{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 484 - Hope is a Strategy with Ian Pettigrew","description":"\u2018We don\u2019t understand much about hope, and yet people are crying out for it from leaders.\u2019 If you ever hear someone dismissively say \u2018hope is not a strategy\u2019, be sure to introduce them to Ian Pettigrew, author of Hope is a Strategy. He will disabuse them of the idea that hope is simply wishful thinking and introduce them to a more muscular, active concept: hope that can be \u2013 MUST be \u2013 wielded with rigour and realism. In Ian\u2019s book (quite literally), hope isn\u2019t rainbows and unicorns; if it is, you don\u2019t get away with that twice. Neither is it about ignoring reality until something good happens. Strategic hope is gritty and demanding, but it\u2019s also the most powerful force in the world for both personal and organizational transformation. We also talk about the practicalities of applying this theory of hope to the business of writing a book, both the inner game and the getting of the words onto the page. So if you\u2019re feeling a bit hopeless about your own project, this is for you. ","author_name":"The Extraordinary Business Book Club","author_url":"http:\/\/extraordinarybusinessbooks.com\/","html":"