95% of AI pilots fail. Welcome to the Implementors podcast, where we reveal what it takes to join the 5% that succeed. Learn how to make implementation smarter, faster, and more human. Subscribe to lead the change.

Join host Ted Wolf, Co-Founder & CEO of Guidewise, for a candid conversation with Michael Pompey, Chief AI Strategist and AI Evangelist at Arrow Electronics. In this episode, Michael challenges the prevailing executive mindset around AI, arguing that the technology is not a product to buy but a strategy to operate by — and that the companies winning today are the ones with the courage to begin before they feel ready. He reframes governance not as a brake on innovation but as the very mechanism that allows organizations to move at speed, much like the brakes on a Formula One car enable it to take corners safely at 180 miles per hour. The conversation explores the critical differences between efficiency tools like Microsoft Copilot and transformation platforms like IBM Watson X, the surprising McKinsey finding that frontline staff are using AI three times more than their CEOs realize, and the deeply human work of building trust across leadership, middle management, and the frontline. Michael also shares his philosophy that "technology is never the hero — people are," and explains why the most important work in any AI implementation happens ten inches from the keyboard. This episode is essential listening for CIOs, CEOs, and operating leaders who want to cut through the hype, navigate governance and culture with intention, and build AI-enabled organizations that people trust, adopt, and grow with.

ABOUT MICHAEL POMPEY: Michael Pompey is the Chief AI Strategist and AI Evangelist at Arrow Electronics, where he helps organizations demystify artificial intelligence and translate it into actionable strategies that drive measurable business value. With more than 20 years as a Chief Information Officer across mission-driven organizations, Michael brings a practitioner's lens to enterprise AI adoption — bridging the gap between vision and execution through executive workshops, tailored use cases, and real-world demonstrations. His career began in juvenile justice, where he built data-driven applications to improve outcomes for young people, and later included guiding national consulting initiatives on youth workforce systems and large-scale employment programs for the City of Philadelphia. Recognized as an expert in enterprise IT strategy, vendor management, and business intelligence automation, Michael has been featured in CIO Magazine, Philadelphia Business Journal, and the Business Intelligence Journal. He was named an IBM Champion for 2026, serves on multiple CIO advisory boards, and is a sought-after keynote speaker at IBM Think, IBM TechXchange, The Channel Company, and numerous executive forums.

ABOUT GUIDEWISE: Guidewise is building the operating infrastructure for human–agent collaboration at enterprise scale. Our platform, Skytop, serves as a unified control plane for AgentOps and PeopleOps, giving leaders real-time visibility into how AI agents and human teams actually perform together. Skytop enables enterprise-grade evaluation, behavioral and performance analytics, policy enforcement, and continuous governance across agents, workflows, and decision systems. Paired with our Changeworks methodology, Guidewise helps organizations design, build, deploy, and sustain AI-enabled operating models that people trust and adopt. We equip leaders with the systems, skills, and execution discipline required to move from experimentation to durable, high-performance collaboration between humans and intelligent agents. Learn more: https://www.guidewise.ai/contact/.

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Why do so many leaders struggle to drive meaningful, lasting change?

In this episode of Ideas That Matter, Professor Willie Pietersen breaks down why even well-designed strategies fail to take hold inside organizations. Drawing on decades of leadership experience and real-world examples, Willie explores the critical role of psychology, storytelling, and disciplined focus in turning strategic intent into sustained results.

He explains why strategy is not just a plan—but a set of deliberate choices—and why execution depends on more than operational alignment. Leaders must address the emotional and psychological barriers that shape how people perceive, resist, and ultimately adopt change.

Willie also introduces a practical framework for overcoming resistance—highlighting the importance of dissatisfaction, vision, and process in outweighing the perceived costs of change—while emphasizing the need for adaptive learning systems in an increasingly volatile world.

