Keynote Speaker | Author | Biz Strategist - Lisa Robbin Young helps seasoned leaders and their teams find the One Move That Matters for your organization. Her background includes entrepreneurial innovation, broadcast media, and institutional credibility through work connected to NPR, PBS, UCLA, Indiana University, TEDx, Disney, and more.
Harvard, Meta, and a wafer maker walk into a strategy meeting…
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Well now it's September Reader! The first edit of my speaker reel finally arrived, and I am swooning. But this reel is next-level gorgeous and I can't wait to share the final version with you. We've got a few things to tweak before the final cut is live, but when it is, you KNOW I'll be sending you the link! Meanwhile, I'm midway through the short-form video experiment I mentioned in my last email, planning my husband's birthday next week, and putting the finishing touches on this year's retreat (see below for details). A lot is happening in the next month and a half, and I am HERE for it! What's going on with you? ===== This week on the blog... Harvard, Meta, and a French semiconductor manufacturer recently made big decisions about whether to add, remove, or replace organizational capacity. Harvard spent more than a year studying its operating model before eliminating 165 positions. Meta cut roughly 10% of its workforce based partly on the productivity it expected AI to provide. Then those gains didn’t materialize as expected. And Soitec? They saw demand for their AI-related products shooting up and said, essentially: “That’s nice. Put down a deposit.” Before building a new factory, Soitec is requiring customers to make multiyear commitments and put some skin in the game. I love these three stories because they show why copying someone else’s “smart move” might not work for you. Cutting isn’t automatically prudent. Growth isn’t automatically reckless. Moving quickly isn’t always courageous, and waiting isn’t always fear. Context matters. As the business landscape changes around you at a dizzying pace, YOUR context matters event more. If the decision will be expensive or difficult to reverse, you need evidence that it actually makes sense for you before you do it. In my latest post, I look at what these three organizations did, how the Expansion Reflex shows up in capacity planning, and what leaders should prove before making a costly move. ===== This is the last reminder... Just a few seats remain for the Creative Freedom Retreat happening in October. People come to the retreat when something is shifting, there’s too damn much going on, and they need enough space to figure out what matters now. Yes, you’ll leave with direction for the next 12 months. But first, we make room for you to hear yourself again. 10 seats max. If you want to be in the room with a handful of other smart, purpose-driven leaders, I want you there. Got questions? Hit me up. If you're feeling called to join us, this is your invitation. Until next time, - Lisa P.S. This is the only event I'm doing this year. If you want to be in the room and get my eyes on your business, get registered! |
One Move That Matters
Keynote Speaker | Author | Biz Strategist - Lisa Robbin Young helps seasoned leaders and their teams find the One Move That Matters for your organization. Her background includes entrepreneurial innovation, broadcast media, and institutional credibility through work connected to NPR, PBS, UCLA, Indiana University, TEDx, Disney, and more.
Howdy Reader! When I was a kid, I would wrangle the neighbor kids and charge them money to watch me perform. Every holiday party or family gathering, I was doing the "look at me!" thing to anyone who would watch. I could usually get a few well-meaning aunts to pay attention for a song or a dance, but invariably someone in the room would try to shame me into silence. I was showing off, too loud, too big for my britches, or whatever their story was. Never mind my talent or ambition. I was just...
Hey Reader! I’m heading into the home stretch on a couple of BIG things around here. The new website is almost ready. The new speaker reel is coming together. And I’m getting closer to showing you what this next chapter of my work actually looks like. I can't give you all the details yet, because my brand strategist would throttle me. 😉 But there’s something important I want you to know about the Creative Freedom Archive All-Access Pass: it's still growing. Yes, you’re getting more than 20...
Hellooo Reader... I'm about a week out from the last Creative Freedom Retreat and I'm already feeling nostalgic. It's the first, last, and only time these people will convene in this room for this event. I'm excited and also sad, because this event marks the end of all things Creative Freedom for me. There WILL be another retreat next year, it will just be different. Creative Freedom won't be part of it anymore and I'm having big feelings about the changes going on behind the scenes. More on...