Jump Podcast When to Double Down and When to Walk Away
Walmart’s decision to close all of its medical clinics can seem like a bad omen for other disruptors in the primary care space, like Walgreens. At the same time, Amazon is doubling down on its investment in healthcare. Is Walmart doing the right thing for its future? In this episode, Dev and Michelle discuss how to evaluate a future-focused opportunity and decide when it’s right to walk away or to go all in, regardless of the industry you're in.
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Chapters
1:17 Making The Right Moves
13:50 Giving Yourself Time To Make Things Work
22:28 Having a Hobby
30:17 Headlines of the Future
Headlines of the Future
- The number of students enrolled in vocational-focused community colleges increased 16% from 2022 to 2023. https://www.npr.org/2021/11/15/1055841358/biden-signs-1t-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-into-law
- The Environmental Protection Agency announced limits on PFASs (“forever chemicals”) in drinking water for the first time. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-will-epas-new-rule-about-forever-chemicals-protect-your-drinking-water/
- A first-of-its-kind pill protects humans against Lyme disease by paralyzing and killing ticks. https://www.wired.com/story/pill-kills-ticks-lyme-disease-babesiosis-anaplasmosis/
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The Jump Podcast
The Jump Podcast features Dev Patnaik in dialogue with Michelle Loret de Mola. This is the conversation for future-focused leaders thinking about strategy, culture and leadership. The world is crazy. Everything seems to be changing, and not always in a good way. Today, business leaders are struggling to figure out avoid becoming the next Kodak, Blackberry or Blockbuster. But fear not, dear listener. Things can get better. People can do better. And the world can be better.
Jump Associates
Jump is the world’s leading independent strategy and innovation firm. We work with the world’s most admired companies on their most important growth challenges. Using a future focused approach to strategy, we’ve helped these firms to grow their businesses in times of change.