Key themes explored in this conversation:

🔹 Why strategy is about choices and focus—not just planning

🔹 The difference between operational and psychological barriers to change

🔹 How leaders can overcome resistance using a practical diagnostic framework

🔹 Why storytelling and metaphors are essential for alignment and action

🔹 The role of adaptive learning in navigating uncertainty

🔹 Why leadership modeling is critical for embedding change

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95% of AI pilots fail. Welcome to the Implementors podcast, where we reveal what it takes to join the 5% that succeed. Learn how to make implementation smarter, faster, and more human. Subscribe to lead the change.Join host Ted Wolf, Co-Founder and CEO of Guidewise, for a wide-ranging conversation with Matt Konwiser, Market Ecosystem Leader and Field CTO at IBM, ethicist, and longtime technology strategist. With decades of experience spanning cybersecurity, automation, data, and artificial intelligence, Matt brings a rare ecosystem-level perspective to the realities of AI inside enterprise environments. In this episode, Matt explores why many AI initiatives struggle—not because the models lack intelligence, but because humans and agents misunderstand each other. He unpacks the communication gap at the heart of human-AI collaboration, introduces the concept of generative AI as “chaotic neutral,” and explains why context, intent, and governance matter more than hype. The conversation moves into practical enterprise concerns, including the metrics leaders should be tracking when deploying AI, the hidden operational and financial costs of large language models, and the importance of guardrails, transparency, explainability, and executive accountability. This episode is essential listening for technology leaders, executives, and operators who want to move beyond experimentation and build disciplined, governable, and aligned human-agent systems inside their organizations.ABOUT MATT KONWISER: Matt Konwiser is a Market Ecosystem Leader and Field CTO at IBM, where he works at the intersection of artificial intelligence, automation, cybersecurity, and enterprise strategy. Over a multi-decade career spanning telecommunications, security, data systems, and AI, Matt has advised executive teams across financial services, healthcare, government, and global enterprises. His work emphasizes transparency, guardrails, risk awareness, and use-case-driven strategy in an era where AI is reshaping business operations. In addition to his leadership role at IBM, Matt serves as an AI Advisory Council Member for the Global Technology Industry Association and is a frequent speaker on AI governance, ethical deployment, and the future of enterprise technology.ABOUT GUIDEWISE: Guidewise is building the operating infrastructure for human–agent collaboration at enterprise scale. Our platform, Skytop, serves as a unified control plane for AgentOps and PeopleOps, giving leaders real-time visibility into how AI agents and human teams actually perform together. Skytop enables enterprise-grade evaluation, behavioral and performance analytics, policy enforcement, and continuous governance across agents, workflows, and decision systems. Paired with our Changeworks methodology, Guidewise helps organizations design, build, deploy, and sustain AI-enabled operating models that people trust and adopt. We equip leaders with the systems, skills, and execution discipline required to move from experimentation to durable, high-performance collaboration between humans and intelligent agents. Learn more: https://www.guidewise.ai/contact/.PODCAST LINKS:- Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@implementorspod- Podcast Homepage: https://www.guidewise.ai/podcast- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6uliK2fpHOOgjLDgUv1pNF?si=6520239306224710&nd=1- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/guidewise-presents-implementors/id1678368738- Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8fcf7ddd-bf82-47cf-9339-efc29a75500d/guidewise-presents-implementorsSOCIAL:- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@implementorspod- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/implementorspod/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/implementorspod- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/implementorspod- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/implementorspod/

95% of AI pilots fail. Welcome to the Implementors podcast, where we reveal what it takes to join the 5% that succeed. Learn how to make implementation smarter, faster, and more human. Subscribe to lead the change.

Join host Ted Wolf, Co-Founder and CEO of Guidewise, for a timely conversation with Kim Bohr, President and Chief Operating Officer of SparkEffect. With more than 25 years of experience advising executive teams through disruption, Kim brings a deeply human perspective to AI, leadership, and change. In this episode, she explores why trust—not technology—is often the deciding factor in whether transformation efforts succeed or stall. The conversation examines trust as a measurable business force, the hidden ways organizations unintentionally violate trust, and how leaders can monitor and strengthen trust during periods of change. Kim shares insights from SparkEffect’s Trust Performance Index and Trust Elasticity™ frameworks, highlighting why emotional intelligence and critical thinking are essential leadership skills in an AI-enabled future. This episode is a must-listen for leaders navigating AI adoption, organizational change, and the future of work—where execution depends as much on trust as it does on tools.

