Your company is built on systems - a whole bunch of systems which are intertwined.
Understanding how they work together is critical for any strategic changes you want to make.
However, you have also seen system diagrams. They look awful, with too much detail, and don’t capture the essence of what happens at any level of the organization. Plus, they take forever to build.
So you know you need to have this knowledge but how do you begin to grab hold of it so you can use it in your strategy? Where is the practical application?
Tune into this episode to hear from me and my special guest, Seth Godin, as we tackle and even try to solve this wicked problem together.
Plus - if you enjoy Seth’s work in this area, here’s a new experiment. I opened up a NotebookLM-like page on Cobundle - https://strategyconf.fwconsulting.com/resources-ep-26-with-seth-godin-strategy-and-systems/.
YouTube Chapters
0:00 - Introduction: Why Systems Thinking Matters
2:00 - The Invisible Systems That Control Your Decisions
5:00 - The Danger of Ignoring Systemic Change (Yahoo vs. Google)
9:00 - How Companies Get Stuck in Old Ways of Thinking
12:00 - Walmart’s Smart Decision to Delay Competing with Amazon
16:00 - Why Traditional Strategy Tools Are Failing You 20:00 - How to Help Leaders See Their Own System Blind Spots
25:00 - The Power of Storytelling in Strategy
31:00 - The Role of Emotion in Driving Change
37:00 - Breaking Free: How to Build Strategy That Actually Works
41:00 - Final Insights & How to Apply This to Your Work
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