The portfolio strategy meeting is one of the most important forums in any complex organisation. It's where direction gets set, priorities get confirmed, resources get allocated, and stakeholders get managed. The people in the room are capable. The intent is right.
So why does alignment so often break down the moment everyone leaves?
This video looks at the structural reason portfolio strategy meetings fail to produce the outcomes they're designed for. Not because of the people involved, but because the meeting is being asked to do strategic work without the one thing strategic work requires: a complete, shared picture of the portfolio that everyone can see at the same time.
You'll recognise the dynamic if you've ever left a strategy meeting with a sense that decisions were made, only to discover two weeks later that everyone took a different version of them back to their teams.
This is a five-minute video for senior leaders running complex programmes and portfolios. It explains the problem, what it costs, and what changes when the design is right.