ABOUT KIM BOHR: Kim Bohr is the President and Chief Operating Officer of SparkEffect, where she helps executive teams navigate disruption without fracturing trust. With more than 25 years of cross-functional leadership experience, Kim advises CEOs, boards, and senior teams on aligning strategy with human-centered practices that drive performance, resilience, and adoption—especially during periods of significant change. Kim’s work centers on SparkEffect’s Trust Elasticity™ framework, a research-based approach to measuring and strengthening trust during moments such as AI integration, leadership transitions, and organizational restructuring. In addition to her executive role, Kim is a published author, strategic advisor, and host of the leadership podcast Courage to Advance, where she explores what courageous leadership looks like in practice. Connect with Kim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimbohr/. Explore the SparkEffect podcast: https://sparkeffect.com/sparkeffect-podcast-courage-to-advance/. Access the SparkEffect 2025 State of Organizational Trust Report: https://sparkeffect.com/implementors.

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Why do so many companies struggle to turn strategy into real-world results? In this episode of Ideas That Matter, Willie Pietersen explores why implementation failure remains one of the biggest threats to long-term business success. Drawing on examples from General Motors, General Electric, Apple, and decades of leadership experience, Willie explains how inside-out thinking, waiting too long, misframing the real problem, and trying to do too many things at once derail even the smartest strategies. He also shows why subtraction, focus, emotional commitment, and leadership storytelling are essential for turning plans into sustained performance. Key themes explored in this conversation:🔹 Why inside-out thinking defeats strategy🔹 How momentum creates dangerous blind spots🔹 The hidden cost of misframing business problems🔹 Why focus and subtraction outperform complexity🔹 How great leaders create emotional commitment🔹 Why strategy must live as a leadership story, not just a document 🌐 Willie Pietersen’s Websitehttps://www.williepietersen.com 📚 Connect with Willie Pietersen:►LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willie-pietersen-286b149/►X: https://x.com/williepietersen►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williepietersenauthor►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/williepietersen1/►Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Inside-Story-Time-Tested-Prescriptions/dp/1953943403Subscribe to follow the series: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEftzD2cyVmspjONQ__4UGg🎙️ Implementors Podcast (Presented by Guidewise):►Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@implementorspod►Podcast Homepage: https://www.guidewise.ai/podcast/►Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6uliK2fpHOOgjLDgUv1pNF?si=6520239306224710&nd=1►Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/implementors/id1678368738►Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8fcf7ddd-bf82-47cf-9339-efc29a75500d/implementors📱 Connect with Guidewise:► Homepage: https://www.guidewise.ai/► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@guidewiseai► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/guidewiseai► X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/guidewiseai► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guidewiseai► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guidewiseaiABOUT GUIDEWISE: Guidewise is pioneering the future of human–agent collaboration at enterprise scale. Skytop, our unified control plane for AgentOps and PeopleOps, provides real-time observability across every agent and workflow — along with enterprise-grade evaluations, performance testing, behavioral analytics, policy enforcement, and continuous governance. Paired with our Changeworks methodology, we equip organizations with the intelligent systems, skills, and infrastructure required to orchestrate high-performance human–agent collaboration in the AI Era. Learn more: https://www.guidewise.ai/contact/👍 Like, comment, and subscribe for more leadership insights rooted in timeless global wisdom.

