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 page - 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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