The Imperfectionists: Winning In Uncertain Times With Imperfect Solutions With Charles Conn, Board Chair Of Patagonia
Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration
Corinna Bellizzi
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
The pandemic has heightened the level of uncertainty we face in the world today. Disruptions and changes have become bigger challenges to tackle, producing even more complicated problems. In imperfect times such as these, we need to look not for perfect solutions, but imperfect ones. In this episode, Corinna Bellizi interviews Charles Conn, a cross-section leader, conservationist, entrepreneur, co-founder of Monograph Capital, and Board Chair of Patagonia. Charles brings insights on problem-solving in uncertain times from his book, The Imperfectionists: Strategic Mindsets for Uncertain Times—a sequel to his Amazon bestseller, Bulletproof Problem Solving. He offers six reinforcing strategic mindsets that can address this high-change environment, propelling organizations forward despite being in the eye of the storm. If you wish to know how to orient yourself to be successful given the swirling competitive environment and fast technological change, then don’t miss this episode!
About Guest:
Charles Conn is a cross-section leader, conservationist, and entrepreneur. He is co-founder of Monograph Capital, a life sciences venture firm in London and San Francisco, and was previously CEO of the Rhodes Trust in Oxford. He is the Board Chair of Patagonia and sits on The Nature Conservancy European Council. He was founding CEO of Ticketmaster-Citysearch and was a partner at McKinsey & Company. He is the author of two books: Bulletproof Problem Solving and The Imperfectionists: Strategic Mindsets for Uncertain Times.
Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-conn-5008904/?originalSubdomain=uk
Guest Website: https://theimperfectionists.org
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The Imperfectionists: Strategic Mindsets for Uncertain Times
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| 0:00.0 | even when the world is changing quickly, |
| 0:01.8 | that you can move forward. |
| 0:03.4 | If you have the right audacious goal |
| 0:05.1 | and you're willing to be an experimentalist, |
| 0:07.9 | an imperfectionist, you can take those steps which |
| 0:11.9 | help you gather information, help you build |
| 0:13.9 | your understanding of the game being played, |
| 0:15.7 | help you build your capabilities, sometimes |
| 0:18.2 | give you key assets that can help you be successful. Typically, |
| 0:22.5 | that means involving parallel initiatives, not just having one strategic thread, but having |
| 0:26.8 | multiple strategic threads, and doubling down on the things that are working. And so this is an |
| 0:31.6 | invitation to be courageous because only by being an imperfectionist can we actually work on all these both great |
| 0:39.9 | opportunities but the challenges that we face. Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like |
| 0:46.7 | you who care about the social impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes. Hear inspiring stories |
| 0:53.6 | from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain. |
| 0:57.5 | You'll learn how you can make a difference, vote with your dollars, and get involved today. |
| 1:02.4 | Here's your host, Karina Belizzi. |
| 1:07.3 | Hello, fellow do-goaters and friends. |
| 1:09.7 | I'm your host, Karina Belize. |
| 1:11.6 | We live in imperfect times, times in which we've sacrificed so much of our natural world for modern convenience |
| 1:19.6 | and where we are starting to really see the negative impacts of that approach. |
| 1:23.6 | We live in uncertain political times in which right is pitted against left and vice versa. |
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