Chris Gunderson on Putting Your Money Where Your Powerpoint Is

KPI Fireside: A Continuous Improvement Podcast by KPI Fire

Episode notes

Why do large organizations invest heavily in technology and still fail to deliver real value? In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris sits down with Chris Gunderson, a former oceanographic officer who spent decades working inside U.S. defense programs.

🔻 Why “technology without value is worthless” and how organizations confuse output with impact

🔻 How Porter’s value chain connects upstream activity to downstream customer value

🔻 Why incentives, not strategy decks, determine behavior

🔻 The danger of rewarding PowerPoint instead of results

🔻 What effective executives consistently do differently when allocating people, money, and attention

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Keywords
continuous improvementoperational excellencelean leadershipStrategy Executiondecision makingleadershiporganizational cultureperformance managementvalue creationvalue chainincentivesbureaucracysystems thinkinggovernment innovation