Strategy Meets Reality Podcast
Strategy Meets Reality Podcast
Podcast Description
Traditional strategy is broken.The world is complex, unpredictable, and constantly shifting—yet most strategy still relies on outdated assumptions of control, certainty, and linear plans.Strategy Meets Reality is a podcast for leaders who know that theory alone doesn’t cut it.Hosted by Mike Jones, organisational psychologist and systems thinker, this show features honest, unfiltered conversations with leaders, strategists, and practitioners who’ve had to live with the consequences of strategy.We go beyond frameworks to explore what it really takes to make strategy work in the real world—where trade-offs are messy, power dynamics matter, and complexity won’t go away.No jargon. No fluff. Just real insight into how strategy and execution actually happen.🎧 New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe and rethink your strategy.
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Content Themes
The podcast delves into various aspects of strategic thinking and execution, emphasizing complexity and adaptability. Episodes feature topics like the influence of power dynamics in strategy, the importance of mental models in decision-making, and how to construct deliberately adaptive organizations. For instance, episodes cover frameworks such as the OODA loop with insights from military strategist Chet Richards and methods for navigating organizational change with Mike Burrows.
Traditional strategy is broken.
The world is complex, unpredictable, and constantly shifting—yet most strategy still relies on outdated assumptions of control, certainty, and linear plans.
Strategy Meets Reality is a podcast for leaders who know that theory alone doesn’t cut it.
Hosted by Mike Jones, organisational psychologist and systems thinker, this show features honest, unfiltered conversations with leaders, strategists, and practitioners who’ve had to live with the consequences of strategy.
We go beyond frameworks to explore what it really takes to make strategy work in the real world—where trade-offs are messy, power dynamics matter, and complexity won’t go away.
No jargon. No fluff. Just real insight into how strategy and execution actually happen.
🎧 New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe and rethink your strategy.
Leadership is no longer about maintaining the old—it’s about shapeshifting into the new.
In this episode of Strategy Meets Reality, Mike Jones is joined by Louise Le Gat, creator of the purpose-led roadmap, to explore how leaders must evolve in the face of global disruption, systemic shifts, and societal transformation.
Louise challenges us to stop being good soldiers of the status quo and become brave builders of the future. From mental model upgrades to organisational reinvention, this is a deep dive into the inner and outer shifts leaders must make to shape what comes next.
🔍 In this episode:
- Why we’re still acting like we’re safely in port—but we’re already in the storm
- The move from control to coherence, from managing to shaping
- How imagination and purpose redefine value in uncertain times
- Dismantling survival mechanisms and embracing uniqueness
- The inner system shifts that must accompany outer change
- Creating spaces for intrapreneurial agility and reinvention
🎧 Keywords: Leadership, System Shifts, Mental Models, Purpose-Led, Inner Work, Shapeshifting, Reinvention, Positive Impact, Complexity, Legacy Leadership
📘 Learn more about Louise’s work: https://www.louiselegat.com/
📬 Connect with Louise: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louiselegat
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🔗 Full episodes, show notes, and resources: https://www.lbiconsulting.com/strategymeetsreality-podcast
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💬 Connect with host Mike Jones → https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-h-jones/
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