{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68357ec21b846c88bdcd7480/6986148fe4c954d6d917449a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"135: The resistance to instability - and why Stewart Lee hasn't finished his show yet","description":"<p>What does a comedian's unfinished show, a five-year plan gathering dust, and your CEO's quiet plea to \"go back to normal\" have in common?</p><p><br></p><p>They're all wrestling with the sense that eventually, things will settle down, right? That the chaos is only temporary. That once this transformation/restructure/market shift is done, we can finally get back to business as usual.</p><p><br></p><p>In this one, with plenty of traditional traffic noise and some moments of getting lost, we start off with the Stewart Lee gig we went to last night, move through organisational transformation war stories, and end up at Estuarine Mapping – a method for navigating strategy when your substrate keeps shifting beneath you.</p><p><br></p><p>Including-but-not-limited-to:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why the most dangerous person in the room is the one waiting for certainty to return</li><li>The CEO confession that reveals what most executives are actually thinking during transformation</li><li>What happens when you're getting your product (show, strategy, service, ...) ready in the way that normally works ... but the context keeps changing</li><li>Substrate, salt marshes, and granite cliffs: why your strategic estuary has different pace layers (and how to tell them apart)</li><li>The counterintuitive move that matters way more than better planning</li><li>Why accepting that things won't settle is weirdly when things can start to shift for you</li></ul><p><br></p><p>This one's for anyone who's ready to stop waiting for things to calm down already.</p><p><br></p><p>References</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Ben Sauer <a href=\"https://bensauer.net/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bensauer.net/</a></li><li>Stewart Lee <a href=\"https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/</a></li><li>Dishoom <a href=\"https://www.dishoom.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.dishoom.com/</a></li><li>Estuarine Mapping <a href=\"https://reach.crownandreach.com/posts/a-trip-into-the-estuary\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://reach.crownandreach.com/posts/a-trip-into-the-estuary</a></li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Tom Kerwin"}