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The article is available as a written newsletter on the JumpLeap Newsletter.You have heard of CSRD (the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive), at least in passing. As a new reporting requirement, it calls for your company to submit annual non-financial information, starting in just a few years’ time.As someone who cares about long-term environmental and social impacts, you like where this is going.But you are concerned that it will turn into a bureaucratic slog, in which laudable goals are lost in a tsunami of reporting requirements. Far from inspiring staff to do the right thing, you imagine it becoming a war of attrition between staff and some faceless regulators. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit longtermstrategy.substack.com/subscribe

You have heard of CSRD (the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive), at least in passing. As a new reporting requirement, it calls for your company to submit annual non-financial information, starting in just a few years’ time.As someone who cares about long-term environmental and social impacts, you like where this is going.But you are concerned that it will turn into a bureaucratic slog, in which laudable goals are lost in a tsunami of reporting requirements. Far from inspiring staff to do the right thing, you imagine it becoming a war of attrition between staff and some faceless regulators.After all, you have seen this happen before. So, you have every right to expect that the same thing will happen again.In this article, we’ll look at concrete ways for your firm to benefit from CSRD and its impact on strategy. There are many early actions to take to prepare, but they have something in common. They all rely on your understanding of the intent behind the framers of the standard - The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG).In this article I’ll suggest the standard is a “nudge” in a positive direction which can empower your leadership team, strategic planning staff and all stakeholders.The article is published in full here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit longtermstrategy.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit longtermstrategy.substack.comI led my first strategic planning retreat as a stop-gap measure.“Staff are running around like crazy - in all sorts of directions!” This was my client’s complaint. Was it directed at me?Because the culture-change effort we had delivered was effective. Highly motivated participants were now creating projects to improve the company, just as we had intende…

Your company has once again begun to look to the future. It’s shaken off the post-COVID blues and must now position itself in its industry with a fresh strategy. But all of your executives are not convinced that hard choices must be made. How can you persuade them? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit longtermstrategy.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit longtermstrategy.substack.comYour strategic planning team has defined a long-term vision of the future. This is no mere vision statement - it includes lots of metrics. Proud of its accomplishment, it doesn’t take long for a concern to develop. What if the vision of the future isn’t realistic?How can you ensure it’s not just a figment of a fantastic imagination? And how do you imple…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit longtermstrategy.substack.comYour strategic planning team has chosen a long-term target horizon - let’s say that it encompasses 22 years. Following the EndPoint method, they now look forward to the next step. Finally, some brainstorming around preferred futures is about to begin. Fun!But what is a good way to start? Is there a structure to follow that can guide such a creative disc…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit longtermstrategy.substack.comBecome a “Fair Witness”: In his book, Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert HeinleinRichard Rumelt / The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists (thecruxbook.com)

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit longtermstrategy.substack.comYou want to do the right thing by the planet, to make sure your business isn’t doing more harm than good. That means you want to run it in a sustainable way.But the suggestions you hear seem difficult to implement. They won’t fit easily into your business and it would be hard to convince stakeholders that this is a priority.In fact, a lot of the languag…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit longtermstrategy.substack.comYou may be in a quandary. Should your team put together a long-term strategy, even though recent times have been difficult and chaotic? You must make a decision because it affects the way you design your upcoming strategic planning retreat.But it’s not easy. You are hearing conflicting advice. If you aren't convinced, you may even cancel the event altog…

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