If You're Always Busy, Your Strategy Isn't Working with Roger Martin

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova. I'm thrilled to welcome you back to a series I did with my dear friend, Roger Martin. He's the author of the amazing book, Playing to Win. In this episode, we discuss how being too busy sabotages your strategy. THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR…leaders and high-performers who feel constantly busy (or burned out) and want a more strategic way to manage their time and energy. TODAY'S MAIN MESSAGE…being busy isn't a badge of honor. It's often a signal that your personal strategy isn't working. In this episode, Roger reframes busyness as a strategic failure, not a productivity win. If you're constantly overwhelmed, it likely means you haven't clearly defined where to focus your time, how to create the most value, and what to stop doing. KEY TAKEAWAYS… Constant busyness is often a sign of a weak or unclear personal strategy. You have fixed capacity so where you spend your time matters more than how much you work. Strategy is as much about what you don't do as what you do. Subtracting low-value work is the fastest way to create more impact. Investing time upfront (in people, systems, and planning) pays off long-term. WHAT I LOVE MOST…the emphasis on subtraction over addition.So many people think the path to more impact is doing more but Roger shows that the real leverage comes from removing what doesn't matter and doubling down on what does. Running Time: 25:36

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If You're Always Busy, Your Strategy Isn't Working with Roger Martin is an episode from What's Next! with Tiffani Bova by Tiffani Bova: Interviews with Seth Godin, Naomi Simson, Nancy Duarte, Whitney Johnson, Martin Lindst.

This episode is 25:37 long.

This episode was published on Apr 30, 2026.

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