Show Notes

The General Who Never Wasted a Move The Ready Set Podcast | Episode 007

In this episode, we look at Critical Path Thinking through the lens of one of history's most underrated leaders — Dwight D. Eisenhower — and what his approach to planning the most complex military operation in history can teach us about leading with focus and intention today.

What we cover:

Why most teams aren't failing because of effort — they're failing because of misdirected effort

How Eisenhower identified the two constraints that made everything else secondary in planning D-Day

Why the calm was the capability — and what that means for how you show up as a leader

The difference between urgency and importance, and why confusing the two keeps teams stuck

The two letters Eisenhower wrote before D-Day — and what they reveal about ownership and accountability

How to actually develop Critical Path Thinking as a daily leadership practice

Three things to try this week:

Before your next complex problem, slow down and map the dependencies before you start solving

Ask yourself: if we delayed this by a week, what would actually break?

After your next project wraps, ask what actually moved the outcome — not what consumed the most time

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