Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #329: The Champion Problem

Managing Uncertainty

Jun 15 2026 | 00:09:48

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Show Notes

On this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryan Strawser of Bryghtpath examines why some resilience programs survive a change in leadership and others quietly fall apart. The deciding factor is rarely the quality of the plans. It comes down to business alignment and whether the program’s champion understands that alignment is the point. Bryan makes a contrarian case: a strong champion can actually be the more fragile of the two. A program propped up by one leader’s relationships looks like success, right up until that leader is promoted, retires, or gets reorganized away. When they go, the entire case for …

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