S3E12 - Expert Panel: What Still Works and What Must Change in Strategy Today

About this episode

The episode discusses the changes and persistent challenges in strategy within organizations, particularly in the context of AI and decision-making.

If so much has changed around us, why does so much inside organisations feel stubbornly the same? In this special episode of Strategy Hero, we bring together three voices from Season One - Fredrik Fjellstedt, Pascal Dennis and Philippe Guenet to take stock of what has actually changed in strategy over the last two years, and what has not. Since we last spoke, AI has gone mainstream, decision cycles have accelerated, and uncertainty has become a constant. Yet as we explore together, many organisations are still struggling with the same internal challenges they faced in 2023. Rather than revisiting theory, we use this conversation to reflect honestly on lived experience: how strategy is really playing out inside organisations today, where AI is helping, where it’s actively getting in the way, and what leaders are still getting wrong when it comes to execution, engagement, and adaptability. What We Explore Has Anything Fundamentally Changed? We challenge the assumption that AI has transformed strategy itself, arguing instead that while tools have evolved rapidly, many organisations have yet to adapt their behaviours, structures and leadership practices. AI: Powerful Servant…

People in this episode

Guests: Fredrik Fjellstedt, Pascal Dennis, Philippe Guenet

Topics covered

• strategy evolution
• AI in business
• organizational challenges
• leadership practices
• decision making
• adaptability

Keywords

• strategy
• AI
• organizational behavior
• leadership
• decision cycles
• adaptability
• execution

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Strategy Hero, i-nexus

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