The Pacesetter Pod
As an agribusiness executive, you operate at the intersection of value creation and preservation.
You are challenged every day to take risks and grow the business while protecting the organization, people, and customers with superior execution.
From highly fragmented supply chains and capital intensive business models to exceptionally narrow margins and hyper-competitive markets, you need an edge to outperform the competition.
Welcome to The Pacesetter Pod, where we explore and reveal the perspectives, insights, and approaches to deliver great results and growth in your agribusiness, through better execution.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 110
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Ep91: The Wide Path Approach to Strategy Execution with Tucker Perkins of Propane Education & Research Council
Show Highlights:
- What is the Propane Education & Research Council? [00:02:31]
- Energy transformation defined with examples, including Three Mile Island. [00:07:47]
- The importance of affordability in …
00:44:58 |
Wed 04 Dec 2024
Ep90: There Are No Unsolvable Problems, Only Unaffordable Solutions
Show Highlights:
- Is your profit leaking due to hidden inefficiencies? [00:00:24]
- Unlock three key questions for your problem-solving framework. [00:02:13]
- How to navigate the cost–benefit dilemma. […
00:11:04 |
Wed 27 Nov 2024
Ep89: Forecasting Constraints to Enable Agribusiness Growth
Show Highlights:
- Follow Jim’s case study, an instructive client story. [00:00:24]
- Discover the concept of working to constraints, not until them. [00:03:02]
- Strategies to optimize existing resources…
00:14:01 |
Wed 20 Nov 2024
Ep88: Innovation Theater with Shane Thomas of Upstream Ag
Show Highlights:
- Discover Upstream Ag, the essential ag newsletter. [00:02:44]
- Innovation and its Red Queen race effect explained. [00:08:29]
- Explore the tension between innovation and certainty. [0…
00:49:16 |
Wed 13 Nov 2024
Ep87: Rethinking Dissension Risk
Show Highlights:
- Introducing the MABA 2024 Outlook Conference. [00:00:25]
- Discover Mike Fossum, an unlikely contributor to ag. [00:01:12]
- What does an astronaut have to teach about dissension? [00:0…
00:13:57 |
Wed 06 Nov 2024
Ep86: Red Barns and Failure to Innovate with Joel Wipperfurth of Truterra
Show Highlights:
- How a 100-year-old ag leader successfully applies sustainability. [00:05:07]
- Truterra’s matchmaker role for Fortune 500 companies and farmers. [00:06:01]
- Can farming realities meet …
00:34:17 |
Wed 30 Oct 2024
Ep85: Today's Grooves Are Tomorrow's Ruts
Show Highlights:
- Find out why business success breeds its own enemy. [00:02:01]
- Learn to spot the end of a groove and its risks. [00:04:53]
- The only strategy to stop success from killing your busine…
00:16:34 |
Wed 23 Oct 2024
Ep84: Great Millers Need Great Marketers with Tim Webster of Farmer Direct Foods
Show Highlights:
- How Farmer Direct Foods provides the perfect wheat. [00:02:28]
- Discover the benefits of regenerative agriculture. [00:07:38]
- Learn top product-adoption and branding strategies. [00:…
00:56:49 |
Wed 16 Oct 2024
Ep83: Infatuation over Validation: Falling in Love with Bad Ideas
Show Highlights:
- How validation bias can mislead innovation. [00:00:21]
- Learn about the perils of singular data points. [00:02:10]
- Are your data sources credible and courageous? [00:04:38]
- The “ifs”…
00:17:49 |
Wed 09 Oct 2024
Ep82: Breaking Down Ag's Labor Problem with Jacqui Fatka of CoBank Knowledge Exchange
Show Highlights:
- Get CoBank’s latest labor-market data for ag. [00:06:25]
- Labor-participation rates in layman’s terms. [00:09:35]
- Is rural ag predicted to survive an aging workforce? [00:13:15]
- Expl…
00:48:10 |
Wed 02 Oct 2024
Ep81: The Growth as a Constraint Paradox
Show Highlights:
- The issue today’s ag-industry headlines expose. [00:00:20]
- Explore the realities of limits to growth in ag. [00:01:35]
- Berkshire Hathaway’s historical growth performance. [00:03:30] …
00:16:21 |
Wed 25 Sep 2024
Ep80: Winning With Speed Not Perfection with Harold Cooper of Premier Ag Cooperative
Show Highlights:
- Discover Indiana’s oldest cooperative. [00:01:53]
- Learn about the three divisions of a CEO’s role. [00:03:47]
- Why military history can profit business strategy. [00:09:08]
- Gain stra…
00:47:50 |
Wed 18 Sep 2024
Ep79: Managing Negative Externality Risk in Agribusiness
Show Highlights:
- Discover blind spots in assessing external risks. [00:00:22]
- Negative externalities defined with examples. [00:03:56]
- The three whys of missing external-risk trends. [00:09:42]
- Lear…
00:21:44 |
Wed 11 Sep 2024
Ep78: Scarcity Inflates Price but Execution Creates Value with Nick Sawyer of Five Star Cooperative
Show Highlights:
- Discover full-service Five Star Cooperative, Est. 1889. [00:03:41]
- Market differentiation tactics from Five Star Co-op. [00:07:32]
- The power of listening in service improvement. [00…
00:49:10 |
Wed 04 Sep 2024
Ep77: Agribusiness Optimization Isn't Everything
Show Highlights:
- A powerful question to challenge business thinking. [00:00:24]
- Three vital benefits of optimization-basis discovery. [00:02:45]
- How to balance offense and defense in optimization. […
00:18:20 |
Wed 28 Aug 2024
Ep76: Operationalizing Producer-First Values with Jason Weirich of MFA
Show Highlights:
- Discover MFA Incorporated that nears $2B in sales. [00:02:38]
- Dive into the core of MFA’s authentic producer-focus. [00:05:13]
- Can profitability always be aligned with core values? …
00:33:18 |
Wed 21 Aug 2024
Ep75: Executing Agribusiness Strategy with Mosher Consulting Group
Show Highlights:
- Strategy execution explained with key components. [00:02:16]
- Why strategy execution is the power behind success. [00:06:04]
- Explore common barriers to executing strategy. [00:07:49] …
00:26:02 |
Wed 14 Aug 2024
Ep74: Connecting People and Strategy with Erin Mies and Kristen Ireland of People Spark Consulting
Show Highlights:
- How to leverage a people-and-strategy roadmap. [00:04:21]
- Uncover the HR–business strategy connecting point. [00:08:40]
- The art of org design with Jay Galbraith’s Star Model. [00:13…
00:39:08 |
Wed 07 Aug 2024
Ep73: 5 Ways to Ensure a Miserable M&A Integration
Show Highlights:
- Reflect on ways to harvest Charlie Munger’s wisdom. [00:00:23]
- Delve into the aftermath of ignoring deal rationale. [00:03:07]
- How a post-M&A inward focus forms customer churn. [00:…
00:12:15 |
Wed 31 Jul 2024
Ep72: Agribusiness Growth Cannot Outrun Risk with Scott Cornell and Fritz Waldorf of Lockton Companies
Show Highlights:
- Learn about the current challenges in ag insurance. [00:04:22]
- Find out why there is limited underwriting for ag. [00:06:36]
- How severe convective storms drive insured loss. [00:09:…
00:33:30 |
Wed 24 Jul 2024
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