The Pacesetter Pod

Show Highlights:

• How boards contribute and can evolve strategically. [00:09:38]
• Explore the four rules well-functioning boards fulfil. [00:14:28]
• Advisory vs. fiduciary board governance explained. [00:18:06]
• Dive into the key elements of a board charter. [00:24:17]
• Why board constituents must be strategy-derived. [00:30:23]
• How to recruit expertise-based board members. [00:33:06]
• Discover PDA for time-saving board-building. [00:36:42]
• Tips to apply an insider-outsider ratio to a board. [00:42:37]
• Find out if you're financially ready to have a board. [00:48:49]
• The two factors that maximize board contributions. [00:50:33]

If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.

Show Highlights:

• Learn about why metrics need regular revisiting. [01:38.7]
• How the fuel tax works, and why it doesn't. [00:03:55]
• Explore the problems of legacy metrics. [00:09:28]
• Can mileage/use-based taxation plug funding gaps? [00:10:47]
• Discover the effect of EVs on road tax. [00:12:34]
• Why the allure of simplicity induces metric pitfalls. [00:13:37]
• Uncover the best metric for transportation funding. [00:15:06]

If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.

Show Highlights:

• Explore Central Farm Service's precision ag program. [00:04:38]
• The role of skilled legacy talent in precision ag. [00:09:49]
• KC Graner's ag voyage from early interest to CFS. [00:13:25]
• Two strategic keys to adapt to a manager role. [00:20:15]
• Why numbers are a manager's post-merger friend. [00:24:37]
• Success lessons from initial merger unprofitability. [00:29:05]
• Actionable tips to improve processes through failures. [00:35:34]
• Pivotal ways co-ops create market links for members. [00:43:27]

If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.

Show Highlights:

• Uncover key competitive response how-tos. [00:02:13]
• Find out how to design and position counteractions. [00:06:01]
• Why quantifying competitor-action impact matters. [00:09:13]
• The true benefit of planning a competitive response. [00:11:08]
• Dive into stealth-mode and preemptive strategies. [00:13:20]

If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.

Show Highlights:

• Dive into this Pure Line Seeds 101. [00:02:59]
• The value of existing clients in diversification. [00:11:05]
• The pros and cons for independent seed companies. [00:13:58]
• Find out how the riches are in the niches in ag. [00:19:38]
• Discover the competitive edge at Pure Line Seeds. [00:23:24]
• Agility wisdom from Pure Line Seeds' HQ relocation. [00:28:31]
• The two factors most important in integration. [00:32:46]
• Explore how organizational change impacts people. [00:39:46]

If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.

Show Highlights:

• Why C-suite meetings necessitate decision scopes. [00:01:27]
• Discover what a decision scope is. [00:04:46]
• The exploratory decision scope explained. [00:06:32]
• Strategic steps of the evaluatory decision scope. [00:08:17]
• How the confirmatory decision scope impacts outcomes. [00:09:51]
• Decision scope applications to relieve ambiguity. [00:12:38]
• Tips to use decision scopes to set shared objectives. [00:19:21]

If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.

Show Highlights:

• Learn about the value of Land O'Lakes' co-op model. [00:04:09]
• Leah Anderson's instructive rise in ag from coding. [00:10:11]
• Impactful secrets to future-shaping leadership. [00:23:58]
• Polysemic "A.I." and learning agility as a leader. [00:27:58]
• Tips to tap into teams as a cross-sector leader. [00:31:47]
• Explore WinField United's prescriptive analytics. [00:37:11]
• Discover BioVerified that transforms biologicals. [00:42:03]
• Dive into WU's transactional and field-level data use. [00:42:41]
• How data standardization can benefit agriculture. [00:48:06]

If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.

Show Highlights:

• The process of project downselection explained. [00:01:27]
• A fictional example of project-requirement intricacy. [00:03:45]
• Dive into what a project charter is, and its two faults. [00:06:45]
• Discover the "Charter Lite" concept. [00:09:48]
• Unlock the six key questions Charter Lite addresses. [00:12:43]
• Find out the benefits of implementing Charter Lite. [00:18:21]

If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.

Show Highlights:

• Daniel Oh's corporate throughline to AgCertain. [00:03:33]
• Explore the need for de-commoditization in ag. [00:09:14]
• Specialty economies of scale explained with examples. [00:14:15]
• Learn about AgCertain's B2B brand safety assurance. [00:18:13]
• A deep dive into trust risk over economic risk in ag. [00:24:38]
• How to approach organizational size as a leader. [00:32:39]
• Is large vs. small a true binary in company size? [00:40:52]
• Discover a wealth of wisdom on risk management. [00:43:21]

If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.

Show Highlights:

• What WinField United BioVerified designation offers. [00:01:03]
• Dive into BioVerified's requirements and criteria. [00:03:42]
• Is BioVerified transferable as a strategic framework? [00:08:52]
• How to acquaint yourself with this simplified model. [00:12:04]

Connect with Shane Thomas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanethomasag/ and visit Upstream Ag's website : https://www.upstream.ag/

If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.