Francis Wade | The five-year plan that killed a 50-y-o company: An AI supplier case study

Your company is doing much right. Your executives, however, are uneasy about the future and what might be waiting over the horizon. These fears are genuine, but do they warrant a hearing? Consider a Kingston-based business. They handled every aspect correctly. A charismatic, intelligent founder. The consistent production of five-year plans. Nearly half a century of accumulated value. Then the ‘Big Man’ dies at 89, in year four of the final plan, before work on a new strategy has even begun.