The CFO Strategy Brief - CSOsandbox
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Your gateway to cutting‑edge insights at the intersection of finance, strategy, and operations. Designed for CFOs, senior corporate leaders, and strategy professionals, this podcast delivers fresh, thought‑provoking perspectives that help you navigate complexity and drive organisational success.
Every episode explores how CFOs can become strategic catalysts, aligning financial leadership with corporate vision and operational execution to unlock sustainable growth.
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- Strategic research and intelligence for informed decision‑making
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- Executive education and facilitation to build strategic capability
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Our strategic insights are brought to life by the stratāgaia Power BI App. Our knowledge base is hosted on the Strategic Management Institute (SMI) website: https://www.smiknowledge.com. Core concepts are drawn from the acclaimed books Corporate Strategy (Remastered) I & II (Routledge, 2020), Corporation of the Future (Routledge, 2022).
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The CFO Strategy Brief - CSOsandbox
Strategy as a Bites: Organisational Learning as an Eco System
An overview of Organisational Learning as an Eco System - a support commentary to the webinar posted separately. In this podcast specific elements of organisational learning are discussed. the main message however is:
1. We make a distinction between individual and organisational learning. When Peter Senge talking about systems thinking as the only form of sustainable competitive advantage for example:
- it wasn’t about how many MBA’s a corporation employs, rather
- it was about ways the collective decision makers in a corporation could collaborate to build a momentum to allow a corporation to survive.
2. Because of that, it is our view that the derived synergies from such a collaboration learning suggest that one can only thrive when closely engaged with the other to the extent that strategy could become a part of an organisational learning function, and
3. That collaboration could then provide the knowledge and momentum for corporations to continually transform and renew. That is a fundamental and essential component of an organisations capacity to thrive.
Please enjoy
This series is designed for Chief Financial Officers and senior leaders who want to master the art of managing a strategy system—not just a plan. We explore the principles of Third Wave Strategy (www.csosandbox.com), a forward-thinking approach that transforms strategy into a continuous, enterprise-wide capability. The content is equally valuable for corporate executives, consultants, and advisors.
Why Listen?
- Learn how to build a living strategy system that adapts and regenerates.
- Discover practical tools and frameworks for managing complexity and uncertainty.
- Gain insights from research and real-world applications through our Strategic Management Institute and CSOsandbox platform.
Supporting this journey is stratāgaia (www.phsandl.com/strategicintelligence), our Power BI-based strategy app . It’s not just a dashboard—it’s a dynamic, enterprise-wide BI platform that brings strategy to life, enabling leaders to visualise, monitor, and steer strategic performance in real time.
Additional Resources
- Video Bites: Watch short, actionable insights on our https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwW1QK_4P31MtXyYGmJOyUg.