Welcome to the Implementors podcast, where we study how exceptional leaders orchestrate momentum, strategy, and culture to drive sustained high performance. Discover how to build stronger teams, elevate culture, and lead with greater impact. Subscribe to grow as a leader.Join host Ted Wolf, Co-Founder and CEO of Guidewise, for a powerful conversation with Don Yaeger and Gen. Bernie Banks—two of the most respected voices in high-performance leadership and organizational culture. Don is a 13-time New York Times bestselling author, longtime Sports Illustrated journalist, and Hall of Fame speaker who has studied greatness alongside icons like Michael Jordan, John Wooden, Walter Payton, and Condoleezza Rice. Bernie is a retired U.S. Army Brigadier General, former leader of West Point’s Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership, and the current Director of Rice University’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders. Together, Don and Bernie spent eight years researching one of the most misunderstood forces in human performance: momentum. Drawing on more than 250 interviews with elite coaches, athletes, executives, and military leaders, their new book The New Science of Momentum uncovers how teams spark it, sustain it, and recover it when it slips away. In this episode, they break down the hidden mechanics of momentum—revealing why small wins compound, why emotional intelligence matters more than ever, and why trust is the bedrock of every high-performing culture. Whether you lead a company, coach a team, or simply want to understand how performance transforms from good to great, this conversation will reshape how you think about momentum, leadership, and the art of building cultures that last. Purchase their latest book, The New Science of Momentum, here: https://a.co/d/7TAloyL.ABOUT DON YAEGER: Don Yaeger is a 13-time New York Times bestselling author, Hall of Fame speaker, and one of the world’s leading storytellers on teamwork and high performance. A former Sports Illustrated journalist who interviewed more than 2,000 of the world’s greatest athletes and leaders, Don has distilled the patterns of excellence he observed into bestselling books, keynote programs, and leadership frameworks used by organizations across the globe. He hosts the widely acclaimed Corporate Competitor Podcast, teaches storytelling with Simon Sinek’s Optimism Company, and serves as storyteller-in-residence for National Geographic’s cruise line. Learn more: https://www.donyaeger.comABOUT GEN. BERNARD “BERNIE” BANKS: ABOUT GEN. BERNARD “BERNIE” BANKS:Gen. Bernie Banks is a retired U.S. Army Brigadier General and one of the nation’s leading experts on leadership and organizational change. He led West Point’s Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership before joining Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management as Associate Dean for Leadership Development. He now serves as Director of Rice University’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders. Bernie has advised more than 200 organizations across sectors, is a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s elite “100 Coaches,” and holds advanced degrees from Columbia, Harvard, Northwestern, and the U.S. Army War College.Learn more: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernard-bernie-b-4458003/ABOUT GUIDEWISE: Guidewise is pioneering the future of human–agent collaboration at enterprise scale. Skytop, our unified control plane for AgentOps and PeopleOps, provides real-time observability across every agent and workflow — along with enterprise-grade evaluations, performance testing, behavioral analytics, policy enforcement, and continuous governance. Paired with our Changeworks methodology, we equip organizations with the intelligent systems, skills, and infrastructure required to orchestrate high-performance human–agent collaboration in the AI Era. Learn more: https://www.guidewise.ai/contact/

Why do smart leaders and smart strategies still fall short?

In this episode of Ideas That Matter, Willie Pietersen explains why strategy success cannot depend on improvisation. He introduces a practical process that helps leaders build and execute winning strategies in a consistent and disciplined way. He shows how organizations often rely on ad hoc planning, then pay a high price when their strategies cannot adapt to reality. Through examples from General Motors, Sears, K-Mart, Kodak, the healthcare system, and military intelligence, Willie reveals how execution breaks down when leaders lose sight of the real problem they must solve. He offers a clear path for moving from good intentions to successful action.🔹 Replace ad hoc planning with a reliable strategy process🔹 Understand how leaders shape success or failure🔹 Learn to remove internal barriers that block execution🔹 See the high cost of failing to learn and adapt 🌐 Willie Pietersen’s Websitehttps://www.williepietersen.com 📚 Connect with Willie Pietersen:►LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willie-pietersen-286b149/►X: https://x.com/williepietersen►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williepietersenauthor►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/williepietersen1/►Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Inside-Story-Time-Tested-Prescriptions/dp/1953943403 🎙️ Guidewise Implementors Podcast:►Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEftzD2cyVmspjONQ__4UGg►Podcast Homepage: https://www.guidewise.io/podcast/►Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6uliK2fpHOOgjLDgUv1pNF?si=6520239306224710&nd=1►Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/implementors/id1678368738►Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8fcf7ddd-bf82-47cf-9339-efc29a75500d/implementors 📱 Connect with Guidewise:► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEftzD2cyVmspjONQ__4UGg► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/implementorspod/► X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/implementorspod► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/implementorspod► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/implementorspod/Subscribe to follow the series: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEftzD2cyVmspjONQ__4UGg🎙️ Implementors Podcast (Presented by Guidewise):►Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@implementorspod►Podcast Homepage: https://www.guidewise.ai/podcast/►Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6uliK2fpHOOgjLDgUv1pNF?si=6520239306224710&nd=1►Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/implementors/id1678368738►Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8fcf7ddd-bf82-47cf-9339-efc29a75500d/implementors📱 Connect with Guidewise:► Homepage: https://www.guidewise.ai/► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@guidewiseai► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/guidewiseai► X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/guidewiseai► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guidewiseai► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guidewiseaiABOUT GUIDEWISE: Guidewise helps organizations turn AI from a set of disconnected experiments into reliable, high-performing operational systems. We design and implement production-ready agentic workflows, establish the governance that keeps them safe and aligned, and build the human/AI collaboration patterns teams need to operate confidently alongside autonomous systems. Our work blends decades of transformation expertise with modern AI engineering practices—multi-agent orchestration, workflow automation, systems integration, data-driven behavioral insights, and observability for how people and agents perform together. This gives leaders a clear view of what’s working, where friction is emerging, and how to continuously improve adoption and outcomes. If your organization is ready to move beyond pilots and make AI a dependable part of everyday execution, we’re here to help. Connect with us: https://www.guidewise.ai/contact/.👍 Like, comment, and subscribe for more leadership insights rooted in timeless global wisdom.

