We are now more than ever in a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) environment.

The American elections have shaken up the political and commercial order. Organizations must deal with an important level of uncertainty.

American policies have a significant influence on the choices of organizations. We can say with certainty that the conditions for the success of strategic choices must now be reassessed.

But do we have enough perspective to identify the possible options?

Add to the equation rapid advances in innovations on the generative intelligence side.

We are witnessing the emergence and development of AI agents that open the door to significant productivity gains for organizations. Provided that they pay attention to developing necessary competencies and assessing potential impacts on business practices.

In addition to delving deeper into strategic thinking and action, we have addressed these topics in recent weeks. All of this is complemented by very interesting discussions on the podcast.

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Here are the newsletters (in English) and podcasts (in French) published recently by theme (access the letters, the podcast episodes, and short videos here):

Artificial Intelligence

• The impacts of AI on strategy
• Quickly Adapt To AI Possibilities Or Disappear
• 208-The revolution of autonomous AI Agents with Frédéric Brosseau

Organizational Environment

• Facing Tariff Threats, Is Your Business Truly Competitive?
• 210-Geopolitics and Canada/US Trade War with Stephen Blank

Agility and Innovation

• 207-How Espace pour la Vie changes our relationship with nature with Julie Jodoin
• 205-Agility and systems architecture with François Chenebit
• 204-Agile is dead, long live agility!
• 200-200 episodes of learning about Agility

Strategic Thinking

• 10 signs that your organization is at risk
• The importance of strategic ambition - The test of 3 tech giants
• Refine Your Strategic Thinking and Ability to Execute
• 209-How foresight can shape the future of your organization with Christophe Pouilly
• 203-The co-creation of organizational strategy with Christina Raneburger
• 201-200 episodes of learning about strategy and innovation

Strategic Action

• Five steps to deploy your strategic initiatives
• Alignment, Execution and Innovation to Create Extraordinary Organizations
• Develop your weekly strategic routines
• The Role of Empathy in Negotiations
• 199-How to create value through negotiation
• 206-Behavioral agility with Jérôme Barrand
• 203-200 episodes of learning about strategic action
• 198-9 books to discover in 2025 to increase your strategic execution capacity

The second quarter begins with many questions.

Let's focus on what we can control and work on developing strategic options that take advantage of agility.

As Claude Émond pointed out in episode 182, "When the environment changes faster, you have to multiply and shorten the duration of iterative loops."

Have a good week,

Eric L'Heureux