Stop assigning strategy to the busiest people.
The Diary of a CFO with Wassia KamonSeptember 23, 202500:01:07

Stop assigning strategy to the busiest people.

In this episode of The Diary of a CFO Podcast, host Wassia Kamon welcomes guest Michael High, VP Administration and CFO at NAIT, to unpack how leaders can sustain long-term strategy, especially when short-term crises keep getting louder.

You can't expect your team to build the future and fight fires every day.

Yet most companies still strap every strategic initiative to someone's "side of desk".

That’s a recipe for stagnation, not momentum.

Instead, take a lesson from the military playbook: Divide your force.

Have one group focus on operations-what’s urgent, tactical, and in the now.

Then carve out another team, even just 5–10%, to focus only on the long game.

That’s how you make forward progress even in a crisis.

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