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EPISODE · Aug 19, 2026 · 7 MIN

Plans don't survive the strategy session

from Playing the Long Game · host Yusuf Bodiat

Every year, executive teams disappear to hotels and hire facilitators. They build documents. They present frameworks. Then they return to work — and everything continues exactly as it did before.In this episode, we look at why strategy sessions produce plans but not strategy, the difference between the two, and the Monday morning test that separates real strategy from expensive theatre.---Playing the Long Game — long-term thinking, plainly spoken. With Yusuf Bodiat.More at linktr.ee/yusufbodiat

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