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Aug 25, 2026
Complexity Is Not The Problem, Panic Is
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23:22Michael BuntingHOST
It feels more complex, weirdly enough, the system and more intense, and yet it's less effective.

Sonja BlignautGUEST
It actually, and you know, the thing is what I've seen in organizations, so that freeze response, so both the freeze and the reactive response in leadership, what it tends to create.

Sonja BlignautGUEST
One of the, it was an investment bank and they were in a space where they didn't know what to do.

Sonja BlignautGUEST
And at senior level, they had 23 strategic initiatives and it wasn't a very big bank.

Sonja BlignautGUEST
When 23 strategic initiatives that are of equal priority hits the rest of the organization, it becomes chaotic because people don't know what to do.
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Episode 3: Your zoo mindset is killing your strategy
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35:57LochnerHOST
[laughs] That's very good.

Sonja BlignautGUEST
You know, you, you, you even get it with, um, things like scenario planning.
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53:23KareneGUEST
Mm