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Mathias Behn Bjornhof clip1 from the Long-Term Strategy Conference

Name: Mathias Behn Bjornhof clip1 from the Long-Term Strategy Conference
Uploaded: 2024-06-17T03:41:11+00:00
Duration: 1 min 7 s
Channel: Francis Wade
Description: In this excerpt from a long‑term strategy workshop, the speaker uses vivid analogies—comparing organizations that become enduring innovators like Apple…

17 Jun 2024 · 1 min

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In this excerpt from a long‑term strategy workshop, the speaker uses vivid analogies—comparing organizations that become enduring innovators like Apple or IBM with those that fade like Blockbuster or Nokia—to prompt participants to consider the legacy they wish to leave. He emphasizes the value of looking ten years ahead, noting that while recent changes may feel incremental, hindsight makes them appear massive and clear, whereas foresight remains ambiguous. The speaker encourages attendees to identify future‑proof actions now so they are not caught off‑guard later, aiming to help them build a better company for the next generation.

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Oh, I love it. Like, it's like, do you want to be Apple, IBM, or do you want to be Blockbuster or Nokia, right? That's kind of putting it all a bit on the edge, right? And sometimes it helps people to see, okay, what legacy do you actually want to leave behind? What— like, I'm complaining about all these things right now, but what am I actually doing myself in that way? And so a question I often ask also in my workshops, my courses that I teach, is that looking back 10 years, just 10 years from now, like what has happened actually? We kind of think that not a lot happened in like the last 10 years, but then we look back and really unfold and say, okay, there's actually been massive changes to society, the way we live and work, just since forget it so fast. And it all seems so clear in hindsight. That's also the problem. Like hindsight is 20/20, foresight is more ambiguous in that sense, right? So it's about trying to find those things that, to not get caught off, like, by surprise in that sense. Yeah, and I think people generally want to leave off a good, a better company for the next generation to take over.