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Ep 22 – Strategy Across Silos | Master Planning Redefined

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Have you ever seen strategic master plans gather dust on a shelf? Or, have you ever poured your heart into a master plan only to see it fall flat?

Strategic Master Plans make sense but they rarely work in practice. If this echoes your experience, don’t miss this episode.

We’ll tackle the reasons why these efforts promise so much but deliver so little. We’ll examine the issue through the lens of Dr. Peter Compo, author and strategy theorist.

You’ll hear why strategic master plans which offer no more than wishlist-style thinking do more harm than good. We’ll also look at reasons why the EndPoint Method includes certain steps which invite difficult conversations and challenging tradeoffs.

The episode draws heavily on Peter Compo’s book The Emergent Approach to Strategy.

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Ep 21 Navigating Cultural Drift: Fixing Leadership and Strategy Before It’s Too Late

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What happens when leadership goes off-course and starts undermining the very culture that made your company successful? 

In this thought-provoking episode, Francis Wade teams up with Barry Eustance, an expert in aviation and corporate transformation, to tackle a problem that many executives face but few know how to fix: cultural drift. 

Together, they explore how leadership styles can erode the foundations of a company, drawing on powerful real-world examples like Boeing’s notorious safety lapses. 

Through candid discussions, they reveal why culture is fragile, how neglecting it can lead to catastrophic outcomes, and the vital role that long-term strategy plays in maintaining organizational health. 

Whether you’re navigating corporate politics or looking to preserve your company’s mission, this episode will help you spot the early warning signs and build a culture that thrives—before it’s too late.

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Ep 20- Shifting from Weak Proactive to Strong Pre-Emptive Strategic Planning

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Your company has a problem implementing its strategic plans. On a given day, it devotes all its attention to emergency issues, and sets aside the contents of the last strategic plan.

There are no lazy, or dumb people involved – your colleagues are well-intended. They know they need to be proactive.

But when it comes to implementing a strategic plan which drives daily actions, no-one knows why more urgent items always get in the way. 

You think there must be a way to make long-term more important now.

Tune into this episode to join me in tackling this wicked challenge.

I’m Francis Wade and welcome to the JumpLeap Long-Term Podcast.

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Ep 19 – Enduring the Messy Stages of Strategic Planning

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Your company is in the middle of a strategic planning project. Things are going according to plan but there are several competing schools of thought about the future of the organization.

In discussions, voices are being raised as competing ideas are shared. You are beginning to feel nervous because the opinions cannot be reconciled easily. Should you intervene or allow it to run its course, even though things are looking like a mess?

Tune into this episode to hear from me and my special guest, Chris Fox, as we tackle this wicked problem together.

I’m Francis Wade and welcome to the JumpLeap Long-Term Strategy Podcast.

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Ep 18 – When a Written Strategy Document Lacks a Strategy

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Your company has a long history of putting together strategic plans. And you have diligently read them all in a search to understand the intentions of prior leaders.

But as you look them over you are concerned. There are lots of todo lists, action items, and budgets, but the underlying plan seems to lack something important – a strategy.

You can’t quite explain why this is the case, but you can tell when that intangible quality is missing. Perhaps, there should be a better way to tell than just raw instinct, but how?

Tune into this episode to hear from me and my special guest, Alexis Savkin, as we solve this wicked problem together.  You can access more of his articles on strategic planning at https://bscdesigner.com.

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Ep 13 –  How to Convince Colleagues Your Company Needs a Long-Term Vision-Strategy

You are someone who is already a long-term thinker, working in a for-profit company. Unlike many, you don’t need to be convinced about the importance of long-term thinking. Somewhere early in the past – childhood, early career – you embedded the idea in your thinking. Now balancing short and long term thinking is a part of your character.

But this may be why you are confused. Others around you don’t share this trait. In fact, you feel like a fish out of water – always harping on the need for long-term thinking, sometimes asking inconvenient questions.

You can’t understand why others don’t share your concern. And it’s not that you are particularly ESG, sustainable or anything like. Nor do you come from an old-school. You sense that the company would make better decisions if it had more than the usual 3-5 year plan.

But how do you convince others in the C-Suite, and the board, to think with an additional lens? 

Tune into this episode as I tackle this wicked problem.

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