Roger Martin - What is Strategy? Planning is not Strategy (Full version)

“Strategy is a set of integrated choices. A plan is not a strategy.” This is our conversation with the world’s #1 management thinker Roger Martin. Watch the Trailer version here The former Dean of the Rotman School of Management & author of 13 books including Playing to Win and A New Way to Think. Roger’s work in strategy, continues to leave a prominent mark globally in distilling down complex and often noisy concepts into crystal clear principles that can be applied in the real world. As a strategy advisory ourselves, Foundstone Advisory incorporates many of Rogers break-through concepts and insights into our own practice across customer & market insights, strategy, planning and execution. In our conversation, we get Roger’s unique perspective on: -Why he does what he does -A Plan is not a Strategy -The pitfalls of Revenue forecasting -Strategy & Execution -Should I study for an MBA? -Strategy & Data In our conversation, Roger shares more unique insights in his recent clip with @harvardbusinessreview that has gone viral - A Plan is not a Strategy You can watch it here: We hope you enjoy this episode and get some really practical strategy tips for your own leadership toolbox and organisation. Find out more about Foundstone Advisory strategy services below Check out our Strategy Assessment below Or listen to the episode on podcast: Spotify Links to other podcast platforms Chapters of the conversation: 00:00 Introduction 2:55 Roger’s inspiration 12:00 A Plan is not a Strategy 19:31 Pitfalls of just relying on revenue forecasting 22:32 Strategy and execution 38:28 The Decline of business education 46:22 100% of all data is about the past #Strategy #StrategicPlanning #HarvardBusinessReview #RogerMartin #Planning #Business #Explainer #Success #HowTo