Fit For Business

What is strategic realignment, and how should we think about its practical implementation?   In the sixth episode of The Fit for Business Podcast, Professor Jonathan Trevor is joined by Philippe Clarinval, an accomplished hospitality expert, executive adviser, and trainer, renowned for his transformational leadership in the luxury industry. Philippe boasts a proven track record of realigning...

What is complexity in business, and why does it matter, especially in a business fitness context? Why are organisations becoming more complex, and what are the implications of being overwhelmed by business complexity? In this episode, Jonathan unpacks the meaning of complexity and its implications for business alignment. He discusses how increasingly complex external forces and internal pressures...

Why is strategic alignment so important? Will it become even more critical in the age of rapid AI transformation? In this Fit for Business Podcast episode, Professor Jonathan Trevor is joined by Tanu Gupta, the Head of AI Transformation for Google Cloud EMEA. Tanu partners with large enterprises to help them navigate their AI adoption journeys. She is a technologist specialising in the inters...

What is business transformation and how do we achieve it? And what does it mean to 'train' our business's realignment muscles? In this episode of the Fit for Business Podcast, Professor Jonathan Trevor is joined by Bidjan Nashat. Bidjan is the co-founder of PotentialU , former CEO of Atlas Corps and lecturer at the Smith Business School, University of Maryland. Bidjan is also a former member of th...

What is strategic distinctiveness and why does it matter in business? Why do so many organisations lack strategic distinctiveness? How can organisations become distinctive? In episode two of the Fit For Business Podcast, Professor Jonathan Trevor explores the concept of distinctiveness. Jonathan unpacks how, in the face of unmitigated uncertainty, leaders are not committing to a particular path. O...

What does it mean to be fit for purpose? Why are organisations still unfit and what are the implications? What can leaders do to increase their organisation's fitness? Do we need a 'fitness instructor'? In Episode 1 of the Fit For Business Podcast, Professor Jonathan Trevor unpacks the concept of Fitness. Exploring what it means to be fit for purpose and why it is intrinsically linked to business...

The Fit for Business Podcast delves into the question of why some firms perform better than others. Drawing on academic ideas and the first-hand experience of leaders in a variety of sectors, it examines what makes businesses fit for purpose and how leaders can improve the fitness of their own organisations. It lifts the curtain to reveal the secrets of fit companies and what makes them special wh...