How do you win when the competition is fierce? In this episode of Ideas That Matter, Willie Pietersen explores the practical steps leaders must take to define a winning customer value proposition. Drawing from real-world examples and decades of strategic experience, Willie outlines how to identify your target customer, understand what they value most, and deliver a compelling margin of difference. 🔗 Willie Pietersen’s website:https://williepietersen.com 📌 Stay connected with Willie Pietersen:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willie-pietersen-4a27b32/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williepietersen/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/williepietersen/Twitter: https://twitter.com/williepietersen 🔔 Subscribe and share the channel link with your network:https://www.youtube.com/@WilliePietersenSubscribe to follow the series: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEftzD2cyVmspjONQ__4UGg🎙️ Implementors Podcast (Presented by Guidewise):►Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@implementorspod►Podcast Homepage: https://www.guidewise.ai/podcast/►Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6uliK2fpHOOgjLDgUv1pNF?si=6520239306224710&nd=1►Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/implementors/id1678368738►Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8fcf7ddd-bf82-47cf-9339-efc29a75500d/implementors📱 Connect with Guidewise:► Homepage: https://www.guidewise.ai/► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@guidewiseai► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/guidewiseai► X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/guidewiseai► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guidewiseai► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guidewiseaiABOUT GUIDEWISE: At Guidewise, we blend operational expertise with AI-driven workforce analytics to guide enterprise organizations through impactful, enterprise AI implementation, digital transformation, and change adoption. Aiding our industry experts, our software harnesses AI and machine learning to integrate real-time people data into adaptive change management strategies -- anticipating challenges, minimizing resistance, and driving lasting success. Let's talk about your organization's AI strategy and change adoption needs today: https://www.guidewise.ai/contact/.👍 Like, comment, and subscribe for more leadership insights rooted in timeless global wisdom.

