{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Culture is not Enough: Evergreens Need Strategy to Survive and Thrive","description":"Jeff Patterson is the CEO and founder of Gaggle, an EdTech software company that exists to protect students in schools. As a company founder, he has fought hard to create and build Gaggle, and along with it an entire industry, and he has remained committed to the Evergreen\u00ae path throughout. However, as committed as he is to the Evergreen 7Ps\u00ae principles, he has had a nagging feeling for years that he needs more than a wonderful culture to survive for the long term.  In this Tugboat Institute\u00ae talk, Jeff shares his own journey toward creating a meaningful and effective strategy for Gaggle. After searching in vain for the \u201cright\u201d strategy, he embarked on his own learning journey, reading many books and talking with many leaders about the ingredients of an effective strategy. Here, he shares his learnings and explains why, in his eyes, culture is important, but without a strong strategy, it\u2019s not enough. Liusten and be inspired to dig deeper in your efforts to create a strategy that is just right for your company.   ","author_name":"Evergreen Journal+ by Tugboat Institute","author_url":"https:\/\/www.tugboatinstitute.com","html":"