ClearPurpose

Today's episode features an interview with Tolu Oridota, co-founder and chief technologist of Koalie. We talk about what Koalie is, about the major pivot they've just completed, and how Koalie is making strategic decisions to grow today.

For this episode, I had the opportunity to interview Tom McNamara, Founder and CEO of Hopr (hopr.co). We talk about what Hopr is, how the business got started, the status of the business today, and how Hopr is making strategic decisions and growing today.

For this episode, I had the opportunity to interview Charley Donaldson, Co-Founder and CEO of CaringBand (caringband.com). We talk about what CaringBand is, how the business got started, the status of the business today, and how CaringBand is making strategic decisions and growing today.

As COVID continues to impact how we live our lives and run our businesses, many businesses are in crisis mode. As I work with business leaders on the decisions that they face, sometimes the question comes up — given our urgent issues, does strategy even matter right now? In this episode we compare how two different companies, Sprint and T-Mobile, both in crisis in 2008, responded. One said "we don't need a strategy - our strategy is survival" and the other used the crisis to refine their strategic framework which they then used in making hard decisions. How do you think that turned out?

Information can describe, but knowledge can direct — resulting in action. Most theorists, however, struggle with how to scientifically define wisdom. On today's episode, we talk about the distinctions between the different layers in the DIKW model and how they apply to the Connected Intelligence Revolution.

I often make the distinction that SDG Strategy is a strategic catalyst rather than a traditional management consulting firm. When I was chief strategist for TeleChoice over 15 years ago we first introduced the concept, but it’s still not a commonly understood term. So, today, I want to dive into the topic: what is a strategic catalyst?

I'm often asked "what does the SDG in SDG Strategy stand for?" On this episode we answer that question. It's probably a very different and much deeper discussion than you expect and I hope that it helps you appreciate SDG Strategy and why we are an excellent resource to help you develop sound strategies.

Stragedy is the polar opposite of Strategy. Sadly, many leaders mistake short-term focused, one-dimensional, non-directional, or non-enabling stragedies for sound strategies, and the outcomes are often tragic. Learn how to avoid that mistake on today's episode!

Strategy can mean many different things to different people. In today's episode we want to answer the questions "What is strategy? What does it look like?"