CSOsandbox: Corporate Strategy and Operations
Strategy is changing.
CSOsandbox explores how organisations are moving beyond static plans toward living systems of decision, adaptation and governance – and what that means in practice for leaders responsible for real outcomes.
Grounded in real corporate strategy work, each episode looks at how strategy actually operates at the point where strategic outlook becomes judgement, judgement becomes commitment, and commitment becomes consequence.
We explore:
- why strategy fails even when execution appears sound
- how decision‑making, not planning, determines performance
- how governance shapes the quality and timing of strategic choices
- what new capabilities CSOs, CFOs, COOs and CEOs need as environments become more complex and fast‑moving
This is not a podcast about better planning.
It is about how corporate strategy and operations are being re‑thought and re‑formed – from a periodic process into an ongoing system of Strategic Intelligence, Judgement, Commitment and Renewal.
Built for CSOs (Corporate Strategy and Operations), CFOs, COOs, CEOs and senior leaders working at the intersection of strategy, finance, risk and organisational performance.
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https://www.phsandl.com
CSOsandbox: Corporate Strategy and Operations
Video Bites: Strategy whisperers and nudgers: Evolving the corporation from within
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High potential executives (high pots) can be found in every corporation. Their presence, although generally overt is valued. So much so, they are feted with personal development opportunities that may ultimately include a sponsored stint at an international business school. While this is good for the individual, its overall value to the corporation is questionable. That is because individual learning is different to organisational learning, and it is the organisation that is required to wait. By making high pots strategy whisperers, i.e., awarding them a greater involvement in corporate strategy, the outcome will likely light the fuse of an organisational learning capability that will commence immediately and last for all time.
The video can be viewed on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwW1QK_4P31MtXyYGmJOyUg
Strategy Brief explores how CFOs, CEOs, boards and executive teams make better strategic decisions in uncertain environments.
Each episode examines the relationship between strategy, governance, judgement, accountability and organisational performance.
Topics include:
- strategic decision-making
- governance and leadership
- Strategic Intelligence
- organisational renewal
- managing uncertainty
- strategy implementation
- executive judgement
Built for CFOs, CEOs, directors and senior leaders responsible for making consequential decisions.
Explore Strategic Intelligence resources, especially our pages on Strategic Intelligence: https://www.phsandl.com/strategicintelligence
