You’ve likely heard about Yvon Chouinard’s recent decision to transfer his ownership of his company, Patagonia, into a “Purpose Trust,” with the proceeds going to fight climate change.
As a strategist, two elements of this decision stand out to me: go all in, on a few things.
Continue reading “All In”It’s not easy to go slowly now to go quickly later.
Road construction.
Life with toddlers.
Teaching beginner-level anything.
Stakeholder engagement.
What about in your own work decisions and rhythms?
Continue reading “Take it Slowly”Strategy is more about what you believe than what you do.
If you believe there is enough to go around, rather than believing that resources are scarce, you can develop strategies that are grounded in possibility and generosity rather than constantly striving to play a stressful zero-sum game. Can you see how it’s a question of perception?
Continue reading “The Core Driver of Effective Strategy”At the risk of getting a bit technical, I wanted to offer a tip for adding measurability to your strategic plans because it’s come up in conversation several times this week. It comes from one of my clients who, when presenting a new plan to her Board of Directors, explained, “We’ll hold ourselves accountable for the verbs.”
Continue reading “Accountable for the Verbs”A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about lessons on adaptability I was learning from a new board game our family enjoys. The post generated lots of interest (including eliciting requests for more board game recommendations, which of course I was happy to provide!), so it’s stayed on my radar.
One insight has taken up residence in my mind since then:
There are lots of ways to win, but if you try to win at all of them, you’ll lose.
Continue reading “Too Many Ways to Win”
