This episode, drawing inspiration from global strategist Sophie Krantz, argues that businesses often mistakenly focus on what they can directly control when faced with uncertainty, an instinct compared to an artist focusing only on a single dot in a pointillist painting. This narrow perspective, termed the illusion of control, prevents leaders from seeing the wider landscape of both risks and opportunities.
Citing Hans Rosling’s book “Factfulness,” the episode highlights how negative biases can obscure progress and potential for businesses. It further explains that transformative trends, technologies, and threats are increasingly global in origin and impact, making a localised view insufficient for strategic success.
To counter this, there is value in proactively asking broad, externally focused questions that challenge assumptions and encourage a comprehensive view of the evolving global environment, ultimately enabling businesses to play a bigger game beyond their immediate corner of control.
Read the original article by Sophie Krantz here:
https://www.sophiekrantz.com/p/cornering-less-control
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