How One Ukrainian Company Cultivated Resiliency Amid War

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🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Companies plan for crises and aim to be resilient and adaptive in the face of all kinds of risks, but it’s always easier said than done. And perhaps none of these threats is as serious as war. That’s what Roman Rodomansky had to prepare his company for. He’s the cofounder and COO at Ralabs, a Ukrainian software development company. As Russia prepared to invade his home country, Rodomansky and his leadership team crafted a plan to survive and keep serving clients. He shares how his firm put people first, communicated with customers, and managed to become resilient. Rodomansky wrote the HBR article “A Cofounder of Ralabs on Leading a Ukrainian Start-Up Through a Year of War.”

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0:30.0	Welcome to the HBR idea cast from Harvard Business Review.
0:41.0	I'm Kurt Nickish.
0:43.0	Crisis management is something we've all become more familiar with, especially following the pandemic.
0:55.0	What you still only happen once in a while for a few companies has now become more pervasive.
1:00.0	Companies have had to figure out strategies to be resilient and adaptive in the face of all kinds of threats.
1:06.0	There's a huge spectrum, perhaps none is as serious as war.
1:11.0	When Russia invaded Ukraine last year, millions of workers and thousands of organizational leaders suddenly
1:17.0	had to find a way to adapt in the face of incredible adversity.
1:22.0	Today's guest is one such leader.
1:24.0	Roman Rodomanski is the COO and co-founder of RA Labs, a software development company based in the Ukrainian city of Libyev.
1:33.0	He wrote the HBR article, a co-founder of RA Labs on leading a Ukrainian startup through a year of war.
1:41.0	He joins me now.
1:42.0	Welcome.
1:43.0	Hello Kurt, happy to be here and thanks for the invitation.
1:48.0	Tell us a little bit more about RA Labs and what you do there.
1:52.0	Yes, so relapse is an agency that provided software development services.
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