16 Sep 2026 04:00
The Practices of Resilient Companies with Ron Robinson
How can leaders build organizations that remain responsive and successful through constant disruption? Kevin sits down with Ron Robinson to explore what makes a company resilient in the face of economic uncertainty, social change, climate events, and rapidly evolving technology. Ron explains why leaders must look beyond financial results and strengthen four interconnected areas of the business: finances, operations, employees, and customers. They discuss how involving employees in budgeting, problem-solving, recruiting, and process improvement can reduce costs, increase responsiveness, and create greater ownership throughout the organization. Ron also introduces the value of internal mastermind groups, where employees closest to the work meet regularly to share knowledge, identify improvements, and respond more quickly to challenges.
Ron's Story: Ron Robinson is the author of Practices of Resilient Companies: Overcome Disruption with Compassion, Collaboration and Knowledge. He has consulted with and helped turn around enterprises ranging from Fortune 500 companies to mid-size organizations to startups. He has presented to audiences as large as 3,000 and facilitated groups as large as 300 participants.
http://ronspeaking.substack.com/
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Timestamps 0:00 Why organizations, not just people, need resilience 0:42 Housekeeping and the podcast action guide 1:29 Introducing Ron Robinson 2:15 Why Ron wrote the book 3:18 Organizational vs. individual resilience 3:51 The four disruptors 8:00 The four parts of every business 11:05 Strengthening finances through employees 13:12 Mastermind groups fix a low-margin company 15:22 Recruiting a
