Change Signal How to Lead With the Plan: Charles Conn
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Dec 31, 2025 Charles Conn, an investor and conservationist, shares insights on modern leadership strategies in uncertain times. He champions the idea of imperfectionism, urging leaders to take small, reversible steps instead of relying on extensive master plans. Conn emphasizes the importance of decentralized decision-making, advocating for trust within small cross-functional teams. He also discusses the necessity of tolerating failure and using diverse perspectives to uncover innovative solutions. This engaging conversation invites leaders to embrace adaptability and curiosity in their change efforts.
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Strategy Is A Learning Process
- Strategy is no longer a perfect up-front plan; embrace movement without full clarity.
- Imperfectionism means making small, reversible, experimental bets to learn quickly.
Create Trusted Cross-Functional Pods
- Put people in small, cross-functional teams working on present problems and trust them.
- Give teams non-hierarchical space and listen closely to what they produce.
Push Reversible Decisions Down
- Distinguish type-one (irreversible) and type-two (reversible) decisions and push type-two down.
- Encourage teams near customers to run low-consequence experiments freely.