This Post Is Not About AI - It's About People, Strategy, Real Leadership
- Peter McLean
- Jun 3
- 2 min read
Is this a post about AI? Well, incidentally. It's actually about people.
I was recently running strategy development for a significant division of a major international corporation. After our collaborative time was over, I was analysing outcomes, reporting on the day and creating a strategic roadmap out of our facilitated sessions.
It was easy to miss as we navigated issues throughout the day: we did a lot! These were highly engaged conversations, without laborious droning, endless figures analysis and mindless PowerPoints. Our experience had been rewarding in every sense. Going through everything we had generated, I was impressed by how much we had achieved.
Some key elements really struck me:
How much we had methodically and thoroughly addressed over several hours. Everyone was impressed by how much we actually got done.
How powerful our time was in binding the leadership together and forging a better team heading in new directions, the momentum created and commitments made.
The nature of the momentous decisions for the business.
And, from my end, I saw how consequential that work was compared with the sheer endless amount of time people waste working with AI or by themselves to try to generate a fraction of what we accomplished in one prepared, focused day and its surrounding supports.
We created a short-to-long-term plan to make tremendous gains in the nature, level, impact and projected profitable revenue growth that is in the multiples of an already 8-figure service line. All while concurrently increasing satisfaction and industry impact. These impacts are commercial, professional and people-oriented.
What made it happen?
People together. Face to face.
It could only have happened by gathering the people together in the room. It's to the credit of my client who led them to work together in the first place to plan a future for this part of the business - a future that may continue to excite and engage them for years to come.
Peter McLean
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