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In this episode, Jonathan enters the Unify question that makes a leader’s vision more real: how will this change take place, and what is the plan? What begins as a reflection on writing, strategy, audience, and first conversations becomes a deeper recognition that the vision cannot remain private. Marianne helps Jonathan see that a plan does not require every tactic to be fixed in advance. It begins with the right people, the first circles of conversation, and the courage to take the vision somewhere.
00:00 Opening reflections
00:36 Entering Unify
01:43 Unify Question 45: How will this change take place?
02:22 Planning in shapes, structures, and first conversations
04:22 Two vital relationships in a vision
06:44 Rescuing the word audience
08:10 The leader’s relationship with the audience and the vision
10:36 Writing for yourself, leading for others
12:04 Knowing when the text is enough
13:35 Identifying the first conversations
15:34 Naming the inner circle
16:35 Seeing possible conversations beyond Brussels
21:51 Identifying the excuses not to act
25:33 Repairing a relationship with British politics
29:18 Strategy before tactics
32:13 You have to take the vision somewhere
34:19 Finding the people who may already care
38:15 Leaving the cave
42:41 Expanding the notion of home
51:04 Jonathan’s answer to the plan question
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