95% of AI pilots fail. Welcome to the Implementors podcast, where we reveal what it takes to join the 5% that succeed. Learn how to make implementation smarter, faster, and more human. Subscribe to lead the change.Join host Ted Wolf, Co-Founder and CEO of Guidewise, for a fascinating conversation with Dr. Karim Pichara—Co-Founder and CTO of NotCo, creator of the AI platform Giuseppe, and a leading voice in AI-driven food innovation. Before launching NotCo, Karim was a computer science professor and machine learning researcher at Harvard University, applying AI to astronomy. Today, he’s using that same scientific precision to transform how the world makes food. With Giuseppe, Karim and his team have built plant-based versions of everyday foods—like NotMilk, NotBurger, and NotChicken—that replicate the taste and texture of their animal-based counterparts. In this episode, Karim shares how he turned research into revolution—applying AI to one of humanity’s oldest industries, building a billion-dollar company backed by Bezos Expeditions, Kraft Heinz, and Tiger Global, and proving that technology and creativity can coexist. He also opens up about the emotional side of entrepreneurship and the importance of staying curious and human in the pursuit of innovation. Whether you lead teams, build products, or just love a good origin story, this conversation will change how you think about AI, food, and the future of discovery.ABOUT DR. KARIM PICHARA: Dr. Karim Pichara is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of NotCo, a pioneering food-tech company using artificial intelligence to reinvent how the world makes food. A former Harvard University researcher and professor of computer science at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Karim created Giuseppe—NotCo’s AI platform that formulates plant-based versions of animal products by analyzing molecular data from over 300,000 plants. Under his leadership, NotCo has launched globally recognized products like NotMilk, NotBurger, and NotChicken, earning partnerships with Kraft Heinz, Starbucks, and Burger King, and backing from Bezos Expeditions and Tiger Global. Today, Karim leads NotCo’s efforts to expand Giuseppe beyond food, shaping a smarter and more sustainable future of innovation. Learn more about Dr. Pichara: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karim-pichara-89903432/. Learn more about NotCo: https://tech.notco.com/.ABOUT GUIDEWISE: At Guidewise, we help organizations turn AI ambition into measurable business outcomes. We design and build AI/ML Centers of Excellence, lead customized AI Bootcamps, and guide enterprise teams through every phase of AI transformation—from use case design and technical implementation to workforce adoption and scaling. Powered by our Changeworks platform, we combine human-centered consulting with AI-driven workforce analytics, agentic orchestration, and workflow automations to align people, processes, and technology for sustained performance. The result is transformation that’s smarter, faster, and more human. Let’s talk about your organization’s AI strategy and change adoption needs: https://www.guidewise.ai/contact/PODCAST LINKS:- Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@implementorspod- Podcast Homepage: https://www.guidewise.ai/podcast- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6uliK2fpHOOgjLDgUv1pNF?si=6520239306224710&nd=1- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/guidewise-presents-implementors/id1678368738- Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8fcf7ddd-bf82-47cf-9339-efc29a75500d/guidewise-presents-implementorsSOCIAL:- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@implementorspod- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/implementorspod/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/implementorspod- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/implementorspod- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/implementorspod/

How can leaders create strategy that adapts to reality instead of reacting to it too late?In this episode of Ideas That Matter, Willie Pietersen shares a complete system for building and renewing strategy based on learning. Known as strategic learning, this method is already used by major corporations, public institutions, and nonprofit organizations. It begins with observation and ends with action, and repeats as conditions evolve.

Drawing from decades of leadership experience and examples from business, healthcare, and national security, Willie explains what separates strong strategy from improvisation and how real change requires consistent involvement.This is a method that builds strength through repetition and learning.In this episode:✅ The four core steps of strategic learning✅ How leaders can avoid fragmentation and bias✅ Lessons from Kodak, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, and military planning✅ What to do when planning fails, and why learning must continue✅ How leadership behavior shapes whether strategy works📚 Learn more in the book: Leadership—The Inside Story: Time-Tested Prescriptions for Those Who Seek to Lead https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Inside-Story-Time-Tested-Prescriptions/dp/1953943403🌐 Visit Willie’s website: https://williepietersen.com/📢 Connect with Willie: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willie-pietersen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/williepietersen1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williepietersenauthor/ 🎙️ Produced with Guidewise: https://www.guidewise.io/podcast/ 🎥Subscribe to follow the series: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEftzD2cyVmspjONQ__4UGg🎙️ Implementors Podcast (Presented by Guidewise):►Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@implementorspod►Podcast Homepage: https://www.guidewise.ai/podcast/►Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6uliK2fpHOOgjLDgUv1pNF?si=6520239306224710&nd=1►Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/implementors/id1678368738►Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8fcf7ddd-bf82-47cf-9339-efc29a75500d/implementors📱 Connect with Guidewise:► Homepage: https://www.guidewise.ai/► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@guidewiseai► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/guidewiseai► X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/guidewiseai► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guidewiseai► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guidewiseaiABOUT GUIDEWISE: At Guidewise, we blend operational expertise with AI-driven workforce analytics to guide enterprise organizations through impactful, enterprise AI implementation, digital transformation, and change adoption. Aiding our industry experts, our software harnesses AI and machine learning to integrate real-time people data into adaptive change management strategies -- anticipating challenges, minimizing resistance, and driving lasting success. Let's talk about your organization's AI strategy and change adoption needs today: https://www.guidewise.ai/contact/.👍 Like, comment, and subscribe for more leadership insights rooted in timeless global wisdom.