insight delivered in an engaging way—I’ll add it to the library.

Email your suggestions to [email protected].

The Podcast Question

Here’s a specific question I’m wrestling with: Should StratCinema have a dedicated Podcast genre?

Right now, podcast content lives within other genres. Seth Godin’s podcast excerpt is in Ideas+. Other podcast segments are tagged but not separated out.

The case for a Podcast genre:

Some people love the podcast format—it’s more conversational, less produced
Podcasts often go deeper than shorter videos
It would make it easy to find long-form strategic conversations

The case against:

It’s a format distinction, not a content type (like “Big Mistakes” or “Winners vs. The Rest”)
Mixing podcasts into existing genres shows the breadth of each category
Creating too many genres can fragment the browsing experience

What do you think? Would a Podcast section make StratCinema more useful for you, or would it create unnecessary division? Let me know: [email protected].

Calling All Creators

Here’s something I need to address directly: If you’re a content creator focused on strategic cases or ideas and you’re not yet in StratCinema, I want to hear from you.

I’ve been curating primarily from what I’ve discovered through my own browsing and network. But I know there are brilliant strategists creating content I haven’t stumbled across yet—especially creators from underrepresented regions, industries, or perspectives.

If that’s you, reach out. Tell me about your work. Point me to your best videos or series.

StratCinema isn’t trying to be a closed club. It’s trying to be a curated library that represents the best strategic thinking available, regardless of where it comes from or who’s producing it. The only filter is quality: Does it deliver genuine strategic insight in an engaging way?

If your content meets that bar, I want to include it.

Email me at [email protected] with:

Links to your best work
A brief note about what makes your strategic perspective unique
Any context that helps me understand how it fits into the library

What “Beta” Actually Means

Let me be clear about where StratCinema is right now: it’s functional but incomplete.

The core experience—browsing curated strategic cases without fighting an algorithm—is working. But there are features missing:

Better personalization (recommendations based on what you watch)
Social login (so you don’t have to remember another password)
A submission system for video suggestions (right now it’s email-based)
Better mobile optimization
LLM-like search onsite (to be invented, sadly)

“Beta” means I’m building this with you, not for you. Your feedback directly shapes what gets built next.

Why This Matters

I launched StratCinema because I was tired of the gap between what strategists need and what’s available. We need places that respect our intelligence, curate for quality, and let us browse without turning into work.

But I can’t build that alone.

If you’ve found value here—if you’ve watched even one video that made you think differently—help me make it better. Tell me what’s working. Tell me what’s broken. Send me the videos and creators I’m missing.

This only becomes what it should be if we build it together.

Three ways to help:

Share feedback: What’s your honest experience? [email protected]
Suggest content: What videos or channels should be in the library? [email protected]
Weigh in on podcasts: Should they have their own genre? [email protected]

(And yes, all roads lead to that email. For now, that’s the hub. As we grow, we’ll get more sophisticated.)

Keep Browsing

While you’re thinking about feedback, don’t let it stop you from exploring. The library keeps growing weekly. New cases, new frameworks, new patterns to discover.

That’s the whole point—strategic maintenance that doesn’t feel like maintenance.

Browse StratCinema →

And as always, if you haven’t read the origin story: Why I Built StratCinema

Francis Wade curates StratCinema from Kingston, Jamaica. He believes strategic thinking should feel less like homework and more like wandering through a great museum. Help him prove it.